Christ Church Here I Come!

As you know by the title i'm going to Christ Church. I was supposed to be going to Christ Church for a wedding but it got canceled. So instead i'm going for a holiday. I'm also not going alone i'm going with my mum, my nena, my brother and my sister. I was really hyped for the wedding but we it got canceled, I don't want to go to Christ Church anymore. But I had to go wedding or no wedding. When am I leaving Auckland? In 3 or 4 hours, so I did this post just to give you a heads up that I most
 probably won't post for the rest of the week. I hope you all had a good christmas and yea byee. Quick message to the SLJ team, I will try post sometime this week in my spare time if I can. But if I don't I will try catch up on the rest of the activities, Kind Regards Madison

Week 2 Day 1 - SLJ 2019

Activity 1: Playing Favorites [4 points]

For this activity, create a list of your ‘Top 5’ favorite things to do and take a photo of yourself doing each of these things.

On your blog post both your list and your photos of your favorite things.

Activity 2: [6 points]

For this activity, we would like you to calculate Jessa’s age when she won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award. She was born on 7 April 1985 and she received the award on 9 July 2010. Please provide the answer to this question in years, months and days (eg. 20 years, 6 months and 2 days).

On your blog, please post both your final answer and an explanation of how you solved this maths problem. You could write your explanation, or use screencastify to record yourself explaining how you solved it.

Activity 3: ‘Dear Jacinda’ [6 points]

For this activity, please write a letter that includes the issue you have chosen, why you have chosen it, and what you would like our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to do about it. It is your job to persuade us (and her!) that it’s an important issue.

On your blog, share your letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

                                                Dear Jacinda Ardern,

My name is Madison, I am 12 years of age. I am a year 7 student attending Pt England School soon to be a year 8. I am writing this letter to you about racism, a few months back there was a terrorist attack in Christ Church, which killed about 50 people. But that's not the point, my point is that you or we should stop racism, for everybody. Being light skinned or dark skinned doesn't matter, or what ever your religion is, everybody should be able to live their lives without this misery. 

It’s a sad fact of life that racism still exists in this country and the chances are that we have all either seen or experienced it at some point in time. Unfortunately racism is not going to go away quickly. However, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do about it. No-one is born hating another person because of the colour of their skin, or their background, or their religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn hate, they can be taught love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

That is why I am writing this letter. Racism needs to stop, we are all human beings. Although we may be slighty different from each other, but we were all born on the same planet and all breathe the same air.

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            Fun fact: The entire world's population could fit inside Los Angeles
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                         sorry for the late post I've been really busy this week

Week 1 Day 5 - SLJ 2019

Activity 1: National Treasure [4 points]

For this activity, we would like to learn more about the things that are important to you.

On your blog, please share three things that you treasure and say why they are treasures to you.

The first thing that is important to me is my family. I live with my mum, grandparents and my brother and sister. Why is my family the first thing that is important to me? My family mean everything to me because, they raised me and looked after me while I was young and they still do. I love my family with all my heart even though I might not show it. 

The second thing that is important to me is education. Education is very important to me because in order to get into a good college I have to focus on my learning especially because 2020 is my last year at Pt England School. Summer Learning Journey is good for me to do in the holidays because it also helps my learning go up. 

Last but not least sports, I play a lot of sport for school and for clubs. Sports is another thing that can help you get into a good college. I like to focus on sport as much as I do on education and learning. I've played over 5 sports this year, and have been to more than 10 tournaments this year as well. My family encourage me a lot to do sport to keep me fit and healthy. 

Activity 2: Swimming to Safety [4 points]

For this activity, listen to the podcast of Yusra Mardini, or read her story on her personal website.

On your blog, retell the story of this amazing young woman from Syria.

Yusra and elder her sister fled from a major war in Syria their home. They set off on a journey they would never forget leaving behind everything and anyone they call family. They traveled through Lebanon to Turkey before departing for Greece in an dinghy full of people.

Fifteen to twenty minutes into the sea the boats engine started failing until it was no longer working. Since Yusra was a good swimmer she knew she couldn't let anybody aboard the boat die. So Yusra, her sister and two others jumped into the freezing cold water. They swam for three and a half hours, non stop just to save 16 people including themselves. 

