Super Swimmers

Our H.O.T question

Describe why the drowning rate for people in NZ is so high, survey the school to gather information about students swimming abilities to identify the patterns, create a swimming programme which will help students become more confident and capable while swimming.

 

This article is about how the super swimmers created their survey questions and gathered their data. The students in my group are Hannah-May Slater, Michelle Nielsen, Sam Lowery, Revival Fakaua, Cameron Raman, Ebony Rangi, Jeet Singh, Veronica Bojanich, Mustafa Rahimani, Tyson Waru, Jayden Nielsen, James Saufoi and myself Taylor Woodhead.

We are discussing our questions. I tell the group to think of at least 5 questions that they would like to ask another class. This is a very long process. My group would take about a whole hour to write 5 questions each. After a while we all went onto the ground and we all said and wrote our best question. We had 11 questions when everyone had their questions down.

 Now that we have our survey questions we started on our demographic information. What does demographic mean, well I’ll tell you. An example of demographic is age, ethnicity, gender, year and even favourite sport. The super swimmers demographic information was How old are you?, What is your gender?, What is your ethnicity/culture? And What is your favourite sport?.

 We have our demographic questions down so then we had to type it all up on the computer. Ebony Rangi said she would type it up so I helped her. It was pretty fun typing and playing around with the different colours and fonts. After a couple of hours we had got the survey all typed up and ready to be printed. After we checked it for mistakes we clicked print and I went to collect it from the library. When I got back I gave it to Mr Naude to get it photocopied for the next day.

 They had finally been photocopied so at about 11:30am the next day Hannah – May Slater and myself decided we were going to survey room 15. We waited until the whole class had finished the survey. The survey took about 10-15 minutes. Room 15 was very good while doing the survey.

 We have completed the survey and had to gather and record all the data. To do that we split the survey so everyone could have at least 2 surveys each and they recorded the answers to their survey question. It got very confusing because everyone just kept passing the sheets on and some of us weren’t done so it kind of frustrated me but, we finally got it done. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!

The data is collected. “What do we do now?” asks some kids. We had to draw graphs and find the trends, using the data. Finding the trends was a bit difficult but I eventually got it. Everyone had to find at least 3 trends each and do at least 3 graphs. As well as it being confusing it was fun and interesting.

I hope you now know what we did to get our survey and get the statistics. Let’s recap… I spoke about how we got our questions, getting them on the computer and printing our survey, doing our survey with room 15, collecting the data and making graphs. I would be happy to start this whole process over again.

Taylor Woodhead

Acrostic poems (using surveys as our context for writing)

Thinking for yourself

Relating to others

Evaluate information

Never giving up

Discussing the question

Spotting trends

Violet

Tally charts is a way to show your

Research so that we can

Encourage others to

Never not wear a lifejacket

During fishing or doing something at the

Sea like jet skiing or parasailing

BY: Ezekiel Taylor

Multiply some mathematical problems, try
Answering
The question without any
Haste, if you keep practicing you’ll have a great
Skill
By Angel Philavong

Graphs, graphs make me zzzzz

Running around drawing graphs

And making it work

Pie graphs, bar graph

Hard and easy

 by Sam

 

Managing self to improve

Asking questions

Telling trends

Helping each other to finish

By Revival

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alphabet Thinkers Key

If there is one thing that we can guarantee into the 21st century, it will be the exponential rate of  change that will affect the world. When our thinking is open ended and accepting of new ideas, we become much more capable of adapting to these changing circumstances.
Tony Ryan
 

Survey A-Z

A- ASK questions
B- BE a good team member
C- COLLECT data
D- DISCUSSING for questions
E- EVALUATE questions
F- FIND good information
G- GATHERING data
H- HELP group members
I- IDENTIFY trends
J- JOT down data
K- Be KEEN to ask information
L- LOOKING for information
M- MAKING graphs
N- Ask NEW questions
O- ORGANISE the survey
P- PARTICIPATE with the group
Q- QUESTION different people
R- RELATING to others
S- SPOTTING trends
T- THINK for information
U- USE trends
V- VARIOUS questions
W- WISELY make decisions
X- XPLAIN the questions
Y- Ask YOURSELF is it right or wrong
Z-Be ZEALOUS to start your survey
By Angel Philavong

 

Survey A-Z

A-accurate data, asking good questions

B-people think bandages are needed in a first- aid kit

C-calculating data accurately

D-you need first aid kits in domestic areas

E- Encouraging students to learn first- aid

F-finding trends

G-getting good information and facts

H-helping the school by organising a first-aid class

I-involving different people in a survey

J-jobs can be one of the demographics

K-knowing what to do during emergency

L-learning new things

M-making sure data is correct

N-not bringing incorrect data

O-opening a great influence on people by learning to use a first-aid kit

P-people participating

Q-queries in the world we have to fix

R-representing people in groups by the demographics

S-surveying the whole school

T-taking notes of different trends

U-unexpected results

V-votes to make a difference

W-working at different parts of the survey

X-xtra people doing surveys

Y-young and old people doing the survey

Z-zones of where people live (as demographics)\

 

Serine Panossian

Survey A-Z

Asking questions; analyse result

Being a good teacher

Collect data

Discussing the question

Evaluate information

Finishing the tally chart

Gathering the tally marks

Helping others to spot trends

Inquiry learning

Joining in with the group

Knowing why you’re doing the survey

Looking for trends

Making graphs

Never giving up

Organization

Participating and contributing

Question the people

Relating to others

Spotti­ng trends

Thinking for yourself

Understanding the survey

Various questions

Writing your own opinion

Xtreme: xtremely hard working

Yourself: being yourself

Zealous: always be zealous

by Violet Lim

 

Survey A-Z

WALT- show our understanding of statistics.

