Sentence Structure Workshops

At Writing, we learnt about sentence structures. Our teacher had done an example with our class which started with, 'We stood outside for twenty minutes'. We ended the example with, 'This morning we stood freezing outside on the slippery, muddy field in front of school for twenty miserable minutes while we watched Aisa's team play league'. The teacher had made up a sentence that we could work on. The teacher had chosen, 'We played a game for hours'. We made the sentence into a complex sentence.

W.A.L.T: add more detail to sentences.

Here's what we had written:

We played a game for hours.

We played a game for a few hours.

We played a competitive game for a few hours.

We played a competitive game for a few hours inside the gym.

After school, we played a competitive game for a few hours inside the gym.

After school, we played a competitive game for a few hours inside the slippery gym.

After school, we played a competitive game of indoor hockey for a few hours inside the slippery gym.

After school, we played a competitive game for a few hours inside the slippery gym because it was raining outside.

I hope you like my post about our sentence structure. Comment down below if you'd had done a sentence structure before. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Let's Teach! Reflection

For today's post, I am going to reflect on what happened on Tuesday. So here's the question.

Thinking back to Tuesday's session:

1. What sport were you presenting?
• We were presenting our sport that we were allocated in. I was in my class' touch group. 
2. What modifications did your group make, and why?
• We had to come up with two modifications on Touch. 
1. We made some changes like playing the game with ripper (ripper rugby). 
2. We made the game safe by not tackling.
3. What went well?
• We all worked as a team and learnt new sports by listening to the team members. We communicated well and listened to our teammates. 
4. What would you change?
• In my opinion, the thing that I would like to change is the subs, in the first match, I was subbed off the whole match of touch. 
5. What were the differences between your first and second sessions?
• As I told you in the first session I got subbed off. In the second half, I wasn't subbed off and we all played well.
6. Reflection: am I a leader? Why/why not?
• In my opinion, I think that I am a leader because in some games I lead the team. 

I hope you liked my reflection. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Choosing a NZ Native Bird + Plant

My chosen NZ Native Bird - Kiwi
Credit: https://www.ecobirdy.com/7-curious-facts-kiwi-bird/

W.A.L.T Working together to make recycling art and material.

For today's post, I will be showing you what we are planning for our Community Impact Project. We need to choose a bird and a plant which will represent HHS/Hornby Community, we need to vote which bird + plant will represent Hornby High School or the Hornby Community.

I have chosen a Kiwi as my Native Bird.

I hope you like my post. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Africa is Breaking Up 🤯🤯!!

Suswa Rift
Credit: https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/natural-wonders/giant-chasm-is-proof-africa-is-being-pulled-apart-experts-say/news-story/5b982737252dc44bd19dc511db1d8065

The African Plate is divided into two parts - Somali and Nubian
Credit: https://africa-arabia-plate.weebly.com/future-tectonics.html

How? Why? What?

Africa is Breaking Up?

Yes, it is true, Africa is breaking up in two pieces. Do you think that you believe me? No, yes?

So, let's go back to the topic. Africa is breaking up because the two plates, Somalian and Nubian Plates are moving away from each other. On my Plate Tectonics post, I had written that,

It's the Plate Tectonic is the Earth's outer shell that is divided into several plates that move over the mantle. These slow-moving structures interact with each other.

The East African Rift System
Credit: https://www.usatoday.com/

This is called the 'East African Rift System' (EARS), which is one of the geologic wonders of the world. To make it easier to understand, a rift is like a fracture on Earth's surface.

How Did It Start?

So what happened was that the massive cracked suddenly appeared in Kenya. The crack began to grow because of heavy rain. This made the Kenya-Nairobi highway which made the highway collapse. This is one good example of Plate Tectonics. This active rift zone is spreading a few millimetres every year. Which means, around 10 million years after, a new ocean will emerge as the East Africa tears apart.

