For the past few weeks we have been doing a thing called passion projects. You can choose from a series of classes and pick the one you are passionate about. I chose visual arts and did heaps of different things like painting drawing and making things with different materials. For a end project I made a drawing with funny faces and a back made out of various different things. Here is a photo of my funny faces drawing :)
Kia Ora! This week for Wananga with Mrs. Alpers we had to write a blog about our awesome holidays. But, we had to do it on the S.P.I.L.E scale. S.P.I.L.E stands for Social Activities, Physical Activities, Intellectual Activities, My Likes and My Emotions. Here is most of the things I did during my holidays. Whakangahau (Enjoy) :)
Socials Activities - Photography with my Gran, Cooking with my Gran, Seeing old family friends, Hanging out with my friends, Went swimming with my brother, Talked to my friends heaps.
Physical Activities - Went for walks around the farm in Ashburton, Did tailing for the lambs ,Went to Washpen Falls and did walks with my Project K group (didn't do much physical stuff hahaha)
Intellectual Activities - Did puzzles in magazines, Read the magazines, Played heaps of card games with my Gran, Did a very miniscule amount of school work, Played heaps of videos games with my online friends.
My Likes - Being on the farm, Being with my Gran and Grandad, Being away from home, Not having to go to school, Doing actually fun stuff and not being at home all the time but mostly talking to my friends.
My Emotions - Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy, HAPPPYYY!!!
For the past week in Social Studies we have been learning about the slave trades. We have been using My Maps to complete this task, My Maps is a basically a map but you can add pins and lines and lots of other things. We had to watch heaps of reenactment videos which were very sad but we were focusing on the music mostly because they used it to communicate and they used spirituals in their bush meeting because they couldn't go to normal churches for obvious reasons but there were some hidden meanings in the spirituals giving them ways to escape. Here is the My Map link for my work. The questions I have to answer will be underneath.
Explain the Spirituals and what they were.
The spirituals were a way of getting through to the slaves so they could send message to help them escape. They also gave them hope so they could believe that they could make it.
Explain who Harriet Tubman and what the Underground Railroad was.
Harriet Tubman was a very wanted lady because she helped the slaves escape using the Underground Railroads. The Underground Railroads are tunnels underneath the places where the slaves found a way to get to them out of that horrible situation.
Choose a Spiritual and explain the lyrics that stand out and the hidden meaning.
I chose ' Wade in the water ' which is the one we listened to which is basically what it sounds like. Because if you tried to escape the masters would send out vicious dogs but dogs can't track a smell in the water.
How are these events still significant today?
They are significant today because people still think they can use people based on the colour of their skin. Think of the Black Lives Matter protest, The people of that colour were trying to save themselves from the white police and lots of other racist people.
This year I am doing Home Economics. This blog post will include all of my practicals for the semester. You will have to check back every week and see what we have made. The first thing we made was Chicken Chow Mein which is the first thing on the slide show. Enjoy!
Today we are doing a reflection on out EOTC days. We have to write a paragraph for each place we went to explaining our favourite parts and other information. Here is my work. Peace :)
Adrenaline Forest:
Going to adrenaline forest was really fun because it was something I had never done before. My favourite part was actually learning how to use the clickers that hooked onto the wires so you didn't fall off. My least favourite part was that I was up really high when I was climbing but that was the only thing I didn't enjoy. I got to have a good view of Spencer park over the road. But I learned that you should face your fears and step out of your comfort zone.
City Trip:
Going through the city was really interesting because I got to go to places I have gone before but I got a better look at them. My favourite part was going to Margret Mahy playground because I don't go there that often.
Jellie Park:
For the past term and a half I have been doing sewing as a options class. For the first part of it we were just having fun making small things and getting used to the machines, then we got given our main task for the year. Our main task was to make two bags of our choice for two different stake holders. The first stake holder was given to us by Miss Laycock which was Family Works Timaru, They are an organisation that gives to people in need. The second stake holder was our choice, I chose to make it for myself to use for Tennis. I made two drawstring bags that were 20x24. Here is the slideshow with all of my work. Enjoy :)
Which EOTC activity are you looking forward to the most?
I’m looking forward to doing the City Tour. I have been to most of the places we are going to but I think it will be nice to see what they look like now because it has been a while. But I'm also looking forward to the other activities too because I've never been to Adrenaline Forest mainly because I'm scared of heights but I'm looking forward to going to Jelly Park because I love swimming.
Today in wananga we had to do another 100 word challenge. We had to write it about magic bubbles. Here is my story.
I was walking through the dark back streets of San Diego when I saw something shiny behind one of the dumpsters. I ran towards it but then it disappeared! Then I turned around and saw a giant bubble with bright green dots as if they were eyes. I tried to pop it but when I did my finger just bounced off. But when I tried to kick it my foot went straight through so I stepped inside and I started floating! Then I saw flashing words saying where would you like to go? I said I wanted to go anywhere and that’s where we went.
