Filtering

Today we will be testing out to see if two liquids can separate by filtering. Filtering is separating things based on their size. Filtering only works until a certain point, if the particles are the same size they will not separate that is insoluble. Our goal is to make a solution then separate the solution from a precipitate. I think they will separate if they are different sizes but I do not think they will separate if the particles are the same size. The copper liquid is blue and there is a colourless liquid we will be mixing together. The method we will be doing is filtering the two different liquids from a funnel separated by a filter paper into the conical flask. When we mixed the sodium carbonate and copper sulfate together it became a brighter blue. We were able to separate it because the blue was the solid. They were different sizes so the experiment was successful. When we put the filter paper into the funnel and poured our solution in the blue was separated from the clear liquid. The clear liquid was pouring out from the filter while the blue was staying inside the filter. I think the blue separated from the clear liquid because they were different sizes and because of the filter paper separates different sized particles. Our colourless liquid became sodium sulfate and the blue precipitate became the opposite liquid. The Blue became a thick consistency. 

Why Jacinda Ardern is a good influential leader

 Jacinda Ardern is a good influential leader

Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern is a good influential leader. When we talk about New Zealand the whole world thinks of how Jacinda Ardern went through a global pandemic and how our country is one of the safest countries these days. Jacinda Ardern has earnt the title of youngest prime minister and third female prime minister of New Zealand. She got into politics at only seventeen years old. Her great leadership skills have made New Zealand a country the world would never forget. 

As the youngest female politician and third female prime minister of New Zealand it proves that women can be just as good as men and age is just a number. Jacinda Ardern said “All the things left to achieve is gender equality, at the top of my list.” Being so young working with politics and having an idea of what she wants to do with this country shows she is right for the influential role. With many years of politics she knows how to do things the right way. This can inspire the young women of this generation to make this country a better place; put their mark on this country. 

Jacinda Ardern stands for many things. Her values show that a country is not I, a country is we. Whenever our prime minister speaks for the country she always says we are not I am. I think that is an important skill for all leaders to have. Stepping out of traditions in her religion shows how determined she is for gender equality. Her religion was against what she wanted to make a change with. 

One of Jacinda Ardern's greatest leadership achievements is getting a whole country through a global pandemic. 5 million New Zealand citizens were told to change their everyday activities, stay home and be extra careful in what they do. It turns out that 5 million New Zealanders can actually make a difference in this world. Till this day New Zealand is one of a few countries where you can have meetings and see your family and friends. If Jacinda Ardern did not act this fast we would be still under the restrictions of all the other countries facing oxygen loss and hospital overcrowding. This is all because of Jacinda Ardern's knowledge and quick action with the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Now Jacinda Ardern will be known in history as the good leader; the influential leader of New Zealand and the one that saved many lives. Jacinda Ardern is a true influential leader to many. But most of all she helped us become the country we are today. That is why Jacinda Ardern is a good influential leader. 

Shark infested custard

 Shark infested custard. Shark infested custard is a hula-hoop game we had a team of 5 but you were supposed to have a team of 6. We did very good verbal communication skills to make it to the other end of the court. Planing a strategy before we started helped us a lot because otherwise it would all be over complicated for no reason. Balance was also key other wise we would have of lost. Today I worked not as good with my team today because we were a bit unfocused because of the weather. If we were to do this game again we should have planned better. Today most of us demonstrated fair play and use interpersonal skills mostly properly. 

Reflection on the cup game

Cup Game. A few days ago we played a game with cups we had string and a rubber band. It was an interpersonal skills game. We used non-verbal and verbal communication for this activity. We had a group of four and split the table in half and try to figure out how to bring a cup one by one to the other table. Our team was disqualified because one person did not participate but we did brought all the cups over within <20 seconds.  

• Who did you work with that went well today? 

• I worked well with Lauren.

• If you were to do it again, how would you do it differently?

• Probably would do more communication and get everyone to help.

• What level of Helisons behaviour model were you working at in this activity and provide examples of this

• We worked at level 2 because not everyone was participating but we ended up completing the activity.

Government types

 Government types... This slide is about all the different types of governments, my opinion and some countries that have that one. 

*my opinion doesn't mean it is right 

Compliments I have given

5 different compliments I have given to different people:    

During PE today I will be giving these 5 people compliments for their work in basketball this session. 

