Revolution by Reggie

On Tuesday Reggie from the Revolution Tour came to Hornby High School. Straight after the roll, we headed off to the auditorium. As everyone was getting seated my friends and I were talking about if we thought we'd like the Revolution Tour. 

After everyone had been seated, Reggie started to introduce himself to the whole school. A few minutes later when he had finished he got out his Saxophone. We sang "Let it go" and many more fun songs.

Later on, we played a game. From our whole entire school, we had to pick a kid who was athletic, shy, smart and funny but at the end, we also got to choose a teacher (Miss Tozer - who is my teacher got chosen because nearly all of 7/8 Tz pointed at her in order to get her chosen)! The 5 people that were chosen had to answer true or false questions about bullying.

After we were all happy and cheerful he hit us with his not-so-cheerful story. As a kid, Reggie grew up in a broken house. Reggie's mum didn't want him, and because of that, he was put into foster care. If you'd like to know the rest Revolution Tour

Describing Our Music

(If you haven't seen the blog post before this one, I think you should because it would make more sense).

Since the music we made was done and dusted our next task was to blog about it. Here is my writing about the music that I made.

It was Christmas Eve, and the Diaz’s had a private plan. I got out of my 1998 Chevy Camaro Z28 as I looked ahead of me to find “Florid Disco”. I stepped inside into a whole different world. There was lively music playing, I went to the dance floor to show off my best moves, a shimmy was too boring for me, I showed off my tango and samba moves as my family cheered me on.

Making Music

In the last session of Music me and friends, Risha and Nevaeh got to make some of our own music on Garage Band. The music had to include the following.

- It had to be 3 minutes long

- It needs to have ASMR in it

- It needs to have 3 instruments in the song

- It needs to have 3 sounds

- It needs to have a beginning, a middle and an ending.

We had fun with our music and tried to make it as unique as possible, I wish we got to do this more often! Anyways, here's the song that we made!

How to play: Ki O Rahi

We have been learning Ki O Rahi
(A Maori traditional game) in P.E and today
I’m going to teach you how to play.

Roles/Team Roles

Taniwha -  The team that scores by hitting tupu with the ball -
When taniwha are in possession of the ball, their aim is to score by
throwing the ki at the tupu from the te roto zone.

Kioma - The team that scores touch-downs - When kioma are in possession
of the ball, their aim is to collect pou to accumulate points, and convert these points to a
score by touching the ball down in pawero (the centre circle).

Kioma also needs to defend the tupu from attack by the taniwha.

Kaitiaki - The Kioma team may allocate two guards to stand within
pawero and protect tupu from attack by the taniwha team.

Equipment

Ki - The Ki is the ball that is used for Ki O Rahi.

Traditionally, Ki were made from woven flax, but in modern times the
Ki tends to be a small rubber ball.

Tupu - In Ki O Rahi, the tupu is the name given to the bin or drum in the middle
of the centre circle.

Pou - The Ki O Rahi field has seven pou or arranged in a circle around the perimeter of the field.
Players collect pou by touching them, before converting the pou touches to points

Field

Pawero - Pawero is the name given to the centre circle, in which the tupu sits, and
in which the kioma team scores touchdowns.

Te Roto - Te Roto is the name given to the outer circle, surrounding pawero.
Taniwha throw the ball from this area to try and hit tupu.

Te Ao - Te Ao is the name given to the general field of play, surrounded by pou.

Te Ara - The pathway that links pawero (the inner circle), to Te Ao
(the general playing area. Kioma may only enter pawero via this pathway.

Te Marama - A designated area in Te Ao where the game starts from (restarts etc)

How To Play

Play is started from te Marama, with Kioma throw or kick the ki to a teammate in Pawero area.

They attempt to pass the ki to teammate who touches a pou (for a potential point)
then can touch more pou to accumulate more potential points or run it through te
roto then place the ki on or over the Pawero line to convert all pou touches into points on
the board. (this is the only time they can enter te roto).

Kioma can not go through or over te ara to score.

If a kioma player is “tagged” in te roto while trying to score it is a handover,
if they run into te roto and run or pass the ki back out without being touch they
retain possession but the pou touches are recounted.

Kioma scores and play restarts with a kick off from te Marama.

Out of bounds, the last team in possession hand over to the other team.

Taniwha scores by hitting the tupu with the ki and play carries on.

Jump shots may be allowed if the taniwha player jumps from te roto and releases the
ki before landing in Pawero, they must leave immediately and not affect play or Kioma gains possession.

Players in possession must be moving or they have 3-5 seconds to pass or shot or hand it over.

Players can not enter te ara, unless they are kioma moving between pawero and te ao.

Players may get the ki from other zones as long as part of their body stays in their legal zone,
Taniwha may take jump shots at the tupu as long as the ball is released before they touch the ground.
(some Iwi play no entering other zones or penalties may occur) This is called the Turangawaewae rule.

