Jemma Reflection, Term 3.

Jemma Reflection, Term 3.

This term was awesome. We did Speeches, Jump Jam, The tech famie, Film festival,
Calendar art and much, much more! So let me tell you about this term.

This term we did Speeches, They were amazing! I wasn’t one of the lucky two to get in,
but I still tried my hardest in the school competition. My speech was on Alzheimer's disease.
The Alzheimer's disease is a disease that makes you forget things that just happened and
slowly make you forget all your memories like, people you knew and people you loved. The
reason I did the speech on this topic is that my Gran has it.

Another thing we did this term was we did The film festival. I did the film festival with three
others, Aamaria, Xavier and Jeordie. We did our film festival on hunting on the west coast.
Because our topic was our place (like where you live) so we did something on the west coast.
Which was pig hunting here is the LINK to the video.

Also this term in maths we learn how to solve BEDMAS equations. BEDMAS stands for
(B)Brackets (E)Exponents {(D)Division (M)Multiplication} {(A)Addition (S)Subtraction.} A little
thing about BEDMAS is you see how I have the {} around the D, M & A, S? Well, because
it's grouped, which means whichever one comes first in the equation (left to right). How
BEDMAS works is if I had this equation: (5x6)x12÷3-8+4= I would use BEDMAS to work it out.
First I would do the brackets 5x6=30, then the exponent which is 12 (An exponent is when you
multiply the main number which is 1 since it has that little 2 means its to the power of 2 a.k.a it
means 1x1=1) then 30x1=30. Then 30÷3=10 after that 10-8=2 last but not least 2+4=6 so the
answer to this equation is 6. This is how you would write it:(5x6)x12÷3-8+4=6.

Next thing we did was we tested out Jump Jam! Jump Jam is a video of people dancing and
you follow them along! It is suitable for school children and up. There are plenty of dances on
Jump Jam like Witch Doctor, Candyman, Proud Mary, YMCA and Who let the dogs out. We did
2-3 of these dances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

All year we have been doing technology! The first term I was in digital technology, then
Woodworks, This term I was in cooking! Where we cook food and all sorts of stuff. Our
assessment was where we cooked a dish in pair that had to have: 2-3 vegetables, some meat,
\Noodles or pasta or rice and some sauce. I used Carrots, Spinach, Salami, Noddles and
Sweet & Sour sauce.

For the first time this term I was apart of the Kapa Haka festival. Our Group has been
practising for two terms. We did four Waiata (Song) and one Haka (Like a song but with no
background music and instead of singing they are yelling). It went in this order: He hōnore
(a Waiata), Toia Mai (a Waiata), E I A IE (a Waiata), Tika tonu (a Haka) and PUKANAKANA
(a Waiata). On the 23.9.2019 was the Kapa Haka festival. It was amazing. I was kind of
nervous, actually a lot nervous. I had performed in front of a crowd, a big one at that but
that was dancing, not singing! With dancing, if you forgot it you could just make it up, but
with singing, it is a bit harder than just making it up! But when we got out there it was amazing
compared to other schools we were super loud! And our Haka was amazing! There were
even one of our teachers from technology! Something weird happened though. On our last
Waiata (PUKANAKANA) our guitarist walk off stage! She forgot we had one last Waiata!
That was also our best Waiata! So we just stood there looking like weirdos until we decided
to walk off stage, but as soon as we did that Paula (Our guitarist) came back on. But she was
too late. And that was it. We had lunch then left on the bus. 

DLO: How to do algorithms.

debates

Last term room Taiao started debates!
Our debates were on should homework be set for all primary schools? I was on the negative side.
My group was Rhea, Kade and I. Rhea was the captain Kade was the First speaker and I was the second speaker. Here is what I said in the debate:

Homework, homework is something that is supposed to help you but it doesn’t, and it gets in the way in many ways like, of your friends, thoughts, and exploration of the world overall.

Another thing about homework is that it makes you isolated from others because most people are buried in homework and don’t have as much time to spend considering what they are doing in their social and future lives. 

In other words that you might be obsessed with doing well or being the best, you even might be pressured by your parents, therefore the more time you spend indoors doing homework the more friends you may lose. 

Another thing that is when doing homework you are mostly enclosed in a room, right? Well, this isn’t very good for you, especially when the homework you are doing in on a device.

A lot of high schoolers get so much homework that they might as well forget about that birthday dinner for there friends and their social skills will become weaker and weaker. Most of the time homework can get a lot of people super stressed and lead to anger issues where you could lose your friends if you yell at them because you might be insecure about succeeding and getting good grades. Adding onto that you could be thinking that your friends are holding you back because there telling you to rest but really there trying to do what’s best for you.

Also at the end of the debate, there was a winner and that winner was nonother than the negative side!

art is better than Tv

Art is better than Tv.

Today I’m here to explain why art is better than TV.
I hope you enjoy! Also, you might even learn a thing or
two!

Argument 1: Health.

Tv has been proved that it is extremely bad for your eyes
if you look at it for too long because of how the TV is
displayed. Some people even say that if you look at a
screen for too long your eyes will go square!

