Reflection Section

Text Title ~ Father clutches son's photo in court as three people appear in connection to the alleged murder.

Text Type ~ Article.

Text Creator ~ Sam Sherwood 

Critical Literacy Question... What is the text about? How do we know? ~

The text is about a tragic death that has seem to be caused by Murder, a 16-year-old male had been invited and attended a 15-year-olds birthday party, and sadly Connor Whitehead (Victim) had been unfortunately shot and killed the night of the party.

Date ~  8 of November 2021

Date of Scene ~ 5 of November 2021

So far there have been 4 arrests for this murder but there's one more suspect on the run yet to be caught and seen. There was a disagreement that caused some drama and Connor walked outside to calm down and get some fresh air. Then the worst possible thing that could've happened, happened. Connor had contacted his Father when he was at work asking him if he could stay the night at his mate's house. His father replied, "Yes have fun, and be safe".

 

When His dad made his way back home from work around about 5.30pm Connor was getting ready with a couple of friends. Connor asked if he and his friends could stay at his house following the party, which was fine with him.

At bout 7pm the group went to leave.

"I said, 'Have a good time mate, I love you. '

"He said, 'I love you too. He headed out the door and that was the last time I saw him."

Creating Our Own Short Film ~ English

Best Friend Counselling

Our film is based on two best friends (Xavier and John) that are going to counselling to fix their relationship because the have had some tough times, but it turns out that John has been cheating on his best friend with another guy named Frank.

This is a retelling of the Merchant of Venice because we took the main principles of the court scene and transformed it into a modern setting.

The 2 additional film techniques we used were high angle and over the shoulder.

We chose a high angle to make John look weak and felt like he couldn't do anything to help himself, and we chose over the shoulder to give the viewer some perspective.

Some challenges we encountered was that we didn't have that many days where our whole group was at school so it was hard to get our filming finished so next time we will make sure everybody comes. Another factor was that we couldn't find a good area to film because we needed a place that was empty and a place we could be loud in, we eventually settled with our classroom.

If we were to do this project differently I would plan out where we are going to film in advance and actually write a script as we did this whole film improve.

Millennials in the Workplace ~ Reflection Section.

     Simon Sinek ~ Millennials in the Workplace

Date ~ 

10th June 2021

Text Type ~ 

Interview on YouTube

Channel That Filmed ~

IQ (Inside Quest)

Purpose ~ 

To help understand Millennials and improve wellbeing through reducing screen time.

So today in Wananga we learned about how screens and digital devices can really take over our lives and also mess with our love if we ever try to get a job and were addicted to our phones, and if you're on your phone while in a job interview it can be classed as disrespect and makes the people around feel like that you don't care about what's going on around you and you don't want the job.

He was also talking about how you shouldn't be charging your phone next to if you are trying to sleep because anytime during the night you will try and go on it and you wouldn't be able to head back to sleep since you've been around bright lights for too long.

There was a key point that he had a chat about while he was in the interview, he was talking about how that the younger generation on their phone is like adults gambling and smoking because for adults that is addicting and like for kids and teenagers being on your phone is addictive.

He says that our younger generation is bad for this stuff because our body drags us to social media like checking how many followers we have on Instagram, what is our highest snap score, how many friends we have on Facebook, and how many likes we have on a certain Instagram post, we just have the urge to check it every day or even every 3 hours because we are so caught up on our phone and devices.

The Cardiac Muscle (Heart)

 - Brings oxygen into our body

    - It allows us to exhale

       carbon dioxide

       from our body

The Cardiac Muscle (Heart)

The heart is basically a pumping station and pumps blood around the body and is made up of 4 chambers.

This pumping action creates what we know as our pulse. 

The blood travels around the body in vessels called:

     Arteries have a muscular wall and take blood away from the heart

      Arterioles.               Small arteries 

      Capillaries.              This is where nutrients and gases are exchanged

     Venuoles.                Small veins

       Veins.                Veins don't have a muscular wall but have valve like structures which prevents blood flowing backwards and take blood of to the heart

The blood carries gasses and nutrients to the body and take away waste products such as carbon  dioxide

Christchurch Rubbish

So this week and last week in Social Studies we have been learning about Rubbish and how we should properly recycle our Rubbish by also putting the right Rubbish in the right bin that it should be put in, here is some information that I have found out and came here to share with you what I have learned.

