Delta Questions

These are the five questions I would ask Jacinda Ardern and/or Ashley Bloomfield about Delta Outbreak if I ever got the chance. 

The hardest part about this was actually thinking about it and seeing what I would actually want to know. I don't really know much because I haven't really researched it. My favorite part about this was reading a few articles about it. They were cool because you could see what other people were doing, and see what you would do. To be BTB, Better Than Before, I could have added more colour or added research about the questions.

Three Job Profiles

This year, we are working on careers. I had to read three different articles about three different jobs, then make job profiles about each different job in the article.

The hardest part would definitely have to be making the layout correct because I really suck at coding. Miro G helped me a lot. My favorite part was looking at some of Dylan Horrocks's comics because I read an article about him. To be BTB, I could have added pictures.

Comic Writer Job Profile

Comic Writers have to:

Be creative

Be passionate about their job

Persevere; Not give in

Be good at writing interesting stories so that people will actually read their comics

Be good at planning layouts

Have some kind of drawing skill

Have confidence in themselves and others

NASA Aerospace Engineer Job Profile 

NASA aerospace engineers have to:

Be passionate about their job
Be good at maths
Have confidence
Have good engineering skills
Pass a lot of tests
Handle pressure well
Persevere; Not give in

Architect Job Profile

Architects have to:

Be passionate about their job
Be good at organizing
Be good at maths and calculating things
Pass a lot of tests at University
Persevere; Not give in
Be creative in their structures so that people will actually hire them

Great Walks of NZ! 🤗🇳🇿

This is my Great Walks slide for our Current Events quiz. We did the quiz with Miss Farr. Green house got 14 points and tied first place with Blue House. 

We had to research the 10 great walks in 45 minutes. 45 MINUTES! This may sound like a lot, but it sure isn't. We also had free time on the line. If everyone had finished their slides, we could all choose what we wanted to do for the next blocks. I just finished in time, but other people hadn't.

I enjoyed looking at the fake pictures of the tracks because they were prettier than the real ones. The hardest part would definitely have to be posting this on time because there was so much PRESSURE! To be BTB, better than before, I could have added more to my writing.

Careers

This is my writing for Careers and Literacy. I had to read an article and then pick 5 jobs. I chose Medical Doctor, Year 1 to 13 Teacher, Dentist, Veterinarian, and Chef. 

I enjoyed looking for jobs. The hardest part was writing more than I wanted to write. To be BTB, I could have added more to my writing.

1. Medical Doctor

What is it? A doctor who works to maintain, restore or boost health. They treat and diagnose injuries and diseases.

Facts Why: Everywhere, there is a shortage of doctors. We now need a lot more because of Covid, and the doctors we already have are working 24/7. Being a doctor also pays well, with a median salary of around $92,00.

What has changed since 2019? Covid. We need a lot more doctors to care for not only people with Covid/Covid Symptoms but also for people that are just hurt or sick.

2. Year 1 to 13 Teacher

What is it? A person who teaches children from 5 to 18.

Facts Why: We have a huge shortage of teachers. Although Media is saying that teachers are underpaid, data shows that their starting salary is reasonable. Also, many teachers are satisfied and happy with their day-to-day routine.

What has changed since 2019? A lot of teachers are working online now because of Covid.

3. Dentist

What is it? A person who works around mouths and teeth. They are feared by a lot of kids.

Facts Why: We always need people to care for our teeth and mouths. They are also paid very well.

What has changed since 2019? Not much. Kids are still afraid of getting their teeth pulled out.

4. Veterinarian

What is it? A person who works to help, heal and care for animals. They are like a doctor except for animals.

Facts Why: There has been a reported shortage of vets across the country. Vets are also paid well, and normally do what they do because they enjoy it.

What has changed since 2019? Not much. People are still taking their pets to the vet, and everything is running smoothly so far.

5. Chef

What is it? A person who cooks meals for other people in public places, eg, a restaurant.

Facts Why: You can cook food for people, and normally if you become a chef, it is because you enjoy cooking. It is also a well paid job, and you can travel a lot of places.

What has changed since 2019? People will be more likely to eat out now that covid has died down a bit, or in other countries, people will be less likely to eat out because Covid is still large.

You Went Where

This is my You Went Where slide from a year ago that I forgot to blog. ;w;  I had to choose a place and write about it from the day point of view and the night point of view. I had been to Lake Brunner the previous weekend, so I wrote about that.

The hardest part was changing from the day to the night without making a new paragraph. My favorite part was putting in the backgrounds. To be BTB, I could have made my writing longer, but this was me a year ago.  

Scott Base

Today we did the Current Events Quiz. I got 9 out of 20 correct. After we did the quiz, we had to choose one of the answers to research and make a drawing out of. I didn't know what to choose at first, but in the end, I chose Scott Base. Did you know that people can visit it? That's something I want to do, along with seeing the Southern Lights and Penguins!  We had to do this in 45 minutes, and we also had to plan, draft, edit, and proofread. 

