Tha Zin Attitude Talk

Yesterday we had a lady called Jannah in Arabic her name means "gracious gift" she came to team 5 to talk about the different friendship types and some tips on keeping a friend. She told us about some friendship myths and also some things that don't really work on a friend.

First she told us about the different friend types like the "girl girl friendship" and the "guy guy friendship" and also even the "girl guy friendship" first let's talk about the "girl girl friendship" she told us that girls talk a lot and when I say a lot I mean A LOT, she also told us that the girl friendships are like face to face as in girls care a lot about their friends. Guy guy friendships on the other hand are mostly like shoulder to shoulder friendship which means that guys don't really care a lot about their friends, for an example if it's a guy friends birthday they don't really give much effort to their cards and girls care A LOT about birthdays.

Secondly was the things that just don't work....
1. Mean Humour - Kiwi's love to mock their friends about some silly things and friends don't really care about it but everyone is also sensitive about a certain thing.
2. Back Stabbing- she told us that back stabbing was definitely a thing that could ruin a friendship and overall is just not a nice/good thing to do to a friend.
3. Smothering- she told us that if you ever make a new friend and if you notice that they are excited to be your friend but just take it as a compliment that someone is excited to be your friend.
4. Bullying- of course bullying is horrible it's pretty much the opposite of making a friend Jannah felt sad for the bullies and the ones who are getting bullied there's a saying "hurt people hurt people" it pretty much means that hurt people can also hurt other people so that they can be pleased by seeing someone get hurt.


Also she gave us 6 different tips to having a great friendship...
1. be friendly- this little tip is the one where even adults forget about sometimes well not just adults but everyone forgets sometimes.
2. remembering names- Jannah had a thing she would do if she ever forget a friend's name and that little technique she had was to cough whenever she didn't remember the name.
3. learn to listen- instead of just playing of texting on a phone at least listen to your friends conversations that they tell you and the story's they have to tell you.
4. be positive- adults also forget about this to be honest everyone forgets about this tip that makes the world a way better place.
5.Remember special times- remembering special times may be remembering your friends birthdays or your friendships anniversary don't just forget their birthday because then they might think that you don't really care much about them and your friend might think that you think eh about your friendship.
6. Be yourself- being yourself around your friends is the best thing to form a great friendship, being yourself around your friends is also a good thing to be doing because then you are actually pleasing yourself and if you aren't being yourself around your friends you aren't pleasing anyone.

Lastly she told us about some friendship myths and one of them were that we all struggle at times there is not a single person living out there that has never struggled in their life before. Another thing that is a friendship myth is that everyone needs to have heaps of friends this is totally a myth and is not true at all everyone can have heaps of friends but having some quality friends is what everyone needs, scientists have proved that 5 quality friends is all people really need but you can still have more than 5 of course.

Overall I really enjoyed the conversation she had with us she was really funny and quite relatable put your hand up if you have ever been embarrassed in front of your friend oh right I can't see but anyways I just enjoyed everything she told us about and I liked the friendship tips the most so now I'm always keeping them in mind.

Tha Zin My Future Career

Tha Zin Textile at Tamiki

WALT: learning how to sew and stitch at Textile Class 
TASK DESCRIPTION: Today is week 6 of textile at Tamaki College, today we started to do sew some patterns like zig zags and arrows and others. As you can see me and my partner didn't do so well but next week hopefully we will be sewing our cushion next week.

Tha Zin Statistic Mix

WALT: read and interpret information from different graphs Task Description: This week we were focusing on the statistic mix. We had to pick a question from each slide and we had to solve them.

Tha Zin Polyfest Trip

Tha Zin Reconnecting The Brain

WALT: ask questions to clarify our understanding of a text Task Description: in this presentation we had to read a story called Reconnecting the Brain and I answered some questions and watched the videos that were showed on presentation you can even watch it yourself!

Tha Zin Reconnecting The Brain Book Reveiw

Book Name : Reconnecting the Brain

Author : Bronwen Wall

Reviewed by : Tha Zin

Age: 11

Auckland, New Zealand


This week’s book is called Reconnecting the Brain this book is a non-fiction book it is about a neurobiologist named Melanie Cheung and she is working on the cure for the Huntington’s Disease.

It later explains that the Huntington’s Disease is only passed down by a family member that is effected and you cannot get it from other people. In the book it also tells you that while Melanie was searching for a solution she heard about a world leading American Neuroscientist called Dr Mike Merzenich, twenty whole years ago people used to think that once you have turned 18 your brain would stop learning new things and that is when your brain cells start to die.

I liked this book because it shows that being a scientist is actually not as boring as people tell you, and that if you want to become a scientist you can become one you just have to try. Another thing I liked about this book is because it tells you about building new pathways in your brain and it tells you and shows you how it’s like to be a neurobiologist.

I recommend this article to kids and adults who have been wanting to become a scientist but have been shy to be one, and also I recommend this article to people who are interested in neurobiologists, neuroscientists and if you are just interested in studying on the brain then check out this article

Tha Zin Moriori Book Reveiw

Walt: understand new information by connection to my life, texts I know and the world Task



Book Name : Moriori: Story Of Survival

Author : Maui and Hinemata Solomon

Reviewed by : Tha Zin

Age: 11

Auckland, New Zealand



This weeks book is called Moriori: Story Of Survival this book is a non-fiction book it is about a man named Maui Solomon and when he was a little kid people taught him that the Moriori people were a phantom people and that they were a myth, because of that many kids grew up thinking that Moriori people were just a myth.



It later explains that the Moriori people wanted to be peaceful but while they wanted to be peaceful other tribes wanted a war.In the book it also tells you the first contact the Moriori people had with the British Ship HMS Chatham. Later in the story it tells you that the Moriori set out to revive their culture because their culture was on the brink on extinction, nowadays there are around a thousand people that identify that they are Moriori.



I liked this book because it shows that not everything is a myth and that just by saying it’s a myth without researching about it or not having proof to show that they don’t exist could people forget about their culture or even believe that their people is a myth or a phantom people. I also liked this book because I got to learn about the Moriori culture and their history and I never even knew that they existed.



I recommend this article to adults who learnt that Moriori was a myth because then they can learn that Moriori is not a myth and that they real. I would also recommend this book to younger kids so they as they grow up they can teach their future kids , grandchildren. Facts about the true culture and the story of the Moriori.





Description: This weeks book that my reading group is reading is called Moriori: A Story Of Survival. This is a book review on the Moriori book about what I have learnt , what the main topics/ideas in this book is, who I recommend this article to, and if I like this article or not.

Tha Zin Textile Tech at Tamiki

WALT: learning how to sew and stitch at Textile Class

TASK DESCRIPTION: Today is week 4 of textile at Tamaki College, today we started using the sewing machine and we sewed on the lines that were on the paper. As you can see I didn't do so well but next week we will be working on our cushion.

Tha Zin Mixture Of Problems

WALT: do our best at the test by practising word problems Task Description: in this week's presentation on each slide there is 3 problems but you can only choose one of them and you have to challenge yourself and try go for the most complicated maths problem.

Tha Zin Test practice

WALT: do our best at the test by practising word problems Task Description:in this presentation we are practising maths to get ready for the maths test and we are trying to figure out which equation to use to solve the problem

Tha Zin My Malaga Shield

This term's theme is Kia Pai Te Kotahi or better together, for inquiry in team 5 we are working on our malaga pasifika. This is my Carrer Malaga or also known as Malaga Shield.