Music Reflection

What did you enjoy last term in Music?
I liked being able to learn to play the piano at my own speed. It s easy to understand and I could ask for help when I needed it.

What skills did you learn?
I learned how to play a couple of parts of songs on the piano. I found out how to somewhat read the music note for the piano.

Did you Perform?
Yes, I performed a mix of One Kiss, No Tears Left To Cry, and Perfect. I was reading them and noticed that when one of the songs ended it landed on the same note that the next song started on. 

Are you taking music next year? If so what instrument do you wish to focus on?
Yes, I signed up for music next year and if I am to get in I will be working on playing the drums. I do lessons and wish to continue working on them during class next year.

Plant Cells - Science

 

 

Large Vacuole - The Large Vacuole contains water as well as dissolved substances. Its main reason for being is to maintain pressure against the inside of the cell wall. It is also used to help support the plant and it gives the cells a shape.

Cell Wall - It is the ridge layer of polysaccharides around the outside of the cells of plants, animals, and more. It is used as protection from stress.

Cell Membrane - The cell membrane, also known as the plasma membrane, is found in both animals and plants. It is used to regulate the transport of things entering and exiting the cell.

Chloroplast - Chloroplast is an organelle within cells of plants and other things. It is the site of photosynthesis, which is the process by which energy from the sun is converted into chemical energy for growth.

Cytoplasm - It is a thick, liquid the fills each cell and is enclosed in the membrane. It is the thing where all of the functions for cell expansion, growth, and replica. 

Nucleus - The Nuceuls is where we find all of the 46 chromosomes. The chromosomes are the holding place for the DNA.

Keyboard Reflection! - Music

 During the last few lessons of music, we had been learning how to play songs on the piano. I haven't played piano before so this was a new and different experience than what I was used to. The biggest thing I learned during this time was how to use all of your fingers while playing. It was much more difficult using both hands during the song cause I couldn't really focus on what I was doing. I liked the challenge.

Transcript - Art

 

In art class, we have been looking at captivating street art and focusing on what we found eye-catching out the piece. We also were working on doing transcriptions of other artist's works. Somethings I learned was how to look at the little details of people's artwork. When I look at art I don't really look into what the means and things are so I found out the little details made a big difference. Another thing is I now see the different types of this specific art. When I was searching for the artwork I found some that were similar but very different in some ways. It was very interesting, to say the least.

THE NUREMBERG LAWS - Social Studies

THE NUREMBERG LAWS - 

1. Provide two examples of ways in which the Nuremberg laws affected the rights of German Jews. 

“Jewish Patients were no longer admitted to municipal hospitals in Düsseldorf.”
“The Reich Propaganda Ministry issued a decree forbidding Jewish soldiers to be named among the dead in World War I memorials.”

2. What other actions were taken that discriminated against Jews in Germany? (Remembering)

One of the actions was that the Jewish people couldn’t be teachers or doctors so a lot of them lost their jobs. That was only a couple of them so when you think about the rest of them 

3. Why do you think that the Nazis passed these laws? (Understanding)

They wanted power so they decided to use the jews and get rid of them to spread fear. They wanted power and to gain that power they ruled by fear.

4. If a New Zealand government passed a law that provided for different treatment of a named racial group in New Zealand, what do you think the reaction of most New Zealand people would be? Why do you think this might be the case? (Applying)

People wouldn’t stand for it mainly because we have become a multi-cultural country.

Kristallacht - Social Studies

Kristallnacht

1. What is meant by the term “Kristallnacht”?
   Night of broken glass
   
   
2. When did this event occur?
   November 9th to 10th 1938
   
   
3. How many synagogues did the program claim were burned?
   267
   
   
4. How many Jews were claimed to have died as a result of this event?
   91
   
   
5. How many were said to have been sent to concentration camps?
   30,000
   
   
6. What was the reaction of the German people to this event?
   They announced that it was the Jew's fault.

How do we know that Kristallnacht was planned in advance of the event?

Kristallnacht (Night of broken glass) was planned by the Germans before it happened. In the document, it had a time and date that was sent out before the Kristallnacht there for making it obvious that the Germans knew that it was going to happen. Another form of proof is that it has shown everything that the Jews can and can not do like “As soon as possible, officials are to arrest as many jews especially wealthy ones”. The fact that it was sent before the Kristallnacht and showed what the jews can and cannot do, shows how the Germans indeed planned the night of broken glass.

Kai Māori - Home Economics

Growing and Gathering:
In New Zealand, the temperature was much cooler than the places around them o when it came to planting food they managed to find a technique to help adapt them to the surrounding environments. They were prepared in huge communal gardens where they sometimes used gravel, sand, shells, and charcoal to the soil. This helped to hold onto the plants' nutrients and it slowed down the leaching of nutrients by rain or watering. They brought in more birds by bringing in some native trees, flax, and flowering shrubs which attracted the birds into the civilization. The Maori mostly ate seafood as there was plenty of fish and it was high in protein. Each tribe had its own fishing grounds which was very important as some may have called it sacred ground. 

Preserving Food:
Maori preserved large amounts of food so they could trade with other tribes or save the food for leaner times. Some of the food that was most commonly dried was kumara, shellfish, and fish (Such as shark and eels). Meat, fruit, and seeds were also dried. Some birds and meats were preserved in their own fat after it is boiled into a hot substance. Another thing that they did was ferment the fish and corn. 

What food sources did the English bring to the Maori when they settled into their country?
When the English settled in the Maori quickly accepted the food that they brought with them, some of the foods include potatoes, pork, wheat, corn, Ect. Even though they brought the crops over to the Maori, they still had the problem of the climate changing for the crops. In the end, the Maori managed to adapt the crops to the different weather and so they managed to grow the sid crops.

What was the English cooking style? How did it compare to the Maori?
The English mainly used ovens to bake their food like bread and chips. Compared to the Maori, their method of cooking was healthy and helped to bring on more flavor to their food.

At the end of last week, we had a look at or of the foods that the English ate. Scones.