Scott Base is a New Zealand research base in Antarctica. It is at the southern end of Ross Island. You can see penguins, the Aurora Australis and lots of snow there!

I really enjoyed looking at pictures of Scott Base, The Southern Lights, and Antarctica. The hardest part was finding and fitting information onto the google drawing. Also doing all of this in 45 minutes. It may sound easy, but it was actually really hard! To be BTB, Better Than Before, I could have added more information about the founder and looks. 

ANZAC Morse Code

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This is my ANZAC literacy post. I had to choose one thing from the Taiao site to do. I chose the morse code because it looked really interesting and I didn't know anything about it except S.O.S and "e". Now I know my name ~ -- .. .-. --- ~ and a little but more. If your bored and want to come up with a way to communicate with your friends, use Morse. (Or Pig-latin.) If you want a way to talk in class, just tap your message in morse code with a pencil, and your teacher will never suspect a thing! (Jk.) 

My favorite part was encrypting the messages. it was really hard because the messages were really long. The hardest part was making the morse code part. To be BTB, I could have added more colour.

My Energy Word No. 3🌩🗱🗲

This is my third energy word map. Friction is when something rubs against something else, and causes friction. Low drag causes less friction, and high drag causes more. If I rubbed my finger against the carpet, I would create more friction than if I rubbed it against glass.

The hardest part was finding a picture that people would actually understand. The one I put on is OK, but a few people still might not be able to understand it. To be BTB, I could have added more explanation to what friction is.

🌩Energy Venn Diagram🌩

This is my energy Venn diagram that I made for literacy. I had to read text A and text B then compare them and do the usual Venn diagram stuff. It was really hard to compare them because they didn't really have much actual information. 

My favorite part was looking at the Gen Less site because it had some really cool ways to conserve energy and some really different things than what you normally see energy sites. To be BTB, I could have added more to what both of the sites have in common.

Text A - https://www.eia.gov/kids/using-and-saving-energy/

Text B - https://genless.govt.nz/ 

About Vanuatu

This year, our teacher is teaching us french. We had to look into french speaking countries then make an information slide about one. I chose Vanuatu because I went there two years ago for the summer holidays and I really enjoyed it. There are some really fun activities to do in Vanuatu. We went swimming with turtles, climbed and looked into Mt Yasur volcano, swam at Sulfur bay next to Imale village, made friends and chatted with the locals, rode in the back of a truck (many times), and more.

I enjoyed looking at pictures of Vanuatu because they reminded me of when I was there. The hardest part was finding good information. To be BTB, I could have added more info. 

When you Trap a Tiger- Book review

This is my book report for the Summer Reading Challenge on 'When you Trap a Tiger'. I chose this book because it was one of the books from the Hokitika library, and it was new to me. It was also Korean-based. The book was sad to me in the end, and I cried a little. One of the things I really liked about the book was how relatable it was, and the Halmoni in the book is so like mine (-;. I will definitely read this book again and will recommend it to as many people as I can. 

My favorite bit was reading the book and seeing other people's opinions about it. It got a 4.2/5 on Goodreads. The hardest bit was writing why I liked the book in a non-cheesy or 'me' kind-of sentence. To be BTB, I could have added a bit more about the book and the Author, Tae Keller.

Pigpen Cipher Slide (SLJ)

This is my pigpen cipher slide. I had to learn the code, then decipher the clue to the cave. After all that, I didn't know where the lion rock was, so I had to search for what it was. After I was totally sure I knew the code, I had to make my own clue to my favorite beach. I love this beach because I love swimming and playing in the river by it. Comment what you think the beach is.

The hardest bit was drawing the letters because I had to use a special drawing tool on the slide. My favorite bit was looking at my favorite beaches because they were all so much more pretty in photos than in real life. To be BTB, (Better Than Before), I could have added more information on the beach.

Which doesn't Belong? (SLJ)

This is my slide for 'Which doesn't belong?' SLJ. I had to think of reasons why the pictures didn't belong with the others/ were different from the others. You didn't only have to do one reason, you could do multiple because since they were all different pictures, they were all different. 

My favorite part was finding the donuts, and I got very hungry at the end. The hardest part was doing the reasons for the spaceship/fighter slide because they were all similar except for the colors. To be BTB, (Better Than Before), I could have added more reasons to the slides.

My Summer Haiku (SLJ) 🇳🇿🌅

This is my summer haiku for the SLJ 2020. I wasn't sure if this was the activity I was supposed to do, but I did it anyway. It was cool looking at the other summer haikus because they gave me some ideas. 

My favorite part was making the haiku because it was oddly satisfying when I made the sentences have the correct amount of syllables. The hardest part was actually making the haiku because I kept doing the wrong sentence or things like that. To be BTB, (Better Than Before), I could have made another haiku or made this one more interesting. 

Antarctica

This is my Antarctica slide that tells you all about Antarctica. It was for maths/literacy because I had to research the coldest and the hottest countries, and people debated if Antarctica was a country or not.

