Types of goverments

 In social Studies for the past four weeks we have been working on different types of governments and the pros and cons, And we were also learning about a famous person who is apart of a political party.

This is my research on the different type of government (unfortunately I was not able to finish this whole doc with the information but here is four different types of governments and their pros and cons) 

Now here is my research about my politic

Marshmallow Tower challenge

Last week in health we had been working on our interpersonal skills, and we had done a marshmallow tower challenge. I had worked with Te-Wai. We were given 12 marshmallows, 8 steward , and a 12 minute timer. We had the tallest tower out of the class.

What IP skills did I show/use today? Did you use any warm fuzzies?

The warm fuzzies I used today in our task were "great tower guys".

How did it help with the success/lack if success, of the activity?

In our team of four, it was an unsuccessful activity. This was because we hadn't used our verbal communication, and we had tried working as individuals.

Who did you work with that went well today?

Nishitha helped our team out a lot by creating our base of the marshmallow tower.

If you were to do it again, how would you do it differently?

If I was to do it again, I would suggest not snapping the stewers in half again, because that's what made our tower more unsuccessful.

What level of Hellison's behaviour model were you working at in this activity and provide examples of this?

 As a team we were at a mix of a level 3 and 4. This is because I managed to work as a team, but when our tower had fallen, lack of communication was made by me. This was a lack of encouragement by me.

Dilution and Filtration Blog

 Intro: Last week in science we mixed copper nitrate with Sodium Hydroxide to make a bright blue precipitate.

1. Which test tube had the most concentrated sample of copper nitrate?

     - The first test tube

2. When we added water what were we doing to the concentration of the solution?

     - You are diluting it 

3. Which concentration of copper nitrate formed the most precipitate, Why do you think this is the case?

     - The first test tube because there was more chemicals in that test tube rather than the other 3. 

Key terms: 

 

Filtering Is when you can separate the solute (solid) from the solvent (Liquid).

Separate means to split apart.

Once the solvent has been filtered that is called the filtrate.

Gymnastics - Term 4

Gymnastics - Term 4 

Trampoline - Front Flip, Back Flip, Spin, Bomb

Parallel - Flip, Walk, Upside down hang, walk backwards 

Beam - Walk, Front flip off, Back flip off, walk backwards

Bar - Spin, Backwards Spin, 3x spin, 3x backwards spin

Floor/Mat - Cartwheel, Flip, Bridge, Head/Hand stand, Leap frog

Mini trampoline - Front flip, Bomb, Jump, Tuck jump

I Jumped on the trampoline and did a flip

Drama

 

Market day - B & E

Hey guys yesterday (Wednesday 10:30am) each Kahui had to do something to raise money for a trip at the end of the year. We all got to choose our group it had to be at least 3-4 but my team was 5, the teachers didn't really care but got a bit mad at the fifth person that came in but he (Yes he the teacher was Mr Mitchell).   

After about roughly 4 weeks after we had to sort everything out like the business plan and all of those thing we came to market day...

My learning Story - Hurumanu 6

People Affected By the Christchurch Earthquakes

 People Affected By the Christchurch Earthquakes

• Family died
• People with homes destroyed 
• people lived in  garages Because they felt Nervous/ Scared/Worried.
• Injuries
• People had to move away from Christchurch
• Business places broken - Move business
• Set up other medical centre/Hospital dept.

Helpers:

1. Taiwanese rescuers
2. Student army
3. Japanese search and rescue
4. Navy
5. NZ Military

Here is the chch earthquake happening at 12.51 p.m. on 22 February 2011 

Pasta Rover Challenge

 Pasta Rover Challenge

Aim: Build a pasta rover that can travel 1m down a ramp then 1m across the floor.

Equipment:

• Lasagne Sheet

• Fettuccine

• Spaghetti Pasta

• Penne pasta

• Cannoli Pasta

• Round Mints

Results/Photo/Video:

 

Next time I would make the rover a bit more controllable and that the wheels actually work and move And not break the bottom sheet.

Hurumanu 3 - Ways to Communicate - Sign and Morse

Hey guys today we have been learning Sign language and Morse code. We got given a quote then quote was ( I will be respectful to my friends and parents )

Nevigation

 Aim:

I want to to walk in a straight line without any senses.

Hypothesis:

I predict that I will fall over and making a fool of myself.

