Thursday, December 9, 2021

Crime Scene with Shikarn and Jamie

 

In Forensics we had to make a crime scene. This was a construction site where a builder called Jimmy Turner was pushed off the second floor into some spikes he was in debt and owed a lot of bad people money and Sebastián Marroquín got him first and pushed him off.



Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A Guide To Finger Print Patterns

Everyone has different fingerprints that's why it's such a good source of information for forensic scientists. There are 3 types of fingerprints: Arches, loops, and Whorls. Arches are the rarest type of fingerprints with only 5% of people having them. They enter from one side and out the other. Loops are the most common type with 60 to 65% of people having them. They enter and exit the same side. 30-35% of people have whorls they are most of the time rounded.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Forensics - Foot Print Analysis with Kaunteya

Foot Print Analysation is a way to confirm footprint patterns. A reason why footprint analysis is good. Is because it can identify who matches the footprint. Maybe by checking the nearest store that contains shoes in it and you can match the pattern to match the description of the person who last had brought that exact same pattern of the shoe that was matched on the crime scene. You can identify a shoe by how big, small, how much the footprint is attached to the ground, there could be random characteristics in the shoe like cracks, cuts, and stones stuck in the bottom. How much damage there is or how much they're worn. Lastly, how small or big they are.

Magic Footprints Standard Set - 3D Hand Design

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Forensics - Weekly Reflection

Why do we need forensic science? People may ask that question, probably not but still, people may want to know so I'm here to tell you why forensic science is crucial to crime scenes.

Forensic science is crucial in solving cases almost all of the time when the police come to a conclusion it's because of forensics that made them lead to their final statement. Forensic science can trace perpetrators on numerous things like leftover hair, skin cells, and fingerprints.

Fingerprints are a good source of information as no one has the same fingerprints but they do already have to be in the system. Skin cells are another really good way of working it out as most of the time the victim would fight back and the perpetrators' skin cells would be under his fingernails. Forensic scientists' jobs all do with crime scenes e.g murders, robbery, or kidnappings.

So if it weren't for forensic scientists a lot of the world's cases would still be unsolved.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Evidence

Hi readers, today in forensics we have to find a definition of evidence and rewrite it in our own words. Evidence is things that can help people find the person who committed the crime e.g hair, fingerprints, and skin cells. Here is my slide on evidence.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Is it a crime - Forensics

In Forensic we have to look at pictures and determine whether or not they're crime scenes. 

1. It could be a crime scene because they could just be getting into their car or someone breaking into the car.

2. It could just be a stray animal so no crime.

3. It's a crime because they're clearly robbing a bank.

4. It's a crime because they've been poisoned.

5. It's a crime because they're clearly been shot.

6. It's a crime because they've hit eachother.

Monday, November 8, 2021

Business and Enterprise

Business and Enterprise is getting ready for market day and planning on what we're going to sell. My group is Myself, Alex, James, and Jesse. We plan to make fruity chains so necklaces with fruit burst on them. We're going to buy fruit bursts and ribbons and plastic to tie to each fruit burst. We're up to writing the letter to Mr Sutton for a loan of $20.


Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Vocabulary

For our last English period for the year, we did some vocabulary we had to match some words their meaning in a worksheet and the n to write 5 sentences using those words.

What he last said to me was very nebulous.
I had to get to them quickly because the plan was in complete jeopardy.
It was very inclement outside.
In the clothes store the outfits were all very diverse.
He had an aptitude in show business.

Monday, November 1, 2021

Punctuation blog

In English, we're having to catch up on unfinished works so I'm doing a punctuation sheet where I have to write sentences using quotation marks.

1. "I'm moving to America" John announced.

2. "Country Road" is an old song.

3. "How old are you ?" asked Francis.

4. "LISTEN TO ME! shouted Bob.

5. "Martin Luthor King once said he had a dream," said George.

Friday, October 29, 2021

Grammar Blog

Hi readers, today in English we have to rearrange random letters to make words into grammar.

And I'm off to town see you tonight. Long drive, but money baby.

Gemma, Gionni was only trying to look out for you so don't disrespect him, just acknowledge his wisdom, he's got your back so don't disacknowledge what he says because he has done none but try to help me and would not hesitate to help you if you need it. I love you, Gemma, call if you need to vent to someone.

