Kia ora, 13/08/24 Tuesday we had cooking. We all cooked up some lovely Burgers and pizzas. I learnt quite a lot of new things. The pizzas tasted good but the burgers weren’t as good. they tasted plain and dry, wasn’t worth the wait in my opinion but overall i think today was a great day. hope you enjoyed reading this, have a great day !

For the past couple weeks we have been learning about learner actives, employment rights and responsibilities. I’ve learnt many things working upon this and i think that i understand most of it, we get asked multiple questions and task’s we have too complete.

Here are some examples of employment rights.

Employment rights

1. Fair wages: The right to receive a fair and equal wage for the work performed.
2. Safe working conditions: The right to a safe and healthy work environment, free from hazards and harm.
3. Equal opportunities: The right to equal opportunities for promotion, training, and career advancement, regardless of race, gender, religion, age, or disability.
4. Protection from discrimination: The right to be protected from discrimination based on race, gender, religion, age, disability, or other characteristics.
5. Freedom of association: The right to join a union or collective bargaining agreement.
6. Protection from unfair dismissal: The right to not be unfairly dismissed or terminated from employment without just cause.
7. Paid time off: The right to receive paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and family leave.
8. Maternity and parental leave: The right to take time off for maternity or parental leave without fear of job loss or penalty.

I hope you enjoyed reading this and i hope you’ve learnt something from this…

Kia ora, my name is Calais as you should already know from reading my previous blog post.

For my Level 1 P.E class we have been focusing on Volleyball. Volleyball to me is pretty boring but i realised it brang me closer to my friends. I  contribute as much as I can, but the thing is I don’t really try when I know I can or could do it.

There were groups of 4 creating 6 people per group.

Shout out too my group “Jade, Maya, Quinel, Marcia, Calais, and Carrda “.

thanks for your precious time and I hope you enjoyed getting nothing out of this… Have a great day!

This year I have been studying a novel based on the real life hero, Desmond Doss.  This man has made me realize that people don’t always need a gun or a weapon to win a war/battle, instead the most important tool we have when facing a conflict is your brain.

Hello my name is Calais – Mendoza – Tutahi. I’m 14 years old and I’ve been working at CBK “Craft beer Kitchen”, for almost 4 years.  I’ve stopped working here before for around like 4 months and then I started too realize that I needed the money so that I don’t always have too ask my parents for some which was a good thing too think about so that I could buy my own things for myself or for others.  I really like my job because I get paid quite a lot for my age and I think its a really good thing too learn and too become independent. Overall I think I its a good thing too get a job and make money for yourself.

Hello, today we have been given a piece of work too pick where we would go for a Holiday Distention its fully paid plus you can get anything you want for free, and I picked Thailand or Toykyo because its really cheap and it looks really awesome. I think Toykyo is a really chill place and just fancy for the price you pay for it over there, especially the cars there they look really cool and stylish. Thailand looks exactly like Toykyo but a little bit bigger from the photos I’ve seen. The places over there are really cheap and the food there looks yummy and cheap. My friend Mark had flew over there too see his family again and he told me the food was around $1.50 just for Teriyaki chicken bowl. But over all I think I’d rather go too Thailand.

Thanks for reading my post, remember too have an amazing day and too always be nice too one another.

how was my holiday?, for me my holiday was pretty boring expect for each Monday of the 2 weeks, because I could hangout with my girlfriend. but Tuesday, I had too look after my sisters both of them one is 5 years old and one is 2 years old, it wasn’t that bad for me because they just like to watch “Kids YouTube” which helps me out a lot because then I can just play my game, cook and feed them. Wednesday went the exact same until Saturday because that’s the day I had to go too work and do the dishes at CBK in Paihia, “Craft Beer Kitchen”. I started at 12pm with no breaks, but I just got too make something too eat. I was there at 12 pm until close and we closed around 9 Pm. The next day I had too do the exact same thing but I started earlier then 12pm I had start at 11 AM all the way too close.  so from 11 Am – 9:30 Pm. after work I got some time too play my game and spend some time with my dad and mum, but after a little while i started too get tired because of work so I decided to go too bed. And the whole week had restarted once again. But every Monday me and my girlfriend went out and spend some time together and bought some stuff too eat and just for the fun of it, we normally meet up where her mum works in Paihia. and then we just walk around for a while or we just go and sit down at the look out or where she or me wants to go.

Oh and I also went up to the farm too meet her whole family and it was fun meeting all of her aunties, uncles, cousin, etc. it was a wild food thing where we got too try different foods that they caught from hunting. we got there around 11;30Am, and then we started too play hide and seek, also we played tag, well a game similar to tag.  and then we start too eat food around 2 pm after letting them set up. But the overall visit was really fun because I had meet everyone there and they where all really nice too me which I was happy about because they had already treated me like I’ve been with them for years, but it was really nice too meet them all. But yeah Mondays and the day that I went over too meet her family was the best part for me.

And I also went too the gym with my mum after the second week of hanging out with my girlfriend, which i was very happy about because I’m starting too realize that I don’t really like the way that I look and I want to look like the ” anime character called, Baki Hanma”. so that s who I really look up too with in my mind, but in real life I look my too my dad and my friend Chassey. Because my dad was the physic like Baki but a little bit bulkier, and my friend Chassey he went from around 150kg – 80 – 90kgs within only a year of training which is really surprising too me because when he should me photo of him 1 year ago he was really fat and chubby.  So now I’m going too get him too train me and push me all the way till I finally see the progress and push myself too look like Baki Hanma. After I have done that I will become bigger and bigger till I think its time too cut and slow down on the eating and become smaller but more definition. What I really want is Vainny arms and really big Biceps.  I really want too sign up too the gym but my dad thinks I’m not serious which is really annoying for me, but sometimes he will take me. Well that’s what he said to me. I will create a new routine and follow that for a very long time. such as this “Wake up at 4:30, walk too town and go gym with my mate Chassey, till around 7:30 and then have a shower at the gym and then give my stuff that I took to the gym too Chassey and he can drop it off at my dads, then go too school blah, blah, blah, and then go back to the gym after school and then Walk back home. restart until I want too stop.

1. One piece of advice for myself this year is to think positive
2. One thing I was proud of from last term is learning more things then last term 
3. My main focus for the next three weeks is to focus on listening and learning 
4. When I need help I know to ask the teacher or my friends for help
5. At the end of this term, I want to be able to say that I achieved my goal of learning a lot of new things 
6. These are my action steps to help me get there:

-To focus and listening more to the teacher 

-To finish my work on time