A- Asking questions, analyse results; accurate data.

B- Being on task.

C- Collecting data.

D-Describing your survey

E- Explaining and drafting surveys.

F- Fractions, Percentages and diagrams can help you collect data.

G- Groups of people doing surveys.

H- Having the data and recording them.

I- International questions.

J- Joining in the group.

K- Knowing what the survey is for.

L- Learning and grouping data.

M- Making trends and graphs.

N- Never giving up.

O- Organizing a survey.

P- Participating and contributing.

Q- Questioning and answering.

R- Research and reliability.

S- Statistical investigation.

T- Thinking and being a team.

U- Understanding your survey.

V- Various questions.

W- Writing your opinion.

X- Extremity hard work.

Y- Being yourself.

Z- Always be zealous.

 

By Priyanka Nand

 

 

Learning at home

This week we are focusing on writing a recount to share what we did when doing our surveys. This activity can be continued at home.

When you have finished your first draft check your work for spelling errors and punctuation. Then conference with Mr Naude about your next steps for learning.

SEZ Softball

Congratulations to Lorraine for being chosen as the best fielder in our year 7 team.

Year 7 SEZ softball

Congratulations Ezekiel for your award for best striker.

Super Swimmers

As part of our inquiry, our group (the super swimmers) created a survey to find out about the swimming abilities of students in room 15. It took a lot of hard work, thinking and determination, but we got the job done. We chose questions that gave good information about and that linked to our H.O.T question. Our H.O.T question is describe why the drowning rate in NZ is so high, survey the school to gather information about students swimming abilities to identify the patterns, create a swimming programme which will help students become more confident and capable while swimming. Using management, organisation and team work is an important key when creating a survey. Once we had finished making and creating our survey, two students typed it up on the computer next Hannah-may and Taylor (leaders of the super swimmers group) went to room 15 to survey them. After that we all discussed the statistics and trends. There was a lot to discuss and identify. Finally we had finished.

Some of the trends we identified were:

o   1 4/5  of the boys prefer freestyle than any other stroke

o   No girls chose breaststroke

o   More than ½ of the people surveyed knew a beach ball would be best to float with.

o   There wasn’t any major differences between the boys and girls votes

People in super swimmers group…

Cameron Raman

Hannah-may Slater

Taylor Woodhead

Veronica Bojanich

Ebony Rangi

James Saufoi

Jayden Neilsen-Bailey

Michelle Neilsen

Mustafa Rahmani

Revival Fakaua

Samuel Lowery

Jeet Singh

Tyson Waru

 

Written by Veronica Bojanich and Hannah-May Slater

 

Our survey

 

Super Swimmers Survey!

This survey is to see how safe you are in water and your knowledge on rips. In this survey you will have a series of questions.

Instructions!

*Fill in the information at the top of the page

*Use either blue or black pen

*Don’t copy others

*Answer all the questions

*Circle you answer clearly

Demographic!

How old are you?

a) 10

b) 11

c) 12

d) 13

What is your ethnicity/culture?

a) Maori

b) Pacific Islander

c) Asian

d) Other (please list your culture/s)

What is your favourite sport?

a) Soccer

b) Netball

c) Rugby

d) Other (please list your favourite sport)

What is your gender?

           i.     Girl

         ii.     Boy

 

Questions

1.       What is a rip…

                               i.            A strong current

                             ii.            A burger

                           iii.            A strong wave

                            iv.            A game for Xbox

2.       What would you do in a rip?

                               i.            Panic

                             ii.            Shout for help

                           iii.            Swim parallel to the beach

 

3.       Do you think you can swim out of a rip?

               i.            Yes

             ii.            No

           iii.            Maybe

 

4.       What is your favourite stroke?

          i.            Breast stroke

        ii.            Freestyle

      iii.            Butterfly

       iv.            Backstroke

         v.            None

 

 

5.       Who taught you to survive in a rip?

        i.            Parent/guardian

      ii.            Internet/ T.V

    iii.            School/ organisation

     iv.            Never been taught

6.       Do you mostly swim at …

      i.            Patrolled Beaches

    ii.            Un-Patrolled Beaches

 

 

7.       What would you use to float?

        i.            A brick         

      ii.            Your Friend

    iii.            A Beach ball

 

 

8.       How do you feel about rips?

      i.            Confident

    ii.             Scared

  iii.            Alright

  iv.            Nervous

 

9.       What is the best way to teach someone to survive in a rip?

      i.            Swim Parallel

    ii.            Swim against the rip

  iii.            Float and relax

 

10. How long can you float for?

        i.            5 seconds

      ii.            30 seconds

    iii.            1 minute

     iv.            Other (please list)

 

11. What do you think is the best place to swim at?

        i.            Rivers

      ii.            Lakes

    iii.            Beaches

     iv.            Public pools