Business and Enterprise 2020

Yesterday we had the Business and Enterprise 2020 market day. It's when everyone creates some time of thing they can sell and try to make some money. Our group was called Freshake (It's pronounced Fresh ake). We made vanilla milkshakes with added chocolate syrup for $0.50. We sold over 40 milkshakes for 3 dollars each. In total, we made exactly $160, but our expenses cost us $20.68 so that makes out profit $139.32. 

Before the market day, we had to do a lot of planning. We had to figure out what we were doing, how we were doing it, we had to make a poster, and also apply for finance so we could purchase what we needed. Our poster took the longest to make but we also had to print one which was pretty cheap only $0.20 so that didn't change the expenses much. 

We had to borrow a blender from our teacher because we needed a blender to blend the milk and icecream. Aparrently our milkshakes tasted pretty good but the only thing we put in there were Milk and Vanilla Icecream. So it could have been the right amount of milk and icecream.

Overall I'm really pleased with the outcome and how much money we made. I did not expect to make that much money, I thought we would make about $50. But I am really thankful for my teammates for helping each other and getting good ratings from our customers.

Script Detective

 Today in Hurumanu 2 (Drama) we had to make a copy of this slide. Last week we played some games which Mrs Clark called "Drama Processes". We played "7 Up" and a few other games.

We are learning how to read a play and we did a picture dictation with the play.

The photo isn't very good (Sorry)

https://youtu.be/IOV7pSoib5s

Polynesian Way finders Explanation Writing

 Today in Hurumanu 1 (New Zealand History) we finished writing an explanation writing assessment about Polynesian Way Finders. Polynesian Way Finders are people from southeast Asia that travel to all of the small islands. eg. Niue, Cook Islands, Fiji, etc. We did it in buddy's so we could give each other feedback, my buddy was Reuben. It took us a while but we had to research everything before we could start writing so that took up most of the time. I hope you like my writing. Feel free to comment.

Do you know how to wayfinding? The Polynesian Voyages have been for thousands of years.

I will be telling you about them. What techniques they use, how they do it, where they go.

The Polynesians started wayfinding about 1496 BC, and have been for thousands of years.

Mostly they started in southeast Asia and voyaged all throughout the pacific ocean.

The techniques that they use are Incredible!. They have to memorize the positions of the stars

and where the sun was at what time of day. They use the sun's position to indicate east and west.

They do this by memorizing the position of the sun at different times of the day. Eg. 07:00am the

sun is just above the horizon indicating east. 12:00pm the sun is way high in the sky indicating North.

06:30pm the sun is just about to finish setting indicating west. (That is in summer. In winter the sun rises

west and sets east).   

The Polynesians voyage tremendous distances. They voyage across the Pacific Ocean which is over

160,000,000 Km²

(160 Million Square Kilometers). They make journeys like this every day! Imagine that.

You’re alone on the ocean for months,

your only company is a pet you bring along like a dog for instance.

There is no land in sight and you have a faint idea where you are.

That would be insanely scary. Alone on the vast open ocean with nothing but a dog for company.

Ever seen “Adrift”? It’s a movie that

was made in 2018 and there are two people stuck on a flipped boat in the middle of the ocean.

Alright back to the voyagers. 

They travel to Hawaii, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, and a few other places.

The things that the voyagers rely on are Wa’a Kalua (Double Hulled Canoe) powered by sails and

steered with a large oar. They also need an experienced voyager, a sense of direction, good weather,

know how to fish, how to get fresh water, and how much food they have.

Another thing that amazes me is how they managed to memorize the positions of the stars. Like they

memorized the constellations, the small stars, the

large stars. Everything, (Not every one of the stars that wouldn’t be possible there is over 100 Billion stars!

That's more than all of the people in the world that's

like 14 stars for each person on earth. One final thing, maybe try some of these one days. Go out at night,

try and memorize the stars or even find the

constellations.

I hope you enjoyed learning about the Voyagers. Hope you have a great day. The End.

