Fair Go Ad Awards is a Go!!!

What are we doing for Music?

This term for Music we are creating an Advertisement to enter in the Fair Go Ad Awards competition. We are writing an original jingle and we are going to film it all ourselves, we will be advertising Hornby as a location.
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What is your job?

My job is to write a letter to our principal to request permission to leave our school's grounds and other things among that. I am also doing this job all alone.

How will you ensure that this is successful?

I will check over this with my teacher and have others go over and check it before I send it off to him.

What am I learning?

I am learning about how advertisements contribute to the selling of a product or location.

How does this work show my learning?

It shows my learning because this shows what I have learnt about needing to advertise products which will contribute to my up and coming third year of Business and Enterprise.

What am I wondering?

Will writing this letter and actually starring in the ad be my only contribution? Or will I be able to help in another way?

An average Māori Lunar Month

Through this work, I am learning all about my countries history and how the Māori people survived before the Europeans came and colonized the Māori peoples land. This teaches us how organized the people were and how they adapted to the land's way of working to make it work for them. 

Year 9 Home Economics

Practical 6/8/18

We have done two recipes since we have started food tech, Savoury Bread Cases and Chicken Stir Fry. We, unfortunately, only have a photo of my group with our chicken stir fry. I'm on the left, Nadia is in the middle and Molly is on the other end.

Health And Safety 10/8/18

What is the difference between Hygiene and Personal Safety?

Hygiene means to keep yourself and your food clean and healthy to eat, while personal safety means to make sure that you don't get yourself hurt while using a knife or another utensil.

How have we demonstrated these so far in our first two practicals this term?

We have demonstrated keeping hygienic by washing our hands before and after practicals, also after handling raw meats like chicken, we have also shown how we can keep hygienic by using the right knife with the right chopping board and wiping down our tables before and after practicals.

We have demonstrated personal safety by carrying knives by our sides when we take them to and from our tables, we have also kept our eye on the elements when they have been on and used oven mitts when taking things out of the oven.

When we use chicken, what are some key things to remember to ensure it is cooked and safe to eat?

• If chicken is cooked properly, it will be white all the way through.
• A tip, when cooking diced chicken, take the largest piece of chicken and check to see if it white all the way through, if not, it will need to be cooked for longer, if it is white all the way through then it and all the other chicken pieces are most likely cooked, although it might be a good thought to check other pieces too for good measure.
• When cutting the chicken make sure that you both wash the board before and after using it, and that you wash the knife thoroughly, preferably with warm water and soap, before using it again.
• Always use a clean knife and board when cutting chicken, do not use that knife or board until it is cleaned properly.
• Chicken is cooked at 75 degrees Celcius.

BACTERIA 10/8/18 and 13/8/18

What is bacteria?

Bacteria are the smallest living things in the world and they are spread from unhygienic practices, bacteria can be spread when people are sick and preparing food, or have dirty hands, unclean clothes, open cuts or dirty fingernails, those are not the only ways that bacteria are spread.

What do bacteria need to survive?

Bacteria thrive in warm and sweaty environments full of food, like a kitchen.

Here are three example of how we can avoid spreading bacteria.

1. Make sure all food is covered or stored correctly, bacteria need oxygen to survive, so find ways to cut that off.
2. Food should not be left out for longer than two hours.
3. Clean surfaces with anti-bacterial spray.

What does cross-contamination mean?

Cross-contamination means to spread germs from one food onto another, an example is when you are using a knife for cutting up chicken and then, without changing or cleaning boards or knives you start to cut up vegetables.

Bacteria 13/8/18

Bacteria need six things to survive - 

1. Oxygen
2. Moisture
3. Time
4. Food
5. Neutral Ph levels
6. Temperature ranging from 4 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celcius

What are two ways we can stop bacteria from growing?

Store food in air-tight containers and store it in a fridge or leave it out for a maximum time of two hours.

I have created a makeshift thermometer with the key temperatures on in, the blue shows where bacteria stop growing.

