My Holiday

 My Holiday :)

I am going to write about my time during my holiday. Physically, I've gone out to the mall with my friends for 4 hours, walking around outside and inside the mall, we even got to buy food together, rings, and more. I also went to one of my friend's birthdays, went to the city too, and a lot more but I mostly spent my time at home playing games, watching movies, and making also making Omurice with my brother. 

I also spent some time improving my drawing skills and also my writing skills, and also reading skills. I tried studying mathematics since the end-of-year tests were coming up this term but I kinda am forgetful so I kinda don't remember some things that I studied. I also played a lot of games with my friends online and we also tried to make Dalgona candy with one of them but we miserably failed.

Lastly, we went to go buy some snacks from Japan Mart & Big T to buy some snacks since we were planning to watch a movie at night. We also bought an instant Bubble Tea maker which tasted decent but had a strange aftertaste that made my head dizzy and hurt. Emotionally, my holidays weren't that boring but it wasn't that exciting either and I also did cry a lot because of watching Animes & Kdramas. I also read a lot of mangas and manhwas online but some of them aren't completed. 

Technology Lawyer Paragraph

 Technology Lawyer Paragraph

Technology has gradually changed over the years like how humans have also changed throughout the years. The reason why technology now is so much more advanced is that they’ve made it safer, efficient, faster etc). Like how planes in the past were commonly hijacked but now planes have been given improvements and new technology. Also how cars in the past used to produce a lot of smoke but now technology has been minimalizing how much toxic air cars produce to help the environment. There is more shown proof that technology has changed like how humans have changed, but has technology changed for the better or for the worse? For humans, life has been easier but for our environment, it could be different.

ESOL REFLECTION

ESOL REFLECTION

 The best lesson for me this term was when we did the hearing test and got free time at the end of the lesson. I enjoyed doing the hearing test because it was challenging and that you needed to carefully listen to be able to get a high score. I also enjoyed it when at the end of the lesson the teacher let us use our phones and film videos. Something I enjoyed very much throughout the year was when we had to do a slide presentation about something that was related to a movie called Penguin, A movie that thought about the process of grief. It was my favourite lesson of ESOL when we all had to present our projects and read them out loud,  although it was a bit embarrassing, we all managed to overcome our fears and present to the whole class.

I was very proud of the presentation I did since I spent a really long time practising, making the slide look interesting, and also researching about Thailand. Something that I would do differently next term is to fix my volume when I speak and carefully listen to the teacher when they are explaining something to us that is important for our learning. 

I hope next term we can do more physical activities in groups, like going on a trip somewhere, debates between each other, kahoots, quizlets, etc). I like having ESOL especially when I am together with my friends.

DLO SOCIAL STUDIES

 DLO SOCIAL STUDIES

What was the New Zealand Land March? A land march that was lead by Whina Cooper including 50000 Marchers. It was a petition that was signed by more than 60,000 people. 

Understand the events that caused the protest? The protest took place because Maori were suffering cultural loss, land alienations. Basically in the past Maori were treated unfairly compared to other people in New Zealand. The Land March was successfully led with the support of many and by a very special person called Dame Whina Cooper who led the Land March proudly.

After the New Zealand land march, the Maori finally had enough courage to stand up for themselves and everyone started being aware of the land loss and everything else. They also started letting Maori speak their own languages, share their culture with other people, making Maori language week an official event around New Zealand, and also making Maori one of the official languages in New Zealand.

For these three weeks, I've learnt more about Maori culture and about its historical past.

P.E

For the past week, we have been playing badminton in P.E. Today I am going to tell you how to score a game of badminton.

You can play badminton in singles or pairs. There are smaller lines over to the and wider/deeper lines for a double match.

If you hit the shuttlecock over to the opposition side, and they don't hit it, but it lands within the court lines, you score a point.

if a server is unsuccessful in hitting the shuttlecock over the net, or the serve doesn't go diagonal, it's a point to the other team and they get the next serve.

if you hit the shuttlecock out of the lines/court, it's a point to the other team.

if you don't hit the shuttlecock, or don't hit it back over the net, and it falls to the ground on your side of the court, its a point to the other team.

The first team to reach 21 points wins the game. There are usually 3 games played. so you might win 3-0, 2-1 or 2-0.

if the teams are both on 20 points in a game, the winner must get two points ahead to win, eg. 22-20.

Social Studies MAP

 Social Studies DLO

Today in Social studies we made a map of the Hikoi from the far North Parliament. We have been learning about the Land march that Whina Cooper lead. Making the map was very successful,  at first it was challenging figuring out how to add the locations but it got easier. What would I do next time? I wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again.  

Reflection - The trolley

 Reflection - The trolley

Today we read a story called "The trolley"  and answered questions about it. The story is about a mom who was planning to get a present for her two children but didn't have enough money to get them an expensive present instead she made a home-made trolley made out of used things from her house as a present, she spent a sleepless night just to finish the present but she was anxious her children would be embarrassed and unhappy with the present since others had gotten expensive presents. 

Questions: 

1) What was the mother’s name? The mother’s name was TaniaWhat were the names of her kids? Her children’s names are Miria and Hoani.

2)Why did she make them a trolley? She made her children a trolley since she wanted to give them a present because she loves them.

3) What was her anxiety about? Why was she so anxious about that? She was anxious about giving the gift because other children were getting expensive gifts and her gift was homemade.

4) How did the children react to the gift? The children loved the gift although they didn’t say anything they quickly rode on it in their pyjamas.

5) What does this teach us? This topic teaches us that happiness can’t always be bought with money.