Connecting Hauora and Healthy Eating ⊹ FOOD TECH

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Hauora + Healthy Eating
danielle meredith

Currently in Food Tech, we
are learning about connecting health dimensions to our diets.

WHAT IS HEALTHY EATING

Eating the right amount of nutritious foods 

that will help to fuel the body with energy to go 

through the day.

Dimension	Meaning	Related food & nutrition
E.g.  Taha hinengaro	mental and emotional well-being	Cultural food, a balance of the required nutrients and adequate hydration
Taha Wairua	Spiritual well-being	Religious food, dishes or foods that are traditional in religion or that you consume in a religious setting. Also, food that reflects your personal values or beliefs.
Taha Whanau	Social well-being	Fast foods + restaurants, food that enables active communication within the community and others.
Taha Tinana	Physical well-being	Protein + adequate nutrition, food that provides excess protein and energy-based foods to help lose fat and/or gain muscle.

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Views on Climate Change ⊹ SCIENCE

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Climate Change
danielle meredith

Currently, in Science class, we are working on Climate Change.
We researched five different people's views on Climate Change.

GRETA THUNBERG

Greta Thunberg is one of the most notorious climate activists. Greta Thunberg says that the world needs to learn the lessons of coronavirus and treat climate change with similar urgency. That means the world acting "with necessary force." She wants big companies to cut down on carbon emissions so we are able to sustain a healthy planet.

DONALD TRUMP

Donald Trump does not believe in climate change. In multiple tweets (majority from 2011-2012) he discredits the science behind climate change and promotes Climategate.

MARAMA DAVIDSON

Marama Davidson believes that climate change and environmental degradation are "deliberately perpetuated to benefit a few at the expense of the many, and at the cost of our planet.” Marama Davidson believes that climate change is real and is a big issue directly benefitting the richer and disadvantaging the poorer and more vulnerable. In the long run, not taking action on climate change means that we, as inhabitants of the earth, will all be greatly disadvantaged.

JACINDA ARDERN

Jacinda Ardern calls climate change “one of the greatest challenges of our time.” Jacinda agrees that climate change is a huge issue and needs to be dealt with immediately. Holding off on this would only cause further problems for our country and earth, so in 2020 she’d declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon-neutral government by the year 2025.

KIM KARDASHIAN

Jacinda Ardern calls climate change “one of the greatest challenges of our time.” Jacinda agrees that climate change is a huge issue and needs to be dealt with immediately. Holding off on this would only cause further problems for our country and earth, so in 2020 she’d declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon-neutral government by the year 2025.

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Study Notes ⊹ MATH

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Study Notes
danielle meredith

Today in Mathematics, we are learning to make study notes.
These can be used to revise information for our tests.

彡 Multiples

Multiples are the result or product of
multiplying a number by another number.

彡 Factors

The numbers that another number can be
divided by.

彡 Prime Number

A prime number is a number that is
greater than one that only has 2 factors
(can only be divided by 1 and itself).

彡Highest Common Factor (HCF)

The highest common factor is the highest number
that divides exactly into two or more numbers

 

彡 Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)

 The lowest common multiple is the smallest
of the common multiples between two or more
numbers.

ೃ⁀➷ ORDER OF OPERATION: BEDMAS ೃ⁀➷
The order of operations is the order that you solve a mathematical equation. Without B.E.D.M.A.S, equations would be solved incorrectly.

彡 B
B stands for brackets (parentheses)

彡 E

E stands for exponents (the number or letter written
above and to the right of a mathematical expression)

彡 D

D stands for division (splitting a number by another
number)

彡 M

M stands for multiplication (repeated addition
or adding equal groups)

 

彡 A

A stands for addition (adding two numbers together)

彡 S
S stands for subtraction (taking away numbers by other
numbers)

ೃ⁀➷ ROUNDING ೃ⁀➷

Replacing a number with an approximate value that has a shorter, simpler or more explicit representation. Rounding numbers between 1-4 would require rounding down. Rounding numbers between 5-9 would require rounding up.

彡 6.54

Rounding 6.54 to one decimal point would be 6.5 because
it's rounding down the 54 to 50 and removing the unnecessary 0.

彡 7.39

Rounding 7.39 to one decimal point would be 7.4 because
it's rounding up the 39 to 40 and removing the unnecessary 0.

ೃ⁀➷ STANDARD FORM ೃ⁀➷

Standard form is a way of writing down very large or very small numbers easily.

彡 39000
The standard form of 39000 is 39 x 10^4

彡 0.00045

The standard form of 0.00045 is 4.5 x 10^-4

#WEDIDIT

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Waitangi Day ⊹ SOCIAL STUDIES

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Waitangi Day
danielle meredith

Currently in Social Studies class, we
are learning about Waitangi day.

