Social Studies - The breadwinner task

In social studies we have been learning about the breadwinner it is all about a 11 year old girl who must risk herself so her mother and sisters can survive life in Taliban controlled Afghanistan. First we watched the movie about the breadwinner and then we had to do a task about that. The movie took about 2 hours we did't watch it for 2 hours straight because people kept being noisy and naughty. After a couple of days later of watching the movie we had to do a task about the movie THE BREADWINNER. Here is the task that we had to do.

1. How old is Parvana?

• 11 years old

2. Describe what she looks like?

• She looks like a Muslim because that is what he believes are
• During the film/movie she changes from a girl to a boy because only boys were allowed on the sheets and only boys were allowed to buy groceries and ect…
• She was disguised from a girl to a boy because only boys could go to prison to visit

3. Explain what Parvana in interested in and how she spends her time

• Pavana spends her time trying to get her dad from out of prison
• Pavana spends her time selling things to get money to beg the people for her dad to get out of prison
• She is interested in on buying food for her family to keep them not hungry and not staving to death
• She is interested in on getting water from a well into a bucket for her family to put in cups to drink out of so they don't die and so they can keep hydrated

4. What are some of the things that Parvana worries about? Identify and explain an example from the film

• She worries about her family especially he dad when she goes to prison for example because she thinks that the people that took her dad to prison will kill or hurt him
• She worries about getting food for her family for example because she is scared that people are going to find out that she is a girl so she makes a boy voice

• She worries about getting water from the well for example because she is scared that someone is going to attack her

1. Create a flowchart to describe Parvana's journey in the film

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Parvana is sitting down with her father in the market	Parvana’s father goes to prison from these evil people	Parvana decides to change into a boy to go out to the market
Parvana sells things to make money to go to prison	Parvana goes to prison to get her father and then she gets pushed away	Then Parvana decides to go as a boy to the prison and then got Parvana’s father but he was badly hurt

    6. Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Parvana with another character. Compare to her friend

Social Studies - Dictatorship Research

For the last 2 weeks in social studies we have been learning about types of governments. Our teacher Mr Wilson gave us a research task to do about a types of a government for the last 2 weeks and it had to be done. First we had to chose a type of government's here were the options Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Communism, Republic, Maori law, Monarchy and Feudal system. Then we had to do these following things. Here is my slideshow with all of the detail in it.

Home Economics - Cupcakes

Today in Home Economics we have baked cupcakes. First when we got in the kitchen we washed our hands and then we put our apron on like we always do. After that we washed our table and then got our recipe and started reading it. Then we got all of the ingredients in their little and big bowls and then got them organised on the table nicely. Next we started making the cupcakes, here is a recipe of the cupcakes.

125g butter
3/4 c of sugar
1t of vanilla essence
2 eggs (Size 7)
1 1/2 c of plain flour
2 t of baking powder
1/2 cup of milk

First we creamed the butter in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. Then we added the sugar and continued creaming until light and fluffy in texture. Next we added the vanilla essence and beat briefly. After that add eggs one at a time, beat well after you have added each egg. Sift flour and baking powder onto a large plate. After that using a rubber scraper, scrape all the mixture off the wooden spoon. Then add 1/3 sifted flour, baking powder mix and fold in half of the milk using the rubber scraper. After that Repeat step 7 for the next 1/3 flour mix and the rest of the milk. Do not over mix. Add the last of the flour and gently fold this into the cake batter. Carefully spoon cake batter evenly into 12 paper cases. Bake at 180C for 7 min then turn oven to fan bake for a another 6 - 8 min. After that put your cupcakes into the fridge to cool down.

Here is the photo of the whole recipe that we did used.

Here are the pictures of the cupcakes during the making.

Here are pictures after the cupcakes were cooked.

Buttercream / Viema cream

50g of Margarine / Butter

100g - 150g icing sugar

Flavouring (Essence)

Food colouring

Cream together margarine, icing sugar, flavouring and the food colouring. Spread icing onto cooled cupcakes and decorate with sprinkles or any sweets if available.

My group chose to chose the colour pink because we thought it would be very nice and the flavouring we chose orange because our teacher said that is the best one and it taste so good.

Here are the photos of the cupcakes with the buttercream on

Last but not least here are the photos of the cupcakes with the buttercream and sweets.

The ugly shakespear

Today in period 1 and 5mins of period 2 all of the year 9s and 10s were watching these 3 people doing a shakespear performance. There group name is called the ugly shakespear and for me it was all right but very very cringe. 

The shakespear theme was about Racism, Evil and domestic violence, the set of the performance was on our school stage in the auditorium and it had a background on the stage where they can hide to get changed into there costume. The three people names were Iago, Desdemona and Othello, the roles that they were doing was Iago was the dadum music, Othello was a black soldier and Desdemona was white.