When our yellow bins get collected by the Rubbish Trucks, if the trucks sense more than 10% or more rubbish they don't collect the rubbish and if this continues to happen the bins get confiscated, then if they want to get the bins back they have to pay $97.65 to get the bin back, and they have to promise that they'll put the right rubbish in the right bins, somehow they get tracked to see if they are sticking to the rule of the agreement, there are many yuck and stupid things that get put into the bins, stuff such as Guns, Dead Animals, Plastic, Glass, Cardboard & Much more waste.

Reflection Section ~ Wananga

Fitness.

So this week in P.E we were learning about how good Fitness can be for you, how being fit can help in life, and things can also ruin you from being fit.

Here are some questions that we got asked to answer

What does being physically fit mean?

To be physically fit means to be in a state of health and well-being. Physical fitness is defined as the body’s ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist disease, and to react to emergency situations.

What makes us unfit?

Diet, Your Body, Smoking & Drugs.

In my eyes, I would think that I am fit for my age and I would like to stay that way as long as I can.

Eastern Pacific Ocean

Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Garbage In The Ocean.

Garbage in the ocean has been causing a lot of problems in the world, affecting marine life every day and destroying reefs that could never come back and live. Littering is a major issue worldwide. Littering really affects the oceans, the plastics we use from plastic bottles have been killing whales.

Everyday Use Of Plastic.

The daily use of plastic is growing but also decreasing by a little bit, the litter that people are picking up are being replaced by plastic that we have dropped hopefully by accident, The plastic that we use is being dropped in the ocean which is degrading into microplastics where they are infecting every living thing that needs water to survive. 

Government Trying To Make A Change.

Governments have been trying to stop pollution in any shape or form but they can’t force people to do it what they want, that’s why they try to spread the message around the world as much and we can, to do as much as we can to the best of our ability.

Burger Competition.

Sadly I was not here on the day these were made but these are the results that my teammates gave me.

Flavor ~ The flavor was the best and the spices and the mixed herbs that they put into the pattie made the pattie even better, they added cheese into the pattie too, which made the texture of the pattie better as well.

Texture ~ The texture was exactly the same as a normal burger but the Brioche Buns and Pattie made the whole thing mushy and softer, overall the burger tastes excellent.

Color ~ The Burger looked like it had a lot of colors but there was still not enough color for the judges, I can see red from the Tomatoes, but apparently the Tomatoes needed to be thicker, Green from the Lettuce, Brown from the Pattie and the buns, Yellow from the Cheese & Cream from the sauce!

Living Springs Camp 2021

So at Camp, we met up with the other Project K Group they were a mix between Shirley & Linwood, but we met up with them in the morning and spent the whole night with them to get to know them, all of us got along pretty well we talked, laughed, joked and smiled a lot while we were hanging out with the Community Group.

But after that, we went for a night walk but when we were walking we got a surprise that we were walking to a spot with you have a rope and you can either go blindfolded or go normally ( either way you couldn't see ) but I was sad because everyone got offered a blindfold and I didn't and I didn't get the chance to do it because I was too far up the hill to go back down and get one.

Groups go separated into 10 people in each, so 10 people head off then we wait for them to go and then another ten gets to go, but we didn't realize how fast we were going so we had to wait because the girl in front wanted to go fast, we waited for then to go and get to the top while we were just chilling in the bottom waiting until they called and said that they were at the top, so and soon as we went to walk the girl in front slipped but I was luckily enough to be standing right there to be able to save her, she wanted me to stay close to her just in case she fell again ( and there were more times she slipped ) but she was really thankful when we got up to the top.

So during the 3 Day Camp at Living Springs, we had some people come to the Camp Ground and teach us what to do if we ever got lost, stranded, or hurt in the middle of nowhere, There were 3 guys there teaching us all different things that they do for LandSAR.

I forgot all of their names but this is what they do for their job.

Guy #1 ~ Uses his dog to trace down people that are lost, have gone missing, or have stolen someone.

Guy #2 ~ Uses a no-legged stretcher and carries people that have badly injured themselves and can't walk or paralyzed people.

Guy #3 ~ Is a tracker he tracks people that have tried to hide and run from them after they have done really bad stuff and trying to get away, but he tracks the footprints that he had got given with fresh and old track marks.
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Woodstock ~ Music Through Time

Woodstock

We have been learning about a new topic for Music Through Time , The topic that we have been set is going to be about Woodstock. This topic also involves the Vietnam War (1955 - 1975 - 20 years). Today, we looked at both Woodstock and the Vietnam War and what happened there. 

During the Vietnam War, The American's was heavily included in it. Many people in the world including New Zealand were against the war. There were songs written about the Vietnam War and how bad it actually was. Some songs were also written and performed at Woodstock (15 - 18 August 1969). 

