Reflection Section: Stuff Artical

Text Title:  Father clutches sons photo in court as three people appear in connection to the alleged murder 

Text Type: Article

Text Creator: Sam Sherwood

Critical Literacy question: In whose interest is this text? What is this text about? A teenager who got murdered. How do we know? We know this as it says in the article and also suspects have been arrested.

Date: 8 Of November 2021

On the 5th of November Friday night, an innocent teenager named Conner whitehead was shot outside a 15th birthday party he attended. There have been 4 arrests made and still one more suspect yet to be caught. There was an altercation at the party and conner went outside to get some fresh air. Then the worst happened. Conner messaged his dad while he was at work asking if he could go to the party. His dad said yes have fun and be safe.  

When His dad returned home from work about 5.30pm his son was getting ready with a couple of friends. Connor asked if he and his friends could stay at his house following the party, which was okay.

At about 7pm the group went to leave.

“I said, ‘Have a good time mate, I love you.’

“He said, ‘I love you too. He headed out the door and that was the last time I saw him.”

Passion Project

 Recently in Wananga, we have been working on our passion projects. We had 4 people in our group. We as a group decided to do an American football tournament. We had to answer some questions for our reflection.

What were some of our challenging moments?? We did not plan very well as we had maybe the last 2 days of having nothing to do as we had already hosted our sports tournament

What was the most important thing I learnt about myself? I learnt that I can work in groups effectively by actively giving new ideas.

How will I use what I have learned in the future? This will help me in the future as I now feel I work better with people now as I used to not really do much in groups. Now I know how to approach new ideas and add on.

Now that's over, What are my first thoughts about this overall project, Are they mostly positive or negative? I have mixed feelings about our overall project. I have happy that we hosted a sports tournament that people had fun in. I really do wish we took photos. That is my biggest regret.

What mostly got in my way of progress? I feel I made really good progress but if there was one thing I could change I feel I talked a lot during this which could have got in the way of me thinking about taking photos

Reflection Section: Motivational Video

Text Title: Michelle Obama gives the best advice for students 

Text Type: Short Film

Text Creator: Michelle Obama

Critical Literacy question: Why are we reading/watching this text

We may have been watching this too taken on advice.

Date: 19th October 2021

In class today we watched a video of Michelle Obama and she was giving advice about advice for school students. She was talking about when she is going through tests marking them she would never worry about why and how they got their answer. She would never turn done an employee just because they went to a public school.

Reflection Section: News Artical

Text Title: The disappearance of Madeline McCann

 

Text Type: News Article

Text Creator: Brook Garder

Critical Literacy question: How does the text construct a version of reality?

This text shows that these things happen in reality and we have to face it and post on social media about it.

Date: 28th September 2021

Three-year-old Madeleine went missing from a hotel the family was staying at in Praia da Luz in Portugal, in 2007 while on holiday with her family. The rest of the family went out for dinner to a nearby restaurant while Madeline was asleep in the bedroom. They came back to find out that she has gone missing.

Reportedly, there have been sightings of her in New Zealand in Dunedin. People recognize this cause it looked similar to her and she also has an eye effect that has a little line below the left eye. Security hesitated to inform the police which made it too late to check if it was her sadly.

Reflection Section: Stuff Artical

 Text Title: Covid-19: Stranded Australians baffled by lack of flights from Covid-free South Island
Text Type: News Article
Text Creator: Siobhan Downs
Critical Literacy question: What is this text about? How do we know?

Date: 21st August 2021

An Australian couple trapped in New Zealand due to the Tasman bubble says they can’t understand why flights aren't on from the South Island, where there are no covid cases. They have been In New Zealand since July 23rd and haven't had any hope of coming back yet. They tried to buy some tickets limited number flight NZ red, Which sold out in two minutes 

Critical Literacy question: What is this text about? How do we know?

 It is about an Australian couple stranded in New Zealand because of the trans-Tasman Bubble pause. We know this because they are interviewed about it/

Reflection Section: Stuff

Text Title: All Blacks Coach Ian Foster Says Tackling Mental Health

Text Type: News Article

Text Creator: Marc Hinton

Critical Literacy question:  In whose interest is this text? People, who are into rugby and mental health. 

Date: 13th August 2021

The coach of the New Zealand rugby team all blacks has recently said that their plays mental health should be a priority. All the environmental pressure are adding to the levels of the player's anxiety. 

“We’ve always had a concern,” said Foster who has been part of the All Blacks coaching squad since 2012 and head coach from 2020. “Part of this job is making sure people deal with the pressure of the environment the right way. That side of it is not new especially for the young players. Foster said it is becoming to be a subject that people are not ignoring which is a good thing. Especially with covid and staying away from their family for the long term can be very hard. 

Reflection Section: Stuff News Site

  Text Title: Students feel violated after camera installed in the school bathroom,

Text Type: News Article

Text Creator: Sinead Gill

Critical Literacy question: What do the words suggest?

