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Thursday, 30 November 2017

Taking Action...

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Throughout the last 2 weeks, we have been working on our PBL project and attempting to make a positive impact in our community. Our original plan was to go and visit the pediatric ward at Christchurch public hospital so we could read them Christmas stories and talk to them about their lives in and around the hospital. So on Tuesday the 21 of November, we bussed over to the hospital arriving at 10:10am. we then asked for directions to the pediatric ward (Wards 21 and 22) so we could read our stories. However, once we arrived in the ward and had been sitting down for hours the playroom manager told us that the nurse we talked to forgot to tell us about some of the steps we would need to take in order to see the children. This nurse then gave us a phone number we had to ring and the person on the other side would walk us through the missing steps.

Last week we attempted to call the number only to be sent straight to answerphone. We then called later in the week with Me being ignored, Amy getting hung up on and Mercedes being the lucky one and getting the information. The woman on the other side of the phone gave us her email address so she could walk us through what we had to do. She only told us that we needed to do police checks, CYPP training and fill out privacy policies papers.

We then talked to our teachers and other classmates to attempt to fix what problems we had come across. We ended up combining with another group who came across the same issues. We have come up with raising money for the Ronald Mcdonald house and make the kids dreamcatchers, Christmas card and gifting them soft toys.

This weekend on Saturday the 2nd of December 2017 Me and 6 others are running a car wash for the community to raise the money. There will also be 2 bins to donate stuff. One for any soft toys like Teddy Bears, and the other for canned food and other non-perishable items.

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

The Wish Makers Important Action Plans

Here are our action plans
Steps needed to achieve the goal.
What will help us achieve this goal?
Possible barriers and how to overcome.
Who is doing this step?
Date it will be done.
We need to leave school
We need to  get permission to leave the school from the teachers
The teachers might not trust us to leave school, we could vlog the trip as evidence to show we went
Amy
17th Nov
We need to Bus to the hospital
We need to top up our bus cards so we can use them
The bus may cost to much, We can use our bus cards. Run out of credit, top up our bus cards.
Amy, Hannah-mae
End of next week
24th Nov
We need to meet the kids.
Set up a date to meet up with the kids
We could get sick, do it at a later date or skype the kids
All of us
End of next week
24th Nov
Read christmas stories to the kids
Collect the books from around home
We might not have enough books, We can get some out from the library.
All of us
End of next week
24th Nov
Write wish list to Santa with the kids.
We need to buy decorated paper and envelopes
We could run out of supplies, We can buy more
All of us
End of next week
24th Nov
Fundraise
Set up a give a little page and organise some events
We may not be able to do all of the planned events, we can do less but plan them to be better than before.
All of us
1st Dec
Buy the present at the top of their list, within reason
Go shopping for the presents
Their request might be unreasonable, e.g they ask for an animal, we could compromise and get them an animal soft toy
Amy, Hannah-Mae?
5th Dec


Alternative to Red row

Give individualized gifts to each of the children
Make the necklaces and bracelets
The kids could have allergies to the materials, We could make them out of other material or we could give them something else such as a letter from us.
Amy
Hannah-Mae?
5th Dec
Present the families with the money raised to go toward treatment.
Fundraise
We might not get as much money as we hoped, we can still give them as much as we can it will all help.
All of us
5th Dec

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

The Wish Makers Very Important Project

13-14 November 2017
Hello, My name is Hannah-Mae and I am apart of the group Wish Makers with Amy, Mercedes and Danielle. We have decided that we are going to help the children at Christchurch Public Hospital who suffer from Terminal and/or long-term illnesses. We have chosen to raise some funds to help with the children's treatment and make them smile by spending time with them, We are hoping this will make them forget about their Illness for just a moment and make them feel like they are a normal kid. We are also hoping that we can make a Christmas for them to remember.

Here are some Websites We have used in our investigations.


Mercedes' Blog

Amy's Blog

Tuesday, 31 October 2017

LGBTQ+ people deserve rights in all countries.

Why be racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic when you could just be quiet. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, better known as LGBT, deserve rights in all countries, as nobody can help the way they feel toward others, we are all the same on the inside, they don't judge us so why should we judge them and they are being forced to be someone they aren’t.


Some people can't help the way they feel towards others. That is because not everyone has the same taste in men/women as you do. They have their own feelings and emotions that make them feel like themselves. For instance, when you fall in love with someone you feel like you belong and that you are wanted by the other person in the relationship. This is the same for LGBT people, but they like people of the same gender, someone of their physiological birth gender or they just don't care. Shown by a scientific study it is all because of their genetic code from their opposite-sex parent. So if a man is gay it is a trait from his mother, therefore if a lady is a lesbian the trait is from her father. Scientific studies also showed that “The hereditary link of homosexuality has long been established, but scientists knew it was not a strictly genetic link because there are many pairs of identical twins who have differing sexualities.” So it is just the way they are born, which is why they are and like different types of people. They also deserve the same rights as a heterosexual would because we are all the same on the inside.


