3 Interesting Facts about Santa Claus

 3 Interesting Facts about Santa Claus

- Santa Claus was originated from Saint Nicholas.

- The belief was actually from Turkey. 3 Dutches went to Turkey and they wrote something about Sinterklaas when they came to America and that's how Santa Claus born in America.

- Saint Nicholas feast day is celebrated every year on 6th December.

Tuberculosis || Health

In Health, we were set a task that required us to do research for a topic that we are interested in and we are to choose a topic that we want to expand our learning or know more about it. Our set success criteria were to meet all 4 success criteria; linked the answer to the key concepts, answered all questions, described strategies that will improve outcome in my chosen topic and present our finished work. The topic I chose was an illness, to be more specific I chose to do research about Tuberculosis. This topic is very interesting for me as this illness is more common in developing countries like in Asia and Africa. Then I had to pick which level I am comfortable to work on. The levels are rookie, pro and legend. For me, I choose to work at the pro level because I think I can do the task. The level that I pick also indicates a colour that represents the types of questions that I am going to answer.

After I pick a topic, first I have to choose 5 questions that I want to answer that match the level that I picked. Once I have the 5 questions I did my research to answer my own questions. After answering all of the questions, I also thought about my 3 strategies or ways to improve and manage my chosen health issue. From there I planned on how I am going to present my research, I choose to create a pamphlet or leaflet, I choose to present my work like this since my topic is about illness and pamphlets are usually in a clinic or anything related to health.

This is my planning sheet.

This the pamphlet that I made

Overall, I am really proud of my work and I am happy with how it looks like. If I were to do this again I would like to print the pamphlet that I made.

1975 Land March

 In Social Studies, I made a slideshow about 1975 Land March.

Unfair Trade on Chocolate Industry: Hauora

 In ESOL, we have been learning about the dark side of the chocolate industry. As we look further on the topic, we have found several problems inside the chocolate industry. We also discover a big issue on the cocoa farm, we have found out that there are children working in the cocoa farms. The children that are working on the cocoa farm are most likely to be kidnapped or trafficked. Surprisingly, some known chocolate factories like Nestle use children in the cocoa plantation.

For this task, we are asked to think about the effect of unfair trade on a community's or individual wellbeing/Hauora.

Climate Change

 How do bushfire start and how has climate change made them more common?
Bushfire is usually started by human actions but sometimes it starts from the heat come from a lightning strike that strikes the dry plant or when a rock falls on the other rock and scratches it will start a spark.
Climate change made bushfire more common because the temperature becomes hotter and dryer and this gives a higher chance to start a bushfire.

What is the difference between complete and incomplete combustion?

When a fuel undergoes full combustion, the maximum amount of energy is released for the reacting fuel. Often, incomplete combustion is a reaction between oxygen and gasoline, but carbon monoxide, carbon and water are the products.

Seismographs

In Science, we get to choose a topic that we want to search and know more. For me, I choose to research more about Seismograph and I decide to present it through making a poster.

Do you support the legalisation of same-sex marriage?

LO: We are learning to express our views on a topical issue using 'Write the Essay' sentences.
The topic I choose from the Political Issue is Gay Marriage.

Do you support the legalisation of same-sex marriage?

The Adverb Start- Undoubtedly, I support the legalisation of same-sex marriage as I believe that people have the freedom to choose their gender and what, who they love.

The Simple Sentence- Not supporting same-sex marriage is an example of discriminating, and you should not treat people unfairly just because they love a person the same sex as them.

The -ING Start- Supporting same-sex marriage, I think it's so important for them. 

The other side of the issue:

The Power Sentence- Same-sex marriage is also an issue in some culture. Some culture that thinks that marriage is only between for woman and man, view the same-sex marriage as violating the traditions.

TheW-Start Sentence- Whereas for some religion that belives the sacred of marriage, being in a relationship with same-sex means not following the command of the bible.

The Simple Sentence- The children may also face some prejudice in society, the decision of same-sex parents can affect your kids.

Anaphora

Learning Outcome:  We are learning to identify persuasive writing learning features.
Our group decided to choose the language features Anaphora.

Volleyball

 Today in P.E we played volleyball instead of doing gymnastic. The game today was so fun as we played 4vs4 and we are all girls since I am a beginner in playing volleyball I played with the same level as I am and I am pretty happy in the result of the game as I also hit some balls and they went past the net. I also manage to do the receive/dig position and spiking the ball using my palm. I also tried to stop the ball but I couldn't manage to stop it as my height is too small. However, overall I really enjoyed the game.

Volcano Project

In Science, we are asked to make a replica of the volcano we choose. Our group decided to replicate Mount Fuji, we tried our best to make it look like Mount Fuji but it's not quite the same as the volcano.

 Aim: 
To make the volcano erupt using vinegar and baking soda.

