Ronald McDonald House Action Plan

Ronald McDonald House Action Plan

Action Plan One:

The first thing is we have to talk to Mr Rogers about using the Hornby High School carpark to host a carwash $5 a car while another group sells baking and other things. We need to organise for the 2nd of December. If we are not allowed to do this we will try to find another place to host the carwash. This will need to be done by 22nd of December.
Action Plan Two:

We need to email The Ronald McDonald House asking if we can come visit the patients and families which live there, to play games and talk too about what it is like. We will need to organize transport with our families and parents. If they don't allow us to go there we can fundraise for gifts, books and other things we can give to them to brighten up their day. This needs to be done by Leticia, Jazz, Haylee, their parents and families and I. This also needs to be done by 18th of November.

Action Plan Three:

Do the carwash on the 2nd of December from 12 - 4pm. We will wash the people cars which but the food and gifts which Hannah-Mae and her group are selling. If no one is allowing us to wash their car we can also sell so stuff with Hannah-Mae's group.

Action Plan Four:

Finally, we will go and visit the Ronald McDonald House to read, play games and talk too. We will need to organise transport to the Ronald McDonald House and Organise the things which we take with us to play with, read and more. We will have to organise a time which everyone can go at the same time within their hours. This will be done by Haylee, Leticia, Jazz and I by the 5th of December.

The Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

At Hornby High School we are doing project-based learning. We were asked to choose a topic which has a good impact on the community. We got into groups of three or four. My group has Leticia, Haylee, Jasmine and I, we are called the Maccapacca. We chose the topic of 'The Ronald McDonald House'.

The website we use are:
https://rmhc.org.nz/ - The Ronald McDonald House

http://rmhsi.org.nz/   - The Ronald McDonald House South Island

https://rmhc.org.nz/house/christchurch/ - The Ronald McDonald House Christchurch

http://rmhsi.org.nz/ways-to-help/volunteer/ - The Ronald McDonald House Volunteer

https://mcdonalds.co.nz/ronald-mcdonald-house-charities - The Ronald McDonald House Charity

We choose the Ronald McDonald House because not everyone knows why it is there and that it is there. It is there for the Patients and their families which have to leave their homes to get treatment for their illness. As they stay there, they don't get many visitors and it isn't the happiest place to be. We want to fundraise for The Ronald McDonald House by selling chocolate and having a bake sale or a carwash, which all fund will be given to the families and the staff which live and work at The Ronald McDonald House. Then go to The Ronald McDonald House and spend a day with the Patients and Families. We will go and talk to the children and play games and read to them. The want to brighten up there days.

Same sex marriage should be allowed in all countries

Love is love, equal rights for all. Gay marriage should be allowed in all countries, Because we are all the same, they didn’t choose to love the same sex, but also adoption rates will go up. Gay Marriage should be allowed in all countries because we are all equal. It doesn’t matter if we are black or white, or like a girl or a boy, we all deserve the same rights and we shouldn’t try to stop them from being happy. No one is perfect, there is no perfect life, we are all the same. So it was switched around and it was wrong to like the opposite sex would you do anything to make it happen? Along with equal rights, they don’t choose to like the same sex. What if you were hanging out with your friends and you realized you like them a little more than you normally do to a friend. You might feel wrong, or disgusted in yourself, but you don’t get to choose, there isn’t a button that you press that makes you like girls or guys. Is there that button out there somewhere? Same-Sex marriage should be allowed because everyone deserves equal rights, they don’t get to choose who they are, and also adoption rates will go up. 135,000 children are put up for adoption in the United States a year. 59% of them are coming out of welfare or foster systems. But if we allow gay marriage the rates will go up, because they may want children, but they can’t have them themselves so they rely on other sources like adopting children. By them adopting children the adoption rates will go up, which will help put all the children in safe and healthy environments and will be able to grow up with people that love and cherish them. Some people might say that it goes against religions to marry the same sex. But like I said earlier if it was switched around and marring the other sex was weird and abnormal, you would feel insecure and want to do something about it. You wouldn’t sit around a feel bad for yourself. You wouldn’t be against it if it was the other way round, would you? This is why I think that gay marriage should be legal in all countries. Because we are all the same, they didn’t choose to love the same sex, but also adoption rates will go up. Are you going to be the one to stop true love?

Creative Writing #2 Old Buildings should be preserved for future generations to enjoy.

24/10

Old Buildings should be preserved for future generations to enjoy.

Old buildings should be preserved for future generations to learn about their history, see how they lived and to be able to experience what it was like back in the olden days.

