Art festival week 3

this week my group changed our movie plan... AGAIN. But we got lots of recordings done and it looks pretty good. It's about a girl that disappeared at a school and we were telling a story about it and adding flashbacks of the girls view. We think it's going to look really effective, and its close to being completed so we hope it turns out good.

Art festival week 2

Today we got a little bit done but we weren't able to record our original filming because two of our crucial members that need to be in the recording but we did some practices of taping my phone to my chest, practising the course and filming to see how it would look. It turned out to look decent, the camera was a little bit wobbly but we need to figure out a way to tape it to my head so when i look down it can see the jumps/stunts.

Readers theatre

- What am i learning?
We are learning to read

- How am i going towards achieving this learning?
By reading

- What do I need to do to be a strong performer in readers theatre?
Reading with expression, loud, and clear voice

- Wonderings
Nothing

Writing goal

1. My goal in writing is: To create sentences that are deliberately crafted to impact and engage.

2. I have chosen this goal because: I believe few of my sentences are interesting and creates an impact that makes you want to engage but not many so i want to be able to write even more.

3. To achieve this goal i will need to: think outside the box and expand my creativity and ideas.

So thinking of better vocabulary - Sentences that describe how I'm feeling and maybe explaining it as a metaphor - Make dramatic sentences using similes

Art festival week 1

For kete I'm in the film group for the festival of the arts and my group is called anonymous, the members of my group are Kiera, Jordan, and Tanaya. Our group did this plan where we would do this horror movie. We started recording today and it turned out it was way harder than we thought. We have decided to do this zombie chase with go pros. We reckon it's going to be really cool and we hope it turns out good!

Kaitiakitanga kete

We started a kete called Kaitiakitanga. We were given 5 questions to answer when we started the kete. \
What does Kaitaikitanga mean?
Why do you think Kaitaikitanga is important?
What does sustainability mean?
Why do you think sustainability is important?
What does Rahui Tapu mean?
Why do you think rahui Tapu is important?

That was my video, now we are towards the end of our kete and this is my response now

Maori Timeline - Quail island

We read a Maori myth on how quail island was crated and here is what we found out...

Sons of sky father and earth mother sailed down to earth to meet their mother.

The sons, led by Aoraki, sailed around Gaia in Te Waka o Aoraki but decided they were unimpressed, so prepared to go back to the sky.

Before they could leave, their waka hit a reef and tipped sideways.

The brothers sat on the side of the waka and eventually turned to stone becoming the southern alps- Aoraki Mt Cook, Rakirua Mt Teichelmann, Rakirua Mt Dampier and Rarakiroa Mt Tasmin.

When the waka failed to return, Aorakis grandson tracked a journey to find them.
He found the wreck and mourned their deaths.

Maori Timeline

How The Earth Was Created....

Leprosy story

In 1906 I, WIll Vallane admitted to Christchurch hospital that i was diagnosed with a disease called Leprosy, it was a disease that would affect your skin and nerves of the cooler region of the body- particularly the nose, throat, voice-box, fingers, and toes. It had even affected my eyesight and so it had been failing so sight was more of a blur to me.I was so contagious even people from a range of 2 meters from me could become infected. They immediately isolated me and moved me to quail island so I could no longer harm or affect anyone else.

I had been put in a large hospital and had difficulty trying to get comfortable in such a large open space just for myself. In 1907 the department of health constructed me a hut so I could be able to live the rest of my years being at least in a comfortable surrounding. Let's not forget, leprosy is incurable so until the government had something better to do with me i would stay isolated on this island.

The doctor would visit me once a month and relatives would visit me occasionally or every now and then. I had a caretaker on the island, Mr. Thomas. He would come to my house to feed me since i was not capable of doing it myself due to my eyesight. Although he was not allowed near me he would put my food down in a spot and back away so I could walk myself over to go get it, i wasn't able to do much but he would turn music on the gramophone for me. It would keep me settled during the day. He would as well hand me books to well, read, more like look at, i would ask for illustrated books because i love seeing the blurs of color on the page.

