Te Tragic Tiriti O Waitangi

 

Hey people, 

Hope you have had an amazing weekend full of fun!

For inquiry, we have been looking into our New Zealand history and what happened. So far we have learnt about Te Tiriti O Waitangi (the treaty of Waitangi). I now know about what happened between the Maori and Pakeha, how the treaty was translated incorrectly, and the war between the two tribes. 

Our task was to create a digital presentation on Voki. Voki is a website where you choose a character to be talking, then pick a background, then clothing or accessories for that character. You then paste in some writing no more than 600 characters long and then change the voice/language to something that is suitable. 

We did this about Waitangi writing from either the Pakeha's perspective or the Maori's perspective. I did mine on the Maori's. Here is my presentation: 

Hope you learnt something!

See ya later;

Soph  :D

Eventful Exclusion at the Disco

 

Hey peoples, 

Hope you are enjoying your week so far!

Every Wednesday after technology we look into KOS (keeping ourselves safe). Today we were talking about times where you felt/were responsible for someone else. This isn't just physically but emotionally. We were given two scenarios to choose from to do our activity on. Here is the scenario I chose:

One night you went to a disco with a whole bunch of people from school. There were a few girls hanging out having a great time, and two other girls who were having a good chat to one another, one of them had a lazy eye. The few girls pulled the girl with out the lazy eye towards them and turned their back on the other girl. The one that got pulled away reluctantly stayed with them...

This was drawn on a comic with an empty spot on the side. We had to draw what we thought should happen next and colour the whole comic in. I drew the girl leaving the group and going over to hang out with her friend. This is because she would have felt very emotional and upset. I don't think trying to get the other girls to include is the right picture because if they were excluding her in the first place then they aren't very nice people. 

Here is my drawing and the completed comic:

Have you been excluded before? When have you been responsible for somebody else?

See ya later;

Soph  :D

Calm, and Cool, KOS Posters

Hey people,

I hope you are having a fantastic week! As we are getting older and some of you will be turning 14 next year keeping ourselves safe (KOS), is a very important topic to learn and be confident with. At school for the past two Wednesdays, we have been taught about how to KOS when we are home alone, especially if something dodgy seems to be happening. 

The scenario we were given to think about was something like this; your home alone at night and there is a random stranger outside who opened your gate and started walking up towards your house. This person could be drunk or just trying to break in you don't know for sure. What is the safest thing to do in that situation?

In Canva we had to make a poster with all the options you could take and the consequences to that option. You had to use at least three options, the consequences could be either good or bad depending on the situation. I also added another poster with the best option and everything you should do in the scenario. 

Here are my posters:

I hope you have learnt something from my posters! What was your scenario and best option? Has anything happened to you like this before? If so, how did you react to it? Post your feedback in the comments!

See ya later;

Soph  :D

Amazing All About Me

 

Hey peoples, 

Yet another blog post from me today! This one is an activity that I started and completed in just one day. We had to make a video/slideshow all about ourselves. This had to be created on Canva. I included the following things;

• My name
• Where my ancestors are from
• My favourite colour, author, animal, and food
• Fun facts
• And my activities/hobbies I like to do

Here is my slideshow:

What is your favourite colour and animal? What hobbies/sports do you do?

Please post any feedback in the comments!

See ya later;

Soph   :D

Lucky Lego Person

 

Hey peoples, 

Over the week we have also made self-portraits lego style. We had to try and re-create ourselves by drawing lego characters. The head, facial expression, and clothing all had to be looking as close to us as possible. 

I made this person for the following reasons;

1. The expression is a happy one which represents me because I'm generally really happy with everything I have and what I do.
2. The hair is pretty much the same length and colour.
3. The t-shirt is one of my all-time favorite ones to wear. 
4. And denim just goes well with everything so I wear it a lot!

Here is me!:

What does your one look like? Do you like art?

See ya later;

Soph  :D

My Precious Pepeha

 

Hey peoples, 

Hope you are having a fantastic week. Over the week we have been creating, learning, and recording our pepeha's. A pepeha is a Maori way of introducing yourself. It tells you about your family, what your mountain and river are, and your culture. 

Our task was to create a digital video pepeha on Adobe Spark. We had to include images and a voice-over on each page. 

Here is my video:

What is your culture? Have you made a pepeha before?

See ya later;

Soph  :D

My Marvellous Moment At Camp

 

Hey peoples, 

I hope your holidays went well. Over the last week, Toroa has been at Wainui camp. We were there for 3 nights and 4 days, over those days we did the most fun activities and games! This included; kayaking, code breakers, orienterring. coasterring, and high ropes. It was great fun!

Our task today was to make a presentaion about our favourite moment in camp. Mine was high ropes. High ropes is climbing on different courses, one of them was a giant ladder. My presentaion includes a couple of slides about why I like climbing and why I liked high ropes this last camp. After that is a short animation of someone climbing and the other people belaying them. 

Here it is:

I really enjoyed camp and I hope you did too! What's your favourite moment? And what's your favourite camp you've been on?

See ya later;

Soph  :D