Date: August 2021

This article is on stuff, It is about a school that recently installed cameras into a females bathroom at Queen Elisabeth collage in Palmerston north. The students described themselves as feeling violated. The camera is still in the bathroom but the footage has been deleted the principal says. One of the students removed her top and saw it on the reflection of the camera “I fully freaked out, I didn't know who was watching me. I felt really violated,” a student told stuff. She removed herself from the bathroom immediately. These words suggest that the camera has to be removed from the toilet for the student's privacy. 

Reflection Section: The Blind Side

 Text Title: The Blind Side

Text Type: Film

Text Creator: John Lee Hancock

Critical Literacy question: Who is really in the text?

Date: 21st of June, 2021

In health, we watched the movie, The blindside for an assessment. We had to describe how Michaels well-being changed during the movie. He used to be associated with gangs and had nowhere to live. Until the tuhoey family decided to adopt him. He quickly picked up a passion for football. This is where he starts saying and his family finds out he is naturally good at it. He starts getting scholarships to university When from here he becomes a professional player and was drafted for 12 million dollars. This film is also based on a true story so all of the characters are real.

Reflection Section: Millennials

 Text: Simon Sinek on millennials In The Workplace.

Text Type: Interview On Youtube 

Purpose: To help understand millennials and improve wellbeing through reducing screentime

Date: 10th June 2021

Critical Literacy Question: 

Today in Wananga we watched s video based on the millennials it was about how messed the generation is and how we worry too much. We rely on our cellphones for happiness, I believe some of this is truly a little group of millennials rely on their phones etc. I believe this text isn't fair as the man being interviewed doesn't know what it's like to live in this century. No, not every teenager also relies on, Achole, Smokes etc. This video is very stereotypical but it's true towards certain people who are addicted.

Maths

 Today in mathematics
with our teacher called Mr Daines. We have been learning about algebra. We are starting o  the basis and slowly translating to the hard ones. We always know now to what we add to one side we ALWAYS and I mean always have to add it to the other side, Mr Daines is NOT a fan of brackets he has informed us about this. Not only has he made it easy on himself he has also taught his students the best formula to help us. On behalf of 1level maths, I wanna thank Mr Daines for this 

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This joke made my day

Reflection Section: Romeo and Juliet.

 Text Title: Romeo and Juliet 

Text Type: Play

Text Creator: William Shakespeare 

Critical Literacy question: How else could the text being written.

Date: 4th Of May, 2021

In wananga recently, we have been reading one of the most famous plays called Romeo and Juliet, It is about 2 lovers from separate families in war and can't see each other due to this. We have sorted through the characters. The characters I am playing is Paris. (Crict Literacy Question) If I could change something in the text, it would be the ending, So instead of ending their lives, they could live happily ever after and find their true love.

Reflection Section: Denzil Washington

 Text Title: Motivation

Text Type: Film

Text Creator: Denzil Washington 

Critical Literacy question: How does the text Construct A version Of Reality.

In the film it says the truth, It may hurt but you're always going to be bad at something and you gonna fail and embarrass yourself because you are very bad at it. That's the Reality. In class we watched a motivation video about someone named Denzil Washington he's is a famous African American actor who has featured in a lot of gangs themed movies. He was saying things like there is always something you are going to be bad at and you can't help that, You are sometimes just naturally bad at things and are also naturally good at other things.

Reflection Section (Freedom Writers)

Text Title: Freedom Writers

Text Type: Film

Text Creator: Stanly Nelson JR

Critical Literacy question: What do the photos suggest? 

In English, we watched a movie called freedom writers, Its about an ethnicity separated class and with a teacher who tries to get them to become friends, She manages to do it in the end but it takes a while, Everyone in the class starts to become obsessed with history such as the holocaust and meets the person who hid anne frank for 3 years and her name is Miep Gies

The Freedom Writers

In the past 3 periods in English we have been watching The Freedom Writers It's about how a teacher and a class full of teens  Used Writing to Change Themselves and their views on other ethnicities. They end up studying a lot of history timeline in class such as the civil rights movement and the holocaust, They learnt about Anne frank and ended up making a diary about their class and looked at her as a hero, Miep Gies, The person who helped her hide was also featured in the movie, One of the students Marcus falls in love with her (Not literally) and admires her as his hero. They ask her questions and kind of interviewing her. In the end, they try their hardest to get into the same class with Mrs g for Junior year which sadly doesn't happen instead they are with her for the rest of school until they graduate. I find this movie amazing as it is also based on a true story and Mrs. G went on to be a teacher at a university in Californa.

New Zealand Flag

Here is my flag with my good friend Greg

We made the flag with clay and paint. Recently in class, we have been working on a project that has to involve our culture, So I decided to do the New Zealand flag because I have lived here my whole life and typically and follow the New Zealand European culture. New Zealand means a lot of things to my family.

 

Reflection Section: Nrl

 Text Title: NRL, Panthers Vs Storm

Text Type: Live Video

Text Creator: The Teams

Critical Literacy question: Who is missing from the text?

I could not think of what to do for the reflection section sho I thought of just doing an NRL game I watched last night. It was Storm Vs Panthers, The person that was missing from the text was Nathan Cleary, As he was injured. The Panthers won. 10-12

Women Poem

DLO: Create a poem or short story for a significant woman in your life, acknowledging the important role they have played in your upbringing

  you're a wonderful mother,

So gentle, yet so strong.

