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Friday, September 27, 2019

Kidz Bop

Our Inquiry this term was about the Power of Media. We learned about TV, Radio, Print and Online media sources. I chose to focus on Radio and we made a Radio Show.
Here is the recording of our Radio Show:



Thursday, September 19, 2019

Living Wage vs Minimum Wage

 In Gillstrom literacy we have been doing video essays. I am doing mine on Minimum wage vs Living wage. I think that the minimum wage should be the same as living wage. Here is some of my planning⇣⇣⇣⇣⇣⇣⇣⇣⇣


Minimum wage= $17.70
Living wage= $21.15

8 hours in a working day 

40 hours in an average working week 

$600 minimum wage in a week 
$846 living wage in a week

Job
Rates
Mcdonalds
$15.89 
The Warehouse
$18.86  Just over minimum wage and under the living wage
Cashier
$15.46 Per Hour
Pilot
$25-$80 Over minimum and living wage
Nurse
$20-$40 Over minimum wage can be under or over living wage
Baker
$16.93 
Teacher Aid
$19-$20 Over minimum wage and under the 
living wage
Lawyer
$29.49 Over minimum and living wage
Receptionist
$17.70 Minimum wage
Accountant
$32.76 Over living and minimum wage

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Living Wage VS Minimum Wage

In Gillstrom literacy we are making video essays, a video essay is basically a debate but as a video.
I chose to do my topic on Living Wage VS Minimum Wage. I think that the minimum wage should be living because if you get paid minimum wage and can't find another job that gets paid over minimum wage the can't pay for food or are a house.

Monday, August 5, 2019

Volume and Capacity

In Osborn maths, we have been learning about volume and capacity. Here is a slide below showing our learning

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Themes and Narratives

Kia Ora bloggers, In Gillstrom literacy we have been focusing on Themes and Narratives. We got given the task to add themes to 3 stories/movies, then we had to choose a theme and write a sentence for that theme, after that we got given 5 themes and we had to write the introduction, conflict and conclusion. I hope you like it.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

BITSP Vocabulary Week 5

In Gillstrom literacy we have been reading The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, we got given a list of 10 words and we have to define the meaning, make up a sentence. Here is what I have done.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Boy In The Striped Pyjamas Vocabulary Week 4

In Gillstrom literacy we have been reading The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, we got given a list of 10 words and we have to define the meaning, make up a sentence etc. Here is what I have done.