My letter for C.I.P

Today for C.I.P we have been writing a letter to the person who we respect and look up to. I wrote a letter to my maths teacher Mr Tisch, to thank him for helping with my maths and my self-confidence. We wrote the letters to the people we look up to because we want them to know that they mean something and they have helped us be the person we are today.

C.I.P Message from Anton

Today at the start of C.I.P we had been shown a message sent from Anton on behalf of All Blacks. They heard that we, Hornby High School were creating a special something to encourage them with their mission to win the world cup. When I heard this message I felt inspired to make more improvements in my poem but when I thought more about it I felt like I had already done all that I could with the knowledge I had. 

Issues of climate change-Hurumanu

Aim:  To learn about the different activities that contribute to climate change

1.Industry-Making clothes,cars,electronics and processed foods creates a lot of pollution when materials like plastic,cardboard,metal and cement are made,harmful gasses  are released into the air and the water.

2.Transport- Most cars need gas or diesel to work and these come from oils which are fossil fuels

3.Waste- Our landfills are growing and using up more healthy land.

4.Cows-Cows create a greenhouse gas called methane when they burp and fart methane is a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide with about 1.5 billion cows around the world,methane is having a big effect on climate change.

5.Food-  We need food to survive, but it creates a lot of pollution.
6.Electricity- Electricity is a form of energy used to power almost everything in our homes.

Water cycle-Hurumanu

Today in our Science Hurumanu/Climate Chaos we had to connect scientific words and they had to connect and relate to each other we wrote how they connected.

These were the words we had to work with:

Water cycle
Precipitation
Evaporation
water vapour
transpiration
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Hurricanes
Condensation
Acid rain

For-Water cycle
I connected Condensation, Evapouration, Precipitation, Transpiration because they are the parts of the water cycle

For-Carbon dioxide
I connected Acid rain and precipitation

For-Climate change
I connected Hurricanes and the water cycle

All of these Parts of science Connect with eachother


Here is a photo of our work:

The All Blacks

Why laughing is good for you!

Laughing is good for you because you feel good after you laugh and laughing might make you live longer

This video is funny cause it is memes. most people know them but it is something that is edited to be very funny, memes are really good to watch for laughter. 

Why are kids funny no one knows.they do stuff they don't relies this kid rings 911 because he needs help with his home work. But don't try this because police help people and don't need to waste time

Well being

Spiritual well being means the ability to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through a person's contentedness with self, others art, music, literature, nature, or a power greater than oneself.

Mental well being: a state of well-being. Updated August 2014. Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

Physical Well-Being. A state of physical well-being is not just the absence of disease. It includes lifestyle behavior choices to ensure health, avoid preventable diseases and conditions, and to live in a balanced state of body, mind, and spirit. You'll find articles on this topic in the Wellness Milestones index.

 emotional well-being are related to mental health concerns such as stress, depression, and anxiety.

Beats and beyond Learning story

Title:                                                         Beats & Beyond
Name: Kaedun	Teachers: Mr Mitchell & Mrs Hastie			Date:
VALUES / SKILLS
Year 8 Graduate Profile Highlight the parts of the Profile you are now doing on a regular basis	Commitment	Achievement	Resilience	Respect	Skills
	In your reflection think about how you displayed the CARR values and what curriculum skills you learnt.
People Smart I listen to understand people’s ideas and opinions I can work successfully with others I understand how my feelings and actions can affect others I act responsibly even when no one is watching I can give useful feedback to others I take responsibility for my own actions I am an outstander – I choose to help others who are having a difficult time  Active Learner I am a curious learner – I ask questions I use feedback to improve my learning I have a growth mindset I know what my next steps are I share my ideas and point of view with different people Learning Smart I am organised and have everything that is needed for my learning I complete my work in the time I’m given I am punctual by being in the right place at the right time I manage my emotions when I am frustrated or challenged I ask for help when I don’t understand what to do Thinking Smart I can reflect on my learning I understand others’ opinions and ideas I can think critically I can think creatively  Cyber Smart I use the internet and devices in a safe way I can be trusted to use my device for the task I am meant to be doing I can use digital tools creatively I can use digital tools for different purposes	What we did: For the Beats & Beyond Hurumanu, we have been learning about new instruments that Mr Mitchell brings. After that we met a singer named Ryan Neville, we came to our school and only the hurumanu people went to see him at the auditorium. He taught us some parts of the instruments and also talked a little about himself. After we made our own song lyrics and then made our own music using Garageband. After we were put in little groups to perform a song with the team in front of the hurumanu class.
	What I learned: I learned different instruments, I also learned new different parts of the instruments. One type of instrument is woodwind, the clarinet is a woodwind which you have to blow into. That is something new I learnt in the hurumanu. But I also learned more than that. I learned different genres like Blues, Folk Music, Dubstep and etc.
	What I enjoyed: I enjoyed learning about new instruments and also learning about famous people, we had to write a biography about some famous people and I enjoyed that task a little bit but not too much because it was a tricky task. I enjoyed writing song lyrics and making music for it too. It was also a difficult task because it had to be something I'm inspired about. I didn’t know anything that inspired me so I wrote a song about a game that I was good at, to make it easier for me.
	What I found difficult: What I found difficult was that some people were distracting us and we couldn’t focus that much we managed to get our work finished. The other thing I found difficult is writing the song lyrics and working with others because they waste most of the time and don’t get the work done.

