Cultural - Taha Wairua

At home, I 've been working on Taha Wairua- Spiritual Well-being. For this topic, I have to choose 2-3 of the cultural experiences and I have to answers the questions. 

Hottest and Coldest Place Comparison || ESOL

Have you ever wonder what is the hottest and coldest place on earth. Around the world, every continent and country have a different temperature, even each region has a different temperature. Throughout my research, I have found out what is the hottest and coldest place on earth.

Dallol, Ethiopia

The Hottest Inhabited Place on Earth is Dallol Ethiopia with a daily maximum temperature of around 41℃. Dallol, Ethiopia has considered a ghost town because of Dallol is a cauldron of burning salt, volcanic rock and sulfuric acid. However, some tourist visit Dallo Ethiopia but some people went to Dallol Ethiopia to get minerals. In the past, several mining operations have been carried out in Dallol but it stopped in the 1960s. If some people want to visit Dallol Ethiopia, the only way to visit Dallol this day is via camel. 

Oymyakon Siberia

Surprisingly, the coldest inhabited place on Earth is in the area of Russia, it’s the Oymyakon in Siberia. So what’s the life in Oymyakon? Interestingly, there’s approximately 550 of the population that lives there. The coldest temperature that ever recorded was -71.2℃. Oymyakon’s school would be likely closed only when the temperature falls below 52℃. The residents would leave their vehicle running all day so the gas won’t freeze and be able to drivable. If you stayed outside for a long time you would likely get frostbite and your exposing skin would be frost and your eyelashes would likely be frozen and it will turn white because of the ice. Because of the weather in Oymyakon they cannot plant vegetables since the ground is cold, they only rely on animals, most of what they eat are frozen raw fish such as salmon, whitefish and they also eat horse livers.

The climate and temperature in Dallol, Ethiopia and Oymyakon, Siberia has a similarity and that is having extreme temperatures. These two places are also inhabited but nowadays Dallol is considered as a ghost town and also there’s an animal living in both places. However, if there’s a similarity there’s also a difference - the differences that they have is that the atmosphere they are feeling and surrounding they are seeing has a difference. 

Tomorrow. When The War Began Chapter Eleven

1. How does Ellie feel as she is waiting in the truck at the Council Depot? Where do her emotions come from?

-She felt a shiver and cold, excitement but out all of those emotions, fear is the greatest. Her fear came form love, love for her friends because she doesn't want to let them down.

2. Why are the girls smiling when in danger? Is this a logical response?

-They are probably smiling because of adrenaline they felt and they might be just trying to be positive.

3. What does wearing a helmet and buckling up mean to the girls?

-Wearing a helmet and buckling up means a lot because they will be safer.

4. What does Chris’s story say about the town?

-The town has changed a lot, It wasn't like that before, many things happened. The town has no electricity it's been cut, the houses are empty no one is in their house, many incidents happen of the road. The road is filled with soldiers and trucks.

5. What impact does the BMW have on the story? Does Chris seem lonely? Explain your answer?
-The BMW car has a really great impact on the story because it helps them to escape when the first car they used is been shot in the tyre. Yes, Chris seems lonely because since the war started his been by himself, he spent a week having no contact with anyone and seating and watching from the tree.

6. What is Homer’s explanation for the need to swap cars at Chris Lang’s place? What does this show about the way he is thinking?
- His explanation of switching car at Chris Lang's place was to get a four-wheel car and used it to go up to Hell. Instead of using the BMW(the car they used to get to Chris Lang's place) they will switch with the olive-green Mercedes(the one in Chris Lang's garage). Instead of leaving the BMW sitting in front of Chris house, one person will drove the BMW to the upper dam and then push it until it ran down the slope. Leaving the BMW car in front of the house is dangerous because if soldiers patrol in that area they might burn the house and harmful things can happen to the owner of the house. This plan shows that Homer is really thinking and scheming tactically.

7. What are your thoughts on the story so far...
-The story is really interesting and mysterious, I think many things gonna happened for the next chapters.

Bullying || Taha Whanau || Health

In Health, I answered some questions about Bullying.

1. Why Do Some People Bully?

There so many reasons why people some bully:

- They might also have been a victim themselves.

- Frustration, stressful, and experience trauma.

- They might don't how to cope with their anger.

- Seeing a lot of violence videos.

2. Why Are Some People More Likely to be Bullied?

- Being different from others eg. physical disability, having an unusual tone of voice.

