Anti Vietnam War Song - Social Studies

For today's topic in Social Studies, we had to learn about Woodstock. Woodstock was a concert that happened for three days straight, held at the 15th to 18th of August 1969. They wrote a song dedicated to the war that was happening at the same time in Vietnam. Here is the song that I chose:

Title: Give Peace a Chance 

Lyrics:

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes
And bye bye, bye byes

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation
Flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations
Congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare, Hare Krishna

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

The main purpose or message of this song was to questions to the people of Vietnam who are in war. To ask them if the choice of keeping the war going is the right thing to do. The song also states that they should give peace a chance rather than causing more chaos and getting other innocent people involved. Instead of fighting each other, they should talk and understand one another. 

Making Salts - Science

 Title: Making Salts

Aim: To produce sodium chloride salt by carrying out a neutralisation reaction.

Equipment: 50 mL and 200 mL beakers, dilute HCI (hydrochloric acid), dilute NaOH (sodium hydroxide), 25 mL measuring cylinder, a glass stirring rod, spotting tile, indicator solution, gauze mat, hot plate, evaporating basin, dropper.

Method:

1. Using the measuring cylinder, measure 10 mL of HCI and pour it into your 50 mL beaker. Add dilute NaOH a few drops at a time while stirring with the glass rod.

2. Every 10-15 drops stop adding the NaOH and use the glass stirring rod to transfer a drop of the solution to a spotting tile. Test its pH using Universal indicator. 

3. Keep adding NaOH and testing the solution by repeating step 2. As you get closer to neutral you may need to test the solution after every drop. 

4. Pour the neutral solution into an evaporating basin and evaporate the water out of the solution using the equipment set up above. 

Observation: Changing colours throughout the experiment. But by the end, the colour turned green. We then put the beaker with  the acids on a hot plate and waited. It then dried out and turned into salt. 

Wananga Reflection - Poetry

In Wananga, we have decided to right about a poem of our choice or a poem that we know. We are writing about Poems because we celebrated the national poem week this week. A lot of people from my school have contributed and read out their poems. But for now, I will be talking about a poem that I read from the internet. I chose this poem out of all the other ones because everyone can relate to it. It is also very inspirational and could be used as an motivation. 

The Beatles - Social Studies

 In Social Studies, we have started to learn about a new topic which is The Beatles; How they became famous and how that fame affected people. How they came to New Zealand. The first thing that we needed to do was to pick one of their songs and research about that song that you picked. 

She Loves You  -   The Beatles 

Lyrics

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You think you've lost your love
Well, I saw her yesterday-ay
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say-ay

She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad

She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind
But now she says she knows
You're not the hurtin' kind

She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad, ooh

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
With a love like that
You know you should be glad

You know it's up to you
I think it's only fair
Pride can hurt you, too
Apologize to her

Because she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
Yes, she loves you
And you know you should be glad, ooh

She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

What is this song about? This song was written by two of the members of The Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This song was about a guy who lost hope since he thought that he has lost the girl he  admired the most; The girl of his dreams. His hope got up when he found out the girl is still in love with him. 

How different does it sound to music from the 1940s? The music that The Beatles created made a very impact to the world and the music industry, all the way from how people see music to how they act. They not only created a massive impact to the people around the world, but also to the Fashion industry. Funky and colourful style has been introduced as well as different hairstyles that are extra-ordinary. 

Respect - ESOL

For today in ESOL, we are going to be talking about respect; why it is important to show respect. Respect is one of the most important values that we have to show to each other. It is one of our school values as well, that's how important it is. You as a human being would naturally show respect to other people since it takes a very big part of our lives. If you don't know how to show and treat people with respect, don't expect them to show it to you. People will treat you the same way you treat them, which is very fair for the both sides.

One of the main ways you can show respect to people is by words. Knowing when you should be speaking formally or informally to a person, no matter what their age is. Using your manners when asking for something or asking for something to be done, doesn't matter if you're in a higher position than them or not. You can also show respect by the way you act when around them. Knowing what to do or not to do in different situations; controlling yourself. If you act childish while in a serious matter, the people that you are with will think of you as a disrespectful person since you can't even take things seriously. They would want to be less around you especially in special/serious situations. 

You also do a lot of common respectful things while in school such as saying please and thank yous, offering to hold the door for other students or teachers, and a lot of other ways. When a teacher helps you or a classmate, you say thank you without even noticing.  

The Significance of WW1 -The Last Post

Another topic has been done for Social Studies called "ANZAC" which stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The ANZAC fought in World War One also known as The Great War. What we had to do was to research about what happened to them, the importance, and why it should be remembered. 

The 25th of April was the day when the ANZAC or the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps landed at the Gallipoli Peninsula. Therefor since then, this date has been an official date to remember and show respect to the ANZAC. It is important to remember this day because a lot of them has sacrificed and lost their lives for the Great War. 

ANZAC day is not only celebrated in New Zealand but also in other countries who also fought in the war. "The Last Post", this is the song that we use to show our remembrance and respect to those who lost their lives in the battle. 

