Parihaka

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about the story of Pariaka. Which was about how the British soldiers took over Parihaka and arrested the leader because they were on there land. For this blog post we had to answer some questions from a song called Parihaka. Heres the link to the song > (Song Link). The main message of this song is about Parihaka and Te Whiti. In the song "you can't pull out your roots" means you can't stop them from planting seeds. The song also says "His children's children wearing the white plume"  which means they are wearing the white feather that represents Te Whiti. Te Whiti will never be defeated which means he'll always be remembered and talked about. 

ANZAC

Hello, in social studies this week we have been learning about Anzac and what it is, it was on April 25 where Australia and New Zealand made an alliance to capture the Gallipoli peninsula. I have been making a map for it. where the fights were, and what it was about, ANZAC stands (Australia New Zealand Army Corps).  I've made a map about where it was, and where the mines were in the water. Here is the map that I made. (Map). The red on the map was ANZAC and the green was the British.

The song comes on at April 21 every year, it is for remembrance for the soldiers that lost their life fighting on those days. it is played as a final farewell at military funerals and commemorative services. the song represents our 2 country's. The Last Post 

Atomic Science: Periodic Table

What does the periodic table show us? it shows us what the elements are and how many electrons, neutrons and protons have. it explains how much matter is inside of them, says how many protons, electrons, neutrons. it shows how many shells it has and shows the position on the periodic table. Alkali metals have 1 electron in the outer shell. they need to get rid of it so they can react. atoms are made up of 3 things, electrons, protons, neutrons. the electron it on the outside while the proton and neutron are in the middle. the centre of the atom is called a nucleus. every element has at least one atom in it. the number at the top of the element shows how many electrons there are, and at the bottom is the neutrons and protons.

We did an experiment where you put water and universal indicator in, then miss put lithium in first, it just smoked and spun around in circles, but then she did a bigger chunk and it made it spin way faster and smoke more. then after a while she put in sodium, the small piece smoked ALOT. then she got a bigger piece and put it in, and eventually it caught on fire and exploded, all the little bits that were caught on fire went all over the tables.

• Mass Number
• Elements
• Atomic
• Different Columns
• Different Rows

1. Alkali Metals
2. Transitions Metals
3. Gases

Reflection Section

 Reflection Section

This week has been boring and not fun, because i broke my ankle, therefore I cant hang out with my friends and family as much, every day this week I have been picked up from school and hopped straight into bed to help my foot rest and get better, i need to wear a moon boot for 2 weeks, then we go back to the doctors and they can see if I need to keep it on for a few more weeks, or if i'm ok, after school each day I just sit in my bed and play Xbox. school has been good this week, i have managed to walk around school to get to my classes, but I cant run, or walk very fast.

Taha Wairua - Adam Sharplin

Today in health we needed to watch an episode of our choice on a site, i chose one for Adam Sharplin and talking about how life and how he copes with depression. Here is the documentary about him.

Episode 1. Adam Sharplin

His dad left him when he was three, in the later ages of him his mum was diagnosed with a sort of sickness, he was depressed for many years and to this day, to cure it for a little bit he would go hunting with is dogs, he loved hunting and he loved dogs so he put the 2 together and hunted for animals with his dogs. He would train for kickboxing  with friends. or just by himself he would like to spend time with his family, which would contribute to his well being he would like to hang with groups of men and friends. Sometimes when he went hunting he would bring animals back to the home to provide it to his family. when he was younger it impacted him really badly and he had quite bad depression, now he has grown to it and not as depressed

Here is the link to his video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8QYgAhhwoE&feature=emb_logo