Budgeting a NZ holiday

One of our tasks over the past two weeks of swimming was to budget a holiday, we needed to make sure that everything was thought out, including accommodation and travel.

My 2019 Yearbook Page

The year 8s are leaving at the end of this year, and we have been given a task to create a yearbook page. They will all be compiled together to make a book that we can all keep. Here is my creation.

Spanish language

This week, during swimming has been on, we have been learning Spanish to pass some of the time. First, we learnt pronunciation and the basics of Spanish. We learnt numbers, the alphabet, days of the week and months. We also learnt colours. 

Here are the days of the week and what they mean for the Spanish culture.

Japanese traditions, art, and culture

For the past week, we have been studying Japanese culture to see if we want to do our inquiry on it. So far, Japanese has been very interesting and I have learnt lots.

Study on the northern Canada Inuit

For inquiry this term, we have the choice of studying and creating an art piece on one culture from around the world.  Our choices are Japanese, African, And Inuit. 

This week we got a taste of the Inuit culture. the Inuit are based in northern Canada, Nunavut. The climate is very cold and minimal things grow there. Most of their diet relies on fish and another animal of the sea like whales and narwhal. this is a tradition for them and they only take what they need.  here are some of the questions we were given to answer. 

The Goonies movie

Our essay topic (voted by the class) is the goonies movie. Originally I didn't like the idea of doing an essay on such a movie. But after rewatching the movie and lots of thinking  I decided that this movie has a lot to write about. Things that stood out to me was how detailed they made the adventure. It was very eye-catching and it kept me interested. They also put a lot of work into developing the characters themselves. Here is my description of a few characters that stood out to me.

The Marshland Press Newspaper

For Inquiry this term we chose Media. I was in the print team. We created a newspaper independently and printed it for everyone to see.