Potato Tools!

 

 In Biology, we have been learning all about the early hominin species. Today we had a try at making tools from different eras. We used potatoes to do this. I think they turned out amazing.

Film Analyses

 The Lorax - Unless scene. 

Brainstorm: In this scene we see all of the animals and wildlife leaving the empty treeless field looking sad and disappointed. We then see the Lorax fly away into the sky looking extremely sad.

Lighting: Natural, dim, cold, lighting used to show a sad cold place. Bright light beamed down to the Lorax as he floated into the sky.

Colours: Colour pallet - dark blues, browns, grays. Colour used to create a cold, dark, sad atmosphere.

Film analysis.

 Brainstorm: A fox was trying to buy a jumbo pop for his son from an elephant worker and the elephant said no. A bunny police officer then stepped in and paid for the jumbo pop and took it to the fox and his son.

Techniques:

 Colour:  Bright lighthearted scene, amid at children so it has bright colors. 

Lighting: Warm, natural, bright, daytime, hot sunny day, Fox and bunny in the spotlight - everyone else in the shadow.

Camera: High and low angles were used - the elephant is taller, the elephant feels bigger, the elephant is more superior, not meant to like the elephant as he is bigger and meaner. Elephant uses an angry tone while speaking. low angle from the foxs POV and high angle from the elephant's POV.

S- Statement - In the popsicle scene, low-angle shots are used to show the imbalance of power between the characters.

E - Evidence - We see this when the elephant is talking to the fox. The low-angle shot is used to show how much bigger and stronger the elephant is compared to the fox.

X - Audience - This makes the audience feel bad for the fox because he doesn't get served because he is not an elephant and because he is small. 

X - director - The purpose of this is to introduce the idea of stereotyping to the viewer. appearing large and rough the elephant shopkeeper refused service because he is a fox. Strengthening is the elephant's quote "go back to your side of town". 

X - other technique - Combined with the use of low-angle shots, we see the differences in the characters rather than the similarities. The high-angle point of view makes the fox seem even smaller than elephants towering over him.

Y - Your link/real-life link - Issues like this where people are judged on their size, race, or religion are not isolated to this film. In the real world, we tackle ongoing issues of discrimination in every country even in 2021.

Sweet tooth - Ending scene.

Brainstorm: In this clip you see a younger hybrid boy sitting alone in a dark room and then a whole lot of other hybrids come up to him and welcome him with a hug.

Techniques -

Colour: Dark color palette , Sad scene

Lighting: Cold, Natural light, Light shines on the hybrids when they come out of the shadows, light was streaming in from cracks in the celing to show poor conditons.

Camera: Wide angle used to show the group of hybrids standing together as one. Low angle Pov used to see how the deer hybrid sees the group walking towards him.

Music: 

Analizing film.

 Brainstorm: The two were talking. she told him to go away because he didn't belong there.

The seeds of the sacred tree choose him. 

Techniques -

 Lighting - was artificial, bright - dim. The plants that they touched and the ground they walked on lit up, the background was dim, cold. 

Colour palette - Neon, green, blue, purple. Colors used to show the extreme difference between earth and where they are. 

Camera - shots - angles - movement- focus. Tilt shot used to show the seeds (POV). Conversation - mid shots, shows bodies and the distance between them. Close-up on seeds,  shows how they moved. 

S - Statment - In the scene ' seeds of the sacred tree', Lighting was effectively used to create an otherworldly experience of Pandora.

E - Evidence - Artificial bright light is seen as the figures run on and touch things in the environment. The rest of their surroundings remained dark against these flashes of cold neon light.

X - Explanation - Audience - This makes the audience feel amazed and envious of the natural and unearthly qualities of the planet.

X - Explanation - Director - The director did this to make the viewer feel like they have been transported to another world, where new and exciting plants exist. 

X Explanation - Other techniques - Coinciding with this is the use of a neon color palette. The blues, greens, and purples become vibrant and unworldly when combined with the artificially bright lights caused by movement.

Y - Your Link - The lighting and color are juxtaposed to that which we experience in the real world on earth. Like earth, it has trees, plants, and native people but we see them vastly different from us because of the bright artificial neon lighting. 

Scene 'The hide and clap scene'

Brain storm: In the 'Hide and clap scene', the lady heard a noise in the basment and went to check it out. She ended up falling down the basment stairs and getting stuck down there.

Solo research.

 

1. What are the songs you have chosen to perform? 1 step forward, 3 steps back by Olivia Rodrigo.

2. Why did you choose this material? It fits my range and it's a beautiful song.

3. Who wrote and performed the pieces? Olivia Rodrigo.

4. What is the song about? A rocky relationship

5. What will be challenging about your piece? Nothing.

What I knew and what I've learnt.

 What I know about Anne Frank - She was a young Jewish girl in hiding during the war against Germany. A woman named Miep Gies was hiding her. She wrote a diary about her experiences hiding during the war. Unfortunately, she didn't survive the war as she was found and killed by Nazi soldiers. I knew her diary was later made into a book for people to read and learn about what she went through.