We just finished the interview and she whispered to me that she's hiring me. Today has already been a great day.

I moved out of John's, it wasn't working out so here I am back in the dating scene. So if anybody knows any single guy that doesn't drink or use drugs and are decent let me know.

So sad...can't believe such an amazing entertainer is gone, touched so many lives, will be so sadly missed... rip.

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Gymnastics blog

For the last month of p.e, my class has been doing gymnastics and we have an assessment of the tasks we needed to do in each. I haven't ticked many of them as I've been injured for most of the periods. My feelings for gymnastics is alright because the one period I did do it was pretty fun. I have enjoyed that one period of it. My favourite apparatus is the trampoline because I haven't done it yet but it looks fun how you can bounce really high and do all sorts of flips. I've learnt how to jump over a cone on a beam. Here is my assessment the highlighted bit is what I've learnt. 


Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Science

Series: 1 path, all components.

Parallel: Many paths.

Current(I): How quickly the currents move.

Voltage(V) How much energy the electrons are carrying.

Resistance: Used to slow/resist the flow of electrons.

Voltage rule: In series, the voltage is split between components. In parallel, the voltage is the same everywhere.

Current rule: In series current is the same everywhere. In parallel current is split between pathways.

Monday, September 27, 2021

Current Electricity

  1. Electrons.
  2. It could burn the objects around it.
  3. An electric current causes a heating element to turn on.
  4. DC current produces solar panels, transformers, and car batteries. AC current is used to power homes and businesses.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Static Electricity

In science today we had to write answers to 4 questions about static electricity.

1. Proton is positive, Neutron is neutral and electrons are negative.

2. When there is an equal amount of negative and positive charge.

3. Where electric current doesn't flow freely is an insulator, a conductor is where the flow of charge can go anywhere.

4. An example of static electricity is when you rub your shoe on the carpet, your body collects extra electrons.

Monday, September 20, 2021

Maori language week

Hi Readers, this last week in Wananga we did some learning on Maori as it was Maori language week. We had to answer some questions about a documentary of a song completely sung in Te Reo. I did mine about Drax Projects song Tukituki Te Manawa here is mine. I also had to listen to the story of how Maui slowed the sun. A long time ago the sun went too fast for people to do many things. So Maui devised a plan with his reluctant brother to tie ropes made of flax around the sun as Maui beat it with his Grandfather's Jawbone. They then did this and the sun has now slowed down.

Monday, September 6, 2021

English Learn from home choice board - Summary

Hi Readers, Today in English we needed to read chapters 9-11 on a book called the cay, then we had to write a summary about what happened in those three chapters so here is mine. Timothy has started to get Phillip to do some work around the island. Phillip at first doesn't want to do any work and then lashes out at Timothy. Phillip then realises why timothy is going him more work and that is because timothy thinks he might die on the island and wants to teach Phillip on how to live on the island. Timothy thinks that stew cat could have Judas inside of him. Phillip is then scared that timothy might try and kill Stew cat that timothy might try and kill  him.

Friday, September 3, 2021

Digital learning task board

In wananga, our teacher set us to do some tasks from the digital learning task board for the week and I did some google earth stuff. So I watched how our world was changing and then had a look at I found cool that it even had my house on it.

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Do Now - Hurricanes

Hi readers, in English for lockdown I'm having to do a blog post about hurricanes. So here it is. Hurricanes are formed in the warm waters near the equator and it needs to be at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit or 26 degrees celsius. Hurricanes in the US usually come from Africa. In September is when the Hurricanes are the strongest all year. Curacao doesn't usually hurricanes because it's warmer than the other islands in the Caribbean. The last hurricane was recorded in Curacao on September 23, 1877.

Human Rights

In social studies for lockdown, we had to learn about human rights. The most interesting thing I've learned is that there used to be a time when there were no human rights. I want to know what triggered human rights to start. This slide is where all my human rights learning is.

Monday, August 30, 2021

P.E Badminton

In P.E during lockdown, Mr Hilliard asked us to create a slideshow about the 12 techniques of badminton. Here is my slideshow.

