Letter

Samantha Johns

52 Orchard W Rd

Ngatea 3503

07-867 7305

samantha.johns@ngatea.school.nz

1st June 2018

Minister of Education

New Zealand Government

Molesworth St

Pipitea, Wellington

Dear Minister of Education,

I don’t think you should stop teaching writing because it is a very important feature in life,
like what if you wanted to be a journalist, but didn’t even know how to use the right punctuation,
that would just be a disaster in one. Why?

If you cut out writing this would happen:
Fewer job opportunities, no writing skills, lack of interest of writing books and lots of other things,
people would be bullied more because they wouldn’t know how to spell lots of different stories,
or complete essays and they would be left in ignominy.
Also, it is my favourite subject and I would be sad if I saw my favourite subject leave school.

What if there was an explosion going to happen near a concert and have major injuries,
and someone didn’t know how to put the correct punctuation in and people got confused,
and didn’t leave and got seriously injured that would create a big problem,
so that is why I think you shouldn’t stop teaching writing

Sincerely,

Samantha Johns

friendship quote

Te reo - translate 5 key leadership words

Inspire - whakaohooho
Actions - poto
Determination - hiringa
Caring - kumanu
Patient - mānawanawa

Leadership Goal

My leadership goal is to become better at writing so I can add more distinctive words to my vocabulary.

Leadership Poem

Leader
Empathy
Action
Dedication
Excellence
Respect

List 5 people who are/have been great leaders

Paige Welsh
Riley Hathaway
Beyonce
Helen Keller
Lisa Tamati
Craig Johns

How I take the lead with my friends

- I make sure my friends are doing the right thing and if they are not I will take the lead and tell them that they are doing something wrong.
- I also take lead when they are sad, I try to make them feel better so they are happy and not depressed.
- I also accept for who they are because I can not change them and I like them for who they are otherwise I probably wouldn't be their friends.

Leadership defenition

Leadership

ˈ

noun

1. the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.

Defenition found on Google

How I take the lead in my life

• Have a daily routine before and after school, In the weekends do the same morning routine.
• Don't let people control me. 
• Let people help me if I need it.
• Make sure I'm doing my best in school.

How do I take the lead in my learning

-Sit by myself
-Sit in a quiet place
-Focus on my learning and not whats going on around me
-Block out the noise with music (music helps me focus)
-If I'm stuck go ask for help

How I take the lead in my family

I feed and water the animals, as well as collecting the eggs,
I also do the dishwasher/dishes,
Fold the washing, Hang out the washing and
Help around the house.

Those are the daily jobs, I also do some other ones here and there.

If my cat had a superpower

If my cat had a superpower it would have to be super speed so she can chase all of the mice, birds and all the other animals that she likes to bring inside for us to clean up. 

It was 11pm and we were all asleep, except for Kit Kat she was out and about like every night except this time she woke me up with a big BANG, I jumped out of my bed and went to see what it was, it was a bird it was still alive, but it had knocked over a picture and broke the picture frame, I was so disappointed in my cat because the bird was still alive, I went back to my bed because I would deal with it in the morning, The next morning I woke up to a cat running up and down th hallway I opened my door and nearly got trampled by my cat, I was really amazed that she was so fast, but by every minute there was a new bird, mouse and any other animal, so we decided to lock her up with food and water and all the things she likes until the super powers went away. 

Leadership Quotes

The first one is my favourite because it has so much meaning to it, and I feel like this is something that Catherine was talking about when her mum was trying to make her a Piano teacher but she didn't like it, so she went with her own dream.

How I felt about this week - Focused

I feel like this week I was very focused this week.