A year later Yusra's courage and swimming skills got recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Soon she became became a member of the Refugee Olympic  Swim Team. Yusra competed in the Olympic games in Rio 2016, helping represent 65 million people worldwide.

Yusra now lives in Berlin with her family, while Germany works on her professional swimming career.  She aims to compete in the next Olympic games in Tokyo in 2020.  Yusra is an ambassador for UNCHR, which stands for UN Refugee Agency. Her message of hope, determination and courage reminds us that those who flee their countries are capable of achieving great things.

Activity 3: Own Choice [6 points]

For this activity, please choose one person (a changemaker) and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:

1. The name of the person
2. A description of the work they do/have done
3. An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

William Adams known professionally as will.i.am, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, actor and television personality. He is the founding and lead member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. Why did I choose will.i.am? A few years ago will.i.am visited Pt England School, he talked about what our futures should look like and that learning is important  and that we should stay focused at school. But there was something will.i.am did that will never be forgotten, he donated one hundred thousand dollars to our school. The money went towards things we needed like school supplies, new Chromebooks and much more.

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Week 1 Day 4 - SLJ 2019

Activity 1: Making a Racket [4 points]

For this activity, watch these videos about Serena and Venus Williams.

On your blog, tell us three things that you learned from watching these videos, as well as one thing you would still like to know.

Activity 2: What’s in a Name? [4 points]

For this activity, imagine that you were allowed to change your name to anything that you wanted.

On your blog, tell us what you would change your name to and why you would choose that name.

To be honest why would I want to change my name, everybody has their own reasons why they would change their name, but me I have no reason to change my name. Why wouldn't I change my name, because my parents would've taken their time just to think of a name for me. Also I love my name, changing my name could mean a lot of things like I hated my name, I never wanted that name or simply i'm bored of my name. The only reason why I would change my name is if there is an emergency or an actual reason for me to change my name. But if I had to change my name I would choose Faith. Why would I choose faith , well you always need to have faith in yourself, your family, your friends and god.  

Activity 3: Worth her Weight in Gold [6 points]

For this activity, imagine that you were asked to create a travel brochure for Tonga (or a country that is important to you). On the brochure, include lots of great tips about what to see and do in the country.

On your blog, post your finished copy of your brochure.

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                     Fun Fact: Indonesia is home to some of the shorted people in the world

Week 1 Day 3 - SLJ 2019

Activity 1: Rugby Superstars [4 points]

For this activity, let’s imagine that you could be a superhero for a day. What three superpowers would you most like to have?

On your blog, please list the three superpowers, tell us why you have chosen each one, and tell us what you are going to do with them.

Seeing the future / For my first super power I choose to see the future. why you ask? well seeing the future could help save somebody's life. To be exact you could see if somebody was gonna die or get any type of sickness, and you can see if there is a natural disaster, 

Reading Minds / For my second super power I choose to read minds because with this power you can see what people are thinking. You also never know if anybody is talking about you, especially in their mind.

Weather / For my final power I choose to control the weather. When ever it gets to hot or cold I would change the weather and make sure its just right. I would also stop any storms or hurricanes. 

Those are my 3 super powers I picked

Activity 2: Defying the Odds [4 points]

For this activity, we would like you to imagine that you had the chance to interview LeBron James, Steven Adams or another basketball player of your choice.

On your blog, tell us who you would interview and then provide a list of five questions that you would like to ask your chosen player.

Activity 3: Achieving our Dreams [6 points]

For this activity, choose a friend or family member and ask them what their dream job would be. Please then brainstorm six ways in which you could support them in achieving their dream job.

On your blog, present your ideas as a poster or infographic.

I asked my little sister what she wants to be when she grows up. She said she wants to be a singer when she grows up, I asked her why she wanted to be a singer and not anything else. She replied cause I love singing and want to inspire others to chase their dreams, she also said she wants to make others happy with music they can listen to. Last but not least she wants to travel the world and go to different countries and perform in front of a crowd. Here is my brain storm of how I can help support her.