I got weaker by the day, and i knew myself i was slowly dying, and i was going to die alone. I had a gate around my cabin so no one could come in too close to me, and i couldn’t get out. I wish i could be able to walk around the island for the rest of my days and enjoy the water and sunny view. I wish i could’ve done a lot more than knowing that my life will end with nothing exciting to celebrate my life.

this is a replica of the leper cottage

Quail Island questions

What does the name otamahua mean? Where does the name come from?
Quail Island, it comes from where the children collected seabird eggs.
Where did the name Quail island come from?
Edward Gibbon passed several quail and from the circumstance, he named it Quail Island.
How big is the island?
81 hectares, 86 meters high - 185 acres.
How was the island created?
It was created by a lava flow.
What wildlife is present on the island - native/introduced?
Birds, rabbits, prests, lizards, geckos, etc.
Mahinga kai, food gathering was an important activity for Maori: What food did they gather from otamahua?
Kumara, yam, Kawakawa, quail eggs, etc.
How have introduced species (animals/birds/insects) damaged the environment?
they ate away at all the quail eggs and eat all the plants.

kaitiakitanga, sustainability & rahui tapu

What do kaitiakitanga, sustainability, and rahui tapu mean in relation to Quail island?

I think kaitiakitanga relates to Quail island because it's about keeping the island safe and protecting its native plants and animal/birds. They are trying to get rid of all the animals (eg. possums, rats) that are destroying the native plants, eating quail eggs, etc. Sustainability is similar to kaitiakitanga as well, it's getting rid of the bad things to keep the good things. So growing the native plants again and making sure pests don't ruin them. Rahui tapu is restrictions, so people who visit Quail island aren't allowed to pick the plants and stuff because they are trying to get them to grow and keep the population on the island back up again.

Art

(sorry it's sideways) This is my finishing painting, in all honesty, i couldn't be bothered with the details of the person so i turned her into a ghost :) She kills spirits and monsters before they possess a body.

 This was our first step, "Origins Of Superheroes". it was just information about the basics of making superheroes, and stories of them, just things that relate i suppose.

Unfortunately, i didn't get to finish this sheet. It was plans of what your hero would look like. As long as i had an ideal image of my finishing art it was okay.

Reading bingo

1. Today I finished my book "Diary Of A Wimpy Kid- Dog Days" it is about the school holidays starting and while everyone is outside in the sun, swimming, sports, etc, Greg heffley is isolated inside with curtains closed playing video games 24/7. His parents aren't happy with his choices of being inside all day while the suns out. His parents force him to socialise with people but ends up being in the most awkward situations over spring break and its up to him to get out of them and have fun. I liked this book because it was interesting and I liked how they had a picture on each bags based on what's happening, I didnt really dislike anything. 4/5

Mother Nature Crisis

Nature is our guardian.
Nature affects us and we affect nature.

We all need water, we all need flowers, its the same with ice, rain forests, and soil.

Nature doesn't need us, we need nature, the oceans have covered the earth once, they Can cover it again. Ice is what kept our earth cool, but once our planet is overheated, there's nothing we can do. Trees make us breathe, but once all the trees are gone, we are not smart enough to make our own oxygen. Flowers look innocent, so we pick them off, but without them, we don't have food, do we? The soil is treated like nothing, once our soil is gone, it will stop many sources on our earth.
If we don't take care of nature, nature wont take care of us.

Gymnastics - in P.E.

In P.E. we are practising gymnastics and so far we have been starting off easy. The first activity we did was practising forward roles, then backwards, and then cartwheels. Afterwards, we practised on a beam jumping over a cone and then backwards (it's harder than you think). I enjoyed these activities because it was fun messing up and getting better at it.


Today my group is on bars and we are learning to do backflips, i have already achieved that goal but my goal right now is to do a double flip, and then we are going to the parallel bars but I'm not sure what we do on it so ill see whats happening.

The parallel bars is when you make it across, carrying your weight using your arms and i succeded

Hauora

LO: Describe the changes, challenges, and needs of adolescents with respect to the 4 dimensions of Hauora.

What am I learning? 
Describe the changes, challenges, and needs of adolescents with respect to the 4 dimensions of Hauora.

