My Goals

 

I would also like to share with the world my Goals on a Google Slide

Vision Board

I have created a second Vision Board to show my Goals that I want for the future.

Goal Setting - My Vision Board

We are learning about goal setting. I have created a vision board using Google Drawing to share mine.

The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan

                                                                      By:Faith

I have been robbed, feeling nothing but pain. Having nothing, no clothes, no help and no love. The taste of the salty blood drips in my mouth and races down my leg. I look up and see the clouds and 2 men walk past me as if I wasn’t there, looking through me as if I was invisible without a care in the world. I look down and see a shadow of a man and I feel a soft hand grab me as I am lifted onto an animal. I feel the soft fur across my back. As I gain consciousness I see a Samaritan, out of all the people in the world. He smiles at me and I smile back glad that someone has finally noticed me and helped me. I doze off to sleep. When I awake the man had disappeared. I feel safe and secure to meet one Good Samaritan.

Chinese Cinderella

Title: Chinese Cinderella

Author: Adeline Yen Mah

Setting:This takes place in Tianjin China where Adeline was born.

Characters: Adeline Yen Mah, Aunt Baba and Niang

Development: Adeline Yen Mah’s mother had died after giving birth to her beautiful young daughter. With her mother dead her family considered her as bad luck and which it was hard for her to be accepted in the family. Her father remarried to a cruel lady named Niang and her sister was getting married very young! Everything in her life was a bit crazy and she didn’t feel very loved and cared for. The only one who really loved her and cared for her was her Aunt Baba. Aunt Baba was like a second mother to her and to that they loved eachother very much. Except all that was in Adeline’s mind was one special question “What did my mama look like”?

What I enjoyed?

I enjoyed the part when she receives a letter from her Aunt Baba after so many years. Which made Adeline Yen Mah so proud to hear from her.

Was It Special?

It is a special story because it's about someone's life being so miserable and then turning into one good Chinese Cinderella. I also like how it is a true story and that she wrote it for the children that were unloved and neglected

Was It Emotional?

Indeed it was I cried once while reading the part when her dog kills her duckling which was the only pet she had and it was all gone.

Words to describe this Book:

Intense, Inspirational, Exciting, Terrifying, Violent and Fascinating

Who is the book suitable for?

I would say it is suitable for ages 11+ because some parts are very violent and also some parts have very hard words to understand and pronounce.

Rating: I rate this a 10/10.

By Faith

We have been doing a Review on one of our favourite books and mine is Chinese Cinderella. We did this because it is book week and we wanted to do something for this special week. Hope you enjoy and please comment down below. Thank-you

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The Treaty Of Waitangi

The Treaty Of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in Waitangi on the 6th of February 1840. The first to sign the Treaty was Hone Heke and because he was a powerful chief who everyone followed. Many of the other Maori chiefs had different motives and were very confused as to why they were signing the Treaty. The British wanted power over New Zealand but the Maori wanted protection and control. They promised each other what they wanted, but, the British Crown broke their promise. Many of the Maori didn’t really want to sign the Treaty as the Maori representative had said to be careful and to not sign the treaty with their mana (power) because he didn’t trust the Crown. Over time the British didn’t only get control they also got the land and its treasures. After the Treaty was signed there were lots of wars and immigration between the years 1852-1860. The Maori’s point of view was no-one owned the land because it was a very special gift to them this meant that they belonged to the land not that the land was belonged by them. This was not how the Crown saw land ownership - if you can get the land  then you own it. During all the wars in New Zealand the Maori people were known as the “Rebels”. In the land wars there were about 2000 Maoris .VS. 14000 British men.That wasn’t really fair because there was also a declining population of Maori people. The European population was increasing because many settlers were arriving in New Zealand by ship. Many things were happening in NZ, there was a new law in 1867 and the government excluded the Maori. Finally they invited the Maori to be a part of the government but there were only 4 seats which was unfair for Maori.

The British Crown and settlers committed group sin against the Maori by dishonoring The Treaty of Waitangi and by not sharing with the land with the Maori. One example of this is that the British sent their army over to Taranaki, where the Maori chief Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake could surrender and give up his land. Another example of a group sin is that the British Crown were executing some of the Maori Chiefs without a trial.

Christian people can restore tika (truth) and pono (honesty) to the Treaty of Waitangi by learning the Maori culture like how they prepare their food, how they manage to live and how they work as a community. We can continue to give back the land where it is possible and to respect the Maori language.

By: Faith