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Fun Fact: New Zealand is actually part of a much bigger, sunken landmass

Week 1 Day 2 - SLJ 2019

Activity 1: Flying Solo [4 points]

For this activity, compare and contrast these two aviators. You could use this venn diagram.

On your blog, share your comparison between the two women and be sure to include at least three similarities and three differences between these two aviators.

For this task I had to write at least three similarities and differences between Jean and Amelia.

Activity 2: One Small Step for Man [4 points]

For this activity, let’s imagine that you were Neil Armstrong.

On your blog, write a short poem describing how you felt when you first set foot on the moon. Here is a link to some different poetry forms.

For this task I had to create my own poem describing how I would feel when I first set foot on the moon. i'm not the best at poems so yeah, its not the best poem but its not the worst.

Activity 3: Miracle on the Hudson [6 points]

For this activity, we would like to hear about a time when you, or someone you know, was brave like Sully.

On your blog, recount a time when you (or someone else you know) did something brave.

For the final task I had to write about a time I was brave but I didn't really know what to write so I wrote about a time I nearly got ran over by saving my cousin.

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                  Fun Fact: The longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long.

Week 1 Day 1 - SLJ 2019

Activity 1: Setting Sail [ 4 points ]

For this activity, make a list of ten food items that you could take with you. Please think carefully about what you will take as you won’t have access to a refrigerator or freezer while at sea. Please explain why you would select each item.

On your blog, post your list of 10 food items you would take on an ocean voyage and the reasons why you chose these items.

10 Food Items:

10. Water / Water is my number 1 priority, water keeps you hydrated, fun fact you can survive by just drinking water but if you go without water for even a week you could get sick.

9. Beef Jerky / many people eat jerky as just a snack or something to chew on, but did you know jerky is actually a good survival food. Jerky is good storing for the future.

8. Barley Sugar / Barley Sugar is a traditional lollie that comes in a variety of
}flavors. Barley sugars are like a snack / sweet treat, barley sugars are like a lollipop without a stick at the end.

7.  Peanut Butter / Peanut butter is a good and nutritious way to stay fed in a emergency or disaster. It has plenty of nutrients and proteins to carry you over short periods, or it can supplement a long-term food storage supply.

6/5. Canned Vegetables / Canned vegetables aren't the best thing to eat but we still need to stay healthy especially on a trip, but that depends how long you will be gone for. I would most probably take to different types of vegetables, peas and sweet corn. Since I picked two different types of vegetables that leaves me with 4 more options

4. Tortillas / Tortillas is a good option because you don't need to put it in a fridge or freezer, and another thing is tortillas have no crumbs. Another fun fact astronauts use tortillas in space as-well instead of normal bread.

3. Honey / Honey is another sweet option that again doesn't need to be put inside a fridge or freezer. Honey is a great sweet option that you can eat by its self or make a sandwich with.

2. Bananas / I choose bananas because we not only need to eat bread, sweets, and vegetables, but need to eat fruits to not only keep healthy but to keep a balanced diet.

1. Sky Flakes / If you don't know what sky flakes are well they are crackers that are inside a box. Sky flakes are one of my most favorite snacks to eat when I was younger and still is. 

Those are the 10 foods I would take with me on a ocean voyage, water, beef jerky, barley sugar, peanut butter, canned vegetables, tortillas, honey, bananas, and last but not least sky flakes. 

Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa [4 points]

For this activity we would like you to think about your own experiences and your own cultural background. Where does your family come from? Do they come from Europe like Abel Tasman, Polynesia like Kupe, or somewhere else?

On your blog, please tell us about your cultural background. Where do you and your family come from?

Both my parents were born and raised in the heart of New Zealand, but they were both born and raised in different parts of New Zealand.

My Mother comes from the one and only Cook Island and England. The Cook Islands is located in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of the New Zealand, she is from the village Aitutaki. England is located in the United Kingdom, my mother has lived in New Zealand her whole life, but she has traveled to different places around the world in Europe and Australia.