Hurumanu 1 Learning Story

 Today in Hurumanu 6 (Healthy Lifestyles And Maths) we had to create a learning story. A learning story is like a diary of what you did for this Hurumanu (Subject) It doesn't take long to do but some things are a bit tricky because you have to remember what you did and depends how long ago you did it it's hard to remember back that far. Here is the learning story. Feel free to comment!

My Learning Story
Hurumanu: 1 Who are we
Name: Dylan	Teachers: Ds, Ht			Term	2020
Reflection: Give at least three examples in each of the boxes below.
What We Did:   We did some research about Parihaka and how they did passive resistance.  We created a DLO about WW1 and how things have changed since 1918 We created a blog post about the Gold Rush and how it impacted New Zealand.
What I Learned:   I learned about in the 1800’s it took up to 30 seconds to take a photo.   I learned about the impact WW1 had on New Zealanders and how it changed NZ forever. I learned that in the 1860’s Gold Rush people from all over the globe came to New Zealand.
My Favourite Part:  My absolute favourite part was creating the DLO about WW1 and creating the guns.  I liked learning about the pacifists from Parihaka and creating the timeline about it. I liked learning about the Gold Rush and how it impacted New Zealand.
My Next Steps:  Maybe posting more about what we learned about and adding more facts.  Creating a DLO about all of them combined and adding more detail. Going deeper in my research and learning more about the stuff we’re learning about.
CARR Values:  Make a statement below describing how you showed each of our CARR values during this Hurumanu.
Commitment Getting all of my work completed and it being quality work.		Achievement Creating a timeline and completing it on time with only a few minutes left.
Resilience Nearly giving up on my work because it’s hard and I was getting frustrated.		Respect Helping David complete his work after I did.
Any other comments I liked this hurumanu and learning about New Zealand’s history.

Hurumanu 6 Learning Story

 Today in Hurumanu 6 (Healthy Lifestyles And Maths) we had to create a learning story. A learning story is like a diary of what you did for this Hurumanu (Subject) It doesn't take long to do but some things are a bit tricky because you have to remember what you did and depends how long ago you did it it's hard to remember back that far. Here is the learning story. Feel free to comment!

My Learning Story
Hurumanu:                                                     6 Healthy LifeStyles
Name: Dylan	Teachers: Ds			Term	2020
Reflection: Give at least three examples in each of the boxes below.
What We Did:   We Researched + Created a DLO about how sleep affects your body --- Teenagers.  We created a lunchbox challenge and we had a $25 budget for the whole week. We looked at / analysed covid/smoking data from 1990 to 2016.
What I Learned:   I learned about what a healthy lunchbox looks like and what is healthy to eat.  I learned how to calculate the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range. I learned how to compare graphs and which is easier to read.
My Favourite Part:  Just doing maths is my favourite part.  Financial literacy and learning about how to deal with money. Creating a Banqer account, creating a CV and getting my first job.
My Next Steps:  Calculating the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range without using a Calculator.  Calculating the Mean, Median, Mode, and Range efficiently. Keep learning about financial literacy and how to deal with money to make it easier.
CARR Values:  Make a statement below describing how you showed each of our CARR values during this Hurumanu.
Commitment Signing in on Banqer everyday so I can get a payrise.		Achievement Getting a pay rise on Banqer because I checked in everyday.
Resilience Learning how to deal with money even though I had no Idea how to.		Respect Completing all of my work efficiently.
Any other comments I love maths and learning how to deal with money. This hurumanu was fun because we did stuff with money and Banqer.

2010 Canterbury Earthquake

4 September 2010 at 4:35 am. You feel a shake rapidly growing. It starts moving furniture, plates and cups start smashing on the ground. What do you do? do you run? or do you hide underneath a table risking your life both ways? 

This is what happened in Christchurch on the 4th of September 4:35am only 1 fatality and 2 serious injuries. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake 11km deep. About 2km away from Darfield but still managed to damage over 25,000 homes which people claimed insurance for which cost $437million.

1 died from a heart attack but it may have happened without the earthquake.  2 serious injuries but over 200 minor.

How would you feel in this situation? Feel free to comment.