Health Create Discovery - Social Media

This term in Health, we had the opportunity to research about a health subject that interests us. For Ms Aitken's health class I decided to work on Social Media. 

What is Social Media?

• Social Media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.
• "Social" refers to instinctual needs humans have to connect with other humans
• "Media" - what we use to make connections with other humans
• "Social Media" - Media uses for social interaction

Popular Social Media Tools and Websites

• Whatsapps
• Twitter      
  
  
  
• TikTok
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Snapchat
• Messenger
• Youtube 

According to a poll:

- 22% of teenagers long on to their favourite social media site more than 10 times a day.

More than half of adolescents long on to a social media site more than once a day

Sevety-five percent of teenagers now own cell phones. 

In health we had to create a learning outcome of our research, I decided to create a documentary, I thought that creating a documentary would be a good idea because I get to involve other students and get their opinions on social media. 

Term 4 - Music Performance/Reflection

 This Year in Music we have been trying out and learning how to play a variety of instruments including the Piano/Keyboard, Guitar, and Ukelele. This year I decided to take music as one of my option classes because I love music, and I want to extend my knowledge of music by learning how to play the piano.

In the beginning of term 4, we had to form groups within our class, and create a piece of music performance to perform to the rest of our class. In my group was Chara and I. We decided that I will play the piano while she will sing, our song choice was "All of Me" by John Legends. We picked this song because it wasn't too challenging and it wasn't too easy for us, due to our time frame we decided to only perform the first few verses & intro. For me it was my first time performing in front of a crowd, I was nervous and excited because I knew that this was a good opportunity to get me out of my comfort zone. 

To be able to perform a successful performance, we had to cooperate and make sure that each of us are playing a fair part in our performance, I had to make sure that I wasn't playing over Chara while she was singing, therefore Chara had to participate by singing while i'm playing.

This year in Music has been very good, I've really enjoyed music this year, I've learnt how to play a few chords on the guitar and Ukelele and I've also worked with other students in my year level. Below is a video of our music performance! I can't wait for music next year!

Year 9 Photography - Art

 This term in 9Art we have been learning about different artists and their style of artwork, including Photomontages, Slinkachu and Collages/photo layouts.

Slinkachu

Who's Slinkachu?

Slinkachu who was born in 1979 is a London-based artist who creates small-scale Street Art installations and photographs them. The Little People Project started in 2006, involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which are then placed, photographed, and left on the streets. Slinkachu has created Art installations in cities all over the world, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Manchester. 

My Slinkachu photos:

Photomontage - What is photomontages?

Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photography by cutting and joining a number of other photographs. 

It was first used as a technique by the Dadaists in 1915  

in their protests against the First World War. It was later adopted by the surrealists who expolited the possibilities photomontage offered by using free association to bring together widely disparate images, to reflect the workings of the unconscious mind. 

What is the difference between Photomontages & collage?

A collage can be about the complete disarray of the images in the work. The layout is more artful than logical. A multi-image picture created by a photographic or digital process is a photomontage.

What is a collage?

A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

My photo Collage:

My Artwork/Photos:

 

Government in the Maze Runner - Hurumanu 6

 For the past few session we have started watching the movie "The maze runner". 

The maze runner is about a teenage boy named Thomas who wakes up in the center of a gigantic labyrinth.  He doesn't remember anything from his past, except his name. He is not the only person there. There are many other teenage boys stuck inside the labyrinth as well. As time goes on he gradually finds out more and more about where he is. The people that have been dumped here previously are called Gladers. They call the place where they all now live The Glade. The Glade is run by two boys, Alby, the leader, and Newt, the second-in-charge. The elevator like box comes up to the surface once a month with supplies, weapons, and always a new boy. The Glade is surrounded by a mile high concrete wall covered in ivy. On the other side of the wall there are Grievers, Grievers are described as monsters of metal and flesh. The Gladers are trying to stay alive as well as "solve" the Maze by running through it as fast as they can while tracking movements of the walls and trying to escape. Not long after Thomas's arrival, the box is sent up with a girl and a note in it - the note said "she is the last one ever". Which implies that there will be no more people sent into the maze. The girl, Teresa, goes into a coma and when Thomas goes to see her he recognizes her but can't remember her name. He hears a voice telling them her name in Teresa but the voice is in his head. Her arrival triggers everything in the Glade to Change; the sun disappeared, the deliveries of supplies stop coming, and the doors of the Maze stay open at night, which now allows the Grievers to enter the Glade and hunt the children.

Therefore in our Hurumanu we are based on the social/political side, we had to create a slide/poster of the movie and how it connects with politics.