What I learned about Anne Frank - Anne Franks full name was Annelies Marie Frank. She was born on June 12th 1929 and died in Feburay/March 1945. Her diary was about her family's 2 years of hiding during the german war. After Annes sister, Margot was taken to a force labour camp the franks dicided to go into hiding. The date was July 6th 1942. They hid in the backroom office of the Otto Frank's food-products bussines and with the help of their no-jewish friends who brought them food. After a while the Frank family was transported to Westerbork, a transit camp in the Netherlands. From there to Auschwitz on September 3, 1944. Anne and Margot were transferred to Bergen-Belsen the following month. It was established by the Dutch government that both Anne and Margot died in a typhus epidemic in March 1945.

What I know about the diary of Anne Frank - The diary of Anne Frank was Anne Franks diary that she wrote her experences in while she was in hiding with her family during the war. 

What I learned about the diary of Anne Frank - The diary of Anne Frank was writen in dutch. Anne started writing in 1942 and she was writing to a imaginary friend. After Anne passed and the war had ended Annes father found her diary. The book was puplished on June 12th 1947 and has been puplished in over 60 different languages. 

What I know about the Holocaust - I know that the Holocaust took place during the war. It was a plan to kill off all Jewish people. The Holocaust happened between 1933 and 1945. I know that very few people survied. I know that gas chamber were used to kill Jewish people. I know that they were starved and used for work before they were killed. I know that the condions that Jewish people were kept in was disgusting. 

What I learned about the Holocaust - I learned that the total number of Nazi concentration camps that existed at one point in time is at least 1,000, although these did not all exist at the same time.The holocaust was a mass murder of millions of European Jews (as well as millions of others, includi.ng Romani people, the intellectually disabled, dissidents and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community.

What I know about Miep Gies - I know that Miep Gies helped hide that Franks during the Holocaust. 

What I leanred about Miep Gies - Miep Gies was a dutch citizen that helped hid the franks family and 4 other dutch Jews from the nazis. She was born on Febuary 15th 1909 and died on January 11th 2010.

The freedom writers.

 The freedom writes.

For the last three periods in English, we have been watching a movie called freedom writers. It is an amazing move about a teacher putting in a major effort to help a classroom of troubled students find their potential. In the beginning, all the students in the class hated each other. there was a war between races and gangs, so none of them wanted to be anywhere near each other and were constantly fighting. Miss G set up activitys so the students could all see that in most ways they are the same and are living the same lives just on different sides. The teacher, Miss G was working two extra jobs to make a bit of extra money to buy her student the resources they needed to succeed, she had to buy her own resources because the school would not give her students the books or resources they needed to learn because they simply didn't believe in them. But Miss G believed that these kids could do great things. 

Miss G brought all of her student's diaries, for them to write about their lives and talk about what they have been through. She gave them the option to let her read the books so she could get a better understanding of what the kids were really going through. All of her students left the diaries for her to read.

The students started with learning about the holocaust as none of them knew what it was. Miss G and the class raised the money for the class to be able to go to a holocaust museum, where they all learned very important things. They then went on to read the diary of Anne Frank. The diary of Anne Frank was inspiring to the students. A lot of them saw the lady who hid Anne Frank a hero. 

All of the students wanted to meet the lady who hid Anne Frank. So they fundrased and wrote her leaters.

My Discovery task!

 In health we were given a task where we got to pick our own topic to research about. I chose Cannabis as it is something that I wanted to learn more about, I wanted to learn about the positives and negatives. 

Firstly I had to decide what I was doing for my 5 BIG QUESTIONS, I chose Why… is it harmful to your body? What… Other issues does this link with? Who… is algebal to access weed? How….. Does weed lead to poor mental health outcomes? When…. Should you get help?

Once I had my 5 big questions answered I moved onto figuring out three strategy's to help you quit cannabis. For my three strategy's I had to include what the strategy's were, what areas of well being the strategy's will help improve and are the strategy's short term or long term.

After this I got to chose what I was going to create to show my learning. I chose to make a poster, personally I like to make posters on paper because it almost helps me fully understand what I have just learnt, and I also get to make it really pretty.

My reflection: I did find it really challenging in the beginning as I missed the first 2 weeks that we had to complete our discovery task, so I did have to work at home to catch up with everyone else. I worked well with others in my class, I did not distract anyone from their work. I am really proud of how I managed to still complete the task even though I only had 4 class periods to do it.

Please if you have any feedback let me know :)

Persuasive writing - Current issues.

 LO: We are learning to express our opinions and thoughts on current issues using 'Write that essay' sentences. 

For LGBTQ+ rights to adoption.

5 - Surprisingly, 23% of the 122,526 people surveyed think that gay couples should not have the same rights as straight couples when it comes to Adoption.

11 - Whereas 77% of the people voted yes for gay couples should have the same rights as straight couples.

1 - I personally think that everyone should have equal rights if they are proven capable to adopt.

 Q1: How are Earthquakes measured? Earthquakes are recorded by a seismographic network. What level earthquake can destroy buildings?

