Commonwealth games 2018: Scotland

For the past 2 weeks, The senior hub has been looking at the 2018 commonwealth games. We had to pick 1 country that was competing in this years commonwealth and I chose Scotland. We had to choose a country that we aren't from, but a country that we don't know much about. At the start, I didn't know much things about Scotland but as I kept researching, I learnt more about the country. I now know a lot of things about Scotland and it was really fun doing this project.

Tapa cloth reflection

Tapa Cloth Reflection

 

• Are you pleased with your accomplishment? Why / Why Not?

Yes, Because I had never made a Tapa Cloth before and it

was nice to try something new and different. Also because my tapa shows translation, rotation, and reflection.

• What were some of the most interesting discoveries you made while working on your Tapa Cloth? About the task? About myself?

One of the discoveries I made was that, I never knew tapa cloths were an islander type of art and that people in the islands make it out of barkcloth.

• What were some of my most challenging moments in making my Tapa Cloth and what made them so?

The most challenging things for me was ruling my grid lines 3cm apart and making sure they were all even. The other part was when I was bleaching, colouring, and dying my paper, because I didn’t want to make any rips or holes on my tapa cloth.

• What would you do differently if you were to make a Tapa Cloth again?

I would think more carefully about what shapes that I was going to use, and where to put them. Also to not press too hard on the paper when bleaching because then it’s going to rip.

• What / who helped you with your Tapa Cloth?

Miss. Paton showed me how to rule my lines and how to make the Tapa. Ferah also helped me with my bleaching and colouring in with the vivid.

• What could you modify / alter on your Tapa Cloth?

I would add more designs to my Tapa and I would also draw my designs a bit bigger so that they would be more clearer to see from a distance.

• What aspect of your Tapa Cloth are you most proud of?

I am most proud of my design as it represents my culture and I like the way I dyed the cloth because the colour wasn't to light, nor it wasn't too dark.

Writing: Cadbury

Should Cadbury keep their factory in Dunedin?

When you think of Cadbury chocolate, there’s always a thought in your mind of where it came from 

and where it’s made. Well, the answer to that is Dunedin, but, not for long. In 1868, a man named Richard 

Hudson came to New Zealand and opened up his very first bake house. He was the first person to create the chocolate chip cookies. 16 years later (1884), Richard opened the first chocolate and cocoa manufacturing plant. Later on in 1930, Cadbury partnered up with Richard and they created the very first Cadbury dairy milk bar. 

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Cadbury factory when it opened.  Tragically on 

March 29th 2018, the Cadbury factory closed down. This would have been a very hard time for the ex Cadbury workers as they would have lost their jobs. When you get to a certain age at the point where you are 40+, it is very hard to find a job and there wouldn’t be many employment opportunities. The workers wouldn’t be getting paid any money and it might be hard for them to pay the bills. They might start having financial problems paying for off mortgages, food, electricity and general household bills.  I am simply perplexed and appalled by the 

closure of a well known kiwi foundation. New Zealand is such a small country and yet again, we are having our products and institutions taken away from us.Too many of our possessions are being assembled and produced

in other countries. The more buildings and properties that get taken down in our country, the more people 

are losing their jobs. This has a huge consequence on us as it can result to, people living on the streets,

shops closing down because they don’t have enough employees, and even people getting kicked out of their

homes because they don’t have enough money to rent them. Now that Australia owns the Cadbury factory,

it causes New Zealand to have money issues. We now have to pay more for it to be shipped and imported from overseas. The prices for chocolate in supermarkets/ dairy’s, might be put up and become more expensive.

My thoughts and opinions about this closure makes me absolutely devastated and gutted. We are losing 150 

years of history! That’s a pretty long legacy that is now just demolished. If the chocolate is made overseas in 

another country, the recipe could change, the packaging might be different, and they might take some of our

chocolate away and swap them with new ones. Cadbury is a well loved chocolate and was a great factory in Dunedin, let’s just hope that Australia carries on with our 150 year old legacy.