How this work shows what I've learned:
This shows my learning because i have provided each dimension of Hauora and explained how it works and what you can do to help.

What am I wondering?
I'm wondering why Jordan is so sexy.

What would I like to improve in my work?
i would have liked to add more work but due to a lack of space, i had to keep it short.

Hair

We have hair everywhere whether it's visible to us or not, but why do we have it and how do we have it?
We'll talk about the small stuff first, eyelashes is a must have for girls, we want them longer and darker but why do we even have eyelashes? Or eyebrows? eyelashes protect our eyes and when dirt and dust fly at our faces it the eyelashes tries to absorb it and attempts to prevent it from getting into our eyes. Eyebrows also help and protect our eyes it may not seem needed but without eyebrows, we would have sweat dripping into our eyes all the time but the water is captured and soaked it into our eyebrows when we are in the situation of sweating. Why do we have hair on our heads? But some people go bald and everything is fine so is it even needed? The hair on our heads isn't compulsory but it helps keep our heads warm. I have never thought of this until now but how on earth do we grow hair? Where does it come from? In our head we have to light follicles, at the base of the follicle is the hair bulb where cells multiply, when our hair grows it pushes through the follicle and out of our skin, and our cells die once it bursts through so that's why we feel no pain when our hair is cut. Our hair is shiny thanks to our sebaceous (oil) glands, sometimes it pumps out too much oil and makes our hair look gReAsY. Each hair will eventually fall our every 3 years but will be replaced, on average we have 50-100 hair fall out each day and your hair only grows around half an inch per month. The color of our hair is also more interesting than we think, in our hair, we have something called melanin, the melanin is what changes our hair color.  For example, if you have blonde hair then you have less melanin, if you have darker hair it means you have more melanin. You lose melanin as you age and that's why elder people have gray and white hair.

B & E

Today we have gathered all our ingredients and are going to make our doughnuts after school. We are going to make 4 batches after school at one of our team members house which will make 72 big doughnuts in total. We are going to serve them on serviettes and put melted warm chocolate into a mini plastic shot cup so you can pour delicious chocolate onto your donut.

B & E

What are we learning

We are learning to run a business.

Graduate profile

Letter to Mrs Elley

Hornby High School

180 Waterloo Road

Hornby

Christchurch 8042

15th June 2017

Dear Mrs Elley

We, Pearl and Jordan, have come across some issues while walking around the school during interval and lunch. These issues are occurring because of the fact that we must walk around the school in standard black leather shoes. We would like to attempt to persuade you into making a change at Hornby High.

One of the issues we have come across is mud. Due to rebuild and construction there's no much space left for students to run around so kids are often running around and playing on the grass. As so we are also in winter which mean rain and cold, so students will be running around trying to warm up. Getting muddy is a common result of having fun on the grass. When kids are running around on the grass playing sports, their school shoes end up with tons of mud on the bottom of their shoes. The mud ends up stuck in the grooves of the outsole on our shoes. In homeroom we are not allowed to bring our school shoes inside but for connect classes we have to keep our shoes on. That means that whenever we have been playing on the muddy grass we will be bringing mud into the different rooms. If we wear sneakers on the grass we will be able to change into our school shoes during learning time while being able to have fun comfortably on the grass without our heavy leather shoes slowing us down.

School shoes also cost a lot more to replace. Many school shoes have broken this year, keeping in mind that it is still only term two. We often getting annoyed by our shoes and leave them in random places causing them some damage. But as kids that is to be expected. Unfortunately not everyone has the money to go and replace their child's school shoes. Sneakers have more durability and they are a lot cheaper to replace which is quite a relief to some parents. School shoes cost a lot more to replace compared to sneakers.So it's a fair trade as if sneakers are cheaper it leaves families with more money which is a good advantage for when there are events at school that cost money.

When children are active around the school there are times when injuries will occur. It is important to wear the correct shoes while being active because some injuries can be career-destroying. It also costs quite a bit to go to the doctors or to a physio. On top of that there could be that odd chance that you will have to buy . Plus with the black compulsary shoes the laces easily come loose and undone which causes students to trip over and get their uniform and knees, arms, etc muddy - which can also leave stinging grazes!