Hypothesis:
I think to make a better reaction from the volcano, the ratio of vinegar and baking soda should be in a good amount.

 

Equipment: 
To make a volcano we used cardboard, newspaper, glue, an empty milk jug.

To get a better chemical reaction we used vinegar, bicarbonate soda, dish soap, cold water and food colouring

Method:

How to make the volcano?

1.Put the empty milk jug in the middle of the cardboard and surround the jug with a crumpled newspaper.

2. Stick the newspaper with the glue that has a little bit of water.

3. After the newspaper dried, we painted the mountain with brown and the cardboard dark green.

4. Once the brown paint dried, we painted the top of whit to represent as snow. 

How to make a chemical reaction?

 1. Combine the vinegar, water, dish soap and 2 drops of food colouring into the empty soda bottle.
2. Use a spoon to mix the baking soda slurry until it is all a liquid.
 7. Pour the baking soda slurry into the soda bottle quickly and step back!

Result:

Discussion:

Before

After

Expected Value

 This week in maths we talked about expected value. 

If we repeat something equally likely outcomes a large number of times, we can work out how many time we would expect each outcome to occur.

Eg. You roll a die 50 times. How many do you expect?

Expected value= 1/6 x 50= 8.3

Tree Diagrams

 Last week in maths we have learnt about Tree Diagrams. Tree Diagrams can be used to show the different possibilities and calculate probabilities.

'Who Gets What' in the bean to chocolate bar chain

In ESOL, we are now focusing on the Chocolate Industry. For this topic, Ms Briggs divides the class into 5 groups. Each group has different roles; growers of cocoa, buyers of cocoa, producers/growers of other products, chocolate manufacturers and shopkeepers. 

Grower of cocoa: Harvest cocoa when it's in good condition to be harvested and sent to the buyers. Physical Labor -Planting, Farming, Harvesting and Packaging. 

Areas of work - Tropical land or acceptable climate conditions in a land

What do you do:

Keep the plants Healthy- Depending on Rainfall the Cacao will need between 1-2 inches of water per week. Don't let it get soggy. Make sure the plants are healthy/ taking care.

Buyer of cocoa:

• Importing to chocolate makers

• Pay the producers

• Working in a pretty cozy place

• Normal office clothes/delivery clothes

• Promote the materials

• Sell to rich producing countries

• Bring samples of the product

• Test product

• Work at least 42 hours a week

• Look for farms where there are cocoas. 

Producers/growers of other products:

The growers of other products produce and import the other ingredients for the chocolate. Taking care of the ingredients/products is also one of their jobs. They work on a farm, harvest the products and sell the products to the manufacturer and that's how they usually work for 40 hours a week, it's on repeat.

Chocolate Manufacturer:

Manufacturing processes differ slightly due to the different species of cocoa trees, but most factories use similar machines to break down the cocoa beans into cocoa butter. They usually work 40 hours a week and most consumers are in Europe.

Shopkeeper:

• Profit

• Retail               

• Dressed nicely

• The shop they sell them probably has good air conditioning.

• Shopkeepers buy from manufacturers

• Working conditions: depends, if you’re in a poor country selling it or in a rich country.

• In rich countries or the producer countries.

• Sells the product at convenience stores.

• Depends on where the shop is. - Working hours

Our group chose to do the role of buyer of cocoa. To divide the money, at first, each group thought how many percentages we should take from $1.23, other groups took between 20% to 35% but once the total was calculated we exceeded the $1.23. Since the money was too much, we negotiated with other groups, every group decided to subtract a few amounts of money so the overall money can be $1.23 but even though every group takes out a few percentages we still get $1.26 which means we are still over 3 cents.

Once I found out about the true breakdown of shares, it surprised me that the growers only get a small amount of money as they are most likely to work physically and they even have to share the money with the buyers of the cacao.

I conclude that it makes sense to me that chocolate manufacturers are most likely to get 64.5cents as they have to buy the ingredients, pay the labourers and pay the electricity.

Dilution Reflection

In Art, we have been focusing on Dilution. The subject matter of my painting is the moon. The moon is the centre in the picture space and the moons were kinda surrounded by clouds. I used diluted white acrylic paint to make a  thin wash.  I brushed this on the painting paper with the black gesso. This created a grey tone. To make lighter, grey tones, I added second and third layers of wash. For the highlights, I paint some part of the moon over and over again as the moon shines at night, I also highlight some clouds that were near the moon to make it look like the moonlight reflects the clouds. Yes, the negative space is important in my painting as it represents the night time and to make my moon stands out. I just find the painting interesting and I think it's very refreshing for me because I just now paint a moon or scenery again.

