Wananga: Yr9 Leadership Workshop

Hi there!

Today I will be writing about what I have been doing in my Yr9 Leadership Workshop during Wananga time on Wednesday mornings.

Over the past 2 weeks, I have been participating in a Yr9 Leadership Workshop. My first task was to create a slideshow with some qualities and traits I thought a leader should have. I also had to record myself talking about these qualities and traits too. 

Here is a brainstorm of qualities and traits I think a leader should have:

Thanks for reading!

English/Film Study: Coraline Theme Guide Booklet

Hi there!

Here is a blog post about a Theme Guide Booklet I have in English/Film Study regarding the film, Coraline.

What am I learning?

I am learning to analyse different themes in films.

How does this show my learning?

I have showed my learning by creating a guide for people to use while watching a film to understand the themes displayed. 

What am I wondering?

Currently, I am not wondering anything.

Thanks for reading!

Art: The Dancer, The Tamer & The Person

Hi there!

This a blog post about some Hannah Höch inspired pieces of photomontage artwork, The Indian Dancer, The Tamer and The Lustige Person. Our lesson objective was to find out what processes were involved in making a Hannah Höch type image, except, digitally. 

I created 3 pieces of photomontage, all inspired by different Hannah Höch images. I first recreated the 'Indian Dancer' piece, then the 'Lustige Person' and lastly, the 'Tamer'.

Here are my recreations:

The Tamer recreation

The Indian Dancer recreation

The Lustige Person recreation

In the recreation of the Tamer, I really like the the bottom left hand corner of the piece.  In the original image, there is a head of a seal also in the bottom left hand corner with human eyes. I changed this slightly, so instead I placed a the head of a tiger in the corner and put the same eye on each side, except I flipped it so it would look slightly different. I am really happy with how it turned out. 

In my second recreation with the Indian Dancer my favourite part of the image would probably be the way the cartoon face lips kind of match up with the real face. This was on accident, I didn't even realise it fit in like this but it turned out working really cool. 

In my last recreation, my favourite part was the person's feet. In the original image, the woman's feet are a lot bigger in comparison to what feet normally look like. I like this because it makes the image seem kind of awkward which was interesting. 

I liked making photomontages as I explored a new way of creating artwork which was a lot of fun. I learned that you can create art all sorts of ways, and that art doesn't have to be perfect. It can be awkward and have pieces which don't fit in properly, but it can still be art. 

What do you think? 

What could I work on for next time?

Thanks for reading! 

Science: The Anatomy of the Human Hand

 Hi there!

Today I will be writing about the anatomy of the human hand, something my class is learning about. 

The hand is made up of the following:

• Joints
• Joints do the following:
• They allow us to move our fingers in many different ways such as bending our fingers, flexing them, spreading them and bringing them in. They are also important for pinching things as well as grip. 
• Bones
• Bones do the following: 
• They give our hands form and stability. Without them, our hands would flop over and be like jelly. We have 3 types of bones in our hands:
• Phalanges, our finger bones
• Metacarpals, bones in the middle of our hand
• Carpals, our wrist bones
• Fun fact: each hand is made up of 27 bones!
• Cartilage
• What does Cartilage do?
• Cartilage covers the end of joints to help movement be smooth and help those movements glide too. 
• Muscles
• What do Muscles do?
• We have two types of muscles, flexor muscles and extensor muslces. Our flexor muscles bend our fingers and thumb, while the extensor muscles straighten them out 
• Tendons
  
• How tendons work:
• Tendons work to make our fingers move. They are basically strings inside our hand.
• Ligaments
• How Ligaments work:
• ligaments are really just tunnels for our tendons. Our tendons can slide up and down through the ligaments. 

Below are some photos of the hand:

Thanks for reading!

English/Film Study: The Language of Film

Hi there!

Today I will be writing about the language of film and showing you a crossword puzzle I made about the language of film too. 

What am I learning?
I am learning about different terms in film, what they mean as well as why they're important.

How does this work show my learning?
Because I created a crossword puzzle, it shows that I know what specific film terms are as well as what they mean. I can also help others learn about these topics too. 

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
I want to know about other techniques used in film, I would like to learn about these because I want to be able to identify different things in films when I am watching them. 

Here is my crossword:

Thanks for reading!

Hurumanu 5 Reflection

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Today I will be talking to you about my reflection in Hurumanu 5, Maths and Science.

Over the past 13 weeks we have covered a lot of things in Maths. We have covered things such as Algebra, questioning mathematical images and solving problems within them, Geometry, Angles, Triangles and Tessellation. 

In Algebra, we started off using images of things such as different fruits to represent numbers and try figure out what they were instead of using letters, I like this because it was fun to do while still engaging.  We then moved onto using letters to do this as well as doing activities regarding Algebra in some workbooks.

We also did things such as working out how many shapes are within a shape, for example we would have a 3x3 grid made up of squares, then we would have to try figure out how many more square we could make too. 

In Geometry, we used textbook activities and drew shapes in our books. We then rotated, reflected and translated the original shapes.

We learnt about different angles as well, this also related into when we learnt about triangles.

When we looked at triangles, we learnt about the different types of triangles and different parts of a triangle. 

When looking at Tessellation, we got do make our own piece of Tessellation artwork, we also looked at an artist who was called M.C. Escher who made very intricate tessellation artworks. 


Here is a slideshow I made about how Algebra relates into Science:

Overall, I really enjoyed this Hurumanu. I liked it because we learnt about interesting topics which were made to help us understand them better. I would have liked to have spend more time on Algebra and Geometry to further my skill. The teachers were great and if I could do this Hurumanu again I would!

Thanks for reading!

Wananga: Do You Support the End of Life Act?

Hi there!
Today I will be writing about the End of Life Act, one of two questions from the upcoming Referendum in New Zealand. 

Do you support the End of Life Act?

Because this is a public blog, I don't feel comfortable sharing my stance on the question on the Internet. 

However, I will share some information on the matter to help you, the reader develop an opinion. 

3 Pros

• You are the only person who can decide if you want to die.
• There are 4 different ways you can die
• A person must be 18 years of age or older

3 Cons

• If you are just visiting New Zealand then you aren't eligible for assisted dying. 
• A person who is unable to make their mind up because they aren't mentally well they won't be allowed assisted death.
• A person can ask to be assisted with dying but the doctors are the ones who decide if they are eligible. 

Here is a link to the End of Life Act website: End of Life Act Referendum

Thanks for reading!