I think because/reading

this term we have done a reading rotation.One of the things was to read an article called, should children's beauty pageants be banned. After we read the article we had to do a task called I think because here's mine:

I THINK… BECAUSE

Children's beauty pageants should be banned everywhere	they wear tight dresses, heavy makeup high heels and expensive jewelry.
Children's beauty pageants should be banned	it ruins girls self of steam and they won’t get a proper childhood.
Children beauty pageants should be banned	there getting praised for having makeup and tight dresses.
That children should only enter in beauty pageants if they want to so that parents can’t make them enter	then if children don’t like entering beauty pageants then you don’t have to, and if you like entering pageants then you can.
That there should be a certain age (like 10) that you have to be over	then you won’t have little kids like 5 wearing heels and make up.

if you want to look at the article here is the link: http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/childrens-beauty-pageants-banned

Burger Heaven Presentation

In food tech we have been working on making a healthy burger.
here is my burger heaven presentation:
 

Rosa Parks change maker speech

For inquiry in class we had to write a one minute speech about a change maker and why you think they are a change maker.For my change maker I did Rosa Parks.

Here is my speech:

Rosa Parks was an African American woman who lived in Alabama. Rosa and her husband were members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) because they wanted to get equal rights.

On the first of December 1955 Rosa was catching a bus home from work. When she and a few other black people were told to stand after a white man boarded the bus due to segregation rules, she refused. The bus driver threatened to call the police but she still refused. Soon after, the police showed up and arrested her. She was charged for breaking a segregation law but she refused to pay saying that the law was illegal. African American leaders got together and decided to boycott the city buses and continued this boycott for 381 days until finally the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the segregation laws in Alabama were unconstitutional.

I chose Rosa Parks because she made changes not only to help herself but to help others and she had the courage to take action when others were too afraid. She saw other opportunities to make changes in other ways as well.

learning to say the time/age in Maori

In class for Te Reo Maori we have been exploring numbers.
Here are some examples of us applying our new knowledge

Time:

He aha te wā?

(what is the time)

tekau meneti ke te rua karaka te wā 
(the time is three a clock) 

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Age:

E hia ō pakeke

(How old are you)

E rua tekau ma rima ōku tau 

(I'm twenty five years old)

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Understanding Empathy

For inquiry this term we  are investigating "change makers".Today we used 'haiku deck' to illustrate our initial look at  the concept of empathy.
Here is my slide:

triangle area-Maths

We have been looking at measurement in maths.In measurement we have been looking at the area.I found the area of a triangle.
Here is a video of it:
Sorry forgot to add the square meters in the answer so the  answer is 11m2

Explanation Writing

Radiation

Ever considered what damage is being done to your body from the everyday use of electronics? Radiation pulsing through your body  as you hold your cell phone to your ear?

It is quite possible that your everyday appliances are more dangerous to your health than you know.

Radiation is energy that comes from a source (like your cellphone)  and travels through some material (like your body).There are many different types of radiation,but the ones we are exposed to are microwaves,radio waves and infrared waves.

Microwaves:

invisible to the eye,we use microwaves to heat our food quickly.Telecommunications satellites use microwaves to transmit your voice through phones.Microwave energy can also penetrate through haze,cloud and smoke,that means its easy to transmitting information.Some people use microwaves for radars,like Doppler weathermen use for the news.

Radio waves:

also invisible to our eyes,radio waves have the longest  wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum (up to a football field long).Radio waves bring music to radios,sound and pictures to televisions and also carry signal to cell phones.

Infrared waves:

Infrared waves lies between the visible and the invisible EM (electromagnetic) spectrum.TV controllers use infrared light to change the channel.We feel infrared every day from the sun’s heat.Infrared photography can detect temperature differences.Snakes can detect infrared radiation,thus lets them able to detect  warm-blooded prey in total darkness.

Electromagnetic radiation is very harmful to the human body as it increases the risk of cancer and other health problems. Microwaves are extremely bad for your health,as they take the nutrients out of the food leaving it without any health benefits or life energy.Microwave ovens heat food unevenly as the food only heats up when water is present and in most foods the water distribution is uneven.In Russia microwave ovens were banned as a result of studies that proved that microwave ovens are bad for your health. The studies found that carcinogenic substances formed from the microwaving of nearly all foods tested.

If you want less chance of getting cancer,other health problems or too much exposure to radiation than you could cut down on the amount of time you spend on your phone,iPod,computer,PlayStation etc.It’s also a good idea to not have your device's (phone/computer etc) next to you (near your body) while you're sleeping (it also helps turning the WiFi off at night).Having a good nutritious balanced diet will help and not using microwave ovens at all.

In short, micro radiation,radio radiation and infrared radiation are all radiation that we (humans) are exposed too, if we get exposed to too much radiation it enhances the risk of cancer or other health problems.Also remember to keep those devices away from your body at night and not to eat any foods (or drinks) from microwave ovens.

Wheelchair Escalator-inquiry

In inquiry we are focusing on the human machine and we are doing a grid,One of the things is to design a piece of equipment for a person with a disability.For my equipment I have done a wheelchair escalator.

Actively learn-reading

For reading this term we have been doing a rotation.Each week we have something different to do.One week we did actively learn,Actively learn is a site were you read a paragraph of a story  then answer the question.
Here's a few pictures to show you what it looks like a bit.