Mahi

My Mihi

Ko Jhermaine toku ingoa

Ko Pauline toku mama

Ko Leo toku papa

Ko Igaya toku whanau

Ko te huruhuru ao o horomaka te kura

Ko Otautahi te iwi

Ko Otakaro te awa iti

Ko Mount Aoraki te maunga

Essay Introduction Practice

 The novel Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is about a teenage girl who has latent magic that tried to bring magic back with the help of her friends.

In the text, the relationship between Amari and Zelie helped me to understand the character of Amari. This is because it showed me how she became brave, courageous and loyal. 

Learning Reflection || Math

This week in Maths, we started another topic for this term and we have been learning about Probability. In Probability, we also learnt about Relative Frequency.

Introduction
Probability is all about using Maths to predict how likely a future event is to occur. 

Relative Frequency
We can use a frequency table of past events to estimate how likely that event is to occur again and compare it to other events.

Essay Pre-planning

 In English, I am have been learning about planning an essay and choosing an event from the book of Children of Blood and Bone.

My key event is going to be the one where Amari stole the scroll.

My important character is going to be Amari since the scene is about her.

Amari is not a fragile princess anymore, she's now braver and stands up to her dad after she gets the scroll.

Pictogram || Treaty

 In Social Studies, we are learning about the Treaty of Waitangi, our teacher asks us to make a pictogram that defines each one of the keywords and paste a picture that represents the meaning of the word.

Word/Kupu	Definitions	Picture/pikitia
Treaty	a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
Mana	It is an honour. To have mana is to have great authority, presence or prestige. It is respect. the spiritual life force energy or healing power that permeates the universe, in the culture of the Melanesians and Polynesians.
Crown	To crown, someone is to declare them a monarch or a champion. Queen/King of England British Government
Tangata Whenua	Literally, people of the land are those who have authority in a particular place. This is based on their deep relationship with that place, through their births and their ancestors' births
iwi	Iwi are the largest social units in Aotearoa Māori society. The Māori-language word iwi means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language. Māori use the word rohe to describe the territory or boundaries of iwi.
colony	a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
Sovereignty	having supreme power or authority. ... supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community.
Rangatiratanga	mean “sovereign independence”. ... Rangatiratanga, for example, would be represented by a known person.
Governorship	the office or position of being governor of a town, region, or public institution
Kawanatanga	Governorship; the authority of a governor or government. Contrasted with rangatiratanga. 'we must ensure that the partnership between kawanatanga and rangatiratanga is enhanced'
Taonga	treasure, anything prized - applied to anything considered to be of value including socially or culturally valuable objects, resources, phenomenon, ideas and techniques.

Trip to the Antarctic Centre || Recount

On Friday the 4th of September 2020, the Year 10 ESOL class went on a class trip to the Antarctic Centre with Ms Briggs, Mrs Flores and Mrs Handley by taxi van. We went on a trip as is part of our Antarctic Exploration studies, the trip helped us to learn and know more about Antarctica. When we arrived we met our educator named Jane.

After we met Jane, she introduced herself to our group and then took us upstairs and started the workshop. Jane told us many facts about Antarctica like the race of the two-man; Amundsen and Scott to the South Pole and we learnt the two explorers have two different ways of reaching the South Pole as Amundsen team took huskies to pull their sleds while on the other side Scott team took ponies and few dogs and made people pull his sleds. In the end, Amundsen wins the race as he is the first one to reach the pole. This is one of the facts that I learned from the workshops.

After the workshop, Jane took us outside and we saw this vehicle called 'Hagglund'. We were separated into two groups as there were two Hagglunds that we could ride and she introduced us to our driver. While we were enjoying the ride, the person who was driving the Hagglund told us many things about the vehicle but no one was listening to him as we kept screaming inside. It was an astonishing ride and thrilling because there would be a hill where we would go up and suddenly go down. I didn't expect that it was going to be a bumpy but enjoyable ride. I also learnt that Hagglund can float in water. The cost of Hagglund is $250,000 if it's brand new and if it's old it only costs between $30,000 to $100,000. Probably the reason why Hagglund cost a lot is because it's warm inside and the vehicle is very sturdy. Right after we got back to the main entrance of the centre, Jane took us to the penguins. I saw five penguins called Little blue penguins. Out of the five penguins, there was a Little Blue Penguin that has bad eyesight. We watched them getting fed for breakfast by the keeper. As she was feeding the penguins she told us that the oldest little blue penguin that ever lives in the International Antarctic Centre was 25 years old, four times the average lifespan of Little Blue Penguins.

Next, we went to the 4D room to watch a movie called Ice Voyage. The movie was about a journey to Antarctica and species living in Antarctica. In the movie, we saw seals and penguins, we saw different kinds of penguins like the Emperor, King and Gentoo. The 4D movie was really fun, we felt like we were really in the ship, we felt the shakiness of the boat as our seat was also shaking, ice water would release out of nowhere every time the cold water of the ocean splashes in the ship.