My Father is Maori and unlike my mum his family has lived in New Zealand for years. He lived Up North with his family for awhile until he moved to Auckland. Yes my dad does travel as-well but not as much as my mum.

I'm not a hundred percent sure how my parents met but I do know that they have known each other since they were just kids up until this moment, the only language they speak is English. I hope that was enough detail about parents.

Activity 3: Scaling New Heights [6 points]

For this activity, please select a charity that you are interested in. You may choose your own or use one from our list (below). Read about the charity.

On your blog, write a short explanation of what the charity does.

The charity that I choose was SPCA. SPCA is charity that helps take care a variety of animals. SPCA helps protect animals all over New Zealand every year that are either sick, injured, abused, abandoned or simply not taken care of properly. SPCA have a big job, by taking care of all these animals at once. SPCA gives help to animals that desperately need it, and help bring justice o those who have failed these innocent animals. How do SPCA help these animals you say, well they prevent cruelty, educate and engage, rescue, rehabilitate, shelter, re-home, reunite, and seek justice. SPCA know almost everything about these little animals, so if you ever find a animal that is injured you know who to call. Why should you donate to SPCA? If you donate to SPCA you could be saving a animals life, the money that you donate go's towards medicine for the animals and much more. here is a little message from the SPCA. What to do if you find an animal? If you find a sick or injured animal please contact your local SPCA Centre immediately so that we can advise you of the best steps to take. 

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Room 2 ,,, 2019

2019 has been a long journey to a new future, meeting new people, making new friends, but most of all creating something called a second family all in the heart of Pt England. Since the end of last I was pretty scared to be a year 7 in Team 5, but I made it through the year without help from anyone. A huge thanks to Ms Tapuke for not only being a great teacher but making me and everybody else feel at home. I may not have been the best student but I always have and will appreciate everything you've done for me and the whole of Team 5. Thanks to Room 2 for making 2019 the best. 7 years at Pt England School one more year to go, much memories created but more to come. 

Patterns 3

Angles Measurement

Patterns 2 Wk 9

Sensible Games

Why do we need to play sensible games at school? As seniors we need to play sensible games to set a good example and safe for the juniors. Games like i dare you, truth or dare, and shadow box can lead to people crying, even getting angry and even worst they could get injured. Most of the year 1, 2 and 3 play on the playground. But what happens when the playground is closed? These are games to play when the playground is closed, tag, touch, hide and seek, hand games, handball, card games, or you could just walk around the school. Most of the seniors don’t play on the playground, we either play on the courts, field, out side our class, or by the whare fono. Some games that seniors like to are, chain tag which is like normal tag but one person is in and that one person has to try get everyone else in, and the last person standing wins. Master is another game to play on either a basketball court or a netball court , you stand in a line in front of a any hoop, then the master has to past the ball the the first person in line but not only seniors like to master but the juniors aswell, its pretty easy to be honest. There are lots of games to play while the playground is closed. What games can you play during a rainy day? If its a rainy day you pretty much stay inside class during morning tea and lunch. Most classes watch movies during a rainy day, but some classes are lucky. They get to play games inside, not games like tag or hide and seek, more like board games, drawing, reading, writing, card games or you could always just sit in class and do nothing. But what games do I play during morning tea and lunch? I play different games all the time like, touch, master, chain tag, or ball tiggy.

Inside A Cell

Mammals Of North America

10 Fun Facts About Octopus

  Task Description: this week for genomics we learnt about octopus and cephalopods. Me and my Hope had to make a poster with atleast ten facts about octopus. My favourite fact I learnt about octopus is that, once a octopus lays her eggs she dies. But she doesn't die straight away she dies around when the eggs hatch.

Sports Shed

Persuasive Writing

Vegetable Gardens

Something In The Water - He Mea I Roto I Te Wai Immersion Assembly

On July the 22nd the start of term 3 school started. The topic for Term 3 is there's something in the water or He mea i roto i te wai. It was all about the sorts of creature that is in the sea. During assembly, Mr Burt, Mrs Tele’a, Mr Somerville, and Ms Va’afusuaga, where cooking seafood. Instead of getting a sticker like normal they gave our prawns and other seafood stuff.