P,E hurumanu learning story

Title:                           Learning story P.E
Name: Kaedun	Teachers:			Date:
VALUES / SKILLS
Year 8 Graduate Profile Highlight the parts of the Profile you are now doing on a regular basis	Commitment	Achievement	Resilience	Respect	Skills
	In your reflection think about how you displayed the CARR values and what curriculum skills you learnt.
People Smart I listen to understand people’s ideas and opinions I can work successfully with others I understand how my feelings and actions can affect others I act responsibly even when no one is watching I can give useful feedback to others I take responsibility for my own actions I am an outstander – I choose to help others who are having a difficult time  Active Learner I am a curious learner – I ask questions I use feedback to improve my learning I have a growth mindset I know what my next steps are I share my ideas and point of view with different people Learning Smart I am organised and have everything that is needed for my learning I complete my work in the time I’m given I am punctual by being in the right place at the right time I manage my emotions when I am frustrated or challenged I ask for help when I don’t understand what to do Thinking Smart I can reflect on my learning I understand others’ opinions and ideas I can think critically I can think creatively  Cyber Smart I use the internet and devices in a safe way I can be trusted to use my device for the task I am meant to be doing I can use digital tools creatively I can use digital tools for different purposes	What we did: We Played Ki-O-Rahi in the first week Term 2 we worked on Team work   We played a selection of challenges and games We Learned about sport and history of sport
	What I learned: I learned how to play different selections of games I learned how to communicate and work well in a team I learned that other people have good specialities sports/games
	What I enjoyed: I enjoyed playing the games I enjoyed working in a team I enjoyed making blog posts about our learning I enjoyed working in a team
	What I found difficult: I found dealing with cheaters annoying and difficult Trying to work without distractions

P.E Hurumanu

This week we played Cross court games inside of our school gym our focus

was learning to solve problems and work in a team smoothly.

Our activity was Cross-court games For this activity I rated my self as a level 3.

To achieve at level 3 we have to show that we can consistently show respect

to the opponents and our own team. During the game of Cross court games

I showed that I am working at level 3 by Believing in my team and Supporting

These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3.

While playing the Cross-court games, something that I found challenging was

people hitting your feet with hockey sticks The reason I found this challenging

was because some people didn’t keep the sticks on the ground and they didn’t

stop hitting it in the air. However, I managed to overcome this challenge by telling

someone about what happened and calmly telling the opponents to hit it on the ground.

Next week I am aiming to work at level 4 To make sure that I am working on

that level I am going to work on leading my team to victory and not getting frustrated

over people cheating.

Radical Rainbow- Mufty Day

Our theme for this mufty day is Radical Rainbow, we thought this theme would suit the mufty day because when we give the money away it would turn there life around and that puts happiness inside of them and happiness relates to a rainbow.

We are raising money for people who doesn't have much so we can make a difference in their life.
It speeds kindness to our community because someone in our community might have nothing and with the support of us, we can make their day and they can make someone else's day and it keeps going around.

We can make the day successful by organizing the money, dressing up as a rainbow and having fun!
If Kids can ,can make a difference so can we!