Composition Blog

 What type of song am I composing? For my composition, I am composing a horror song.

Am I working alone or in a group why? I am working alone for composition because I think it is easier and faster to work when you don't need to worry about group members.

Which part of the composition am I writing first? The first part of the composition that I am writing is an intro that starts slow and then builds up faster and then there is a moment of eerie silence before a loud sound plays and then the other parts of the song start that I will be writing soon.

What part am I working on this week? This week I am working on the second part of the song and I am also making sure the first part is good.

Update.

The buildup at the start of the song is now finished and the second part is well underway and I will be finished very soon I am also starting the third part of the song which will most likely be the final part there may be a small part after it though to end the song. The song, in general, will be finished soon.

Y11 Music Performance

The song that I chose for my music performance was allegretto, I do not have a link to this song because my computer does not allow me to but there is some information about it when you scroll down.

I chose this song because I thought it sounded nice and had a good easy tune to learn making it a good song for what I was doing.

Am I happy with my final product. I am not very happy about my final product. When I was practicing the song it sounded good however when I started to perform in front of other people I was not good and kept on making mistakes when doing it so it was not that great.

What did I find challenging about this piece. I found the left-hand parts of this song to be challenging because of the way I had to play them, they were uncomfortable and were not very fun to play and this made it more challenging to learn.

My performance goal for next time I do it. Next time I do the song I am going to focus more when practicing it so it sounds good for the audience I am also going to try to learn some of the next pages of the song to make it longer rather than just a short boring piece.

English Logan 2020 Collab Work

The air was full of noise and smoke

• This is past tense

• It was used to show that the day was gloomy, dark and all-round horrible

• I think it worked well as when saying the air was full of noise shows how noisy it was

I was quite nervous

• This is a 1st person view

• It was used to show the reader how scared and nervous the writer was

• It worked well to show how the writer felt about the activity he/she was about to do

As the river finally came into view, we found ourselves a small clearing

• Wow past tense again

• Oh my god it's 1st person view

• It was used to show the reader what the writer and her friends were seeing

• It was also used to show the reader that the writer was safe

The story The Rivers Pawn is written using first person and past tense. This is used to show what the writer was feeling at the time and that it was in the past.

English film techniques blog

How does tone work in film. Tone is when a film or parts of a film are contrasted for certain scenes, for example in a horror film there might be a dark tone.


How does an over the shoulder shot work, an over the shoulder shot is when two people are talking in a film and the camera is over 1 persons shoulder so you can see the talking it can also switch people and when it does it goes from the left to the right shoulder to see the person.

How does blocking work in a film

Group Performance

- Who am I working with, Marshal Channings.

- What song am I doing, Titanium Piano.

-What is the song about, it has a strong message about bullying.

-Who is the song made by, David Guetta, Sia.

-Who is doing what, Marshal is doing the left hand piano and I am doing the other side of the piano.

-What is the biggest challenge going to be, getting the song time'd wright because we are both doing it.

The byestander effect

The bystander effect

What is the bystander effect and why do people do it? Say someone needs help and there is another person nearby that other person will usually help the person that needs help but when there is a group of people someone is less likely to step on and help and if they do it usually takes a while this is a physiological effect that humans have called the bystander effect.

When someone needs help people will easily help them because their mind know that they need help but when there is a group of people it works differently it works differently because your mind is thinking that you should help but you feel embarrassed to help in front of others most people in the group will all have this effect and this is what they will be thinking two and because of this nobody gets up to help them even though you want to lots of people do help bust most of them help after a while rather then just helping because of the effect, however when you are in a small group or it is just you you are more likely to help because you do not feel as embarrassed 

There is also no way to stop this effect so you will always have it and be embarrassed to help someone if there is a group around you however it is not just because you are embarrassed because there are other things that happen two.

Combustion Experiment

What did I need, Candle, Red food coloring, Water, a plate and a beaker.


What was the experiment about and what was I trying to do or find out, The experiment I did was to test combustion with a candle and water I was testing how combustion works and what it does.

What happened during the experiment, When I did the experiment we lit the candle on a plate filled with water and then put a beaker over the candle with the beaker over it went out and the water started to rise up into the beaker.

Why did it do this, This happened because it was a complete combustion when the candle (fuel) was put into the water with the beaker on it it reacted with the oxygen and used it all up this meant that there was no oxygen and the water and because of this the candle went out because it could not burn and the water also started to rise up because of the oxygen getting sucked up.

Character strengths

Judgment, Judgment was shown in Zootopia in many scenes and was done by many characters in the movie when the characters judged and stereotyped each other.