Friday, August 27, 2021

Digital Learning task board Google docs

In Wananga, our teacher asked us to make a doc with all our favourite things on it so this is mine. My favourite things

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Social Studies

 In social studies, we have been learning about communities people have been prejudice against and these are The Muslim community, the LGBT+ community, the Pasifika community, the Asian community, and the disabled community. I'm doing the Muslim, Asian, and disabled.

Muslim Community: The Muslim community has always experienced racism as they aren't white which is just wrong. Sadly, however, someone took it to violence when on March 15th, 2019 50 people were killed at a mosque, Most of them Muslim. Instead of being too scared to speak multiple people spoke out about the attack, but not just the attack. But experiencing prejudiced people because they weren't the same colour of skin.

Asian Community: Asians are just like us but yet some people believe that they aren't because just like Muslim people aren't the same colour as us. They've experienced a lot more racism as some people believe that they started Covid 19 and they've been not just verbally abused but some people have taken to violence. They've also experienced stereotypical people who think that all Asians do is being really smart at maths or doing kung fu.

Disabled Community: People who are disabled get stereotyped but also verbally abused. They get stereotyped that they can't do anything and always need peoples help which isn't true. In fact, they can do stuff without peoples help. Anyway, everyone needs help not just people who are disabled. They also get slurred with names and told that they can't do anything special and people are just being mean to them. They get called names like Cripple and other mean names.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Week 5 - Learn at home task board - Points of view

Timothy:

Timothy must feel bad for Phillip as he was looking after him but Phillip still turned blind and he might feel as if it was his fault. He'll also feel sad as the plane flew past them and he was convinced that it will see them and he might feel hungry and thirsty because they have to ration on supplies so he can't eat much or drink much either.

Mum:

Phillip's mum if she is still alive will feel bad about herself that she didn't listen to her husband and put herself and Phillip in a really bad situation. She'll also be really sad because probably feel alone and misses Phillip and her husband. She'll also feel really guilty if anything happened to Phillip because it was her that wanted to leave Curacao and made Phillip come along.

Phillip:

Phillip must feel lost and alone as he is blind and probably just wants to be with his mum and dad right now where he can see. He might feel sad as he thinks his mum could be dead and he misses his dad and curcao. He also will feel hungry and thirsty as Timothy is making them ration on food and water. He also has mixed thoughts on timothy as he first off didn't like him but timothy is being kind to him.

Chapter 1-5 summary of the cay

For the past few weeks in English, we have been reading a book called the Cay and since we're in lockdown Miss Birtch has asked us to write a summary of what we remember from chapters 1-5.


There's a boy called Phillip and he lived on a small island called Curacao during WWll with his parents but when the nazi torpedoed ship on the coast his mother wanted to go back to Virginia. His father insisted it would be better to stay because they might torpedo the ship. His father eventually turned out to be right as their ship blew up and Phillip was separated from his mother. He found himself on a small raft with an old, black man called Timothy and a stew cat. Phillip had negative thoughts toward the black man because his mother was racist and he had just grew up that way. After a few days on the raft, Phillip had turned blind.

Monday, August 23, 2021

Langosta - Do NOw

They would be good because there would be plenty of them around because it's surrounded by the ocean and so it can be an easy food source and it looks good to eat. 

The langosta can eat things in the water so that's how they can survive on the eating part it's also surrounded by water. It can use the sand for shelter.

Cay - Do Now

It would be hard to live on a cay because if a giant wae came it could flood the entire island and also there would be no internet there so that would be difficult if you like going on your phone or Chromebook. Also you wouldn't be able to interact with as many people as you could in a bigger island or country.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Music Quiz

1. Rythm, melody and harmony.

2. Rythm , Guitar and ukelele.

3. Box note it names the chord, triad which determines if it's a major or minor, 5th note which wraps it up.

4. whole note, 1/2 note, 1/4 note

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Volleyball Blog

My skills at volleyball weren't great as I couldn't receive a ball or spike a ball. My receiving has gotten a lot better and my spiking is still improving. I can receive pretty good now and serve much better. The hardest thing about playing volleyball is blocking for me because I'm short and can't jump that high. I like receiving the most in volleyball because it feels nice when you get a good receive. If I was doing P.E next year I would like to learn how to block.File:Urpo sivula.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Calypso

I imagine I'm lying on a chair on the beach in one of the pacific islands( probably tonga.) I'm drinking orange juice and have sunglasses on and am enjoying the sun with my family. I'm eating fish am just feeling blissful and stress-free. I'm just on the verge of sleeping after having a swim.