If the school is worried for untidiness of uniform then make sneakers colour coded. Let students buy sneakers but just make sure that we wear black shoes so then it looks compulsory and better representation. The reason why we have uniform passes most of the tme is due to shoes. Students come to school and sneakers because their school ones are either damaged, lost, broken, dirty, too much money to replace,  and many more reasons. So if students prefer sneakers then wouldn't it be so much easier because students wouldnt need to go to the office (interrupting class time) for uniform passes

I believe that we should be able to use sports shoes during school as if we wear our leather school shoes and get them damaged or dirty they don’t quite leave a good representation for Hornby High.

Yours Sincerely,

Pearl & Jordan

The art of persuasion

The Art Of Persuasion

• Offer something

- support or favours

- information or facts

• Get them interested
• Reasonable and believable
• Be clear about your aims
• Choose your words carefully

Advertising

In an advertisement, you want to require one of the followings


Ethos is an appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader.



This advert shows ethos because it's showing a famous artist that accordingly makes us think this drink is good. The way that makes us think this is because if you're famous and known around the globe your most likely rich right? So then when they're rich they have a huge variety of drinks they can buy but because they have a photo of them with this particular drink (diet coke) it makes audiences think that it must be a good drink.

Pathos is an appeal to emotion and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response.




This clearly explains pathos. This ad shows an emotional image that makes us people think that we are the reason there's cruelty to animals and it makes everyone's soft spot for animals come out. When an animal is in pain it lets out a daring squeak and when people see these types of ads it immediately makes people picture it in person and really emotionalises people.

Logos is an appeal to logic and is a way of persuading an audience by a reason.



This is a great clear image of logos. This advert has explained reasons why this object is good for buyers. They changed a toy and made it sound like a handy tool for people with stress, autism, and ADHD. It looks addicting and cheap but nowadays because they're so popular they've made them real expensive and that's why there are so many reasons on this particular - to try bribe people to spend their money.

Bridge

We will be acting as 'engineers' this week we will be making a bridge and it will have to be able to hold a certain amount of weight. We will be placing the bridge across a sink and everyone will be having the exact same weight.

We will be using:
One meter of tape
Six sheets of newspaper

For our bridge, we rolled the sheets of newspaper into thin sticks. once we had done that we tested them and we put the weights over top. We ended up with it reach 40 for the weights. At fifty our bridge bent into the sink. We wanted it to be able to hold fifty so we added tape to the middle where it bent and then used the rest of our tape for the edges to keep them in place.

After looking at everyone else's bridges we realized that we aren't the only ones using that technique, so we would just have to wait and see to find out whose is better.

After the competition, our results were the best! Our bridge held 70 N and ended up being the strongest out of the class. I think ours was really strong because we rolled the newspaper into 6  long thin strips and the thinner the paper is the more layers it has which would make it thick and strong. Also, we used up all the tape and used it on the center and wrapped all the long sticks together.

Crossword for business and enterprise

Bubblegum

A squishy, satisfying, sticky substance that you chew. Does that sound familiar? Has an image of thought popped into your head yet? I'm talking about something that we all know we stuck under tables once before. Bubblegum, chewing gum, teachers worst enemy!! Have you ever thought of how bubblegum is made? What's the story behind gum? I'm going to tell you the whole procedure of this delicious sweet!!!

How is it made?

It starts with a little gum base. The stuff that makes it so satisfying and chewy! In old days it was traditionally made from tree resin. Nowadays its synthetic - made from rubbers and plastic. The gum base is placed into a huge mixer and then add flavouring and colour. During the mixing they pour in the mixer through a little tube glucose syrup - a sweetener just to add that touch of flavour. And plus without it the gum would be hard so they need it to keep its constantly soft to be able to chew it calmly. Afterwards they add dextrose, a powdered sweetener. The texture blends for 20 minutes as the stirring action builds up more heat as it goes on. So everything can melt together. When It's finished it will end up as a very sticky soft mixture. It will feel the consistency of bread dough. Now it's transferred into a machine called the pre-extruder. The machine tightens/squeezes the mixture through a thin narrow opening. As satisfying as squeeze toothpaste from its tube!! Afterwards it's thin enough to go through the extruder which shapes it into a continuous long stream of manageable bubblegum which becomes cut into small bite-sized pieces later on. It has to go through an excursion process that will heat up the gum or otherwise if it was put into the wrapper it will stick everywhere. Now the cooling chamber. The gum goes through for about 15 minutes between 37 and 45 degrees fahrenheit. When it's cooled down it comes down to the last step. The “cut-and-wrap”. We obviously know what’s gonna happen now, right? There's actually a machine that can complete that task in a fraction of a second!