Practical 17/8/18

On Friday we started our baking practicals and started with scones. They didn't turn out the best and some people did feel a bit queasy after eating them because they were undercooked, but had they been cooked properly, they would have turned out all right. My group wanted to do the version with sultana's but when we were rolling out the dough to cut we realised we had forgotten to put the sultanas into the dough mixture.

I think that the entire class could have improved on our time management, we had arrived late to the class because the school's bells weren't working and then our practical went into the interval so everyone was rushing to get out and we didn't realise that they were undercooked.

I think that I learnt how not to make scones, and that scones are not easy to make in a crowded classroom with only one teacher to help all six groups all making scones.

Word Art 20/8/18

Using key things to remember in a kitchen I have made this word art of phrases. I used a site called wordart.com. and used a png I found online to make this.

Practical 24/8/18

For our practical, we made pizza scones and made the dough using the same recipe from the scones. We added onions and ham to our scones as well after putting on tomato paste, cheese and mixed herbs. The pizza scones turned out a lot better than the scones, they were well cooked and we all managed our time much better, some of us even stayed in class for an extra ten minutes to clean and wait for our pizza scones to be fully cooked.

Preserving 27/8/18

What is preserving?
Preserving is the act of making foods last for a longer period of time. A preserving method is to

freeze beef and defrost it to use on a later date.

Research 24/9/18

Students are to find three facts about one of the following allergies eg, what is it and how does it affect people?

 - Celiacs Disease 

 - Lactose intolerance

 - Allergy to food groups such as egg, nuts 

Lactose intolerance is a condition that causes indigestion, bloating, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. It is also known as an inability to digest lactose that is found in dairy products. There is no cure, but treatment includes the avoiding of dairy products and products that include dairy including items like cheese, ice cream and yogurt.

Then make a statement about why food labels are relevant for people that suffer from these allergies. What will they be looking for on labels?

Food labels are relevant to people with allergies because they need to know about the ingredients and maybe even the place it was produced in because certain products have been made in a factory where certain other products are also made and include things that they are allergic to. When looking on a food label and having allergies you would want to be looking at the ingredients on the nutritional information portion of the packaging.

Nutrients 15/10/18

Nutrient	Source	Function
Carbohydrates - simple	Breads, Grains, Pasta, Potatoes	Short bursts of energy
Carbohydrates - complex	Breads, Grains, Pasta, Potatoes	Slow energy and you’re fuller longer
Carbohydrates - fibre	Breads, Grains, Pasta, Potatoes	Helps your digestion
Protein	White Meat, Eggs, Plants, Chickpeas,	Repairs and builds muscles, help with growing hair and nails
Vitamin C	Citrus	Immune system and wellbeing
Vitamin D	Sun	Helps with absorption of calcium to kidneys
Iron	Red Meat	Carries oxygen through your bloodstream,
Sodium	Salt	Cognitive development
Calcium	Dairy,	Teeth and bone development
Fats	Avocado, Olive Oil,	Insulation (warmth) and protection

Macro-nutrient - 3 main ones, complex, simple and fibre

• CHO - Carbohydrates
• Protein comes from plants and animals
• Fat comes from plants and animals

Micro-nutrient - Minerals

• Iron
• Sodium
• Calcium
• Vitamins, C, D, etc

Carbohydrates 19/10/18

Carbohydrates are important because they are a good 60% of your daily intake and is the source of most of our energy. They are important for athletes especially because they provide some good energy to use before a game or competition.

WARNING: HAZARD (signs)

What is a hazard? 

• "Something that is dangerous and likely to cause damage."

 - Cambridge Dictionary

• ""Hazard" means an activity, arrangement, circumstance, event, occurrence, phenomenon, process, situation, or substance (whether arising or caused within or outside a place of work) that is an actual or potential cause or source of harm."

 - The University of Waikato

The Blue Sign's meaning.

A mandatory sign describes what action needs to be taken, this is required by law that you follow the instructions given by these signs. This sign is usually found in a workplace or on the gates of construction sites. It is a circular shape and blue with a white depicting what action needs to be taken.

The Red Sign's meaning.

