Health And Safety In Technology

Hazards

What is a hazard?

• A hazard is a risk that may cause death or damage to one's self. Hazards can be found in any situation where there is a potential risk. These risks could be anything from slippery floors to exposed electrical wires.

What does a hazard sign mean?

• A hazard sign is there to show you what hazards you might be exposed to and need to look out for.

Where can you find one of these signs?

• In any area where there might be a hazard, so this means you can find them anywhere from a construction site to a mall
  What do these signs look like?
• These signs are usually identified as a black icon or graphic on a yellow background with a black border.

Mandatory

What does the term mandatory mean?

• Mandatory means must do, or you must.

What does a mandatory sign mean?

• A mandatory sign means you must do or wear whatever is on the sign

Where can you find these signs?

• You can find these signs anywhere, including a construction site, a hospital, or other workplaces

What do these signs look like?

• These signs are identified by a white image or icon on a blue background

Prohibited

What does the term prohibited mean?

• If something has been prohibited, it is something that has been forbidden; banned"

What does a prohibited sign mean?

• A prohibited sign tells you what you aren't allowed in that area, that an item or action has been banned.

Where can you find these signs?

• You can find these signs anywhere. On the roadside, in a hospital, at school, at a park, anywhere and everywhere

What do these signs look like?

• These signs are identified by a black icon or image on a white background with a red cross in a red circle on top of it

These are my signs. They are a prohibited sign and a mandatory sign

Drama - About me!

1. I enjoy acting, singing, and performing in general.
2. I have been performing for 
3. I got into the SHS choir twice and went to Adelaide with them in 2015.

One of my favourite performers - Dodie Clark

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Burned Out - 

This original song is one that holds an important message. Whether it was for the audience or for Dodie herself, it is there. In the song, the underlying theme is working yourself to the point of being, well, burned out. Dodie wrote this song to show how much writing and producing songs works her.

A slideshow about me

The script -

Everyone Deserves A Standing Ovation

Wonder Work Part Six- August

1. Explain why August doesn't like school events that include parents?
   Mainly because it's more and more people who can stare at him and get scared/shocked by him. He says that's about 120, maybe more, eyes that will look at him, "eyes that aren't as used to me as their kids' eyes are by now."
2. Maya left August a nice little note and August said, "Six months ago stuff like that would have never have happened, but now it happens more and more." Explain the change that is occurring?
   Students have started to realise how stupid the war is, and others have realised how normal and nice August actually is.
3. Describe August's feeling about getting hearing aids. Were they justified?
   He felt as though people would make fun of him more than they would already, taking in consideration how noticeable they are. I personally feel as though they are justified, considering the past few months.
4. Why did Via keep her part in the play a secret from her parents? Why did Via's mum say the play wasn't something that August would be interested in?
   As mentioned in the last Wonder post, Via doesn't want to be known as the girl with the deformed brother. I believe Via's mum finally understands this, so she realises Via doesn't want Auggie to go to the play.
5. August says, "I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.” Explain what this means and why he believes it.
   Personally, I think this means he believes that everybody should feel appreciated at least once in their lives so that they know what that is like. 
6. What effect did Daisys’ death have on the characters?
   Everyone was upset and shocked, Auggie saw his dad cry for the first time. It obviously hit everyone involved very harshly.

Wonder Work Part Seven - Miranda

1. Why did Miranda claim ‘sickness’ before the play?
   She knew that August and Via's parents were there on the opening night and that no one was there to see her, so she wanted Via to go on for her, as her understudy. Perhaps she felt guilty for them drifting apart.
2. After reading Miranda's, how did your perception of her change and why
   I felt bad for her, she was being iced out by her mother, she had the weight of lies that got out of hand on her shoulders and she lost one of her friends. Though, I will say these aren't good reasons to talk badly about Via behind her back or anything.

Can Do Tasks:

Vocab -

Mayhem - "violent or extreme disorder; chaos."

Taciturn - "reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little."

Gazillion - "a very large number or quantity (used for emphasis)."

Sarcastic - "marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt."

Hysterically - "with wildly uncontrolled emotion."

Bittersweet - "arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain."

