Market day reflection.

 On Wednesday 23 of September we held a market day at Hornby high school. I was in a different group right up until three weeks before market day when I had to switch groups last minute that made it a bit more difficult on market day. My group sold panikeke, we were supposed to sell chips as well but our deep fryer fell threw last minute. Our weaknesses were: poor communication, lack of effort and being unorganised. One strength our group had was me and another person jumped into the group three weeks before market day so our group had to adapt to more people.

Adapting fast - I was very impressed of the fact that we did pretty well considering that we didn't work together in the start. 

Poor communication - We had poor communication because we didn't really talk about our plan for market day or who was bringing what. we also didn't really talk on the day about who was staying at the stand for what times so I ended up staying by the stand for the whole day selling things. I think next time to work on this we would need to either have a group chat of all the members or actually talk about things before and on the day. 

Lack of effort - On the day we only had 3/5 members actually show up. Even tho I only jumped into the group three weeks before market day I still tired my best. I do think that everyone in the group could have done better on the day and actually work as a group instead of just one person doing everything. Next time I think we could all try a bit harder and work together. 

Being unorganised - on the day we didn't have any of the stuff we needed other then the pre made panikeke. we didn't have paper plates, napkins or a poster to put on the table to display what we were selling. I think next time we should be more organised and be better prepared for the day.

We preformed a piano cover of same love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

my role was to play the intro and the outro to the small bit we did.

I worked with Kayla, Lauren.

I think the preformace went really well and that everyone played thier part really well.

The challenging this was working with new people

I enjoyed learning a new song and just having fun with it.

 

Children of blood and bone: chapter 66

 Father stands in his night robes, scanning a faded map. No sign of hatred. Not even a hint of disgust.

For him, carving MAGGOT into a girl’s back is just another day’s work.
…
In that instant it hits me: Zulaikha’s death. Zélie’s screams. They don’t mean a thing to him. Because they’re maji, they’re nothing.
Think about how the word ‘maggot’ is used. This is a slur. Do we have these in real life?

The Rube Goldberg Machine

 

This is the Goldberg device that our class made, we each were in a group of four and we had to come up with our own parts of the Goldberg device and then we joined them all up at the end.

My group made the first part of the Goldberg device, Austin made air pump to push Thomas lever up, I made a tunnel for the ball to flow trough out of Popsicle sticks.

Children of blood and bone: Chapter 59

 “How will me coming back to Lagos solve any of that?” I ask. “As we speak, your father calls for my head!”

“My father’s scared.” Inan shakes his head. “He’s misguided, but his fear is justified. All the monarchy’s ever seen is the destruction maji can bring. They’ve never experienced anything like this.” He gestures to the camp, face alight with so much hope his smile practically glows in the darkness. “Zulaikha created this in one moon, and there are already more diviners in Lagos than anywhere else in Orïsha. Just imagine what we could accomplish with the resources of the monarchy behind us.”

This reminds me of the time it takes to trust people again. As we can tell the royals are scared of what the Maji can do because in the past the Maji has caused harm but now they are good and just want to be free and be able to use magic for good. I think this will turn out perfect as long as the Maji use their magic for good and don't use it against people.

Children of blood and bone: Chapter 56 response

 We zip through the crowd while celebrants thrust and shimmy by our sides. Though part of me wants to cry, I crane my neck to take in the crowd, craving their joy, their life.

The children of Orïsha dance like there’s no tomorrow, each step praising the gods. Their mouths glorify the rapture of liberation, their hearts sing the Yoruba songs of freedom. My ears dance at the words of my language, words I once thought I’d never hear outside my head. They seem to light up the air with their delight.
It’s like the whole world can breathe again.

This reminds me of the time I went to a lights show in town and there was so much joy in the air and there were so many people coming together and singing and dancing, it's so beautiful.

Social Studies easy: technology and change

Technology and change: Rome

Over the last few weeks in social studies we have been working in groups about different time periods and the technological advancements that they had.

 Question: Explain a technology period you have studied and what some of the important inventions were in this period.

Throughout the Rome time period there were a few technological advancements. Some of the inventions were Aqueducts, roads and Rome baths. The invention of these times are still seen today in everyday life.

An Important advancement in the Rome period was the Aqueducts. Aqueducts were invented around 312BC. Aqueducts are important because they help keep drinking water free from human waste and keep other contaminants out of the water. They also transported fresh and clean water to highly populated areas. So without the aqueducts there would not have been freshwater available to small communities. 

Another advantage of the Romans were their roads. The Roman roads were made around 312BC. Their roads were important because they connected communities and cities, without them the Romans wouldn't  have conquered and held onto all of their territories and land. They also provide hundreds of today's routes in europe.

Without the Romans roads even life in europe today would be difficult.

The last important invention was the Roman Baths. The Roman baths were invented around 33BC. They provided a place where people of all classes and backgrounds could come together and socialize, get clean and bond. Although the baths were inspired by the ancient greeks they are commonly known for being a roman thing.

Without the roman baths the lower classes would not have been able to clean them selfs in sanitary conditions.

The roman era showed many technological advancements. These inventions were Aqueducts, Roman roads and Roman Baths, without them life would've been much more difficult. All of the inventions are seen around the world in today's times and are still very important.

Children of blood and bone: chapter 45

 “Your people, your guards. They’re nothing more than killers, rapists and thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they wear.”

This sadly reminds me of how some countries are, that their police systems are just as bad a everyday criminals and that they break their own laws everyday. It also reminds me of the police brutality going on everywhere and all the protects and movements that are happening .

Children of blood and bone: chapter 43

Now it takes everything to gain control. No matter how hard I fight, the risk of feeling Zélie’s pain lingers. A constant and growing threat.

A message I take from this is that Inan is so afraid of zelie seeing that he knows his kingdom is corrupt and that what they are doing is wrong, that his father is a bad guy.

My past 6 weeks in art.

 Learning Objective: In art over the last 6 weeks we have been learning about different painting techniques. These techniques that we have worked on are working with different textures (ex. scrunched up paper towels, bits of cardboard, torn off bits of paper and big paint brushes), We have been mixing different oils (ex. cooking oil, Retarder) and also using techniques like blending and layering. 

In my art work I tried to step out of my comfort zone of keeping everything very neat and tidy. So over the past 6 weeks I have just been putting my paint brush on the paper and go for it.

This was slightly challenging for me because it was way out of my comfort zone with just going for it, as a result of just going crazy I don't love all my art work but I still see it as development in my art.

Here are the pictures of the art techniques that our teacher asked us to use for our own art.

If anybody has any feedback or tips please leave a comment and let me know:)