"THE LAST POST"

When do you hear this song?

This song can be heard in a lot of different places. In memorials of the soldier's hometowns, funerals around Europe, and a lot of other places.

Why is this song important/significant in New Zealand?

This song is significant and important here in New Zealand because it signifies the sacrifices soldier's has made for our country.

What is the history behind the Last Post? - Why was it played and when?

The Last Post can be heard or is used by those countries that is under the British Empire. They used this song in funerals of many other soldiers who have passed fighting in the war. This song is used to honour those who has served the country and has passed. 

What those this song represent?

This song represents the soldiers who has lost their lives fighting for their country; their home. It represents the lives who has been lost while fighting in the Great War 

The Narrative Matrix - English

For English, we started a new topic called "The Narrative" with a list of matrix or activity that we have to complete but this time, in order. I will be posting all of them here on this blog post. 

The first activity that we did was "Show don't Tell". We got 4 sentences that we had to rewrite. These are the sentences: The building were really tall, Sarah was really upset, She was so happy to see him, and The lake was beautiful. 

Here is the simple presentation I made:

The Narrative Opening:

For the second activity that we had to complete, we had to write 3 - 5 narrative openings. There was also photos provided for us to use it as our topic. Here are the openings I have written:

Parihaka - Tim Finn and The Herbs

 After learning about the Slave Trade Triangle and getting a deeper understanding of it, we started to learn about a new topic called "Parihaka". Parihaka is a place in New Zealand that symbolises peace. We have spent a few weeks focusing and learning about this topic and I'm about to tell you the things that I have learned. I learnt about them by searching it up and reading the through the sites that were provided by our teacher. We looked at a song that was about the Parihaka, similar to what we have already learnt about for the Slave Trade Triangle. In this blog, we will be looking at the song that was sung by Tim Finn and The Herbs, titled Parihaka. In this song, we looked at how it was connected to Parihaka and the messages that it was trying to say. 

Music Through Time - Parihaka

Parihaka Song - Lyrics version 

What is the main message of this song? 

This song tells the significant story on the peaceful protests that took place at Taranaki Parihaka. 

What line explains their passive resistance method?

There was a few lines on the song that explained their passive resistance method but the one that I chose was, " So take me for the sins of these sad islands, the waves still breaks on the land of Rouhotu. 

What does "you can't pull the root?" refer to?

In my opinion, this phase refers to the fact that whatever happens to them or their country, nothing can change them for what they are as a person, their culture, or what they believe in. 

Give evidence of their determination.

At the peaceful protests, they were greeted with armed men. But instead of also choosing to show violence, all they did was showed determination without any violence needed. 

How does this song show the significance of Parihaka?

This song has shown the significance of Parihaka in a lot of ways. One of them being peaceful protests still happens around the world. People chooses to talk things out or fight for what they want in a not chaotic way. 

What makes an significant event?

A significant event would have a very big effect on people's lives, something that can even change the way they do things for the rest of their lives. 

How many people are affected?

Many people were affected, around 1,600 troops that were kept captive. As well as Te Whiti and Tohu were arrested. 

To what extent are people affected?

The people who were staying in Parihaka were the ones affected the most. Their homes were taken away from them, killed and arrested for ridiculous reasons. In a much more worse extent, the girls were taken and was used for prostitution or was raped by the troops. 

Creative Writing Reflection - English

 For the past few weeks in English, we have been learning about the different parts of creative writing. The different parts of creative that I learnt about is attached on this LINK. It contains all five language features that we studied.

I learnt about them by searching up the meanings and the different ways we can use them. I make sure to apply the things that I learn about to the writings that I make. I have seen some improvements to my writings since I found out new ways that would make them sound better and more interesting. Regarding to the different writing activities that we had to do, the one that I enjoyed the most was the Haiku Poem. I never knew that I was able to write and make the words sounds so interesting. I really had fun making it and I feel like I want to do more to challenge my mind. The other one that I also enjoyed doing was the Sensory Language. At first, I thought that it was going to be hard since I needed to use the 5 senses and not use the basic words that we usually use to describe them. I ended up finding the activity very fun and challenges my mind to think about better words to use.

All in conclusion, I really loved working through these activities. I found it very helpful and has made a pretty big difference to the way I write. I now know different ways that I could use to make my writing much more easier and interesting. I say that these activities challenged me because I didn't know what some of them were at the start. 

Here are some of the different types/genres of writings that we talked about while in class:

• Fiction - Non Fiction 
• Action 
• Comedy 
• Drama 
• Horror 
• Romance 
• Science Fiction 

Home Economics

 In our theory lesson for Home Economics, we had to write about three things that are a big part of the foods that we cook. The three things are Colour, Flavour, and Texture. These three are important in our cooking because these are the most looked at. The taste is very important because that is what matters with the food that you eat, as well as the look of it because like what others say, we eat with our eyes. 

Here is the simple presentation that I made with google drawing.