Opinions

How is the treaty of Waitangi relevant today 

eg. The 'Tie Issue"

The treaty of Waitangi is relevant today and connects with today's issues.

The issue I'm connecting it with is the tie issue which is some members of parliament not being able to show their culture and being able to express themself and where they are from. Some members refuse to wear a tie and rather wear a cultural piece instead. 

I think they should allow cultural pieces instead of a tie but if they don't wear a cultural piece they should wear a tie. This is because everyone should express themself and culture because this shows their belonging. 

My Reflection Blog

 11/02/21

Title: Back to Black

Genre: Article

Source: Listener 28/1/21

This story is about Akira Ioane a New Zealand rugby player who has everything looking good until he failed. He was a rugby player who was looking like he was going to be a star until he started to believe what social media said about him and he hit a low point in his life. He started to gain weight and now was not at a good enough fitness level to succeed in his sport and other players got ahead of him. This wasn't looking good until his dad helped him get back on track. "I knew I had more to give" Akira Ioane stated. He started to get back on track during lockdown because at this point no one was able to worry about him and he and his wife started to train together. This was because he knew he was falling off track and he had heaps of help from his pairs to get him back to the top and competing at his sports at a high level. I think this is a good example to never give up and never give up on yourself.

15/02/21

Title: The Recruit

Genre: Fictional

Author: Robert Muchamor

Key Points:

James Choke was in a science class that he hates to be in. He is tired from play GTA all of the night before. Samantha the person who sat next to him was known as a nerd and was really smart but James hated her because she made fun of his mum for being fat. He was probably the strongest in his year and bet up any boy who made fun of his mum but what way he going to do to a girl. Samantha kept on making fun of him so he gripped her and held her against the wall and she got her face cut in the wall so James had to run to get out of trouble but he was caught.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jA6BiZCPOE2anefM6kavWFLLtjmQ7ogaUjFWWoSKhGQ/edit?usp=sharing

17/02/21

Title: The Recruit

Genre: Fictional

Author: Robert Muchamor

Key Points:

What views of the world is the text reflecting: The part I've read about this text is about a boy who gets into an argument and makes a mistake he then gets bully and beat up by his classmate's brother who he accidentally cut with a nail in the wall. This shows that the boy thinks that this world is cruel and a bad place to be. He isn't having a good time at home as well as his mum's husband is pretty rude and mean to James (the boy). He thinks that his mum's husband is just using her for money and isn't going anywhere in life as his longest time employed is only two weeks.

24/02/19

Title: The Recruit

Genre: Fictional

Author: Robert Muchamor

Purpose: To entertain.

Key Points:

James got home after getting a beating and grabbed something to eat. After this, he made his way to the bathroom and looked into the mirror just to see that half his body is covered in blood and scrapes. He went to cover the cuts until he realized he needed to clean it first. He jumped into the shower and it was pretty soothing for his face apart from the fact the there was a blood spiral forming around his feet. While in the shower he decided he might as well pray so he did. After he got out of the shower he went to play some computer games but he got bored pretty quickly so he thought he should invite one of his friends to play with him. When he asked his friend his friend told him he couldn't risk getting bet up too and left. James was now starting to think if his friends are fake. 

Does this text construct a version of reality? Yes because it creates a setting in a made up place that is in this world. These places and easily be compared to common places that we have. eg. school, and his house/apartment.

26/02/21

Title: Athletics Day

Genre: Fictional

Author: Patrica Grace

Purpose: To entertain

Key Points:

Keri was a school student who was pretty unknown at school, she didn't have many friends but she was hoping that today since was athletics day she would try to impress everyone. She signs up for the 200-meter event and her heat is about to start. She was thinking she was going to beat everyone by far and that it would be pretty easy. Her race starts and she runs as fast as she can but as she glances over she sees someone run past her at the last second. She lost that race but still made the finals as she prepared for the finals she starts to tense up. As the race was about to start her friend was thinking that she's got to put in her all. The race starts and she's making her way down to the end and she's in a close race with the person who beat her last time. She crosses the line and she wins and she is really excited. After the race, the second place comes up and congratulates her. She now made a new friend.

Who is real in this text? None of the characters are real as it is a made-up story about a girl's experience on athletics day.

05/03/21

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: The Getaway.

Author: Jeff Kenedy

Genre: Fictional

Purpose: Entertainment

Key point:

Gregory and his family are going on holiday on Christmas eve for Christmas morning and to have Christmas away on a hot resort instead of on the inside away from the snow. The fact of Christmas away wasn't fun for Greg and he found out he won't get any gifts because of this. Another thing he hated is that he has to go on a plane for the first time and he wasn't looking forward to it. His family was running late to the airport and stress was building once they got there they were trying to rush to their gate just to find out it was delayed.