Method:

Equipment:

• Bucket 
• Blind fold
• Cotton Wool

Instructions:

1. Using a bling fold cover your eyes.
2. place some cotton wool into your eyes carefully.
3. Now place the bucket over top of your head to stop the touch of wind onto your face.
4. Now before you walk off into a line spin 3 times in a circle to make you dizzy.
5. Now your partner must place you into the right Detection 

Safety:

•  STOP walking when you hear the whistle
• If your partner says stop you MUST STOP
• Do not walk into objects (buildings , People and trees)
• Also no cheating or you will be disquieted 

Results:

So we were doing the challenge I was the one who had to get a bucket over my head at first when we got given the bucket it smelt yuck so I sprayed perfumer into it then it smelt way better.

So we got outside and I stuck everything on my head and Span 3 times in a circle and tried to walk in a straight line didn't go so well the first time, I went to the trees instead of the prize spot.

Got up into the next time we got to try again. Went much better than the first time went straight for a while then keep going different ways after that,Third time comes 🙅.

So we got to the third time we got to try walk in a straight line to win $10 now, I walked into a straight line for most of the time walking down the field without any type of sense at all.

 see because the teacher (Mr. Stock) Said that we could not talk to each other (our partners), Or touch each other plus we had to put cotton balls into our ears and sgtarted the race.

The Race came to its start I was doing really good or so I thought at first I was walking in a stright line. Then while i was getting closer to the prize My mind set desied to change.

Which made me go in the other direction anyways when I was closeish around the prize. Mr stock (Teacher) thought it would be a good  to tell me to keep waling the same way insted on telling me to turn around anyways it came to the end and No one won because most people were cheating so no one got to win the ten dollars..

Polynesian people - Hurumanu 1 - Navigation

Hey guys so in hurumanu 1 (who are we ) we were learning about how the Polynesian people navigated the pacific ocean.And here is my explaintion about how they did it.




How did the polynesian way finders navigate the pacific ocean? They used the Sun and moon ,
Clouds, Star and oceans.



They used the southern Cross which showed where south was and where they needed to go.
(if they were going south though). The North Star was a fixed point in the sky which obviously pointed to the north.
They may have also used the clouds as such they might of used the reflections from the cloud
that reflected onto the island.Or possibly they could of used their prior knowledge and thought that the ,maybe a big bunch of cloud could be over top of a mountainous Island.Or maybe they could tell their direction by the way the water hit the boat.

They knew that the birds are always near land as they had a 190km range of flight.
They also knew their flight pattern - which is when they fly back to land shore after doing something.So in other word birds were a big help for the polynesian wayfinders to find land.(they used the Pacific long-tailed Cuckoo)


In conclusion the polynesian had multiple ways to find new land. They used The north and south star which dedicated the south and north way. And the reflection from a big bunch of clouds over an island.They also used the Pacific long-tailed Cuckoo Bird which only had a flight range of 190km for shore. Where they followed the bird to shore. These are 3 ways the polyneian people navigated through the pacific Ocean.

Hurumanu 3 - Compass -

•  One thing that affects a compass reading correctly

It all depend on if you get the exact right direction to where ether North, South , East or West is. It also depends of you get the line at the top of your compass is exactly underneath the North symbol.

• What can mess up a compass?   

Keys, tables with metal legs or steel screws, mobile telephones and even heavy framed spectacles. Many geological formations, and for that matter, many rocks.Also the wind could affect the compass but it depends on the roughness of the wind.

• 3 jobs that still use compasses

1. Fronted/UI Software Engineer. 
2. Senior Full Stack Software Engineer. 
3. Full Stack Software Engineer.

• 3 sports that require a compass

1. Ski Orienteering
2. letter boxing
3. underwater Orienteering

Term 3 - What I noticed about my feelings and emotions was - Week 5

 

• I felt aggressive and annoyed because I was tired and bored.

• I was optimistic because I got to hang out with my friends.

WW1 Memorial - Hururmanu 1 - Soldiers

 

                                 

WW1 Information 

World War I (WW1) also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28th July 1914 and lasted until 11th November 1918. The war lasted exactly four years, three months and 14 days. Before World War II began in 1939, World War I was called the Great War, the World War or the War to End all Wars. 135 countries took part in World War I, and more than 15 million people died. See the fact file below for more information about World War I.

World War 1 was a military conflict lasting from 1914 to 1918 which involved nearly all the biggest powers of the world. It involved two opposing alliances – the Allies and the Central Powers. The countries of the Allies included Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Roumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and Montenegro. The countries of the Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria.

The WW1 facts listed on this page are amazing and very interesting when you consider that the events happened in very recent history.

WW1 - Amount of people killed

20 million

The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I, was around 40 million. There were 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians.

WW1 - Amount of people in the army

Provision and maintenance tells us that there were some 58,000 New Zealand 'casualties' of the First World War, out of around 98,000 servicemen, of whom around 16,000 died and 41,000 were 'wounded'.

