Jack's C.V

Jack Wellwood

Profile

My name is Jack Wellwood, and I am a thirteen year old year eight boy. I am a hard working, motivated person. I enjoy debating, and wish to lead people, and make sensible, good, decisions. I am bright, polite, intelligent and quick witted. I am a firm strong leader, who sees potential in everything no matter what the case may be. I am interested in investing in the upcoming sale of state owned power companies. I am a smart saver and when I set myself a goal, I will achieve it. When I grow up I hope to pursue a career in politics. 

Education

Pre starting primary I attended Petone kindergarten.

Through year 0-8 I was educated under various teachers in the state owned school Hutt Central.

In years 7-8 I was, and currently are educated under Muritai primary currently under Lisa Allen. 

Achievement’s

I achieved the top score in the class for debating with a nine and a half out of ten 2012.

I received a stanine nine on the pat reading comprehension test 2012. 

I was awarded second place in the Muritai school science fair 2012.

I was awarded with the management job of running the muritai T.V film department.

I am an assembly host for 2012.

I received a credit in the Otago problem solving test’s for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. 

Interests

Some of my many interests include

Debating, Politics, Watching T.V, Reading, Rowing, Sailing, Going to theme parks, Traveling, Leading People, Being in a management posision 

Goals

As I mentioned before I am a keen debater, and would like to become a politician. If I were to be made the next prime minister of New Zealand, here are a few polices I would put in place. I would raise the drinking age to twenty, I would ban smoking, I would lower the retirement age to sixty-three, and would give extra money to underfunded public schools in the education sector. These are just some of the changes I would make to ensure the future of this country is a bright, and cheerful one, and to improve our society.   

I also wish to become a multi millionaire investor, and retire in Brisbane Australia.  

Referrals

Lisa Allen (class teacher of room 24) 5628409  allen@muritai.school.nz

Jack's French Voki

This is my Voki. Enjoy, French people.

Otago problem solving certificate

This is my Otago problem solving certificate. I am not proud of it, and if I had it my way it would not be on my blog.

My Astle Writing test

This is my second and last Astle writing test for the year. I have made a MAJOR improvement on my marks. I am really proud of my achievements and I hope you like this piece of writing.

Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment

In this argument I hope to persuade you that in certain circumstances corporal punishment is a fair and just technique to use in schools, to punish a child. The oxford dictionary defines corporal punishment as the physical punishment of people, especially by hitting or beating them.

Recently at Rimu School a case of serious bad behavior occurred. After school whilst waiting to catch a bus a serious out brake of violence occurred between two boys. One boy Steve was talking to me whilst another approached from behind. I quote the boy Larry who approached when he said, “Steve, where is my lollie?” Steve replied “I didn’t buy you one”. “Well i’m not catching the bus.” Sarcastically Steve replies “yes”. Larry then punches Steve thrice in the stomach knocking Steve’s drink out of his hand in the commotion. Larry fled the scene leaving Steve doubled over in pain. Later that day Larry was called back to school and as a punishment he had to write a formal apology letter, to be presented verbally. I believe the boy should have got the strap to the hand for physically abusing a fellow student. With this punishment Larry would realize the error of his ways. Corporal punishment would have been a much quicker technique, and much more effective.

Another reason why corporal punishment would benefit our schools is that when students misbehave, teachers can threaten to send them to the principals office for the strap. I am not religious myself but to quote the bible “to spoil the rod is to spoil the child.” Right now as I write this there is absolutely nothing to stop me walking out of this classroom. Corporal punishment being threatened would stop this sort of thing, and keep students on task. 

Did you realize that if a student sitting next to you started “beating you up,” the teacher would be helpless to stop it. If this scenario were to occur, wouldn’t you like to know that the teacher could use some means of punishment to stop the attacker. I would personally like to be reassured that is someone started attacking me, the teacher could help me.

Many people who are opposed to corporal punishment will argue that it is cruel, and there are better ways to deal with bad behavior. My belief that only in very severe circumstances corporal punishment should be used to stop a child repeating their actions. For example physical abuse, if a child knowingly and willingly, abuses another child, and all he receives is a formal letter that must be presented to the attacked, what’s to stop them from repeating the same act? Perhaps if corporal punishment was reinstated, students would not physically abuse fellow students, out of pure and utter fair.

To summarize I believe that in extreme circumstances corporal punishment should be used in schools. Every student could work in a more safe, and secure environment. I know I would like to work somewhere safe wouldn’t you? 

By Jack Wellwood.        