EOTC Week - Turanga Christchurch Library - Wananga

 A part of our EOTC Week we will be visiting the Turanga library. Turanga Library is more than a building for books, Turanga will foster-life long learning for generations of Cantabrians and visitors to the city.

Here is a informative poster about Turanga Library that I created. 

 

Margaret Mahy - EOTC Week - Wananga

 During our EOTC week trip we will be visiting the Margaret Mahy Playground. Alongside the Avon River, just a couple of blocks from Cathedral Square, lies the most fun to have come out of the post-quake rebuild. In the biggest playground south of the equator, more than two hectares are devoted to supplying the means for play and adventure of all sorts, appealing to a wide range of ages. 

Margaret Mahy Family Playground is an all-ages, all-abilities playground which can be used to hold outdoor events. 

But what is the meaning behind the name of this famous playground?

The playground is named for Margaret Mahy, New Zealand's famous children's author. After it was reported in January 2016 that the slide got so hot during sunny summer days that it blistered fingers, shade sails were installed. Who is Margaret Mahy?

EOTC Week - Jellie Park Water Safety Tips

Next week we are going to be going to Jellie Park!While swimming can be enjoyable and great exercise, it is important to remember that we must be cautious and careful always. Whether's it's at a pool, ocean or lake, it is important to follow a simple set of rules to stay safe. Here are some water safety Tips to keep you safe in the water!

Child Poverty - Aotearoa NZ

Poverty is just a word...

but a word that means a lot

not when said

but when seen. 

Poverty is just a cycle

but an on-going cycle

not being altered 

but left aside. 

Poverty is on our conscience 

but at the back of our minds

not acted on...

but why not?

Child poverty  in New Zealand

Children have the right to a decent standard of living; a standard of living that allows them to live healthy lives free of hardship, to achieve their full potential and to participate fully in society. Poverty limits children's daily lives and their opportunities and exposes them to the risk of illness, social and emotional damage, and poor educational attainment. Poverty experienced in the early years or for long periods casts a shadow over the future and can lead to long-term health problems, decreased potential for gainful employment and lower adult earnings. Children who grow up poor also have a higher chance that their own children will grow up poor . 

Child Poverty affects us all. In money terms, there are extra health, welfare,education and other costs. In social terms, it drives a wedge between those growing up with plenty and those who regularly experience hardship and social exclusion. In the future, the ongoing costs are high for society with greater social costs, lower productivity growth and poorer economic performance. 

Of particular concern is the fact that child poverty is unevenly distributed across society. For children living in sole-parent families, the rate of poverty is five times as high as that for children in couple households. Poverty rates are also significantly higher among Maori and Pasifika children than Pakeha Children.

Supporting parents to work

Supporting parents in work, and ensuring they gain financially from their employment, is critical to reducing child poverty. Here are some ways to supports parents to work to provide for their children. 

• Not every child starts on an equal footing. For the one in four New Zealand children living in poverty, the school day may mean staying at home on a wet day or turning up cold and wet from the winter rain. 
• When a child grows up in poverty they miss out on things most New Zealanders take for granted. They are living in cold, damp, over-crowded houses, they do not have warm or rain proof clothing, their shoes are worn out, and many days they go hungry.
• Many more don't get to go to the doctor when they are sick, because they cant afford the costs of the appointments and the medicine. others stay home from school because they don't have all the uniforms or lunch to take
• poverty can also cause lasting damage. It can mean doing badly in school, not getting a good job, having poor health.

Road Safety Week Activity - Wananga

Road Safety and Media reporting:

Road Traffic crashes are often covered in the media simply as events - not as leading killer of people and an enormous drain on a country's human, health and financial resources. By framing road safety as health and development story, with data and in-depth information, journalists have the opportunity to affect the way these stories are told and potentially to help shift public behavior and attitudes,  influence policy and therefore contribute towards saving lives. 

The chances of dying in a road traffic crash depends on where you live!

• About 1.25 million people globally die each year as a result of road traffics crashes - that's over 3400 deaths a day.
• Nearly half of those who die on the world's roads are vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. 
• Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death globally among people aged 15-29 years. 
• Around the world, almost three times more men than women die from road traffic injuries.

Road safety in NZ

New Zealand's road toll has generally followed a downward trend since its peak of 795 deaths in 1987, to a low of 253 deaths in 2013. Since 2013, the road tolls been steadily rising. The road toll in 2016 was 328 road deaths. as at 6 November 2017  the provision road toll for 2017 is 332 deaths. 

• Speed, alcohol, failing to give way or stop, and inattention continue to be the main contributing factors in fatal and serious injury crashes. In recent years, there has also been a significant increase in the number of people killed who were not wearing seat belts.  The age and technology standards of a vehicle also contributes to whether or not there is an injury or fatality as a result of the crash. 

