Maze Game and Flappy Bird Codes

After playing Maze game and Flappy game not only did I have fun, I also learnt new things I didn't know about. Coding. In this Maze game, there were different levels that all involved coding. Coding was simple. There were blocks that had a certain job to do. For example, when run, move forward, and when you put the blocks together it'll move forward. See the slides below to get a better understanding.

New Zealand is a Democracy

This country (New Zealand) is a democracy.

New Zealand has a Democratic system of government when people vote for who
they want to be represented by.

The age limit you can vote is 18 and over and must be a New Zealand citizen.

In New Zealand we choose our leaders every 3 years, talking about three years,
the next elections are next year in 2020.

Democracy means - A system of government by the whole population or all the
eligible members of an area/state.

Loto - How laws are made, (Social Studies)

What is a bill - 

first of all laws are ideas brought by public, or a member of Parliament. It is not exactly a law but it is a upcoming law, a draft copy of a law, or a request.

It is not the bill you think about like paying the electrical bills, or money, it is simple a draft copy of a law. A law does many things to people, places, things. A law helps run our country peacefully and keeps people happy.

How does a bill become a Law/ act of parliament -

In New Zealand we have laws which are created by the member of Parliament.

To making a law, there are 7 stages it has to go through first.

The 7 stages are the following:

Introduction - The bill is introduced to the House of Parliament.

First reading - MPs (Members of Parliament) debate which, the bill should go on to the select committee or not.

Select Committee - Here in the select committee they focus on the opinions of the public. All the submissions, reports, feedback, comes back the house. When it is approved the house will ask for some recommendation.

Second reading - The bill comes back to the house along with the recommendations of the select committee. MPs decide on which it should go to the Committee of the whole House.

Committee of whole house - Members debate the bill Claus by Claus (part by part). This is also known as the last chance to change the bill.

Third reading - This is known as the final debate. The Members of Parliament looks and consider what will happen if the bill becomes a law.

Royal assent - This is the last stage of becoming a law. The Governor General signs the bill, agreeing that is should become and act of Parliament and is now introduced into a law.

Three Branches

For the past few weeks my class and I have been learning about the government and the three branches. 

The three branches of the government includes:

Legislative - Legislative are people who makes laws

Judicial -  Judicial are in charge of punishing the people who breaks the law

Executive - They makes sure they execute the plan of what their doing

MMP, System of Government, (Social Studies)

For the past 3 weeks, I have been learning about the house of representatives and the system of how governments/prime minster are chosen. I now know what MMP and MP stands for. MMP, stands for Mixed-Member Proportional which means, different parties get to share their ideas. MP, stand for Member of Parliaments, which means that people who got voted in.

What I also Learned was that, it depends on how much votes you get, which means that's the percent of chairs you get, in the house of representatives. For Example, If you get half of the votes, you are guaranteed to get half of the chairs to your party. 

 

There are 120 seats in the House Of Representatives

Learning new concepts in class (Social Studies)

At the start of Social Studies today (01/08/2019) we were instructed to abandon
the electronics for we were going to use or brain and to also talk in groups.

First we were told to warm up our brain by memorising the 7 key concepts about
the government. Secondly me and my partner volunteer to present the words that
we had to remember. It was a bit hard to memorise the 7 words but it was a
win-win situation because we exercised our brain. After that we were shown
each meaning of the 7 words we were told. We again had to memorise all the
meaning to the words and later on present it. Again, me and my partner volunteered
to present to the class the meaning of a certain word. It was very challenging
because we had little time to memorise these words. My partner and I
were trying to remember and fortunately we did it.

Some of the new words I learned was:

• Laws - A rule or set of rules
• Member of parliament - A person who has been elected by the people
• in a particular to electorate

• Rights - something we are entitled to
• Electorate - is a voting district
• Political party - an organised party

Migration in the 21st Century and its effects (Social Studies)

What I found surprising was that  Countries in Europe are facing many problems.
Like In 2015, more than 35,000 children went to Sweden without their parents.
Since so many kid came at the same time, it took longer to find homes for the children.
4 children’s reported that they were not allowed to enroll in school because they didn’t
have a parent or someone who took care of them.

Most refugees came from impoverished backgrounds which was very challenging
for them which they had to cope with what was coming to them. Till these days
there are still more refugees seeking for help, home and food. Most of them were
involuntary to work, or to leave the country which was hard for them to look after
themselves and there family. The effects on these refugees are not as simply. They
have to have there documentation to be able to enter different places.

3 new words I learnt:

Impoverished

Involuntary

Documentation

Human and plant cells (Science)

For the last few weeks here at science class we've been learning about plant cells and animal cells. What I learned about these 2 different kind of cells are that most of the cells are kind of the same but plant cells have a few extra. Here is a photo representing the 2 different cells.

Maintaining our Culture (Social Studies)

Do you think it is important to hold onto the language of our ancestors?

Yes, because, when you grow older you are going to teach your kids
about the history of your language and how to speak it, so the
language doesn’t die out. You can keep the language alive and
pass it down to your further generation. Another reason is so you
can talk to other people in your language and having to talk in your
culture to a big audiences.

Can you think of how we can hold onto our languages in NZ?

You can hold onto your language by going to a church that
only has your culture, (E.g Samoans going to a Samoan church),
participating in cultural activities, listing to your elders speaking
the language, and also going to a school that only speaks your
culture.