Monday, August 9, 2021

Week 3 - Do Now Pontoon Bridge

Pontoon bridges were created for armies to cross a river instead of walking through them. They were created by planks from small boats so they put logs in and when the whole structure of the bridge is set they then slide the planks in to create a bridge for cars to cross and people to walk on. It's reusable because people can still walk over them instead of walking the long way around the river.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

English - Do Now

The schooner boat has 2 or more sails depending on how big they are. They're generally black and white and are pretty big and long they look like they are also pretty slim. If I was on one I could see from all sorts of directions which would make it a good boat for sailing. You could also hear the waves crashing upon the boat from all sides. The water would also sound pretty calm and soothing as you just sail peacefully through the water.Schooner - Wikipedia

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Art

 My photo montage slide

Types of energy

In science today we are learning about types of energy and their transformations.

The 8 types of energy are:

Light energy so the energy that comes from light e.g an x-ray.

Heat energy is produced by movements from particles that are moving quickly. e.g Solar Panels

Sound energy is when particles vibrate they make sound. e.g walkie talkies

Kinetic energy is allowing anything to move e.g human muscles.

Electrical energy comes from anything that is electrical e.g wires.

Gravitational energy is found in objects high off the ground e.g a pen falling to the ground.

Chemical Potential energy is found in chemicals e.g food.

Elastic energy is found in stretched things e.g elastic bands.


Our Animation

Health Review

In health, for the past few weeks, we've been doing some discovery tasks and I've been doing mine on steroids so I had to ask some questions about steroids and then answer them.  

Monday, August 2, 2021

Do Now Vocabulary

The German U-boat had a maximum speed on the water of 32.8 km/h and a maximum speed under the water of 14.1 km/h. The German U-boats used torpedoes and were going to try to starve Britain. They were made by an engineer called Wilheim Bauer.

I think the video is good if you're trying to learn about the german u-boats as he knows quite a lot about them and explains all of its features to the audience.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Convection and Conduction

Conduction is passing through heat energy through contact.
Thermal conductor: can pass on heat e.g metals and stones.
Thermal insulator: Does not pass on heat e.g curtains and blankets.

Tea bag rockets:
The tea bags became hot and lighter and then when the particles cooled down it became heavier.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Week 9 - Do Now

Some people are so scared talking in front of crowds even their peers and it's normal but being able to be confident when public speaking is an important life skill. A reason why it's an important life skill is that when you're older quite a few jobs include speaking in front of people so to be confident in speaking makes you speak better and clearer and you aren't so scared. Examples are like politicians they have to speak in front of heaps of people and they were probably scared to speak in front of others but they practiced and eventually over time grew more confident in speaking. So I think that yes being confident to speak in front of others is important and neccessary.

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Making Afghans

Hello, readers on Friday period 4 Shikarn and I made Afghans.

Shikarn creamed the butter and sugar making it smooth and creamy. Then I got the flour and the cocoa powder and sieved it into the big bowl. We firstly preheated the oven to 180 degrees celsius and on bake. Make sure you preheat the oven otherwise the afghans won't turn outright. We then mixed the wet and dry ingredients together and whisked them. We then put them onto the oven tray which had baking paper over it. 

We took them out after 15 minutes but we thought we should have kept them in more because they were really crumbly and soft we had underestimated the amount of time so when we took them out the bell had gone. While they were in the oven we started to make the icing so we got a bowl and poured hot water into some butter. Then Shikarn mixed together icing sugar and cocoa powder and poured that hot water and butter over it. We then put the icing on the afghans but it almost instantly melted because the afghans were still hot from the oven. 

My stakeholders and I then found out that the afghans had gone hard but still crumbly. I thought they were delicious with the icing and grated coconut so it made it not so dry and even yummier. My stakeholders said this "I thought they were really crumbly but really good they were a bit dry and there wasn't much icing." 

Some changes we could've made are maybe quicker at the start because we were really slow and that's why the icing melted and also it might've been nice if we added chocolate chips instead of cornflakes.

Here is the method.


  1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease or line a baking tray with baking paper.