Road Injuries: A crushing burden on Children

Safety's on the world's roads has reached a critical crossroads. The number of motor vehicles is expected to double by 2030, resulting in more than 2 billion vehicles driven worldwide. 

Drivers awareness around schools

• Slow Down. Around schools, make sure you're always ready to stop quickly, as children can behave unpredictably. 
• Park legally. Don't park or even stop briefly, on broken yellow lines. You will be blocking the ablity of other drivers and child pedestrians to see one another. Double parking is also very dangerous, and exposes children to on-coming traffic. Always obey the parking regulations, including time restrictions. 
• Drop off early. You can avoid congestion at the school gate by dropping off your children off
  
  
  earlier rather than later.
• Alight on the left. Have children get out of your vehicle on the footpath side of the car.
• Stop for pedestrians at pedestrian crossing. If a school patrol is operating, stop only when the stop sign is extended onto the road. If the patrol is not operating, stop for any pedestrian waiting at a zebra crossing. Be careful about stopping for pedestrians at courtesy crossings - oncoming vehicles behind you may decide to pass you, putting pedestrians at risk. 
• Always be on the lookout for children. Nationally, the highest number of child pedestrians are injured between 2pm - 4pm. 

Waterloo road is a very dangerous road not just in the morning but especially when school finishes. I sometimes find myself standing in the middle of the road worried knowing there are cars in front of me and behind me, trying to cross the road safely while other cars are pulling out of driveways and streets. Not only does this affect Hornby High students, there is also a preschool and primary school which makes it extremely dangerous. I think we need to do something about this or else it's too late, knowing that everyday we are putting students in danger by crossing Waterloo Road, with heavy vehicles such as trucks coming down Waterloo Road. 

Dystopian - Utopia - Power to the People

Starting this week in Hurumanu 6 - Power to the People. We have been learning about Dystopian and Utopia films. A dystopian film is where the world is dark and unideal, opposite to Utopian which is a perfect world and ideal. 

Examples of Dystopian films - The purge, Never Let me go, Fahrenheit 451, The hunger games, Divergent. 

Plot Idea of Dystopian Film:

• Girls gets hit by a car (shown by ambulance noises etc)
• Goes to school as normal, talks about how she had a really bad dream last night, she wants to know how to get out of dreaming like that, goes to research things about dreams
• Throughout the film more and more clues are given, it turns out she is infact dreaming all of this and is in hospital in a coma from the car accident.

For our task I had to create 2 mood board (photo collages) including photos about dystopian and utopia.

World Music - The Pacific

Last week in Music class, we were to research about music around the world - The pacific.

I decided to base my research on the Island of Samoa. 

A big part of Samoa's culture is music, it could be music at birthday parties, church or wedding functions. 

KidsCan Fun Run Activities - Wananga

The Kids Can Charitable Trust is a charitable trust. Founded in 2005 in Greenhithe, Auckland, New Zealand by Julie Chapman, it works to help New Zealand kids living in poverty through a variety of programmes. They provide foods, socks, shoes and raincoats to over 46,000 disadvantage children. 

Malala Yousafzai Advert - Power To The People Hurumanu

 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai has called for gender equality in her native Pakistan, urging women and girls there to struggle for their rights through education.

Malala Yousafzai Poster - Power to the People Hurumanu

 Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat district of northwestern Pakistan, where her father was a school owner and was active in educational issues. After having blogged for the BBC since 2009 about her experience during the Taliban's growing influence in the region, in 2012 the Taliban attempted to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on the bus home from school. She survived, but continues her work for the right of girls to education. 

Malala Yousafzai Timeline - Power to the People Timeline

This week in Power to the People hurumanu, we have been learning about Heroes and Villains. This Hurumanu is about learning about the political life, heroes, people who run our country and seeing different role and role models there are. Villains are characters whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. As with most stories out there. But they fail to be more than the heroes themselves because of their lack of good judgement or belief in whats right, or at least they choose to ignore it and follow their path. A part of our learning about Heroes and Villains we had to create a timeline about a leader who we think inspires me, I chose Malala because I've read a lot about her and knowing what someone like her was capable of doing is incredible. 

Evaluating Media| Whakatau

 This week in Wananga we have been starting to learn about Cyber Smart|Evaluating Media. We are learning to critically evaluate media products and their potential impacts. Our task was to create a whakatau or quote graphic. 

Leadership DLO

For the past two weeks I have been attending a year 9 leadership on Wednesdays along with other year 9 students. This workshop is to help us build our confidence, strengthen us, get out of our comfort zone, learn new leadership skills and making sacrifices. On the first day we learnt different Leadership skills,styles and famous people example, then we had to create our own DLO of different leaderships.