Last week reflection NPDL

I wasn't here much during NPDL as I was sick most of the time. But my honest truth is I didn't enjoy NPDL I didn't like being In a different class as well as having to work on a topic that wasn't our choice. But we had a really hard time actually starting our project but once we did it ended up being pretty fun getting to actually start our project. Overall it isn't something I would want to do again.

Learning reflection week 6 NPDL

 1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?

I was not here last week but this week my group has been to the science lab and we burned some rubbish and magnesium to see if you could make power from burning rubbish.

2. How effectively have you used your time this week?

I have spent my time catching up on the work my group did last week while I was away

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress?

I have written some questions down for when we meet with energise Otaki

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project:

I feel like we have been working well as a group

5. Grows: Something you need to work on:

I feel like my group is working well but i feel like i need to focus on my work some more

6. Where could you get help with this?

focus on my work and ignore all the distractions

7. What are the next steps for your project?

getting a response from energise Otaki

Radio show

 1. our radio show involves people in the Otaki college sport teams. And how they enjoyed their season this year. And how they like there team.

2.here are ours

3.I think our group worked well together but i was away sick for alot of the time. But for the time i was there i think we did well together to finish on time I think we got a merit grade on our show.We stayed focused on the people and our topic of Otaki college sports.

4. I think one of our challenges was recording and having our volume at a good level and making self more interested in them

5.I think i did well in the group im proud of myself for trying to sound interested in the topic.I think i would of liked to have been more involved in the editing.

6.I think i could do something about my volume and my voice was a bit crackley i think i could of cleared my throat befoe we started.

7.I thought i would not enjoy this but i did I was a fun expirence and I think my teacher set it up well.

Boy in striped Pjjamas essay

 

In John Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, an important relationship is the one between Bruno and Shmuel. Bruno and Shmuel are two boys who live in two different worlds but as they become friends they learn more about how each other lives. Bruno and Shmuel's friendship in the book helped me to understand a key message, which is about the devastating impact of war

At the beginning of the book Bruno is unaware of the true horrors of the war and the holocaust. He lived in Berlin with his friends and family However when his father was promoted to a position at Auschwitz. Bruno is forced to move to a new home far away from everything he knows and loves. Bruno hates his new home so much he thought "not even the insects would ever choose to stay at Out-With.”

 

It is at his new home Auschwitz Bruno spots the camp. Bruno decides to go and explore the camp; this is where Bruno meets Shmuel. Shmuel is a jewish boy that is imprisoned by this camp and is forced to wear striped pyjamas "Bruno was sure that he had never seen a skinnier or sadder boy in his life but decided that he had better talk to him."

 Despite the fact they are separated by the fence and the war they still manage to be friends playing games and sharing stories. And dream of the future where they can be free and live in peace together.

However The novel takes a tragic turn as Bruno and Shmuels friendship is cut short by the brutal reality of the holocaust as Bruno's life is cut short. Bruno is killed in the gas chamber and Shmuel is left alone to grieve the loss of his friend and the other victims of the holocaust.

In conclusion  Bruno and Shmuel's friendship in the  boy in striped pyjamas Is a powerful and moving portal of love and compassion even in the darkest times. Their friendship did not have boundaries, despite the physical boundary of a fence.