I used the Song ~ War (what is it good for?) ~ Edwin Starr

The artist wanted to make a point that when young men go to war its bad and sad because they needed to think about how it was effect their parents,family & yourself because they don't seem to see how dangerous it is out there with everyone getting shot from everywhere.

And the artist is also trying to get this into people mind and saying why is everyone going to war and killing people just for some land, and also saying that the world shouldn't allow the war to be a thing and shouldn't be fighting and killing for pretty much no reason because it is useless and a waste of life and time.

Lyrics : 

War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, why'all

War, huh, good god
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me

Oh, war, I despise
'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives

War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
And lose their lives

I said, war, huh good god, why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again

War, whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me

it ain't nothing but a heart-breaker
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Oh, war it's an enemy to all mankind
The point of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die, ah, war-huh, good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it, say it, say it
War, huh
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me

it ain't nothing but a heart breaker
(War) it's got one friend that's the undertaker
Oh, war, has shattered many a young mans dreams
Made him disabled, bitter and mean
Life is much to short and precious
To spend fighting wars these days
War can't give life
It can only take it away

Oh, war, huh good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again

whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me 

it ain't nothing but a heart breaker

(War) friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love and understanding
Tell me, is there no place for them today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But lord knows there's got to be a better way

Oh, war, huh good god why'all
What is it good for you tell me
Say it, say it, say it, say it 

huh good god why'all

What is it good for
Stand up and shout it nothing

Making Salt

Aim 

~

To produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid.

Equipment 

~ 

Copper oxide powder, dilute (0.5 mol L - 1) Sulfuric acid, 50 mL measuring cylinder, two 100 mL beakers, Bunsen burner, tripod, gauze mat, funnel, filter paper, thermometer, spatula, evaporating basin, stirring rod.

Method

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1. Add 20 mL of sulfuric acid to a 100 mL beaker. Heat the acid until it reaches 70*C. Turn off your Bunsen burner.

2. Once heated, use a spatula to add pea-sized portions of copper oxide to the beaker. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds.

3. Repeat step 2 until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool.

4. Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the filter funnel into the second beaker.

5. Make sure the beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should still be hot. You may need your teacher to complete this step.

6. Gently swirl the contents of the beaker to mix, and then pour into the filter paper in the funnel. Allow to filter through.

7. Rinse the beaker you used to heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod filled with 50-60 mL of water.

8. Place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker and carefully pour some of the solution from the beaker into the evaporating basin.

9. Gently heat the beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.

10 Leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once cool, move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will not be disturbed (i.e a window-sill) and observe over the next few days. Blue copper sulfate crystals should form.

 

The Beatlemania

The Beatles
Hey Jude

Hey Jude is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a single in August 1968, It had been written by Paul McCartney.

The Writers of the song got a lot of love for releasing this song they have gotten even more love over the years when they were creating music

The music is really different back cause the music didn't express itself as The Beatles and nowadays In the 1940's it was dull and boring but now their is meaning in the songs that we produce.

Here is a picture & video of when The Beatles came to NZ Wellington! 

Write an Narrative Story!

Write an Narrative Story! / Your Own..

A burning inferno, a raging storm of heat claimed the house as it's territory, as it's home. The man stood their tears flowing down his face knowing he couldn't save them.

She sat their waiting for it to come, waiting for something bad to happen something to jump at her, but all she got was a text.

The weight of her phone surprised her even though she has had it for year. But what shocked her was the text itself saying"See you soon".

The Long grass and the mist made it feel like a horror film, it felt like the final scene. Where the Antagonist was about to go away forever,

But the two girls didn't think so, they thought it might've just began.When their light went out

She picked up the cold peas from the frozen vegetable section, she felt tremble away the ice between the peas, she also felt a sudden sense of something happening.

She felt someone staring, but it went away.

Then she felt a cold, leather glove on her shoulder.

Everybody was stressed or nervous, studying was boring for most people, you could say that when people say they want to become a teacher they always replied with

"Wait you want to go back to school?"

Some will say yeah but most will say no, except for this one.

It's in the house, in the kitchen downstairs, in the bedroom, in my closet or under my bed, I had dreams where it wore it's mask, it had a knife and a drawn smile written in it's blood.

Show Not Tell!

So in this week we are learning about *SHOW NOT TELL* so we have to describe and put more detail into the sentence that is basic...

The Buildings Are Tall...

