Wow, Term 3 is almost over already, just two more days left, this has been a very... Well, interesting term with social dancing and puberty going on. There were a lot and I mean A LOT of ups and downs through this journey of awkwardness. But none of the downs matter anymore because the nightmare of those memories will be over soon because no one will remember them! So I'm going to say some highlights! Yay!
- Puberty: Well I guess it is not that much of a "Highlight" but it was still pretty interesting and fun to learn about what is going to go on inside our bodies as we get older.
- TimberNook!: There was a lot of adventuring and physical work but at the same time, it was also a bunch of fun. I most liked getting to make the giant people out of materials we could find. (Also the marshmallows were delicious!)
-Social Dancing: I reckon that even though the actual social is tomorrow the practices have been awesome and I hope that next year I can come in and help the year 7's with learning the dances
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Speech - Roller Derby
Kia ora
Ko Eden ahau
No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa
Skaty Scary and Tower of Terror are banging through each other's team like charging bulls! Skaty gets through and skates ahead, she has become the lead jammer. Tower has now broken free and they are racing for the points. Skaty Scary has got two points and just before Tower of Terror gets her first point Skaty calls time out! What am I talking about? …Roller Derby! For those of you who don’t do Roller Derby, it’s not just skating and barging into people, it also has some MAJOR health benefits and today I will tell you some of them.
Roller Derby has great fitness benefits that assists weight loss, improves your cardiovascular plus much more! Did you know that doing just 30 minutes competitively can burn 450 calories or more? Roller Derby isn’t just about winning but it’s skating at a fast pace and it includes a high adrenaline rush, the high intensity burns a lot of calories to help make you fitter and faster. Roller Derby also helps build muscle memory because by doing certain maneuvers like sticky skating you are using muscles that you haven’t used before. It helps build your strength by the constant side-to-side movements and you always have to be in a squatting position while you are skating for better balance when barging into other players.
Roller Derby also helps with things like teamwork and improves your self-confidence. These are very important skills to have in everyday life, and I know you might be wondering, how does barging into people and skating around a track improve your leadership and self-confidence?! Well, it improves self-confidence because usually when you are practicing you are mainly just skating so if you have previously been stressing out or feeling bad about something you instead have to focus on moving your body the right way. It improves your leadership because you work in teams of five and you have to tell them if they would need to move left, right, up or down. Or to tell them to move closer, but also you are listening to other people and letting them lead you.
It also improves your mental health because it lets you release your anger by barging into other people and helps you de-stress to have a healthier mind. You also have to remember how to do certain moves like knee taps and T-stops so there are a lot of things to remember and that can help with a lot of stuff with having a healthier mind. Last of all it also helps to build a healthy heart because scientists have proven that doing 20 to 30 minutes of roller skating can help you improve your fitness and lower the risk of heart disease.
So those are some of the health benefits but not all of them there are still plenty more benefits to Roller Derby and Skating. Although you need to know how to skate to join, if you think this is a good sport for you don’t just think about the roughness but how much it can help you with your health and I hope that one day you might join me, Sweetie Demon - on the track to foster having a healthy body and strong mind! 
Social Dancing - Favouite song
We (Sheppard and Hillary) have started our social dancing practice for our social at the end of the term. We are learning a lot of cool songs and today I am going to attempt to teach you my favorite song (sea cruise) by typing! Great! Here is the song:
Grapevine to the right clap, Grapevine to the left clap, kick left for, kick right foot, back two three four turn to the left, turn to the right, turn to the left, shake for a bit and then repeat!
Inquiry weeks 7&8
Healthy Bodies - Strong Minds
Weeks 7&8
Global Learning Intention: We are learning about being healthy.
BIG IDEA: By keeping physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually fit, we are holistically looking after our HAUORA, (Health).
Big Questions for learning weeks 7&8:
What is a stereotype and how can it affect the way I think about myself and others?
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Authentic Contexts:
Stereotypes
The way different cultures see beauty
Positive body image
The effect of the media on self perception
Profile photos
Photos from google. Use these if you want.
