The Excuse By Andy Griffiths

Today we read a short story by Andy Griffiths called by The Excuse.

We also started writing a story inspired by him, First we made a plan on mindmup.

This is the start of my plan. 

The Kings Wish Story.

Readers Theatre: 

What am I learning:
To be more confident in reading and use more expression.

How am I going towards achieving this learning:
Use more expression when we read more scripts.

What do I need to do to be a strong performer in Readers Theatre:
Don't fidget as much and concentrate more.

I was playing the part as "Son Three" my parts were highlighted in blue.

Writing Goal

Writing Goal

My goal in writing is:
To get my punctuation right. 

I have chosen this goal because:
In my writing there are a lot of punctuation mistakes and I want to get higher marks.

To achieve this goal I will need to: 
Proof read my writing more and take my time.

Festival Of The Arts Lino Cutting 2017

Art/ist meaning

A way of being creative and demonstrating an art.

Experimenting creative thoughts

Developing skills

Adding your imagination to your creations

Always doing your best even if you dont like your art.

Participate meaning

Being involved, Taking part.

Value meaning

The importance of something

How can you participate in the world as an artist?

Trying new art even if they're not your best at first try.

Even if you dont do art letting your imagination run wild on a page.

Inspiring people/artist with your work

What value do people place on being an artist in New Zealand?

Because in New Zealand we publicly fund art galleries and people go there to appreciate the art.

We put money towards art so that people have a chance to express their imagination and feelings.

Lino cut Artists: 
Bill Fick
Stanley Donwood
Anthony Davies

Cultural 

Maori

Fear

Identity 

Patters

Creativity

Pigeon

Culteral

Creativity

Patterns 

Colors

Birds 

My Lino Cut.

My Lino Print 

My Lino Cut.

What is Kaitiakitanga, Sustainability, and Rahui Tapu.

What is Kaitiakitanga?
Guardianship. 
Protecting something important to you.
How do we show Kaitiakitanga on Quail Island? 
By making water fountain for the birds on the island because there is no fresh water. Making more penguin box for the penguins so they can have a safe and warm home. 

What is Sustainability? 
Something that is renewable, you can replace it when you use it.
Planting native trees on Quail Island.

What is Rahui Tapu?
Something that is sacred, It is something that is restricted.
How do we show Rahui Tapu on Quail Island?
If the penguins get scared because of the people on the island, giving them a restricted area so they won't be scared. 

Leprosy Writing

A Day In A Life Of A Leper

Hello, my name is Will Vallane and in 1907 I was forced to leave and go to Quail Island because I have Leprosy. I was diagnosed in 1907, the same year I moved into a small house by myself after living in a giant hospital by myself, which I hated. When I woke up in the morning I wait for Mr Thomas to come and bring my breakfast because I’m not able to make my own. There was a fence surrounding my little house to stop having physical contact with anyone because the disease is contagious. Everyday around lunch time I would always listen to music on my record player. Mr Thomas, the caretaker had to turn it on because I was unable to do it myself. I also enjoy reading illustration books  although I was losing my eyesight, I still enjoyed looking at the pretty colors. Around 6:30 I rang my friends and family on the telephone to see how they were doing. After that, Mr Thomas dropped off my dinner, cooked chicken and carrots. He also chopped some wood and put the fire on, so I wouldn’t get cold at night. At about 7 o’clock I went out onto the deck to watch the sunset go down. At 8:30, after the sunset went down, I walked back inside and got into bed.

DOC Research

What are I learning? 

I am learning about Kaitiakitanga, Sustainability, and Rahui Tapu, and presenting it. 

What could I do next time? 

Add more information and explain things more.

What am I wondering?
Are rules different in different places of the world?

Quail Island Questions

1. What does the name Otamahua mean? It means "The place where children collect sea eggs" Where does it come from? Quail Island.
2. Where did the name Quail Island come from? Because of the bird, quail.
3. How big is the Island? 81 ha in area, with a high point of 86 meters.
4. How was the Island created? A figure-like lava flow formed Quail Island from a big volcano.
5. What wildlife is present on the island - native / introduced? Wood birds, Rabbits, Horses, Lizards, 
6. Mahinga kai, food gathering was an important activity for the Maori. What food did they gather from Otamahua? Quail eggs, Fish, 
7. How have introduced species (animals/birds/insects) damaged the environment? The rabbit species built up and heavily impacted the native vegetation.  
8. What rules had DOC created to help Otamahua? No matches or cigarettes, Be careful with bags on the island, Take all your rubbish home, Take care when walking.   

Thing Link

Arts Photos 2017

The first superhero drawing we done.

My sketch of my superhero drawing!!

My Kowhaiwhai sketches 

My color wheel 

My drawings of the c

My finished superhero painting. 