Heavy Rain in Kenya reveal huge cracks which show
Africa splitting into two continents
Credit: https://qz.com/ 

Credit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5562589/Is-Africa-splitting-TWO.html

I hope you like my post about Africa breaking up. I hope you learnt heaps of information from this post. Was it mind-blowing 🤯🤯? Comment down below what you've learnt today. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

What Had We Done

On Tuesday, we had been with our sport group and versed SH's sport team. So, I was in Touch with Christian, Aisa, David, Travis and more. Aisa was the coach of the team because he knew heaps of things. We had modified the game and played Ripper Rugby, but safe. We were not allowed to tackle so people wouldn't get hurt. So today, because it was rainy 🌧, we had to write the reflection of what we had done on Tuesday. Next Tuesday, we are going to present our sport to other sport teams. It was really fun. So here are the questions:

• What did you do on Tuesday?
• We played in our sport groups.
• Within your sport group what worked well?
• Every member of our team contributed to the game. 
• What do you need to change for next time?
• We need to take the game more seriously. Because it was a flop.
• What are you looking forward to when you present?
• We will try our personal best at Touch and let others know how to play Touch.

I hope you like my reflection on what happened on Tuesday!! Comment down below if you've played Touch before or you want to play Touch. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Camera Angles

On the first week of Movie Making, we learnt about Camera Angles by looking at one-minute movies. We had discussed camera angles that we knew.

W.A.L.T.: I can explain a variety of camera angles used to make a movie.

Harry Potter
Over The Shoulder
Credit: http://oliverbairdmedia.blogspot.com/2015/09/pov-and-over-shoulder-shots.html

Over The Shoulder

The camera is over the actor's shoulder.

Close Up
Credit: https://nofilmschool.com/Close-up-shot-uses-and-examples

Close-Up

A close-up shot is where the camera tightly frames the person or the object.

The Hobbit
Long Shot
Credit: https://www.acmi.net.au/education/online-learning/film-it/storyboards/storyboards-beginner/shot-types/

Long Shot

A long shot angle is where it shows the entire person or object.

Harry Potter
Extreme Close Up
Credit: https://www.acmi.net.au/education/online-learning/film-it/storyboards/storyboards-beginner/shot-types/

Extreme Close Up

The angle shows the person or object in detail. This shot is used in dramatic moments.

Zoom Out
Credit: https://storyboardclass.wordpress.com/cinema-language/push-inpush-out-shot/

Zoom Out

This angle is where the camera zooms out.

High Angle
Credit: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/high-angle-shot-camera-movement-angle/

High Angle

This angle is where the camera is above the person or object looking at it.

Low Angle
Credit: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/low-angle-shot-camera-movement-angle/

Low Angle

This angle is the opposite to High Angle where the camera is below the person or the object.

Jurrasic Park
Medium Shot
Credit: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/medium-shot-examples/

Medium Shot

This shot is where the camera is straight in front or by the actor/s.


I hope you like my post about Camera Angles. I hope you learnt something new about Camera Angles. Comment down below what you've learnt something new today. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Our New Topic

For Community Impact Project (CIP), we are starting a new topic. We are going to make Rubbish Art. Below are questions of the project, what are we going to do.

• What is the project?
• Picking up rubbish in Hornby High School and the community. Making our community cleaner. Creating art from the rubbish.
• What is the purpose?
• We can be more creative. 
• How much rubbish do you think that we are going to collect? Why do you think that?
• Around 200~400 pieces.
• What colours do you think that we are going to see the most? Why?
• Just depends on the rubbish. How much rubbish we collect. 
• What type of art would you like to create?
• Something that would help the community. Making plastic bottles and bags which we can reuse.

I hope you like my post about our new topic. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Learning New Words

So for 6 weeks, we have been learning Maori. Today we had learnt 6 words that I would like to share to you today. So, here are these words.