- Pin the profile photos around the classroom. Divide students into eight groups and give each group several profile sheets from Copysheet: Profile. Allocate a starting photo for each group and allow them a set period of time to come up with a profile of that person. Each group then moves on to the next photo, until they have worked with all the photographs.
Completed profiles
Consider: How accurate were your profiles? All of them had at least one thing pretty accurate.
What sort of things did you make mistakes about? (Age, hobbies ...) My group kept getting hobbies and ages.
Why do you think your profiles weren’t always accurate? I don't really judge people that much until I actually get to know them so it is extremely hard for me.
What information did you use to make your profiles? (The look of the person, what they were wearing, their culture, their age, what you think you know about people like that ...) well I was the one writing down the things but I figured out the one of the girls were a waitress because she had a menu with her.
Is this a fair thing to do? Why or why not? No because sometimes someone might have white hair but that doesn’t mean that they are necessarily old.
What should you do before you make decisions about what a person is like? (Really get to know them, find out about their personality, talk to them ...) Talk to them and get to know them
Create a list of the dangers of stereotyping people into categories.
- You might accidentally spread rumours about them.
- If they find out or you ask them about what you think you could really hurt them.
- They might not be who you think they are.
- You could miss out on a great friend.
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Knowing and Respecting People
1. Before I make a judgement about a person I should: Talk to them and/or get to know them first.
2. It is unwise to stereotype people because: You could really hurt their feelings plus you might miss out on a good friend
3. We can make people in our school and community who we think are different feel
welcome by: Talking to them and letting them join in so you actually can know who they are.
4. In future when I meet new people I will try to … Get to know them.
Cultural Perceptions of Beauty
- Brainstorm – What do you think is the perfect body? Draw/ cut pictures out of magazine as to what they think. the perfect body is?
- Is there such a thing? No
- Are children and adults pressured to LOOK a certain way? In some places but not all
- What is vanity? How does it affect ‘The perfect body?”
- Culture – What is it?
My ideas and thoughts...
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The Customised Body – The perfect body?
What practices are you aware of?
- SCARIFICATION – cutting patterns in the skin, is a common way for African women and men to decorate their bodies. The cuts heal over, but raised scars remain on the body as elaborate and long – lasting patterns. Scarification video from National Geographic.
- Elaborate gold jewellery, pendants, beads, neck chains, earings, and a headband are used by Masai tribe in Kenya.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ZW6oSLnMM A more modern view of scarification.
- Metal/ brass rings. Burma or Ndebele people of South Africa.
- Nose plumes of the Ergpactsa chief pierce the soft tissue between his nostrils. The skin of his ear lobes has been stretched by wooden discs.
- A wooden disc inserted between his lower gums and lips. Lip discs – Suya tribe Brazil.
- Foot-binding – 19 photos of Chinese foot binding
- Generation of women in China had their feet bound to attract men, the custom was supported to have been handed down since ancient times. “How to bind feet” pg 105 - 06Body Bizarre, Body beautiful
- Tattooing, piercing
- More technologically advanced societies, they also change the shape of their bodies, special diets, exercising, cosmetic surgery, liposuction, botox.
In some cultures the ideal body can be very different to the perception and beliefs in New Zealand.
- SCARIFICATION – cutting patterns in the skin, is a common way for African women and men to decorate their bodies. The cuts heal over, but raised scars remain on the body as elaborate and long – lasting patterns. Scarification video from National Geographic.
- Elaborate gold jewellery, pendants, beads, neck chains, ear – rings, and a headband are used by Masai tribe in Kenya.
- Metal/ brass rings. Burma or Ndebele people of South Africa.
- Nose plumes of the Ergpactsa chief pierce the soft tissue between his nostrils. The skin of his ear lobes has been stretched by wooden discs. Nose plumes and pearls
- A wooden disc inserted between his lower gums and lips. Lip discs – Suya tribe Brazil.
- Foot-binding – 19 photos of Chinese foot binding
http://share100.goingviralposts.biz/coca-cola-campaign-aims-to-remove-labels/ Stereotypes in the dark An interesting point of view
This is a more modern approach to scarification and downright silly body alterations. My point of view there.
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