First up wasTeam 1 that presented a video about S.O.F.A which stands for solutions for animals. First S.O.F.A got a call from somebody, saying they were worried about the sea creatures or sea animals at the Pt England Reserve. So S.O.F.A got into their

 car and technically flew to the Pt England Reserve. Soon S.O.F.A arrived at the reserve and drove into the water. They spotted sea animals like dolphins, stingrays, fish, whales, and jellyfish.

Second was Team 2 , Ms Telso, Miss Moran, Mrs Carter and Ms Gaston presented a video of them. The video was about how they walked all the way down to Tahuna Torea Reserve. They fed the ducks on the grass then they followed a path and carried on walking. As they were walking they used there magnifying glass and looked around. Soon they came to pass a giant Pohutukawa tree, they had a look at the tree and carried on walking. A few minutes later they walked to the beach and started looking at the shells and rock pools.

Next was Team 3 presented there video it was all about a girl who was tired of keeping the moana and awa nice and clean. So she went on a journey to see who could help her. After a while along came sea creatures who asked to help her but she said no for very good reasons. There was more in the video but that's all I have to say. What the video is trying to say is keep our seas and rivers clean as it could become polluted and the world and become a different place.

Then Team 4 who also presented a video at assembly. In the video they went down to the Pt England Reserve. They talked about plankton, muscles, crabs, and seagulls. Ms Parrant also explained, what all these sea creatures eat. The muscles eat the plankton the crabs eat the muscles and the seagulls eat the crabs but what eats the seagulls. 

Lucky last Team 5 ( the best team ) always does a life stream. The Team 5 teachers sang a song on what the meaning of Cells are and all that sort of stuff. BTW there song was so amazing it was so catchy and a very heart bumping song. Here at Team 5 our team main focus is on science, because in college that is a subject and we have to know as much as we could to make life easier.  

Sharping Up - Maths Wk 1

Pseudoscience Task Wk 1

Pseudoscience Task

Walt: Find and link information across a range of texts

Task

Work on this Doc together with a partner.

What was the author's main message in pseudoscience

These statements sound convincing, but are they really true? Can they be tested, and are they based on research? In other words, are they science or pseudoscience?

What are some of the differences between scientists and advertisers?

Scientists	Advertisers
Scientists do tests with chemicals ad other things	Advertisers help people get there company out into the world
Scientists work on things to save the world	Advertisers make lots of money for just making ads

Write 3 sentences explaining something new you’ve learned from this reading. 

I learnt that chocolate can improve your memorie. But if you eat to much chocolate you can get very sick. Another thing I learnt is that dark chcocolate is good for your brain.

Sydney Opera House Scratch

What's For Breakfast?

Trash

Fruit Kebab

Task Description: This week for math's we did fractions about fruit kebabs. We had to answer the question, Nevaeh and Sonnia cut up 14 pieces of apple. The pieces were all one quarter of an apple.

Caramel Slice

Facts About Pandas?

Pandas can be found in the wonderful countries of China and Japan.
Pandas are very easy to spot, they are white and black. The first Pandas where discovered in
1869 the 11th of March. Jia Jia was known to be the world’s oldest giant panda.
She was about 38 years old.

Your probably wondering what pandas eat, pandas are known to to be carnivores,
but they would rather collect bamboo. Bamboo is know to be a pandas favourite food but
meat is another option.  

In the wild, the giant pandas sleep for 2 to 4 hours between its two meals.
Pandas favorite sleeping poses include lying flat on their backs, lying on their sides,
lying on their stomachs, stretching their paws and rolling themselves up into balls.

About 2,000 pandas are found in the wild, did you also know that giant pandas aren’t
actually pandas. Now your probably wondering what are they then, well they are actually
bears.  However pandas are apart of the bear family, they are big, fluffy and sometimes scary
just like normal bears. Did you know that pandas can poop as much as 28 kilos per each day.
In the past the undigested bamboo pieces in the poop were made into picture frames and
bookmarks. But the no the bamboo did not smell at all.That is all the facts you need to know about pandas.