At our age, we can go to museums and see how people lived or what life was like years before ours. But if they destroy them, or leave them to rot, and deteriorate, that is not how they lived and it doesn’t show what life was like for the people back then.

Like I just said just before when you go to old building or museums you get to see how people back before our life lived and work and that helps us learn and respect what we have now. If we don’t keep our old building there will be no way of the generations after us to see how we lived.

Finally, along with the education in which the buildings hold about how we live, it also holds the key to the future generations to experience life before their own. When you go to an old building you get the sense of how the people live, play, work and other things. You sometimes get to even try live like that and realize how hard it was for them compared to yourself.

So we should keep old buildings for the future generations to help them learn and see how we lived and be able to experience what it was like in our age in time.

Creative Writing

27/09

Drugs shouldn’t be allowed in Sports?

Drugs shouldn’t be allowed in sports. It causes people to increase their skills but also can have bad side-effects, people can become addicted to the drug they are taking, and if someone who isn’t taking it would have fewer chances since all the other people senses will be increased by the drugs.

Yes, it increases the skill level of the contestants that are participating in the sport, eg. Athletics. But when people take the drugs they can have side-effects. They use Anabolic Steroids, Erythropoietin, and more. The side-effects of some of those are vomiting, skin rash, Hair loss, Liver, Kidney and Heart Disease, and more.

People can get addicted to these Drugs the same as getting addicted to Cigarettes. If you are addicted to Anabolic Steroids it could result in loss of appetite, mood swings, depression and more. Sometimes the depression leads to suicide attempts.

When you use Anabolic Steroids it increases your muscle mass and strength. That is unfair for others who are not using drugs that enhance their skills and are using the skills they trained and we born with.

That is why Drugs shouldn’t be allowed in Sports. Because it can have bad side-effects, people can become addicted to the drug they are taking, and if someone who isn’t taking it would have fewer chances since all the other people senses will be increased by the drugs.

English - Scuba Diving in Fiji

Scuba Diving in Fiji

I was sitting on the edge of the boat, ready to throw myself back into the unknown. Ready to face a big challenge. I could see the vast, blue ocean stretched out in front of me. I was waiting for the sign to go. I was shaking, letting my thoughts get to me, about every bad thing that could happen. On a boat full of Fijian professional Scuba instructors, I could hear the wave crashing against the boat making it sway from side to side with the mumbling of the Fijian trying to tell us what to do when we are in the water.

I thought about it, what if I landed on a fish or there is a shark in the water or a sting ray. I was shaking, worrying about what I had got myself into. I felt the water splashing up against my face as I sat looking into the water praying nothing bad happens.

I put the regulator in my mouth and breathed in the compressed air which tastes funny. I was sitting about to fall in breathing heavily into the regulator looking at the instructor telling me what to do. I thought of backing out but I knew if I did I would regret straight away, missing out on a once in a lifetime view of the underwater life, I told myself I would do it.

Splash! I hit the water with a thud, I panicked and stop breathing for a moment, looking around to see where I was. My heart was beating as fast as lightning. I could see for over 30 metres ahead of me in the distance colours flashing past each other. It was beautiful. Colourful Corals and Tropical fish. I swam to the back of the boat looking down at all the pretty creatures swimming around me.

Once everyone was in we swam down to the sea floor and took photos with all the amazing coral. I was so happy that I did it because it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I swam with the tropical fish and see how lovely the underwater life really is. I could feel the bubbles that I was blowing out of my regulator rushing past my ears. The heat of the sun warming the Pacific Ocean reminded me of a safe place.

I learnt that it is okay to be scared of trying something new, but it won’t always end in a disaster it could be the best thing you have ever done. When amazing opportunities come your way take them with both hands and use them to your advantage.

P.E - Gymnastics 2017

Monday 4th of September
Today I did Floor and Beam. On Floor, we practice forward rolls, cartwheels, and handstands. Then on Beam, we practice sequence 1 which was 'Side mount, 4 dip walks, cat leap, pivot turn, tuck dismount.

Thursday 7th of September
Today I did Beam, Bar, and Parallel Bars. On Beam, we did all sequences. I could do all skills but the forward roll on beam. Next bars I could do a circle up onto the bar but I was too scared to do a back hip circle because I hadn't done it in a while. Then on Parallel Bars, I did the first sequence, then tried to do a forward roll.

Monday 11th of September
Today we did Parallel Bars, Floor, and Trampoline. On Parallel Bars I practice sequence 1. On the trampoline, I could do all 3 sequences easily. Then on Floor, I practice my Roundoff probably.

Thursday 28th of September
Today we performed two events. I did Floor sequence 3 and Trampoline sequences 3.