I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
How these organs help our bodies digest food and how they are important :
How these organs help our bodies digest food and how they are important :
Oesophagus - The esophagus is the food chube that takes the food from the throat to the stomach and its series of contractions using small muscles called peristalsis.
Stomach - When food gets to the stomach, the stomach acids and enzymes, which are made there, to help mix the food by the action of muscles in the stomach wall. The pyloric sphincter is a muscular valve that opens to allow the food to pass from the stomach to the small intestine.
If it were not for the stomach's storage capacity, we would have to eat constantly instead of just a few times each day. The stomach also secrets a mixture of acid, mucus, and digestive enzymes that helps to digest our food while it's been stored.
Small intestine - The small intestine carries out most of the digestive tasks, absorbing almost all of the nutrients you get from into your bloodstream. The walls of the small intestine make digestive juices, or enzymes, that work together with enzymes from the liver and pancreas to do this.
Small intestines are important because the main job for them is to break down, digest the food, and to absorb nutrients.
Large intestine - The purpose of the large intestine is to absorb water and salts from the material that has not been digested as food, and get rid of any waste products left over. By the time food mixed with digestive juices reaches your large intestine, most digestion and absorption has already taken place. The waste is then collected as feces and it waits to be excreted.
Liver - The liver's main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body. The liver also detoxifies chemicals and drugs. As it does so, the liver secretes bile that ends up back in the intestines.
Our liver stores important vitamins and nutrients from the food we eat and stocks them up for when we need them later, the harmful things we take in like alcohol, and drugs, but without the liver, the body cannot process these items.
Rectum - The rectum is an eight inch chamber that connects the colon to the anus. The rectum’s job is to receive stool from the colon, let you know that there is stool to be evacuated (pooped out) and to hold the stool until evacuation happens.
The rectum is important, because it stores all the waste before it comes out.
Anus - The anus is the last part of the digestive tract. It is a 2-inch long canal consisting of the pelvic floor muscles and the two anal sphincters (internal and external). The lining of the upper anus is able to detect rectal contents. It lets you know whether the contents are liquid, gas or solid.
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Business study: Entrepreneur why these skills are important
Complete the table by explaining why the skills are important for an entrepreneur. The first is done as an example for you.
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Skills
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Reason the skill is important for an entrepreneur
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Planning
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To track how the business is going from month to month; some businesses might have different needs at different times of the year.
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Financial
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Financial planning helps you determine your short and long term financial goals and create a balanced plan to meet those goals.
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Administrative
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Administrative skills are important because they keep business processes running smoothly.
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Marketing
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Marketing is important because it allows businesses to maintain long lasting and ever present relationships with their audience.
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People
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“The people” are important because they determine the customers experience.
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Communication
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Being able to communicate is most important of all life skills. It is what enables us to pass information to other people, and understand what is said to us
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Which of the skills above do you think is the most important? (Highlight them in your table). Explain your answer:
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Workshop 5 - creatingn charaters
The real mother
1. Physical - Soft/round edges -
- looks like real mum
- normal height
Costume -
Basic, no patterns, baggy loose clothing, mostly covers body.
Colour lighting - Warm, artificial light, dull.
The other mother:
2. Physical - Sharper edges - head / nose . apron.
Costume - Patterns on outfit - black / reds loose / baggy givers idea of softness.
Colour / lighting - warm, artificial, orange yellow ..
3. The other mother 2nd picture - Paler skin
Costume - Fits her figure better
Colour and lighting - Bright, vibrant, cold, artificial,
- browns / peaches
4. Physical - Stick figure lost all the fat, shes gone taller, longer neck, sharp hair, arms gone longer, elbows gone thinner, back of her dress.
Costume - pattern - black, white, red
Colour and lighting - bright, warm, artificial and orangeish
5. Physical - Ugly spider
1. Physical - Soft/round edges -
- looks like real mum
- normal height
Costume -
Basic, no patterns, baggy loose clothing, mostly covers body.
Colour lighting - Warm, artificial light, dull.
The other mother:
2. Physical - Sharper edges - head / nose . apron.
Costume - Patterns on outfit - black / reds loose / baggy givers idea of softness.
Colour / lighting - warm, artificial, orange yellow ..
3. The other mother 2nd picture - Paler skin
- Weight shift to hips / bum - accents beetle
- Back of head and elbows get skinnier
Costume - Fits her figure better
- Beetle shell like layers
- Shows more skin
Colour and lighting - Bright, vibrant, cold, artificial,
- browns / peaches
4. Physical - Stick figure lost all the fat, shes gone taller, longer neck, sharp hair, arms gone longer, elbows gone thinner, back of her dress.
Costume - pattern - black, white, red
- shows more skin
- a lot tighter
- beetle shape on the back and collar
Colour and lighting - bright, warm, artificial and orangeish
5. Physical - Ugly spider
- Needles
- No fat
- No skin
- Lots of sharp angles - head joints
- Taller
Costume - Tattered rags, barely thee
Colour and lighting - green black, cold light, unnatural
Thursday, 23 July 2020
music information for teacher
Why I chose music:
I chose music, because I like playing it, and I think it would be cool to learn more how to play the instruments. Also, I would like to learn how to play the drums, so that when I'm older I want to play the drums for our church band.