  2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift flour and cocoa. Stir into creamed mixture. Fold in cornflakes.

  3. Spoon mounds of mixture onto the tray, gently pressing together.

      4.   Combine Icing Sugar with 1 Tbsp of Cocoa Powder

      5.   Add 50g butter and pour hot water. Mix together.

      6.   Bake for 15 minutes or until set.






Monday, June 28, 2021

Week 8 - Do Now

New Zealand says they're trying to embrace Maori and resurrect the dying language so what better way to embrace Maori than having a public holiday for their new year. There are a few reasons why I think we should have a public holiday for Matariki like we've got a holiday for our new year so shouldn't it be the same for Maori. When you've got a public holiday kids are stoked and happy so they'll find out about Matariki instead of carrying out normal business like they do at school. So in my opinion, Matariki should and will be a public holiday in New Zealand.Matariki | 100% Pure New Zealand

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Apple cinnamon pastries.

The apple cinnamon pastries was a really easy recipe it contained apple, sugar, pastry sheets, and cinnamon. The texture was beautiful and Shikarn and I made them to perfection and it tasted like perfection.

Open top savouries

The open-top savories were a nice recipe to make with having to fry them instead of cooking them like we usually do. I cant really remember them because it was so long ago  but I do remember the texture was fabulous and the taste was even better so I give it a 9/10

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Week 8 Do Now

Do most of you like English, no. But is it important, yes, in fact, I think it's the most important subject in school. I think that because you use English for everything. You use it for English of course but you also use it in every single class you take including maths. You use it because when you get older most of the jobs people get you to need to write and read. So I know most of you might not like English but I think you know as well that it's the most important subject in school.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Corn fritters

 We did corn fritters and it was a simple straightforward recipe with just corn, butter, bacon, and eggs. The appearance was nice but the taste was not I did not like it so I'd give it a 4/10

Monday, June 21, 2021

Debating Words


Hi readers, today in English Period 1 we are learning about debates and so we have 5 words to define in our own words.


Debating: People stating their reasoning and disagreeing with each other.

Pro vs Con: The upside vs the downside so why it's good and why it's bad.

Proposition: Something that's good that fits with what you're debating about.

Opposition: A downside that's got something to do with what you're debating about.

Order of debate: Different roles each team member has so the first upside, then the first downside, then the second upside and so on until the third downside.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Behaviour Reflection

Hi readers, in English Period 5 we are doing a blog on our behaviour reflection sheet so I have to choose 1 behaviour from CARR Column and reflect that I've been doing well on it. After that, I then choose 2 that I haven't been doing well at and reflect upon them.

I know my timetable so that I know exactly where I need to be and what period I need to be there.

I blog to share my learning so that my teacher can see what I've been up to and do the work she's set me.

I encourage and include my classmates so that when we're doing something and I see someones struggling with something I help them.

My phone is always off and out of sight because I do not need it during school time.


I'm not always focused on my tasks and can get easily distracted so I need to fix that up by moving somewhere else if they're distracting me.

I don't really believe in myself and is often surprised by myself and I can fix that up by knowing more of my ability.

Week 6 - Do Now

To me, my name isn't very important to who I am because everyone's got a name and some can be common like mine but everyone's unique so having a common name doesn't really mean much. If my name was important to me and said who I was then it'd just mean that I'm boring because Jack is a very boring name and heaps of people are called Jack so it'd mean that I'm not really unique. So in conclusion, a name doesn't say much about a person it's just something that's there.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Chemistry Stuff

Pigments are coloured materials and particles that reflect colour.

Aim: To separate the different pigments from ink using chromatography.

Hypothesis: Ill see different colours.

Equipment: Ink pen, filter paper strips, test tube, measuring cylinder and a pencil.

Method: 1- Draw a line across the filter paper in pencil, 5cm from the bottom.

2- Draw a coloured dot in the centre of the line.

3- Measure out 10mL of water and place in the test tube.

4- Place the filter paper in the test tube and fold over the side. MAKE SURE THE PENCIL LINE/ DOT IS NOT IN THE WATER.

