Health

In health, we are learning about wellbeing, aka Hauora. Hauora is the 4 walls to our wellbeing, kinda like a whare, the walls being mental/emotional wellbeing, social wellbeing, spiritual wellbeing, and physical well being. Our main focus so far being spiritual wellbeing (Taha Wairoa), Meaning its basically who we are as a person, eg our beliefs, morals, views of life, values, traditions, culture, attitude, goals, the way you live, etc. So far, I have learnt that Taha Wairoa is not just about one's beliefs, or their purpose, its about their identity, and what makes them, well, them. We have also learnt about our own personal identity, and our values, and what they mean.




Values quiz:

FROM THE VALUES YOU CHOSE, WRITE ABOUT TWO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON	WHAT BEHAVIOURS OR ACTIONS ARE YOU ALREADY DOING THAT SUPPORT THIS VALUE	WHAT COULD YOU STOP DOING/CHANGE TO BETTER SUPPORT THIS VALUE	WHAT COULD YOU START DOING TO BETTER SUPPORT THIS VALUE
caring	Being the best friend I can possibly be	Stop shutting people out	Care about everyone, not just my friends
courage	Standing up to those higher than me	Learn to gain more confidence	Teach me to gain more courage

FROM THE VALUES YOU CHOSE, WRITE ABOUT THE TWO THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU	WHY IS THIS VALUE IMPORTANT TO YOU?	RECALL A MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU REALLY ‘LIVED’ THIS VALUE.	IF THIS VALUE IS NOT BEING RESPECTED BY OTHERS, HOW MIGHT YOU FEEL OR REACT?
friendship	Because my friends are the most important people in my life	I've been ‘living’ this value for nearly 3 years now since I have built my friendship with a specific person	If it is not being felt by others, I will try to help people feel this value
Trust	Because of my fear of betrayal, I deem it important to build a strong trust between my pairs	There hasn’t really been a time in my life where I lived this value that I can recall	If trust is not being felt, I would most likely avoid the person, cause I know they might fear me

Art

What bird did you choose: Pipiwharauroa

Stylization: I used stripes mainly for my bird, as well as a small circle for the eye.

Orphist circles: I want to go for a hypnotism effect, with the circles getting larger and larger.

Performing arts

Mime
What is Mime: Mime is a style of performing arts in which the person performing is mute, and only uses their body and facial expression to perform.
Parris Goebel
Who is Parris Goebel? Parris is a new zealand born choreographer, dancer, singer, director, and actress.
Where did she grow up? Manurewa, Auckland.
how/when did she study dance? She started getting dance lessons at 10


 



The royal family dance group
Who are the royal family? the royal family is a dance crew, lead by Parris.
what competitions have they been in/ won? they have won 3 gold medals, and one silver medals, and a bronze medal.
which famous singers have they danced for? Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, PSY, Cl, Jason Derulo, Vince Harder, Ciara, Savage and Tigermonkey.

Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humour, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.

Comedy

Three forms of comedy:

slapstick

stand-up

satire

i find slapstick the funniest because it is quirky, and just generally funny.

Supergirl

A message from Supergirl, welcome to earth is do not judge a person by their background, or where they come from. This is because if we judge someone by their background, we easily get mislead, and make the wrong assumptions about a person. We saw this in the scene where Supergirl captured the daxamite Mo-El, where he was accused of an assassination attempt on the president, just because he was from Daxam, this was later proven to be false. I think it is important to get to know a person before judging them, because that way, we can understand their situation, and if they are truly like the rest of their people. It makes me think about how misjudged people are in the real world, especially immigrants, and foreigners. In an ideal world, nobody is judged, people get to know others before they are judged, and people get along better than people currently do.

anaerobic respiration

Aim: To demonstrate the effects of anaerobic respiration {muscle fatigue}

Hypothesis: I think that after a while, the muscles will begin to grow tired and sore.

Equipment: A spring-loaded clothes peg

Method:
1:hold the clothes peg between your thumb and forefinger

2:relax your fingers so that the peg closes all the way

3:squeeze your thumb and forefinger so the peg is fully open.