Constable Julie Smoking

Yuck Yuck Yuck. These were my thoughts as I watched Constable Julie smoking. It was extremely disturbing and I pity the people who smoke. Can you believe that people inhale this much smoke in their lungs every time they smoke a cigarette. Enjoy smokers. 

D.A.R.E fun day

On the 1st of November for all our efforts in the D.A.R.E program we got to to travel to H2O Extreme pool in Upper Hutt. It was a really fun day and it was good to get out of the classroom.

Walk of Whispers

One of the activities we did in D.A.R.E was called the walk of whispers. You walked down a straight with your eyes closed and people either side of you whispering things like, don't do it, or you are better than that.

Romeo and Juliet

Ladies and gentleman I present to you another boring example of Romeo and Juliet. I would say enjoy, but then I would be lying. So try to stay awake or better yet don't waste your life watching it.

                       

Jack

My Three Most Meaningful Words of Wisdom

1, Yesterday was history tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift that is why it is called the present.

This is one of my favourite saying of all time. It is crafted so well and has so much meaning. It basically means forget the past look to the future, but most of all, enjoy the present.

2, Life is not fair- get used to it!!!

I find this saying to have a lot of meaning to it. Life is not going to always be in your favor, however sometimes you just have to deal with it.

3, The only real mistake is one from which you learn nothing.

I believe this saying basically means a mistake is only made if you fail and don't learn from it.    

My experiances in the D.A.R.E programe

 D.A.R.E

A Brief Overview

In the first three weeks of term the senior syndicate of Muritai school participated in the D.A.R.E programe with Constable Julie. It was a really interesting and meaningful programe, where you thought about drugs, making the right choices, and what will happen if you make the wrong choice. I really enjoyed the programe, and believe is should be compulsory. 

I really enjoyed this programe being run by a police officer. Constable Julie had a lot of stories to tell us, about her job and her life. Some of the stories she told us were quite disturbing and upsetting. One of the stories i recall her telling us was a storie about a guy called Craig, who lives in Lower Hutt. He was addicted to P and was caught smoking it one day. They looked him in a cell. He ended up stripping and then he started biting himself in the arms to let the snakes he thought was inside him out. It was such an interesting storie.

In conclusion the D.A.R.E programe was really meaningful, and give the choice I would repeat it.

Jack Wellwood  

  

My favourite book pages

I looked through my whole book, and these were my two favourite pages. I really like this poem as it is meaningful and has an interesting rhythm. It's slightly disturbing and really makes you think, why would anyone try this awful drug?

D.A.R.E My thoughts

D.A.R.E Update

Niwa Science certificate

Perspective drawing

In class today we practiced drawing a scene form two forms of perspective. Although mine didn't come out very well I really enjoyed this task. I need to take my time more as this work was a bit rushed but you can be the critic.

D.A.R.E

This term we are participating in the D.A.R.E program with constable Julie. We had our first session today and although I have already participated in this program I thoroughly enjoyed it. We learnt a lot about drugs today, and after the program it will be good to compare what I learnt in year 6 to what I learnt now. Overall I am looking forward to the weeks ahead with the D.A.R.E program.   

The production evaluation

My Asstel Writing Test

I think that I wrote a very convincing character description on the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet (the world's most boring subject). I am now writing more clearly and naturally and achieving above where I should be in most cases. I need to work on my spelling and punctuation but other than that  I am doing great.

Racism at the Olympics Homework

Racial Discrimination at the Olympics

Many of us know that before the 1950’s and 1960’s, that black and white people were not treated as equals. They couldn’t use the same: toilets, restaurants, water fountains, or even sit in the same area in a bus. The white people had to sit at the front, and the black people had to sit in the back. Different countries of the world had different opinions on racial discrimination, but with so many countries participating in the Olympics, there was bound to be some clashes.

An example of racial superiority was back in 1936 at the summer Olympics. They were held in Berlin Germany. Germany was determined to outdo the last Olympics in Los Angeles, U.S.A, by building: a 100,000 seat track and field stadium, six gymnasiums, and installing a closed circuit television system and Radio network that reached forty one countries. The Olympics were lead by the head of state at the time, Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was known to preach that the Aryan race (white people) were superior to other races.  Instead of seeing this as a time to bring people together, he used the games to promote racial discrimination. This is what he wrote in the official Nazi Party Paper:  “Jews and Black people should not be allowed to participate in the Games.”  After many nations threatened boycott, he eventually let Jews and Blacks take part.