Pai - good
Hīanga - naughty
Pūrotu - handsome
Ātaahua - beautiful
Hōhā - annoying
Atamai - intelligent

I hope you like my post. Comment down below if you know Māori or you know some of these words. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

The Three Bad Pigs and One Good Wolf

For today's post, I will be telling you about our plans for our movie. A few weeks ago, I had posted about our Movie Reflection. In that post, I had shown our 1-minute movie that JV, Christian and I made.

So here is the WALT

W.A.L.T. - I can write a narrative using correct structure about the narrative you wrote to create the movie.

To make it understanding, in our group there are Blake, Niko, Tyson, Ryan and Regan. We had to make a movie which is a fairy tale with a twist. Below is our crew:


Niko - Benjamin (Pig 1)
Tyson - Noah (Pig 2)
Blake - Bryce (Pig 3)
Regan - Wolf, Music
Ryan - Cameraman
Khush - Director/Editor/Scriptwriter

Here is our script

Benjamin - “I’m quite bored.” - Throws the rock on the ground

Noah - “What do you mean?” - Bryce looks at the advertisement for a bank job.

Bryce - “Why don’t we rob a bank.”

Noah - “That’s an amazing idea!”

Benjamin - “But how are we going to do it?”

Bryce - “I’ve got a plan...” “You see the advertisement there, why don’t we work at a bank and…”\Noah - “

Bryce - “So I was saying was that we are going to pretend to work at the bank and steal the money.”

Noah - “That’s a really good idea.”

Bryce - “We should build on it. First, we are going to get an application for the job.”

Benjamin - “Nah, let’s do it this way, I think that on Thursday we should rob the bank.”

Noah - “A really good idea.”

Benjamin - “How can we rob the bank?”

Bryce - “Let’s get the blueprint of the bank.”

Noah - “Let’s go to the bank and try to get the blueprint.”

Bryce - “What we will do is that we will act to give the application to the boss. When the boss is out of his office we will take his blueprint and the…”

Benjamin - “Money!”

Thursday night…

Pigs enter the bank with style.

Benjamin - “It’s time to get the money.”

Noah - “Yea.”

Bryce - “I’m coming in a minute.”

Blake goes and gets the money.

Bryce - has the money the money and he ditches everyone.

On the way, the Wolf sees Bryce with the money. The wolf runs to get the Bryce.

Wolf trips on the ground, Bryce laughs and crashes on the wall.

Bryce wakes up and releases it was all a dream…

DUN DUN DUN!!!

I hope you like my post about our update. Comment down below if you've made a movie before? Have a cool day!! Bye!!

What is Ki O Rahi?

For P.E, we have been playing Ki O Rahi, which is Māori traditional sport. For the past few weeks, we have been playing games which include skills of Ki O Rahi. First, we had played Bench Ball which includes the skill of passing and catching the ball. Next, we had played Long Ball, which includes hitting the target (the person, when they are going to the safe zone). After playing Bench Ball, we had started researching about how we play Ki O Rahi, what are the equipment, the rules, and how we play it. I was working with JV and this is what we have got.

I should've posted this a few weeks ago. 😟

I hope you like my post about Ki O Rahi. Comment down below ↓ about what you like about my post and slideshow, also comment, what I need to do next time (next steps). Have you played Ki O Rahi before? Comment down below ↓ !! Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Let's take action!

For today's post, I am posting about the Community Impact Project. Four classes, 7/8 DS, 7/8 SH, 7/8 BH and 7/8 TZ have been working together in communities. We had to answer these questions below. Hope you like it.

• Explain what community you have joined
• I have chosen the Global Community.
• Explain why this group is your passion
• I want to help the community to make it clean.
• Explain one idea your interested in
• I am interested in people doing the right thing and doing something to help the community.
• How do you think you will achieve this idea?
• I will achieve my idea by making posters in the community by showing it what goes in what bins. Also, show them why it is important to put our rubbish in the bin rather than littering it.