We are all the same on the inside and nothing can change that fact. We all have brains, bones and organs. Just because someone doesn't like the opposite gender to them doesn't change this fact. For comparison, a heterosexual has 206 bones in their body right. So does someone that is apart of the LGBT community. Every heterosexual person has a brain, LGBT people have brains but they work and process things uniquely. Just because you don't like the way they think, it doesn't give you the right to discriminate against them and strip them of their rights. They don't judge us for liking people of the opposite gender or wanting to stay our biological birth gender, So why should we judge them for being themselves. It's not necessary.


Remember when you were little, did you ever get bullied for being different? Did you ever want just someone to accept you? I did. If you did, then this is what the LGBT community battles with and for. They just want to be accepted for being themselves and for expressing what they like. Here is another question for you. Have you ever made someone feel less than human? Like they didn't belong. That they were a mistake? That feeling of hatred is what the LGBT people in 74 countries get every day. In 74 countries around the world, these people are being killed, beaten, sentenced to death, used as an excuse for murder and/ or assault. This is all because of people who have an established mindset therefore not want to accept them as part of this world. Throughout the 74 countries, 13 of these will sentence you to death for being apart of the LGBT community. In 17 banns are in place against the promotion of LGBT communities and/or identities. But to my surprise, an astronomical total of 40 countries retain a “Gay Panic” clause, which enables people to use it as a defence for committing crimes such as assault and/or murder as previously stated, just by saying that they were provoked because the person was Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual. And now I will share with you something that Donald Trump's Nominee for the federal judgeship in Texas stated. Mateer said during a Colorado lawsuit involving a Transgender girl. “It just really shows you how Satan’s plan is working. "Satans plan is referring to the transgender children of the world. He has also said, "In Colorado, a public school has been sued because a first grader, and I forget the sex, she's a girl who thinks she's a boy or a boy who thinks she's a girl, it's probably that, a boy who thinks she's a girl, and the school said, 'Well she's not using the girls restrooms.' Just to follow up on the last sentence, the people in the LGBT community are being forced to be someone they aren’t all for the purpose of trying to fit in.


How would you like it if your mother said you couldn't be yourself because you were “different”. Or how would you feel if your father told you to stop being yourself because he didn't want you to be that way? Or your religion said it’s not ok to feel that way about someone or something? This feeling is how people who are Transgender, Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian etc. feel. People who are Transgender don't feel comfortable in their body, and yet people make them feel bad about their current body forcing them to only think of one way out. “Bi” people like both male and female, this makes it difficult for them to try to feel any emotion towards people when they are at social events because they are not “welcome” or they “don't belong”. They begin to feel this way because they get abuse and nasty comments from people and other family members, all because they feel it is necessary to make them feel like they mean nothing to the world. Witch to me that is being less than human to do this to someone who is being themselves. People are the way they are because it is how they feel and express themselves, it's how they want to live their lives and I believe that the LGBT community deserves rights in all countries. They deserve the freedom we take for granted and the lives that heterosexuals live recklessly and carelessly.


Now I'm not saying that heterosexuals are bad. I’m just saying that people in this mindset often find it difficult to understand how these people are feeling because they haven't experienced it. They haven’t dealt with the same nasty comments or the same nasty actions towards them. Heterosexual people possibly haven’t heard the terms like ‘You're one of those faggots’, ‘switch hitter’, ‘Tranny’ or ‘Celesbian’ used against them. But the chances are they have used this slang against someone in a harming intent.


LGBT people deserve rights in all countries because nobody can help the way they feel toward others, we are all the same on the inside, they don't judge us so why should we judge them and they are being forced to be someone they aren’t. If being gay was a choice, so what. Most people choose to be impertinent and they can still get married.

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Old buildings should be preserve for future generations to enjoy.

Screenshot 2017-10-24 at 8.54.41 AM.png Old buildings should be preserved and kept in mint condition for our younger generation because it makes it easier to learn history, we can show the new generation what things were like when we were kids, It attracts tourists.

The gains of keeping our history and the world's history in mint condition shows that we care for history and what it has to offer. It will be easier to access ancient artifacts in the near future for kids history classes. This will be because the places that are kept preserved will be easier to document in photos. For instance, The Pyramids, The Eiffel Tower. If these buildings are kept in good condition, the younger generation has a chance to see it/them before they themselves possibly destroy it.

It shows we care about our younger generations knowledge, yes, But it also gives us the opportunity to keep our memories and show our kids, kids what it was like when we were their age.

Friday, 29 September 2017

Fishermen should have to pay for every fish they catch.


I disagree that fishermen should have to pay for every fish they catch. As it will cost to much if you fished for a restaurant or a supermarket.


It will create less opportunity for seafood dishes like smoked salmon or tuna and would cause a lot of riots around commercial fishing. Also fish is a resource some families rely on, so to put a price on fishing would be putting a price on some families lives.

But in return it will help create an ecosystem in the ocean and keep more fish alive and well for future generations, because there would be fewer fishermen that would be fishing.

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Gymnastics Unit

18.09.17
Today I was working on Parallel bars and Floor. I was Working on my routines and improving my skills i had learnt previously. This week was harder than normal because i was recovering from being sick. I did my best and achieved my goals i had set for the lesson.

 21.09.17
Today I was practising on Beam and Floor for our up coming assessments. I also learnt a new skill on Parallel bars as well. This week I Needed to work on my floor routine so it can be assessed next week.