I am a Year 7 student at Glenbrae School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Room 7 and my teachers are Mrs Tofa and Mrs Raj.
Thursday, 30 September 2021
Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Fun week food
Monday, 27 September 2021
Fun week toy
This is my toy car and I made it out of cardboard and hot glue. It is very detailed and fun to play with.
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Jim Bolger
Jim Bolger, born 1935, was the Prime Minister
of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997 and has had a
noteworthy career in politics for over 20 years.
His life and career:
He was born on 31 May 1935 and is 86 years old.
His parents were Daniel Bolger and Cecilia Doyle.
He led the New Zealand National Party for 12
years and achieved the biggest electoral victory
in New Zealand history in the election of 1990.
He was also the first Prime Minister elected under the MMP electoral system.
He began his politics career when he was elected
as a Member of Parliament for the King Country
in 1972. He was Minister of Labour, Minister of
Immigration, Minister in Charge of the New Zealand
Security Intelligence Service, and Minister of Maori Affairs.
What makes him a great leader?
He was a great leader to NZ because he had a lot
of experience and he was also very successful so
he was not only a great leader but also a role model.
He has been in many different roles from the PM of
NZ to the Minister of immigration and so on. He also
knew how to lead the country and listened to the people of his country.
How NZ Is Governed
In basic terms New Zealand Government works
with voting to decide which political party goes into power.
The two major political parties of New Zealand are Labour and National,
and there are many other minor parties. The voting process happens every
three years but in different countries they do it once every four years and so on.
Every person older than 18 years age gets to vote when there is an election.
Each person votes for their choice of MP or Member of Parliment and which
ever Party gets the most votes goes into power.
New Zealand is a Democratic country because we vote to choose
which party goes into power unlike Saudi Arabia which is a Monarchy
because the people don’t vote who rules them. Some examples of
Monarchies in the present time are Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ruled by
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz. If the king died then his crown prince
Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) would become the King.
There are a total of 120 seats in the parliament.
To form a government you need 61 or more out
of those 120 because you need more than half
so you need a minimum of 61 seats in the
Parliment. Sometimes parties join together to reach that number and form a joint government.
Like in the 2017 election, Labour had 46
seats, NZ First had 9, Green party had 8,
so they joined and formed a government with 63 seats.
National party had got 56 seats but not got more than
half so they could not form a government.
Monday, 13 September 2021
Friday, 10 September 2021
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Tech Algorithms
For tech we learned about algorithms. An algorithm is a process which solves a problem,for example the input is the bits you start with then the algorithm is the process you follow and finally the output is the final product.
Here are my three examples about algorithms:
Kiwi Kids News
New Zealand has recorded its warmest winter on record.
For the three months from June, July and August 2021, the average temperature was 9.8C, according to New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
This is a huge 1.3C above the long-term average and higher than the previous record set in 2020.
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Taika Waititi
This one of our tasks for The Arts, which was to make a biography about Taika Waititi.
Learning to count from 1-12 in Tongan
Today I learnt how to count from 1-12 in Tongan, it was really fun and challenging to say the words correctly.
Kiwi Kids News
Monday, 6 September 2021
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Speech-Sir Edmund Hillary
This is my speech about Sir Edmund Hillary. The task was to write an informative speech about a important place or person in New Zealand