I saw different perspectives in Tarzan when Kerchak did not understand him and kicked him out of the group for not understanding. I think it is important to understand different perspectives because if you don't you don't get to understand people and then you might get confused or angry because you did not listen to the whole story.


I saw perseverance in Tarzan when he chose to impress the other gorillas, even though they told him no.
I think it is important to show perseverance because even if something is hard or someone says don't do it you should still do it if it is the right thing to do.




I think teamwork is shown in Zootopia because Nick and Judy are always helping each other solve problems and work things out they are always working together even if something bad happens. I think that Teamwork is good because if you try to do something by yourself it is harder and when you have a Team it is easier it is also nicer to have somebody to work with.





Hope is shown in Avatar the Last Airbender by Katara because when people give up or her friends stop she always gets them back together and encourages them with hope so they can battle again and not give up. I think hope is important so if someone gives up on something you can help them get back on their feet and keep trying.



Humor is shown in most of the Avatar the Last Airbender episodes because Sokka is always joking around and being funny to try and make his friends laugh when they're angry or sad however his jokes sometimes lead to fights. I think humor is important because life would be very boring without it and it is good to make your friends laugh.

Treaty work

My treaty work link, My treaty work

Year 10 Pepeha

Ko Mount Ruapehu Toku Maunga ( this is my mountain)

Ko Pacific ocean Toku Maunga (this is my ocean)

Ko Waimakariri Toku Awa (this is my river)

Ko Plane toku waka (this is my canoe or ship) Don't know exactly what plane it was

Ko Canterbury Toku rohe (this is my region)

Ko Helen and Jack Toku iwi (this is my greater tribe)

Ko Sam and Beth Toku hapu (this is my local tribal group)

Ko Levi Gardner toku Ingoa (this is my name)

My story

Darkness, fear, nothing remains of the shattered world apart from the piles of rubble where buildings and houses used to be nobody is in sight im the only survivor but not for long, soon the radiation will cover the area around me and seep through my body and in the state im in knowing I don't have time to get out i'm trapped in this destroyed world and no one else can save me.

It's been a few hours know and I can feel the radiation going thru my body in a short time I'll be paralized and completely unable to move just as I think it's over I see something moving ahead of me I'm in shock and have nothing to defend myself with so I just lay there and hope that it's a person, it is he helps me get up and out of the ruble and tells me he knows somewhere safe to go however the radiation is killing me fast and I have to move quickly because he has nothing to cure my sickness, at this point I'm certain that there is no way out for both of us he keeps insisting that I go with him but I can't face the dangers because of my sickness however he does convince me after a while and we finally leave.

After walking for a while we both enter a forest area most of it is gone however some animals might still remain there to stranger hands me a rifle and tells me to look out because the radiation might make them more aggresive or mutated as we enter the forest we find a hut looking thing and we go there hoping theres someone inside however no one is there we go in to

wait and suddenly somthing flies past we look where it hit and are shocked to see a bullet hole straight thru it the stranger says its the bombers, I can already tell that the milatary was here searching for survivers we instantly get our rifles out run and hope we aren’t going to be gunned down by some crazy man with a machine gun after awhile we escape and me and the stranger stop to talk to each other he takes off his helmet and to my suprise it’s a girl at about the same age as me (14) she says here name is tess and that she was sent to find survivers and help them get to her crews base then im met with another person tod, tod was older but not very smart I could tell that something bad was going to happen with hime around so I left straight away however it was much harder now because the raidiation was entering my body but I can continue a bit longer after awhile tod starts talking and talking and wont shut up then we see a carrier helicopter fly over us and soon a bunch of solders jump out we manage to fight the off because todd somehow got better weapons from his base we fight most of them and then I go up the hill to find the commander and then I hear a screem both tess and todd are captured I go to...

Volcanic research

Name of volcano, Mt Fuji, it is actually made of two volcanoes called young Fuji and old Fuji however they are joined together and have formed one volcano

Location of volcano, Japan

How long ago did it last erupt, 1707

What type of eruption happened, Subplinian and Plinian eruptions these eruptions violently spit out lots of lava and can last anywhere from minutes to hours.

What happened when it erupted, an earthquake happened near mount fuji and this caused the magma to mix 49 days later the volcano erupted and lasted till the start of 1708 however the eruption itself did not do that much damage and the volcano itself didn't change much and is the same today.

1. How do stories help explain religions.
The stories help explain by giving out information and facts about religion.

2. What is something similar that culters believed about there gods or god.
They both pray to there gods and believe that they created the earth.

3. What things made it harder for culters to understand each other and their religions.
Couler of skin.
Language barrier.
Brittians were more advanced.
Maori believed in the god of war.
They both believed in completely different gods.