Sorry for the short blog post

Home Economics - Ginger Gems

Today in Home economics (Cooking) we have been making ginger gems, they are like ginger bread mens but in gems.

When we got into the cooking room we got our apron on, washed our hands, washed our table and then we mis en place, what that means Is that we get our ingredients ready. After that we got into our groups and then we read the instruction but we made a mistake. What we did is that every group didn't read the instructions properly so we got mucked up.

After that we had two pieces of paper of instructions, one piece of instruction was paper and the other one was laminated. What we did for the paper copies our group write down our names beside the bit of ingredients that we got ready.

After that our cooking teacher told us what to do next with the laminated instruction, what we did is that we did from 1 to 5 on the instructions and then stopped for the next instructions from teacher. Our group didn't need to stop because our group was the first ones done and the other groups were well behind, so we keeped going.

My group put the muffin trays in the oven for a little bit until it was hot. After that Our group had left over butter so we put them into the muffin trays that we got out waiting for them to melt, and that's what every group done. Then we put our batter into the muffin trays. After our group was finished making the Ginger gems we put them into the oven for about 15 minutes.

Then our whole group started doing our dishes we all did our bit, my bit was Putting the equipment away. After that we got our Ginger gems from out o the oven and then got them out of the muffin trays and onto the rack and waited for them to cool down.

Sorry but I forgot to take a photo of the instructions so I cant write them down.

Here are the photos of the Ginger gems that we made.

Back in the old days they used to put the Ginger gems into a metal tray which forms them into houses shapes. Here is a photo of the tray.

Business studies - Rechargeable light bulbs

Today in business studies we had to come up with some ideas on how to make product better and how they can improved. Then we had to discuss what we wanted to do then we had to consider these things, Cost involved and what existing products would be using or competing against. After that we had to start designing our ideas on paper. What my group came up with was rechargeable light bulbs. After we had to answer some questions on this blog post.

What product you are trying to improve?

We are turning a normal light bulb to a rechargeable light bulb

Why you wanted to improve it?

Because we want to upgrade light bulbs to make them more better than they already are.

What would the changes be?

• To make the chargeable light bulb to charge longer than it already does
• To make it more brighter than it already is

Business studies

In business studies we have been looking at some idea's that could be improved, change or make better. After that we got into groups and our group came up with a bit of idea's on what we could change, improve or make better.

Here are some of the remaking creations that we have made up.

Ideas: Upgradeable creations - looks, differently built

Shoes - looks, foldable,  stretchy and moulds onto u

Clothes which need not a lot of cleaning

Deodorant - Lasts longer and the scent lasts longer as well

Windows-which can dim when light is too bright.

Rechargeable light bulbs- So you can recharge light bulbs

Glasses-which the user can change to someone’s eyesight quality

Sorry that this isn't a big blog.

Ho Chi Minh

This week in homeroom we have been learning about leaders and what they do. Then our teacher put a lot of leaders around the world that we had to write about and I have chosen Ho Chi Minh because I liked the awesome fact about him. Ho Chi Minh gained independence for Vietnam by winning the Vietnam was against the USA. After that there were questions that we had to answer about the person that we have chosen. Here are the questions and answers.

Who they were?

Ho Chi Minh was a human to gain independence for winning the Vietnam war.

What did they achieve?

What Ho Chi Minh achieved was that he defeated the french union in 1954 at the battle of Dien Bien Phu ending the first inochina war

When were they leaders?

In the 20th century

Why they were such incredible leaders?

He was a model with great attachment to the people because the revoluting cause is the cause of the masses & the power of the people is invincible.

How did they become so powerful & successful?

Because he was successful campain to make Vietnam independent. He was the president of north Vietnam from 1945 to 1969

A  fun fact: Around the world there are some leaders like Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh is embalmed and stuffed in a class box that he can fit in because people think that he is to important to get buried. Ho Chi Minh gets taken away about every few years to get embalmed. This is the same thing as Lenin's bodie

Here are some photos of them if you want to see them

Here is a clip about Ho Chi Minh

Social studies

Today in social studies we have been talking about Afghanistan and the wars around the world. Then we were looking at a slide show about why we are at war with Afghanistan. The class was looking at the map all around India. Our teacher told us to answer these 2 questions here are what they are.


Where is Afghanistan?

Afghanistan is near Pakistan

Why was there a war in Afghanistan?

It started on October 7th in 2001 the united states sought to remove the Taliban power as they were all terrorists and camps who were the main suspects of the September 11 attacks

Kiwi Ingenuity - Business studies

Last week in business studies we were working out how to fix the kiwi bloke problem that our teacher made up. and then we had to write it down in a google doc. Here is the problem.

Your kiwi bloke has gone camping and taken tinned food to eat… but he’s forgotten the can opener!

How is he going to solve the problem??

This is what my group came up with.

