Social Science - Humanities

Feeding In

How can Priests, Teachers, Mediators and Caritas help the homeless?

People who are homeless may need help with shelter, food and warmth. Caritas can help people with these things by donating  money to the homeless to buy those things. Teachers can help those who have no education and can pay with the money the people of Caritas donated to them. Mediators can help people  solve their problem if they have had any in the past. Priests can help the homeless by healing them if they are  ill.

Initiating Thinking

Who helps those who can not help themselves?

• Priests
• Teachers
• Mediators
• Caritas

Group Discussions - Reporting

Priests	Teachers	Mediators	Caritas
Priests can help bless people if they are unwell and can not help themselves or other people.	Teachers can help people with learning and can find other helpers if you need it.	Mediators can help people who can’t solve their problems solve their problems.	Caritas can help people who are homeless to find shelter, food and water etc when or if they need it.

(What do they do to help those in need? - examples need to understand) caritas.org.nz 

Caritas are well working people who support the homeless people around the world to find shelter,food and warmth. They do this by fundraising money for those in need. e.g; Unicef does the same for the people in need by making a commercial on t.v. 

Here is a link to ONE of the UNICEF commercials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLNUsS2hLBM

Reflection:

Is it important to help others?

Yes it is!

Why?

Because helping others is a nice thing to do and doing unselfish things is good because we have alot and they don’t, which means us as loving and caring people giving things to the people in need. It will also make you feel better because when you go to bed at night or when you are having an exam, you won't have a hard time sleeping or thinking because you will know that you have helped someone in need.  This can also change you and make you a better person.

Science - Fizz and Foam

W.A.L.T:  Observe and report on the chemical reaction that occur when combining substance together.

Today we used test tubes and beakers. We used two of the test tubes and pour lemon juice in one tube and malt vinegar in another one. We had a table that has citric acids, tartaric acids, baking soda, chalks and cordial (raro) to mix with our ingredients.

We took our glass beakers and plastic spoon to the table with all the dry ingredients and took a spoonful of one ingredient and mixed it with one of the acid liquids. (eg; citric acid and lemon juice).

Hypothesis: (Prediction)

• Baking Soda + Malt Vinegar = The baking soda and malt vinegar together created  bubbles = Reaction
• Tartaric Acid + Lemon Juice = The tartaric acid and lemon juice together created fizzing bubbles = Reaction
• Citric Acid + Malt Vinegar = The two combine together will make bubbles = Reaction
• Raro + Lemon Juice = These two products mixed together will make no reaction, but a nice smell and  a sweet and sour taste =  No Reaction
• Chalk + Malt Vinegar = These products together will make a mushy and disgusting look but a nice wine smell.
• Raro + Citric Acid + Malt Vinegar = The two dry ingredients and the vinegar together will make yucky look of bubbles but a nice smell.  Also when you put a finger tip of the products together, it feels like it is pinching your tongue.
• Malt Vinegar + Citric Acid + Chalk = This combine together will make fizzing bubbles and make it look mushy. It also tastes like vinegar.

Modification Of School Hours!

I agree that modifying the Year 7 and 8's starting time ten minutes earlier (8:30 am) rather than the current time (8:45 am) would be a wonderful idea.

First of all, if these changes take place. we will have extra time for learning. However, if we keep the usual time (8:45 am) the amount of work we are currently doing is not enough. It would be great if we were able to complete more assignments in that extra time. This will be great for the teachers because those teachers who come to school at 8:30 am this will probably encourage them to start opening their classes at 8:10 am or 8:20 am.

Secondly, for those who wake up late and arrive at school late, changing the school hour could possibly motivate them to wake up earlier and aim to arrive at school earlier as well. If they get into the habit of getting to school on time, then it will help to prepare them for college. Which brings me to my next point.

It is important for us as Year 7 and 8 students to prepare ourselves as much as we can before we enter college. a Starting school at a similar time, will support and strengthen our time management skills and help us to achieve high standards of work and meet the challenges we will face at college. Also because we use google apps, we don’t have to wait for our teacher to tell us what to do, we can access our learning on the google site.

In conclusion, like I said our starting time should be changed because it will give us more time to finish assignments and will also prepare us for college. But before going to college you have to hit the national standard.

TROUBLEMAKER!

It was the 19th of July and my family were stressed about what to wear to my little cousin’s birthday, which was to be held on the following day.  This was especially my brothers. I’d expected my brothers’ (I have three), to be excited about the party but instead they were getting all angry because most of the clothes they had, according to them, were old and had been seen by  all the people who were also going to the party.  

“Stop stressing about your clothes”, I told my brothers’ “It’s not like there is gonna be girls there”.” It’s a family thing” I shouted!  Almost immediately after making that comment - simultaneously from the mouth of  my brothers’ came the words... 
“Mind your own business!”
 I turned to face all three of them and gave them the meanest, evil eyes I could make..... and ran out of the room to my parents as fast as I could!   From experience I knew that this was a safe move, they would never and I mean never come after me when I go to mum and dad. 

A short time later while sitting in the lounge with my mum, I strained my ears towards the direction of the conversation. The voices of my brothers was joined in by my cousin. My brothers were asking my cousin if they could wear some of his clothes (because they were new clothes). I told my mum and she growled them in Tongan. Behind the safety of my mother’s back I giggled and smirked silently. 

On the morning of the birthday.  I went up to my brothers and apologised  for being a troublemaker on Friday night.  They said that it was alright, because they were being meanies too.

The party was being held at the Rock Climbing Warehouse.  When we arrived I ran straight to the Adventureland Park.  Unfortunately my brother and I got kicked off the park because we were too old and too big for it. It was only then that I noticed the sign that said ‘Ten years and under only’!

My eyes very quickly noticed boxes of pizza being carried to the eating area. I was so enthusiastic about the climbing that I decided to not eat at that time and shouted to my aunt and uncle, “Save me some food please”! After a while went and got 4 pieces of pizza. Two hawaiian and two meat lovers. But as soon as I’d finished,  I climbed up the skateboarding rock climbing which turned out to be the wrong thing to do.  Moments later I jumped back down I ran to a bin and vomited.

What a day!

My Digital Life!!!

Sink Or Float?

Equipment:

• Plastic Container
• Water 3/4
• Table salt
• Teaspoon
• Eyedropper
• Clay

Instructions:

1. Fill the container 3/4 full with water.
2. Put a small piece of clay around the bottom of the eyedropper. DO NOT BLOCK THE OPENING!
3. Float the eyedropper in the water.
4. Now squeeze the bulb of the dropper to let the air out one drop at a time, testing after each drop to see if the dropper will sink.
5. Once the dropper sinks, stir in teaspoons of salt into the water one at a time - until it floats again.
6. Record how many teaspoons of salt it took to make the eyedropper float again.

It took 11 teaspoon of salt to make the eyedropper float again.

Hypothesis: Even a little piece of clay will just make the eyedropper sink in fresh or salt water.

We carried out a Science investigation to find out what affect adding salt to water would have on an object that was weighted down in water.   

The purpose why we did this experiment was to see adding salt to the water will make the eyedropper float again if it sunk.

Special To Me!

My mum is a kind, loving and special person to the people she knows.

When people are sad my mum is always there for them especially for the people she loves and those that love her back.

She’ll also try to make them feel better by dancing, singing or having a laugh with them.

My mum is also a person you can trust with things that are really important to you.

If you meet my mum, she will treat you as her own daughter or son just like she treats my friends.

When my mum is welcoming someone she welcomes them with a smile and kind words.

One more thing about my mum, my mum is an awesome and funny person and I am very happy to have her in my life.

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