Pink Plastic: Zachariah Soakai

                      Pink Plastic

Hello my name is Armanielle and I will be talking to you about Pink Plastic and what that means is it is a community for gays lesbians and bisexuals and when my teacher had explained the meaning of it I felt very insecure about it because when I heard her talking to us about it I had assumed it meant Pink plastic bags. 

I assumed that it had been all about pollution and the amount of bags we are using I really thought that it was all about pollution so then when she had told me I was shocked and I was so blank and didn't know what to say to her and so then I questioned her why is the name Pink Plastic she then had told me that it was Pink plastic because it is gender specific and then I had clicked and remembered.  

I then had to figure out what is the definition of gender specific I then had a fair point of it and I thought to myself it means having there own roles and all sorts e.g I think it is about girls and boys having there own specific way of things such as clothes colours categories and the way they act and behave themselves.

This article inspired me a lot because we really don't ever get the chance to talk about these sort of things without getting in trouble by our own community or family and it is important for us to know all these things so we don't have a shock and all of a sudden mock them for who they are and it is good to understand these things so it teaches us to not be judgemental.  

Science: Water Cycle

                       Water Cycle 

In science today we learnt about the water cycle and we learnt what some of the water cycle facts are one thing I really enjoyed was learning that the water droplets that fall on a tree actually dirties the sea because the bark and mud from the tree all flows in the sea and pollutes the water.

We are very lucky we have filters and we have the water cycle to help us have clean water and to drink healthy water so we don't catch any type of sickness that will cause you a whole lot of problems and your family would be worried.

The water cycle is very fascinating because I found it quiet interesting I really loved learning new things because it made me learn more so when I grow up I can make sure I know all these things so I can get a qualified job and it will benefit me because I am getting prepared for NCEA and I really want to be a leader in the future and be a hard working role model for those who are new to Tamaki College.

That is my blog post for today thank you for reading.   

New Government concepts:Social Studies

Social Studies Government Concepts 

Today In social studies our teacher said to us no devices out because we were doing a little exercise with them. They helped us with government concepts. From there, we had to remember all the 7 key concepts that we would later have to explain in front of the whole class.

In social studies we learnt about the new government concepts and the meanings of them e.g (Laws is a rule or set of rules), (Rights Something we are entitle to),
(Government the group of selected politicians who make the laws for our country), (Democracy a system of government where people vote for the people they want in parliament), (Electorate is a voting district.

Mrs Apelu made us exercise our brain's by remembering what the key concepts of the leaders all around the world she made us practice it and she helped us if we were a bit stuck because she wanted us to be confident speakers because some of the seniors in our school are very shy and she wants us to be confident when we get to senior year.

Mrs Robertson made us remember what are all the 7 types of Government key concepts she made us read over all of those key concepts and she also made sure we kept repeating it over and over until we remember off by heart.  

I looked forward to learning this unit it was a bit tough to remember all the 7 concepts but its good that I am learning something new and it is great that I am learning new things so in the future I am gonna know all these things.