My Spech 2016

My Speech 2016
As a class we were asked to write a speech about something we were passionate about. I did my speech on Financial Literacy.

Financial literacy, a good way of learning and looking after money. If it was taught at our school the knowledge that kids would learn about money would be huge compared to some of the current day kids who struggle to pay the right amount to companies. I think this would be a great thing for Waikanae school.

My first point is that financial literacy is not only good for your knowledge but it is good for your math. It helps your maths by working with addition, subtraction and working with big amounts. As a year seven you are only expected to be a level four in our math curriculum. (As many of you already know.)

If kids go round spending their money on things that are not required later on in life things are going to be a struggle, leading to you not having enough money to have a suitable lifestyle because you had not been advised on how to handle their money. Did you know that most teenage kids spend their cold hard cash on food and clothing. These teenager still live with their parent, do you think that that is a waist?

Following the recent house prices that are going through the roof (especially in Auckland) If you don't have a good job with a fair amount of cash that you earn your quest to get a house will be that bit harder. The average house price in New Zealand at the moment is $612,527 that's a lot don't you think. I don't know about you but the chance of us getting a house is slowly getting unrealistic. Do you agree?

Look at A.S.B there a banking company they are doing their part in teaching financial literacy by going round hundreds of school and teaching hundreds of thousand of new zealand children I think this was a great idea. Should we jump on the bandwagon and help our kids.

So in conclusion I think that financial literacy should absolutely be taught at Waikanae primary school as it helps maths, awareness and the importance of money and the housing prices in New Zealand. I would love to have it taught at primary school as I think it is a really interesting topic. I wish it would have been taught to me at a younger age.

Maori Myth

Taranga a goddess was Maui mother. Cutting the top knot off her hair she used this to send Maui far far away into the ocean. Maui did not sink, before he was tossed into sea his Mother Taranga, called out to Tangaroa the god of the sea to take her son. He was still alive. Boring on the back of Tangaroa's wave children. At all time Maui was shaded by the sun and cooled by the wind Tawhiri. The swell of the ocean took him to a seaside Kainga. Standing on the shoreside was a man, this man was Maui’s Uncle yet he did not know this he scattered the birds and predator away from the bundle of hair and looked after him like Maui was his son. Over the years Tama-Nui-Te-Rangi taught him valuable knowledge. Tama also taught Maui about magic. After a while Maui learnt how to turn into a Wood Pigeon. Some days maui would fly down to where the men were lazily working on the kumara field and chant a working chant. The men automatically started working faster and have the whole field done in a matter of a couple hours. Things began to bother Maui the biggest bother was that he noticed that all of the kids had moms where was his. After a discussion with his Uncle Maui decided that it would be his quest to find his mother. After months of trying to.find his mother he traveled many miles and one night he did. Creeping closer to the fire Maui notice that their was a lady greeting her sons. That woman was Maui's mother. One by one the lady gave her sons a hongi. He stood behind the brothers he had never seen before and waited until it was his turn “Who are you” Maui's Mother asked. “I am Maui-Potiki your last born.” Maui explained what had happened over his life and his Mother's eyes filled with happy tears. This was indeed Maui's Mother.

Biography 2016 Free choice

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Data File Example Writing

This term we have been looking at ways to make our writing more interesting for the reader.

We have used the following criteria to guide us:

• Changing the word order of a sentence
• Using literary devices such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia and  personification
• Using specific verbs and adjectives
• Using  show, don’t tell techniques
• Using different sentence beginnings and lengths

Here are some examples of my writing this term.

Show Don’t Tell - Emotions

Sad:  Moping slowly into the room, I stagger curiously up to my room. Tears burst out of my eyes. Barely keeping my emotions inside my body a cry and I cry and I cry. No emotion in my face apart from a frown, I plead to my mum to not let me go to school the next day.

Tired: Crashing to the cold ground I struggle for breath. Puffing at what I had just done I couldn’t believe that I wasn’t dead. Heart pounding at the rate nots my legs were like jelly. With every ounce of strength I get back to my feet and, run.

Anger: Words spitting out of my mouth I could not control them. Veins bulge out of my neck. Clenching my fists I bellow out “NO” staggering away they had manage to scrape into my skin, finally.

Music Writing

Work Catastrophy

Just another day in the factory when the boss came in a start yelling out orders. “Double quantities of all chocolate bars they are on high demand.” Pouring the cocoa into the mixer something doesn't feel right. Now tipping in the milk I look next to me and I see my mate Bilsey. “Hey have you got plan for tonight we can go down to the pub and have a couple.” “Alright then” He said. Suddenly spinning out of control my mixer spits out 100 kgs of mixture all onto the floor. Spreading across the floor it was never going to end.  It was a complete and utter catastrophe “You're in for it now” Bilsey said. Under tables and through the gaps in the doors. Suddenly a loud crash, one of my work mates slips knocking his table and machine of the table. “Noooooo!” Double the quantity alright. The creek of a door in swing runs through my ears. “Whoever did this YOU'RE FIRED!!!” and that was my day what about yours.

Music: In The Hall Of The Mountain King

The Boy

Strolling out of the school gates with a sick feeling in my body. I wonder if it’s going to be another night in hell. As I think about it more and more tears roll out of my eyes. Zipping up my jersey a boy walks up to me. He looked like he was glowing. “Hello how are you going today”the boy said to me. Tilting my head even further down into my chest I carried on walking. “Hey that’s rude.” I didn’t care. Throught my eyes I could see the veins in his neck and his red face told it all I had disrespected him. Reluctantly I said “hi.” Stopping I turned around and looked him in the eyes. Straight away he stopped and his face looked like a blank canvas. “I’m not having the greatest day” I said. “Think I can see that” the boy said. He could see my tears. “Have to get home.” His face was still blank. “Hey are you ok.” “No” I strolled slowly away with my shoulder hunched and a frown on my face back into the house of hell.

The Viking Girl

Storming into the room, stomping my feet I could not believe what had happened that morning. My frown was almost touching the ground. “SCHOOL! I hate it, I hate it, I hate It. It gives me a, a disgusting taste in my mouth every time I step through that gate.” The costume had been perfect, well at least I thought it was perfect.Everybody was making fun of me, why? Slamming the door behind me “SMASH” my photo frame came off the wall. I don't care. I opened the cupboard and ripping everything out. Flopping onto my bed “I've had enough. they’re all bullies” raising one fist in the air “curse them!” I say. Waking up with bags under my eyes I look like a monster from the future. I was almost like a bomb waiting to blow up.

The Girl

This piece of writing is called show don't tell you express the characters feeling without saying "she was happy."lly out actually

Storming into the room, stomping my feet I could not believe what had happened that morning. My frown was almost touching the ground. “SCHOOL! I hate it, I hate it, I hate It. It gives me a, a disgusting taste in my mouth every time I step through that gate.” The costume had been perfect, well at least I thought it was perfect.Everybody was making fun of me, why? Slamming the door behind me “SMASH” my photo frame came off the wall. I don't care. I opened the cupboard and ripping everything out. Flopping onto my bed “I've had enough. they’re all bullies” raising one fist in the air “curse them!” I say. Waking up with bags under my eyes I look like a monster from the future. I was almost like a bomb waiting to blow up.

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X-Country Practice Times

On the actual day of the cross country I came 7th this meant that I qualify for the inter school witch will be held at Waikanae park

This is my X-Country times on the last two times I walked.