3. Why is Bullying Harmful?

Bullying is harmful because it can affect their wellbeing and learning. Once you bully someone and harm them, they can be traumatized and they can also suffer depression and anxiety.

4. What Can You Do if You Are Being Bullied?

If you are being bullied you should talk to someone you trust or maybe contact health line and get advice.

5. What Can You Do if You See Someone Else Being Bullied?

You should do some action once you saw someone getting bullied like tell to someone older than you like a teacher, principal and counsellor and if physical abuse you should report to police. Confront the person who is bully and talk them calmly and tell them bullying someone doesn't make them cool.

Tomorrow, When The War Began Chapter Ten

1. Why does Homer insist on going on with the plan after Corrie’s house blows up? How does he convince Corrie that this is a good idea?

- Because he was hoping they might think that they will be dead and blown up in the house

2. Describe the strategy Home and Ellie use to ensure their safety when riding their bikes into town. What does this show about how they are starting to think?

- They were riding a bike and Homer was riding two hundred behind Ellie so it would be less obvious. She would stop when every intersection is coming and would signal at Homer once the road is clear.

3. Why do you think Mr Clement is reluctant to help Lee and Robyn? How would you react in his position?

- I think the reason why Mr Clement is reluctant is that he doesn't want to get caught and he might don't know who to trust. If I were in Mr Clement situation I would not be by myself and I would join Homer and others. There's a possibility that they will also catch me if I stayed at one place.

4. How has Homer changed in Ellie’s eyes since the invasion?

He became thoughtful, serious and braver.

5. What are the 2 different types of soldiers and how do they each treat the inhabitants of Wirrawee?

The first one is the professional one, they are the one treated people better. The second one is just there to make up the numbers, they are treating people badly and not trained well enough.

6. Why do you think Robyn had the strength to carry Lee?

- Based on Ellie's reaction, she knows that Robyn was pretty fit and strong. Since they are friends Robyn knows how important to rescue Lee.

7. How have the group decided to rescue Lee, whose idea was this and why do they think it will work.
- They planned to get a truck from the Council Depot's and Homer and Ellie would burn down the street. Roby would go back to the restaurant and get Lee ready and gets him to go to the close street and do anytime that will fill the time and wait for Homer and Ellie to arrived. Then they will et everyone get into the truck. It was Homer, Ellie and Robyn's idea. I think it's gonna worked because they didn't just agree in one option but they make a brainstorm and everyone participate in the scheme and everyone agree to the plan

8. What do you think happened to people who ‘tried to be heroes?’

Probably dead or was capture.

The Narrative Arc || Creative Writing

In English, we have a task that we have to complete and that is making our own Story/Narrative Arc for a story that we have chosen to do. I have chosen to do a Narrative Arc for the movie Frozen 1.

Kiwifruit DNA

Yesterday in Science, our class did an experiment that has to do with Kiwifruit. 

Aim: 

Our aim was to find out and separate the DNA of the Kiwifruit.

Equipment: 

Kiwifruit, Liquid detergent, Salt, Ethanol, Test tube, Beaker, Cloth Strainer, Mortar and pestle, Ziplock bag.

Method:

1. Get the Kiwifruit and cut into half.
2. Squeeze the Kiwifruit out of the skin. Put the squeeze Kiwifruit into Mortar and pestle.
4. In a mortar and pestle, mush the Kiwifruit, until all the big chunks are gone.
5. After mushing the fruit, put 2 squirts of liquid detergent.
6. After putting liquid detergent, strain the kiwifruit that has detergent in a cloth and put it in the ziplock bag.
7. Once you put it in a ziplock bag, get a pinch of salt. Set it for a few seconds.
8. Put the mixture in the test tube and put ethanol.

Observation:  

After putting the ethanol I saw that the kiwifruit DNA separated to the kiwifruit. 

Results: 

We were able to see the DNA of the kiwifruit at the end of the experiment. 