5.5 to 6.0	Slight damage to buildings and other structures.
6.1 to 6.9	May cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
7.0 to 7.9	Major earthquake. Serious damage.
8.0 or greater	Great earthquake. Can totally destroy communities near the epicenter.

Q2: What are the 3 waves given off by earthquakes and how are they different?

P-waves, S-waves, LOVE waves.

Q3: What ways are buildings earthquake-proofed? Give some examples e.g. The Burj Khalifa. How well does it work? create a flexible foundation, counter forces with damping, shield buildings from vibrations.

Q4: How are Tsunamis formed and are Tidal waves any different? Tsunamis are formed from earthquakes in the sea but tidal waves are caused by bad weather.

Q5: How do Tsunami warning systems work and what should you do when alerted? they detect earthquakes out at sea and if they think a tsunami will happen they let everyone know.

Impulse buying, what is it and why do we do it?

 Impulse buying

In Business studies we have been learning about impulse buying, why we do it and what the affects of it are. For this topic I have made a brochure with information about impulse buying on it.

Reflection: I liked learning about impulse buying because it made me more aware of it, and made me realise that at time I have impulse bought something and then later on had no use for it. This topic also gave me strategies on how to stop impulse buying.

Another personal reflection is next time I would manage my time better to get my DLO and post done and be able to fine a good website to create a brochure on as it was a bit difficult to fine one.

Have you ever found yourself Impulse buying? let me know in the comments.

Sources: https://brainfodder.org/ 

https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/stop-impulse-buys

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sold/201207/what-motivates-impulse-buying

Volcano Project.

 Aim: to make and erupt a volcano via chemical reaction.

Hypothesis: I think the volcano will erupt when we mix the chemicals.

Equipment: Our Volcano, Baking soda, vinegar, food colouring, dish washinghjuj  liquid 

Method: Make a volcano, paint the volcano, make the volcano erupt, clean up after.

• warm water
• liquid dishwashing detergent
• red or orange food colouring
• baking soda
• vinegar

1. Pour warm water into the volcano until it is 1/2 to 3/4 of the way full.
2. Add several drops of food colouring.
3. Add a squirt of detergent. This helps the ‘lava’ foam up and flow.
4. Add a couple of spoonfuls of baking soda.
5. When you are ready to start the eruption, pour vinegar into your volcano.
6. You can recharge the volcano with more baking soda and vinegar.

Note: If you don’t have vinegar, you can use another acidic liquid, like lemon juice or orange juice.

the hydrogen ions in the vinegar react with the sodium and bicarbonate ions in the baking soda. the chemicals release carbon dioxide. This makes the reaction bubble and expand, just like when you shake up a can of soda and open it!

Banking key works

 In business studies we are learning about banking. in today's lesson our teacher let us choose what DLO we wanted to do, I chose to make a crossword with the key words about banking and the clues I used should have shown my understanding of the words.

I did really like this activity as it gave a more creative side to learning about banking. And because it was a crossword it is also interactive so my class mates could give my crossword a go to test their knowledge too.

If you have any questions or feedback please let me know:)

https://worksheets.theteacherscorner.net/make-your-own/crossword/ (website for making crosswords if you wanted to make your own)

Writing SEXXYY paragraphs

 LO: learning to write SEXXYY paragraphs. 

Essay question: ‘Describe an incident which changes the course of events in the text. Explain how this helped you to understand an important idea in the text’

Statement	Example/Evidence (include a quote)	EXplain quote	EXplain Effect on the Reader	Your link -- to another part of the text	Your link -- to the wider world
The incident of Binta being killed by Saran helped me to understand the important idea of How much hate saran really had towards the maji because it showed me that Saran was willing to kill his daughters best friend just because she was a magi.	We see this in the text when King Saran gets Binta to touch the scroll so he can see if she has magic in her or not. When Bintas hands filled with light from magic Saran just smashed his sword right through her with not even the slightest amount of remorse  for her. ‘Father strikes fast. One minute Binta stands, in the next fathers sward plunges through her chest’	This means that… Clearly we can tell in the quote that Amaris father, king Saran kills Binta because light exploded from bintas hands when she touched the scroll, magic.	This made the reader feel upset or scared for Amari and Binta because King Saran is capable of taking someone's life so fast over magic.	It reminded me of another important part in the book when King Saran carved maggot into zelies back with no remorse for how she is feeling and her screams because this also shows the idea of hatred towards magi as zelie was a magi too.	In the real world, this idea is important because we see this in the real world everyday but mainly in america at the moment with everything going on with racism and the BLM movement with police brutality.

My Mihi

 Tena Koutou katoa 

Ko Aoraki te maunga

Ko Otakaro te awa iti

Ko Otakaro te waka

Ko Ngai Tanhu te iwi

Ko Ruehua te pa tawhito 

Ko Huruhuru Ao O Horomaka te kura 

Ko Dyson, Howard toku whanau

Ko Mattew toku papa

Ko Franky toku Mama

Ko Izzy toku ingoa 

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.