3 FACTS

- The treaty was mistranslated

- It was signed on February 6th, 1850.

- The first chief to sign the Treaty was Hōne Heke.

3 DIFFERENT POVs

- Some people say “There's always the political
conflict thing. It's not a day of celebrating for a lot of
people.” Their point of view on Waitangi is that it is
unimportant and not so much a day of celebration.

- Others say that the treaty is a “timeless arrangement”
that should be celebrated and recognised through Waitangi Day.
It should be a peaceful day celebrating a founding document.

- Another perspective on Waitangi is that it is not
patriotic enough and we should be more interactive with
our neighbours, family and other citizens of the
country. They think it’s important but we aren’t
making a big enough contribution to the day.

PERSONAL OPINION

I personally think that it is important to celebrate
the day but we shouldn't have a set way to do so. 
I also think that it’s important that we learn about
the treaty as it is our founding document and although
the time around it’s signing wasn’t so peaceful, we should
still be learning about our country’s history.

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SMART Goals ⊹ MATH

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SMART Goals
danielle meredith

Today in Period 1 Mathematics, we set some smart goals.

These were set to help us stay on track and to give us
something to work towards to.

My SMART Goal was to get higher scores in my PATs.
I would do this by working for 30 minutes every day on
education perfect, homework, or any other resource that I
can receive help or information for math from.

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The Power Of Gratitude - Health Class

-Power Of Gratitude-

Gratitude, a necessity in life. There are many ways that you can show gratitude. You can show gratitude and appreciation for your teachers, family, friends; even places. Being thankful for the little things can have a huge positive impact on someone or something that you love! Showing gratitude makes you happier, more understanding, and is even able to improve your self-esteem. Studies show that your sleep can be improved because you can activate the parasympathetic branch of your nervous system by using positive emotions such as gratitude.

One of my projects for my health class was to create a jar/box where I can put in pieces of paper where I write what I’m grateful for on (I do this daily). I used an old mason jar and decorated it with fabric from an unused lei. I also used fake flowers, leaves and charms and hot-glued those onto the jar.  I call it my fiafia jar because in Samoan language (one of my ethnic groups) fiafia means happiness. Here is my project…

We researched together online and learnt all about gratitude and the effects it can have on us as 

We also learnt about how we could implement it into our life through 3 simple steps. Exercise: At 7:30 each night, I will begin my gratitude time. To ensure that I will carry out this action often, I will set an alarm for 7:25 and 7:30. This will make sure that I am ready to write my gratitude notes. Emote: When I do this exercise, I will sit on the seat in my room so I have a quiet space to work in. I will turn my devices off, shut my door and I will focus on writing how I feel rather than doing the exercise just because. Extend: For everything that I write I am grateful for, I will do something to show my appreciation and gratitude towards it/them. I will think of creative ways to extend my gratitude to them.

Remember to show gratitude to someone or something important to you today!

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Te Whare Tapa Wha - Health Class

~Hauora~

Last week in Health class we made paper houses with four walls. This house is called Te Whare Tapa Wha, and the four walls are the four dimensions of our well being - physical, social, spiritual and mental/emotional.

Physical well being is the way you care for your body. Social well being is how interactive you are with your friends, family and other relationships. Spiritual well being is about your personal identity and what you believe in. Mental/Emotional well being is about your feelings and thoughts.

There are also 23 Hauora words that come with the four dimensions:

(Taha Hinengaro) Mental: Feelings and thoughts

(Taha Wairua) Spiritual: Cultural practice, self-awareness, personal identity, purpose, values, religion, beliefs and self-esteem.

(Taha whanau) Social: Relationships, family, friends, social support, community, sense of belonging and compassion & care.

(Taha Tinana) Physical: Body growth, body care, body development, the ability to move, balanced - nutrition, exercise, sleep

Recently my wellbeing has been affected positively by participating in polyfest practices. It has affected my spiritual well being and it has given me more experience with cultural practices. It has affected my physical wellbeing by giving me more balance in my exercise daily. In the majority of them, the movements and dances require a lot of movement and effort which I sometimes struggle with because I don’t have much endurance. It has affected my social wellbeing by giving me a sense of belonging within a group from my school. It has made my bonds with people from different year levels stronger and has made my bonds with my grandparents much stronger since I go to their house every day after school now. It has affected my mental/emotional wellbeing by giving me even more positive feelings and thoughts about my culture and school. Coming into Tamaki College, I was worried that I wasn’t going to fit in and that I would be very excluded by my peers. Now that I have been doing Polyfest, I feel like I’m very included and that I do belong somewhere.

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