Vanshika: go vanshika 

Lauren: the best 

Danni: good job 

Malia: well done 

Mikayla: well done 

Year 9 Maths

So far this year we have been learning many things, this past week we have been learning area all though I learnt it in year 7/8. It is pretty simple you only need to know how to do multiplication. For the answer for a simple square you would just have to times the length x width then add the units squared. Units can be cm, m, mm ect..  An area is the inside of a 2d shape. Volume is the inside of a 3d shape.  One of the only shapes that doesn't really have a perimeter is a circle you would call the perimeter of a circle a circumference. I would like to learn some more complicated maths and some algebra. 

*example worksheet

WEEK 4 DO NOW - Rugby is the most definitive sport of NZ

 Rugby is the most definitive sport of NZ. I agree with this statement. I think rugby is a very popular sport in NZ and many people across the world know New Zealand as "Rugby Players". Rugby is the most popular sport of NZ. Our rugby teams is New Zealand are very well. We are also defined by rugby because if it wasn't for our teams the other side of the world probably wouldn't know who we are. But we don't always have to be defined by a certain sport or how other people perceive us. New Zealand can be defined by the people, land and more. Therefore that is why I agree with this statement. 

DISSOLVING

We did a small experiment in chemistry today. We tested what type of water would sugar dissolve in fastest. We used one cold beaker filled with 100ml of water and the other two filled with warm water. One we mixed and two we left. 

4 things that are soluble and insoluble in water: 

1. sugar 

2. salt

3. cordial 

Three ways we can speed up dissolving:

1: mixing it 

2: using warmer 

3.heating it up

The warm water was the fastest to dissolve because we mixed it and heat makes the particles move faster. 

-solute = the solid you are trying to dissolve

-solvent = liquid

-solution - the mixture created

-soluble = can dissolve 

-Insoluble = does not have the ability to dissolve

WEEK 4 DO NOW // Should school have more mufti days?

Should school should have more mufti days? I disagree with this statement. I think we should not have more mufti days. We should not have more mufti days because each time we wear mufti we would have to give a donation; We have to pay to wear school uniform at school and pay to wear mufti at school too. Usually the donation is a good thing but I do not think we should have more mufti days. Our school usually has a few mufti days here and there and some people could do with a bit more saving of money, you never know that $20 could have been useful for someone too. Therefore that is why I think that we should have littler mufti days. 

Leadership Poster

 Jacinda Ardern

Who is Jacinda ardern? Jacinda Ardern is the New Zealand prime minister for over 3 years.  Born 26th july 1980 she is 40 years old now and the youngest and third female prime minister of NZ. 

I think Jacinda ardern is a good prime minister. She has had many years of experience and knowledge. Jacinda knows how to communicate with the country and she knows what she wants. If I were old enough to vote I probably wouldn’t vote for her because I won’t be living in the country but I don't know would if I still lived In NZ.She is a very good leader and has helped many people. 

Timeline:

---She was Born

---Got voted most likely to become prime minister in high school

--- Joined the labour party at 17 years old

---Graduating University at 21 years old 

--- Worked for Cabinet Office in London ((a government organisation))

---Became prime minister in 26th October 2017

---First female world leader to attend a meeting with a baby 

--- Great response to march 15

--- Great response to Covid-19 ((keeping NZ safe))

---Got reelected to be prime minister again

---Continuing to do good things

Leadership qualities Jacinda Ardern has and what I think are important:

• Gets her point across

• Thinks/Knows they are right

• Speaks clearly 

• Good communication skills

• Relates to the audience/country 

• Honest

• Knows what they want

• Brave

• Caring

Famous birthdays - prospect magazine - nation builder - jacinda - vogue

and my own opinion

WEEK 3 DO NOW

 Are cats better than dogs? I disagree with this statement. I think dogs are better than cats. For many reasons dogs are better. I think dogs are better than cats because you can teach dogs tricks, commands and manners. When teaching your dog to do these tricks you can form a better bond with that animal. Dogs a very known to  be loyal and very loving towards their owners. Dogs could be better pets because cats are out all day and your dog can stay with you and go anywhere you want. In conclusion dogs are better pets. 

Interpersonal skills | Blind drawing in pairs

The IP skill that I used today was effective communication and active listening.

Using this IP skill helped to get the activity done and do it in the best and correct way.

This helped with the activity because you need to communicate to your pair to get it right. Active listening is important to do so you can understand what you need to do properly. Today I worked well with someone an example of when we worked well together was explaining where and what we were supposed to draw was.

If I got to do the activity again, I would ask her to explain where they shapes were supposed to be.

I worked at the fourth level of Hellison's Behaviour Model. Examples of what I did to show that I worked at this level are demonstrating fair and and active listening as well as communication.

**you can't clearly see the image in the photo I took

Week 2 DO NOW.

Should school uniforms be mandatory? I don't personally think should uniforms should be mandatory, I think you shouldn't have to wear uniforms if you don't want to. You shouldn't have to wear uniforms if you don't want to because uniforms are very pricey and they cost a bit of money to replace if you get them dirty//wrecked or even grow out of them.If you were to be going outside playing on the field - yes you can wear p.e gear but that is just more money wasted on extra uniforms that may not even be comfortable. Also during the school years kids grow and you may be having to spend even more money on many t-shirts//uniform that could only last a year or more or less. Yes the school uniforms show where you are from but that doesn't mean if you don't wear them you don't belong there. Therefore I don't think that you should have to wear uniform.  But this doesn't mean my opinion is correct I still don't think there is anything wrong with wearing uniform or not. 

BIO Homework | Rat dissection

Last week we did another dissection. This time we dissected a rat. The rat was albino which means it had no pigmentation and the eyes were red. We dissected a rat so we could learn more about the body and organs. I didn't necessarily enjoy it nor not. The reason I  didn't enjoy it because of the "obvious". 

DO NOW WEEK 2 | Elephants are the greatest animals of all time?

Are elephants the greatest animals of all time? I disagree with this statement. I don't personally think elephants are the greatest animal. I think they're all equally as great. They're great animals but they are not the greatest animals of all time. Every animal is the greatest of all time. I don't think that there could be a specific animal that could be the greatest; everyone has different opinions and all animals are different with different ways of living and doing things. You can think what you want to and I'm not going to tell you that you are necessarily wrong when you could be right. Elephants can be the greatest animal of all time if you want them to be. 

Week 1 do now.

Should school holidays be shortened to one week? 

I don't personally think school holidays should be one week because we go to school nearly everyday for a whole year with only a few two week holidays here and there. Waking up early is something that is quite popular for the <13 years of school you have to do. The holidays are the only time where you get to sleep in other than the weekends. 

Everyone needs to have a proper rest to be able to function properly the next day or week. School starts earlier than the average time students usually wake up and it isn't easy to just wake up instantly. The holidays are some time when students can have free time and do what they want to do all day. Everyone does need some freedom in their life. It causes stress on students to have 6 hours of school 5 hours a day with only 2 day weekends. Many hours of work and little rest time. That is why I think that we shouldn't have shorter holidays.

Neuralink

Neuralink

 Neuralink is a chip that is implanted into your brain and it will let you control machines with your mind. Elon Musk is a very smart person and he is creating many different types of technology. As shown, in the monkey ping pong video it works in a very cool manner and soon may be planted into humans' brains - maybe. But you may have to be careful because of the Neuralink; it could be used in the wrong ways.With all this new technology things are advancing at a quite fast pace, people are getting smarter everyday. We could soon control humans and that would change the way people view other people/things. I think that all this new technology is cool and it is very interesting and I would love to learn  more about it and similar things like that. I probably wouldn’t get it planted into my brain surgically but if there was another way to get the chip in there without surgery sure.

Connected | Comprehension activity

Today we had a comprehension task and there is some questions we have to do. There is marching activity card that we had to do with out book we chose. In 2021 most of us know how to work the internet and what it is. The book was about the internet and what there is to it. Here are the questions. 

Blog-  A blog is an outlet where you can share information about anything to anyone who views it. Obviously you know what a blog is if you are looking and this. 

CD- is a compact disk. that can hold up to 80 minutes of music . 

Chat room- Chat rooms are servers that you can speak to other people. 

Computer virus- They are bugs planted in your computer and mess up your computer/device and share your private information about yourself. 

Internet- is a network that connects to devices all over the world with lots of access to many websites ect.. 

Software- Programs used by computers and "tells" it what to do