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TGC orientation day.

Today we went to Tauranga Girls College (TGC) and had our orientation day for next year. At first all of the coming yr9 girls were in the hall and we had to listen to Ms Bird who is the deputy principal tell us a bit about the school and then we had to listen to our head girl who give us a speech, that was really cool. Then all the girls got put into little groups and went for a tour around the school. During the tour we had to look for little things around the school and we had to tick them off on the little sheet they gave us at the start of the tour. After that we came back to the hall and got dismissed from the hall. I thought that the tour was really good and I found out that I don't have to worry about getting lost because we can ask anyone about anything and most of them should help me.      

Lorde dance moves.

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My opinion is. I do not think that Tau Henare has the right to say to Lorde that her dance moves looked like she had epilepsy. It is an insult to Lorde and the people who actually have epilepsy.

I have never just unintentionally offended someone that I know of, but I have offended someone protecting somebody eles.      

The do's and don'ts of Rimu

Do's            

• Homework. 
• Stay on task. 
• Where your PE shorts/spandex under your skirt. (Girls)
• Tie your hair up. (Must do)
• Gold or silver studs. (Earrings) 
• Use RIMU toilets. 
• Pick up rubbish and do good things around the schools to get STARS tickets. 
• Be respectful to the school equipment and your peers. 
• Tack part in school activates.

Dont's 

• No inappropriate behaviour in the class or on your laptop. 
• Don't be silly on the field. 
• Don't run to the canteen without a teacher taking you there. 
• Don't flick people with your hats. 
• Don't go to Frazer Cove during school hours. 
• Don't Climb trees. 
• Don't wear nail polish.
• Don't wear makeup.
• Don't put food in the paper bin. 
• Don't pick roses. 

Transformation Mindomo

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48 hour movie challenge reflecton

Sound Quality: The voice volumes where good but the little bit background noise was a bit distracting for the viewers.

Camera Skill: The camera was steady and the angles were good but or effects we could of worked on.

Acting: Our voices were very clear most of the time and our situations and settings where good. We could have used facial expressions.

Editing: Our cut scenes were dove very well to my expectations but we could have made or poem a longer time.

Quality of the life education message in your movie (the Script): I think that our script/message was done and said very well because drugs and alcohol are becoming very common and people need to know what the consequences are of taking them.

Teamwork: Our team worked very well I thought because everybody had there say and everybody was positive and had a part each. Know one was excluded. I think our group worked very well and I was very happy with our movie to.  

Google Forums

Q.What is an internet forum?

A. An internet forum is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.

Q. Have you ever posted on a forum? Explain.

A. No, I have never posted on a forum before because I really didn't know what they where.

Q. What is a thread?

A. A tread is a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or peace of writing.

Q. What is the forum administrator’s job?

A. A forum administrator keeps everything under control. They also make sure people are on the forum responsibly.

What are some different names for forums?

• Forum names:
• Discussion board
• Conference
• Discussion post

Find a forum on and provide a link for:

• Minecraft: http://www.minecraftforum.net/
• Rugby: http://www.rugbyrebels.club/
• Animals: http://www.animalforum.com/showthread.php/227578-How-do-dogs-think

Q. What do you think the rules for posting on a forum are?

A. 

• NO inappropriate matters.
• Do NOT change the subject. 

Q. What do you think the consequences are for breaking the forum rules?

A. You will not be allowed to go back to that particular site and be reported.

Enlargment

When using translation you always need to say:

How many times bigger you have made the shape (scale factor)
What the centre of enlargement is

The centre of enlargement is the point of which the shape started to enlarge (form)

The scale factor is how many times the shape is being enlarged.

The easy way to work out the scale factor of a shape on a grid is to first count how many squares are on one side of the smaller shape (preferably the bottom) you then count how many squares there are ON THE SAME SIDE on the enlarged shape. You then compare the two numbers and work out how many times the shape has been enlarged. (I like to use division)

Here, the first shape (pink) has 4 squares along the bottom side. In the enlarged shape the bottom side has 8 squares. I then use division to work out the scale factor.
8 divided by 4 gives 2. So 2 = the scale factor.