Today in wananga we did another 100 word challenge. This one was different though because the photo was something that happened to one of the teachers but I made my own teacher. The photo was of Miss Laycocks car with human sized footprints on it! Here is the photo and my story. :)
It was a bright morning and all the birds were chirping. I was getting ready to go school but I was too lazy to walk so I asked mum to drive me. She asked me to start the car for her so I went to do that but then I saw something mysterious. There were giant footprints on the windshield! I didn’t really think anything about it until I heard rustling in the bushes beside me. I got so scared I sprinted into the car and wiped the windshield so mum didn’t freak out like me. But then I saw my dad sneaking away..
Today in Hurumanu 6 we have been working on another task for heroes and villains. This time I chose to do it about Jacinda Ardern. We had to make another advert poster like you see on the streets before the election. To make this I used Poster My Wall again. Here is my poster. :)
For the past few weeks in PE we have been doing gymnastics. We do this twice a week for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday. My favourite thing to do in gymnastics is to use the parallel bars. Mr Palmer taught me easy tricks to do which I picked up pretty fast. Here is a photo of me using the parallel bars:
Today in Hurumanu 6 we have been working on another task for heroes and villains. This time we had to make a advert poster like you see on the streets before the election. To make this I used Poster My Wall. Here is my poster. :)
Today in Hurumanu 6 we are learning about the political heroes and villains in this world. We will be working on this topic for the rest of the term. Our first task was to pick someone we wanted to learn about for this topic and I chose to learn about Aldof Hitler. The first task was to make a timeline about the person we chose. Here is my work :)
Today in wananga we started a 200 word challenge. The picture was of a blue whale with its mouth wide open and a scuba diver swimming away from it. Here is the picture and my story.
I have loved the ocean ever since I was little. I would always beg my parents to let me go to the beach and clear my mind. I also loved all of the marine life so I liked going to the aquariums too. But when I was 15 my parents introduced me to scuba diving to I could get a view that I had never seen before so of course I said yes. The first time I did it I was so nervous I almost hyperventilated but I stayed strong and gave it a go. It was so fun touching all the coral and the little fish but then out of no where all the fish swam to the coral and hid so that it was like no one was there so I turned around and saw nothing until I heard a strange noise about a kilometre away. But I knew what it was after listening to the noises at the aquariums it was a blue whale! So I tried to swim back to the boat as fast as I could but the whale was catching up fast! But I was lucky enough to get pulled up by my dad. You would think I would be scared of the ocean by no but I actually go back there every day :)
Last week we started a new ' Extra For Experts Kete ' which happens on Wednesdays P1 & P2. What happens is the year 9s are all together and the year 7&8s are separated into three groups until the year 7s have to go to kiwi kaha. Last week we learned a lot of information about different styles and what leadership actually is. We had started a DLO about the 5 different types of leadership which we had to put heaps of information on it. We also took a quiz to see how much of a leader we were and my score was 62 out of 100 which is a pretty good score :) Here is my DLO and my results.
Goal: My goal is to work on my skills because even though I got a high score there is still room for improvement.
Today in wananga we have been working on the tasks for Niuean & Tokelau language week. We had to choose from 6 different tasks and I chose to make a DLO with phrase from both places. It was hard for me to find everything but eventually I did. Here is my work :)
Today in wananga we did another 100 Word Challenge. Here is the picture and my story :)
One day after school I was walking through the forest to clear my mind after a stressful day.
It was peaceful until I heard a strange noise behind me.
So I turned around and saw the strangest thing ever a pug in a blanket!
Without thinking I ran over and picked it up and started crying for some reason just don’t ask.
I didn’t see an owner anywhere so I took him home which was a really stupid idea.
The next day I woke up to someone knocking on the the door so I opened it and saw a stranger...
Today in Wananga we are working on another part on the Pink Shirt Day slides. For today's task we had to read a story called Badge Of Honour which was about kids at school who were picked to be leaders but one of the kids got involved with gangs and fighting so it was a big drama. Then we had to choose out of two options. We could either finish the story or explain a time when I have been an up stander.
So the time when I was an up stander was when me and my friends were walking through the lane ways in term one and we came across a guy getting thrown at the wall and being punched in the face. So after seeing that we all went and found a teacher so they could sort it out.
This week we are learning about Pink Shirt Day. We are working on it because this Friday is actually the day where everyone wears pink to school to support the charity. Here is the basic information that you should know about Pink Shirt Day. Here is my work :)
Yesterday we had a market day for our business and enterprise. My group made hand cream from Shea butter, Honey, Coconut Oil and Vanilla Essence. They turned out really good and they smelt amazing. The people in my group were Shelby, Felicity, Lacie & Myself. We made 12 small hand creams which we sold for $3 and 6 big hand creams for $4. We also had a deal for the small hand creams where you could buy 2 for $5. My favourite part of the day was going around and looking at all the different things people were selling. My favourite was probably my brothers group who made vanilla milkshakes. They were simple but really good. Overall it was a great day :)
˜”*°•.˜”*°• Market Day ! •°*”˜.•°*”˜