It was hard to do lots of research because it took ages. My favorite part was making the flag because I go to use Kleki. To be BTB, I could have added more information.

Banksy Artist Profile

This is my artist profile on Banksy. It was my 4th task for T-shaped literacy. I had to research him and transfer the information into an artist's profile.

My favorite part was looking at some of his artworks. The shredded 'Balloon Girl' is probably my favorite. The hardest part was adding more detail and information. If I could add one more thing, it would probably be added more about his personal life. To be BTB, I could have added more information.

Banksy Artist Profile

Banksy is the famous multi-millionaire street-artist who chooses to hide his real identity. People are still trying to figure out who he really is. Bansky started spray-painting walls in Bristol, 1990. Some of his most famous pieces sell for millions. The most famous artwork was painted in 2002, Girl with a Balloon. This painting depicts a girl with a red heart-shaped balloon. Whether you see the girl as losing the balloon, or about to catch it, the meaning can be interpreted as a loss of innocence or the arrival of new hope and love. This painting sold for 1.37 million dollars. 

Many people think that Banksy's real name is Robin Gunningham, born in Yate, 19 km from Bristol, but other people are not so sure. Banksy’s identity is still mainly a mystery to the world. Banksy’s paintings are a symbol of hope and emotions, but also of what is wrong with the world. His work should bring comfort to the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable. Banksy’s paintings are normally spray-painted and stenciled.  

Banksy is an artist, not a graffitist.

Street Art in Christchurch

These are my questions and answers for our T-Shaped literacy article. For T-shaped literacy, we are reading and learning about street art. We were looking at an article about Christchurch street art. I learnt that after the earthquake, people wanted to fill in the gaps in their city and make it a more beautiful place to be. People painted to bring joy, and they also painted to emphasize how much everyone lost.

I enjoyed looking at the art because they were all so cool and they all had different stories behind them. The hardest part was answering so of the questions, because the article doesn't tell you exactly what the answer is. I had to bend the answers a little. To be BTB, (Better Than Before), I could have written more, and made it less confusing. I also could have added the article.

About Toi Moko, Maori Mummified Heads

This is my slide about the Toi Moko. We did the weekly quiz about what had been on the news recently. One of the questions was "What is New Zealand Billionaire Gabe Newell doing?". The options were 'Building a game park in Aukland,' 'Sending a gnome into space,' and 'Buying an island in Hawaii'. Guess what the answer was? Sending a gnome into space, and my group guessed it correct! 

My favorite part was doing the quiz. We were in our house color groups, and my house color, (Green), won the quiz with 14 points out of 20. The hardest part was making the slide creative and eyecatching, because a slide of mummified, tattooed heads is not pretty. To be BTB, I could have included all of the macrons on all the Maori words that needed them.  

What Happened to the Reefs?❇️💠🇦🇺😟

This is my activity about the coral reefs in Australia dying. It was in the news quiz that we did, and this was the activity that we all had to do. I worked with Emma to make the drawing. We got some pictures of really cool corals, but they weren't in the Great Barrier Reef sadly.

My favorite part was looking for corals and their names because some corals looked really cool and had really confusing names. It was hard to fit everything into the google drawing. I had to make it bigger twice. To be BTB, I could have added more information about the corals.

How to play Shark Attack

For writing, we are writing how to play a game/sport. I chose Shark Attack because no-one else knows how to play it. 

It was hard to check that I had everything because I already knew how to play. I checked my work with four people before I blogged it. My favorite part was explaining how to play. To be BTB, I could have added more tips and tricks.

How to play Shark Attack.

Introduction: Shark Attack is a good game to play at school because it includes everyone and you can never have too many people. 

Amount of people for a netball court: 15 or more

Roles: 2 Sharks (Taggers), 2 Dolphins (Freers), Fish (People running across), and Seaweed (People that are tagged).

What to do: Everyone stands on one side of the netball court. A teacher or person that isn't playing chooses the Sharks, and they go to the middle of the court and close their eyes. Then the teacher/person chooses 2 Dolphins. You want to keep the dolphin's identities a secret otherwise the sharks will target them. Once all that is done, the sharks yell "Shark Attack!" and all the people on the side of the court (Fish) including the dolphins run across to the other side. The sharks try to tag the fish/dolphins before they get to the other side. If the fish/dolphins get tagged, they stand still on one spot and become seaweed. The seaweed can tag people but only on one spot. If you get tagged by seaweed, you become seaweed. Then, the sharks call 'Shark Attack!" again, and the fish/dolphins run across again. This time, the dolphins try and free the seaweed. The seaweed can't tag the dolphins. If you get freed by the dolphins, you join the fish and run across to the other side. If the dolphins get tagged, they can't free anyone (including themselves), but can get freed by fellow dolphins. The game only ends when everyone including the dolphins are tagged, and you can start another round, with the dolphins being in.

Tips and Tricks: Try to group around the seaweed with the dolphins so the taggers can't see who the dolphin/s is/are. If you are seaweed, don't yell out the dolphin's name. The taggers will try and target them.