My Student Portfolio
//Something that not many people may know about me is that I enjoy baking. I started baking when I was 10, and since then I have continued to do so as much as I can. I mainly make things like brownies and cakes, and my brownies only last about 2 hours before everyone has eaten them! I also enjoy both making my own recipes and modifying already existing ones, and I one day hope to have written and published my own recipe book!
//In Term 3 of this year I started taking ice skating lessons at Cockburn Ice Arena. I initially did one lesson per week, but now I do two. This experience has helped me to make new friends and get out of the house more, which is something that I am grateful for. I love ice skating, and although I am not good at it I still enjoy it, and I hope that I can continue to do it for a long time.
//This term in Health and Connected Learning we have been learning about online behaviours and discussing the correct ways to stay safe and behave well online.
I learnt some valuable information about how to stay safe online, and just be cautious of what you comment. In my opinion, the saying “Think before you speak” counts for commenting online and texting as well.
I was horrified to learn about some of the horrible things going on online, and nobody deserves to be bullied or teased, whether it be online or in person. I hate how people comment stuff, knowing that they would not be confident enough to actually say these things to somebody’s face. The people who do that shouold not be allowed to do it, but luckily we have blocking and reporting.
This unit has taught me a lot, and I will definitely change my online behaviour using the information that I have learned during these lessons. One way that I will change my online behaviours is to avoid liking any videos or comments that may be funny, but can still be taken offensively to certain people.
Another way that I will change my online behaviour is that I will only leave kind and supportive comments, and make sure not to post any comments that will make anyone feel upset. I will nto retaliate to any bullies, and if anybody leaves a mean comment on my posts then I will just, as Mr J says, “Kill them with kindness.”
//In InnovatED last term, we split up into groups to research the UN Global Goals. I chose Goal 17 (Clean and Renewable Energy) with Dr Jim.
For my project I made a CoSpaces world that showed two different examples of renewable energy, which were solar panels and wind turbines. I spent a few weeks on this, and finished it in around Week 7, a week before we were supposed to finish it.
I had to upload my own photos of solar panels and wind turbines, which made it a bit harder because they didn’t look 3D.
//This year I took French as a language. We use Education Perfect to practice our skills in French, and I use it a lot as I find it a more fun way to study than reading over notes. Currently I have the most points on Education Perfect in the school, with around 10,350 points.
I also participated in the Education Perfect World Series Languages Championship, and I got 642 points, which earnt me a Credit certificate. I wish that I’d had the time to get more, but I still think that it is a good achievement. I recieved a certificate for the points, and I am happy that I did because I don’t normally get these types of achievements.
Our school doesn’t have a licence for Maths on Education Perfect, but for their World Series Matsh Championship (which I took part in) I was able to access the maths activities. I also earnt a certificate in this competition, but it was a higher one than the one I earned for French. I earned 1,365 points in the maths competition, scoring me a bronze certificate.
//I am currently working on writing a book which will explain my experiences with misophonia, which is a condition that I have where I physically can’t handle some things that I see and hear. I have had misophonia since I was in Year 3, and it has disrupted my life and made some things unbearable. I hate having misophonia, as sometimes it feels like it controls my life. I feel like I should write a book so that other people around me can understand it. Sure, I’m not that great at writing and sure, it probably won’t get published, but it’s still fun, so I’m definitely going to continue doing it. The thing that I want the most is for people to just understand that misophonia is a serious thing, and that you should never try to annoy someone who has misophonia.
//I love animals, as you can probably tell from my previous post. My aunty also owns a poultry farm, where she breeds and sells her own poultry. Her business is called the Locke View Poultry Zoo, and sometimes I go over and help her look after the chickens and other poultry. I am also trying to help a group of boys get chickens for the school, as I personally think that would be fun for everyone, and very beneficial as we would have compost bins too. I know a lot about chickens, and once my aunty even lent me an incubator and gave me some eggs so that I could hatch some chickens, which I enjoyed.
//On Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 I got my pet rabbit. He is a white rabbit with red eyes, which the lady called a ruby-eyed white (or you could call him an albino, they are both correct), and he is currently about 3 or 4 months old. He isn’t a family pet as I have to look after him myself, although sometimes my mum helps out too. Every few days, I will have to clean out his cages (he has one inside and one outside!), and everyday I have to fill up his food, hay and water, and then give him a lettuce leaf or two. He needs about 20 minutes of exercise a day, and I try to give him as much exercise as I possibly can! I love my rabbit, and if there is one thing to know about caring for a pet is that a pet may only be a part of your life, but you are their whole life.
If you have ever lost a pet, then I am very sorry, and I know how it feels. My dog had to get put down on the 20th of December 2018, and I didn’t even get to say goodbye, which made me even more upset. I want ou to know that after a while it gets better. It doesn’t ever feel the same, and every now and then you will get upset, but it does get a whole lot better if you wait a few weeks.
//I am currently in the Year 7-9 production of A Monster Calls. I am a part of the ensemble, which in my idea is one of the best roles because we get to play all the background characters, and we end up getting more lines than some of the people who have character roles. We also have a lot more movements, and it’s lots of fun. In one of the scenes, we have to switch between being a castle, to trees, to princes fighting dragons, to being dead, to one tree, to two trees, then to a castle again. It gets pretty hectic sometimes, but it’s worth it! We have to go to rehaearsals after school 3 days a week, which can be very exhausting, but in the end it will all be worth it!
//In July of 2018, I went on a month-long holiday around England and Scotland with my parents. My sister stayed in Winchester for a majority fo the trip, as she was participating in a music program called Ingenium, which was the reason that we went to England. We visited some of our relatives that live in England, and I even got to stay with my Great Aunty Margaret in Cornwall for a night!