Spiritual Wellbeing

In Health we are learning about the different wellbeings and why they help us.

What does Spiritual Wellbeing (Taha Wairua) mean?

'Principles or standards of behaviour. One's judgement of what is important to life.'

So far I have learned that TahaWairua is your values and beliefs, what you see yourself as and the way that you live your life. It is your religion, culture, goals, motivation, and self-worth.



[We used an online site called 'Barret Value Centre' to see their guess of our identity based on the values we picked.

Their guess on my identity was pretty accurate.]

Down below are two important values, I picked and the reason why I chose them.

FROM THE VALUES YOU CHOSE, WRITE ABOUT THE TWO THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU`	WHY IS THIS VALUE IMPORTANT TO YOU?	RECALL A MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU REALLY ‘LIVED’ THIS VALUE.	IF THIS VALUE IS NOT BEING RESPECTED BY OTHERS, HOW MIGHT YOU FEEL OR REACT?
Respect	I think everyone deserves to be treated with respect like how we also want to be treated with respect	There was this one time where I saw an elderly having trouble pushing her walker across the railroad, so I went ahead and helped her	Most of the time I don’t really feel weird because I believe that people have their own opinions and people could also have different beliefs from me
Perseverance	If we give up without trying hard enough then we’d only accomplish little in our life	I wasn’t really good at writing before but I tried and tried until I got better	Same as the answer above Same

Identity Photo:

[This is my identity photo. The 5 words on the pink paper are what I think are important because they make me.]

Child Soldiers

What was your research about?

Our research was about the history of child soldiers and where they are located.

What did you learn?

I learned that they use children instead of adults because children are cheaper and are easier to manipulate. I also learned that children were included in WW1 and WW2.

What was your most useful resource and why?

The most useful resource my partner and I used was a side called refworld because it gave us that number of child soldiers in a specific country. We think that this was useful because the number of child soldiers in a country were pretty difficult to find because some required various sites before we found an answer but refworld served it to us easily. 

We used refworld 4 times and each time it gave us a useful answer every time.

Sonja Terk Delaunay

Sonja Terk Delaunay

Rythme, 1938, oil on canvas

Prismes électriques, 1914, oil on canvas

Orphism: Orphism focused on pure abstraction and bright colours.

Facts: 

-She was a Ukranian-born French artist
-She used to study at Académie de La Palette

This is my attempt to one of Sonja Delaunay's artwork

This is my attempt at Orphism art.

You Won't Believe What Happens in DTE!

In DTE we had done a lot of activities, which were: Making our own website, creating an infographic about Ergonomics, exploring Interland, making an infographic about the Manaiakilani website, and Digital Bytes.


Creating our Website:

We created our website using Google Sites.

Our website had to include three pages and their sub-pages.

Three Pages:

HOME, MY WORK, BLOG

Sub-Pages:

HOME:

-ABOUT ME

MY WORK:

-TERM ONE
-TERM TWO
-TERM THREE
-TERM FOUR

BLOG:

-INFO

[That's pretty much all we had to for our first task.]


Ergonomics:

Ergonomics: Ergonomics is the way equipment or furniture is placed so that people can work or do activities more efficiently and comfortably.



[In this task I learned about what Ergonomics is]

Resources: Ergonomics Information


Interland

Interland is a game that teaches you internet safety and gives you helpful tips on what to do if a problem occurs during your time online.

Levels:

Kind Kingdom: "It's Cool to Be Kind"

To be successful in this game you need to get to the top of the kingdom while spreading love and kindness. You are to pick up 'tools' to send kindness to other 'Internauts' and to block troublemakers.

Reality River: "Don't Fall for Fake"

The goal of this level is to get to the other side of the lake without getting phished by the 'phisher'. You are asked a question and there will be 2 or 3 answers that you will choose from. You have to pick the correct answer to move onto the next question. If you answer wrong you will not move onto the next question until you get it right.

Mindful Mountain: "Share With Care"
In order to succeed in this level, you will have to share the contents it gives you to the right people. Use the mirrors to reach your specified audience. Also, be aware of the 'oversharer' at all cost.

Tower of Treasure: "Secure Your Secrets"
The aim of this level is to collect your 'online' valuables and don't 'drop' them as you make your way across to the next stage. If you drop your valuable then the 'hackers' will steal your valuables.
-Note that Interland is meant to teach you online safety and is not meant to harm you in any way.


Cybersmart

We were given the task of making an infographic about the Manaiakilani website.


 

Reflection: This site was useful because it is able to teach people how to properly use the internet and how to keep safe if anything ever goes wrong.

Resources: Manaiakilani Website


Digital Bytes

Digital Bytes teaches people digital citizenship through topical, collaborative activities.

My partner and I made a Google Doc about all the activities we have done using Digital Bytes.

Activities:

Felix Resume

DTE Project

Website:Common Sense Media: Digital Bytes

Guess What I Did In Art

Peer Critique:

My classmate wrote helpful comments on the back of my artwork, which are:

-I like your work because the bird is big and that tells me that the bird is your focal point

-Where are the leading lines?

My answer: The leading lines are the bottom of the triangle and the pictures that look like prison bars in the background.

-I think you should make your leading lines clearer

Reflection:

Next time I would make my leading lines clearer and pick a better background colour. I would also take more time thinking about how I should lay out my pictures.

Antarctic Slave Trade

For Social Studies we were given the task of making a map. The map is about the places that the slaves were dropped off or auctioned.

My Map: 

Harriet Tubman

Link to Poster: Harriet Tubman

Why did you research about Harriet Tubman?

I researched about Harriet Tubman because she was a big part of the freeing of slaves. I personally think that she is a hero and should always be remembered by people.

What did you research about?

• Who Harriet Tubman was
• What the Underground Railroad was and how slaves got there
• Spiritual song of my own choice

Supergirl: Welcome to Earth

In English we have been watching Supergirl and we were given the task of making a 'SEEL' paragraph. 

Here is my 'SEEL' paragraph:


A message from Supergirl, Welcome to Earth is ‘Never judge someone based on their cultural background’. This is because Supergirl judged Mon-El without knowing him as an individual. She judged him purely based on his cultural background and we saw this scene where Supergirl was confronting Mon-El and accusing him of trying to kill the president. She thought it was him because he was from Daxon, the planet she disliked. This is why I think it is important to know people as an individual and not because of their ethnicity. It makes me think about the times I’ve seen people get judged because they weren’t the same as the other person. In an ideal world, everyone should be free with no one judging them. They should be able to live the way they want to live without getting judged.