Being globally minded

 We have been learning about 3 concepts: economy, trade and globalisation. Economy determines what taxes will be used for in the community. And how people earn money, Trade is the general marketplace of buying and selling goods.Globalisation is the word used to describe the interdependence of the world. Globalisation is also when something goes viral or popular around the world.

After we learned the three concepts we had to research an NZ export product, I decided I wanted to research wine or alcohol, cause it is a very popular export product. Did you know the total worth of NZ export products around the world in 2021 is 130.53 billion dollars. This was how wine became wine. Chemical analyses recently confirmed that the earliest alcoholic beverage in the world was a mixed fermented drink of rice, honey, and hawthorn fruit and/or grape. The residues of the beverage, dated ca. 7000–6600 BCE, were recovered from early pottery from Jiahu, a Neolithic village in the Yellow River Valley. The top NZ trading partners are china, Europe, Australia and USA 

9T English

English this year was very fun and tough. The beginning of the year we had to do slides talking about ourselves. Then we had to do 2 minute speeches and it was very hard to start the year off but I finished it and got a merit, my speech was about the issues within our school. After we finished speeches, we started to do Rapid Reading Response before every lesson of English I think this has really helped my reading. Then we had to read a novel and answer questions this novel was called see ya Simon this book was about Simon and he had a disease called muscular dystrophy . We then had a short story that we also had to rewrite and answer a few questions to this short story, the story was about the balaclava which is about a boy stealing a beanie. the second to last thing we did this year was film study for these lessons we had  this is where you watch a film and study it we watched stand by me, this film was about boys that ran away to find one of their brothers. This term we have been learning about creative writing, for creative writing we have been learning about verbs, adverbs, adjectives, similes and personification. I have learnt alot during this year of English, Thank you to Whaea Annette for welcoming me in her class and letting us do whatever for most Fridays, I will miss you next year :)

Nz Exported Product

In social studies we have been learning about NZ exported products. I was required to make a slideshow and answer a few questions. For our NZ Export product we chose to research alcohol, we chose to do this subject because it is a well known product around the world and also around NZ , another reason why we chose this product is because it is easy to research about and also cause everybody loves it.

Creative writing

 It was a bright and shiny afternoon the elephants stomping, the forest chirping, the snakes are sssing and the prey sprinting for their lives, the hunters were hunting, the river was glowing, the trees were flowing, the grass is growing. Coming out from in deep from the forest was a giant muscular lion getting ready for a feeding frenzy. So all the animals run for their lives.

End Of Term Unit (Migration)

In social studies this term we have been learning about migration. Migration is when you move from one place to another, there are many types of migration like internal migration. This is when you move within your country, external migration is when you move to another country. This is my understanding of migration. My understanding of a place is a particular point  in a location. Change is when you make something or someone different or new, in a good or bad way. All these concepts all relate because these are all part of migrating. You have to move to a place, you have to change to feel at home or just because it's another home. Refugees are one similar factor as well as the maoris moving to New Zealand. I found this topic challenging because we had to write blogs and big paragraphs that were confusing and challenging. The activities we have been doing have supported me a lot with my learning like the refugee simulator game we played and all the other things I have blog posted about this year. Learning about migration has really helped me and I can't wait till I get older. 

 

See Ya Simon Scratch

In English this term our whole class had to read a book called see ya Simon. we had questions and activity's to do after every chapter, after we read the whole book we had to chose a event that happened and turn it into a scratch. my friend and I chose to do the first event that happened where Simon played soccer. Here is my scratch

CYB Week7

 In English we just finished an assignment for a book called See Ya Simon. For the assignment we had to write a review for the book See Ya Simon. I think I did okay in the assignment.

In Maths we just finished a test for decimal place value. There was a lot of tricky and hard questions, this test was a bit difficult.

In Science we are learning about Waves and Energy. I have learnt a lot more new things in Science like Energy (Light energy, chemical energy, Elastic energy etc). 

In P.E we are just learning how to play badminton and the foot work to play this game, Last week we finished our fitness rotation where we did a lot of running, weights and exercises.

In ESM we are planting a lot of plants and trees around our school.

In Social Studies we are learning about migration and refugees.  

Refugee Simulator

 This term in social studies we are learning about migration, yesterday we played a game, The game was about being a refugee. We got into groups of 4-6, when we got into our groups our teacher gave us situations that people actually go through. I learnt that it's very hard to be a refugee. This game reminded me of among us, In among us there is an impostor and everyone else has to run away. In the game refugee simulator they have to pack their bags and run away and move to another place.This game was really cool.