When working out the scale factor of a shape with no grid you use projection lines. Here is an example of what projection lines look like:

First you draw a projection line, starting from the middle of the X to one of the corners of the shape and beyond. You then measure that distance and double it. Then, starting from the X along the projection line you apply that doubled distance and then place a small mark at the end of the doubled distance. Repeat this for all of the corners. Your shape should now look like this:

Once you've done that you join up all of your new doubled distances to create a new and enlarged shape like so,

That is how you enlarge a shape without a grid. The tricky thing is though, even though you've enlarged the shapes all the angles are actually still the same!

Life Ed Summery.

The main message of Life Ed was to "Delay the Decision" We applied this to drugs and alcohol. These are a few things we learnt.

How drugs affect the brain
MEMORY
REASONING
JUDGEMENT
MECHANICAL SKILLS
INTELLECT
CONCENTRATION
EMOTIONS

These are all jobs of the brain that get affected when drugs are used. We learnt that drugs can make a persons emotions can take over people intellect.

4 parts of the brain (the highlighted parts are the parts of the brain that get affected by drugs)
- Long term memory
- Short term memory
- Today's thinking
- Future thinking

Michael once told us that there was a man that was taking drugs who walked his daughter to school and when they got there she realised she had forgotten something. The father got very mad, shot her and buried her. He also tried to help the police find her, even though he already knew where she was buried.

Puberty
Michael taught us that puberty takes 7 years and can be described as 7 rungs of a ladder. He also said that puberty can start as early as 9 or as late as 16. This is simply because, everyone is different. The sad thing is though it is very common for people to take drugs while going through puberty. This is very concerning as puberty is the worst time to take drugs. In the majority of personal stories Michael told us the people started drugs at the age 13 which is quite scary because that is the age of people at my school! Most people start drugs because of parties which has taught me to be aware of situations where I may be offered drugs.

Ways to say no to drugs
During Life Ed we learnt an acronyms that can help us to say no to drugs,

R Give a reason
E Give an excuse
A ssertive
C hange the subject
H umour

W alk away
I gnore
T ell someone or toughen up
S ay no

Why teenagers are more affected by drugs
In Life Ed we learnt a few acronyms that explain why teenagers are more affected by drugs than adults.

F aster
A bsorption
R ate

L ess
E ffective
M etabolic
S ystem

G reater
I mpact on
B rain

G reater
A ddiction
P otential

Alcohol 
We learnt that alcohol is the drug that is most likely to be offered to us in our lifetime. Michael said that out of a large group only a small amount will get involved with illegal drugs but a larger amount will get involved with alcohol. We can apply REACH WITS to an alcohol situation as well which I've think will be really handy. Alcohol can also be used sensibly which I intend to do. I will remember not to over dose as that's when problems happen. When used incorrectly alcohol can be very dangerous and I hope not to use it in that way.

Overall I learnt many things that can help me to "Delay the Decision" I sincerely hope that I can use my new knowledge from Life Ed to help me if I ever find myself in a sticky situation including drugs or alcohol.

addiction poem

Walking up the ladder, year after year, waiting to make the big decision coming up somewhere.

watching others take the drug choose you decisions wisely and don't become an addic thug.

But one night at a party you take the pill that makes you ill and raises your bill, you look at your reflection in the mirror and think to your self I have to be a quitter.

Day by day, night by night things are though but get better in site.

Rimu Logo.

math trick

Transformations: Translation

Translation is one of the 4 ways that a shape can be moved. (Translation, Rotation, Shrink and enlarge and reflect) If you have a shape on a grid and you then move the shape, you have translated it.

A vector is the coordinates of where the shape has been moved. A vector looks like the picture below.
The top number indicates how far left or right the shape has moved. If the number is negative the shape moves left, if the number is positive, the shape moves right. The bottom number indicates how far up or down the shape will move. If the number is negative the shape goes down and if the number is positive the shape goes up.









When moving house you are translating objects to the new house. This is a real life example of translation.

aninator add

Do you like computer games, well this is your lucky day because we have made a game that can read your mind by asking you a few questions and you have to answer them. what you do is you have to think of a character it could be fake or real and then answer the questions and the jennie will give you his answer. so don't be a scardonator and try the Akinator, the web genius. Head to www.akinator.com and see what the jennie has install for you.