Changes In Glen Innes (Social Studies)

In glen Innes where tamati’s community  is, he is trying to help our home. The whanau around him are supporting him too with the things he is doing. It has been sad for Tamati because of the change, and lots of people leaving. Now there are different families that are new to the community. At Madeline Ave in GI, was begun in the 1990s. It’s all about, story-telling and working with organisations to create community engagement. Nowadays the river Tamati is currently working on is polluted and also said “There's no way you’d put a child”.

Tamati is trying to engage the residents to remember what the river is for. When tamati’s great grandma came here the volcanic soils were great for growing, and snapper could be caught in the fishing grounds. Tamati says “this is something special and we should treat it like a treasure. He really likes the pathways. Much has change here at Glen Innes bout there are still some old elements. The marsic brothers “Fish and chips shop” has been there for a long time Nicola Johns Pharmacy on Mayfair place, she really cares about people. The is old as well, John Pearce shoe care on Apirana Ave, Actually fixes shoes. We also got the best kebab shop of anywhere located and, Kebab 149, on line road.

Tamati and some others say “We have the privilege here of being involved with something that will be around for generations.

Community (Social Studies)

Today for social studies we did a topic on community. On this picture it shows, what I know about a community and also what a community needs. 

Te Reo Maori - Summary (Social Studies)

Back in the 1900s, most of the Te Reo Maori language was prohibited to
be taught in schools. People just couldn’t be bothered teaching the language.
It was slowly dying as years went by. The history behind this was that the
indigenous people who were the founder of the land were in fact the Maori
people. But most of us intend to forget this language and speak english.
But nowadays the attitude of the language has changed and now it is being
taught in schools, been made into songs, raps, and many other things.

(Science) Layers of the Earth

Today (11/04/2019) is the last day of school and also last science class for this term. I will be telling you what I learned of the layers of the earth.

First there is the crust. That is what we living things live and stand on. 

Second, there is the mantle. It is the place were lava stays. But when lava is underground we call it magma.

Thirdly there is the outer core. The outer core is just above the inner core.

And lastly there is inner core. It is as the same hot as the sun and is located right in the center of the earth.

Here is a photo of the 4 layers if you didn't understand and want a better view.

(Social Studies) Presentation

(Social Studies) Presentation

Today (11/04/2019) my class and I had to present what country or origin
we had done for our presentation. My buddy was the famous Aumau and
the topic we did was India. The things I need to work on for talking is to
talk more louder, make more sense and also look towards the audience.

For what I need to work on for listening is to watch the person in the front
and to understand what they say. I need to listen, stay quiet and also learn
something new.

"Jacindamania" (Social studies)

Jacinda ardern's is becoming noticeable with what her actions has done to lots of people.
They call this ‘Jacindamaina’. She is becoming more popular and more famous but that
wasn’t what she was trying to do. She was just doing what she can with what she has.
She also went to a mosque to show her respect. Meanwhile in public and social media
everyone is loving what Jacinda Ardern is doing to all of us. She has banned semi auto
guns from everywhere in new Zealand but is not officially made yet. My thoughts are that
she is doing the right thing to help out those in need.

Empathy - (Social studies)

To me empathy means when you show or sacrifice your time to help
out another. It also means when people can feel what others are feeling.

For example:

Not long ago there was a shooting down at Christchurch at a
mosque. Many lives has past, many families are grieved and
brokenhearted, and also many people around the world are showing
empathy. They are showing empathy by visiting the mosques where
the shooting took place and even for people that are not in Christchurch,

they go to there local mosque and show their empathy.

People also are praying for the victims and the families of each of them.
Most people are showing there empathy / condolences through social
media where the whole globe can see. There is also people donating
their own money from their pockets to help out and give what they can.

Families of those who are hurt and have sustained injuries, visit the
hospital and give them flowers. Even random people are visiting the
injured and grieving them by flowers, balloons anything that can or
will cheer them up.

Kiribati Climate Change - (Social studies)

For the past few days, my class has been learning about Kiribati and whats happening to it. Climate Change is slowly sinking Kiribati down to the ocean which will no longer exist. Since Kiribati is sinking people are now leaving and families are struggling to find a place to stay. They are being forced to move which they have no other places to stay.

 

Science "Experiment"

Last week during science we did a experiment using baking soda and also vinegar. We put the vinegar in first, into the tube. After that we added the baking soda and had to get back away. Straight after we poured the baking soda into the tube it cause a reaction. The vinegar and the baking soda rose up almost out of the tube. 

There was a video but there were some technical difficulties.

Current Events (One person killed after motorcycles crashes into power pole in Bay of Plenty)

On the 6 of March early in the morning at 12.25am, a person was killed by driving into a power pole with a motorcycle. It took place in Bay of Plenty, Ruatoki Valley Road, south of Whakatāne, on a Wednesday. I think it is important to show this event because, people could be more safer on the road and learn a lesson from what can happen if things go wrong. It goes to show what little things can become a big problem.

Made In Taiwan - Documentary Summary

Tamaki College 

SOS (Social studies)

Name: Loto

For the past few weeks at social studies we have been watching and studying about a documentary called Made In Taiwan. There were two men named Oscar and Nathan who set out to find out about there ancestor and were they came from. These two men has travelled to many places to find out where they came from. They took a DNA sample to find out were they came from.