I hope you like my questions about what I have been doing. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Red, Ladder, Sinking, Coins, Pavement?

For today's post, I am going to share the 100-word challenge that I had written. Our prompt was 5 words that had to put in the story: red, ladder, sinking, coins and pavement. We had to make a piece of writing that must include the five words in exactly 100 words. Here is my writing:

There was a boy named Ben. He likes finding things. There was a pavement leading to a cave named The Red Cave. Ben went inside to look around.

There he found a ladder sinking in a well. He saw something shining under the water. Ben thought to find out what was happening, so he jumped in. As he went closer, the shine became rising. Ben said, “What even is that?” There was an underground secret pathway. Ben had his torch and went further, suddenly with a surprise he saw coins. He was happy with joy. Ben woke up in joy.

Here is my proof of my 100 words.

I hope you like my post about my 100-word challenge. Comment down below what you liked about my 100-word challenge and what I need to do next. Have you done a 100-word challenge before? Comment down below ↓ . Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Let's Do DMIC Maths

For today's post, I will be posting about what we had done today morning. Today, someone from DMIC Maths came to our class to teach our teacher. So, we had to figure out a problem-solving maths question. We had to be in our DMIC Maths groups and figure out the question. I was in a group with JV, Khyle and Rican. It was a question about the Sports Uniform. The problem was:

'A sports team shirt with your name printed on it costs $30 if your name has six letters. If your name had ten letters, the same shirt will cost you $38. The cost is worked out on the price of a plain shirt plus a standard amount added on for each letter.' The question was:

1. What is the price of a plain shirt (with no name printed)?
2. What would be the total price for shirts for the member of your group?

First, we had discussed as a class about how we communicate as a group. There were answers like,

• Sharing ideas too
• Helping others - not one person doing all the work
• Speak clearly and asking others to do the same
• If you disagree, don't make a big deal about it

In our group, we discussed what our opinion was. First, the teacher said to think about the question. Next, we had to discuss with our group, Khyle went first. He said that the price of the plain shirt (with no name printed) was $18, I had the same answer too. Later, he said that one letter equals $2, JV and I agreed. Four letters equal $8, I had done it by 1 letter equal $2.

After solving the first question, we starting solving question 2. What we had done first was that we had told how long was our name, mine was five. So, we times it by two and added by $18, then we added them together, we got $80 for three people.

After the time to solve was over, we all sat on the mat and shared our solving. Our group was one of the two to show the class how we solved the problem. We showed them what we had written in our big piece of paper.

It was a really good morning working out a maths question. I hope you like my reflection of my morning today. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Want to go to Canada?

Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Canada.svg

Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Location_North_America.svg

For today's post, I will be posting about a famous country named Canada (as you know from the title and flag). Most of you know know that Canada is located in North America, above the United States of America. Last post, I had posted about Laos, which is a country located in Asia.

Canada is in North America, right? North America and South America's land is together, named is called Americas, which is a supercontinent. There are two supercontinents Afro-Eurasia, which has a population of 6.1 billion in 2013 and the Americas which has a population of 1.002 billion in 2016. That's amazing, right?

Let's get back to the topic, here are some facts about Canada:

A Maple Leaf
Credit: https://www.growerdirect.com/

1. Canada's capital city is Ottawa.
2. The population of Canada is 37,172,550. 
3. One of the reasons Canada is famous is because of Maple Syrup. 
4. The maple leaf is a symbol and nationality of Canada.
5. The national animal of Canada is the North American Beaver.
6. Canada is the second largest country by area. 
7. Canada has more lakes than the lakes in the world combined!
8. Canada has the largest coastline in the world, which is 202,080 km!
9. The U.S.-Canada border is the longest border on Earth with a length of 8,891 km.
10. Canada has fewer people than in Tokyo's metropolitan area.
11. Ontario, Canada has more than 250,000 lakes, which is 1/5 of the Earth's fresh water!
12. Canada is 1.5% larger land than the U.S.
13. Canada's national parks are free for kids.

