This week in English we have been learning about Camera Shots.





In this scene, the director used two-shot to show the intense emotions of both characters. We see this when Sergeant Bormann held a weapon against Geel piet’s neck as we see the fear in his eyes. The purpose of this two-shot is to help us see Geel’s Piet emotion as he was getting chocked by a baton. The purpose of this was to also see the guard’s anger as he was determined to kill Geel Piet. This made the audience feel miserable for Geel Piet. This aspect can be seen later in the movie as how the guards treat the black people.

Today in Science we were an experiment about the ph scale. We used Universal Indicator and then we added hydrochloric acid and the Sodium Hydroxide in.

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Science Experiment

In Science we done an experiment about Oil of Wintergreen. 

1. Weigh 0.25 grams of salicylic acid into a 10-15 cm test tube.
2. Add 2.0 ml of methanol to the test tube and swirl until the solid dissolves.
3. Slowly add 10 drops of sulfuric acid.
4. Place the test tube in a hot water bath and secure by using a utility clamp and heat for 15 minutes.
5. Cool the test tube in running water.
6. Smell the contents by wafting and record any observations. 

Hamburgers in Home Economics

In Home Economics we made Rice Burgers and normal burgers. The Rice Burgers didn't taste nice because it has rice at the bun. The normal burger was good because it had actual buns and lettuce. The rice was soggy and the patty was greasy. The colour was white because of the rice. It tasted like Rice and Meat Pattie. It smelt like Lettuce and Meat.

Keeping Cows Cool

In Business Enterprise we had an option to pick one of the cards with work on it. My group decided to pick the one on keeping cows cool, here is our slideshow about it.

Social Studies Migration Story

My Migration Story

My whole life I have lived in Christchurch, New Zealand with my family. My brother and I have lived in the same house for our whole life but my parents only bought the house in 1991. My mum was born in Christchurch and my dad was born in Hamilton but lived most of his childhood in Rotorua and then he moved to Christchurch with his brothers and his mum. I have travelled all around NZ and I have been to Australia and my mum and dad have been to places all around the world such as Spain, Wales, France, Hawaii, Scotland, Ireland, Las Vegas, Singapore, Australia and many other places. If there was one place that I could travel to it would be America because I’ve always wanted to go watch an NBA game, if I went to an NBA game I would want to watch either the Lakers, the Bucks or the Nets. My parents said that they have always wanted to travel to somewhere like Greece or someplace tropical. All of my family are New Zealanders. For work my mum has gone to places like Fiji. When I’m older I hope I get to travel all around Europe and America and some tropical places such as Rarotonga. A few years ago I went on a family trip with my aunties, uncles and cousins from christchurch all the way up to the top of the North Island and then we worked our way down back to Christchurch. Some of the places that we visited were Paihia, Cape Reinga, drove on 90 mile beach, Coromandel, Whitianga, Mount Maunganui, Whakatane, Te Araro, Napier and Hastings and then made our way home from their, out of all of the places that we went to my favourite would have to be Hastings because there was this amusement park called Splash Planet. At Splash Planet you could play mini golf, go on the hydroslides, go on the bumpers boats, drive the mini jeeps, go around in the lazy river or just swim normally.