Character Creation

1. Name: Edward John
2. Age: 19
3. Height: 176. 9
4. Eye colour: Dark Brown with Hooded eyes
5. Physical appearance: Handsome, Born with maroon hair with one-sided bangs that covered his right eyes.
6. Strange or unique physical attributes: He has a mark on his heart
7. Favourite clothing style/outfit: Hoodie
8. Where do they live? What is it like there? He lives in Ruralside but it’s part of a kingdom
9. Defining gestures/movements (i.e., curling their lip when they speak, always keeping
their eyes on the ground, etc.): poke their inside mouth using their tongue
10. Things about their appearance they would most like to change: he wants to change the colour of his hair to black.
11. Speaking style (fast, talkative, monotone, etc.): talkless
12. Pet peeves: People talking when their mouth is full
13. Fondest memory: when he heard that there’s a possibility to break the cursed
14. Hobbies/interests: He likes to read history and about his cursed
15. Special skills/abilities: he’s talented in making crafts
16. Insecurities: his hair and the mark on his heart.
17. Quirks/eccentricities:
18. Temperament (easygoing, easily angered, etc.): optimistic
19. Negative traits:
20. Things that upset them: When people bully his friends because his friend is with him.
21. Things that embarrass them:
22. This character is highly opinionated about:
23. Any phobias? Nyctohylophobia (scared of a forest at night)
24. Things that make them happy: Not actually things but his friend makes him happy.
25. Family (describe): The john family has cursed for how 10 decades and when you reach the age of 21 you will die and it only happens for the male in the family
26. Deepest, darkest secret: He has a cursed
27. The reason they kept this secret for so long: The people might
28. Other people's opinions of this character (What do people like about this character?
What do they dislike about this character?):
29. Favourite bands/songs/type of music: Sinner Band
30. Favourite movies: No answer
31. Favourite TV shows: No answer
32. Favourite books: History, Breaking Cursed
33. Favourite foods:
34. Favourite sports/sports teams:
35. Political views: No answer
36. Religion/philosophy of life: No answer
37. Physical health: Good, healthy, Pretty masculine
38. Dream vacation: No answer
39. Description of their house:
40. Description of their bedroom: Full of books
41. Any pets? Bunnies
42. The best thing that has ever happened to this character: Found a clue about how to break his cursed
43. The worst thing that has ever happened to this character:
44. Superstitions:
45. Three words to describe this character: Cheerful, positive mind,
46. If a song played every time this character walked into the room, what song would it be?

Child Soldiers || Social Studies

In Social Studies, we have been learning about Human Rights. At the end of the topic, we have to choose which topic we want to make a research. We were told to choose which topic we want to search if it's Child Labour, Child Soldiers or Human Trafficking. I have chosen to do the Child Soldiers in Somalia.

Human Reproduction

What is Human Reproduction?
Human Reproduction is a form of sexual reproduction that is resulting in human fertilisation. It's involved sexual interaction between woman and man.

What is the two main types of reproduction:

- Asexual reproduction where only one parent produces clones of themselves.

- Sexual reproduction where two-parent produce offspring which are genetically different from themselves. 

Human reproduces sexually and males and females have different reproduction organs. Each organ has a different function.

Male Reproductive System

1. Testes- Glands in the scrotum that reproduce sperm and the hormone testosterone.
2. Urethra- A tube inside the penis through which urine and semen pass out of the penis.
3. Epididymis- Tube at the back of the testes that store sperm.
4. Bladder- Flexible bag for storing urine.
5. Vas deference- Tubes that connect the epididymis to the urethra. Its often called the "sperm duct".
6. Anus- Opening through which faeces passes.
7. Prostate- A gland just below the bladder that reproduces a fluid that provides the sperm cells with nutrients.
8. Rectum- Elastic sac that stores solid body waste before being passed as faeces.
9. Penis- The external sex organ of a male. A hood skin (foreskin) covers the head (glans).
10. Scrotum- A san that holds the testes.

Female Reproductive System

1. Ovary- One of two organs either side of the uterus. They contain the eggs.
2. Fallopian Tube- One of two tubes that connect an ovary to the uterus.
3. Bladder- Urine is stored here before passing out the urethra.
4. Vagina- A tube that connects the cervix to the external opening called the vulva.
5. Uterus- Organ in which the baby develops if an egg is fertilised.
6. Rectum- Elastic sac that stores solid body waste before being passed as faeces
7. Vulva- The vulva is the external part of the female genitalia.
8. Urethra- Tube through which urine flows through after exiting the bladder.
9. Anus- Opening through which faeces pass.
10. Cervix- Junction between the uterus and vaginal tube.

Fertilisation

What is fertilisation? 

It's a process of interaction of male sex cell and female sex cells. Fertilisation happens when an egg cell meets with a sperm cell and joins with it.  

Question:

How long do you think fertilisation does it take before the baby is born?

Why do you think menstruation happens for girls every month?

Athletics Day

On March 6 our school have an event and it was Athletics. So many students participate in the event, some people were in social and some were in the group of competitive.

What did I like?
I really like the last event I did which is the discus.
What could have been better?
It could have been better if the relay started earlier so many years student could have participated and each house group can do any game like a thug of war.