Who benefits from this text: The reader benefits from this as it entertains them as it doesn't teach them anything but they will still get something out of it and that is entertainment.

15/03/21

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: The Getaway.

Author: Jeff Kenedy

Genre: Fictional

Purpose: Entertainment

Key Points:

Gregory and his family make their way to this resort they are going to as they get on the plane to begin their journey Greg starts to worry as he seats next to some random family. he is on the plane but as they are in the air he starts to worry about things like turbulence. They finally get there and go to the resort which they thought was cool and they liked how the room was massive. they go get changed so they can go and look around but they realized that they grabbed the wrong bag at the airport so they couldn't get ready.

What knowledge does that reader need to bring to understand this text: To understand this text the reader must be able to read and speak English fluently. Other than that no specific knowledge or skill is needed.

19/03/21

Title: Diary of a wimpy kid: The Getaway.

Author: Jeff Kenedy

Genre: Fictional

Purpose: Entertainment

Key Points:

Greg and his family are doing some activity at the resort and having a normal holiday until it all goes wrong as on the last two days. It started looking good as they use the wrong bag for some clothes which they use to go into a restaurant and get food but then a family realized that they were their clothes and now they had a target on them they gave they clothes back and then went scuba diving but Greg younger brother caught a box jellyfish and it was let out at the pool so now everyone is trying to attack them. they get a kick out of the resort after this day and they decide that they will sneak back in but chaos started but they managed to get some family photos. After this, they get noticed and are now on the run. Greg somehow gets to the other side of the resort and is trying to get to the exit. he realizes he has to jump a fence to do soo but as he did that he broke it and now both sides of the resort can be accessed by anyone so chaos broke loose and they got out of their quick and go back home straight away. 

What genre this text belong to: Fictional as it's not real.

26/03/21

Title: At the student poetry reading

Author: Kim Stafford

Genre: Poem

Key points:

This poem, it is talking about students at a poetry event who are making poems to say. This is about how people can feel when they are writing a poem. They express their feeling through poems and this poem may be a reflection on some of Kim's feelings when she first was writing a poem.

What do the word suggest: these words suggest some of the feelings poets get when they are about to perform or when they are performing, in the text she uses a class as an example of how this is shown. This poem also shows how people can be affected by writing poems of their feelings. 

This shows feeling from the kids used this quote from the text proves that: 

"I guess you could call me broken,

says one. I’m still lonely, says another,

but now I can name it with a song."

AS 1.1 My Active Lifestyle. PE

 Achievement Standard

Subject Reference		Physical Education 1.1
Title		Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation
Level	1	Credits	5		Assessment		Internal
Subfield	Health and Physical Education
Domain	Physical Education
Status		Registered		Status date		17 December 2010
Planned review date		31 December 2020		Date version published		20 November 2014

 

This achievement standard involves participating actively in a variety of physical activities and explaining factors that influence own participation.

Achievement Criteria

Achievement	Achievement with Merit	Achievement with Excellence
Participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence own participation.	Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a high level of effort and engagement, and explain factors that influence own participation.	Participate actively in a variety of physical activities with a consistently high level of effort and engagement, and explain factors that influence own participation.

Explanatory Notes

1. This achievement standard is derived from The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 2007.  It is aligned with Level 6 Achievement Objectives A1 (Personal growth and development), A2 (Regular physical activity), A3 (Safety management), A4 (Personal identity), B1 (Movement skills), B2 (Positive attitudes), B4 (Challenges and social and cultural factors), and D1 (Societal attitudes and values) and the material in the Teaching and Learning Guide for Physical Education, Ministry of Education, 2010 at http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz.  Assessment will be consistent with and reflect the underlying and interdependent concepts of the Health and Physical Education Learning Area; Hauora, the socio-ecological perspective, health promotion, and attitudes and values.  (The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 2007, p22.)

This standard is also derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.  For details of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa achievement objectives to which this standard relates, see the Papa Whakaako.

2. Participate actively involves being both active and involved in most of the physical activity sessions used to contribute towards assessment against this achievement standard.  Active participation in a variety of physical activities is essential.

Participate actively may include:

• practising to improve

• involving self in activity for enjoyment, fun and challenge

• contributing in team activities

• relating to others in activities requiring interaction

• reflecting on involvement and performance

• participating in some way or contributing despite injury.

Displaying a high level of effort and engagement involves full and positive participation in physical activities, along with contributions to support others to be active and/or showing effort to improve over time.  This may include:

• participating in the strategies, skills, and aim of the game

• participating to develop skills of the activity

• participating to develop, maintain and improve fitness

• participating to maintain or improve well-being

• participating to enjoy the intent of the activity

• supporting, encouraging, and organising of others with the aim of getting them to participate

• any combination of the above.