5- Wait for 5 minutes and observe the results


Health continued week 6

My group was Alazae, Harry, Enosh, Matangi and I and we did 2 games which were Uno and Guess Who. The Ip skill I used was verbal communication because when I had to talk to Enosh to try to find who his card was and his communication was effective as well.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Influential woman

 

Hi readers, today in English for period 5 I did some work on some woman who made a change. So here it is.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Distillation Blog Post

Distillation is used to show the processes of evaporation and condensation.

Evaporation is when a liquid turns into gas It happens when it's heated.
Condensation is when a gas turns into liquid It happens when it's cold.
Experiment: Separating coke and seeing how much sugar is in different cokes.

My hypothesis is that there will be a lot of sugar.

Method:

Health Week 6

Today we did 2 rotations of games. My group consisting of Alazae, Matangi and I did Uno first. Then Connect 4. We worked well for both games and had good verbal communication explaining to Alazae how to play UNO.

The IP I used was Verbal Communication when explaining the rules. I used warm fuzzies when I was congratulating my teammates if they did something good.

It helped with the success of the activity because we were able to squeeze more than one game of each.

We would start sooner because we only got in two activities.

4 because I was congratulating people helping people and being a team player.

Friday, June 4, 2021

Politician Stuff

 Here are my 10 policies that I would if I was prime minister.

Ban rodeo, greyhound racing and other activities that harm animals.

Ban the live export of livestock animals for breeding.

Create a minister and parliamentary commissioner for animal welfare

Increase funding for animal welfare programmes

Increase the capacity of the ministry of Pacific Peoples

Introduce new regulations for shark cage diving

Lower the voting age to 16

Oppose most animal testing

Support easy access to gender-affirming identify documents for trans-gender, non-binary and intersex people.

Support farmers to provide animals with adequate conditions


  1.  Members of parliament usually earn

              $160K-$300K per year

  1. The chances of getting a job as an elected government representative are poor due to high competition for a limited number of positions are really low.

  2. The Prime Minister's salary is set at $470,000.

  3. Most mayors and regional council chairs can earn between $52,000 and $190,000. The mayor of Auckland is New Zealand's highest-paid mayor and earns about $270,000 a year.

  4. There are no specific training requirements.

Monday, May 31, 2021

Hi readers we are learning about filtering so here is what I learnt. 

Filtering is separating different sized particles out of a mixture. You can not filter soluble particles. 

Hypothesis: I think the colour will turn purple.

Method:

1. Pour approximately 50mL of copper sulfate solution into a beaker.

2. Add the same volume of sodium carbonate solution. A reaction will happen, you should see a cloudy blue precipitate form. Called copper carbonate. 

3. Watch demo then fold filter paper to fit inside the funnel

4. Place the funnel with the filter paper inside of it, into the mouth of a conical flask. 

5. Stir the mixture in the beaker, then carefully pour it into the funnel. 

6. Observe what happened.

Inspirational Kiwi Blog

Hi, readers for the past few weeks we have been doing an essay about an inspirational New Zealander who changed something. I chose Jonah Lomu as he turned rugby professional In 1995 so here is my work.


Jonah Lomu is the best rugby player ever and I refuse to hear otherwise. His full name is Jonah Tali Lomu and he was born in South Auckland on 12 May 1975 to a family of six. Two brothers and two sisters. He was huge, when he was 12 he looked like he was 18 and was fast too, being able to run the 100 metres in 10.5 seconds. When he was young he played athletics in the summer and rugby league in the winter. He only just started playing rugby union in high school when he went to Wesley College.


He played rugby for Wesley College and was first a lock who then moved to the loose forwards and was unstoppable to bring down. He then represented NZ in the national under 19 side in 1993. Then the under 21s the following year. He impressed so much and was called up for the Hong Kong sevens to represent NZ. Then head coach of the All Blacks Laurie Mains liked what he saw and called Lomu up for his first cap against France making him the youngest ever All Black aged 19 years and 45 days. Despite only having two caps to his name and not impressing, Lomu was called up for the world cup and scored 2 tries in the first game against Ireland. Scored one against Scotland in the quarter-final then unbelievably single-handedly destroyed England in the semis scoring four tries. Scoring the try of the tournament where he caught a bad pass, zoomed past two English players, was ankle tapped but didn’t fall over then ran over Mike Catt.


