Youth Party (our political party)

 For the past few weeks, during social studies, we were split into groups to form a political party. As you can tell by the title our group is called the Youth Party. I found it really easy to work with this group and I was quite comfortable with the people in my group. The only thing I found hard was when presenting to the class because I don't really like presenting to large crowds.

The House Of Representatives

 The NZ Government is called a democracy because the people of New Zealand who are over the age of 18 use electorates during election voting to elect the electorate MP’s who win a seat in the House of representatives. This happens every 3 years as the elections only happen every 3 years.

Lockdown 2.0

 During lockdown 2.0 I had some time so I began cleaning my room. It was quite messy because before it was my room it was a storage/closet for me and my sister, so that was one thing I did during the lockdown. I also joined most of my classes and did some school work. If I'm being honest I wasn't listening and was mostly there to be marked present. I ate like a ton load of chocolate and ice cream despite it being winter. Also, it was the first time in lockdown with my doggo. It was quite normal almost like the holidays, except I wasn't allowed to take him for walks. It was raining quite a lot so I hardly went outside. Oh and I also gave myself bangs/fringe. I wasn't actually allowed to cut my hair but I was really bored so I couldn't hold myself back. 

          

Leadership Qualities

Someone who I think has the Qualities of a leader is my mum. I choose my mum because is very open-minded when it comes to her kids and makes sure we are all treated equally. Another quality my mother has is Trustworthiness. I would trust my mother with all my secrets because I know she would only tell them if she really needed to. My mother always motivates me to do my best and is very encouraging. My mother is a good influence on me and shows me all the possibilities of what I could do with my life. My mother is very optimistic and almost always has a positive attitude. She inspires me to do the best with my self and tells me not to let discouraging words put me down. My mother is very cooperative and takes responsibility for her actions.

Black Lives Matter - March in Auckland

Here is my short paragraph of my opinion about the march that happened in Auckland last Saturday:

I think that the people who went protesting were somewhat in the right but should
not have breached the guidelines of exceeding more than 100 people. They had
put their lives and others lives at risk as well. I believe that yes we should
support the #BlackLivesMatter protest but we also have to keep in mind that we
are too social-distance to help prevent this virus. So i’d say i’m half and half
because while trying to prevent something else from happening they put
themselves and others in danger of catching the virus.

My learning journey

As a year 9 student at Tamaki my journey here has just begun. My grades are doing well and I'm doing
fine during class. I may get distracted here and there but I always find a way to finish my work. As a
year 9 i’d say i'm not proud of learning my times tables during primary, but i’d say im improving. I
socialize a lot more with my classmates, which makes it comfortable to work in class. While in l
lockdown I tried my best to go to classes and do the set tasks because I knew that they would help with
my learning. During classes we sometimes get treats which is like a gift from the teacher to thank us
for working hard. Everyday I prepare myself to learn by showing up to school on time and doing
homework or work that I haven’t finished. When I finish my journey at Tamaki I wish to have good
grades and a good reputation as I prepare myself for the next chapter in my life.

Blog : Life after Lockdown in Level 2 :

One thing I know for sure that I'm looking forward to is going shopping again. I really missed shopping because I like shopping for clothes. I also look forward to seeing my friends because these past few weeks have been a little lonely. But I have mixed feelings about school. The reason being is because it's really easy to do school online like I can just wake up and go to school and no one would have to know. But it is harder to ask the teachers questions because the question may not make sense and its hard to explain. So I think going into lockdown would be a good thing for me, and my grades.

Social Studies: Current Events COVID-19

So from this news article, I've learnt that Counties Manukau has been given the most
warnings and most youth referrals, but Canterbury has the most prosecution. But yes
Manukau has been seen as the worst offenders for alert level 3. The story talks about
how people have been breaching the guidelines.

I feel that since I am used to staying at home, I don't really feel like going back to
school. I also feel that since the weather has become colder I feel like working in my
bed. But I have a problem, I always get distracted which is really bad for my education.
I am also sick of staying at home all the time and the only time I usually walk is to and
from school. So yeah I have mixed feeling about going into alert level 2.

Social Studies - Key Concept: Haka

Imagine you need to write an English version of a HAKA to include the many different nations in N.Z - what would it say? Don’t forget to post this to your blog!!

We live, We die, We fight, We fight We Are United As One We live, We die, We fight, We fight We are the people of New Zealand

My perspective on the haka is that being someone from New Zealand I think we have the right to do a haka before the all blacks game. Why you may ask is because as the country had been found by the indigenous people of Maori descendants and I think that to represent our country we should you something more ancient and mean a lot to the people of NZ. Should the All Blacks be allowed to perform the haka at games? Yes, I think that they should be allowed to perform the haka.

Key Concepts - Terms and Definitions

Globalization: To me, globalization means like worldwide and like it involves the majority of the world. Globalization actually means the world becoming interconnected by trade and culture exchange. An example of something that has affected us globally is COVID-19. It has spread rapidly around the world so it makes it a global issue. 🌍🌎🌏


Modernisation: To me, modernisation means like everything has become more advanced and like what we live in now is different to the society from like 50 years ago. Modernization actually means the transformation of a traditional society into a modern one. An example is that back in the day's phones had wires and you'd only use them for calls but in the modern world we have phones everywhere and they give off different uses.

Perspectives: To me perspectives is like having your own opinion on a given topic and that the opinions may differ from person to person. Perspectives actually means a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something. An example of a perspective is like elections because you may think one party is the obvious choice because you see that they can help change the society but someone else may think that a different party is the better option because they don't think things need to be changed.

Lockdown Holiday

Social Studies New Term Lockdown Paragraph:

Something I found interesting is that the roads are much quieter and probably how I see
people walking around the evening time. Something I found challenging is not being able
to see my family in Glen Innes because I am in Manukau staying with my dad(My parents
are together but mum looks after my nana). I do not like digital learning because I don’t
usually do homework and this feels like I’m doing homework. It is very different from what
I’m used to but also very alike because it just feels like the summer holidays except we can
’t go anywhere as a family and we have done more cooking because fast foods are closed.

Last Friday I saw an ambulance in the driveway of my next-door neighbours, however, I
don’t think it was that serious because no one was carried out on the stretcher. I find that
spending time with family is enjoyable because we get to watch movies together and
playing cards. I like playing Crash and P’s & A’s but we always the card game beanie (These are card games).

Made in Taiwan Sketch Board

Task -  Sketch board: Create a Sketch board showing the 5 stages of Nate and Oscars Journey. 

They go to a cafe and swab the DNA from their mouth. They send the DNA to Oxford University and waited for the results	They then set off to Mahia in the waka Taka Temu, where they visit Nathan’s Parents to open the results that they got back from Oxford.	They then travel to the Cook Islands which was the waka Taka Temu last destination before New Zealand.
Once in Samoa, they visit Oscar’s family village to see his mother and grandma to open his envelope and see the DNA results.	In Vanuatu, they visit an old grave land and see how most of the bodies have no heads. They also look at some old patterns which are called Lapita	In Taiwan, they meet Niwa, who shows them a museum where they learn more about their ancestors and that conclude the story.