Music Reflection

Introduction

Late upload from last term. My class and I have been doing Music with another class 7/8 Ds. We started off doing one minute movies in small groups and then did some others activities such as, writing story boards and creating movie scripts. We also talked about different kind of angles and did blog post about them. The story boards that we were doing was for us to think of ideas and for us to go back to and see what we were up to.

What we did in our one minute movie:

In my one minute movie, I was in a group with Keyana and Chloe. We filmed a short clip about a girl getting bullied from another girl and then someone comes and helps the girl who was getting bullied. I was the girl who was getting bullied form Keyana and then Chloe comes and backs me up. We went to the courts to film and it was really fun.

Film angles:

As we were filming our one minute clip, we had to include different kind of angles. Here are the angles we used.

• Up close
• Long distance
• Zoom up
• Lift up
• Side angles 
• Leg angles
• Vision angles

Movie script

For the movie scripts, I am in a group of six with Keyana, Chloe, Jaz, Brianna and Rory. We were doing the three little pigs. We have been writing our scripts on our Chromebooks in a document and we all have our own parts in the play. I am playing the first pig, Chloe is playing the second pig and Keyana is playing the third pig. Jaz is the narrator, Rory is the werewolf and Brianna is the filming person. Throughout making the movies, it was fun working in a groups and I enjoyed creating them. 

Food Technology Reflection

Late upload from last term. My class and 7/8Tz was doing Food technology. We had two teachers that were teaching us how to cook and their names are Mrs Hindson and Mrs Wheeler. We made 5 different kinds of foods and they were Wraps, Jiffy Snacks, Cheese rolls, Sushi and Healthy Burgers.
One of our foods we made were Healthy burgers and it was pretty easy to make for me. Here are the ingredients on how to make a healthy burger.

The ingredients to make the patty:

• Raw beef / Need to cook
• Eggs (Optional) 
• bread crumbs
• Herbs

The ingredients that we needed to complete the Burgers.

• Tomato sauce
• Mayo
• Lettuce
• Tomato
• Cheese
• Beetroot
• Pickles
• Pineapple 
• Onion

What I had in my burger was a patty, Cheese, lettuce, tomato sauce, egg free mayo and others that i can't remember. I really liked making the burgers and I enjoyed eating it as well. I enjoyed working in groups with different people and with another class. It was a fun experience learning how to cook. 

Reflection about Athletics Day

Late upload form last term. On the 7th of March, the whole school was doing Athletics. There was Social and Competitive and I chose Social because I wasn't feeling really confident to try out Competitive. We have been put into our house colours and I was in green which was Shelford. All of the houses, Shelford, Lewis, Turner and Setu had their own house meetings and was focusing on learning our chants.

This is the start of our chant but I don't remember the ending.

Shelford is green

Lewis is Blue

We are determine to beat you

Turner is Yellow

Setu is Red

We want to win for the houses are dead

These are the colours of the houses:

Shelford - Green 

Lewis - Blue

Setu - Red

Turner - Yellow 

We also had year 12 house leaders and they told us to dress up in our colours.  I am in the same house with my friends Keyana and Milan and we all dressed up in green. 

I wore a green tutu, a white blank shirt with green hand prints on it, leggings and a green flower necklace.

Later on that day at athletics, my first event was shotput and I think I did pretty good like last year. Unfortunately after we finished shotput, my friend and I missed out on our other event because we didn't know what was our event next and when it was going to start, but we still had a good time and enjoyed ourselves.     

     

The Household Ingredients

The HouseHold ingredients. 

Aim: To learn the names of 10 household chemicals and identify if they are a solid, liquid or a gas.

Equipment:
1.Soap
2.Lemon Juice
3.Salt
4.Sugar
5.Vinegar
6.Milk
7.Onion gas
8.Bleach
9.Baking Soda
10.Lemonade

Steps:
1. Search about the chemicals.
2. Upload the images of the chemicals.
3.Write down the if they are Solid/Liquid or a Gas.