What I would like to learn in music:
I would like to learn how to use a keyboard and learn how to play the drums
Do I play a instrument, how long?, what can i play?
I've played instruments before, but I have never taken lessons.
5 of my favourite songs:
Never ever my god
Togi le maea
Vai ko fakalavelave
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Workshop 4: How does music the story?
Diegetic sound - Sounds added to a scene eg music.
Non - diegetic sound - Sounds that happen naturally in a scene eg footstep, wind blowing leaves.
Chords > major > Written in a major key, has a happy uplifting to tone.
Minor > Written in a minor key, has a sad, gloomy, morose tone.
Tempo > Fast - Could walk quickly to, make music feel energetic, and gives movement/pace.
Moderate - mix of two
Slow - Dragging feet pace, makes music feel lethargic, baing, energy, lacking, sleepy.
Dynamic
Volume
>> Loud (Forte) - gets the viewers attention, enhances emotions / mood - makes happy happier etc.
Quite (piano) Either background noise or used to make viewer focus.
Changing - quite loud - builds intensity > > > Loud quite - draws focus.
Mr Taylor's - songs and how I feel about them
How I feel about the song 1 - The beat of song 1 is fast and makes me feel like I'm in a happy mood.
How I feel about the song 2 - The sound of this song is slow and makes me feel lonely, bored and sleepy.
Opening scene
Music
Cords - Minor because, the sound, sound creepy, sad, vibe, unsettling.Tempo - Moderate - feel on edge, walking pace, gives energy.
Dynamic - Changing, starts quite, gets louder and grabs the viewers attention, builds emotion and intensity.
Mouse circus
Chords - minor - is very upbeat and energetic but minor tone makes it feel / uncomfortable.
Tempo - fast - gives us upbeat, want to move energy, makes the circus feel fun and lively
Dynamic - loud - makes viewer feel hyped up, energetic, invited to join in.
Non - diegetic sound - Sounds that happen naturally in a scene eg footstep, wind blowing leaves.
Chords > major > Written in a major key, has a happy uplifting to tone.
Minor > Written in a minor key, has a sad, gloomy, morose tone.
Tempo > Fast - Could walk quickly to, make music feel energetic, and gives movement/pace.
Moderate - mix of two
Slow - Dragging feet pace, makes music feel lethargic, baing, energy, lacking, sleepy.
Dynamic
Volume
>> Loud (Forte) - gets the viewers attention, enhances emotions / mood - makes happy happier etc.
Quite (piano) Either background noise or used to make viewer focus.
Changing - quite loud - builds intensity > > > Loud quite - draws focus.
Mr Taylor's - songs and how I feel about them
How I feel about the song 1 - The beat of song 1 is fast and makes me feel like I'm in a happy mood.
How I feel about the song 2 - The sound of this song is slow and makes me feel lonely, bored and sleepy.
Opening scene
Music
Cords - Minor because, the sound, sound creepy, sad, vibe, unsettling.Tempo - Moderate - feel on edge, walking pace, gives energy.
Dynamic - Changing, starts quite, gets louder and grabs the viewers attention, builds emotion and intensity.
Mouse circus
Chords - minor - is very upbeat and energetic but minor tone makes it feel / uncomfortable.
Tempo - fast - gives us upbeat, want to move energy, makes the circus feel fun and lively
Dynamic - loud - makes viewer feel hyped up, energetic, invited to join in.
Friday, 3 July 2020
Digital tec term 1
Today's blog will be about what I have learned in Digital, and what we have been doing in digital tech. Also today, I will be telling you what I have enjoyed.
What I learned:
In digital tech I have been learnt how to create, and make my own game by myself. Also in digital, I have learned how to make my own background for a game. Secondly, I have also learned about block codes and how to use them. Thirdly I have also learned more about technology, and how to use them.
What we got to do:
The first lesson for digital tech, we got to look at some history's, about how people escaped prisons or camps from codes, to where to go and escape or what to do. Also, we have been creating games, backgrounds, and logos for a game. Also we been looking at how computers worked and how they were made. We have also been making designs for our apps, that we have been making for the past three weeks.
What I have enjoyed in digital tech:
I have enjoyed making and learning how to make games and apps. Also, I have enjoyed making, creating my own backgrounds and logos. Secondly I have enjoyed doing things that I have never done before. To be honest I have never did digital things before, so I have enjoyed most of the fun activities that we have done from the pass two terms. Also, I am not very good at technology things, but since I have been learning in digital tech, I have been getting better and better at using technologies such as, computers, making apps, making backgrounds, making logos and making apps. And finally, I have enjoyed, and I am very glad to have such an awesome teacher: Mr Carter
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