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This week I worked on a project called emotions where we had 3 emotions and we had to write about what makes us that emotion and what we do when we feel that specific emotion. Those 3 emotions are anger, joy and sadness for me I get angry when my ideas just gets thrown out the window and get completely ignored when this happens I take a quick breath to try to calm myself down making sure that the situation doesn’t get worse. I feel happy when I get acknowledge and complimented which I think goes the same way for everybody else what I can do to make other people is talk to other people about their interests and making sure they stay intrigued.

The last emotion is sadness I feel sad when other people wont let me participate in things that I actually like and when they constantly push me away what I can do when I feel sadness is remind myself there are other people in worse situations than me and I cannot feel sadness knowing there are people actually depressed.

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For multiple weeks our class has been working on our personal narratives we had many weeks to plan this project out so I’m kind disappointed on me and my class for having multiple weeks and ended up with an average presentation you’d find in a dumpster in Vegas.  For this project we had any way to present our projects as long as it’s unique.  So I decided I was gonna do my project with cardboard and paint it the colour of my country Philippines.  We  also had to print out images for our personal narrative that can really tell the story about who we are. We also wrote about our pepeha and I  learnt a few things that I didn’t already know.

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This week for Kiwi Can we learn about why communication is important. Communication is important so we can know what other people are thinking so that we could work together and be more productive. Kiwi Can is a life program for kids to learn essential qualities you can use in life. Our country for this week of Kiwi can is Argentina, Argentina is a country originating from Spain then gained its own independence. The main language they use is Spanish which makes sense since they used to be just a small town in Spain. Some interesting facts in this country include that Messi a world cup winner plays for Argentina and that they have their own unique dance style called the tango which first originated in the streets of Argentina.

Our energiser for Kiwi Can is called hoop da hoop this game consists of any number of people in a circle with a hula hoop. The hoop goes between 2 peoples hands and people try to go through the hoop while making sure we don’t let go of peoples hands. Then the game we played is called sing it the game conductor would give us a topic of a song and we had to think of a song that met those requirements. What I liked about Kiwi Can is that they teach us instead of just letting us play games.

Nga Mihi Noriel

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This week for technology at DVC we had a boatload of tasks to do since we had to work with clay so much. But this specific week we didn’t work with clay we instead had to draw designs we wanted for our own key chains!  It was a hard decision for me to decide what im going to draw due to all my hobbies but I ultimately decided  on making a guitar key-chain specifically the Ephiphone Flying V Prophecy which is a black V shaped guitar. I drew many designs that even resembled a 60’s Les Paul but I only had the time to print 1 design out. After that we then got our key-chains and mine  turned out pretty good. That was all that we did in tech this week.

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Hello this Friday Kiwi Can came! The reason why I’m excited about this is because this term Kiwi Can rarely comes to our school due to staff shortage.  Now enough about this it’s time to talk about what we actually learnt our country for this Kiwi Can session is China. We learnt facts about China 1 facts about this culturally unique country is the well known wonder of the world the Great Wall of China it is 1 of the biggest man made structure in history and is sometimes visible from space.

Our Kiwi Can topic for this week is communication one of the reasons of which communication is important is because without it the world would be in shambles there would be wars everywhere without it. We also play a game for our energiser which is named compliment circle.  We would get in circles for this and someone would stand up the person that stood up would then receive compliments until the whole circle gets compliments

Then the final game we played is tic tac toe or dots and crosses. There would be 3 people for each group when the game starts the 3 people from both groups would run to the spaces to try and get 3 connecting dots to win the game. That is all we did for Kiwi can this week.

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This week on Friday we were told to make little DLOs talking about the meanings of our names and where we get them from. It was a good activity that made me think about my name and what it means. Not only so, but our teacher urged everyone to pronounce their classmates’ names right, which I found really thoughtful in respecting and valuing the individual identity of everyone. And I keep learning the meanings of my name to discover some very interesting facts I did not know before about its literal meaning, which is actually ‘God is my fire’ or ‘God is my light.’ That was amazing. Never really thought about the deeper meaning behind it and found it nice knowing it had that kind of powerful meaning behind it.

All that I have learned in these few facts about my name has indeed raised my self-esteem and my uniqueness. It’s a source of pride in my name and makes me more embedded in it. This makes me realize that it is not just a regular old name; it has a lot of meaningful historical significance.

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This Week we learned about the treaty of Waitangi. Most people know of the holiday Waitangi day in NZ but a lot don’t know what the treaty of Waitangi is. The treaty of Waitangi is an agreement made between the British and the Maori people promising the Maori prosperity over their land. But that really wasn’t the case because there were 2 translations of the treaty the Maori translation and English translation with very different meanings. 

The Maori translation as I said promised sovereignty to the Maori people giving them full authority over their land. Then there’s the English version that states that the British get full authority over the Maori land giving the full reign. The differences over the 2 treaties still causes problems today

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Kia or everyone welcome back to school! I sure hope you guys are excited for this new term because I sure am one of those reasons being tech.  This term for tech I was put into DVC  meaning design and visual communications so technically art. One of our activities had us work with clay so we could eventually do pottery. The DVC teacher cut us parts of clay which we made soft by sprinkling little amounts of water on it.

After the clay was soft enough we cut the piece of clay in half and rolled 2 smooth balls. When we had our 2 balls we flatted them making sure they are still thick enough for it to harden it had to be at least your finger nail thick otherwise it would be small and brittle. When all was done we moulded the clay into the shape we wanted using the equipment DVC gave us.  When everything was finished we put the clay away into a container and waited for it to harden so we could see our work next week. We then cleaned up cleaned the equipment and made sure the class was tidy. The DVC teacher then gave us the chance to play silent ball in the last remaining minutes of school time. That was all we did this tech class goodbye.

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This week we hopped into one of the summer learning Journey tasks we  saw an intriguing task it was to make a crossword puzzle about the sea. We were excited to see this and got to work right away! Have you ever wondered about the mysteries that lie beneath the ocean waves? Whether you’re a seasoned sailor or a curious landlubber, the sea holds countless secrets and stories. In this blog, we’ll dive deep into the world of crossword puzzles, with a special focus on the wonders of the ocean. Get ready to challenge your mind and expand your knowledge as we explore sea creatures, oceanography, and maritime myths—all while having fun! Well here you go!