Kāhui Art

Today in Wānanga we had to create a art piece of our kahui bird and it has to represent our school Hornby High. The hole year 7-9 could enter and one person from each year level could get a cafe voucher or Hud voucher. I did my art about Tīeke because its my Kāhui. The bird was standing on a branch and was holding the school logo in its mouth. I used a reference to make my art. Here is the reference I used.

Living A Healthy Lifestyle Is A Choice

Today in health we are learning what is a healthy lifestyle. We have to write a paragraph about what we understand of we can control in our life and tell you what we think living a healthy lifestyle is a choice.

You can control your health if you eat fruit every day and keep track of your blood, sugar and salt.
There are multiple diseases out in the word and you cant control some of them but you can try and stop it from spreading. Your life is a choice if you dont do whats healthy you can die or even get a disease and it might spread through your body and kill you if its not treated. You can control it by having lots of sleep, eat 3 meals a day, showering daily, your skincare, ect.

I shower daily so I keep clean and don't get sick and I try and eat fruit everyday. Since I had ASD when I was 6 if I didn't get a surgery I would keep on getting sick and couldn't get to school for a long time and would run out of breath and collapse but luckily that didn't happen because of heart kids and starship.

Following Gold

Today I finished my work early so I had to read poem. After we read it we had to answer some questions. The poem was called "Following Gold". Here is my work.
I think the poem is telling you a story about the way to go to get gold. I think they are feeling curious about what's going to happen next. I think this is meant to tell you that it is an adventure.

Gold Rush

For the past 2 weeks we have been doing stuff in hurumanu 1 about Gold Rush. We had to watch videos and read article to learn about what happened. The videos we watched were called "Shantytown Heritage Park – Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand" and "Hunter's Gold". Here are the videos link Shanty Heritage, Hunters Gold. We had to do a DLO that have 4 facts about mining and 4 facts about Chinese people in mining. Here is my work.

Chinese People

1. In 1866 there were less than 200 chinese miners in Otago
2. Chinese miners followed one of three major religious beliefs - Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
3. Some Chinese miners smoked opium before they came to New Zealand. Other miners took up the habit because they were lonely and/or hungry - opium is an appetite suppressant. It is estimated that 10% of Chinese miners were addicted to opium and 60% smoked it occasionally.
4. During the early 1800s many people from the Guangzhou province in Southern China lived in poverty.

Mining

1. It takes a long time to learn how to do it properly.
2. It is very dangerous to Mine and if it's not properly checked the dirt could come collapse and fall on you and you could die if you don't have an emergency exit or get out quick enough.
3. You need hammers and chisels with pickaxes and shovels. Minecarts are used to move ore and other materials in the process of mining. Pans are used for placer mining operations, such as gold panning.
4. You can earn lots of money from mining but it takes time to find the gold and you need the right equipment.

200 Word Challenge

Today we did something new. It was the 200 word challenge like 100 word challenge but more words. I did more then 200 words because I had to much ideas. Here is my work.

Today was a really good day. The sun was out, the wind was blowing and keeping us cool from the hot sun. It was a good day until…   my friends left me over a rumor. I don't know what the rumor was but it has to be bad because they are always by my side and they didn't ever believe rumors.I was walking down the street and found a piano. I walked up to the piano, it was as beautiful as a sunrise. I sat down on the set by the piano and opened it up. It was brand new but why was it out in the middle of the sidewalk. I put my hand on the cold keys and started to get the riven of the keys and connect with it. I started playing my favorite song. While I was playing it felt like I was meant to find it. My hands were playing. I wasn't in control. The piano was in control. It made me feel free to do whatever I wanted to do. Even though it was a bad day the piano just made it way better than it was. It felt like my life was complete, nothing could get in the way now. Even on bad days and when I lose my friends I can still make more. Everyday was an amazing day from that day on. My parents died the next day but it was still a good day even though we cant spend any more memories. They are still in my heart even though they are gone. I played my parents favourite song on the piano in front of everyone at the funeral. Everyone loved it.

100 Word Challenge

Today we are doing a activity from last week. The activity is 100 word challenge. I didn't do it because us year 7s were at kiwi kaha. Here is my work.

One day there was this snow family heading out for a picnic out in the snow.

"White Snow reminder to bring warm clothes" Said Big Snow.

"Okay Big Snow" Replied White Snow to his dad Big Snow.

"Dear, where is the picnic?" Asked Mama Snow.

"Its at the park" Replied Big Snow.

Mama Snow noded.

Later when they got there

"Dear you didn't say it was cold" said Mama Snow to Big Snow

"Oh sorry sweetie"  Said Big Snow to Mama Snow.

Big Snow grabs the table and chairs out.

Mama Snow grabs the bag and pulls out the food.

Getting Enough Sleep

Today we are starting a new activity. The activity is about Sleep and how much we should get. We have to read an article to help us with the questions. We got some question to answer. Here are the answers.

A Teenager need to get around 8-10 of sleep.

I wake up at 7:30 and I go to bed at 9:00 or 9:30. So I get about 10 hours of sleep which is good for someone my age.

Four ways you can get to sleep better.
1. Dimming the lights like 30 to an hour before you get to sleep.
2. Sleep in a quiet and dark place.
3. Read for 30 minutes before you go to sleep.
4. Try and avoid eating meals within 1 - 2 hours of going to bed.

It is important to get a good sleep so you have enough engage to stay awake and so you don't get short time of breath because that happens if you don't get enough hours of sleep. For school it is good to good to get a lot of sleep so you are learning ready