Maths Pattern

In maths, we have been studying patterns. Math patterns are in orders that repeat base on a rule and the rule is a set way to calculate or solve a problem.

1.) 2,7,12,17,22,27,32 - added by 5
2.) 5,16,27,38,49,60,71 - added by 11
3.) 2, 3.5, 5, 6.5, 8, 10.5, 12 - added by 1.5
4.) 13, 9, 5, 1, -3, -7,-11 - subtracted by 4
5.) -20, -17, -14, -11, -8, -5, -2 - subtracte by 3

Creative Writing Reflection

For the past few weeks, we have been working on a Creative Writing Task. I just finished all of the tasks and the recent task I just finished is creating my own Haiku Poem.

Reflection
Throughout the time I'm working in my Creative Task, I have learnt a new topic. I found it very challenging for me because I only have a short time to work for all the tasks. Each task has a different topic which is great because you are exploring the creative writing task you are not just focusing on just one topic. There was one task that you have to define metaphor and simile and write a sensory language. The task I found very challenging was the Haiku Poem because Haiku has a rule before you write and It's hard to find an interesting word that fit in your topic. Haiku was also the task I found interesting. Haiku is challenging yet interesting and fun to do.

Haiku Poem

In English, we are have been working in Creative Writing Task and today I did the Haiku Poem task. In this task, I have to write  4 Haiku Poem.

What is Haiku?
Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. It contains 3 lines with 5,7,5 syllables.

L.O: Today I am learning to create and write my own Haiku Poem.

Slam Poetry

In English, I have to watch slam poetry and choose which one interested me.

Learning Outcome: Today, I am learning to access different slam poetries.



 1. Which one was your favourite performance? Why?
Actually, I don't have favourite but I would say that this is the slam poetry I like out of the slam poetry I watched.

2. Write two thoughtful opinions about your favourite piece and support these opinions with specific evidence (quotes) from the text (at least 2) in your discussion.- He is saying it with intense feeling.
- He is using metaphor, ( I am dangerous, I am terror, I am the face of evil, I strike fear into your hearts.

Tomorrow, When The War Begin: Chapter Six

L.O: Today, I am learning to classify what happened in Chapter 6

1. What is the first sign that something is wrong at Ellie’s house?

Their house is quiet and the dogs are dead.

2. Who is the first person to really realise what is happening?

Corrie 

3. What is Ellie’s reaction to this person’s caution? Why do you think she reacts this way?

Ellie likes how faster she thinks and how faster she realises that something is wrong.

4. How is the pace in this chapter different from the chapters before?

In this chapter, they are really worried and stress about what they saw in their houses.

5. If you were in this situation, would you test the radio or not? Give reasons for your thinking

For me, I would try because someone might know what happened to all the people in their neighbourhood.

6. Do you think the way the teenagers reacted to the realisation that Australia may have been invaded or at war was realistic? Why/why not

7. What possible reasons exist that could spark war or invasion of Australia? 
It could be because of the land because Australia has massive land and Australia is rich in natural resources.

Tomorrow, When The War Began: Chapter Five

L.O: Today, I am learning to discuss what happened in Chapter 5

Must-Do Questions: 
1. What does Corrie’s choice in career say about her character?

Corrie is more likely wanted to be a nurse and go to a country that needed a nurse. Corrie wanted to help others.

2. The group’s ability to avoid arguing with each other is rare- do you think that there would have been more drama if you and your friends went bush for a week?

I don't think there's gonna be a drama if my friend and I went bush for a week because we are more likely wanted to enjoy the bush.

3. Why do you think Ellie and Lee feel uneasy just before their return to Wirrawee from the Bush?
I think they are nervous about what they going to see when they come back

4. What do you predict will await the group back home, why do you think this?
I think they will be surprised and they gonna see something bad, happened in their village.

Sensory Language

In English, we have chosen one task on Creative Writing Matrix and finish the one we choose. I have decided to do Sensory Language. In this task, we have to write that create an image or description.

L.O: Today I am learning how to write a Sensory Language.

What is Sensory Language?
Sensory Language is a language that connects to the five senses (touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight) to create an image and description.

Example:

The sun is shining bright in the skies and alone in the empty welkin. Walking in a frosty road that makes my foot frost and my body that is shivering when the wind pass-through my skin. The winds are waving and make the trees dancing and branches rustling. The scent of a smoky coldness that lingers in my nose as I am holding a hot cup of cocoa and my mouth that is being filled with chocolaty cocoa with soft and melted marshmallows.