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. 

Slinkachu Research Slides

 Kia ora everyone. Today I'm going to be talking about what me and my class has been working on for the last 5 weeks. So we've been learning about who is Slinkachu. His real name is Henrick Sarimo he  was born in 1979. Slinkachu is a street artist that uses every day objects, and tiny figurine's, to create pictures. 

We also had to choose a photo that he created and then draw the picture. Here's my slideshow I hope you enjoy it.

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Health

 Kia ora everyone, today for Health me and Levi have been looking at different topics that are related to Health. We got to choose a few options about what we wanna study about. Me and Levi decided to work on Weed/Steroids. The reason why we wanted to do these two options is because for me and him it would be a cool experience finding more information about these topics. 

What I'm really proud of is that me and Levi ended up having a argument about the design but we both decided to just go with some basic designs.

Things that I wish we could of done better was do it on a bigger paper so we can write some small paragraphs around the side.

Here's a photo of mine and Levi's design that we both created. We ended up using paper for our design because we both thought that it would be a lot easier just doing it on paper...

Here's some small information about weed and steroids hope you enjoy the slide show  

  

I hope you learnt something new about these too topics please leave a positive,helpful and a thoughtful comment down below

Dystopia And Utopia

 Hello bloggers today we have been learning about Dystopia and Utopia. Dystopia is where there's chaos and everything is burnt to dust. here's a photo of what it would look like.

Basically there's fire everywhere, everyone is killing each other, no rules set on bound. 

Dystopia can also mean that the world is getting worse and a lot of bad situations are happening around the world

  

 

Utopia means a peaceful world when everything is perfect and their's no hate are negative vibes around the world.

Everyone is happy and everyone is enjoying their lives.

People can enjoy their favourite food and eat healthy food and 

enjoy the junk food plus they can drink water or fizzy. 

I wanna learn how we can keep our own world peaceful.

And I wanna know if we can all afford to have a food everyday well not everyday but any day that we want.

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Leadership

 Leadership

Today we have been talking about Leadership and what it means, leadership means The success of a structured organisation depends on effective leadership. Executive leaders are responsible for determining and guiding the direction and purpose of an organisation by setting and achieving goals. There are many other leaders critical to the success of a business.Leaders help themselves and others to do the right things. They set direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where you need to go to "win" as a team or an organisation; and it is dynamic, exciting, and inspiring.

A leader inspires others to act while simultaneously directing the way that they act. They must be personable enough for others to follow their orders, and they must have the critical thinking skills to know the best way to use the resources at an organisation's disposal. For me myself I've been coaching the year 7 and 8 sports since the start of term 2 and then the end of term 3. Its been a really good experience being a leader for all the year 7's and 8's. 

Here's some posters of my work that shows leadership and what it is, I hope you've enjoyed my blog please leave a positive, helpful and a thoughtful comment down below. 

Rice paper roll

Hello everyone today I'm going to be talking about what we made for Cooking on Tuesday. We made Rice Paper Rolls, they were alright didn't really like them because the rice paper wasn't my type of food that I would have. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup carrot sliced finely.

1/3 cup capsicum sliced finely. 

1/2 cup cucumber sliced finely.

1 cup lettuce sliced finely. 

8 sheets of rice paper.

You could also add 

1⁄2 cup mung beans.

1⁄4 cup roasted and chopped peanuts.

1⁄2 cup shredded cooked chicken.

1/2 cup Avocado.

Method

1. Dip the rice paper sheets in cold water,

the layout on a clean bench top and let them.

soften for a minute.

2. Select from the different fillings to make 1⁄2.

cup. Place in the middle of each softened.

rice paper sheet.

3. Fold the left- and right-hand side of each.

sheet towards the middle. Repeat.

4. Roll into a cylinder shape.

5. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready.

to serve.

Serving suggestions

• Serve with a dipping sauce.

Reflection

I think that our group worked pretty well making the Rice Paper Roll, I hope you enjoyed my blog.

 

Steak Sandwich

 Kia ora bloggers, on Tuesday for cooking we made "Steak Sandwich". We got to choose what we wanted on our sandwich.

Ingredients: 

Beef schnitzel, Oil (for cooking meat), 4 Bread Rolls, Mayonnaise, Tomato Sauce, Lettuce, Red Onion Rings, Cheese Slices.

Recipe: 

1.  Quickly pan fry the meat over a medium high heat until just cooked, turning once during cooking. Allow to rest for 5 minutes. Serve as a piece or shredded.

2. Cut rolls in half. These can be warmed or toasted if desired. Spread the tops and the bottoms of the bread with mayonnaise.