Task 1: Put the 10 chemicals in a chart with the titles - name, chemical ingredient(s),image, Solid/Liquid,Gas.

Name	Chemical	Image	Solid/Liquid/Gas
Soap	Fatty Acid		Solid
Lemon Juice	Acidic		Liquid
Salt	Sodium Cholride		Solid
Sugar	Carbohydrates		Solid
Vinegar	Acetic Acid		Liquid
Milk	Phosphoolipids		Liquid
Onion gas	Syn-propanethial-s-oxide		Gas
Bleach	Sodium hypochlorite		Liquid
Baking Soda	Sodium bicarbonate		Solid
Lemonade	Citric Acid		Liquid

Hurumanu - Skittles in Water Experiment

(Before)

(After)

Steps:

Step 1: Get the Petrie Dish

Step 2: Put the skittles on the Petrie Dish

Step 3: Spread them out but put them on the outside

Step 4: Put the water in and let it absorb into the skittles

Step 5: Wait and see what happens

Materials:

Petrie dish

Skittles

Water

Conclusion:

Today in science, we did a experiment including skittles. I was in a group with Chloe and Keyana. We had to add the skittles in a Petrie dish and spread them out on the outside so when you add the water in, it will absorb into the skittles and move into the center. I've done this experiment before in Primary School so I knew what was going to happen.

Overall at the end, it was a great experiment and I enjoyed doing it.

My Highlights about Term 1

Through out Term one so far, it has been great and enjoyable. I am liking all of the new subjects / modules and is looking forward to learn more about them. I will be telling you my top highlights about this term and I hope you enjoy it.

Playback P.E:

My first highlight is Playback P.E. In P.E we got to learn and try new games like, Ki o rahi, Multi ball, Long kickball and Bench ball. We got to work with a different class, 7/8Ds and also got to work with the deputy principal Mr Good Fellow. My favourite part about P.E was when we got into groups and started playing the games and started doing the physical stuff. Out of all of the games, my top favourite one was multi ball because there were 4 types of sports which are Netball,Soccer,Basketball and Touch and we did class vs class.

   

Technology / Foods:
My second highlight is Food Technology. In Technology we started organizing our groups, talking about the rules around the kitchen area and finding out who are our teachers. I was in a group with Chloe, Sharnarnia and Vin. The foods we made were, Wraps, Jiffy Snacks, Cheese rolls, Sushi and Healthy Burgers. The most enjoyable one I liked to make was Sushi because my group got to make a different type/shape of sushi that is called a Temaki / Sushi Cone.

Balloon Chemistry - Science

Aim: To see which chemical 
mix creates the most gas.

Hypothesis: I think both of the experiments will have different reactions, or maybe one of them will fail and the other will work successfully.       


Materials:

1.  Baking Soda
2. Salt 
3. Vinegar
4. Plastic Bottle x2
5. Balloons 
6. Science Spoon 

Steps: 

1.  Put the dry ingredients in the balloon
2. Put the wet ingredients in the bottle 
3.  Wait and see what happens

My images:

This one was with Vinegar and Baking Soda

This one was with Salt and Soda

	Balloon 1 ( 3 tsp baking soda, ½ cup vinegar)	Balloon 2 ( 3 tsp salt, ½ cup soda)
Balloon Size (cm)	24 cm	0 cm
Bubbles (small, medium, large)	Small	None

Rainbow paper - Science

Rainbow Paper

 

Aim: To separate colours by using the process of chromatography.

 

 Materials:

1. Filter paper

2. Felt pens

3. Clear cup

4. Water

5. Pencil

Process:

Step 1: Rule 1cm on the paper

Step 2: Draw a slight line on the paper and add two dots using felt pens

Step 3: Get the plastic cup put the paper in there with the dots at the bottom,

but not touching the bottom completely.

Step 4: Add a little bit of water

Step 5: Fold the top of the paper

Step 6: Wait and see what happens

Conclusion: What have I learnt from this experiment?