Maori Timeline

What am i learning? How the world was created in a maori perspective 

How does this work show my learning? Because I have read the book and have explained and written a timeline about the book 

Gymnastics 4 2017

Today is the last week of term and I want to learn how to do a round off.
Today I started to learn how to do a round off, I really enjoyed doing gymnastics and the best part about it was learning new skills, I really enjoyed it and don't want it to be over.

Nature & Sustainability

Nature & Sustainability 

I think that humans need to be a lot more respectful and careful with nature because after all we live of nature and without it we would die, and after watching those videos I seen a lot of disgusting things in the ocean. We need to learn about picking up our rubbish and not littering. Plastic bags kill all of out animals and soon enough they'll be extincted. There are 5 different garbage patches in the world. Humans need to learn the respect nature and not do all the disgusting things, for example, Cutting down less trees, Picking up any rubbish they see out in public, And not littering. Nature has been around longer than all humans, 4.5 billion years. 

How does this show my working?
This shows my learning because I've showed what i understood 

Stand By Me Info Booklet

What am i learning?
Describe the changes, challenges and needs of adolescences with respect to the four dimensions of Hauora.

How does this work show my learning?
Because I've explained all the changes and challenges of Hauora with the four dimensions and I have explained what they mean.

What am i wondering?
How do these changes make us become an adolescences.

The Importance of Empathy

L.O  Describe the changes, challenges and needs of adolescents with respect to the 4 dimensions of Hauora.

Success Criteria :  

Describes the challenges associated with bullying, social media and the general media for the 21st century adolescent.

Empathy;
The ability to understand someone else's feelings as if they are your own.

You don't have to be in the same position as someone to know how they're feeling.  
Empathy is looking after someone and helping them out when they need it.  
It can put a smile on someones face and make them happy.
Some people hide how they feel 
I think empathy is important because people don't deserve to sad and differently, no matter what they're going through. it can put a smile on someones face.
Videos;

Empathy Can Change The World
If We Could See Inside Others' Hearts

Art 2017

Comic Book and Superheros

We have looked at workbook pages layout and origins of superheros. 

Stand By Me Crossword Puzzle

This is my Stand By Me crossoword

What have i been learning:
To describe the changes, challenges and needs of having adolescence with respect to the four dimensions of hauora.

How does my work show my learning:
Knowing the vocab of stand by me to help me know more of the meanings about hauora.

How The Body Works

Eyes
Notes:

• The color in your eye is called the Iris.
• An eye is about the size of a ping pong ball.
• Cones help us see color.
• Rods help us see shades and form shapes.
• Cones and rods work together to help us see the total picture.
• When an image hits the retina its upside down, the brain flips the image the right way around. 
• The biggest part of the eye is the vitreous body which also gives the eye its shape.
• The optic nerve is the great messenger at the back of our eye. 

Teeth

Notes:

• Enamel cover the crown of the tooth to make it hard, tough and shiny.
• Teeth help you eat and talk.
• The white part of your teeth are called the crowns 
• The pulp contains nerves which sends messages to the brain if something it too hot or too cold.
• The root protects the dentin
• Cementum is the thing that attaches the teeth to the jawbone.
• Canine teeth are shape, pointy and made to tear food.
• Wisdom teeth are the last four teeth we get
• Babies have primary teeth 
• Molars are the teeth that help us grind our food.

Bones

Notes:

• The stirrup is the smallest bone in your 
• Their are 206 bones in an adult human body
• The rib cage protects your heart, lungs and liver
• There are 33 bones in the spine
• Bone marrow is in the centre of your bones
• The skull protects your brain
• Bones meet at joints
• Vertebrae is in the spine
• The patella in located in the knee
• Your bones wont stop growing until age 25

  

B&E Reflection 4

What am I learning
How to start a small business and selling our products. Knowing the limit of how much money we have to spend and working as a group. Making enough products so we don't run out as fast. Making a lot of posters to advertise our business.

How am I progressing in my learning
By making our products in time. Listening to everyone feedback by modifying our business and products. Helping everyone else out in our group. Making sure out product looks good so we get a higher profit. We have stuck to the budget because we have only spent $5. We have kept track of our spending choices by not spending over $20. We have stuck to our business plan by writing what we're doing everyday we have stuck to what we're making.

What did I achieve today
The making of our products. we are about half way finished with our book marks and key chains, we just need to finish some more bracelets. We have finished all our posters and our packaging.

What do you need to work on tomorrow 
Making sure our product is finished. To go around the school and put up posters about out business. Making sure we have enough of our product. Getting an idea of how we're going to present our product on the day.

What has my company done so far
We've finished all the paper work for our business, finished the posters and are almost finished all our products. We have worked as a group to get all our products made. We have also shared ideas through our the group. We have started all of our products and are almost finished our bookmarks and key chains, we just need to finish our bracelets.