1. Use a knife to cut it open
2. Order some uber eats instead
3. Get a sharp piece of stick and STAB IT open
4. Fruit trees
5. Huhu grubs
6. Get one of those safety lighters and have it there lighting on top of can then break it open

After that the class was looking at the people that invented these weird items that we were looking at. Then we answered 2 questions for each of the photos, there were about 9 pictures that we had to answer the 2 questions on. Here are what the pictures were called.

1. A mountain buggy

2.  Most benefit Waterside - Arthur's Pass

3. The scootboard

4. Spreadable butter

5. Clothing and equipment

6. A van boat

7. The cycle mower

8. The hedge trimmer

Here is what we wrote for each of them.

A mountain buggy:

• It has construction on the picture to show how it works and it has the price on it.
• $1.50 for a mountain buggy (LEGIT)
• It’s taking something and using it for another purpose

  Waterside - Arthur's Pass

• It sends water over the road so we they didn’t have to build a bridge
• It is part of the water stream that goes around and around
• It can be for using like a waterside otherwise its DEATH

The Scootboard:

• You can hold onto something and not fall off
• You can’t even ride it properly and do scooter tricks
• It is for people that don’t have a brain to think about how to ride it

Spreadable butter:

• Why is it so cheap for a block of butter for $1.00
• It shows the construction on how it works and what it looks like
• It doesn't make sense because there are easier solutions for this concept

Clothing and equipment:

• The purpose of this concept is that it makes you warm, live and to be happy
• The outdoor pack is to help you carry things so you don't have to carry it yourself with your own hands
• It also has a tent to keep you under shelter and so you don’t get sick and get cold

A van boat:

• Where is the motor or are there rafts to make it move
• It is multipurpose for this concept of the van boat
• Is there a motor if there is it is going to wreck the whole van in general

The cycle mower:

• The cycle mower is easily unstable because it is going to snap of and your head is gonna go through the mower and kill yourself
• The mower is so rusty it is going to break or destroy the whole thing in general  

The hedge trimmer:

• The straps that are holding the tractor thing can easily snap off and the human could die. 
• Good idea poorly executed.8
• It's an easy way to trim the hedges but is very unsafe. Just use a ladder, people.

Today our teacher put questions on the TV about kiwi ingenuity then we had to answer them. Here are the questions.

1. Which one of these examples of kiwi Ingenuity do you think would be;

A. Of most benefit to New Zealanders? Give a reasonable example

B. Of least benefit to New Zealanders? Give a reasonable example

The most benefit example is the clothing and equipment because from my perspective everyone would use it cause it will help you when you are travelling or going camping somewhere for a holiday. The clothing helps you from being sick and to keep you warm and to keep you alive. The backpack can help you carry your things and for alot of things.

The least benefit example is the spreadable butter because it will be really hard to use from my perspective. I dont know why they made this item when you can easily just put it in the microwave or something to make it softer to spread then making this hard item. So I dont think many people will use this dumb item.

2. Choose the two examples of kiwi Ingenuity that you think would be the most likely to capture the imagination of people in other countries. Justify your choices.

The first one is the clothing and equipment because from my perspective everyone would use it cause it will help you when you are travelling or going camping somewhere for a holiday. The clothing helps you from being sick and to keep you warm and to keep you alive. The backpack can help you carry your things and for alot of things.

The second one is the van boat because it is way cheaper than buying a boat but instead you can just use your fan and make it into a boat. In my head im thinking about the engine at the bottom of the van because it could wreak the whole thing.

Home Economics - Scones

Yesterday in Home economics we made scones. In the process first we got all of the ingredients together so we dont need to go back and forth and so we dont interrupt other peoples learning. Then in the process of baking the scones first we sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. After we cut the butter in small cubes then rub butter into the dry ingredients with fingure tips until it resembles bread crumbs, the reason we we rub with our fingure tips is because they are way cooler that out palm. The next step was that we made a well in the middle of the dry ingredients then we added the milk gradually, next we mix quickly with a knife to form a soft dough. After that we lightly kneed the scone dough a few times on the table top, after we placed a piece of baking paper on an oven tray. After that we cut dough into 12 pieces even sized and then we placed dough onto the oven tray (keep them quite close together towards the centre of the tray. Then you get a cooking brush and brush scones with milk but not to much. Finally Bake your scones at 180c for about 10 minutes and when your scones are ready put them onto a rack to let them cool down and do the most boring part of all clean up after yourself and do the DISHES

Health - Friends vs Fake friends

In health we were learning about friends vs fake friends and what they are and what they mean. The reason we are doing this is because it is part of health and because it is part of our well being. Then we watched a video of the differences of friends vs fake friends and what they do. After that the whole class went onto a google slide and we got our own slide to write what examples of Friends vs fake friends are. It was really easy and really fun to do with the whole class. Here is a picture of the google slide that I made on my part.