Genocide Response

Genocide Response

Question #1: What Is Genocide?
Genocide is to deliberately kill a large quantity of people, especially of a particular nation or ethnic group, to create a prevention of birth, or to create physical or mental to that particular group.

Question #2: What Happened In Rwanda?

Genocide started in Rwanda because the Rwandan and Burundi Presidents were
murdered when their plane was shot down when it was about to land in Kigali,
this happened very soon after they created a fragile peace agreement. This
of which, resulting in them losing control of their country.

Question #3: What Can We Do To Prevent Genocide From Happening?

• Grow in military, so we have the numbers to stop anything coming.
• Prevent armed conflict, usually providing the context for genocide.
• Protect civilians in armed conflict, including UN peacekeepers.
• End future injuries through law-related action in national and international courts.
• Gather information and set up an early-warning system.
• Take fast and reasonable action, including military action.
• Reduce poverty and stop slaughter with force.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

English Term 1 - 10EV

English Term 1 - 10EV

In my first term of year 10, I did many things such as do a competition to create a
poster about making a difference.  We all worked in groups for this task, however our
poster was based off of our respectful attitude. This poster was created with many
respectful things you can do at the school, such as helping someone up, opening the
door, picking someone's books up or even putting your rubbish away!  We wrote
a paragraph of what making a difference means and looks like, and inserted
pictures of making a difference. In the end, me and my desk group (Aaron,
Hannah, Samara) won the poster competition andearned some coupons
for $10 to where ever we want.

We read a book called “The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-time Indian”.  This book
is about a boy named Junior who goes to a new school called Rearden School.  
This school however, is a full white school, he also loses his previous friend named
Rowdy as soon as he enters the school straight after. He starts this school poor,
unable to eat food in the morning, however he makes friends who do have enough
wealth to support him. He experiences multiple deaths while in the school, such
as Eugene’s (Junior’s Dad’s friend) death, Grandmother Spirit’s death or even her
sister’s death.  He plays a basketball against Rowdy’s team, wins, and later
becomes Rowdy’s friend again, while having a fun practise of basketball in the
middle of the night.

After finishing our book, we watched a documentary called “Girl Rising” about 9 girls
who showed their struggles in order to try to get to their dreams.  We have so far
watched what I think is 3 out of the 9 girls’ stories, Including an earthquake and an
attempt of slavery. I also watched a girl who was sold into slavery two or three
times to masters who treated her terribly bad, resulting to having to eat corn
scraps when with her second master.  Eventually this girl however, was set free
from her last master with a song of movement to push her free. I also watched a
girl who was threatened to slavery, however the girl thought back with a dagger
and struck down the man attacking her with a cutlass.

Lastly I remember watching a girl who lived well and happy until an earthquake
struck her town and she

had to work everyday from then-on to live.

We have also been doing multiple Big Questions and Success Tickets throughout
last term.  Big Questions we usually do 2-3 times every week, each containing a
question which we have to answer in 5 or 10 minutes.  We do a Success Ticket
at most 2 times every week, of which we have to explain what did or did not go
well today, and what will we do differently tomorrow.  We work on these to show
our mentor teacher, Ms. Evans, our opinions on things that we do in our English
class. Overall, the Big Questions and Success Tickets are useful for me to say
my opinions on things we do in class, however I prefer to do proper English
instead of keeping a journal of my day every week.  Here are some examples:

Big Question:

Success Ticket:

The piece of work that makes me most proud is my paragraphs on The Absolutely
True Diary book, especially my last paragraph, the one which resulted in me
becoming scholar of the week.

This is my favourite work because it shows me how much work I put into my
paragraphs.

It shows me how much words I write in one of my paragraphs, and how happy
Ms. Evans is from my work ethic.  It shows me why I earned Scholar Of The Week,
on the very last week of the term, and why I put in as much effort as I do.  
Overall it shows me how much time and work
into my writing and making as best as physically possible.