Create - Make a Kahoot quiz that has at least 20 reorganisation questions about the story so far (questions that can be answered by reading the text).

Click here to play my kahoot!

Parliament 101

What are the three groups responsible for laws?
The Judiciary, The Executive,  and The Legislature

Who is responsible for signing a new law to make it official?

The Judiciary

What is a bill?

The word bill is used to refer to an idea or suggestion for a law. 

What is a law?

Laws are the rules of a nation that everyone is expected to follow.

The Universe Wasn't Kind To August Pullman

Wonder Work Part Five- Justin

1. Why was Justin nervous when he was going to meet Olivia's parents? How did it show? How did it work out?
   It's always nervewracking meeting your partner's parents. You never know what they will think of you. On the night, Justin is stressed, which causes the tics he has to get worse, which Via notices, he believes that her parents also notice but pretend not to. The night goes fine either way.
2. Why does Justin greet the different members of the family in four different ways? Explain each greeting.
   To me, he greets the family members in different ways to suit the person. He shakes the dad's hand to come off as formal and together. He hugs the mother to come off as kind and open. He fist bumps August to come off as cool and relatable. Oh and he's obviously going to kiss his girlfriend.
3. In the bus stop chapter, Justin told Julian and his friends to leave Jack alone. Was this a good thing to do?
   In the long run, probably not. Julian can use this event against Jack now, saying he needs a teenager to stand up for him.
4. In the chapter titled Bird, Via states that she is 'an awful person'. Why do you think she feels this way? Is she right?
   She feels this way because she didn't tell her parents about the play. She didn't tell them because she doesn't want people at her school to find out about August. I don't think she's an "awful person," mainly because of the outcome of people finding out. I can understand that she wants to be known as Olivia, her own person, not Olivia, the sister of that deformed kid. She's already spent most of her life as that person, so I believe she's entitled to not having to deal with that for at least the rest of her high school life.
5. In what ways is Part Five different from the other Parts in the book?
   One, it's from Justin's point of view, a character that has only been mentioned a couple times and didn't seem too important to the story. Two, the punctuation and grammar isn't the best, which tells us he's not the best at writing compared to his skill in music and drama. 

Can Do Tasks

Vocabulary - 

Dissed - "speak disrespectfully to or criticize."

Sarcastically - "in an ironic way intended to mock or convey contempt."

Tics - "a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face."

Immaculate - "perfectly clean, neat, or tidy."

Monologue - "a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme."

Theorems - "a general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths."

Writing -

I was tasked to write an apology letter from Jack to Julian. It's pretty short, but I tried to get the message across as best as I can.

Dear Julian Albans,
I would just like to apologise for punching you the other day.
It was completely unnecessary and I hope you can forgive me.

I’d prefer not to mention why exactly I did, as I haven’t exactly
figured out that out myself, it was a kind of in the moment kind of thing.

Once again, I genuinely apologise and hope you will accept my apology.
Sincerely,
Jack Will

The Animal Kingdom

Vertebrates

Fish

Features:

• Live in water
• Breaths with gills
• Moist skin covered in scales
• Most lay eggs
• Cartilage or bony spine
• Cold Blooded

Examples:

• Wels catfish
• Arapaima
• Guppy
• Pond loach

Amphibians

Features

• Moist skin
• Lay their eggs in water
• Larvae breathe with gills
• Adults breathe with lungs
• Adults live on land
• Cold blooded

Examples

• Frog
• Salamander
• Caecilian
• Diplocaulus
• Labyrinthodontia
• Anthracosauria

Reptiles

Features:

• Dry, scaly skin
• Lay eggs
• Breathe with lungs
• Cold blooded

Examples:

• Snake
• Lizard
• Crocodile
• Gecko

Birds

Features:

• Covered in feather
• Lay eggs with hard shells
• Have wings
• Warm-blooded
• Breathe with lungs

Examples: 

• Lovebird
• Parrot
• Chicken

Mammals

Features:

• Body covered in hair or fur
• Feed young on milk
• Warm-blooded
• Breathe using lungs 

Example

• Me
• Ella
• Jakita
• Brayden
• Cats

Invertebrates 

True worms

Features:

