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Hauora

Kia ora and welcome back,

Recently, in my health class, I have done an activity that does indeed affect my haoura, and I’m here to share my activity also. We had started today’s class with a game, which is called the rubber band cup mover. Which was aimed at using teamwork and working together with other people from around the class. Hoping to connect with them. Todays game affected my haoura in four different ways. Let me explain to you what haoura stands for incase you are new to the subject. And if you are there’s nothing wrong with it, and you might learn something new! Taha Tinana (Physical Health) stands for focusing on yourself and your body, physical growth, development. In other words, mostly just about your body, anything physical. But this can also affect other walls if one is down. Taha Hinengaro (Mental/Emotional) concerns the mind, emotions, thoughts, feelings, and can even prevent communication. I think today this one was affected the most because I forgot about any bad thoughts or things happening, because I got to have fun and connect with people/friends.

Taha Whanau (Family/Social Health) social connections, relationships, belonging, and supporting others. This one was also affecting me heavily because I was connecting with others. Taha Wairua (Spiritual Health) relates to spiritual, cultural, and environmental connections, including meaning, purpose, and your personal identity. That is all the walls in your Te Whare Tapa Wha (your Haorua). A lot of my walls were positively affected today. It’s also okay to have days were your struggling to keep your walls up or struggling to have a positive mindset. It was also frustrating with this game. As we tried to pick up the cups, they fell. Because in the game we couldn’t use our hands, but we had to use a string and a rubber band. Meaning we looped the string onto the rubber band and had to pull on it to get the band around the cup. Then we had to carry them from one end to the other. It was exhausting and fustrating but we got there.

Thank you so much for reading my latest blog post. Hope you learned something new and have an understanding of Haoura. Hopefully, I will see you again. Goodbye!

FoodTech.

Hello and welcome back.

I have recently finished a slideshow on cashews. Since I was quite ill to attend Foodtech. My teacher had seated me outside the space. I got to work on some food slideshows. Including cashews, which I will be showing today. I finished questions like how they grow, or what their climate is for harvesting, and many things like that. I hope that I have put a great answer on there. Answers that cover enough. But if not, I did try anyway, and that is the main thing that matters. I will show you evidence of my work. But I won’t be putting it in, as the quality is terrible. Here is the information based on what I’ve done. Comment down below if you think that a cashew is a nut or isn’t. Thank you, hope you have a great day, and thank you for reading my blog post.

Why I think that Cashews do not count as a nut. I would say no. But yes, at the same time. I’ve eaten cashews before, and they taste like any other nut I have tasted. I like them and they aren’t bad. But according to Google. They aren’t true nuts. Because they come from a cashew apple fruit, that’s where their seeds originate from. A true nut is a dry fruit with a singular seed. Almost similar to an acorn or a chestnut. They should have a hard shell, almost. But that doesn’t always depend on whether there is a nut or not. 

How do Cashews grow ? Cashews grow typically on trees, but they don’t look like the typical nuts you’d see, especially ones on a branch. They emerge from the bottom of a fleshy pear-shaped fruit. Called a cashew apple. The cashew nut is botanically a seed inside a hard shell that is attached to this so-called false fruit. Which can be red or yellow. After the cashew apples are harvested, they are processed separately to get the nuts, which must be heated to remove a toxic oil before they can be eaten. 

How are cashews grown and harvested? Cashews are grown on trees in tropical climates and harvested when the colorful cashew apple and attached nut ripen and turn yellow or red. The cashew apples are handpicked or gathered after they fall from the tree. The nuts are then separated from the fruit and dried to reduce moisture before being sent for processing, which involves roasting to remove a toxic shell irritant and then cracking and peeling to get the edible kernel.

What are the climate needs for cashew growing? Cashew trees require a warm, tropical climate with an average annual temperature of 24-28 °C. And annual rainfall of 800-1,600 mm. Paired with a distinct dry season of 4-6 months. They also need full sun exposure, minimal frost, and well-drained sandy soils.

 

Parihaka 1881

Kia Ora, Everyone! I’m excited to have you back on my blog!

Today, I finished my really important slideshow about Parihaka, and I’m excited to share it! Parihaka is an amazing settlement that came together as a symbol of unity and non-violence. It’s one of the most famous examples of standing up for what’s right without fighting. The conflict was between the Māori people and Europeans, including the French, mainly about land that was taken away from the Māori. As a result of the wars, land was given to the settlers who won. The Māori realized they needed to take action, so they built fences across the land that the government had claimed. These fences showed everyone that they still believed it was their land and that they hadn’t given up on it. This piece of history is truly inspiring! I think it’s so important for more people to learn about it. The people of Parihaka were incredibly resilient, and they teach us today that when something is wrong, we should speak up and use our voices. Their story shows how powerful we can be when we stand together for what we believe in.

The incredible unity of the iwi, even among those who didn’t always see eye to eye, is truly inspiring. They came together to support one another, demonstrating remarkable strength and courage. This powerful chapter of history deserves to be shared with everyone! I find it absolutely amazing how they honored their culture and traditions. It’s fascinating to witness such deep appreciation for one’s heritage. I believe society should recognize and celebrate these remarkable people and their tribes for all that they have achieved.