Why can't we swallow gum?

Our body struggles to digest plastics and rubber and near the start of the last paragraph i told you that that's what was made of gum right? So if we swallow gum our body can't digest it correctly and it gets sticky inside our body which can be quite dangerous in some cases.

Maybe this can give you something to think about next time your chewing gum.

Broom - a machine

BROOM

Dirty floors!! They're such a hassle so you wanna buy an expensive machine to clean (eg. vacuum)? There's a way easier solution that's cheaper and is surprisingly a machine that goes unnoticed.

A machine is something that has a force applied to it such as, pull, push, levers, etc. That even makes a broom a machine. The fulcrum of a broom that you are using would be the hand you're using closest to the ground. Your top hand then operates the lever that pivots about your bottom hand.

The bristles of the broom is actually another example of a different simple machine. Each bristle acts as a spring when it bends it wants to return to its original form. The bristles at the end of the broom are typically made of straw, hair, plastic, etc. A broom is a great help in life but it’s starting to be replaced by high-tech vacuums. A broom is a daily help in life and way lighter, easier, uses less power, and isn’t loud!!

Don't waste money. Just get something simple.

Sexologist

Just like a biologist, they study biology, a sexologist studies sexuality. Sexology is a scientific study of human sexuality such as psychosexual interactions, sexual interests, behaviour, and functions. Sexology encompasses many different fields such as biology, psychology, medicine, gender studies and much more. There are actually many careers in the sexology topic such as research, sexual education or even counselling. Most issues sexologists have to deal with is the sexual interests in men and woman and their desires. The main point is seeing the transformation of clients and finding out if their sexual interests decrease The vast majority of sexologists did not get degrees in sexology, but rather were trained to study sex within another discipline at the graduate level (e.g., medicine, psychology, anthropology, sociology, etc.). 

Forces

These are forces of push and pull motion

High Impact Car Race Results

What did we do?

We had 3 Races.

• Fastest car race
• Furthest car race
• Car that stops closest to the green line

It's pretty simple on how they worked. Which car can go the fastest, which car can stop the furthest, and which car can stop closest to the green line. Everyone had the same car and we had a completely free choice of what materials we wanted to use to improve our vehicle and even what measurement we want our slope to be (mine was 32 degrees) so everyone had a fair choice!

The effects of my modifications

On my car, we used clay and made an aerodynamic based car by putting a sloped on the sides and placing a spoiler on the back. This made it go really fast but not quite as far. Either way, I'm still really proud of my model (car no. 5)

The results

These results are based on the furthest car. As you can see the best results is the more obvious one (car no. 7) that has reached more than 4.5 meters! The lowest one was car no.4 who has gotten way below 1.5 meters :( My car was no. 5 and i had quite a low score as i had said on the effects of my modifications.

These results are based on the fastest car. The numbers on the left are in seconds so we are looking for the shortest bar. My group had just gotten 1 second but we were beaten by car no. 6 who had gotten below 1 second!  

The physics of car racing

The Physics Of Car Racing:

1. What has been done to make this a 'fair test'?

• All the cars are the exact same
• They all have to drive forward
• We all have a selection of choice of what materials we want on the car.

2. What forces are needed to make the car go faster
and now have you modified your car accordingly?

We need to add some weight (eg. a stone) on the front to make thrust (creates acceleration). If we add it to the back it will spin around and fail the race.

3. What forces are needed to make the car stop and
what adjustments have you made to try & stop it by the line?

Add something such as a parachute to create drag (attempts slowing the car down) and Friction (stops the car).