Term 3 - Reflections - Week 3 - my feelings and emotions was:

• Tired

• Happy

• Confused 

Tired:

I felt tired maybe because 1. I didn't get enough sleep or 2. I'm just always tried I guess. But yea i'm probably just not getting enough of sleep

Happy:

I felt happy because I got to see my friends after 2 days (the weekend) and I got do such really fun work at school. I was also happy because I got to eat a lot of food.

Confused:

I was confused because I didn't what was happening on Monday or Tuesday because I didn't know where my class was (hurumanu 3) because the teacher moves around into different classes all he time but on Wednesday he told us where we will be during the week.

Hurumanu 1 - Parihaka

Hey Guys the past week or so we have been learning about Parihaka we had to make a DLO about parihaka and here is mine 😊

Term 3 Reflection - Week 2

This week I felt a sense of belonging when:

• The teacher (Mr stock) let me sleep in class (after I was finished my work)

I felt a sense of belonging when t

• When I finished my work in DVC ( design Tech )

I felt a sense of belonging when the teacher when I finished my work in DVC ( design Tech ) because I was pretty proud of myself about how it turned out

Matarki

This is matariki 

Matariki is all about celebration, and spending time with family. ... Matariki was also important for agriculture. The coming of Matariki symbolized the harvest festival where the Maori feasted on the crops they had prepared. Matariki is important because it also is the time to restart the Maori calendar.

Matariki is the Māori name for a star constellation that rises up into the sky in mid-winter. This signals an important time in the New Zealand calendar - the Māori New Year. Matariki is a celebration of people, culture, language, spirituality and history.

Matariki feasting

The typical modern hangi includes lamb and pork, but traditional foods are also likely to feature on the menu - shellfish, seafood, vegetables, plants and herbs gathered from the forest.

The nine stars of Matariki

There are nine stars in the Greek tradition of the constellation: seven children and their parents. In the Māori tradition, there are also nine stars: Matariki (Alcyone) – the mother of the other stars in the constellation.

3 days

Celebrations can last for up to 3 days. The modern option for the Maori New Year is to pick a day between the new and full moons, and this has become the more traditional date. Upcoming dates: In 2019 Matariki begins on 25 June.

Matariki has many different names around the world.

In English, it is called the Pleiades (its ancient Greek name) or the Seven Sisters. The Hawaiian name is Makali'i, or 'eyes of royalty', and in Japan it is Subaru, meaning 'gathered together'.

Matariki is all about celebration, and spending time with family. ... Matariki was also important for agriculture. The coming of Matariki symbolized the harvest festival where the Maori feasted on the crops they had prepared. Matariki is important because it also is the time to restart the Maori calendar.

Matariki has many different names around the world.

In English, it is called the Pleiades (its ancient Greek name) or the Seven Sisters. The Hawaiian name is Makali'i, or 'eyes of royalty', and in Japan it is Subaru, meaning 'gathered together'.

Stars

• Alcyone – Matariki, eyes of Tāwhirimātea.
• Atlas – Tupu-ā-rangi, sky tohunga.
• Electra – Waipuna-ā-rangi, sky spring.
• Taygeta – Waitī, sweet water.
• Pleione – Tupu-ā-nuku, Earth tohunga.
• Merope – Ururangi, entry to the heavens.
• Maia – Waitā, sprinkle of water.

Matariki is a star cluster, not a constellation.

When seen from Earth, the stars in a constellation appear to be close together in a pattern, but they might actually be far from each other. There are about 500 stars in the Matariki cluster, but only six or seven are visible without a telescope.

In traditional times, Matariki was a season to celebrate and to prepare the ground for the coming year. Offerings of the produce of the land were made to the gods, including Rongo, god of cultivated food. This time of the year was also a good time to instruct young people in the lore of the land and the forest.

Maths - Mean , Median , Mode

In Hurumanu 6 ( Healthy lifestyles - Maths and Heath) We are doing equations about the Mean , Median and Mode. We all had to finish our work but most people are still doing it for now but I finshed My Work for each subject Now I cant show you my work but I can show you all the meanings of each subject (

Mean: 

For a data set, the mean, also called the expected value or average, It is an equation where you add up all the numbers in your equation Then divide it by the amount of numbers there are in the equation.

 

Median:

 

The middle number found by ordering all data points and picking out the one in the middle. So basically in this equation Where you put all numbers in your equation into order (biggest - lowest) But you only do that if you'd need to.

Mode:
 

The mode is the most common number in an equation where you sort out all of your numbers and then put down the most common number in your equation. And you should get all of your answers right when you count it and put it in order correctly