Moving To Another Country

 In social studies we are learning about other countries and what it would be like if we did move to another country. My friends and I chose china. I have learnt that the population in china is 1.398 billion. This topic is like our last about where our tupana migrated from. It helps learning about other countries because you can learn about new things and you might like to move there in the future. My overall view on this topic is it was very helpful just in case I might like to move there in the future.

Migrations

Kia ora bloggers, in social studies this week we have been learning about migration. 

Whaea gave us a task to learn about our ancestors and where they migrated from. I

have learnt that one of my great grandparents used to be an engineer in the 1900s.

This week's work has been really interesting and fun. This work helps me learn about myself

and where I come from. I have found this week and last week's work really helpful because

I have learnt a lot more about my family.

Here is my work

Tupuna name- Te ariki and John  What city does he/she originate from? My grandparents used to live in Auckland and they migrated to mangonui. What culture does he/she originate from? My nan is originally from whakatane then she moved up to auckland and then she moved to mangonui with her husband  Write an experience about his/her past life When my nan was younger they got brought up from her older brother mark.

Tupuna name- romana and his wife  What country does he/she originate from? They migrated from england to new zealand on a boat What culture does he/she originate from? English  Write an experience about his/her past life Romana used to be an engineer during ww1 or 2.

What Really Happened

 In social studies last term we had to watch episodes about what really happened during the signing of the treaty. There were 7 parts we had to go through. I thought it was cool how the British gave Maori blankets and tobacco. One thing I thought was thoughtful was how William hobson said the comment ‘he nga iwi tahi tatou’ (we are all one people) It was really fun learning about what really happened during the signing of the treaty we learnt a lot about how it was back in the days. We also learnt about what they wore  and put up with during the 1800. What do you know about the signing of the treaty?

Speech Reflection

Speeches 

What did you talk about? I talked about the issues in our school.

How did you feel while talking? I felt nervous.

What was hard about it? making sure i'm saying the right words.

What was easy about it? Nothing

Could you do it again? I cloud but it would be hard and nerve racking.

While I was doing my speech I felt nervous and scared that I was going to say the wrong things.

Here is my speech

Issues within our school 

Fights, bullying, stealing, smoking and more all of these things are found in our school, Why? OUR school is meant to be a safe and happy place, when students come to school for reasons that are not appropriate it is not okay. SO maybe if you are not here for the right reasons why are you here at all? Kia ora my name is Mihipeka and I am here to talk about the problems within our school.

Fighting and bullying 

when I walk around my school I hear people say rude and disgusting things to other people from other nations. When people confront them about what they say, they say it was a joke or make them feel bad for telling a teacher “Snitch snitch they say or you're a snitch, snitches get stitches’ your not a snitch your standing up for yourself. I hate it when people stand there letting other people make fun of them or calling them names, stand up for yourself no matter the age or size. 

Fighting

When it comes to fighting there is a lot of this in our school there is at least one fight a week . i'm not gonna stand here and say i've never wanted to fight someone, I have multiple times but i never wanted to do it for fun so What is the reason for fighting for fun? For entertainment? For a reason? Or no reason at all it just happens?  

Stealing

When I hear people talking about people stealing other people's property it isn't very nice to know that people I see everyday are stealing other people's property. When you steal it causes fights and hatred between people. 

Smoking 

In our school there are people vaping and smoking, why do people do this? Do you do it to be cool? Do you do it for fun, why are you doing this? Did you know smoking causes cancer, heart disease, strokes and lung diseases

Conclusion

Lastly I wanted to ask if you would like to be in a school that does all these things? When we are at school make sure you are here for the right reasons. Thank you for listening to my speech. 

Word Art

 Kia ora bloggers, for the past few weeks in English we have been writing speeches, we had three topics we could write about our options are someone I admire, issues within our school and determinations creates successes. I decided to create a speech about issues within our school. Today we had to make a word art and in our word art we had to add key words from our speech on to our word art. I have words like bullying,fighting and smoking. Here is my word art I hope you like it (:

All About Me

Hi, my name is Mihipeka and I am a year 9 student that attends the Bay Of Islands College. I am a Maori/Pakeha. I love to play any sport. I enjoy playing sports and learning new things. I would love to know all my basic facts off by heart, I also would like to do a good speech this year and I would like to get excellence in all my subjects. This year I am looking forward to playing a lot of sports and get to know more people. I am also looking forward to going through all the option classes.

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