4. What forces are needed to make the car travel further
and what adjustments have you made to achieve this?

A balanced force; if something is NOT moving it will continue to not move; if something IS moving it will continue to move at the same speed and in the same direction.

5.

Song cover

Ed sheeran - castle on the hill (COVER)
I love how he put a lot of effort into this and his vocals are really great and in tune with the guitar.

Physics of car racing

What i tried today - why i tried it?
Today Xij and I did some random experimenting and we had this triangular shape out of sticks and we used clay to stick it on the top of our car and it went really well as it went really fast and straight.

What happened when i tried to race it?
Well as i said before it went really fast and straight! The only thing is that we aren't sure how to make it stop yet.

What will i try next time?
Next time I'm gonna try figure out some ways and experiment to make it stop.

What research did I do?
Xij did most of the researching so I'm not quite sure what we looked at

Cars

1. What problems does our car already have?

The problem is our car spins around.

- what is causing the problem?

The weight on the back of the car.

- how do you plan to correct it?

Add more weight on the front.

2. How do you think you will make your car go faster?

Making an aerodynamic design.

3. How do you think you will slow your car down?

Placing sandpaper at the end.

4. What equipment do we need?

• Paper
• Scissors
• Tape
• Playdough

Music

The song I am going to learn is Castle On The Hill
Ed Sheeran composed the song
Ed Sheeran performed the song
The song is about his hometown and his days of growing up in his childhood
castle on the hill by ed sheeran

Tug o war - Friction

What can we play tug o war on that has more friction?

Carpet - I think carpet is a good surface because the carpet is fluffy so there's more friction
Concrete - It got 50/50 friction depending on what's on your feet but I don't think it's the best place to play.
grass - the grass has less friction because it's muddy and slippery so everyone will slip.
Lino - this one has maybe quite a bit of friction not that bad for slipping

I found out that for me I found the concrete easiest and the carpet wasn't bad it was just painful on my hands. The hardest was the grass cause my feet kept on moving in the mud even when I was standing in a statue position. The lino was correct for me because i had one moment that i kind of struggle staying in one place but it was all good.

Memoir

As I walked through the tall dark gates I could smell the sunflower bushes and hear the bees buzzing in my ears. There were flowers everywhere, the carpet was so soft and squishy. The sunshine was gleaming through the classroom windows.

We had an abundant amount of learning except it was mostly playing games. Honestly, it's nowhere near as my thoughts of kindy. Well, actually i don't really know how i thought of it. I just couldn't wait for break time.

I looked up glaring at the tall shady playground, my first thought i got really anxious because i thought when i ascend the ladder i might fall. I was very nervous when it came to heights but i was desperate to go on the slide! The trees were swaying side to side creating a heavy gust of wind. I decided to climb back down and pass for today. Then i saw this amusing swing. These 2 girls were on it and i was scared to ask them for a turn but i decided to go for it. “Can i have a turn?” I said in a quiet squeaky voice. “No! You can have a turn tomorrow but I'm on it all day today”. I could tell they didn’t like me that much. She was wearing a pink striped long sleeve fluffy looking shirt with blue jeans and she had many freckles below her eyes. Her hair was long, brown and tied up. She was taller than me and that’s why i was so worried to come over. I felt isolated after she told me to leave. I then went inside and felt a bit…. Off? It was a weird feeling but after those words, i feel like i don't fit in.

Then a miracle happened. This little girl that looked like a mini young grandma came over. She had cute eyes like an angel. “Do you want to make a fort with me?”. "Okay, thank you". I spoke in a quiet pitch voice. We skipped over to the blocks. She had glasses that made her eyes look big and gorgeous freckles under her eyes. We ended up becoming really close for that year.

At the end of the day, it was time to go home. I wanted to leave but i didn't really mind staying. Either way, i couldn't wait for tomorrow

M&M's Graph

Today we were learning about how to sort out graphs, tequniques, and shortcuts with M&M's.

Three Statements
Group 1 had one extra M&M than group 2.

Orange was the most common colour in group 1.
Green is the most uncommon colour overall.

I learnt how to find the sum, average, maximum, and minimum  of each group.
This was really fun and a very unique thing i've ever done in maths.