Body Positivity - Health

This week in Health class we've been learning about Body Image, and we've been looking at examples of people who express themselves as well as speak up about body positivity. We also saw magazines and advertisements that tell us that we should have this 'Perfect body' and learnt that they're discouraging us just so we can give them our money to look they way they want us to. Learning about these two subjects were interesting and taught me many things, such as learning how to love myself and to know that we dont have to look like the models in magazines or social media because i am already perfect and beautiful in my own way. 

We also learnt about gender stereotypes, which interests me the most because at a young age society places females and males in category, such as the saying "only girls wear pink" or "only boys wear suits" so to me when males and females go against 'Gender stereotypes' makes them powerful and strong.    

Body Positive

In class we have been learning positive thoughts we should have towards our body image and
appearance. Over the weeks we went through experiences and ways how people went through their
differences, as well as the challenges they had to face along the way or are still going through.
We learnt that not only girls but guys go through these experiences too.
Overall we learnt how to have positive thoughts about ourselves.

See -

Visualising ourselves as beautiful can help encourage both ourselves and others surrounding us.
When we see ourselves as beautiful, we boost our self confidence thus having a positive affect towards
our health.

Think -

Knowing that each and every one of us is beautiful in our own way, can help us know that there's nothing
we need to change about ourselves. Stretch marks, scars your weight is all part of who we are,
we dont need to punish or put ourselves down because of what everyone else sees as beautiful  

Feel -

Feeling beautiful can motivate us to do more, for example we feel confident in what we wear,
eat or how we look. Positive thinking towards our appearance and body image is healthy for us to do
what makes us feel happy.

Mince gravy with potato salad

Step 1 - Boil the potato until its cooked
        2 - Fry the mince with onion add 1 cup of bisto and flour
        3 - Serve with potato salad

Muffins

Blueberry Muffins

Step 1 - 1 1/2 C of Flour
        2 - 1/2 C of sugar
        3 - 1/2 C of oil
        4 - 1/2 C of milk
        5 - 1 egg
        6 - Blueberry ( Add last )
        7 - Mix all and bake 180 c

Fried Rice - Cooking Class

Step 1 - Whisk 3 eggs and fry it as a scramble egg when it cooked dice it into small strip
Step 2 - Dice the ham
Step 3 - Fry onion for 3 mins add butter, rice, egg, ham, and soy sauce
Step 4 - Take a photo and post it to your blog

Whats a community?

In class we have been discussing what a community means and what it is. Our teacher set us up in groups of three and we all made a google drawing explaining what we think a community is. Down below are the results that me and my group have put together, explaining what a community means to us.

Migration Model

In class we have been learning about migration and have been discussing some push and pull reasons for it. This migration model is about why people leave or migrate from their home country to another. For example, when most people or family's cant afford to pay for rent they move to another country so they can manage to survive. Down below I have created a migration model to describe some reasons why people may migrate.

Meeting with client

For a couple of weeks we have been designing different things to put on a wall. When we met up with our client - Mr Grundy - We laid out our work and he picked the thing he liked. while that was happening he realised most of our work wasn't simple, So he taught us the K-I-S-S saying, which stands for: Keep It Simple Stupid. He explained that if we were to paint on the wall, we would want it to be simple so we are able to paint. Instead of trying to paint flames or tiny designs. Finally before he went away he choose the designs that he liked. Which was the simple wood plane, and the font Ice cube.         

Nathan and Oscar - Made in Taiwan

 Over the past two weeks we have been doing an activity called Made in Taiwan, we watched   videos and wrote down some notes about the video. In the video there were two guys named Nathan & Oscar who travelled around the islands to find out where there clan parents came from.  
The thing that really interested me about the video was how they were studying about the Lapita patterns and designs 

Bedmas

Inquiry - Term 4

The tree

While walking through a forest I heard echoing of someone screaming. Immediately without thinking I start climbing a tree, But the higher I got the louder it was. I looked down searching for the unusual sound. I failed to find it until I felt twigs falling on my shoulder. Looking up I see a dead body hanging above me. My body filled with fear, was frozen. I couldn’t move, think and speak. I let go and fell all the way down landing on leaves and twigs. Taking my last breath I hear footsteps come closer behind me. 

BEEP BEEP BEEP. I banged the alarm and fell off my bed. I stare at the roof realizing it was all a dream. Sitting up, I look at the time. “Rangi time to get ready for school” yells my mum. “ Ok be out in a sec” I  yell back. As I reach out for my glasses I hear smashing from outside. I wriggle my glasses onto my nose and peek outside my bedroom window. At first I see nothing but my neighbour walking down the street, but then the unexpected happens. He begins walking into my driveway with his hand behind his back. 

I scream my heart out, trying to warn my parents of a intruder. But as hard as I yell, nothing comes out my mouth. My whole body froze as I hear the sounds of my parents screaming. I panic and hide in the closet, reach in my pocket and search for my phone. I then remember that I had left my phone on my bed. I cuddle myself hoping nothing bad will happen, hoping it was all a dream. Footsteps approach my bedroom, coming closer and closer. Louder and louder. The sounds of nails scratching the wall, make me lose hope. Looking up i see the door knob slowly twist. I take a breath and close my eyes. Facing head down I hear the door open “ Take me, I don’t care anymore, I understand why you’re doing this, I deserve it”. As i look up my face turns blank.