What my companies next steps are
Making sure we work as a group to finish our product. Setting up our market so it looks presentable and so people will come over to have a look. Telling friends/family to come buy from our business

What you expect on market day



I think that our will get a profit and I'm hoping we will do very well. I'm hoping that we will get over $10 dollars. I think we will make a profit by catching peoples eyes and all our posters around the school.

B&E Reflection 3

What are we learning: 
how to make products

How have i achieved my learning today:
by making posters

What are my next steps:
Making the product

B&E Reflection Two

What am i learning: Learning how to start a small business

How my work shows my learning: It shows my learning by me knowing how to make out products 

What is my next step: Making and selling our products

B&E Reflection One

Business & Enterprise 

• What are we learning: How to start a small business 
• How does today's work show my learning: I understand how to fill out the paper work
• What is my next step: To finish the paperwork and the letter to Mrs Elley. 

Push and Pull force

Persuasive Writing

Mrs Elley Shoes

Hornby High School

180 Waterloo Road

Hornby

Christchurch 8042

16th June 2017

Dear Mrs Elley

We should only wear black leather shoes because of all the dangers around the school, for example the rebuild, in science you could drop something heavy on your foot or if hot liquid won’t burn through as quick. At tech you could also drop something heavy on your feet.

We should also wear black leather shoes because it wouldn’t look nice or presentable wearing bright pink or bright yellow sneakers with our black and blue uniform. People could also get bullied because they don’t have highly branded shoes, and feel insecure on what people will say about their shoes.

The last reason is because of the cost. Some parents might not have enough money for the shoes that their kids want. At the start of the school year black leather shoes are cheaper and it’s easier for parents to buy them.

We should only wear black leather shoes for around school and work but wear sneakers for playing sports.

Advertising

Ethos - Credible Ethical 

This shows ethos because they're using people well known and famous. They use famous people to make you buy the product.

Pathos - Emotion

This shows emotion by making you feel bad for all the animals picking up and eating your rubbish. they are trying to make you pick up your rubbish and not to litter. 

Logos - Logical  

This shows logic because they added statistics and 'er' words. Its trying to say that their product is better than all the other hair products by using '30x strong' but stronger than what??????

Business Through Gaming

LO. Run a profitable business

We played the games called Small Business game and trading around the world. 

I liked that in the small business game you could run your own business and it's not hard to play. 

The most challenging part about the games were staying alive.

What i learnt about running a business is that it's harder than it looks

I am wondering how people run businesses because in the game it was really hard.

Bridge Design

how to make a strong bridge

-think about what shapes are stronger 

difference between squares and triangles:

the name and shape

what shapes are strongest:

triangle 

how can we use newspaper to make it strong

yesterday our bridge was stronger but the design was similar. The poles were tighter, stronger and sturdier. 

Business Enterprise Vocabulary

How does this show my learning: because i understand all the words and what they mean

What am i learning: i learnt what all the words mean

What i'm wondering now: why do we need to know all this stuff

The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial

Aspects

The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment

Money that’s made in a business

An amount of money lost by a business or organisation.

An item

An amount of something left over when requirements have been met

The exchange of a commodity for money

Careful management of available resources.

Keeping an amount of money

Promoting something

A person who buys and uses up goods

The management of money

Doing something in a way that doesn't hurt someone/something

The action or process of investing money for profit.

Money paid regularly at a particular rate

A person, country, or organisation that owes money.

A person or company to whom money is owing.

What you have to spend to make your product

The amount of money you're earning

Regular payment

Money or wealth needed to produce goods or services.

Explanation Writing

Have you ever wondered what screwdrivers are made out of? Or why we have them?

A screwdriver is one of many machines, and possibly one of the simplest. There are three types of screwdrivers the philips head screwdriver, a flathead screwdriver and an electric screwdriver. A screwdriver has three main parts, the handle, the shaft and the tip. The shaft is a long tough steel pole on the end of the handle, the handle makes it easier to hold and to use and the tip is basically what makes a screwdriver work. The tip inserts into the screw head to turn it. Handles are usually made out of wood, metals or plastic and are hexagonal, square, or ovals to stop them from rolling when they are set down.

In 1908 Robertson Screw invented the screwdriver and in the early 1930s Henry Frank Phillips invented the phillips head screw / screwdriver. The earliest documented screwdrivers were used in Europe in the late Middle Ages. They were probably invented in the late 15th century, either in Germany or France.

A screwdriver is pretty easy to use. Start with the screw, place the screw on the tip and hold it there with two fingers. Apply light pressure while turning it in a clockwise direction until the screw is through the wood.  

Screwdrivers make our lives easier because they take hardly anytime to use and can repair basically anything. They can repair broken sunglasses, hinges on a door and lots more. They’re also quite small and don’t take up much space.