Two black medal winning American athletes actually used the Olympics to protest against racial discrimination. The pair, Tommie Smith (Gold medallist) and John Carlos (Bronze medallist) both took part in the 200m sprints. As the American national anthem played they both stood with their heads bowed and held their hands up, showing that they wore a black glove on their hand. The both wore black socks and no shoes and Tommie Smith also wore a black scarf. They did this to state that they were proud of being Black and to show their support of Human rights for everyone. I agree with their form of protest it is peaceful and the world could see that they were trying to impact on racial discrimination. As they left the stadium many booed them believing that Politics should not be brought into the Olympics. But was it really just Politics? They said: “Black America will understand.” That very evening Australian white silver medallist in the same event, Peter Norman wore a badge in support of the pair’s protest. Two days later the two athletes were suspended from their national team, expelled from the Olympic village and sent home. Upon their arrival home the pair was welcomed as heroes by the African American Community, but consequently for their actions, both received death threats.

I personally thought that there would be more problems with racial discrimination at the Olympics. The Olympics are an International Event, and all races have the right to compete. I cannot find any information on people not being able to compete due to their skin colour. Many countries have used the Olympics to try and get their political racial messages out to the world, although this may come with consequences.  In the case of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, they lost their right to compete in future games, and Adolf Hittler had the threat of boycott of the games to deal with for his beliefs.  

Everyone has different views and beliefs on racial discrimination. Our skin may be different colours, but does that really define a person? It is what is on the inside that counts.

By Jack Wellwood                    

Ben Johnson Homework

Ben Johnson Stripped of Gold!

Ben Johnson was born on December 30^th 1961 in Falmouth Jamaica. He immigrated to Canada in 1976 where he currently lives in Scarborough Ontario.

He won two bronze medals in the 1984 Olympic Games for the 100m sprints and the 4x 100 relay. He also won Gold at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, but this was withdrawn due to cheating.

Johnson represented Canada at these games and met coach Charlie Francis at York university around 1977. Charlie Francis was Canada’s national sprint coach for nine years.    

He established himself as Canada’s number one sprinter and was well known, he was a celebrity runner. Over his Olympic career his goal was to beat rival runner Carl Lewis. It took eight consecutive races for Johnson to beat Lewis. Lewis couldn’t believe that Johnson had won. This was the start of a long time rivalry between the pair. In the 1987 world championship at Rome Johnson had won 4 times against Lewis. He went on to beat Lewis again setting a new world record of 9.83 seconds.

Following the win of Johnson, Lewis tried to explain himself he said: “There are gold medallists at this meet who are on drugs, that [100 meters] race will be looked at for many years, for more reasons than one.” Jonson replied: “When Carl Lewis was winning everything, I never said a word against him. And when the next guy comes along and beats me, I won’t complain about that either.” This followed into a rivalry at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

In 1988 Johnson sustained a few setbacks to his running career. In February he pulled a hamstring and then pulled it again in May. In the  games Johnson beat Lewis in the final, lowering his personal best (the world record at the time) to 9.79 seconds. He claimed that he would have been faster if he hadn’t raised his hands before the finishing line. The Canadian people rejoiced at his winning the gold medal and breaking the world record.

Three days later Johnson lost his gold medal as his urine sample tested positive for the drug Stanozolol (a performance enhancing, prescription only drug). In retaliation to being caught Johnsons coach claimed that Johnson was one of many cheaters, but just happened to get caught. Johnson was suspended for three years and made a comeback in 1991, but failed to qualify for the world championships. He made the 1992 Olympic 100m team, but came last in his semi final heat.

In 1993 he was banned for life from the International Association of Athletics Association as he was caught taking drugs again. In 1999 this was appealed and Johnson was able to compete, but no one in Canada wanted to race against a cheat. Late in the same year he was caught for the third time with a positive drug test.

In conclusion the first part of Johnsons career was very successful, but unfortunately he ruined it for himself by taking drugs.

By Jack Wellwood.

   

Peter Snell Homework

Peter Snell

This is a report on Peter Snell; an amazing Olympic running champion who won three gold medals. I believe he shows the Olympic values. He attended the 1960 Olympics in Rome where he won gold in the 800m event. He also attended the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, where he won gold in the 800m, and gold in the 1500m. He was influenced by an amazing coach, Arthur Lydiard.

Peter Snell was born on the 17^th  December, 1938, in Opunake. His parents, George Snell (electrical engineer) and Margaret had two other children Jack and Marie Snell. Unfortunately there is no information on the primary schools he attended. In 1949 Peter’s family moved to Waikato where he attended Te Aroha College, and became an all round sports star. He went on to attend Mount Albert Grammar school in Auckland.