Displaying a consistently high level of effort and engagement involves full and positive participation in physical activities, along with regular contributions to support others to be active and/or showing sustained effort to improve over time.

Explain involves saying how and/or why a range of factors influence the student’s own participation.  The explanation is expected to be a result of ongoing reflection.

Factors that influence participation could include but are not limited to:

• well-being

• fun and enjoyment

• challenge

• sense of achievement

• social factors e.g. able to do physical activity with friends, able to choose my own group

• aesthetic appeal

• pushes the body to physical and/or mental limits

• being able to go at own pace

• cost

• accessibility

• environmental appreciation

• technology

• equipment needed.

3. It is expected that students will participate in a variety of physical activities throughout a full teaching and learning programme.  The activities may include but are not limited to:

• fitness

• dance

• outdoor education

• adventure-based learning

• games

• team-based sport

• te ao kori

• aquatic activities

• leisure-based activities.

See further details in the curriculum statement http://www.tki.org.nz/r/health/curriculum/statement/toc_e.php.

4. Conditions of Assessment related to this achievement standard can be found at http://ncea.tki.org.nz/Resources-for-Internally-Assessed-Achievement-Standards.

 

Replacement Information

This achievement standard replaced unit standard 12527 and AS90067.

 

Quality Assurance

3. Providers and Industry Training Organisations must have been granted consent to assess by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against achievement standards.

4. Organisations with consent to assess and Industry Training Organisations assessing against achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those achievement standards.

Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference

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WGA

 Today in wananga class we learnt about different inventions and did an icebreaker actvity.

Here is my work:

Getting to know your classmates

This activity is used as a way to talk to other people within your class and possibly find out things that you may have in common. You need to be up out of your seat, and find someone who fits each of the boxes outlined below. Please try to use a different person for each box. 

Born in the same month as me…. William	Has a dog as a pet…. Jack	Came on the bus to school this morning… Noel	Went on holidays in the school holidays….. Tyler
Was born outside of Christchurch….. Tyler	Is taking Music as a subject this year….. Peni	Can speak another language…… JC	Has an older brother or sister…. Austin
Has been at HHS since year 7…. Emily	Can juggle…. Andireas	Is older than me…. Austin	Is extremely excited to be in TfM :) … Jack

As a reflection task, we were asked a question about an invention we would like to see invented in the future.

If I had to choose an invention I would invent an auto cooking kitchen. This kitchen will take the food you want to cook and it will do it for you and make you a great meal.

I would choose this because it would make life easier with one less task to do and this would also make sure that you don't have the risk of making mistakes.

Black death

 Hi Guys!

Which century was the black death and what countries were affected: 

The black death was in the middle century and people from all over the world were affected. The countries affected the most was Asia, UK, England, Egypt. 

Who were the most affected people: People who couldn't stay healthy and had a poor immune system.

How where the body buried: They would be in dug a grave and covered with a small layer of dirt then after a week more would be added.

What were the symptoms: Boils that would turn black. Cold, bold poison.

Death was almost certain within the first week, people were in pain, tired, weak, dizzy.

Types of plauge:

Bubonic: Black boils around the body.

Pneumonic: lunge infection.

Septicemic: blood infection.

BYE!

EOTC Reflection

Hi Guys!

Today in class we had the task to write a reflection about our three EOTC days. The days were: Jelly park, Adrenalin forest, and a city visit.

We have questions to answer about what we learnt and enjoyed: 

Here is my answers:

What was the best day in my opinion? I liked the first day when we went to Adrenalin Forest. Why? I enjoyed it because we did heaps and it was fun to see how high I could go and test my limits.

Was there something challenging: Yes I found some of the obstacles at Adrenalin Forest hard to do when I'm high off the ground. I also found the learning how to use the equipment correctly at different places doing different activities.

If we were to do these days again, what activities would I want to try? I would like to keep the three which were: Adrenalin forest, jelly park, and our trip to the city. If I could do other things they would be mega air, mountain biking and swimming.

What did I learn: I learnt that our city is filled with loads of interesting things and that the places we have been to are fun. We also had to find heaps of different facts about Christchurch and the city we live in. 

Thank for reading this EOTC week was really fun.

BYE!

BST Loan flowchart

 Hi Guys

Today in class for business studies we had to make a flowchart about loans and things that go with the decision of getting a loan. This is a fun flowchart to show some of the decisions of getting a loan. This does not cover all individual loans. This covers loans in general.

Here is my flowchart:

I think I did well and this could help make the decision of getting a loan for some people.

It shows some main decisions people have to make. This had heaps on information to cover than main idea of getting a loan out while not covering any individual loan. Next time I would make them show different types of loans.

Did this help you make the decision of getting a loan?

I managed to get this information from myself on what I learnt in class. I did well and enjoyed maing this flowchart.

BYE!