Social Studies

I live in Hornby because there are some of my relatives that live here also because it feels more comfortable than other countries. 

Social Studies

P.E.

Fitness from home

What is fitness?  State of being physically fit and healthy. 

What does “being physically fit” actually mean? Being able to have the ability to effectively in activities and healthy.

What do you do for fitness activities (before and during lockdown)?
Before: Play football, badminton and basketball.
During: Play football, badminton and basketball.

As outlined on the site, explain what each of the different components of physical fitness mean (you can/will maybe need to use google to help):

Body Composition - Used to describe the percentage of fat, bone, water, and muscle in the human body.

Endurance - Having the ability to remain active for a long period of time.

Flexibility - Being able to bend easily without breaking.

Strength - State of being physically strong.

Speed - Being able to move quick.

Explain what the following 5 components of motor fitness mean:

Agility - Core Stability

Balance - Stabilized body

Coordination - Having the ability to coordinate your muscles.

Power - Having muscles contract strongly to give explosive movements.

Reaction time - How fast you react.

Oscar and Nate DNA adventure

The programme traces the tradition made by Oscar and Nate to find where their ancestors migrated from.  Nate is from New Zealand and Oscar is from Samoa .  Oscar and Nate used DNA to show who their ancestors were who journeyed across the Pacific. Scientists at Oxford University use genes to identify a person’s clan mother and father.  The Polynesians who navigated their way across the Pacific used Stars to navigate by; Oscar and Nate are using their DNAto go backwards in time. 

Nate’s family are from Mahia on the east coast of New Zealand’s north island and he went back there to open the results from the DNA test, where they were shared onto the marae.  According to the scientists, Nate’s clan mother was from East Eurasia and America (not from England as she thought).  Nate’s father is Maori.  

The next stop on their journey was 3000 km away in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.  According to the scientists who study DNA, three-quarters of Maori and Cook Islanders trace the same ancestry.  Oscar and Nate went to the spot from where, according to local, Sacred waka like the takitimu set out to New Zealand some 700 years ago.  The languages between the two cultures are very similar and Oscar says that it is just like having an older brother. Their “origin” stories – how they explain where they came from - are very similar too.  

Arriving in Samoa it was Oscar’s turn to open his envelope revealing his DNA results.  His family appeared nervous, unsure of what the science would show.  Samoans can Pacific their ancestry back 12,000 years.   

On the next leg of their journey the pair arrived in Vanuatu and found another means of tracing the routes of their migration:resemblances.  The Lapita peoples journeyed across the Pacific thousands of years ago, leaving behind the pottery which they made.  The pottery showed that the lapita people transferred their tattooing skills to pottery.  Carbon dating allows scientists to accurately date when the pottery was made.  An archaeological dig showed that skeletons were well preserved in their graves.  For Oscar and Nate, the dig seemed tapu (welcomed) but for the people of Vanuatu excavating the graves is a way of understanding their history.

The last stage in their journey took them to Taiwan.  Again they were amazed at how similar they looked in appearance to the indigenous coastal people of Taiwan, like Niwa who showed them around.  In a museum dedicated to pre-history, Oscar and Nate could see the patterns between the people, for examples in the facial moku.  Even some of the words used were similar.  The yam, taro and coconut all came from here and were taken across the Pacific by early voyagers.  Taiwan was the beginning of their journey story.

patterns pottery facial sacred

east genes taro Pacific

DNA journey similar England

excavating Carbon tattooing stage

stars resemblances migrated Samoa

New Zealand Polynesians Samoa tradition indigenous marae nervous museum

Trace Rarotonga welcomed share

DNA - Social Studies

The Good things	The bad things
A sense of relief	Your data can be hacked
Reduce the risk of cancer by making lifestyle changes	Police can access your dna
Early treatment	It may increase your anxiety and stress

If I had a chance to do a DNA test I would do it. There are many
reasons why you should. Genetic testing can save lives, family
history, risk of a disease etc. 

A DNA test will tell you if you have a family member with a genetic

condition so they can see if you are at risk. The test results may
indicate a low or high risk of passing along the genetic condition.
It can help with developing a plan.  

The DNA results might say that you have a genetic disorder that
they didn’t know they had. Knowing the information you can seek
medical help and treatment early. This can save and improve their
life in the future.

DNA tests can also tell you your ancestry information. This can
show you where your family is from. With the information you
find out more about your family and find out more people who are
related to you. You can also discover what percentage of your
DNA belongs to different ethnicities. 

Overall I think that if I had a chance to take a DNA test I definitely would. A DNA test can tell you a lot about you, your family, ethnicity, health etc. DNA tests tell us stories about where you're from and who we are. 

Social Studies

What is the difference between primary and secondary resources?
Primary resources are things like natural resources. Secondary resources are things that are made from other things. Produced or manufactured. 

Why did this Filipino migrate to New Zealand?

When she was in the Philippines her life was hard. She was a single parent at 17.
She grew up in a poor family  having no education and savings. Her life was
hard struggling to survive with a child all alone with no support. I think the
reason she migrated to New Zealand was so that she can start a new life and
give her child opportunities she never had. 

In the Philippines she worked really hard so she could feed her son. It broke her
heart to see him wanting. She thought a lot about going back to school and she
realised her and son wouldn’t be able to survive if she didn’t. One day her work
mate applied for a work visa stamp. Only one came back and it was hers. She
thought going to New zealand was going to be a big risk because she didn’t
know anyone there. But she left and found someone there who could
accommodate her.  She attended lots of job interviews. She was told to get a
proper work visa and then go back to the Philippines. After five year she got
the visa and was back in the Philippines. She was working at an international
organisation with lots of benefits and a good paycheck.  She misses the
memories back in New Zealand where kids were running barefoot, big
gardens etc.