Also that year he was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome which was a really bad kidney disease that affected the rest of his playing career and then wider life. After the performances, he put in the world cup NZ rugby knew that they needed to keep him so they created a tournament with SANZAAR called super rugby consisting of NZ teams, Aussie teams and South African teams. For tests, they also created a tri-nations tournament so they could maximise Lomu’s potential. At the 1999 world cup Jonah went rampant again and this time scored 8 tries in the tournament. In 2000 the game of the century was played against Australia and Jonah was a massive hand in the win, when the all blacks went 3 tries up in the space of five minutes but then the Aussies clawed it back to 24 all at halftime. It looked to be over and the Aussies will win but Jonah got the ball and just ran through the defence to score the winner. Jonah played his last ever test for the All Blacks in 2002 aged just 27 because of his ongoing kidney problem. He then attempted a comeback but was never called up for the All Blacks again.


Lomu achieved several feats and broke a lot of records in the process of his career. He was the youngest ever All Black to play his first game and still is. He has gotten the most ever tries in world cup tournaments with 15 tied with Bryan Habana he’s also gotten the most ever tries in 1 tournament (8) tied again with Habana and Julian Savea. He was the first-ever All-Black to score 4 tries against England. He was the youngest ever player to score 10 test match tries and the first to score 12 in a year. In 63 tests for all blacks, he scored 37 tries, in 2001 he helped New Zealand to win the Rugby World Cup Sevens. He was inducted into the international rugby hall of fame and the world rugby hall of fame. He got many sponsorships along the way, including Adidas and Mcdonalds earning millions of dollars through it, including a brief period a burger named after him. He also played for the Blues, Chiefs and the Hurricanes.


He was married three times and with his last wife, Nadene Quirk, he had two kids called Dhyreille and Brayley. In 2003 he won the New Zealand Order of Merit due to being a huge advocate to health charities such as Kidney Kids. On 18 November 2015, not so long after the world cup he died of a heart attack linked to a kidney failure at the age of 40. Tributes were pouring worldwide, such as David Beckham saying how nice of a man Jonah was and was privileged to meet him. Andrew Mehrtens was greatly saddened by the loss of not just his teammate but also his friend. Manly Rugby Club tweeted out about the loss of this rugby phenomenon. The Argentina National team even all wore number 11 jerseys before their game to pay respects. 10,000 people poured onto Eden Park for Jonah’s Memorial and former and current All Blacks performed one final haka in his name.

Friday, May 28, 2021

Blog reflection for cup game

My group came 2nd by a second and we worked well as a team.

Types of government

Democracy means power by the people. New Zealand is a democratic country. I like democracy because it gives people a say in what happens.

Monarchy is one person at the head of it is passed on by blood. The United Kingdom is a country ruled by a monarchy. I don't like this because if the wrong person is in charge, that country could be doomed.

Dictatorship is when one person or a small group can do anything without limitations. China is a dictatorship country. I don't like this because if they make one bad decision no one would've had to correct it.

Communism is when everything is commonly owned. China is also a communistic country. This could lead to countries hating themselves because some people might want to be unique and poor people get good things whilst rich people don't get good things for their wealth.

Totalitarianism is when there's only one political party. Nazi Germany used this sort of government. I don't like this government because as Nazi and Hitler did they had complete control and other countries had to stop them.

Oligarchy is when there's a small group of people who hold all the power. The USA is an Oligarchy government. I don't really like this government because people don't really get a say in what's happening and the main people tend to think of themselves first before others.

Anarchy is when there's no government or authorities. South Africa used to be an anarchy government. I don't like this government because I think there should be governments so no bad calls can happen and countries can be happy with their decisions.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Mrs Costello Maths

In 9HUR4 for maths with Mrs Costelllo, we did quite a bit of work but my favourite so far has been the angles work we've done so far here is a photo. I liked it because angles are really fun and easy once you understand it.


Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Week 4 - Do Now

Topic: Rugby is the most definitive sport in Aotearoa
I agree with rugby being the most definitive sport in Aotearoa because if you go overseas and you tell someone you're a New Zealander they instantly think and then say All Blacks.

Monday, May 24, 2021

Warm Fuzzies

 I said 1 warm fuzzy to EJ when I said nice job 

Today I'm going to give Enosh, Alex, Harry, Matangi and Ej warm fuzzies.

