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Wednesday 16 September 2020

What I know about government.

What I know about government

WALA: What is government and what they do.


The NZ Government is called a democracy because they have a Parliament that consists of members that were elected by their voters. 


Elections happen every 3 years in which NZ citizens over 18 are allowed to vote. They get 2 votes, in which one vote is for a Political Party and the other is to vote on who should represent their area. After the voting, the percentage of their votes goes towards how many seats they take up in parliament. They would have to have more than 5% of votes to have a seat in parliament, the more votes they get the more seats they take. For example, if they get 50 percent of the votes, they get 50 percent of the seats which their party gets 60 seats. 


Do I think the voting system is fair?
I personally don't care at the moment, it isn't me to decide yet since i'm not at the age to vote. Either way i'm not old enough to even know how the system works or why it would affect me so do I believe the voting system is fair, probably. It's the people's vote whether or not they have a change in government and parliament, so you can say it's fair.


Key words meanings


  • Laws: A set of rules

  • democracy: A system of government where people vote for the people they want in parliament

  •  rights: Something we are entitled too

  •  electorate: A voting area

  •  political party: An organised group who believe in the same values and ideas

  •  government: A group of elected people who make our laws

  • MP: Member of parliament 



Wednesday 2 September 2020

Coming back to school! 。✧♡

Coming back to school! 。✧♡ 

~WALT: Write a Blog Post~


On Monday I didn't go school because my parent's were worried about us not having mask's to wear as protection so we ended up going the next day. 

I woke up at 6 and already was very tired, during lock down I would sleep til 9-10 am. Waking up at 6 was very tiring but I got up had a shower, did my hair and got changed into my school uniform. After that I grabbed my lunch and went to school. The first thing I noticed were that more people were wearing masks than before, and that there wasn't really much people at school. I went to tutor and we had to sit back in our own personal bubble. 

Once tutor was over we went to math's and walking to the class, I noticed that people walking through the hallway, everyone was not social distancing because of the pretty small hall way that mostly everyone uses to get to their classes, so that auto manically was a way for Covid-19 to spread. Other than that classes were normal just like before when we came back from lock down. 


~ During lock down ~

It was pretty boring in lock down, Since I didn't have a computer I couldn't do my work. But then I received my computer on the weekends so on the second week of lock down I was going to get my work done and join the classes until some personal matters happened so I had a break from my technology. So I really didn't do any work on lock down. So coming to school I can finally do some work. 

Most of lock down I was mainly gaming for e sports and just doing my chores. Other than that lock down was very very very VERY boring. I had nothing to do other than play games with my friends.

Coronavirus: Should we all wear face masks? - BBC Science Focus Magazine


Monday 8 June 2020

Auckland Protest

Auckland's second Black Lives Matter protest planned for June 14 ...Auckland ProtestWALA: Black Lives Matter

On June 1st, there was a protest about Black Lives Matter in Auckland. It took place at Aotea Square where they marched through the city. 


I think it's a good thing that we did it the protest here and that it was peaceful. But social distancing is still a big problem which can lend to the spread of Covid-19. I do care about BLM but it still goes to show that many people could of possibly died since they weren't social distancing. If there is any way to social distant and protest at the same time, be my guess but since there was a large group of people it could still spread Covid-19 to who that attended the protest.

In my opinion both is very important thing. I believe that we should probably have protested when it went down to level 1 so we don't have to worry much about social distancing. 

Tuesday 28 April 2020

My Holiday

My Holiday!
(Write about what happened in your holiday)
My holiday was pretty boring, there was basically nothing to do other than do games and work. We did end up getting a trampoline which was fun so that and gaming minecraft was basically my entertainment for this whole damn holiday.

But overall I got to spend some time with my family well at least when I didn't stay up till 5 am in the morning just playing games and sleeping in till 1 pm. We baked a lot of stuff and had some pretty fun times during my birthday, my sisters birthday and my dads birthday, sadly all inside. But in the end it was pretty fun but still boringgggg! 

Coronavirus

NZ - Corona virus 
What is happening in NZ? 

Corona virus or COVID-19 was discovered in 2019. Since then it has been quickly spreading around the world making it a pandemic.

In this case we will be talking about what is happening in New Zealand about the Corona virus. There has been 1,100+ confirmed case, 1,200+ recovered cases and sadly 19 deaths. In New Zealand the level for Corona virus has recently been changed to level 3 making it that people can go back to their jobs and schools with an optional choice of letting their children go to school. 

Hopefully this situation will go down to level 2 were it isn't as much of a treat and will continue to go down by us people doing our part and staying inside unless going to work, school or getting food to stop the spread of Corona virus.

WHAT IN THE WORLD!

What happened?
It is said that the Corona virus was found at an animal market where someone supposedly ate a dead bat with the disease.

Where did it happen?
China
Who was involved?
The person who ate the bat?

How is it important to New Zealand?
Since people are getting infected with this virus and is now to this day getting sick and sadly pass.

What made you want to choose this event?
Since it is a very important topic to talk about!


Corona virus has over 3 million confirmed cases global. Which is a huge deal, over 3 million people have been infected with a disease that could kill them or make them seriously really sick! So we should do our part and stay inside without any human interaction to stop the spreading.

Wednesday 11 March 2020

Sketch Board

Sketch Board 
WALT: Make a sketch board and explain about the topic.
Today's task we had to do a sketch board about the made in Taiwan document. We took a screenshot of their journey and explained a bit about it. Here is my work.

Image result for oscar and nathan made in taiwan
They meet up at the cafe to do their DNA test. The DNA test would tell them what culture they are and their cultural history.
They went on a waka to Mahia to go see Nathan's mother which they were going to see his mother to look at his DNA test.
He was with his mother and they looked at his DNA results together. And found out some interesting facts about his past families past, and history.
Oscar and Nathan went to Samoan to go to Oscars village where they opened his DNA test results with his mother. When they looked at the dna test they found out about his descents and where they came from.
They went to Vanuatu where they ended up meeting a archaeologist where he showed them about the lapita pottery and all about how he found multiple dead bodies without any head. He believes that it was a tradition to take the heads from the dead family member and put it in their house for decor. 
They soon went to Taiwan and found out where their origins came from and where Polynesians too. After they ate they ended up going to a place full of cultural art. Oscar and Nathan went to a place where it showed all the Polynesians people and this is where their journey came to an end.

Monday 2 March 2020

Made In Taiwan

Made In Taiwan
WALT: Find out where Polynesians came from.

We were learning about Ocsar and Nathan's history such as where did Polynesians came from and about their home and where they grew up.

It was a document about where the Polynesians came from and personally yes I do think that other students in New Zealand should watch this since its very interesting and it tells us about our culture and where we came from. It talks about 
lapita pottery, history, about our ancestors etc, which can help with knowing more about New Zealand and the 
pacific islands.

Bonus fact: Lapita was used between 1600 and 500 bce.