If I was Prime Minister

Our task was to create a piece of writing about if we were Prime Minister. We were to list some perks, some struggles and some thing we would do to help our country.

If I was Prime Minister

If I were Prime Minister, the first thing I would do is be surprised over the fact that I actually made it into the position. Then I would immediately tackle helping people in impoverished conditions.

People who would need help finding a job or struggling to keep up with our current economy would definitely be my first order of business. Where we are now, most of us have stable jobs, access to food and water, great homes, and education etc, but many people around the country may not have access to any of those things. To increase education, I would radically increase funding to libraries so people can have a wider selection of free books. Things like having more accessibility to food through things like the Food Bank are important, so obviously, more funding towards those sources. Making bad decisions is sometimes not  even a certain person’s fault; they could have been forced into doing so. Some bad choices make life a lot harder than it needs to be.

It would be hard to be Prime Minister. It would be difficult to leave the role of Prime Minister with the country the same as it was when you came into the role, let alone better. Helping out smaller communities while still focusing on the bigger ones is a lot to handle. Asking people how we could help in itself be challenging. If I were to promise that, finding the time to do so might be complicated to do. If the country was unhappy, I would probably give everyone a day off, run a poll to see what the communities would want.

Being Prime Minister would definitely be tiring. I really wouldn’t know what to do in that position, but giving people respect is what I know is the right thing.

What Would You Want on a Deserted Island?

What Would You Want on a Deserted Island?

We are learning to summarise and rate a text on a scale of 1 to 10.

This text interested me because we are reading a book about being stranded on a deserted island. I rate this text 6/10 because it doesn't show what you would want on an island, but it does show some basic survival skills:

Wonderopolis

So, you're on a deserted island. What could you possibly do? Well, this guide can help you.

Before we get into survival skills, we should tell you that you're not alone. Several people have been stranded and survived and/or escaped. Daniel Defoe's classic 1719 novel 'Robinson Crusoe' remains a popular story even today. The story is about a man whose struggles could give you an insight on your own situation. There was also an old TV show called 'Gilligan's Island'. The show featured the crew of the S.S Minnow and their tourist friends who became shipwrecked on an island.

If you don't think that being stranded on an island is that funny, then here are some tips for your survival.

• Look for a source of fresh water. With today's advancements in technology, you should be found within a few hours or a few days, but you can only last 3-4 days without water.
• Build a fire; creating a fire will allow you to cook food and purify water.
• Search for any edible roots, berries, and fruits. Marine life may also be able to be eaten.
• Use whatever resources you have to create a shelter
• Form a signal made out of wood or rocks for planes overhead.

How Many People are on Earth?

For this task, we were to pick out a task from:              Wonderopolis Planet Earth and summarise the text.

I chose: How Many people are on Earth?

The Earth is covered in humans. We're everywhere from the Americas to Africa to Oceania. If you wanted to know how many humans are on planet Earth, you may be surprised to hear the population of the planet is over 7 billion!

Where do all the 7 billion people live? The 10 most populated countries include China, India, U.S.A, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Japan. Surprisingly, China and India together account for about two and a half billion people! Today, the world's population continues to increase. This due to the fact that more babies are being born than people are dying out. Scientists believe that the population reached 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) around 1804. It did not reach 2 billion until 1927 - a period of over 120 years.  With advancements in technology, less people will be dying, which means a higher birth - death ratio. Scientists estimate that the population will reach around 11 billion around 2100.

Even though the Earth is covered 70% in water, there's plenty of room for people. Scientists estimate that if all 7 billion people stood shoulder - to - shoulder, they would only fit in a space as big as Los Angeles. If you wanted the same 7 billion people to be able to roam freely, they would only fill an area as big as Rhode Island. If space isn't the problem, then what is? The problem is the fact that the Earth may not have enough natural resources to sustain all those people. Every new person needs food, water, shelter, and much more, not to mention the waste

Symmetrical Positive & Negative Deigns

For our math 'Art Activity', we had to create a collage with symmetry using positive and negative colours.  

Here was mine:

An Idea for a Matariki Poem

Limerick Poem
W.A.L.T: Create a Limerick poem on Matariki.

In class today, we had to create a limerick poem.
A limerick poem is a poem with five lines: the first and second rhyme, the third and fourth rhyme, and the fifth rhymes with the first.
Each of us had to start with the same first line.

The Matariki stars shine, way up above.

Shining down on the land, filling it with love.

The people rejoice every time it appears.

All because it signifies the start of a new year.

All of it's light is white like a dove.

Matariki Diamante Poem

Matariki Diamante Poem
W.A.L.T: Create a diamante poem

Stars
Shiny Famous
Shine Sparkle Fly
Aotearoa Sisters Cluster
Inspire Glimmer Beam
Important Inspirational
New Year

Jacob the Great

Jacob saved up money from raking leaves in the Autumn, watering flowers in the Spring, then combined that with his birthday and left it all in a shoe box next to the abandoned guitar under his bed. Jacob packed decided whether to bring his metal detector or not. In the Summer, he waited for Saturday morning to go to astronaut camp. He waited for people to have their turn in the line so that he could feel lighter that air in an anti-gravity room. When he got to that front, a camp leader said that he wasn’t old enough and steam filled Jacob’s ears. Jacob set up a bet with a newly-found friend. The bet was that if Jacob could get into the anti-gravity room, then, until the end of camp, his friend would have to call him ‘Jacob the Great’.

In the middle of the night, Jacob retrieved the torch from under his pillow. He went to the anti-gravity room and found that the door wasn’t going to move from the wall. Jacob fled back to his tent and took the metal detector out of the box. Jacob found a key behind a ‘space plant’. Jacob went into the room and quickly realised that it was boring without any other kids to enjoy it with. Jacob locked the door as he left, crept back, hid the key, and woke up his friend. All Jacob heard was “Congratulations, Jacob the Great.”