I said nice job, Harry

Good shooting to Enosh

You're really good to Alex

Great Job to Matangi

You put in a lot of effort to EJ

BIO BLOG FOR EXPERIMENT

We did an experiment to see whose sugar would dissolve first with all the beakers filled at 100 ml. One was with cold water, one had hot water and the last one had hot water is stirred. The last one dissolved first because the hot water and the sugar being stirred fastened the process.

Week 4 - Do Now

Topic: Schools should have more mufti days.

I disagree with this schools should have more mufti days because the whole purpose of mufti days is to donate to charities and for some families, money is a little tight and producing a $1 coin is a bit tricky on its own. Also, some kids might not be able to afford nice clothes and if they see some of their friends rocking up wearing nice clothes more frequently they might feel a little down. Lastly, if there are more mufti days then the whole sense of excitement for mufti days will just be gone. So in conclusion, I think that the amount of mufti days we have at school is just perfect.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Interpersonal Skills Blog

The IP skill that I used today was verbal and Non-verbal Communication.

Using this IP skill helped with the activity otherwise we couldn't be able to have effective communication.

Today I worked well with Enosh as we had effective communication but we just couldn't draw.

If I got to do the activity again I would try and draw the picture better than I did last time.

I worked at level 2 behaviour on Hellions behaviour model because I tried my hardest to draw and to communicate as effectively as I can.

Captain Holt

Captain Holt is the captain of the 99th precinct and he’s the leader of the Brooklyn 99 precinct and a father figure to all the detectives. The positive traits about him were that he made an effort to connect to the squad. He helps people get on the right path to their full potential. He leads from the front and takes care f his detectives. He helps them when in need. In 2013 he joined the 99th precinct. In 2014 he steps down from Brooklyn 99. In 2015 he’s reinstated as captain. In 2017 he makes a promise to a drug lord to get some of his crew back. Later that year is considered to be commissioner of the police. In 2018 he is demoted to a patrolman for 6 months. In 2019 he tries to adjust to being a uniformed officer. He is invited to the new captain’s house where he tries to sabotage the party. He is then reinstated as the captain of the 99. At the end of season 7, he then tries to take down commissioner Kelly because commissioner Kelly was destroying the NYPD.

I think leaders need to take care of the people they're leading and taking on board their answers. So in my opinion Captain Holt is a great leader.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Week 3 - Do Now

Topic: Cats are Better than Dogs

I agree with this statement as I have a cat and he is the best. First of all, dogs cost a lot of money to not just buy them but to maintain them. You have to buy them a dog house as well as dog food you also have to take them for walks every single day and also you have to clean up their poo after them. With cats, however, they are a lot of fun to play with don't nearly cost as much as dogs do. Lastly, cats have a higher average lifespan than dogs do so do you want to have fun with a cat for a long time or do you want to have fun with a dog for a not so long time. 

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Week 2 Do Now

Topic: School Uniform Should Not Be Mandatory

I disagree with this topic. After all, if it was mufti then kids who do not have nice clothes will feel bad about themselves because kids will rock up wearing branded stuff. Also uniform is a representation of this school so it's like you belong to this school. So, in conclusion, I think School UNiforms should be worn at school.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Earth Day Blog.

 Hello, readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Earth Day. Our task was to make an Earth Day DLO and write some earth day facts. Here is the slide that I made:  


Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my DLO. 

Monday, May 10, 2021

Vocabulary Words

In English today we had to write words and find and write the definition of them in our on words

Achievement - If you succeed in something.
Aspire/Aspiration - To hope in achieving something
Inspire/Inspiration - Something that drives you into succeeding something
Adaptable - Can adjust to something different
Persistence - To keep doing something
Resourceful - To come up with quick and easy ideas
Resilience - To withstand stuff and keep going
Resolute - Having a purpose in something
Perseverance - To keep doing something through delay or difficulty
Commitment - To keep at it when it gets tough
Strategy - Having a gameplan
Goal - Setting yourself to complete something
Barrier - Something that keeps people apart with a lack of communication
Attribute - A trait or skill you have
Persuasive - To be able to convince someone
Insightful - To know quite a bit
Integrity - To be honest, and other moral traits
Tenacious - To be really persistent
Empathetic - To show feelings and understand others
Respect - To show others kindness and listen to them