I think that many things went well for me this term, especially finishing all of my work.  
I completed reading the book with the class (except for when I was sick), resulting in
the Girl Rising documentary afterwards.  I finished my five paragraphs for writing
about which is better, drawing or writing, resulting in both on different occasions.
I finished most of my Big Questions and Success Tickets, the Big Questions
which at least 100 words usually.  Finally, the best thing I finished for this term,
was my best and longest work, my blog post.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Drama Advertisement

One:

• What was the advertisement you chose to act out?
• Who was in your group?
• What were their roles and/or characters?

Two:

• Which PB4L School-wide Expectation did you use in your advertisement? (Learning - Respect - Responsibility - Safety)
• How did you show this PB4L expectation?

For drama, we had to create an act from a tv advertisement, so therefore we did ours off of an L+P ad.  I worked with many people in our group, however the main person a worked with was Byron, who was a really good actor, along with Hamish, Hope and Shaun  We played as students of a school who had to deliver the pass to the student who had forgotten it, while Hope played as a teacher and Hamish and Shaun tried to help with our mission.  For our PB4L School-wide Expectation we chose to do responsibility as this is based off trying to show you your responsibilities at the school. We showed this expectation by showing how long it may take to sort out if you do not remember these things yourself.      

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Evaluating Game Platforms

I think learning with cognitive games is a good experience because the new experience could go a long way if we learn it well enough.  I think it gives us many different opportunities to learn for Virtual Reality and creating different code. I've been working with a few different platforms to get a variety of different ideas to work off of.

My first exposure to creating a VR product was interesting, we used Co-Spaces as our virtual reality game and with the pro version enabled, I can copy and paste to my heart’s content.  The materials you start off with help you build many things, me building a few buildings being; the New Gym, the Mac Gym, the Whare, and the pool.  The gyms have brick walls and orange flooring. The pool has stone walls and tile flooring filled with pretend water. Last of all the Whare has wood walls and grey carpet, all buildings have a ramp to get up to the buildings.

Gamestar Mechanics is an interactive and fun way to learn about making games. It shows you the power you need to create your games, and why they get paid so much.  The game was created by E-line Media and there game is used to show you a challenge. The characters are similar looking to Anime, but based off gaming. The game is 2D, the movement is good, but I wish you could move diagonally.

The third platform we used was called Gamefroot.  Gamefroot is used for creating your games drag and drop style having a large concept of scratch inserted into it.  The time it takes to load the documents are insane, however the program works well once it’s up and running.  The platform can make 2D and 3D games, depending how much effort you want to put in.  Overall the program has potential for successfully working well for me.

The fourth platform is called Unity.  On it, we previewed a game called Never Alone, it was created by Dima Veryovka and based off an inspiration of Alaska.  The game is based off a girl in alaska with a white fox journeying to find the source of the eternal blizzard.

Sphero Edu is the fifth program we have used throughout this session so far.  Sphero is a sphere robot which can be programmed to follow commands. These commands could be rotating, moving forward, stopping and starting.   

OzoBot is the sixth program we are using.  OzoBot is a robot who is given commands with colour combinations.  OzoBlockly on the other hand, the program, gives you the opportunity to code the commands for OzoBot.

Flying Cars, Week 4, Day 5, Part 2

Flying Cars

If I were to have a flying car it would be this one here: 

The reason I would have this is because:

1. It can fly, hover, and hyper-speed (probably).

2. It's colour makes the car look very impressive.

3. It's wings help gain momentum to pass others.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Future Self, Week 4, Day 5

Future Self

In the future I'll likely go work in Game Design and help create code.  I would probably live with my parents so I don't have to move away from them.  I will likely stay in Greymouth so I don't move away from my family.  I will put most of my money in the bank to get lots of income to use towards stuff I actually need.

