COVID-19 Narratives

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been writing narratives. There was a topic we had to base our narratives on, it was coronavirus sweeping through the globe. My narrative is based on political tensions rising and the Greek Government releases a new virus, called COVID-19. Before we wrote down our narrative we had to plan it, e.g conflict, resolution, the characters and where it took place. I think my narrative is really good but it just needs more ideas added to it because it’s not finished yet. Do you like narratives?

Here is what I’ve written so far.

Title: The Political Virus
Who? Kyriakos Mitsotakis. (Greek Prime Minister) Donald Trump. (US President) Angela Merkel (German Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau (Canadian Prime Minister)  Xi Jinping (Chinese President) Vladimir Putin (Russian President) Kim Jong Un (North Korean Dictator) Scott Morrison (Australian Prime Minister) Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand Prime Minister) Boris Johnson (British Prime Minister) Rest of the world Translators. Scientists that come up with the vaccine for COVID-19	What? Political tensions rise and the Greek government deliberately releases an extremely infectious and deadly disease (Covid-19). To avoid suspicion and blame, they release it in Greece.	Where? Worldwide

Problem/ complication: Tensions are high between world leaders and the Greek Government releases a new disease which is extremely infectious and a bit deadly.

Resolution: How is the problem solved? New Zealand eradicates the virus in New Zealand, then comes up with a vaccine.

“I say no! Your country is already in too much debt, you’re not paying it off and it’s more debt than the entire world’s economy!” Kyriakos Mitsotakis said with a raised voice, he  had an infuriated look on his face.

“Can you be a bit more optimistic please?” Donald Trump pleaded Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“No! In the end, Greece and America will lose money, Greece isn’t prepared for that economic crisis and quite frankly, I don’t think any other country is either.” Kyrikos said, anger stifled in his voice.

“I don’t think you’re being very fair.” Angela Merkel stated her opinion “The USA needs a bit of economic help.”

“Again, I say no. I know that you won’t allow the US to have a loan, so why should Greece?” Kyrikos asked. “This also goes for every other country.”  

“I have to agree with Kyriakos here. The US is in a lot of debt already and isn't paying it off. Why let them take another loan if it’s not going to come back?” Vladimir Putin asked. 

“New Zealand isn’t ready to loan America any money. The amount they would ask for would be too high.” Jacinda Ardern said.

“New Zealand has a high economy though, it’s the fifth largest country when it comes to wealth per adult.” Kyriakos and Donald Trump said at the same time. 

“Yes, but our economy isn’t as high as other countries. Our population is lower so we have more money per adult.” Jacinda Ardern debated.

Red Cross Kindness Letters

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been writing Kindness Letters. Kindness letters started as a thing where a person would write a letter to the elderly of New Zealand and they would give it to the Red Cross. The reason people would write to the elderly is because during lockdown the elderly weren’t allowed to see anyone from their family and got lonely. There were three paragraphs in the Kindness letter, they were mainly about introducing ourselves and telling them what we like. We also wrote about the things we did and didn’t enjoy during lockdown. Have you ever done something like this before?

Here is the Kindness Letter I wrote.

To whom it may concern.

Hello, my name is Ben and I go to Paihia School. I have a family of four, unless you count the cat (making it a family of five); I live with my grandparents and my mum. We live in a small town called Paihia. I’m interested in Geography, Current Affairs, Politics and History. I mainly like the history of wars but I do enjoy mythologies and inventions as well. 

During lockdown I enjoyed going for walks and going running. Sometimes I would walk with my friend, except we were on opposite sides of the road to social distance. I think it was good that I exercised regularly because it helped me beat my  record of running time. I ran what I think was 3 kilometers in just under 12 minutes, but aside from that, exercise is important because if you don’t it’s unhealthy and you can die. 

There are a few things I learnt over lockdown, such as I’ve taken a lot for granted. I find it strange how I didn’t realize how much I took for granted until it was taken away. The thing I like about geography the most is locating countries or American States, I also like learning what a country’s capital city is. I think that online schooling was a good thing and it improved my writing skills. 

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” - Robert H. Schuller.

Yours sincerely

Ben

Can You Convert?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to convert fractions to percentages and decimals. It’s quite easy in my opinion. Example ¾ is 75% or 0.75. It’s quite easy to get the answer, here is how you get it. You divide 100 by 4, which is 25, the reason you divide 100 by 4 is because most percentages are based off of the number 100. When you do that, multiply 25% by three, giving you 75%, there is your answer. If this wasn’t very clear, here is a Screencastify to help. I hope you learnt something from this. Do you like fractions?