The many ways you show me care when I fear

And you always make me feel where I belong.

Asking a Women 10 Questions

 In Wananga we had to pick a female influencer to ask 10 questions, I deiced to ask Jacinda Arden as she has a lot to do with New Zeland. These are the questions I asked her

1. What inspired you to become a politician 

2. Who was your hero when you were younger

3. What would do you plan to do if you don't get re-elected

4. Where do you see yourself in 10+ years

5. What is something you would always stand for

6. What was your reaction when you were elected

7. Who actually let the dogs out

8. What do you do with your spare time 

9. What did you enjoy as a kid

10. What do you watch sports

Self esteem

 Ideas for self Esteem

Ways to improve self-esteem 

Things that hurt self-esteem

Explains of good and bad self-esteem

The importance of good self-esteem 

Signs Of low self-esteem

Quotes that can improve self-esteem

Bacteria Culture

Today In-home economics we have been saving up some food to watch the process we are doing this because we can see the process of bacteria spreading and turning into mold. Right now it is very moldy, and not sure if it's going to get worse than it is already is, These foods that we are using are perishable. So that means it has a really short shelf life. That's why it has molded in a span of 2 weeks. It fully decomposes in around 3 weeks. This reaction is happening because Mold grows on materials it can digest and use it to spread. It can grow on any organic material.

 

Teieki

What is it?

Teieki is a New Zealand bird, also known as the saddleback. Saddlebacks belong to the family of Callaeidae.

What does it sound like?

Sound 1

Sound 2

Where is it found?

It is found in New Zealand Mainland and island forests there are only around 650 birds left in new zealand

What does it look like?

It is an amazing colour, Its wings are orange and the rest of its body is black.

What does it eat?

The diet of Tieke mainly consists of insects.

 

Reflection from athletics

 Athletics was a positive outcome with getting well over merit. My scores were positive, I got 13.46 sec in sprints, 1.35m in the high jump, 8.1m in shotput, 17m in the discus, 6.46 Min in 1500. I am very happy with all these events as not only did I pass I also got some well improved scores.

Reflection Section: Chasing Great

Text Title: Richie Mccaw chasing great 

Text Type: Video

Text Creator: Cass Avery and Richie Mccaw

Critical Literacy question: What genre does this belong to?

I  class we watched a documentary about one of the greatest rugby players of all time, His name is Richie McCaw, It showed about his upbringing off rugby and how he played it when he was younger, The genre of this from belongs to the documentary genre. It shows Steven Hansens' impression of him when he is about to get selected for all blacks. Everyone thought he was just an ordinary player but steve knew something was special about him so he continued with trailing him, 

Reflection Section: A Game Of Cards

Text Type: Short Story

Text Title: A game of cards

Text Creator: Witi Ihimaera 

Text Purpose: To entertain and there is a message underneath

Date: February 26th, 2021

What does this text about?

A child is playing cards with his grandma. They are the best at cards and have been playing their whole life. But they are both huge cheaters and they both argue about it for the whole game. When granny was on her death bed they decided to have a game of cards. They played it like every other game and players called each other cheaters and played it like it wasn't their last. 

S.M.A.R.T Goals

 Text Title: How to create S.M.A.R.T 

Text Type: Tutorial

Text Creator: Mrs Tafau

Text Purpose: What is and how to create a smart goal 

In this text, I will be explaining what and how to create a smart goal, A S.M.A.R.T goal is Specific, Measurable,  Achievable, Realistic, and is there a timeline? These are really helpful when trying to achieve a goal, such as creating good relationships with your family and friend or even trying to achieve a daily routine. 

In health, I have created a smart goal which is very helpful for my daily routine. I will be waking up at 6.00pm and working out from then onto 7.

I feel the S.M.A.R.T goal is very good for people that want to change their routine for anything such as trying harder in sports, School, or even your attendance school.

Critical Literacy

The film to the treaty of Waitangi what really happened directed by Peter Burger is about the signing of one of our founding documents. It is a dramatization of the days leading up to the and including signing, We know this through Because the events we saw in the film are true events that happened in New Zealand History. The chiefs arguing, discussing, and eventually signing the treaty of Waitangi

What Really Happened In The Treaty Of Waitangi

 Film Title: What Really Happened In The Treaty Of Waitangi

Text Type: Film

Text Creator: Peter Burger

Text Purpose: To inform us about what actually happened in the treaty of Waitangi

Date: 12 Feb 2021

The film we recently watched in class was about what really happened during the treaty of Waitangi the film started off with the English trying it find new land and bumped into new Zeland and that when they found the Maoris, The English really wanted the land so they decided to try to make an agreement on it After awhile the Maoris came over to England where the English hoped the make a deal, But the Maoris went budging it. There was a lot of arguing over the treaty of Waitangi, I don't blame the Maoris for being very skeptical about it have they thought they were risking their rights and land about being taken away from them. After ages the chiefs finally agreed to sign the treaty, They also got blankets and tobacco with the trade which some of the English were not keen on.