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Farmer, Week 4, Day 4, Part 2

Being A Farmer

2 reasons I would become a farmer:

1. Because you can make your own cheese, butter, ice cream and supplies.

2. Because you could make a fair amount of money from making free-range supplies.

2 reasons I would not become a farmer:

1. Because you would have to take care of the animals needs while taking care of your own.

2. Because you would have to make your own plots for the animals, meaning it would take some time to complete. 

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Moana, Week 4, Day 4

Moana

The movie is about a girl named Moana Waialiki who is interested highly in the ocean, however she is not allowed to go near the water because of her father, the chief, but goes anyway because she is given Te Fite's Heart by her grandmother.  She also goes because the fish and coconut trees are dying and disappearing.  She soon crash lands on an island where she finds Maui who has lost his hook after stealing Te Fite's heart.  Afterwards they go on an adventure to find Maui's hook and restore the heart of Te Fite to it's rightful owner.

By Aedan Gunn 2018   

The Beach, Week 4, Day 3, Part 2

The Beach

I live near the Karoro Beach, meaning that many cars come to see the beach.  Here are three reasons why tourists might come to the beach:

1. With sand, driftwood and bushes, bonfires and shelters are built often and it's interesting to look around.

2. The beach has a part above the water where you can check on the water and look out at the view.

3. Tourists may come to this beach in search of shells or small fish.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

My Coalition Group, Week 4, Day 3

My Coalition Group

If I were to make a Coalition Group with two people, It would be with my friend Matthew, who seems to have interests in things that many others have interests in (apart from sports), and would produce good ideas if needed.  My other friend, Shannon, would also be pretty handy as he works hard and is interested in things that I'm not so much in.  He has quite a few smarts in his head which would be helpful in the group, he's even smarter than me in some subjects!

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Per Mertesacker, Week 4, Day 2, Part 2

Per Mertesacker

Personally i'm not completely into many sports, however I love playing soccer and when dads watching soccer it's usually Arsenal I'm the most interested in.  The captain of Arsenal currently is Per Mertesacker, who was born in 29 September 1984.  He is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back and is a captain of the Premier League club Arsenal.  I admire him because although he has only appeared 155 times, scoring 8 goals, he has tackled 150 times and succeeded 74% of the time.

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Per Mertesacker's Stats

Richie McCaw, Week 4, Day 2

Richie McCaw

Here are three things I have learnt about Richie McCaw:

1. Richie McCaw didn't really understand who the all blacks were until The 87 World Cups.

2. He wasn't the most talented player, but he did have a massive desire to join the All Blacks

3. He got targeted by many teams, by people who had already been banned for weeks.

If there were more I'd want to learn about Richie McCaw it would be what did he do before he became an all black?

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Richie McCaw getting targeted

300 Million Dollars, Week 4, Day 1, Part 2

300 Million Dollars

What would I do with 300 million dollars?  I would likely share it between my family first, then I would spend the rest on an okay, but not too expensive house.  The reason I would not buy a mansion is for this reason; even with 300 million dollars, covering the costs of a mansion would still be a challenge. This is because of the amount of energy, water, food and other supplies which is used per month, meaning it would be a giant bill every year.  This is why I would not get a giant mansion and just get a small, but decent house with equipment that doesn't break all the time, if I still had extra money (which is highly likely) I would store some of it in the bank to get extra income, and most of all, some insurance for the future.

By Aedan Gunn 2018 

Celebrating a Win, Week 4, Day 1

Celebrating A Win

When we celebrate something great, such as a birthday, we would have a few friends over play some games somewhere, usually at the pool or a park.  Then we would go have a snack at some tables nearby and this is usually just junk food such as chips, lollies and chocolate.  Afterwards we would go out to a restaurant and order some delicious food to eat, and half of the time it's so filling that we don't even order dessert!  Then we all go home and say goodbye to each other, usually it's pretty late around then so half of us would probably go to sleep.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Geoffrey Palmer, Week 3, Day 5, Part 2

Leading New Zealand

Week 3, Day 5 (Bonus Activity)

Name of Prime Minister: Geoffrey Palmer

Date of Birth: 21 April 1942

Political Party: New Zealand Labour Party

Number of Years as Prime Minister: August 1989 until September 1990

Three interesting facts about my chosen Prime Minister:

1. They were only a prime minister for around one year.

2. He was made a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1991, and  was also made an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia in the same year!