Wind racers

What did I do to creat my wind racer, To create my wind racer my group got one of the body's for the car after that we put a cardboard panel on the back of it and put some more cardboard on the sides after that we covered the most of the body in masking tape in a curved way so it goes faster after that the car was ready to race. When I was actually building the car my group and I did small things like cutting out the cardboard and putting small bits of masking tape on it but Robbie did most of it. How successful was my racer, My group's racer was the most successful one not only was it the fastest it also went the furthest as well and was about 3 meters ahead of the other cars overall it was quite good and I think it was interesting seeing the other cars race and building my one.

I did not really research designs for my car and just followed the way my group was going with it.

The car design is made to go through the wind faster it does this because the front of it is a large curved cluster of masking tape it also goes fast because of a large cardboard panel at the back of it.

Building the car was not very hard my group and I had to cut out one large piece of cardboard to smaller strips of cardboard and then after that we covered the car in masking tape and put it on in a curved shape with a flat front.

Testing, My group did not test the car before the race.

Redesign, For the redesign we drew racing strips on it and put some more tape on the back part of the caron the sides and thats all we did to redesign it after that we still didn't test it.

Why did I design my car like this, Because Robbie choose to do this and I couldn't change what we were doing, and all of the ideas where from Robbie because I couldn't put in mine

My gymnastics blog

What sequence or routine was shown in my video, In my video I did all of the things that were on the sheets starting at number 1 to 3 and moved to the different stations.

Why did I choose this sequence, I choose to do this sequence because I wanted to start off at the easier things and then go to the harder things and I rotated to different stations to try out different things.

Do I think I have improved in this sequence, Yes I think I have improved on this sequence because I did a lot better than last year and last time I tried it.

How did I improve, I improved by trying harder and not being afraid like last year because last year I did not get that many things done but this year I have gotten a lot better and tried harder to do it and it has helped.

social study's expedition

What was the expedition about, The expedition was about Egyptian and roman history we learned about this in class and then we presented in an expedition where the other classes and teachers could see our work.

What was my presentation about, for my presentation me and Tamati made a fish on the wall that was made of shredded paper and was sposed to look like a Roman mosaic and even though it was not as good as I thought it still worked.

here is a video of the expedition, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWWVSZSPB8c&feature=youtu.be

What classes were involved, the two classes that were involved were 10BU and 10HH

Presentations reflection

1. What was my presentation about, My presentation is about Avatar The Last Airbender and in it, I explain the episode the great divide what I actually explain is the problems in the episodes and how you would deal with them I will also just talk about the episode in general.

2. Which part am I most proud of, The part that I am most proud of in my presentation is just the writing and the speech itself and I think I did good doing it.

3. what were the challenges, I think the biggest challenge I had to face was when it was time to present because I don't like presenting that much I kind of freaked out and did not want to do it.

4. What could I do better next time, I think next time I could do better by trying to overcome my fears more and not being afraid when doing my presentation.

how hydraulics work

What are hydraulics, hydraulics are a system that uses pressurized liquid to power things such as engines the hydraulics put pressure on a small amount of liquid  to generate lots of power, they where made in late in the1700,s by joseph Bramah he used to work on practical things by following pascals law and eventually after practicing and trying to make hydraulics he succeed.

How do they work, lots of people know where to find hydraulics (eg) cars and trucks but lots of people don't actually know how they work and what they do to power the engines. heres how it works there are four main parts of the machine the first part of it is The Reservoir this is where the liquid is held it also transfers heat to the rest of the machine and helps remove air and moisture made by the liquid.

the second part of the machine is The Pump it moves mechanical energy into the machine it does this by moving the liquid from The Reviser although most of the pumps mainly do the same thing some of them are a different type such as piston pumps and gear pumps.

The third part of the machine is the
valves they start and stop the machine and areas where the liquid moves and thats about all they do.

And the final part of the machine is The Actuators this part of the machine is very interesting it takes the hydraulic energy and transforms it back into mechanical energy for use again there are also different types of actuators that are used for specific things anyways that is how hydraulics work and what they are used for.

marbles science investigation

What happens when we slowly put marbles into the second cup when the first cup had ten in it

well at first it did nothing however when the second cup had seven marbles in it somehow balanced the two cups and then when we did it again both cups where balanced with 4 marbles in each

 I know why the second one worked it worked because there where the same amount of marbles in each so it balanced it out.

however, the first time I do not know how it worked some marbles must of weight more than the others so it was balanced 

my mural art work

What am I doing for this I am making a mural with a group that might be getting put in my school.

my job is Couler consultant and the chief painter

Natasha's job is director

Joey's job is Story manager

and Arnolds job is assistant manger