NZ Land March

In Social studies we have been learning about the land march. The task was to create a DLO and show you understand what the Land March was, and teaching us the importance of it.

We worked very well as a team, involving everyone and everyone putting in the effort and work. We worked like a good oiled car.

I found it challenging finding information, but once we got a little information everything started putting itself together and everything started making sense.

It would be nice to learn more about how the survived the Hikoi, what they ate, how they slept and more things.

I would like to experiment on a different site next time, like making a DLO on Piktochart or something.

How to score a badminton game

For the past week we have been playing badminton in PE. Today I am going to tell you how to score a game of badminton.

You can play badminton in singles or pairs. There are smaller lines for a single match and wilder/deeper lines for a doubles match.

If you hit the shuttlecock over to the opposition side, and they don´t hit it, but it lands within the court lines, you score a point.

If a server is unsuccessful in hitting the shuttlecock over the net, or the serve doesn't go diagonal, its a point to the other team and they get the next serve.

If you hit the shuttlecock out of the court/lines, its a point to the other team.

If you dont hit the shuttleckock, or dont hit it back over the net, and it falls to the ground on your side of the court, its a point to the other team,

The first team to reach 21 points wins the game. There are usaslly 3 games played, so you might win 3-0,2-1 or 2-0

If the teams are both on 20 points in a game, the winner must get two points ahead to win, eg. 22-20

Maori Land March 1975

For Social Studies we are learning about the hikoi that Dane Whina Cooper lead. The hikoi was 30 days and they started in Te Hapua and ended in Wellington. The point of it was to win back Maori land that was being continuously. About 5000 people where included in the march, and they stayed at a local marae every night. Towns they visted include:

Te Kao, Kaitaia, Mangamuka, Otiria, Whangarei, Kaiwaka, Wellsford, Orewa, Northcote, Auckland, Ngaruwahia, Kihikihi, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, Tauramunui, Raurimu, Raetihi, Wanganui, Ratana, Bulls, Palmerston North, Shannon, Otaki, Porirua, Wellington.

Songs that represent Martha ( From Abomination Book)

I was to make a 5 song playlist about a character in a book we are reading. I chose a young lady named Martha, who is being brought up in a very strict house hold and is not aloud friends and her mum makes her clothes. She is being bullied at school for her appearance, looks, clothes, they chase her everywhere, and many more things.

Bars and Melody - Hopeful

This song is about a Kid who is being bullied for many things, and to make things worse his parents have an unstable relationship. The way he heals himself is through music. Him and his friend creating a song that got them a golden buzzer on Britain's Got Talent.

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

In that song she is basically your don't have to listen to what people say focus on yourself and everybody is beautiful no matter what. For Martha that means her clothes are not ugly and she isn't ugly.

Rachael Crow - Mean Girls

A 14 yr old former X factor contestant write this song for those who get called things like freaks, weirdo, get called names. She was basically telling everyone that you rule the world not those bullies. For Martha she gets called Raggedy Ann, freak and it doesn't stop.

Jonah From Tonga - Don't be a bully

This song is about a group of Tongan boys who are trying to encourage people not to bully, because his brother is being bullied. In the song you can here Moses (the boy who is being bullied) say " I fell sad, I feel pain, when you call me that name, i'm a person just like you". That lyrics demonstrated what a single name can do to you or make your feel.

Sugababe - Ugly

The meaning of this song is basically if you call someone ugly your ugly, and everyone ugly. No matter what people say don't listen to them.

Steroids in Sports

  Why do people use steroids in sport ?They use steroids to recover from there injuries and also makes your muscles strong and you could win in some sport events using steroids

What influences people to take steroids?It gives you an unfair advantage over non steroid users example:If you were tied with someone in a sport like tie in cardio you could use steroids to make you have better cardio then the person you are tied with.     

What short term and long term effects do? kidney problems or failure. liver damage and tumors. enlarged heart, high blood pressure, and changes in blood cholesterol, 

What are the laws and penalties? The possession or sale of anabolic steroids without a valid prescription is illegal                    

What other issues does this link with?Steroid hormones help control metabolism, inflammation, immune functions, salt and water balance,

Why are steroids bad for your body? It can cause liver damage, cancer, and risk of heart disease. 

                                                                 

This work displays what steroids does it sports. As shown it is really bad and no one should do them for performance enhancements. I worked very well with my group. But I think I would like to work solo next time for the challange

The 30 rights

Rights are what keep the world together so without rights I would be a very scared child. The reason why i'm talking about rights is because it is what we are learning about in Social Studies. 

The task we were given was to list all 30 rights and discuss your top rights and why. It was a very hard to decide but I managed to list my top 4. Human rights are one of the best things that has happened to this earth. I hope these rights stay forever so I don't have to experience things like Torture.

Pita Pockets

In Home Economics we created Pita Pockets. Pita Pockets are a cut open pita bread stuffed with things of your choosing, like chicken, ham, vegetables, sauces. For mine I added shredded chicken, ham, lettuce and sauce. They were pretty good. It had a loud crunch from the fresh lettuce, but I think I could have been improved by adding sour cream. I came across a problem during the start, I accidentally cut the bread in half. I think I can fix that next time by being more careful. Overall I enjoyed the whole lesson and hope to do something like that again.

Mise en place

Ingredients

Cheese

Ham

Lettuce

Pita Bread

Shredded Chicken

Final Results