The 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s - Music

In Music we learnt about Music in the different decades, we had to create a slideshow showing the information. So here is mine.

Pink Shirt Day

This morning for Community Impact Project we have been focusing on learning about Pink Shirt Day. We also watched a video about how it started, then our teacher Miss Birtch gave us some questions about a good friend.

What sorts of things make a good friend?
A good friend is always there for you. They cheer you on when something is hard for you. 

What do the people who care about us do?
The people that care about us show love, they're there for you when needed and will help you get through anything.

How do we know they've got our back?

We know they've got our back when we know them well enough to trust them. 

Why don't they do?

They don't make rude comments about us, they don't talk behind our back and they're not a bystander.

What do you think being an outstander means?

An outstander is someone who helps others, they stand out amongst the others. Anyone could be an outstander by helping others.

How did the Pink Shirt boys show that they are good friends?

They showed they are good friends by standing up for his friends when he got bullied for wearing a Pink shirt. They sent out emails to the people they knew so they could also stand up for his friend.

Ki-O-Rahi

These past 2 weeks for P.E we have been learning Ki-O-Rahi! In this blog post, I'm going to be showing you how to play, what you'll need to play and some of the regulations!

(My Team)

Regulations

A large team game played between 2 teams, kioma and taniwha on a large circular field. Played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams switch roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half or quarter time.

Kīoma score by touching Pou/s with the Kī (for potential points) then running the Kī through Te Roto and placing it down in Pawero to convert pou touches into points. Kīoma stops the other team, Taniwha.

Taniwha score by hitting the Tupu with the Kī. Kīoma will have Kaitiaki (guardians) around the Tupu to stop Taniwha from hitting the Tupu. Depending on which type of game is being played, Taniwha must stop Kīoma from scoring by either touching, 2 handed touch, ripping the tag or tackling them in the appropriate area.

Things you'll need to play Ki-O-Rahi

1 tupu (central target) approx 40-gallon drum or rubbish bin.

7 pou.

Ki, woven flax ball, normal ball, rocks, rolled up jersey or anything.

Field marking.

How To Play

Game is started from te Marama, with Kioma throw or kick the ki to a teammate in Pawero area.

They attempt to pass the ki to a teammate who touches a pou (for a potential point) then can touch more pou to accumulate more potential points or run it through te roto then place the ki on or over the Pawero line to convert all pou touches into points on the board. (this is the only time they can enter the roto).

Kioma cannot go through or over te ara to score.

If a kioma player is “tagged” in te roto while trying to score it is a handover, if they run into te roto and run or pass the ki back out without being touch they retain possession but the pou touches are recounted.

Kioma scores and play restarts with a kick off from te marama.

Out of bounds, the last team in possession hand over to other team.

Taniwha scores by hitting the tupu with the ki and play carries on.

Jump shots may be allowed if the taniwha player jumps from te roto and releases the ki before landing in Pawero, they must leave immediately and not affect play or Kioma gains possession.

Players in possession must be moving or they have 3-5 seconds to pass or shot or hand it over.

Players can not enter te ara unless they are kioma moving between pawero and te ao.

Players may get the ki from other zones as long as part of their body stays in their legal zone, Taniwha may take jump shots at the tupu as long as the ball is released before they touch the ground. (some Iwi play no entering other zones or penalties may occur) This is called the Turangawaewae rule.

ASMR

This period we learnt about ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response). When you watch ASMR videos you might get a tingly feeling somewhere on your body. It depends on how your body responds to those types of sounds.

We watched 2 different types of ASMR videos. The first one was a singing video. A girl would whisper/sing Billie Eilish songs. It didn't really make me feel tingly but it was a little satisfying.

Next, we watched an eating ASMR video. A woman was Aloe Vera. She would first cut it into big pieces then peel off the skin. When she started to peel it off I got the tingles! That was something I had never felt before so I started to laugh. Then she began eating the Aloe. It was slimy so it made the noise worse. I hated the crunchy it made me feel a little sick.

If I ever got the chance to make ASMR videos I'd make tapping ones. Lightly tapping, nothing gross. I would never eat in my videos because in order to get the perfect sound I think you have to chew with your mouth open which is just disgusting by itself.

Adele

For Music this past week we have been researching famous artists. But we couldn't just research anyone, we had 4 artists to choose from. Adele, Lady Gaga, Buddy Holly and Bruce Springsteen. Since I've listened to Adele more than the others I decided to pick Adele! After some researching and a lot of editing my slide was complete! If you want to see my slide click below!
 

2 Famous Artists

For Music Hurumanu we had to research a famous New Zealand solo artist and a famous New Zealand band and find out facts about them. When you had finished researching you had to make a DLO. So here is mine!