3. In the year 1991, he was listed on the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honour for his work on environmental issues. 

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Tongariro Crossing

Tongariro Crossing

5 things which are ideal to bring on this trip apart from food water and clothes (Imagining your going in the sun and not in other types of weather:

1. Sunscreen

2. Rain Jacket/Heavy Jersey

3. Good Climbing Shoes

4. Emergency Whistles

5. First Aid

By Aedan Gunn 2018

My Big OE, Week 3, Day 4, Part 2

My Big OE

If I had graduated in the 1980's and had a big Overseas Experience, I would likely go to Australia and these are three reasons why:

1. So I can visit Disney World and see how great the rides are.

2.  Look at the many buildings and apartments.


3. Have a trip by the opera house and maybe listen to some music from there.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Hairy Maclary, Week 3, Day 4, Attempt 2.

Hairy Maclary Gets Lost

Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy.

He ran down the street, clambered over some rocks and met a friend named Bottomley Potts.

They crawled under a fence and above some large logs, to find another friend called Sally Doggs.

Across a bog they went which was covered in mist, coming to an opening named Barnacles Wrist.

Before they realised that they were lost, another friend came running out in exhaust, saying that they were Jeremy Frost and hoping he stopped them from getting lost.

Panting and barking the friends all did clamber, back towards home with a scamp and a swagger.

Up in the sky, rain clouds were appearing, all of their hopes for a dry coat disappearing.

They started to speed up their scampering pace, suddenly realising that getting home was a difficult race.

So off they went with a loud patter of paws, taking a shortcut through mud and digging in with their claws.

They jumped above small rocks and ducked under fences going past a large group of hedges.

They all ran back along the street, with big soggy coats and big muddy feet.

Then they retreated indoors to their homes and went into their rooms which were all kennel domes.

They barked a goodbye and howled into the night, and went to their beds to sleep a goodnight.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

Hairy Maclary, Week 3, Day 4, Attempt 1

Hairy Maclary

Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy.

And Hercules Morse as big as a horse, with Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

Bottomley Potts covered in spots, Hercules Morse as big as a horse, and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay, Bottomley Potts covered in spots, Hercules Morse as big as a horse, and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony, Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay, Bottomley Potts covered in spots, Hercules Morse as big as a horse, and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum, Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony, Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay, Bottomley Potts covered in spots, Hercules Morse as big as a horse, and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

With tails in the air they trotted on down past the shops and the park the far end of town.

They sniffed at the smells and they snooped at each door, when suddenly, out of the shadows they saw... SCARFACE CLAW the toughest Tom in town.

"EEEEEOWWWFFTZ!" said Scarface Claw.

Off with a yowl a wail and a howl, a scatter of paws and a clatter of claws, went Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum, Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony, Muffin McLay like a bundle of hay, Bottomley Potts covered in spots, Hercules Morse as big as a horse, and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.

Straight back home to bed.

Book By Lynley Dodd

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I did not understand the instructions of this task properly so let this be known as attempt 1 while I try my second attempt at this task.

By Aedan Gunn 2018

1970 Clothes, Week 3, Day 3, Part 2

1970 Clothes

Two things I like about 1970 Clothes are:
1. The Colour of the shirts.
2. The pants and belt combination.

Two things I don't like about 1970 Clothes are:
1. The pants legs go down to the very bottom, covering your shoes.
2. The Pattern of the pants.

Ready To Roll, Week 3, Day 3

I think that between Golden Harvest, Ray Columbus And The Invaders and New Zealand Underdogs, this is my personal order from first to third:

#1 Golden Harvest

#2 Ray Columbus And The Invaders

#3 New Zealand Underdogs

The reason I've rated these the way I have is because of how I feel towards the beats blending in with the instruments and singing.

By Aedan Gunn 2017

The Beatles, Week 3, Day 2, Part 2

The Beatles Trip To New Zealand

I read about The Beatles' trip and found 3 facts which were very interesting, and these were them:

1. Their first visit in New Zealand was in Wellington.

2. The police had not expected the crowd to be as crazy as it was, so the police had to use dogs to clear large groups from the verandas and other vantage points.

3. Some Teenagers pushed over and damaged 2 police motorcycles and there was so much pushing that one of The Beatles' cars was shunted backwards, with the handbrake on!

TV Show Favourite, Week 3, Day 2

Gravity Falls
My favourite television show around now would likely be Gravity Falls, which is a show about 2 twins moving to a new small country named Gravity Falls.  This place has many unusual sightings and many people have been terrified after seeing these beasts.  The people starring this movie is Mabel Pines and Dipper Pines, which are the twins, Stan Pines, who is their great uncle, and lastly Soos and Wendy, who work at Stan's house he turned into "The Mystery Shack".  I would like to believe this show is on quite a few television channels but the channel I watch it on is 103. 

By Aedan Gunn 2017

Link To The First Episode: Gravity Falls Ep.1

1950's Popular Names, Week 3, Day 1, Part 2

Popular Names Back In 1950

GIRLS BOYS

Christine John

Susan David

Margaret Peter

Judith Michael

Jennifer Robert

I think that these names have not completely changed in popularity, however I hear the name "Matthew" a lot more often than other names nowadays, however these are the most common names around now:

                  Girl Names:                                            Boy Names:

1	Sophia	Jackson
2	Emma	Aiden
3	Olivia	Lucas
4	Ava	Liam
5	Mia	Noah        By Aedan Gunn

Meat And 3 Veg Rule, Week 3, Day 1

The Rule Of The Meat And 3 Veggies

The Meat And 3 Veg Rule was used by many housewives towards making an evening meal.  They would pick a meat such as beef, lamb or chicken as the main meat, and pick 3 veggies to put aside the meat.  This could be anything such as the cooked potato, crisp cold carrot, or even some cooked pumpkin, and this meal would produce enough vitamins and energy for humans to continue on working for almost the rest of the day!

By Aedan Gunn 2017

1940 - 2017 Clothing Difference, Week 2, Day 5, Part 2

1940 - 2017 Clothing Difference

My opinion between 1940 and 2017 clothes is that although they both look extremely similar they are made of competently different quality materials and colouring.

By Aedan Gunn 2017

VE Party, Week 2, Day 5

My VE Party Plan

My plan would be to make a peaceful party with my friends and family we would have a relax at somewhere like a nice park, and enjoy a walk down a bush track, and afterwards maybe go to a fancy cafe so we all can have a well deserved snack. 

By Aedan Gunn 2017

Victoria Cross Winner, Week 2, Day 4, Part 2

John Hinton

Who Was He:

He was a fellow soldier working with many New Zealand and British soldiers, who gave up on retreating and used grenades and a few guns to storm 2 German houses and blow up the gun crews, soon afterwards getting shot in the stomach and taken hostage, although he escaped and attempted it many more times.

Reason For Earning Victoria Cross:

He didn't want to retreat anymore, so he fought over and over getting more and more beaten up until he couldn't go on anymore and ended up in a hospital bed where he got his Victoria Cross.

By Aedan Gunn 2017

Two Key Events WW2, Week 2, Day 4

Two Key Events Of World War 2:

• 8 January 1940: Rationing begins in Britain.
• 20 July 1944: Attempted assassination of Hitler. 

8 January 1940: Rationing begins in Britain.

The war had meant a shortage in food because of destruction of land and sinking of supply ships.  A National Registry of citizens had been compiled and ration books were distributed.  

Rationing was introduced on January 8th 1940 to help prevent hunger.

20 July 1944: Attempted assassination of Hitler. 

On 20th July 1944 a group of conspirators attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler by exploding a bomb in his field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia.  

More than 20 people were injured with 4 people dying.  Hitler was shielded from the blast by the conference table leg.

The failure of the assassination attempt and the following attempted coup led to the arrest of more than 7000 people with more than half being executed.  

By Aedan Gunn 2017