A prohibitive sign depicts what you cannot do in certain area's, it is also required by law that you do not disobey the instructions. This sign does not correspond to any certain area's it can be anywhere, on the road, outside a parking lot, or even on the sides of buildings. This sign is circular with a red border and a red cross going over the black depiction telling you what you cannot do.

A hazard sign shows where a hazard is and what the hazard nearby is. This sign can be found anywhere and can warn you of anything. The sign is a triangular shape with a black border, black depiction showing what the hazard is, and a yellow background.

1st Hazard Sign

Yellow Sign

Red Sign

Blue Sign

Designing our own sign

Our next task was to design our own version of one of the three types of signs. I have created a hazard sign that warns you of loose objects in a workshop. This the problem, people could hurt themselves hitting parts of their bodies on loose objects sticking out of place as the walk past them, I have made a hazard sign to warn them of this.



Here is a video of health and safety fails where people have gone against regulation.


What hazards can you spot?

10 Steps to a Perfect Advertising Jingle

In Music class, we are working on what makes a catchy jingle. Here, I have created ten requirements for a good jingle.

For our work, we also had to rate four popular jingles on a scale of ten using our ten requirements for a catchy jingle. I chose from the ads shown to us and picked the Band-Aid jingle, Kit Kat jingle, The Watties Tomato Sauce jingle and finally the Fruju jingle.













I give, out of ten, an eight, to the Watties Tomato Sauce Ad, it didn't get a full ten for me because it didn't use the company slogan and it was quite a long ad. It appealed to every audience, and was straight to the point about what they were trying to advertise.









The Fruju jingle, for me, has an earned a nine out of ten, it didn't get a perfect score, to me, because there was no use of the company slogan. The jingle was catchy, easy to understand and very straight-forward.










This Band-Aid jingle, like the Fruju Ad, also gets a nine out of ten, it would have gotten a perfect ten had appealed more to parents. But, other than that it is a winning ad in my books.










When I was watching this Kit Kat jingle, I was amazed to find that I couldn't flaw it, and I just had to give it a ten out of ten. The ad engages every age, race and gender into listening and watching the ad. It is simple, short and sweet.

What am I learning?

From this work I have learnt about catchy jingles and how they can entice people into watching and listening to advertisements. I know that this learning will help me in the future as Business and Enterprise is right around the corner and that advertising is the key to business.

How does this work show my learning?

I think this work shows my learning by showing how I observe ads and I pinpoint the key points in the advertisements.

What am I wondering?

I am wondering what others in my class may have given these advertisements, mark wise.

Small note, this is all my opinion, none of this coincides with what anything a professional may say.

Final Blog post for Drama 2018

What I have learned about performance skills is that to play a character you need to know their story and their emotions. If you don't know who the character is and how they react to different situations you could portray the character completely wrong and the storyline could go into disarray and confusion.

The evidence that I have of how I have improved my performance skills is that I do Drama activities outside of school times and seen how actors have portrayed themselves. I think that seeing and experiencing acting for yourself is the best way to learn and I believe that there is no better way to learn about acting and performing. When I act I think about who the character is and how the character would really react to the situation, then I would apply the necessary acting techniques to myself.

What I know about performing arts jobs is that there aren't just actors, for a production you need so many different jobs. You need someone to control the lighting. You need stage crew to move props. You need directors to control how the production goes. Sometimes you even need acting, dance or even singing coaches to help enhance the quality of the performance.

What I am wondering about performing arts is how many people did it take to perform big productions, like Hamilton and Les Miserables?

NZ Performing Arts

In Christchurch, we have several performing arts companies and venues

Court Theatre

- The types of shows we have here are mainly smaller productions, especially kids acts and comedy shows. The people who are more permanently stationed there are 'The Court Jesters', they do improvisations that are often about comedy. There are no recorded lists of what skills are needed for joining the Court Theatre on their site, you would most likely have to contact them.

Imagine Youth Theatre

- The Imagine Youth Theatre do productions that include younger children and adults as main roles, that are most well known for productions such as Alice through the Looking Glass and Pinnochio where they include children. There are no permanently noted actors on the Imagine Youth Theatre site although there are two main people who make up the company and hire the actors and children for the productions. As a child there you do not need too much experience in acting as this is mainly to give children a chance to act and have fun.