 In writing, my class and I looked at the closure of the Cadbury factory in Dunedin. It was a real shock for cadbury lovers including me. Such a strong, long lasting company/factory that is now gone. My opinions stated in my writing, shows that I was completely against the closure. It really is just disappointing that a well loved institution, is taken from us.

Food for thought

On the 9th of March, The seniors walked to New world, Mt.Roskill. A couple of days before we went, a lady named Adele came to our school to teach us about healthy eating. She works for the heart foundation where they provide education programmes for heart patients, school groups, etc.. We looked at healthy things to eat and non healthy things. I have presented my information in a google slides.

Reading: The first electric car

In Reading, My group and I were reading a book called "Driving us into the future". I was focusing on the first electric car. I gathered my information by using the reading journal and google. I have presented my work using emaze to share my learning.

Writing: Plastic in our environment

Plastic in our environment

The impact of our plastic in our environment is atrocious. Scientists believe that in 2050, there will be
more plastic than fish in our oceans. You need to understand that our oceans are not dumpsters where
you dump anything you want. The plastic has created a tremendous and disgusting outcome on our
environment and oceans. We must encourage people to put their rubbish in the right bin and to not litter.

Families can create a litter free lunch box by using reusable plastic containers instead of glad wrap,
tin foil, etc. I vehemently believe that if we reduce our plastic and take control of this appalling situation,
then we can become a litter free school, the oceans wouldn’t be packed with plastic, and we would
still be able to have the fish swimming around like normal fish do.

Another very serious point I want to make is about our animals. Some of our animals are getting
endangered by some of this plastic. As many birds such as seagulls live around the beaches, they are
getting caught, suffocated, and choked by plastic bags. This causes them severe injury and for some,
they die. It seems many people in this world don’t care about our environment or our animals.

Instead, most people take everything that we have for granted. So let me tell you this. All the devices
you might have, the school trips we get given, and even maybe all the accessories you might have,
these things, are privileges not rights. These are the things people choose to give us. We also have a
choice to reduce plastic and put our plastic in the right bin. To me, it seems people are just too lazy
to get up and do one simple and easy job.

Here is something that I want to leave you thinking about. “If you care about our environment,
then what changes are you going to make?”

Inquiry: Global Warming

For inquiry, the whole senior hub (Rooms 1,2 & 3) has been looking at environmental issues we face today. My partner and I have combined our information and presented it into an Emaze. We have collected our data using google, youtube, and school journals.

Softball Reflection

Softball tournament reflection 2018

“Wow, This is a really big field!” I said to myself. On Thursday the 1st of March,
we went to May Road Memorial Park where our softball tournament was held. As
my team and I were walking, we could feel the drops of wet grass going into our socks and
felt as if there was a washing machine inside our shoes. As soon as we got there,
we all started practising our pitching, catching, and throwing.
The horn squeaked as loud as my voice! The games had began!. For our very first game,
we versed Ponsonby Intermediate. We had lost against them but I thought that our team
did really well especially since it was our first softball game. We next had versed St.Joseph's
Onehunga and we scored more home runs than them but, when it was their turn to bat,
they didn’t go through all their players because they had run out of time so in softball it is
known as a nil draw. I was quite pleased that there was a draw because, it was only our second game
and we didn’t lose! “Phew” Already by the second game it was getting super duper hot.
It felt as if my face had been put in a burning hot frying pan! When we came to our very last game,
we versed Pasadena intermediate. By this point, my team and I were all really really tired
and our legs were hurting. We just all wanted to lay down. We still tried our best. It was finally
the end of our game and everyone was cheering each other on because we had won our game!
No matter if we won our games or not, we all had fun which was the main thing that mattered.
Plus, I guess, in this case, we’re all winners right!

Our softball results:

CTK (4) versus Ponsonby Intermediate (7)

CTK versus ST.Joseph’s Onehunga (DRAW)

CTK (6) versus Mt.Roskill intermediate (7)

CTK (1) versus Royal oak Intermediate (2)

CTK (2) versus Remuera Intermediate (7)

CTK (0) versus Waikowhai Intermediate (8)

CTK (10) versus Pasadena Intermediate (0)