Thank you all for your attention and support during my blog post. I encourage you to take a look at the slideshow and share it with your whanau/family. I genuinely appreciate your time and engagement. Best regards, Frankie.

Science Reflection

Kia ora welcome back to my fabulousss blog posts.

Today I have been asked to post a blog post. On WATER CYCLES !! Not an amazing subject, but it was okay to be learning about. Better than anything else we’ve had to do. Like bar graphs, gosh, they were extremely exhausting. But today my blog post is based on what I’ve done recently, not in the past. I felt quite confused, but then it made sense in the end. I liked the part where we had to do no work and just listen, it was pretty good ! Water enters the atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. Sea levels drop when a large amount of water is stored on land and not enough flows back to the sea, water/lakes/rivers. Water also comes from surface places like rivers and lakes, as well as from underwater aquifers. Thank you for reading my blog, hope you like my boring information bye!!!

The Water Cycle:

Notan Art 12/8/25

Kia ora, and welcome back to one of my amazing blog posts.

In today’s post, I will be sharing the work of Notan art. What is that, you may ask? Notan art is a Japanese Design Concept. For dark and light elements. It’s between hard and easy progress. It’s a way to express a visual scene with only the essentials, black and white. I found the progress very easy, but some people found the art quite difficult. But in the end, they all looked amazing. I think that it’s a fun art, but difficult at times because you have to think about whether it needs to be moved or rotated. I would rate it as an 8.5/10 type of art. Because I enjoyed it, but I also found it every hard at times, thinking about where everything would go. But I love the finished results of mine. I wasn’t really thinking about my shapes, so I was just doing random. But it actually turned out to every nice.

Thank you for reading my blog post again !! Here is the finished result of my Notan Art.

What is Matariki ?

Kia ora, and welcome to my blog post.

Today I’ll be sharing my work on Matariki. I have completed a slideshow the includes the story of Matariki and what it is. I enjoyed making this because it was fun to watch all of the videos. I hope that you enjoy it too. Take a look !! Thank you for reading hope you enjoy

Sound Waves 2025

Kia Ora, and welcome to my blog.

This past week, in science, we studied sound waves. Recently, we found out how they signal to the brain using a specific way to send to the eardrum. Sound from anything needs energy to produce. For example, you have a guitar player, and the sound travels through the air into these particles. That goes into your eardrum and signals through tiny hair cells to the brain to recognize the sound. Sound is programmed to be sent by air into the eardrums. Loud sounds are big waves, and calm sounds are quiet. The sounds vibrate in the air, causing you to hear these sounds. Your eardrums are important to your body because they help you hear sounds and recognize them. But anyway, without that, you would be deaf and not able to hear anything.

 

 

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Kia Ora bloggers, Yesterday in science, we did a science experiment about paper clips. We learned how they float onto the water and how you have to use a special method. We conducted an intriguing experiment involving paper clips. We explored the fascinating concept of surface tension and observed how these seemingly simple objects can float on water. Through careful application of specific techniques, we were able to manipulate the physics at play. It was a valuable experience that deepened our understanding of hydrodynamics. We used a method of placing the paperclip gently onto the paper towel. then lowered it slowly into the circle of water and slowly, unplaced the paper clip of the paper towel into the water. It took some tries to get it in, but luckily for me I had it done the first time. Then we had some soapy water. The soapy water eliminated the paper clip from floating and made it sink into the water.

ℤ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕆𝕗 ℝ𝕖𝕘𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟

Kia ora everyone, we have started a topic on ℤ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕆𝕗 ℝ𝕖𝕘𝕦𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. Zones are based on the topic of your emotions. They come with all sorts of different impacts on your feelings and emotions. The most common emotions are red (anger), green (happy), yellow (anxious), and blue (sad). How do you think you cope? I know specifically that I try to breathe it out. Deep breaths. It reflects on what’s happening in your daily life. What you take from every hour of your days. What’s your lifestyle like? It could reflect on anything. But it is most important to stay in the green zone. Because that’s a more calm, nicer, kinder, zone that could help you make yourself feel amazing. It’s like minions, they all have different zones and different personalities. They reflect on how they feel every day, and also what’s around them, something might annoy them, so it shifts their mood into another zone. I agree on the different zones because I have also felt like I’ve been in those zones before. I also agree on the different subjects that go into the zones. Example Red (anger) it’s got a list of different emotions that relate into one big emotion and a colour. I think it’s a great idea to express our emotions through colours.

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Kia Ora, Everyone in science today has been doing a science experiment: We experimented the difference between splashing the water onto the coin and then putting it slowly onto the coin. We eventually counted the drops as we went. There were other members of my group, Athea and Carleigh. They wrote the answers on the worksheet as I carried on dropping solution A, B, C, D, and water. I committed to getting this science experiment done. Because eventually we were going to have to blog it like today, otherwise I would have had no information to share on my blog. That’s what I call not doing the work I was supposed to do. I helped my other classmates figure out how to do the experiment. Science has a meaning and part of that meaning is to commit to the experiment you have been given.. I liked this experiment because it was a fun way to work well with my group members. We also worked well together, showing respect and resilience. Thank you for reading my article and looking at my science experiment.

Solution Test 1 Test 2 Average drops
A 30 34 32.0
B 27 59 43.0
C 25 29 27.0
D 27 31 29.0
Water 50 46 48.0