Pubertal health-Communication secenarios

Today for pubertal health we were focusing on conversation scenarios/responses.For that we had to do a video on a passive,aggressive and assertive response for a conversation scenario.We did it in groups of three,in my group there was Imogen(Filmer),Carys(school girl walking home from school) and I was a guy how was trying to get Carys in my car.
Here is the video:

French Omelette-Food Tech

In food tech we made french omelettes.
here is my evalation

French Toast-Food Tech

In food tech I made french toast.Afterwards I had to evaluate my french toast.
Here is my evaluation

The Name of This Book is Secret

 

The Name of This Book is Secret

Cassandra and Max-Ernest are on a investigation to help the dead magician.Cassandra is not a normal girl,she is a survivalist. Casandra makes many predictions that everyone will be in danger.They are most likely to be wrong.When they sneak into places that they shouldn't be things get tough for them.

My favorite character is Owen because he is awesome and nice. Sometimes it felt like it was actually real.It was quite hard to know what was going to happen next.My favorite part in the story is when Cassandra and Max-Ernest brake into someones house.Some of the scenes were greatly detailed that would have you biting your finger nails.I recommend this for people who like mystery's and for intermediate onwards

Drift wood

       Driftwood

Drift wood is about Hana and Joey that have been friends forever.Joeys parents love to rescue things and make them into beautiful things,that's why dumpster kittens fit right into there house.when Paul moves in with Joey as her foster brother and Hanan's brother starts to hang out with them things start to get a little crazy. 

My favorite character was Joey because she was funny and a likeable character.The story line is good and kept me guessing what was going to happen next.My favorite part is when they have a snow ball fight.It did get a bit boring at times but overall it's a good book. I would recommend this book to about 12-14teen year-olds.

 

 

 

 

 

Showme

In maths I have been learning how to divide in different strategies.I then made a showme on one of my  favorite division strategies.This is mine:

Well Being/Hauora

This term we are focusing on the human machine. We focused on how to be a well being/hauora.there are 4 parts to being a well being,mental and emotion,social,physical and spiritual.We all came up with our own opinions on what mental and emotion,social,physical and spiritual things you need and don't to need to be a well being.This is mine.

Term 1 reflection

This is my Reflection of term 1.Enjoy

Maori Conversation

For Te Reo we have been learning to have a proper conversation.First we had come up with a script each.After that we had to get into groups of four or three,you could choose to film all of the scripts or choose to do one.My group was Carys,Ella and me, we chose to do one script.

This is our script:   

1-Tena koutou korua 

2,3-kia ora

1-Kei te pehea koe?

2-Kei te pai ahau

1-Ko wai to hoa?

2-Ko Ella tuko  hoa

1-Kei te pehea koe   

3-kei te ora ahau

1-No hea koe?

3-No Ingarangi ahau

1-E noho ra 

3,2-Haere ra

 this is our video:

Science

Group PP for technology at the moment is science, our teacher is Miss Hawtin. In science for this lesson we were looking at static energy. We blew up balloons and rubbed them on our heads and put them onto the ceiling. Afterwards we put a skewer though  the balloons to see if it would pop,the best place to poke the skewer is at the top of the balloon.

Abel Tasman and James Cook

For Maori we were focusing on what differences James Cook and Abel Tasman and the things they have in common .here's mine:

James Cook

He landed ind in Gisborne,

new zealand in 1769

discovered and named

cook’s strait

there’s a statue of him in

tolaga bay

he’s English

Same

explore

there captain/

command a ship

Abel Tasman

sighted new zealand 1642

he’s the 1st european to meet maori
he landed in golden bay, but called it murder bay

he’s dutch

8 things you don't need to know about me

8 things you don’t Need to know about me

My class was assigned a task to right 8 things you don’t need to know about me. I used the marvelous and freaky brain of mine to gather them for you.

When I was a baby for some stupid reason my sister decided to paint our Mum’s Art Studio, with me in it. You can probably guess what would happen. I was pretty colorful that day.

  

I have this awesome swing at my house were the ropes connected to a really high tree branch. There’s also little hill underneath where you swing out that you can walk down and annoy who’s on the swing. I decided to go down there but made the mistake of standing up too early and got slammed into by my sister who was currently on it. My lip was bleeding and my arm was hurting and when I got a x-ray it turned out it was broken. Not one of my happiest days.

When I was playing with my friend we were pushing each other around and he accidently pushed me into the glass door. My arm only went into the window though and no glass cut me, but it was still quite a shock.

When I was an infant Mum always said it was bad to smoke. After hearing those words I decided I would help out my Dad by hiding his ones so he couldn't smoke them anymore. Of course he could just go buy new ones, but that didn't occur to me at the time. Two years later mum found them while she was looking through the wardrobe.

Some people find black licorice disgusting, but if you ask me they are absolutely scrumdiddlyumptious. I even like them better than red licorice, which my sister thinks is completely strange.

Lots of people like having hot milos on a cold winters day with flouting marshmallows on the top. That's nice and all, but what I normally do is get a plain old spoon and scoop it into a jar of Milo powder, stuffing the chocolaty goodness into my mouth. It’s the only way to experience the true awesomeness of Milo powder.

The best food in the world is sushi. It’s a simple fact of life. My favorite type of sushi is California rolls, though I like most kinds. Personally I think sushi tastes best when it’s homemade, but what makes it truly complete is timari and wasabi.

The worse thing ever is, well, I’d have to say vegetables. Yes, spiders are gross and wars are bad, but neither of them can compare to the true awfulness of a vegetable. They are completely and utterly disgusting. To make it worse, whenever you complain about them you end up getting told off. I can’t count how many times I've been told that ‘your plate should be half full of vegetables’. Well, if human beings were truly meant to eat them, why do they taste so darn awful? I wish they could just implode into thin air.

That was the 8 things you don’t need to know about me. I congratulate you for actually wasting your time reading that, thank you!

Cybercitizenship tagxedo

Its 2014!!! I'm now a year 8,in room 15 and this is my first post for the year

In class we were focusing on cyber-citizenship and being media smart.We had to come up with a list of words that go with the topic.After we did that we ad to create a tagxedo.

here's mine: