Well being - Wananga

 In the last 2 weeks we have looked at Resilience - Emotional Awareness (understanding emotions) and impulses, I have come to realise that my emotions actually have effect on people around me.

Being able to control my emotions in different situations avoids:

- Breaking relationships with others

-  Mental breakdowns

- Healthy social well being

- Anger issues

- Conflict

Knowing how to react and respond in situations rather than acting on impulses means that not getting myself in trouble by making or doing something wrong. The effect that things have on my Social well being (Taha Whanau) when your being kind to someone your relationship becomes healthier but when your being unkind and rude to someone your relationship becomes unhealthy and is toxic.

30 sec film - Inside and out

1. What was the film about? 2 people playing a volleyball game but something goes terribly wrong

2. Something I enjoyed while making my film? All the laughs and us having fun with the video

3. Something I learned while making my film? That you shouldn't work with friends or people you can't focus with other wise you won't get work finish

4. Some film techniques I included were:

• Low angle
• High angle
• Eye level
• Birds eye view
• Long shot (wide)
• Close up

5. Something I found challenging was:

• Getting angles
• Making sure we got all the scenes

6. What I would do differently next time? 

- Go in a group with people who I work well with

- Have more ideas for angle shots

What is Gelato?

What is gelato?

Gelato is a popular type of ice cream which is from Italy. 

What’s the difference between gelato and ice cream? It starts out with a similar custard base as ice cream but has a higher amount of milk and a lower amount of cream and eggs (or no eggs at all). It is churned at a much slower rate, incorporating less air and leaving the gelato denser than ice cream.

Why does gelato have so much flavour?

Gelato has less sugar than what ice cream is and when you eat the gelato it instantly melts in your mouth so it gives you a quick burst of flavour.

Digestive system - inside and out

In science, we have been working on the digestive system last week. We had to make a DLO of the digestive system, in the DLO we had to put each of part of the digestive system, then we had to explain what they do and how they help our body to stay alive. We were allowed to go in pairs  so I went with someone in my class here is the DLO we had made:

Characters strengths - Film study

In film studies, we have been given independent work for when we have finished the work that we had been given. For this independent work, we have to choose 2 characters out of the movie and write down what their strengths are, my 2 characters are Coraline and the Other Wybie. 

Coraline: Curiosity and bravery, the reason I chose curiosity was that at the start of the movie when we see her arrive at the house she starts to look around the house and then once she was unpacking the boxes she found the small door but when she opened it, it was empty. The reason I chose bravery was that at the end she found out that she needed to find her parents and the ghost children's eyes and for her to do that she needed to play a game, instead of her crying because she misses her parents she thought about others a fought hard for them back. 

The other Wybie: Kindness and Bravery, the reason I chose kindness for Wybie was that at the start when we first met him we were really nice and actually care about Coraline and at the end, he put his own safeness away from and try to save Coraline. The reason I chose bravery for Wybie was that at the end he was saving Coraline from the other mother and stepped up to the other mother even though he was scared of her he still stood up to her and saved Coraline.

Challenge chart - Inside and out

This week for film studies we had to make a presentation for a challenge chart about 2 characters in the movie, we had to put the challenges they faced, how they reacted and what showed us about that characters. The 2 characters I chose was Coraline the main character of the movie and the other mother. The reason I chose these two characters was that they were showed more in the movie and we could see who they actually are. 

What am I learning?

Understanding how characters are developed in a film.

How does this work show my learning?

I created the show I can understand how the characters developed in a film.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

Is there other ways to show this working.