Peter first met his coach Arthur Lydiard through a rival runner, (Michael Macky) at High School. Michael was competing and beating Peter at high school running events. After Peter lowered his personal best time, Michael asked who was coaching him, Peter replied “nobody.” Michael then arranged a meeting between him and Arthur Lydiard (Michael’s coach). At this point Peter decided to drop the other sports he was interested in and really focus on running.    

When Peter first started training with Arthur, he began with an early morning workout that consisted of 200m repeats. He ran these among others, one of which was Murray Halberg. In a quote from Arthur “The speed was there, but what was missing was the endurance.” Endurance was the base of Arthurs running system. Arthur put Peter on to a 22 mile course on the Waiatarua Circuit near his house in Auckland. One day he was paired with Halberg, he wanted to stop after 15 miles but Halberg would not let him. Peter continued on, proving he had complete faith in Arthur.

After a lot of training, Peter was accepted into the 1960 Olympics in Rome, where he was entered into the 800m. He was ranked 26^th in the world and had only ran out of the country once. His race in Rome was one of the highlights of his Olympic career. He recalls being stunned when he bet the world record holder Roger Moens. In 1964, he went on to win two more gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics. He won these in the 1500m, and the 800m. He also won two gold’s, in the 1962 Perth Commonwealth games.

After his Olympic career, Peter worked for a tobacco company, before moving to the States in 1971. In America (the States) he received a B.S. in Human Performance, and a P.H.D. in Exercise Physiology. In 1981 he joined the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre.  He then went on to become the director of the Human Performance Centre at the University of Texas in 1990. In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his work as an Exercise Physiologist.

In 2000 Peter was voted New Zealand’s sports champion of the 20^th century.

 In 2001, He was made a knight companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He is now known as Sir Peter Snell.

 In 2004 Peter Snell was one of 5 Olympic athletes put on a series of commemorative postage stamps. The $2.00 stamp that Peter was featured on showed him snapping the finishing tape at the 800m in Rome. He also had a “larger than life” bronze statue erected of him in his home town of Opunake, Taranaki.

In conclusion Peter Snell was a very persistent Olympic runner. I think that he clearly displayed the Olympic values through his training and persistence. He is truly a nation hero.

By Jack Wellwood    

    

Final Olympic Evaluation

Art Work Calendar

This is the work that I have painted for calendars.

Nerf Throw

Nerf Throw

Equipment:

20 vortexes

clipboard and pen

cones

measuring tape 

points

1st red = 5 points

2nd white= 3 points

3rd yellow= 1 point

The aim of the game is for the whole team to throw the vortex as far as they can. The person that throws the furtherest distance in each year group gets a red maker and the team will get 5 points. The team with the highest score is the winning team.

Rules  of the game. 

1. Number everyone in the team 
2. Tell to step up to the line in order.
3. Give them a vortex each.
4. Yell 1 go then 2 go and so on for each team.
5. Put a mark on the furtherest throw 
6. Give 1st red = 5 points 2nd white= 3 points 3rd yellow= 1 points

By Josh, Oscar, Jack and Kees

Birth Date

Birth Date

Equipment

2 blindfolds

2 red pens

100 sheet’s of A4 paper (all up)

24 plastic labels 

24 plastic chairs

Set Up

1. Set out the chairs in two lines of 12.
2. Label each row of seats one to twelve.
3. Gather the remaining equipment in one place.

Aim

The objective of this game is without speaking, regardless of the year you were born is to act as a team to get into who’s birthday is first in the year to last. The team to get into the correct order first wins.

Instructions

1. Read the aim.
2. Each of the teams have a choice either one person from their team can speak but must be blindfolded, or the team can have a pen and paper and a single allocated writer.
3. The chair marked one is the start of the year and the chair marked twelve is the end of the year.
4. Ask each team what their choice is.
5. If they chose a person blindfolded, blindfold the person of their choice.
6. If their choice is a pen and paper hand the pen and paper to their allocated writer.
7. Tell each of the teams when they are in the correct order to say STOP
8. When they say stop come along and check the order if they are in the wrong order tell them to keep going if they are in the correct order than the team has won.

If a draw occurs or no team has completed the task in the allocated time.   

1. The youngest members of the team must face of at paper, scissors, rock.
2. The winners team wins

By Jack, Kees, Oscar and Josh