Also, I believe that art makes your brain work harder in
order to draw well. Keep in mind that it makes you
concentrate harder increasing brain power and making
more accurate lines and measurements. In other words,
it makes your brain sharper.

I feel that by drawing you can become much calmer even
if you are very stressed you just let your hand flow, it
doesn’t even have to be a very good drawing.
Sometimes if you just lightly scribble around the page
with a flowing calm hand, you can be relieved of a lot of
stress.

Argument 2: Friends.

Firstly in drawing people have a variety of drawing styles.
Like: Anime, Cartoon, Realistic art, Furrys, humans, Etc,
Etc. And some of these drawing styles can be introduced
to you by your pairs may be in school or over a device?
Sometimes this can cause bonds such as friendships
these can be made over like the same or similar styles.

Secondly, Some people may be incapable of drawing
very well, this is what may cause people to watch others
draw or sketch. It may make the person you are watching
very uncomfortable but a lot of people may enjoy being
watched and giving excitement to others this is another
way to make friendships.

Another reason that art i is better is that when you watch
TV your mostly will protoratise the TV than the people
you may be watching it with because you're more
engaged in the TV than your precious friends making t
hem feel left out this can also go both ways like if your friends engaged more in the TV than you!

Argument 3: The finished product.

It is certain that a lot of people LOVE Tv but you can only
get enjoyment out of Tv. Right? You might be thinking
that “oh! But I’m watching Tv with my family that makes it
fine!” no it doesn’t. Therefore you only kill time by
watching Tv.

Some believe that when you really work for on
something really hard that the finished product will be
amazing! Also, Art is hard to make “perfect” so whatever
you make can be your own type if perfect!

In some cases, the finished product can be so good that it
could even end up in a gallery or get sold for money some
paintings are even very famous and are worth millions!
On the other hand with Tv, if you make a Tv show it is still
a style of art even if its a reality show or now a cartoon.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I believe that art is better because you can
really get something out of it it doesn’t hurt or damage
your body in any way and it’s an easy way to pass time.

Technology blog!

Here is my Technology blog! check out what I do outside of the school grounds here!

Persuasive Writing: Why Everyone Should Have A Pet.

W.A.L.T: Write Persuasive Writing From Topics.

Why Everybody Should Have A Pet.

Persuasive Writing

By: Jemma Russ

Introduction: Hello This Is A Piece Of
Writing About Why Everyone Should Have A Pet!
So I Hope You Enjoy Or Learn A Thing Or Two!

Argument 1: Connections!

Point 1: Pets Can Give You Stronger Connections
To Not Only Towards Your Pet But to Friends And
Family!

Point 2: These Animals Can Open Up New
Emotions Through The Good And The Bad Times
To Learn To Respect And Value Others.

Point 3: The Connections That These Animals
Make, Can Change Your Life And Make You A
More Loving Person.

Argument 2: Time!

Point 1: Pets Can Take Up A Lot Of Your Time In
The Day, But When You Take A Piece Of Your
Time Just To Play With Them You Can Make
Amazing Memories.

Point 2: Older People (Senior Citizens) Love Pets.
Not Just Because They Have A Friend But They
Will Live There Life Out With This Friend knowing
That They Love Them.

Point 3: The More Time You Spend With This
Animal The More You Will Love It And The More
It Will Love You!

Argument 3: Adventures!

Point 1: Some Of These Animals Love Adventures!
They Love Them The Most When They Are With
There Owner… You!

Point 2: Some Of These Animals Love Hunting
Like Dogs. So Make Your Hunting A bit More
Special And Let Them Come Too!
Point 3: A Lot Of Animals Like Being In And Up
Amongst Nature Because Sometimes That Was
Close Or Was Where They Use To Live!

Conclusion: In Conclusion, I Believe That Pets
Make You A More Loving And Caring Person!
So That’s Why I Think EVERYONE Should Have
A Pet! It Sure Has Made Me A Lot Nicer!

Where am i?

Where Am I?

I turn right into the camp, in the shop I see loads of kids licking sweet, chilly ice-creams. Bikes, bikes! Everywhere in the lush forest playground, jungle gym, the house swing, the obstacle course and obviously the HUGE tire swing flying through the air piled up with people. The waterhole swarmed with humans, sandflies, butterflies, mosquitoes, and dogs. Some on Noah's ark there’s flippers and snorkels poked up everywhere. I’m looking over the hillside WHOOSH!!! A flying fox comes flying past me “Watch it!” people would say in a nasty voice I walk over to my campsite passing the bathrooms seeing parents and children washing dishes together in the sunset, chatting with friends on the skate park dunking on there new besties, but … as everything flashes out the night falls. The campsite is deserted over the camp there is no one on the skate park no one on the tire swing all the eels swarmed together to stay warm. Wait ... oops, there are eels here yea that you can feed so let us continue now. The hydro slide abandoned all the camp staff is all asleep. There’s not a person in site but as dawn breaks out everything bursts back to life! Once again the day fills with excited and motivated people and as you look over the hills staring out nelson way but you’ll turn around half way and look towards Greymouth. After about ten or so day at this camp, you’ll turn left out of this wonderful camp and think to yourself “what an amazing camp”

Where am I?

Comment the places where it could be!