3. Top half of the bread with lettuce etc, steak and any other ingredients.

4. Cover with the remaining pieces of bread.

5. Serve.

I reckon that our group did pretty well by making the steak but maybe next time don't add to much salt on it because it was very salty when I tasted it myself.

My favourite part about the meal was the cheese and the sources. here's a photo of when we were cooking the steak and then the final result of the "Steak Sandwich"

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Pink Shirt day

Kia ora bloggers for the last 2 weeks now we have been talking about "Pink Shirt day".

Pink shirt day is a day for everyone to wear pink clothes because in Canada 2007 a kid was bullied for wearing a pink top. Here's some information about "Pink Shirt Day" 

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Art - Photo shoot

 Photo Shoot.

Hello Everyone today we have been doing a lot of photo shoots for the last 2 weeks now. We had to use small army soldiers. We could either use an I pad or our phone, we could either be in a group of 2 or 3. When we finally got into our groups we decided to use the I pad from the student reception. We toke a few photos of the army soldiers in different places like the Playground, the green space and the Wood room.

We had to put them in different positions as well, we were able to use 8 to 10 army soldiers. I wasn't able to get the photos sent to me because the person that was mean't to send them photos to me wasn't able to download them sadly.

I couldn't find the correct soldiers that we were using to take photos of but these are similar ones that we were using to do the photo shoot. 

I hope you enjoyed my blog.

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Cooking - Technology

Apple Crumble

The Method for Apple crumble are 

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5.
2. Peel and core the apples, then quarter and cut in to chunks.
3. Put the apples into a pan with the sugar and 1 tablespoon of water, then cook over a low heat for 5 minutes to soften slightly, stirring occasionally, then tip into a small ovenproof baking dish.
4. Place the flour and oats in a bowl and mix well. Chop the butter into small cubes and add this to the oats and flour. Mix and rub in with your fingertips until it resembles an even crumb texture.
5. Add the sugar and mix through, then cover the fruit with the crumble mixture.
6. Bake for around 20 minutes, or until golden and cooked through.

The Ingredients

½ cup Edmonds Standard Grade Flour
¼ cup rolled oats
¼ cup desiccated coconut
¼ cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar
½ tsp mixed spice or cinnamon
75g Tararua Butter
5-6 Granny Smith apples
2 Tbsp Chelsea Golden Syrup
2 Tbsp Chelsea Raw Sugar or Demerara Sugar

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Nz Equalizers

Today for "Power To The People" we have finally created our team name, Here's our logo. 

The reason why we thought that this name would be great is because its unique and it will be different to all of the other peoples work. 

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Sports experience.

Before Lock down had started.

Hello everyone, today I'm going to be talking about my experience for year 9-13 sports this year. The sport that I've been playing is "football". Football is a common sport for me because I've been playing it my whole life. This year was my second year playing in the year 9-13 football team, In term 1 I was doing indoor football until the end of term 2, sadly around term 2 we had to stop playing indoor football because of Covid 19. The thing that bothered me the most was that we weren't able to play indoor football until term 2 was finish. 

After lock down was finally finished

After lock down was finally finished we started playing outdoor football. Outdoor football was a competitive competition. We lost a 3 to 4 games but we ending up making it to the top 3. September 17th was our final games against Cashmare which was a pretty hard team to vs, We were also in the senior division so it was a lot harder for the some of the players like me, The game score at the end was 3-0 to us. 

Now next term I'll be doing indoor football competition, This one is a lot easier because its a smaller court and there's no outs/off sides, I hope this year we place 1st because last year we placed 2nd.

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Energy

Energy.

Definition: Stored in an object, the ability to move something.

Different Kinds Of Energy. 

Light Energy - The energy of the electromagnetic waves. Found in Microwaves x rays, and visible light.

Heat Energy - Cause by the movement of particles. Found in all hot objects.

Sound Energy - Energy produced by vibrating objects. Examples are speech, ultrasound and music.

Chemicals Potential Energy - Energy stored in the bonds between particles. Found in substances like petrol and food.

Electrical Energy - The movement of electrically charge particles. Found in wires, generators and lighting.

Gravitational Potential Energy - Energy stored in objects due to their eight above the ground.

Kinetic Energy - Energy due to the motion of an objects, Eg. Moving cars, running, swimming.

Elastic Potential Energy - Energy stored in stretched or squashed objects, Examples are spring and rubber bands.

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Science Introduction

 The topic we will be studying in science are:

1. Energy Types

2. Energy Transformation.

3. Waves.

4. Sound.

5. Light.

6. The Eye.

7. Reflection and Refraction of light.

8. Electricity.

9. Circuits.

10. Magnetism.

All experiments will use the scientific method. The headings that are used for this will be: 

Aim:

Hypothesis: 

Equipment:

Method:

Findings:

Conclusion: