Point of view from The Cay - Diary entry.

 Phillip:

Dear Diary,

It is around April 5th-6th. These past few days haven't gone to plan, everything was supposed to be alright but the opposite has happened. My boat was torpedoed and my mum is missing! I was suppossed to be safe now, living in america with my mother far away from the war. Before all of this crazy mess happened I was living happily on a small island with my family in Willemstad but now I am on this island, I have no idea where it is! but now with this old man. My head has been aching ever since we got here but Timothy says it will be alright, (Timothy is the old man) I don't know if I trust him though. 

Hi, It is a few days later from when I am writing this. Well actually Timothy is writing this for me because I can't see anymore apparently I was looking at the sun for too long according to him. But at least my head is better! Timothy says the blindness with go away within a few days, well that is what happened to someone else he said. I hope. 

Timothy:

Dear Diary,

Sometime in April. Well, we are officially stranded on this island probably near the Caribbean and we are going to see a ship pass by soon hopefully. I'm stuck with this young boy who has an injured head and he doesn't like me very much. I've made a shelter so Phillip and I can be sheltered from the sun because it is uncontrollably hot here on this island. 

Hello, It is me again. Phillips head is getting better it is the first day his head is not hurting but he is complaining about his eyes - maybe he was just looking at the sun for too long. I told him not to! 

Social Justice

 Social Justice is what we have been learning about this term. Social Justice means:  The view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities. I think that is very important that we learn about this because not many people are educated about situations that are going on in this world today and in the past. 

The Asian Community. 

This community has experienced more hate during the year of 2020/2021, Asian hate become 1900% higher than the other years. They faced prejudice stereotypes not just in 2020 but other years as well.  "Most Asian representation in Hollywood up until around 5 years ago has been pretty uninspired and stereotypical" - Simu Liu. The community wants us to know that (most) Asian characters onscreen are shown in a stereotypical way and that themselves is not truly how this community would act. Asian characters onscreen shown non-stereotypical capacity normalizes their existence and their culture. I think that we should get more education around their/every culture to learn more about everyone not just seeing "cultures" through screens.

The Muslim Community.

This community may experienced  hate and being bullied. Zeinab is one of may people that have experienced this. Zeinab was being bullied at school and hiding her true self. She had been called a refugee, an immigrant, a terrorist, asked if she is in ISIS, had bomb ‘jokes’ thrown at her up and down. Zeinab is one of many people that have been treated like this. Her and her family moved to New Zealand to get a better life and that is what they should've received. This community wants us to know that, "Why can’t we all be seen as one? Because no matter what race, what culture, what country, what colour, and what religion you may have or may be, the one thing we all have in common is that we are all human beings. We are all the same species, and doesn’t it sound stupid to be against your own kind?" - Zeinab.

The Pacific Community. 

This community just like the other communities has faced the feeling of being hurt. In the Early 1970s the New Zealand government at that time were forcing the Pacific community out of their own homes and were treated horribly. New Zealands economy was starting to go down in the 1970s and the government was blaming it on the Pacific community. That is why they were treating them like this. The Government at the time was discriminating them and then majority of New Zealanders were seeing this community as jeopardising their financial security of their life during when all of this was happening. the Dawn raids is when the police would go to a house they knew Pacific people lived at and they would wreck their house and take them to jail. I think this was a horrible decision and why would they do it in the first place.

It is so hard to think that these communities were treated like this in New Zealand. New Zealand is a place that people come to feel/ be safe not to be treated horribly. Everyone should be aware of this and treat everyone respectfully just like how you would like to be treated themselves. New Zealand and the rest of the world should be safe for everyone, it is our home for the rest of peoples lives no matter if you like it or not and this is why everyone should feel at home no matter what country they are in. 

Timeline of The Cay

In English so far this term we have been reading The Cay. If you do not know what this book is about, the books main characters are a little boy name Philip he is around 11 years old plus his mother and father and an old man named Timothy. Phillip finds himself stuck on an island after his boat was torpedoed with this old man named Timothy he does not know. Phillip was on a boat to America now he is stuck on an island. 

Volleyball

For the past two weeks we have been doing volleyball training. From the start to finish of doing volleyball I have made a difference in my skills of playing volleyball. 

What were my skills like before we started the unit?

- When we started volleyball I had not really any idea how to play volleyball and my aiming when I hit the ball was off.

What are my skills like now? 

-  Now I have learnt how to serve the ball and when I hit the volleyball my aiming is way better now. I can hit the volleyball in a proper position with my arms. 

What specific skills can you now use in a game?

- I can use the proper way to hit the volleyball and serve the volleyball. 

What is the hardest thing about playing volleyball?

- I think the hardest thing about playing volleyball is serving because I have had not as much practice with serving yet.

The thing I liked most about volleyball?

- I liked the way we had time to learn the skills before we did a game and not just rushing into things. I liked playing volleyball with all of my friends. 

What would I like to do next year?

- If I was doing PE next year I would like to play proper games with another team that actually tries and not just stares at the ball. I would like to work more on the skills of volleyball as well.  

Calypso

Calypso. Calypso is a style of Afro- Caribbean music dated back to the mid 19th century. This song sounds like it could be used at a beach party. If Timothy's voice from The Cay is described as having a soft Calypso voice , Timothy's voice sounds uplifting and cheerful. His voice sounds like a party at the beach. The instruments used in this music sounds like drums. 

The music

Types of Energy

We are learning about all the different types of energy. There are 8 different types of energy. Energy transformation is when a energy is transferred from one type of energy to another type of energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed we just transform it one one type of energy to another. 

Light energy: From x-rays to visible lights. (when you could get an x-ray and the light energy shows the bones)

Heat energy: Heat energy is produced by the movement of particles quickly. (the sun is a form of heat energy)

Sound energy: Vibrating particles cause sound. (bell sound from a microwave)

Kinetic energy: Allows an object to move. ( driving a car )

Electrical: Found in anything that uses electricity. ( batteries )

Gravitational: Found in objects high off the ground. (dropping your phone)

Chemical Potential Energy: Found in chemicals. (food)

Elastic energy: found in stretched things. (a rubber band being flicked across the room) 

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This is an example of what would happen if you put a balloon on the end of a cup with its bottom cut off what would happen to the marsh mellow and what types of energy is happening with the marsh mellow. 

Pontoon Bridge

Used from 1000BC to ancient china and still used till this day. Pontoon bridges. They were used on December 11th 1982 Union engineers tried to cross river. Pontoon Bridges are quickly built and Union army was able to move into the town. 

Why were the bridges created?

-  They were used to cross rivers. They can be put together and taken away quickly quickly. They were used to cross rivers in the south when there was war and other wars and just in general. 

How are they built?

- Connected with planks and rope with chess with small boats lying under boards . 

How are they reusable?

- They are reusable because they can be taken down and put together quickly. 

DO NOW

Schooner. A schooner is a type of sailing boat/vessel. The schooner name means to skip over water or to skip stones. The Schooner is a very slim built long boat with a long point at the start of the boat. This particular boat is quite close to the water when sailing it also has four masts that are very tall. If you were sailing on this boat you wouldn't be able to much as you would see from standing on a taller boat.  

The size of this boat is 131 feet it could be less. The boat is in a curved diamond shape with triangle sails. 

U-Boat

A U-Boat is a German submarine used during WW1 and WW2. The German submarine was 214 feet long. Many of the U-boats were sunk by the British leaving only 4 of the U-boats left today.  During the world wars Germans used the tactic "The Wolfpack" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzaMP5ZXryU

I chose this video because it explains how the u-boat works with some interesting things to know about the boat. This certain video explains the tactic and the inside of the u-boat as well.