The members of my group were Cody, Saia, and Chris. After some planning, we decided to use our coding skills to make a robot that can complement/insult you based on which mode you choose.
Aryan @ Hornby High School
I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Friday, December 10, 2021
Digital Technologies - Insult-a-bot / Compliment bot
The members of my group were Cody, Saia, and Chris. After some planning, we decided to use our coding skills to make a robot that can complement/insult you based on which mode you choose.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
My Writing Portfolio
A Game of Cards Essay
In the short text “A game of cards” by Witi Ihimaera, the narrator speaks about his Nani Miro’s life and her final moments with her family. A memorable idea in this story was that you should live life being happy and enjoy your time while you are here. This was memorable to me because it shows that death doesn’t have to be sad, rivalry and friendships are not so different, and that life is going to be full of ups and downs.
One reason why the idea that you should live life being happy and enjoying your time was memorable to me was that it shows that death doesn’t have to be sad was memorable to me was because death is usually thought of as something to be sorrowful about and not something to be happy about. We see this in the text when all of Nani Miro’s family and friends go to her house as she lives her final moments and as she passes everyone is having a good time playing card games and even when Nani Miro passed she was happy, “She began to laugh. Her eyes streamed with tears. While she was laughing, she died.” This shows us that even though losing a loved one is indeed a sad event there are ways to make it less depressing and more about love and family. The message I take away from this is that we should always try to look on the bright side of life.
Another reason the idea that you should live life being happy and enjoying your time was memorable to me was because it shows rivalry and friendships are not so different as it is shown all throughout the text that Nani Miko and Mrs. Heta are always bickering and fighting yet seem to be best friends. We see this in the text when Nani Miro and Mrs. Heta are playing cards, “Eee! You cheat, Miro! I got two aces in my hand already!” but then moments later “Mrs. Heta took the cards from Nani’s hands and kissed her.” This shows us that even though Nani Miro and Mrs. Heta are great rivals that they still have love for each other. The main message I take from this is that rivalry should always come hand in hand with friendship.
The final reason that you should live life being happy and enjoying your time while you’re here was memorable to me was because it shows us that life is going to be full of ups and downs. We see this in the text when Nani Miro and the Narrator are speaking to each other, “A long hoarse sigh grew on her lips. Her eyelids fluttered, and she looked at me with blank eyes, and then tears began to roll down her cheeks.” but then moments later they began laughing with each other “She started to laugh and laugh and I was almost persuaded she was her own self.” This shows us that your view on life can change at a moment’s notice and that life’s ups and downs are what make life worth living. This reminds me of our world because everyday life is filled with ups and downs and that’s just something you have to deal with.
In Witi Ihimaera’s short story “A game of cards” he writes about Nani Miro’s life and her final moments with her family. The most memorable idea in this story is that you should live life being happy and enjoying your time while you’re here. This was memorable to me because it shows that death doesn’t have to be sad, rivalry and friendships are not so different, and that life is going to be full of ups and downs. This book is a great example of living life happy and to its fullest.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The Lake - Language Features
The Lake - Language Features
Listing - Using more detail to emphasize a point and can create an image in the reader's mind.
Example - "The wave shut me off from the world, from the birds in the sky, the children on the beach,
my mother on the shore. There was a moment of green silence. Then the wave gave me
back to the sky, the sand, the children yelling. I came out of the lake and the world was
waiting for me, having hardly moved since I went away."
Monday, September 20, 2021
My Passion Project
My Passion Project
Last week our Wananga classes started passion projects, which means we got to choose something that we are passionate about and work on it for the rest of the term. For my passion project, I am working in a group with Sonny and Kaedun and we decided to work on making and producing a song as it is something we are interested in.
Our goal is to make a hip-hop/rap song. At this point in time, we have just started making the beat and brainstorming what the song will be about.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Yellow Brick Road
Pre-reading Questions
Author Witi Ihimaera is from Gisborne. Five of his books, The Whale Rider, Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies, Nights of the Gardens of Spain, White Lies, and Maori have been made into films.To me the Yellow Brick Road is like a road to glory, I have heard of the phrase from the Wizard of Oz movie.
I predict this story will be about following the road to something great and the journey along the way.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Speeding Past School
Speeding Past School
Aim = See how many cars are speeding past school
Method =
1. Measure the distance between the power pole 🠞 power pole = 50m
2. Time how long it takes a car to travel this distance
-"flag" person indicates when the car passed their pole
- "timer" person starts when a car passed the flag pole and stops when the car passes their pole
- "writer" person writes downtimes
3. Collect 10 times
4. Calculate speed in m/s 🠞 convert to km/hr
5. Are there any speeders?
Speed | Car 1 | Car 2 | Car 3 | Car 4 | Car 5 | Car 6 | Car 7 | Car 8 | Car 9 | Car 10 | Average |
Time(s) | 4.42 | 5.12 | 3.36 | 2.48 | 4.60 | 3.48 | 4.04 | 4.63 | 5.55 | 8.88 | 4.65 |
m/s | 11.31 | 9.76 | 14.88 | 20.16 | 10.86 | 14.36 | 12.37 | 10.79 | 9.00 | 5.63 | 10.75 |
Km-hr | 40.72 | 35.15 | 53.57 | 72.58 | 39.13 | 51.72 | 44.55 | 38.87 | 32.43 | 20.27 | 38.70 |