In Social Studies I had to research about Chinese Migration. I had to find out the Push & Pull reasons about their migration.

This is my Migration Model I did to show the Push & Pull reasons.

 


This is all my research about Chinese Migration and I have put it all into a Slideshow.

Social Studies

In Social Studies I studied Political Party policies of education, Housing and Health.

The education policy that i best supported was the Maori party policy because i personally think that ensuring all students who have graduated to have a driver licence, bank account, IRD number and a CV will definitely help them get a job. I also think that providing free education for primary and secondary children will be very helpful to those who are in need to pay bills and also buying their children lunch every week. It will help those that are in need of money. I agree with the Maori party because their policy has the best reasons on what Aotearoa needs.

The housing policy that i best supported was the Maori E because it will help those who need help. For those who need a house and also to those with kids and they are homeless, they definitely a home to take care of their children. It will help us Pasifika and Maori people a lot if the housing decrease because a lot of us can not afford the new houses.

The Health policy that i best supported was the TOP party  because smoking can pollute our air and also the smoke buds make our grounds look ugly and unclean. Also because of the law of children being obese because it is unhealthy for their health, when they grow up their health might not be good. I think that this is the best health policy because smoking can damage you're lungs and being obese is very bad for our health.

Year 9 STARS Camp

On Monday & Tuesday the year 9's went off to camp at Hunua Falls. We weren't excited because well it was only 2 days and we thought it wasn't going to be good. But we thought wrong. It was SOOO fun that even today we still talk about our memories from the camp. My Highlight of the camp was the Confidence Course. It was a course that wasn't to work on our confidence, it was a mud course. It was very disgusting, but it was fun at the same time. My low light at camp was the 10k hike. But I actually enjoyed it a bit. The thing that sucked was that it was a 2 day camp and i wished it was longer. But overall I loved camp.

Social Studies - Migration

Mrs Robertson came into our Social Studies class to talk about her Migrating from Samoa to New Zealand. She talked about how different living in New Zealand than living in Samoa was. She also talked about her main purpose on moving to New Zealand. The reason why is because her parents wanted to build a 'Palagi House' in Samoa. She worked hard and she achieved that goal of hers. She had difficulty learning how to speak English properly. I think that Mrs Robertson story is similar to most Pacific Islanders migration stories, but her one was interesting because when she earned the money for her parents to build a palagi house in Samoa, she didn't just stop there she continued on....

Social Studies- Tokelau Migration

My migration model shows on how Tokelau people are moving to New Zealand. The main reason about them moving is for their kids education, Plenty more jobs and more health support.

Health- 5 Tips on how to be safe on the internet

Digital Footprint

A digital footprint is a footprint that contains everything you have been on social media and anything online. We are learning about this so we can make better choices online. These are the things I have been on the past 48 hrs.

Health

In Health we had to create our own Health Model. I did a Netball court because that is one of my favourite sports. The words surrounding the court are words that represent my health. The reason why I chose those words are because...

Culture: I'm proud to be my culture and I'm respectful to other people's culture
Church: Church is my number one priority in life.
Honesty: I chose honesty cause that is one of my values i stand for
Loyalty: Loyalty is one of my values
Faith: Faith is also another one of my values.
Sports: Sports is another one of my priorities
Exercising: Keeps me fit and healthy
Food: The food I eat is part of my health as well
Bravery: Bravery is another one of my values I stand for

Health

We have been learning about the 4 walls in Health class. Heres some of the work ive been learning about

Health - Miss Dougherty

4 Walls:

• Spiritual (Taha Wairua) - Family, Friends, People, Social Media
• Physical (Taha Tinana)- Movement Exercise, Body, Food + Drink

• Mental/Emotional ( Taha Hinengaro)- Mindset, Mental State, Feelings

• Social ( Taha Whanau) - Values, Religion, Important, Beliefs.
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How the 4 walls associate in my life:

Snapchat, Instagram = Social - I can communicate with friends I don't have time to hang with

Eating = Physical - I use my body to put the food in my mouth and chew it with my teeth

Listen to music = Mental/Emotional- The lyrics makes me emotional or mental

Getting Baptised = Spiritual - It's important to my religion

I feel alot of emotions throughout the day. It depends who is around me.

 

River Talks Trip  Year 9

Last week the year 9's went to a river talk down at Pt England Reserve. Here as the stuff we did and learnt

What does Sustainability mean ?

the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

Write down the Maori Proverb that describes the river

Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au- I am the river and the river is me

Read the question and  us the reading resource answer them

	Questions	Answers
1.	Name the river that your class visited last week ?	Omaru Creek
2	Name the Organisation that organised the River Talks ?	Mad Ave
3	Write a paragraph to describe the events on the day ?	When we entered the event we had to be seated on the grass under a tent, then we waited a while for all the schools to be seated. When they were seated there was a man performing a powhiri for us and after that we had to go to the creek to see what was next. When everyone gathered around the creek there was a man standing in the creek with gumboots on. The man was talking in Maori, so i didn't understand what he was saying. When he finished there was a play from these two girls, they also did it in another language so i couldn't understand what they were saying either. Their play was a little creepy but also funny. Lastly we went to the Tongans, they did a song where 2 girls were in a tree climbing down it and singing at the same time.
4	What do you think the main message of the day was ?	To look after our creeks
5	What was the most interesting part of the Trip	These two girls did a play that was creepy and funny at the same time.
6	Do you think this trip was a successful trip ? (explain why )	Yeah because it taught us what we do when we litter and how to look after our creeks properly
7.	Can you think of how this trip could be more successful for year 9 students next year ?	They can also learn about looking after creeks so they won't smell so bad. They can also enjoy all the plays that they do as well.

In Social Studies we watched a video about a Samoan and a Maori man trying to track down where their ancestors are from. Here's little summary of where they went and why.

Cook island

They visited the monumental garden spot where their ancestors left for aotearoa.

Similarities between Maori and Cook Island people.

Samoa

Oscars family visits burial ground ancestors, go to church, open up envelope results showing when Oscars clan father came from.

Paternal line- central south Eurasian the Himalaya.

Vanuatu

Pottery found in Vanuatu called La pita Pottery was over 3,000 years old was also found in Samoa and Tonga, Pottery had designs motifs on them but also found on Polynesian tattoos and tapas.