“Ahahaha you should’ve seen your face”. I wipe away my tears and punch Tj’s arms “You retard that wasn’t funny” I say “Your prank was worse what are you on about?!” yells Tj. I go quiet and just stand “Haha shame told ya i’d get you back”. “Wait how did …” “Honey you ok?” says a voice from the door I look to my side and see my mom and dad standing there, Laughing. “I get it, you want the pranking to stop, dont you?” They all start laughing and nod their heads.

Writing test - Colour code

S - Statement - YELLOW
E - Explanation - GREEN
E - Example - BLUE



Friends. You can trust them and know that they’ll always be there when you need them. Those types of friends are good friends they don’t tear you down or back stab you when chatting to other people. If you wanna have friends like that or be like that, then in the following paragraphs I will explain to you how to be a real friend.



One way is to listen, really listen. Listening is one of the best things you can give a friend. Listening demonstrates that you really care about what they’re talking about and in the future they’ll be able to trust you and share more with you. For example when a friend is weighed down by struggles such as material needs or a loss of a dead loved one, real friends truly listen to their struggles, and you’ll be showing them that you care about their situation and it shows them that they’re not alone.



You also need to cultivate forgiveness. With forgiveness you prove to your friend that everyone makes mistakes and that you can’t just hold a grudge forever. So when a friend says something without thinking a good friend will forgive them instead of holding a grudge and disliking them forever.



Good friends never use put downs in conversations or mocks people because of their looks, culture or about the way they talk. True friends care about what in the inside, your personality, humour and much more. Unlike fake friends real friends let you be yourself and dont judge you for being you. 



When being bullied or teased or laughed at, good friends are there for you. They support you in every way and make sure that your okay. They don’t just stand there and watch you get hurt they jump in and help you along the way. That’s a real friend.



That’s majority of the quality’s good friends have. These are the type of qualities nearly everyone wants and needs in a friend. So being a good friend contains listening, forgiveness, kind words and support. Thanks for reading     

How to be a good learner

Education is vital in most families. Education leads you to have a safe and happy life, But in order to have a safe and happy life you need to be a good learner. In the following paragraphs i will explain to you how you can be a good learner.

To be a good learner you need to pay attention. Paying attention requires focus and no mucking around. For example in order to get high marks on your report then you need to pay attention to your teacher so you understand whats going on. And paying attention can show the teacher and others that you really care about your grades.

But what if no matter how much you keep eye contact on your teacher you still need to ask questions if you don't fully understand. So paying attention isn’t the only thing you need to be a good learner, you also need to ask questions. So like when you get sent off the mat after the teacher explains and you still don’t understand then you need to go to the teacher and ask her in order to understand what she is teaching you.

Good learners need to attend to school everyday. Attendance is one of the important things you need to do. Attendance enables you to get  assignments done on time and at prize giving you’ll get awards for your attendance. 

Being prepared is all about being a good learner. So making sure you have everything ready for the following events coming up. For instance if you have a upcoming test or assignment you need to prepare for it and be ready, this is similar if you have a sports event coming up.

There you have it - 4 reasons as to be a good learner. Paying attention, Asking questions, Attendance and Being prepared. With all these qualities you can become a good learner and succeed in the future.

Man and sea

WALT: Test Ready, preparing myself with strategies to do my best in the upcoming tests    

Task description:

Our group has been reading the book 'Man and Sea' this story is about why Samoan's get traditional tattoos such as the pe'a.

Immersion assembly - term four

It’s the start of the term it’s time to find out what our study will be.  As usual our teacher’s are playing things down, keep things under wrap so we won’t know until our immersion assembly.   Immersion assemblies are the Pt England Way! Let me explain to you in the next 3 paragraphs why we love having immersion assemblies.

Being excited - eager to learn!  That’s us - that’s what the immersion assembly today has us feeling. Waiting there patiently for the assembly to start. New term, new topic a good start for this term. Art is the best way to finish my last year in intermediate before i head off to college

Like every immersion assembly, we’ve got a new topic for this term. Te wå toi, and our focus for this term is art. During the assembly Mr Jacobson and Mrs Nua were transforming our principle into …… Although i wasn’t that interested - At the time - Since it was the first day back at school i was feeling kinda tired and couldn’t really focus on the assembly.         

Each team presented something related to art and explained to the whole school what their team has to look forward to this term. Each one was kinda entertaining, although one did take a while to finish, but the ending results were quite good - even though they traced it. Team 3 didn’t quite understand art and instead they just had fun and put paint on themselves and painted the paper with their bodys.

There you have it - 3 reasons as to why we love having immersion assemblies to kick off every term of learning at Pt England School.  Maybe you could use my explanation to help you set up something similar in your learning

Follow up activity

NZ ranked as the 14th laziest country

Who is the main person or group of people in this news article?
New Zealand
What was the key event from the news article?
The laziest country
Where did this event take place?
World’s health organisation (WHO)
When did this event take place?
On 11th of september 2018

Thinking ….

 Find a quote from the main person in this news article?
The laziest 20 nations in the world have today been named and shamed!
In your own words describe what happened in this news article.
New Zealand has been selected as the 14th laziest country
 Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.
World Health Organisation (WHO)
 Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.
It started this year and it’s telling us that we have been selected as the 14th laziest country and maybe if people change and be fitter we could go down or even get off the list
 Explain in your own words why this event took place.
Because 42.4% of New zealand's population fails to hit recommended targets.
Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.
 (THERE IS NO DICTIONARY)

Move your body - Week 9