• Body is tubular and or made up of segments
• Tube-like digestive system

Examples:

• Ragworm 
• Earthworm

Flatworms

Features:

• Breathe through their skin
• Unsegmented body

Examples:

• Tapeworm
• Flukes

Sponges

Features:

• Takes in water through pores in their bodies from which they filter little bits of food

Examples:

• Demosponge

Cnidarians

Features:

• Hollow body with specialised cells that they use for capturing prey
• Live in water

Examples:

• Jellyfish
• Sea anemone

Molluscs

Features:

• Most live in the sea
• Most have shells
• Unsegmented body

Examples:

• Squid
• Cuttlefish
• Octopus

Echinoderms 

Features:

• A skeleton made up of 5 plates
• Tube feet
• Live in the sea

Examples:

• Starfish

Arthropods

Features:

• Jointed legs
• Divided into four subgroups (Crustaceans, myriapods, insects, arachnids)

Examples:

• Crabs
• Butterfly
• Centipede
• Spider

Weird Animals

I Don't Want To Be Ex Friends

Wonder Work Part Four- Jack

In this part of the story, we see Jack's point of view of not only the Halloween situation but of August in general.

1. Part 4 starts with the quote "Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye." What does it mean?
   Now, before I answer the question, may I mention the quote has in fact, according to multiple sources on the internet, has been quoted wrong? To be fair, it might have been a translation issue but from what I'm shown, most people have agreed the quote to actually be “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” What this means exactly? Well, in my opinion, to put it simply, it means that the things that should, or do, meaning the most are not actually things that we can physically see or touch.
2. What was Jack's initial reaction to Mr Tushman's request to show August around school? What made Jack decide to say 'yes' to Mr Tushman’s request?
   He didn't want to do it but when Jamie started talking about how he ran away screaming after seeing Auggie for the first time, he realised how rough middle school will be for Auggie.
3. Friendship can be difficult. How does Jack feel about him and August becoming Ex-friends? How does he feel when he finds out why?
   At first, before finding out, Jack believes he has done nothing to wrong August at all and that this whole situation is Auggie's fault. When he finds out, however, he realises he has done something wrong, feels remorse and regret and proceeds to apologise for it. 
4. How was Jack provoked to punch Julian in the face? Explain why you think this was the right/wrong thing to do?
   Julian wouldn't shut up about Jack being friends with August. Obviously, there was a better solution to this situation so I believe it was the wrong thing to do. But in Jack's defence, Julian is a jerk and he deserved it.
5. How did reading Jack's point of view change your perception of his character?
   It made me realise how different people handle different situations and that Jack isn't a bad person, just someone who wants to be popular by all means. He realised he messed up and showed actual remorse and regret for it.
6. Predict how you think Auggie will react to the news that Jack punched Julian. What effect will it have own their friendship?
   I think August will be confused or not believe it at first. After it has been confirmed for him, I feel like he'll congratulate Jack at the same time as being disappointed.
7. Discuss the motivations for Julian's mum to photoshop August out of the class photo and it’s the message it sends to Julian.
   Julian's mother is extremely irrational. She didn't want August in the class photo, let alone the school. This is telling Julian that stuff like this is okay, telling him that it's fine to judge someone because of the way they look.
8. What do you make of Mrs Albans' statement that August is handicapped? Do you think she was correct when she said it places too much of a burden on the kids to befriend August?
   August is not necessarily handicapped. Yes, he has issues with eating and, at a later point, hearing, but it does not stop him from doing anything at all. As for the burden, I don't believe Mr Tushman forced anyone to become friends with August when he asked them to be nice to him, everyone who has become good friends with Auggie has done so on their own terms.
9. Mrs Alban also thought that August shouldn't have been allowed into Beecher Prep. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
   Disagree, Auggie's disability doesn't affect him academically at all, therefore he should be treated as if he was a regular student... because he is. How someone looks should not be a factor of his or her acceptance into a school.
10. How did Jack handle being frozen out by all the boys at Beecher Prep?
    He had the constant feeling of being watched when sitting alone at lunch, and the feeling he had no friends, long story short, he hated it.