By 11 o'clock, we had free time, during this time my friends and I took 20 minutes of our 40 minutes of our break time to go around the centre, as we were wandering around the centre we were looking for the huskies but sadly they were no huskies because of the pandemic hence we decided that we'll just be going to take a rest and eat our lunch. While we were eating our lunch we also answered some questions in our booklet.

After our free time, the Y10 ESOL class went to the storm room. Jane told us some rules like we are not allowed to go on some part of the storm room. Before we entered the room, we were told to wear a shoe cover so we won't slip as the ground is slippery and icy. As we entered the storm room, the coldness welcomed us. After 7 minutes of wandering around the room, the room started to get dark and the wind started to get stronger. When the storm started, cold winds touched our skins. The wind is different from the wind that welcomes us, it's strong and I could hear the blow of the wind. The storm lasted for 8 minutes and the maximum wind speed was 42km/h and the wind chill was -18, to stay warm many boys went inside the igloo to make themselves warm while my friends and I gathered together like a penguin to stay at least warm. As time passed, I could hardly feel my nose and my hands were starting to get numb because of the cold and my knees were starting to ache because of the cold.

Lastly, we went to the Exploration room. There I saw a lot of facts about Antarctica that would help me to finish the questions in my Booklet. Other than finding out the answer I also saw an artificial penguin of Emperors, King and Gentoo. There was also a huge solar system that we could spin and you could see what month it would be winter, summer, autumn or spring in Antarctica and you can also see the sunlight would reflect in the Antarctic when it's summer. Other students are focusing on their booklet whilst some students took pictures. To spend the rest of my time in the exploration room I took pictures of the facts so I can just write it down when we get to school.

At 12:45 pm, the taxi van arrives to fetch us and bring us back to school. At that time I felt sad and thought that the trip was too short as I still wanted to ride the Hagglund again and went to the storm room. Even though I felt sad I enjoyed the trip because it was my first time going to the International Antarctic Centre. By 1 o'clock we are already at school and that's where our trip ends.

Children of Blood and Bone Chapter

 Chapter 79 – Zélie

Inan’s amber eyes trap me in the truth of his betrayal, but it isn’t the gaze I know. He’s a stranger. A soldier. The shell of the little prince.
Note: It is interesting to think about how Zélie became an empty “shell” after Saran tortured her. After talking with Saran, Inan became a shell, also.
Think back to when Inan said they had no choice but to kill the maji.
Zélie said “There’s always a choice.”
A message I take from this scene is Inan believes that magic should be gone just like the beliefs of his Father. He trusted and has more faith in his Father, I also think he believs in whatever the king says because he will be the "future King of the Orisha".

Children of Blood and Bone Chapter 76

 Chapter 76 - Amari

  “So is it my turn?” Zélie asks. “Is this where you push me?”
I shake my head. “I needed to hear that. I needed you. After Binta died, you were the first person to treat me like more than some silly princess. I know you may not see it, but you believed I could be the Lionaire before anyone ever uttered that name.”
...
“No matter what he did, no matter what you see, believe me when I tell you it is not forever,” I say. “If you broke me free, you will find a way to save yourself.”
A message I take from this scene is even though Zelie lost her magic Amari still believe that she can bring the magic back in Orisha and so is Zelie's magic.

Children of Blood and Bone Chapter 75

 Chapter 75 - Zélie

“I could skin Saran alive and I still wouldn’t have my revenge.” I shrug off his hand. “It’s not about him. It’s not even about me. If I don’t stop him tomorrow, he’ll destroy my people like he destroyed me.”
For the first time since the torture, I feel a hint of the old fire that used to roar louder than my fear. But its flame is weak now; as soon as it flickers, it’s blown out by the wind.
Notice that Zélie is putting her duty before herself, just like King Saran and Inan.

But how are they different from each other? I think their difference between each other is Zelie only want the King to be dead while King Saran wants all the maji and diviners to be gone. Zelie would also sacrifice herself even it means death just to bring back the magic.

At the end of the chapter, we are led to believe Zélie is going to go to Roën’s room. Instead, she goes to Amari for support. Why is this important? It's important because you can see the development of Zelie's characte and the relationship between Amari and Zelie, you can see the difference how Zelie acts toward Amari on early chapter and in this chapter.

Children of Blood and Bone

 Chapter 74 – Inan

Note: This time you have not been provided a quote from the story. This is an explanation.
King Saran firmly believes in duty over self. Peace between maji and kosidán failed in the past, so he does not want to try again.
Inan believes he must make a similar choice between his country and his heart. He makes the same choice as his father, even though the majacite sword blisters his own skin (this is symbolism). Inan gives up everything to be everything his Father wants.

A message I take from this scene is that Inan is scared that it may also happen to him the same as his father, he might fail in becoming a king if he put his love first and not his kingdom. Before King Saran also chose love before kingdom but he was betrayed by his love.