Schindler's List Reflection

 I was really impressed by the fact that this movie was able to make me so immensely emotional, about the events of the Holocaust, portrayed in Schindler’s List. This shows how powerful this movie really was. It was extremely emotionally confronting, watching these horrible and gruesome things happen to so many innocent Jews- right before my eyes. I think Schindler’s List was one of the best historical dramas I’ve ever watched. You can tell from the extensive detail.Schindler's List was amazingly written, and thought out. I would definitely recommend this movie to anyone over the age of 13- as it shows a number of mature ideas and concepts. 

My Promotion Product Reflection

Athletics Self-reflection

 In athletics training, I enjoyed managing my own training and improvement because I was able to work on activities at my own pace, because I know I work a little bit slower in p.e than a lot of other people. Although, sometimes I found it difficult to get guidance from a teacher because they had other people to tend to.

For my effort on athletics , I would rate myself a solid 7/10. I tried my hardest to participate in at LEAST 5 events.  I'm pretty sure I got up to six activities. They were a variety of field and track events. Even though I didn't place in any of the events, I'm still proud that I participated a great deal more than last year. 

I would give myself an overall grade a Merit, because although I'm not the best at any of the events, I do think I put an effort to improve in the majority of them. The events I most improved in are high jump, javelin, discus and the 400 metre run.

The Growth-Mindset self-talk I used was; from where I am now, I can only improve, so I may as well try my hardest. Whaea Ruth helped me maintain this mindset throughout this whole unit. 

 Shake to be Surprised

Comparing Two Right Declarations

 The similarities between Te Tiriti o Waitangi and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights are equality, they both talk about rights and no discrimination, they both have articles, and you're allowed to own things, as they both state. Things that are different about the two declarations are that in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights they state your allowed to own things without anyone having rights over it but in Te Tiriti o Waitangi they state everything belongs to the Crown. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has 30 articles whereas Te Tiriti o Waitangi only has 3. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says there's no unfair detainment and in Te Tiriti o Waitangi it's never mentioned. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written for the ''Universe'' and Te Tiriti o Waitangi it's between the English Crown and Maaori.

Globalisation Unit

 Being Globally Minded: 

Key concepts of being globally minded include, economy, trade and globalisation. We learnt about the importance of imports and exports and why we need globalisation in today's society. 

Globalisation Definition:

Globalisation is the process by which different countries collaborate to support each others economy with the trading of goods and created job opportunities for people. 

Economy:

Economy is when a society produces goods and services in order to create money for the country. Key players in an economy are households, businesses, the government, banks and the reserve bank. The government collects taxes from working households in order to spend on things which will benefit the country such as; road works and/ or development, etc. 

Our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern:

Jacinda Ardern is New Zealand's current Prime Minister and has been since the year 2016. Just in October, her and her party, Labour won a second term in government. Jacinda Ardern is the minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, National Security and Intelligence and the Child Poverty Reduction. 

Kiwi Culture

 This term I grew my understanding of myself, kiwi culture and Greek Culture as that was the country I selected for my "Another Culture" assignment. I learnt about some kiwi icons such as; Pineapple Lumps and Pounamu to a much deeper understanding. 

The most exciting part of the "Kiwi Culture" unit was the "Ko Au" slides where I was able to learn about myself in more detail. I also enjoyed learning about Greek culture.

Before this unit, I was only really interested in learning about other cultures history and facts but what I didn't realise, is that learning about; culture, heritage and identity is just as important. Not only was I able to use these words when applying it to Greek culture but I also applied it to myself which is so important if not more.