Calypso

 This music makes me feel like me sitting on the beach, listening to music with family and friends eating fish and chips. Seagulls hanging around trying to steal our food. It's a nice summer's day with the sun shining and the water so blue. my family and I are playing touch rugby along the waterfront. my dad and I are seeing who is the strongest by dunking each other into the waves. I love days like this bring on summer. 

During your life, Never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams. -Tupac Shakur  

Pontoon bridge

 Why were these bridges created? A pontoon bridge is a bridge that floats on water. It is a floating bridge with barges or boats to support the bridge deck. These are used for sheltered water crossing in the war.

 How are they built? They are made from large watertight concrete floats, boats, barges or other buoyant structures connected end to end.

How are they reusable? They are moveable, you could use them for a pedestrian or vehicle bridge to cross the water. 

Badminton - PE - 9Hur6

 In PE at the moment, we are learning about badminton techniques and shots. Our task was to describe each technique given to us by our teacher. 

 

Social Justice

 Kia Ora Year 9,

Your task this week (Term 3 Week 5) is to create a piece of writing that helps your reader understand prejudice faced by different groups of people in Aotearoa (using the work we did in class).
(This is a continuation of the blog post some of you did in class already)

We are doing this to improve our writing skills and to help people understand different points of view - so that humans receive SOCIAL JUSTICE!

Groups of people we have learned about include: The muslim community, the LGBT+ community, the pasifika community, the asian community, and the disabled community. (Link to the work we did)

It should be structured like this:

INTRODUCTION What is your writing about?
“In our social justice hurumanu, we have learned about…
I think…

PARAGRAPHS 

Write about what this community has experienced. What kind of prejudice do they face? (Pre-judice means to PRE-JUDGE. To judge someone before getting to know them)
What do they want us to know?
What do you think?

CONCLUSION
Wrap up your writing with what you want your readers to take away after they have read it. What thought should they have in their head when they walk away?

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INTRODUCTION: In our social justice hurumanu, we have learned about a lot of prejudiced communities. Such as the Muslim community, the gay community, and the Asian community. I think that everyone should be treated the same no matter their religion, sexuality, or race.

PARAGRAPH 1 - The Muslim community has experienced a lot of bad things like the mosque shooting that happened two years ago. This was a terrorist attack that happened to the Muslims in Christchurch. The Muslims are judged for what they look like, what they wear, how they talk, and their religion. They want us to know that they are no different than everyone else. I think that Muslims should be treated the same as us.

PARAGRAPH 2 - The gay community has been through a lot of bad things too like being beaten up, assaulted, and bullied. They get judged for how they dress, how they talk, what they look like, and who they hang out with. They want us to know that they are still human and still have feelings even though they are gay. I think that they should be treated the same no matter who they like.

PARAGRAPH 3 - The Asian community has also been through a lot of bad stuff like being bullied. People are racist to them all the time. Just because they’re different, people judge them. For the food they eat, what they look like, and how they speak. Asian hate has gone on for many years but has increased fast over the last 12 months. In 2020/21 it has increased 1900% due to the Covid pandemic. Alot of people blame them for it. They want us to know that they are still people and that they are normal. They are not weird just because they are different. I think that the Asian community should be treated the same as us no matter what. 

CONCLUSION - In the end, bullying is not okay and everybody should be treated the same. Just because they look, sound, or act differently than you, you should still be respectful. Always treat people the way you want to be treated.

Digital task board

 My favorite things

week 3 do now calypso

 I imagine that I'm in Hawaii and I'm on the beach with my friends and having a good time, listening to music, having a drink in my hand and laughing at jokes that my friends and I are saying. 

energy transformation

 

week 3 - do now

 The bridges were made so the army trucks could get across the river, they were built with rope and planks of wood, They are reusable because they are made out of wood and rope and the rope would be are to rip if it did you just need to tie it up again.

schooner do now-week 2

 The schooner is a boat, the schooner has different sizes and different shapes, on the sails the color is white, and the rest of the boat is like a brownish color. On the schooner there is more than one sail it is not like a regular boat cause a regular boat has normally one or two sails but the schooner has 4 or more, and it is really close to the water. If I was on the boat I would only see water depending on where I am.