I wonder...

I wonder...

What is the story of Jason?

Jason's story starts off on a low note and does not get much higher either. Jason was a royal-born child, the son of the King of Iolus. Jason's half-uncle Pelias sought to take the throne from Jason's father, Aeson, and he succeeded. Aeson was thrown into a deep dungeon. The royal successors of Aeson were all thought to be killed, except Jason. Jason's mother had taken him to a cave thinking it would save him from the wrath of the new king. In the end, it did. Jason's mother faked his death to Pelias and he believed her. But the cave, it was home of Chiron the Centaur.

Centaurs were often seen and known to be short-tempered drunks, in one word; uncivilised. Chiron was quite different though. He was intelligent and a teacher of many other famous heroes including Ajax, Achilles, Heracles and others too.

Hera wanted Jason to grow and overthrow Pelias for a single reason, Hera hated Pelias. Hera hated the new king because while he worshipped all of the gods, he ignored her, brushed her off, this angered Hera beyond rage. This insult was worthy of death. But, Hera decided to do this carefully. She needed a true hero, and Jason was her hero. Once she knew that he had a gold heart, then and only then did she bestow all of her divine aid to help him. Jason left Chiron’s care and set off to reclaim his throne. At this point, Hera decided to test the young boy. On his way to his kingdom, Jason came across Hera, disguised as an old woman, who asked for help crossing the stream. It was up to him to continue his course and pay her no mind or help the old lady.

Jason, with a heart of gold, helped Hera across the stream by taking her on his back.  Not long after this, he began to feel like he would not be able to complete the task because the old woman was heavier than he imagined he even lost one of his sandals. Once he had crossed the river Hera secretly blessed Jason and openly thanked him. 

Losing one of his sandals would not have been such a big deal if Pelias had not consulted an oracle. The oracle said that Pelias should be aware of a stranger with a single sandal. Jason, blind to the fact that he had just met the Queen of Olympus and she had blessed him, continued on his journey.

When Jason arrived in Iolus he found Pelias still a king and the rightful king, his father, still imprisoned. He made his intentions very clear to the king, saying he was there to reclaim his land. Once Pelias noticed that Jason had only one sandal, he was invited to dine with the king, and Jason let his guard down.

Pelias asked his nephew if he thought he was fit to be a king.

Jason said that he could handle whatever situation that might be presented to him.

The king asked him about the kinds of dilemmas that rulers of kingdoms find themselves in. 

One thing that King Pelias asked his nephew was how he would get rid of a person who was giving him trouble without killing him.

Jason, being eager to prove himself worthy of a title such as king, suggested that such a person should be sent on a quest to obtain The Golden Fleece.

Saying this Jason had laid out his own future. Pelias suggested that to prove himself, why doesn't he go on a quest to obtain The Fleece. Pelias knew how many hadn't succeeded in this mission and believed that a mere mortal, was not going to be the first. 

Pelias told Jason that this would be his quest, a quest to make him a hero amongst all and a king amongst his own people, and after thinking about the idea, Jason agreed to his proposition.

One of the things Jason was missing, was a ship and a crew. Many heroes joined him, including Heracles himself. Hera had asked that Athena, goddess of craft, would make sure that the ship was worthy, and Athena decided to help. The newfound group of heroes was called the Argonauts and the ship named, Argo.

When all preparations are finished they set sail for Colchis, where an inhabitant is the Golden Fleece. The ships first destination was an island called Lemnus, where they found only women because the women killed all the men. This happened after Aphrodite cursed them after they worshipped her wrong. The crew stayed the night and stayed some months afterwards, laying with the woman and creating a race called the Minyans.

Their next stop was an island called Doliones, where the people welcomed them warmly, by King Cyzius. The king told them that supplies could be found past Bear Mountain, where a race of Gegeines lived. Thankfully, Heracles was able to kill them before they got to the ship.

Jason set sail shortly after their battle but made a mistake, it may have been a storm, that caused them to go back to Doliones. The good people of this land, confused by the night, thought Jason and his crew were enemies. They attacked the crew and many of them died in the midst of the confusion. The Argonauts stayed for their funeral before continuing.