The buildings are disguising up in the clouds with all the other buildings sitting up high.

Sarah Was Really Upset...

She was face down lying on her bed with emotion flowing through her mind while thinking about what has happened in the past with her friends and family 

She Was So Happy To See Him...

She ran to him with excitement, joy & thrill whilst Adrenalin rushing through her body, like when you see a family member for the first time in a while.

The Lake Was Beautiful...

The reflection of the water made it feel like I was in a dream, falling slowly into the water.

 A.N.Z.A.C ~ The Last Post

The Last Post

When do you hear this Historic song? ~ 

We hear it on ANZAC Day for the Dawn Service at 4:30 a.m, they used to play it in the morning to wake up the Soldiers, but every year we have a moment of silence for all the Soldiers that have tragically lost their lives trying to save our Country or being a Resident and sadly passing away, after the moment of silence we play the song to represent them.

Why is this song significant/important to New Zealand? ~ 

Because it represents all the lost one that we trying to save our country and give New Zealand more land than we already have to live and start families.

What is the history behind The Last Post? ~ 

To signify them whenever Breakfast,Lunch,The Bell,Training or when they need to head to bed and get ready for the morning.

What does the song represent? ~ 

It represents the battle that they went on at ANZAC and symbolises what they went through during the war, its just to respect what they have done for all of us because we would most likely not be here if they didn't protect our land.

Parihaka ~ Tim Finn and The Herbs

Tim Finn and The Herbs

Listen To The Song Yourself!

What is the main message of the song? ~ 

He says to the people that they need to stay strong and remember the pain and suffering that the British caused.

What line explains their passive resistance method? ~

I know Te Whiti will never be defeated,

And even at the darkest hour,
His presence will remain.
I'll sing to you the song of Parihaka.

What does "you can't pull out the roots" refer to? ~

It refers to that they were there first and they can't just take away what was theirs first and never give back our home land.

Give evidence of their determination? ~ They stood up for their land and they never backed down on what they truly cared about and wanted what they had back.

Colour, Taste & Texture

This is a task that we had to make, its meant to be similar to what they colours of Vegetables, the taste and the texture that they bring to the plate

Language Features

So last week we were learning about different types of words and the meaning of the words that we have put down for the slide.

Relationships ~ Reflection Section

Relationships ~ Health

So the point of this Film is that we get to know how to treat a partner and what to do when you find someone that you have fallen in love with, there is things that we should do and things that we shouldn't do.

The story is about some guy that has fallen in love with a Women but the Women already has a Boyfriend, but he takes her out for a date at some restaurant anyway.

So there is a lady that always that cheats at school by writing down the Answers to test and copying them and then selling them to Students to pass and get good grades on their work.

But the guy runs and sees the lady that cheats, so he asked if she could make him a love letter and when she finishes it he will give it to the love of his life, so he asked and she said "Whats the catch" and he replied with "I just want to get closer to the one I have fallen for".

So when he said that she answered with, "Are you sure your not trying to scam me" so then he offered to pay her $50 to do it and make It good so she will hopefully get to know him and stuff that will make her fall in love with him.

We haven't finished watching the film we have only gotten through Quarter of it but this is all we have watched so far.

My Maps

 

Spiritual Slavery

Slavery

So these few weeks we have been learning about what happened when slavery was a massive things, we've listened to songs, made a My Map about where they used to be held and pushed around by the white people that didn't necessarily needed money but just wanted it because they were desperate.

We have been focusing about what happened to them during the time of Slavery and why they done those things to the Dark Skinned people that they have held against their own will, which is Disgusting!

The white people picked them up from Africa and tied them up in a boat and they travelled to multiple places around the world, the first stop that they took was The United States, they stopped there and then stayed there for a little while but they ended up moving again, But when they get put into the boat they get chained and just sit there and some of the people that are lying there can die from just sitting there and being hungry and thirsty.

Then next stop that they took was to Europe so that was one of the last stops that they took, but the hero was Harriet Tubman she was once a Slave but then she escaped but she always helped the others that were picking cotton get out of the current place that they were in!

But the saddest thing is that your kids can get put up for Auction for other White American men to use the Children as slave until they grow up and just disrespect them until they do their jobs properly. 

So me and my class watched a film about Slavery and there was a video of the White Male getting a whip and hitting them around the back and make them go faster.

The things that they pick were just a little selection of things but still make them tired because they are doing in daily for hours and hours.

I've just linked a song for you to listen to Carefully, because this describes the days where the people that been put to use of Slavery in Wade in the Water.