High Impact Car Race Results

First we modified our cars to make sure they didn't roll over, we all had the same material so it was fair. There were three races, Fastest, Stopping and then Distance. We had 5 minutes at the start to adjust our cars and then we did our races. the order went car one car two car three and so on. 


For the first race we just let the car go down the ramp because it was the fastest one, but for the second race which was the stopping one we taped a piece of tape to the middle and slowly took it down the ramp so it would stop at the green line, and for the last race we put car down normally. 


I think our car done pretty good, The stopping race we made it to the top two. We could've added something else to make it better but we done pretty well with what we did.

Vortex

Aim: to see how far the vortex cannon can shoot.
Equipment: Bucket, tape, rubbish bag, cups.
Method: the teacher put a hole in the the bottom of the bucket
then we put bags on top and taped it.
next we stacked the cups and hit the rubbish bag to try knock the cups over.


















result: when we tried knocking the cups over from 3 meters away it didn't fall over.
discussion: if i done this again i would've made the bag tighter.

The Physics of Car Racing

What has been done to make this a 'fair test'.

• All the cars are racing on the same track.
• They're racing at the same time.
• Everyone has the same materials.
• We all have the same time to create/work on our cars.

What forces are needed to make the car go faster and how have you modified your car accordingly?

• Acceleration
• Gravity 
• We taped some string to the back of the car.
• we used tape to stick down the balloon and the string.
• We taped the balloon on the top of the car to make it look pretty!

What forces are needed to make the car stop and what adjustments have you made to try and stop it by the line?

• The drag/friction in the car slows it down by pulling it.
• We added the sting to the car to lower it so it doesn't go past the line.

What forces are needed to make the car travel further and what adjustments have you made to achieve this?

• Acceleration makes the car go faster so it won't slow down.
• We will pull the string down the ramp to make the car go faster and further. 

Cars

1.What problems does our car have already?

It doesn't slow down

It turns around and goes backwards at the end

2.How do you think you’ll make your car go faster?

Add something to the back

3.How do you think you’ll slow your car down?

Add something that works like a break

4.What equipment will we need?

Rubber band

Music

Music-Keyboard

the song i am learning is Castle On The Hill

This song id written by

Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco

This song is preformed by

Ed Sheeran 

This song is about 

Ed Sheerans home town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ibBPhiaG0

Ed Sheeran cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYQCdIz1ZM

i really like this cover because they are more then one person singing and they different instruments.

Friction

What will have more/less friction

Carpet

I think there will be less friction than the lino and grass but more than the concrete  

Concrete

I think this will have less because it’s more rough and bumpy

Grass

I think the grass will have less friction

Lino

I think the lino will have the most friction because it’s smooth

Conclusion:
i think the best place to play tug of war is on the grass or concrete

i think the grass because its more rough than the lino and the carpet

i think the concrete because its probably the most rough and has the least friction

My Mihi

how i think it shows my learning:
I think it shows me learning because i've learnt what they mean in maori and english.

Characteristics of the Memoir

My memoir is about my first day at primary school.

My mum was driving me to school with my two pigtails in my hair. I was really thrilled but nervous at the same time. My mum walked me to my class and I met my teacher Mr Hay. He was an inspiring teacher. Some of my friends from kindergarten were there too. When the bell rung my mum left to go to work, I walked in and sat down at a table with Willow and another girl. The teacher introduced himself and done the roll.

At lunchtime I sat down at a bench outside my classroom and ate my lunch, after i had finished eating i would go to the playground and play tag or go on the monkeybars with my new friend Willow. I would normally go see my sister at lunch. When lunch was over me and my new friends went back into the classroom and did more work. By the end of the day I was tired and wanted to go home. My first day at school was enjoyable but tiring at the same time.

Graduate Profile

Statistics Investigation

what i learnt:
that girls and boys are both active

what would you do differently if you did it again:
make it smaller and not as messy

what questions would you still like to know more about:
why Katrina thought girls were less active then boys

Discover the World-Kupe-Reflection

What we been learning 

Explain and learn New Zealand’s cultures and national identity.

How i think my work shows my learning

because i added in all the information into my work and took my time to write and plan everything out and that i can explain all the subjects.

If i did this kete again what would i do differently?

I would take a little less time because i rushed the last one a little bit. I would also add some more information to each piece of work and maybe add some more color to my work.

Something i am wondering
what was the first country found.

New Zealand Kapa Haka

Kapa Haka is Maori's way of dancing in New Zealand. Kapa Haka generally involves the haka and poi dance.
Props that are used in kapa haka are rakam, taiaha, poi and patu.
Kapa Haka started before pre-European times where it developed from traditional forms of Maori pastimes.