Seven most important things/facts we should know about Tokelau

 _ Seven things we should know about Tokelau _

Last week was Tokelau and Niuean Language week, so our teacher decided to create topics for the class to complete, every single topic, was to be about Tokelau and Niue, so we had multiple choices to pick. One of the topics was ‘7 Things we should know about Tokelau’, and I chose that topic to do. I chose this topic because I found it interesting to do and learn about the 7 interesting things we should know about Tokelau. Also, most of my answers were researched, just in case I missed anything.  

1. The first thing anyone should know about Tokelau is that it is made up of four atolls. Atafu, the Northern motu (Atoll), then the beautiful Nukunonu, the historic home of Tui Tokelau on Fakaofa, and never forgetting the ancient communal lands of Olohega in the south.

2. Low coral atolls like those of Tokelau are set up from a coral reef that has grown on top of a drown Volcano. The actual land contains sand and coral that has built up on the surface of the reef. Also, the atolls of Tokelau sit on extinct volcanic peaks.

3. The coral atolls of Tokelau have no surface freshwater. The people had to dig wells to a lens shaped natural reservoir of fresh water trapped beneath the sand.

4. In Tokelau, there are a lot of environmental threats. Threats that include Cyclones, Tsunami’s, and droughts. The rises of the sea level destroys the atolls. A rise of a few metres would make these islands run down. Seawalls and sandbags help keep the ocean back.

5. For food, Tokelauans in earlier times depended on the food pandanus and coconut trees, as well as plants such as Taro’s. Tokelau people have developed a single system of sharing out food among all members of the community. 

6. The only rocks that are in Tokelau are corals, which are set in the ocean, so that the people use shell and bone for tools. From time to time, the Tokelaun’s held stone tools from different other islands around the pacific like Samoa. 

7. In 2011, the population of Tokelau was 1411, but then somewhere around 2006, there were around 6,819 Tokelaun’s that were living in New Zealand.

What Good Leadership is like and what it includes to be a good leadership

What includes Leadership

• Contributing

• Team-work

• It’s better to Communicate

• Creativity

• Better to work as a group

• It’s better to stay as a group

• No man left behind

• Adapting to get through difficult situations

• Collaboration

• Listening

• Knowledge

• Positivity 

Definition of what a good leader is like -

1. A good leader is a person that gives up their time and energy to contribute to their group's task at hand or to thrive to the success of their task. 

2. Or also a leader is an upperclassmen that shows contribution to the group and helps the team be successful, And to help their team to know that their team leader is there to help and contribute their effort go into the task at hand and also to strive to be the best.

3. Also when working if your team starts to be negative and lose hope into their work our leader shows creativity and positivity, to support their team and help show their leadership towards the team

4. Even being the leader they could have more power over the team but the leader could contribute empower towards the group like letting other fellow team members contribute ideas or answers to help the group succeed.

Definitions of these words

 Meaning of these names

Sole trader -

Sole trader is a person who is the exclusion owner of a business, entitled to keep all profits after load has been paid but likely for all losses. 

Shareholder - 

Shareholders are owners of a company, and they provide financial backing in return for over the lifetime of the company.

Being a shareholder gives you equip ownership of a company and with that comes the potential for achievement rewards, as well as rights and risks. When you buy shares in a company you become a shareholder, which means you are able to participate in and benefit from its future growth.

Company - 

Making decisions and investing money.

Partnership -

A partnership is a formal arrangement by two or more parties to manage and operate a business and share its profit. 

Franchise - 

A franchise is a type of licences that a party receive to allow them to have access to a businesses proprietary knowledge, and trademarks in order to allow the party to sell a product or provide a service under the businesses name.

Thankyou Letter for my Incredible teacher

Dear Miss Taylor:

We both know I'm not always the most well behaved kid in the class, but I thank you for still being kind and always being there for me. I also thank you, for accepting me as I am, and welcoming me into your class for 2020, I will forever never forget you as my super awesome teacher! Thank you for encouraging me and our class to be kind to each one and another. Even when we are struggling with anything, you are, and always was there to help us, and I am so grateful to have you as my teacher this year, and hopefully you will be my teacher for the rest of my years at Hornby High. I appreciate you for taking your time to teach us kids and making us become young leaders just like you, but not only that, but putting all your effort and commitment into our class. Yes we and the class do have our ups and downs, but overall we are one amazing class and will always be, and I am very happy to be in this class. I enjoy our jokes and laughs with Kelesi and the others. Last but not least, I thank you so much for being an 

 AWESOME  Teacher and I am proud of what you have done for our class this year.

I look forward being your student for the next how many years with you!

Yours Sincerely😄😄

One of the first ever Videos Recorded - Ever - Holiday blog

 Roundhay Garden Scene

The first ever video that was recorded is called the 'Round Garden Scene' which was filmed in1888. The film is two seconds long, and is dead silent. As you can see in the background of the action or film, the film is set at the Whitley Family house in Oakwood Grange Road. The name of this historic scene, is named after the suburb where this video was filmed. This film was recorded by a French inventor Louis Le Prince.    

In my opinion, the lighting in the scene is boring, blury, dark, black and grey. The darkness of this short film, creates creepy atmosphere. Secondly, there is no sound in this film, which can make viewer quite bored. In the background of the film, it seems to be empty, and there is no joyful or happiness in the world, which makes the film seem boring. The lighting in the background makes the scene look creepy. The recording is so short, that it also makes the scene boring.

 

To watch the short scene CLICK HERE!

Group performance

 The name of our song - 

Kahoot

What the song is about -

The song is about a game

Who wrote this song -

Alf Inge Wang

In my group we have, Tristan who is playing bass, Eugen  who is playing the Guitar, and Nehemiah who is playing the piano, and me playing the drums.

How I feel about performing to the class for the first time -

At the moment, I feel excited and nervous at the same time.

Budgeting - DLO - Crossword game

Introduction - 

Today I will be sharing with you a Crossword puzzle that I had created. The words that are placed on the crossword, are very similar words to the word Budgeting. Also I will sharing with you what have learned about Budgeting...

D.L.O -

If you would like to play the Budgeting crossword game CLICK HERE!!

Words in the Crossword game:

Surplus

Budgetin

Fees

Savings

Exchange

Finance

Income

Necessity

The aim of the game - Is to find the words that are written on the side, make sure to highlight the word with the same colour as the word you are trying to find. 

At the end of the game, there will be a test for you, the test is to define all the words that are in the crossword. I have set this task for people who do not know what these words mean, so that they can learn about them easier.

Reflection on what I have learned

I am still not as good at mastering these words yet, but I'm still learning. I'm interested in learning these words. 

We had to create a crossword with the words that are in the game, and we all had to learn those words, so that we understand more things about Budgeting. For me, I am still trying to learn these words.

Question to answer - 

What do you know about Budgeting?