Home Ec Yr10 2021

Today in Home Economics we did a practical revision from last week. We did the practical revision on a google slide. Every theory lesson we have to make a new google slide on the same google slides so all of our work is in the same place. We had to include what we made, what personal and food safety we used and what hygienes we used. We also had to include a photo of our finale product linked with a link to the recipe that we used. Here is the google slide that I have made. 

Physical or Chemical Change

Physical or Chemical Change

( Heating Zn0 ) 

Hypothesis ~ Explosion = Chemical Change

Equipment ~ Sample of Zn0 ( Zinc Oxide )

                      Heat Source

                      Scale

                      Heat Proof Container ~ Evaporating Dish

                      Tongs

                      Heat Proof Mat

Method ~  1. Get Same of Zn0 in an Evaporating Dish 

                  2. Weigh the Zn0 & Container ~ Record Weight

                  3. Heat Container & Zn0 on Hot Plate

                  4. Observe any changes ~ Use phone for before & after photos ( Video? )

                  5. Take of Heat & put on heat proof mat

                  6. Let Cool ~ Observe - Photos

                  7. Re Weigh

Results ~ What Happened? ~ The weight of the substance didn't change at all, there wasn't a big colour change but when it cooled down it went back to the orignal colour

Conclusion ~ Explain the Results ~ The weight of the powder and absorbing the heat, never made the colour change at all so that makes it a Physical Change

Critical Literacy Matrix

Waitangi Film

The Film ~ Treaty of Waitangi : What Really Happened,' Directed by Peter Burger, is about the signing of one of our founding documents. It is a dramatisation of the days leading up to the end including the signing. We know this through the chiefs arguing, discussing and eventually signing the Treaty, based on history. We also know through the films title and voice over. 

The Treaty of Waitangi - Wananga

Kia Ora,

So the last week we have been watching a document for Waitangi Day, we had to pay really good attention to it because we have to write a story or a summary about what happened in the movie/film.

The first thing that happened in the film is that the Governor & The Pakeha's wrote a Treaty for the Maori's that have came across to be convinced to stay and be helped out by helping the Pakeha's, So the Māori's had the chance to speak up and say what they want about staying the the Pakeha's.

When they were up there doing their speech's there was a lot of arguing about the topic they have been force to talk about, there was a lot of debating and some of the Chiefs had a lot of good stuff to say about the Pakeha's consideration.

So they had a night to figure out what they wanted to do in the morning because they either got the chance to Sign the Treaty or go back and do what they were originally doing by there selves, but over night they came to conclusion and do some more speech's to see how they were actually feeling.

They went up there and the Governor got someone to hold Ink & A Feather in front of this piece of paper that they might consider to sign, But the thing only the Chiefs got to sign the Treaty and decide what they wanted to do and the others had to do whatever the Chief had to do.

But after they signed the Treaty everyone started to be more happy than they were and they got free blankets and Tabacco

DTE Cybersercurity 2021

This is just to keep your password safe nowadays because around the world their is a lot of hackers and sites that can take your information when you confirm your email and password.

This can also be a good pointer about you credit card details too.

P.E Athletics

 

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Achievement Standard

Subject Reference		Physical Education 1.1
Title		Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation
Level	1	Credits	5		Assessment		Internal
Subfield	Health and Physical Education
Domain	Physical Education
Status		Registered		Status date		17 December 2010
Planned review date		31 December 2020		Date version published		20 November 2014

 

This achievement standard involves participating actively in a variety of physical activities and explaining factors that influence own participation.

Achievement Criteria

Achievement	Achievement with Merit	Achievement with Excellence
Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation.	Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a high level of effort and engagement, and explain factors that influence own participation.	Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a consistently high level of effort and engagement, and explain factors that influence own participation.

Explanatory Notes

1. This achievement standard is derived from The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 2007.  It is aligned with Level 6 Achievement Objectives A1 (Personal growth and development), A2 (Regular physical activity), A3 (Safety management), A4 (Personal identity), B1 (Movement skills), B2 (Positive attitudes), B4 (Challenges and social and cultural factors), and D1 (Societal attitudes and values) and the material in the Teaching and Learning Guide for Physical Education, Ministry of Education, 2010 at http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz.  Assessment will be consistent with and reflect the underlying and interdependent concepts of the Health and Physical Education Learning Area; Hauora, the socio-ecological perspective, health promotion, and attitudes and values.  (The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 2007, p22.)

This standard is also derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.  For details of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa achievement objectives to which this standard relates, see the Papa Whakaako.