In English we had to make a short film about the Merchant To Venice. Our short film is about catfishing. The main characters in the film are Sam, Jack, Lia and Amy. Our film is about Lia and jack being together and jacks bestfriends ( Sam and Amy) not liking that they are together, so they set up a plan to try to get them to break up. Their plan didn't work out and Jack and Lia are still together. Our story is like The Merchant To Venice because there is a love triangle. Is The Merchant To Venice the love triangle is Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. In our film the love triangle is Jack, Sam and Lia. Daisy was filming and she used heaps of different techniques. We had a hard times figuring out who was going to be who. No one wanted to be in the film. Next time I would like to make our own ideas for the film.
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.
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Social Studies.
In a historic ruling, a Dutch court has order oil company Shell to cut it CO2 emissions by 45%. A precedent for cases against polluting multinationals.
Scotland, home of 90,000 species of animals and plants, has announced plan to protect 30% of its land to boost biodiversity and tackle climate change. - Climate change is a big problem so its good they are protecting the earth.
Goodbye gas, Norway has become the first country in the world to see the sales of electric cars overtake sales of those powered by fossil fuels. - This one is good because electric cars are better because they don't run on gas.
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Science - Corrosion
Aim - To investigate the factors that cause rusting in iron.
Equipment - Four test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, four iron nails, boiled water, tap water, salty water, cooking oil, calcium and chloride.
Method -
1: Label four test tubes A-D and place in a test tube rack.
2: Test tube contents:
A= Iron nail and tap water.
B=Iron nail and salty water.
C=Iron nail, boiled water, oil.
D=Iron nail and calcium chloride. sealed with a bung.
3 - Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least three days.
Aim - To investigate a number of techniques that may prevent rusting.
Equipment - Four test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, four iron nails, tap water, Vaseline gel, nail polish or paint, zinc pellets or magnesium ribbon.
Method -
1: Label four test tubes A-D and place in a test tube rack.
2: Fill all test tubes with equal volumes of water - enough to cover nails.
3: Test tube contents:
A=Iron nail
B= Iron nail cover in Vaseline
C=Iron nail painted with nail polish or paint.
D= Iron nail with a small piece of magnesium ribbon wrapped around it, or with zinc pellets added to the test tubes.
Friday, 16 April 2021
Textiles - Screen Printing
In textiles we were doing screen printing. First you had to draw a picture or logo that you like. Then you had to get craft knife and cut it out. Then you got a screen and put it on top of your cut out and material. You put paint on the top of the screen the drag it down with a squegy. Then you let it dry. I did HS for Harry Styles.

Friday, 9 April 2021
Art
Live Aid
Midge Ure and Bob Geldof
Midge Ure was in bands such as Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the frontman of Ultralow. Midge Ure helped organize Live Aid and he also preformed there. Bob Geldof was in a band called The Boomtown rats. He went from being a rock star to being an international celebrity for raising awareness of humanitarian charities. He helped raise money by bring heaps of his fans to help him.
Thursday, 1 April 2021
Social Studies - Vietnam war.
The Vietnam War was an extremely tragic time. A lot of people didn't want it to continue, some famous artists wrote songs about it. Edwin Starr wrote a song called " War, what is it good for?". This song talks about how war is never the answer to anything and how innocent people lost their lives.
Lyrics:
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives
When their sons go to fight
And lose their lives
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Oh, war it's an enemy to all mankind
The point of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die, ah, war-huh, good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it, say it, say it
War, huh
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me
(War) it's got one friend that's the undertaker
Oh, war, has shattered many a young mans dreams
Made him disabled, bitter and mean
Life is much to short and precious
To spend fighting wars these days
War can't give life
It can only take it away
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love and understanding
Tell me, is there no place for them today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But lord knows there's got to be a better way
What is it good for you tell me
Say it, say it, say it, say it
What is it good for
Stand up and shout it nothing