I learned that random materials can make something interesting.

I learned that the water makes the colours travel up the paper, not down

and also moves in different speeds.

What I have observed was the colours smudging together

making different colours and moving to different directions.

Change and Challenges - Hurumanu drama

In week 10 my class 7/8Sh and 7/8Ds has started doing a new hurumanu subject, drama. Our teacher is Mrs Clark and we started off playing 5 drama games. One of the games we played was freeze frame.  We had get into groups and the teacher had given us one of the aspects of Hauora and we had to make up a play and perform it in front of the class. I was in a group with Sierra, Janel and Christian. The topic we have been given from the teacher was Spiritual Well - being. Our captions were saying the name of our church and doing the praying action. 

The four aspects of Hauora:
Taha Tinana - physical well-being
Taha hinengaro - Mental and emotional well being
Taha whanau - Social well - being
Taha wairua - Spiritual well - being

Example of the 4 aspects of Hauora:

Taha Tinana is about your physical well being, like eating healthy, exercising and staying active/fit.

Taha hinengaro is about your mental and emotional well being, like your brain/thinking and your feelings.

Taha whauau is about your Social well being, like your friends and family and caring, belonging and relationships.

Taha wairua is about your Spiritual well being, like your beliefs, the search for meaning and purpose in life and personal identify and self-awareness. 

My Learning stories / Playback P.E and Music

My learning Stories / Playback P.E
My Learning Stories / Music

This is my learning stories for Playback P.E and Music

Empathy

Empathy means to be able to put yourself in someone else's shoes and motivating them to feel good about themselves. Having the ability to understand/share feelings of others.

My group and I Empathy's acrostic poem:
Emotion

Motivate others to feel good about themselves.

Putting yourself into someones shoes.
Allowing you friends and others to talk to you.
Talking to others

Honestly

Yellow/happiness

Thinking back to Tuesday's sessions

1. What sport were you presenting? 
I was presenting Netball

2. What modifications did your group make, and why?  

These are the modifications we made:

• Before you shoot, you must to swing the ball underneath your legs two times
• You can take one step instead of passing the ball straight away
• 
  

3. What went well? 
We got through the game fast
We explained the instructions and rules well.
We all enjoyed it

4. What would you change? 
The listening skills
The netball modifications

5. What were the differences between your first and second sessions? 
The first group wasn't listening and then the second group listened really well.

6. Reflection : am I a leader? why/why not? 
I don't think i'm a leader because I am not good at explaining the rules and instructions and I give up straight away when I muck up.

Tuesday Playback P.E

What did you do on Tuesday? 
On Tuesday my class and 7&8 Ds played Multi Sport, which is 4 sports. The sports were Netball, Soccer, Basketball and Touch. We played those games for one period and then we got into our groups and started thinking of how we are going to modify our Sport netball.   

Within your sport group what worked well? 
We shared our two ways of modifying our sport to each other.

These are the ways we are going to modify netball:
You can only take one step and put one leg up
You have to touch the ball instead of touching the person to get the ball.and
When someone touches the ball,  it's the the other teams ball.
After four passes you can take two steps.

What do you need to change for next time? 
The communication and participation because everyone wasn't listening and didn't want to get involve.

What are you looking forward to when you present?
I am looking forward to sharing our ideas to everyone.    

5 types of music - Music

W.A.L.T: I can identify how music and sound sets a mood in a movie.

5 types of music in movies

In the movie Annabelle, the music is very slow, steady and creepy like someone is going to pop out somewhere and give you a scare. 



In the movie Ralph breaks the internet, its started off slow then it rising loud into a hype and enjoyable music.



In the movie Jaws, the music started off slow, then its gets faster when things are tense or something scary might be coming.



In the movie Wonder, it started off happy and joyful and then later in the movie, it gets emotional and miserable.


In the movie Star trek, the music is upbeat and triumphant.