Jason's remaining crew made it to the next destination, Thrace, where they met King Phineus. The king was cursed by Zeus to have a band of harpies follow him and prevent him from eating. The crew assisted the king with his problem and Phineas decided to help the crew in return, he told the Argonauts where Colchis lay and how to pass through the Symplegades, the Clashing Rocks. These were huge rock cliffs that would move and crush anything that passed between them. Phineus told Jason to release a dove and see if it would make it through, an omen for what would happen to the ship. The dove successfully passed, losing only a few tail feathers; so, when the ship travelled through the rocks, only minor damages were caused to the ship.

The band of the Argo eventually reached the land ruled by King Aeetes, Colchis. The Golden Fleece was in the possession of the king, gifted to him by Phrixus when he reached Colchis on a flying golden ram. Aeetes said he would give the fleece to Jason if he succeeded in completing three seemingly impossible tasks.

1. Plough a field with a team of Khalkotauroi, fire-breathing oxen.
2. To sow dragon teeth and fight the stone warriors that emerged.
3. Take the Golden Fleece from a sleepless dragon.

Hera, still in favour of Jason, decided to ask a favour of Aphrodite to make Medea, daughter of King Aeetes, fall in love with Jason. Aphrodite forewarned Hera of Medea's power as a sorceress, but no further did she intervene. Medea, madly in love with Jason, assists Jason with each of the tasks.

She gives him a fire-proof salve to protect him from the Khalkotauroi's fire.

She tells him how to defeat the stone warriors, she told him to discreetly throw a rock into the crowd to make the army all turn on each other.

For the final task, she gives him a sleeping potion to spray into the mouth of the dragon just a the dragon attempts to eat him.

The pair take the fleece and flee to the Argo, where Medea joined them, Aeetes tried to pursue them, but Medea killed her brother his corpse falling into the ocean, knowing her father would give his corpse kept for a proper burial, this stopped Aeetes pursuit of the Argonauts. Zeus was angered by the murder and sent a number of storms to throw the ship off of its course. To redeem themselves, they stopped at the island of Aeaea, where the nymph Circe lived to be purified of the murder. 

On their continued voyage, they also met the Sirens that caused ships to crash onto the reefs, as their captivating voices mesmerised the crew; Orpheus, however, played the lyre and completely covered their voices, managing to evade the ill fate. Near Crete, they met Talos, a giant bronze man, who guarded the island and threw stones at anyone who dared approach. Medea cast a spell on him and the crew managed to remove the plug that kept Talos' ichor (divine blood) in his single vein. Leaving him to bleed to death.

Jason returns to Iolcus after his long journey marching to the king holding The Golden Fleece. Pelias refused to give up his throne so Medea devised a plan to get Pelias’s own daughters to kill him. Medea said she could restore youth and demonstrated on Jason’s elderly father Aeson and promised to do the same for Pelias, his daughters killed him and she ignored them. Medea and Jason were banished from Iolcus as murderers by Pelias’s eldest son Acastus, who took the throne.

The couple fled to the kingdom of Corinth, where Jason after ten years of a happy marriage and raising children with Medea, fell in love with the king's daughter, Creusa and they got engaged. Medea and Jason had been married on the voyage (I had trouble with this part) and this angered Medea after everything she had sacrificed and done for him. As a revenge, Medea killed Creusa by giving her a dress that stuck to her and set her on fire, her father Creon was also burned while trying to save his daughter. Medea then killed her sons that she had with Jason, fearing he would kill them as retaliation. She then abandoned Jason, flying to Athens on a dragon chariot sent by her grandfather, the sun god Helios.

Years later, Jason managed to reclaim the throne of Iolcus with the help of his friend, Peleus who later became a king and father of Achilles. However, he remained lonely, having lost the favour of Hera after breaking his vows to Medea. He died while sleeping under the stern of his ship Argo, which had rotted, fell on him, killing the great hero, Jason.

Now I wonder...

What is the story of Heracles?

(P.S this was 1716 words including this)