The Great Pacific Garbage

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawaii and California. 
While oceanographers and climatologists predicted the existence of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it was a racing boat captain by the name of Charles Moore who actually discovered the trash vortex. Moore was sailing from Hawaii to California after competing in a yachting race. Crossing the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Moore and his crew noticed millions of pieces of plastic surrounding his ship

These dangers are compounded by the fact that plastics both leach out and absorb harmful pollutants. As plastics break down through photodegradation, they leach out colorants and chemicals, such as bisphenol A (BPA), that have been linked to environmental and health problems. Conversely, plastics can also absorb pollutants, such as PCBs, from seawater. These chemicals can then enter the food chain when consumed by marine life.

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 Perspective for -  

The Beatles tour in NZ 1964 was for the youth of New Zealand. 

This was because when the Beatles arrived in New Zealand at

Wellington Airport on 21 June 1964, they were cheered on by crowds

of rapturous youths. For devotees of popular music, in the mid-1960s

the four Liverpudlians were simply the greatest musicians in their general

anywhere in the world. Of course, looking back at the images of throngs

of hysterical girls with faces pressed hard against wire fences, screaming

themselves hoarse as they caught a glimpse of their musical idols, it all

seems a bit ridiculous, a bit excessive.

Perspective against - 

The Beatles tour was bad for older generations because when the elderly and

widowed ratepayers were having difficulty in finding their rates, the letter

said the utmost discretion should be shown in the holding of a civil reception ...

Mr Robinson said the reception would cost £60. The decision to extend a

mayoral welcome had been made by himself. “Last week,” he said,

“there was a reception for the Vienna Boys' Choir. Next week there will be one

for Arthur Rubinstein. We cannot set ourselves up as judges of who should

get a reception and who should not.”... Mr T. H. Pearce said he was wondering

what council policy was on such matters. “Last evening,” he said, “I welcomed

home a team of footballers. There were all fine young men, but there was no

civic or mayoral reception for them. If we are going to pander to the hysteria,

antics, adulation, rioting, screaming, and roaring and all the things these

bewigged musicians engender, then I think we should make a point of honouring

any youths with a sporting background who are at least endeavouring

to act in the best traditions of the young men of this nation.”

Narrative Openings

 A burning storm, a raging storm of heat claimed the house as it's territory, as it's home. The man stood their tears flowing down his face knowing he couldn't save them.

She sat their waiting for it to come, waiting for something bad to happen something to jump at her, but all she got was a text. The weight of her phone surprised her even though she has had it for year. But what shocked her was the text itself saying"See you soon".

The Long grass and the mist made it feel like a horror film, it felt like the final scene. Where the Antagonist was about to go away forever, but the two girls didn't think so, they thought it might've just began.When their light went out

She picked up the cold peas from the frozen vegetable section, she felt tremble away the ice between the peas, she also felt a sudden sense of something happening. She felt someone staring, but it went away.

Then she felt a cold, leather glove on her shoulder.

Everybody was stressed or nervous, studying was boring for most people, you could say that when people say they want to become a teacher they always replied with "Wait you want to go back to school?"

Some will say yeah but most will say no, except for this one.

It's in the house, in the kitchen downstairs.

Show don't tell - English

 "The buildings were tall"

The buildings were menacing in height with their neon lights making fit in with the rest.

"Sarah was really upset"

Sarah was lying down, emotions rolling in, getting the news of what happened and knowing she might never see them again. She didn't even notice the tears rolling down her face.

"She was so happy to see him"

She saw him and ran to him, with the expression you have on your 1st birthday.

"The lake was beautiful"

 The lake stood while the it reflected it's lights, making good seem the wrong word for it, beautiful seemed to fit.

"It was stunning"

It was something angels would be jealous, something that I could steer at for ages not caring how odd I look doing it.

Emotions aren't good or bad. They are messages

 Today for Wananga we've been talking about different types of emotions (bad emotions and good emotions). 

(Bad emotions)

I reckon that depression is probably one of the worst, upsetting emotion that anyone could ever go through!. The reason why I say this is because for me myself I've gone through depression and honestly, its not a good feeling. It messes up your brain by over reacted, thinking about bad memories that's happened in the past. I'm gonna be telling you what depression is like for me and how it started. 

So last year in March (13th) I tragically lost my dad. Having that type of experience is really hard. I guess ever since then I haven't felt the same. That's when the feeling (depression) finally came into my life. I kept on thinking about all of the bad stuff that I've done over the past years. I kept on thinking about suicide because of how I lost my dad. 

I got through all of the negative/bad emotions by family been helping me and friends that are supporting me.

That's a type of feeling that people go through, Its really to get out of the negative/depression side. Some feeling could be less negative like just Angry, Sad, Lonely, Upset and many more. 

(Good emotions) 

 Good emotions are emotions that make you happy, Its a emotions that is easily to control because there's no bad thoughts/negative emotions around. There's times where I could feel like I can do anything because I feel so alive. When I'm playing football/Soccer I feel like I'm in a good mood because its something that I love doing for life.

Words that share the same feeling as good emotions:

Positive.

Happy.

Excited.

Alive.

Joy and many more.

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Social Studies - Spirituals/slaves.

Use of Spirituals

The use of spirituals was that it gave them hope. Music was a way for slaves to express their feelings whether it was sorrow, joy, inspiration or hope. Songs were passed down from generation throughout the time of slavery. These songs were controlled by African and religious tradition.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman was a famous slave helper and used songs to message slaves and help African slaves escape the border, they would go trough the rivers to remove the scent because the dogs could track them down. Thousands of people got saved and became free because of one lady, there were several slave helpers but the most of popular was Harriet Tubman because of all of the people that she helped. They travelled from the south to the north of America, which was the safe part of America because they could be free. The Africa slave swore not to return. Harriet Tubman did this over and over again helping many more people.

Spiritual Message (Highlights)

One of the songs that they would sing was "Steal Away"

Chorus: steal away, steal away!

Steal away to Jesus? 

Steal away, steal away home!

I ain't got long to stay here!

My Lord calls me!

He calls me from the thunder!

The trumpet sound it in my soul!

I ain't got long to stay here! 

My lord calls me!

He calls me by the lighting!

The trumpet sound it in my soul!

I ain't got long to stay here!

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Fun Run Experience

Hello readers today I'm going to be talking about my personal experience for the Fun Run. For me myself it was a really fun/amazing thing to do with all of the year 7's to 10's students who participated in the event. The reason why we decided to do the Fun Run on Wednesday 18th of November was because our school wanted to raise money for KidsCan who have helped our school so much by giving our students new school shoes/socks for our students who don't have the correct shoes or socks.

My favourite thing about the event was getting colour boomed because there was so many colours on our white tops that we were wearing. Maybe for next time they could add more laps like 3 to 5 laps because I'm more of a long distance runner and more activity's like more then just one water slide. The other thing that I didn't like was the water cans, they didn't taste good at all, for me myself it kinda tasted like sparkling water which is disgusting.

But when we got to do it again with everyone joining this time I just reckon it got so much better because there were so much that we can just randomly talk too. I also thought that when the police came was really fun because they at water guns with them as well... 

But since the day was so much fun I really did have a great time just running around and getting colour boomed. I hope you enjoyed my blog please leave a positive, helpful and a thoughtful comment down below.