4: repeat steps 2 and 3 as fast as possible until you experience muscle fatigue.

results: I was able to keep going for 1 minute 17 seconds before my fingers began to experience fatigue.

conclusion: My hypothesis was right, after a while, my fingers did experience fatigue.

discussion: I do not think there is anything different i should have done, for i followed the instructions, and got the results that were relevant to the experiment.

slave trade triangle

Slave Trade Triangle Map

The slave trade triangle, also known as the Atlantic slave trade, is a pathway, like a triangle, that Europeans took when they traded with Africans, took African slaves to America, and produced Cotton and Tobacco, etc, that the slaves picked. The slave trade occurred from 1600- 1865, and was set up to trade guns for slaves.

the first passage: The first passage was from Europe to Africa. This passage consisted of large ships travelling to Africa. On board these ships were cargo, consisting of Guns and other European weapons.

The Middle Passage: This was the passage where the trade happened. Africans were taken to the Caribbean and sold off to buyers, to be made into slaves. They were bartered for ship loads of Tobacco and Cotton. Whilst on the ships, Slaves were made to dance, to be humiliated. If you tried to rebel and escape, you were thrown overboard and killed. Slaves who did not obey what they were told to were tortured and whipped. The whips had one or multiple tips, and the slaves were whipped to the point of the skin on their back opening, then salt was rubbed into the wound. The same thing happened once in america. The first slaves into USA were taken into Charleston, they were cleaned, and dressed, then sold at auctions.

the third passage: In the third passage, materials like cotton and tobacco that the slaves picked were put onto ships, and shipped off to Europe, and the entire cycle began one again.


This cycle lasted 265 years, but today, there are more slaves than there were during the slave trade triangle, despite the fact that in many countries, slavery is illegal. The most interesting thing i discovered during this topic was honestly the ways these slaves were tortured, on the ships, and during their time as a slave. Yes, it was absolutely cruel, but the topic in general is interesting to learn about, although it disgusts me to think that people believe that this sort of thing is okay, when it clearly is not. Why did i find this certain element interesting? Well, to be quite frank, it was because of the methods of torture. I found them to be very interesting, and cruel.

two worlds, one family.

what does 'two worlds, one family' mean? To me, it means that no matter where you go, even if it is another city, or another country, you will always belong to one family, no matter what. Everyone belongs to one family, even if said family is not biological, and nobody can change that fact. So embrace those who you truly belong with, and do not let anyone try and change that.


Two messages from the movie 'Tarzan':

A message from the movie Tarzan is that there is more than one way of life, understand it before truly judging it. This is because the understanding of the ways different people [in this case, animals] live, and the changes they face as they are faced with an ‘assassination attempt’. I saw this in the scene where Clayton is first seen in the forest, with Jane and her father, and Clayton is shooting down all animals he sees, without trying to understand them. This is also shown in the scene where Kerchak first meets Tarzan, whilst Tarzan is a young baby, Kerchak says ‘he doesn’t belong, all because of his lack of hair/fur’, although that is later proven to be false. It makes me think about how much people are misjudged in the real world, especially those who are Indian/ pakistani/ Asian, etc. Society is well known for judging those who don't look like them, even though we are all of the same species, people refuse to understand different cultures, and push those that are not like them aside to rot. In an ideal world, everybody gets along, both humans and animals, people of different cultures are living in harmony, judgement is a lot less than it is today, and even though we are of different cultures, we are all the same.


A message from the movie Tarzan is that you can be apart of many different cultures, but you belong to one true family. This is because of the life of Tarzan, how he is human, but his one true family is with the Gorillas. I saw this throughout the entire movie, were Tarzan starts of as a human child, living with people, that is until they are killed. He is adopted by Kala, a Gorilla who had recently before lost her son. Tarzan thrives to be one with the Gorillas, but when he meets Jane, her father, and Clayton, he begins to become one with their culture, all while still staying to the fact that his one true home is with the Gorillas in the forest. It makes me think about how people are discouraged into staying with a certain culture, becoming one of them, when people have a true family to look after, even if it isn't biological.