A weird fact: The Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada and is the most popular pizza in Australia. That is weird right? 🤔

I hope you like the facts about Canada. This information is from www.factslides.com, which provides really good informative information. Now let's know 20 things to do in Canada.

20 Things to Do in Canada

1. CN Tower - a 553.3-metre high observation tower located in the city centre of Toronto.
2. Stanley Park - a park located in Vancouver. This 405-hectare (1000 acre) park, which around 8 million people come annually.
3. Capilano Suspension Bridge - a simple suspension bridge which crosses the Capilano River in North Vancouver. The bridge is 170-metre long and 70-metre above the river. Around 800,000 people come there every year.
4. Yoho National Park of Canada - which is in the Rocky Mountains, in the eastern British Columbia. The national park is known for mountains, waterfalls, wildlife and trails. 
5. Athabasca Glacier - a majestic, glacier for hiking.
6. Peyto Lake - a lake known for mountains and glaciers. The lake is near the Athabasca Glacier.
7. Maligne Lake - a lake with spirit island and mountain views. The lake is close to Athabasca Glacier. 
8. Gastown - a shopping area. Which is famous and known for its souvenirs, steam clock and trendy eateries, located in Vancouver.
9. Emerald Lake - a lake in Yoho National Park which is known for the lake, mountains and glaciers.
10. Mount Royal - a large volcanic hill or small mountain in the city of Montreal, west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal takes its name from Mount Royal, which is a hill with a lookout.
11. Old Quebec - which is rich in historic landmarks and museums. Old Québec is located in Québec City.
12. Horseshoe Falls - which is also known as the Canadian Falls, it is located in Niagara Falls. Well, Niagara Falls is in the United States but the falls is in Canada? 
13. Skylon Tower - which has a magnificent (outstanding) view of Niagara Falls. 
14. Montmorency Falls - a grand waterfall surrounded by parkland. The falls is located in Québec.
15. Parliament Hill - known as The Hill, in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada.
16. Lake Louse - a picturesque lake by Emerald Lake and Yoho National Park. The lake is located in Alberta.
17. Sunshine Village - a big attraction-filled ski resort. The ski resort is in Alberta.
18. Lake Minnewana - a glacial lake, the 2nd longest lake in the mountain parks of the Canadian Rockies.
19. Sulphur Mountain - a hike or gondola ride to dramatic views in Banff National Park. 
20. Vancouver Aquarium - located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Which has educational aquatic exhibits and shows. 

Map of Canada

Travel Guide | Introducing Canada | Lonely Planet

I hope you like my post about Canada. Comment down below if you learnt something new about Canada. Have a cool night!! Bye!!

A Country Known for Mountainous Terrain

Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Laos

Credit: https://wikitravel.org/en/Asia

For today's post, we are going to look at a country in Asia. Can you guess what it is? 🤔

Last post, I had posted about Somalia, which is a country in Africa. If you haven't seen it please check it out, also comment down what you had learnt about the country.

Now this country, which is located in Asia. Asia is located in the borders of Europe and Africa. The continent with Asia and Europe is called Eurasia, which is a continent which connects Asia and Europe.

Credit: https://wikitravel.org/en/Southeast_Asia

Let's go back to the topic, this country is located in the south-east of Asia, it is Laos. Let's know some facts about Laos.

1. Laos shares borders with Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and China.
2. The capital city of Laos is Vientiane, which is located at the south of Laos.
3. There are a few official languages in Laos, French, Khmu (which is also an ethnic group), Hmong (which is also an ethnic group) and Lao.
4. The currency of Laos is Lao Kip.
5. The population of Laos is 7,010,412. 
6. The calling code of Laos is +856.
7. Laos is known for its Mountainous Terrain.

10 Things to Do in Laos

1. Pha That Luang - which is a historic gold stupa over 44m high.
2. Kuang Si Falls - a three-tiered hillside waterfall that leads to small swimming pools accessible by bridges and walkways. 
3. Phu Chi Fa - which is a forest park with mountain views.
4. Mount Phousi - it is popular for hiking summit with sunset views. It is a well-known spot to watch/see the sunset.
5. Bolaven Plateau - which is highlands with waterfalls and coffee.
6. Khone Phapheng Falls - is a waterfall and has dolphins.
7. Lao National Museum - which is a museum that has a history of Laos and it's 1970s revolution.
8. Patuxay Monument - which is a grand monument with rooftop views.
9. Phou Bia - which is famous for the mountain, hiking and mining.
10. Dara Market - which is a covered market selling textiles and lots more.

Map of Laos

Travel Guide | When to go to Laos | Lonely Planet

Do you want to go to Laos? Comment down below!!

I hope you like my post about Laos. Comment down below if you learnt something new about Laos. Have a cool night!! Bye!!

A Territory located in the Horn of Africa

Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia

For today's post, we are going to look at a country in Africa. Can you guess what it is? 🤔

This country is located, East Africa. This countries name is Somalia, above Kenya. There are ten states in Somalia:

1. Awdalland
2. Central Regions State
3. Galmundug
4. Hirshabelle
5. Jubaland
6. Puntland
7. Zeila and Lughaya
8. Somaliland
9. South West State of Somalia
10. Khatumo State

10 Facts about Somalia

1. The capital city of Somalia is Mogadishu.
2. There are two official languages in Somalia, Arabic and Somali.
3. The population of Somalia is 15,399,327.
4. There are two currencies used in Somalia, the United States Dollar and Somali Shilling.
5. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is the president of Somalia.
6. Somalia is the eastern-most country of Africa.
7. The climate of Somalia is hot and dry.
8. Educated young adults in Somalia which come from well to do families speak five languages. 
9. Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. 
10. Somalia drives on the right side.

Map of Somalia

I hope you like my post about Somalia. Comment down below if you learnt something new. If I missed something out that you want to find out comment down below. Also, comment down below if you want to learn about a country. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Our Movie Reflection

For today's post, I will be reflecting on our movie-making project. We have made 1-minute movies with a group of 3. We had to write storyboards and learn about film angles. In the one-minute movies, we had to add a twist.

First of all, the teachers introduced the topic. We watched three one-minute movies. We learnt about the camera angles and sound effects that were used. We went in a group of three. In my group, there were, JV, Christian and I. JV and I was the actors, Christian was the cameraman. We had to make our movie on iMovie. Below is the movie that we made.

After making our movie, we had to make our proper movie (because it was a tester). The theme was fairy tales with a twist. We watched a video of how it looked like. We had to choose a group of five. We first chose the roles that we are going to do in the movie. (I don't know why we chose it first.) I was the director and editor of the group. Ryan was the cameraman. Well, in my group, there is Blake, Niko, Tyson, Ryan and Regan.  We chose to do something similar to the Three Little Pigs fairy tale. I chose to change the whole story up. I changed the title to 'Three Bad Pigs and A Big Good Wolf. 

I hope you like my reflection about our movie that we are going to make. Have a cool day!! Bye!!

Try to Answer this

For today's post, we had to post about a maths DLO that we had done. We had an activity to answer a question that the teacher had set. Almost the whole class understood and knew the question. In that question, the question didn't have numbers, there were images of parts of cars. We had to figure out what each part means. When we all figured it out, our teacher told us about BEDMAS, which means, Brackets, Exponents, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction. Our teacher gave us an activity to make a question like that one. I worked with David and to make our own question. We used fruits to make the question. David and I thought to make this question hard. Try to answer it. Can you figure it out? Comment down below what you're answer is.

I hope you like my post about my question. Comment down below if you've figured out the question. Have a cool day!! Bye!!