Bubbles Above Heads

I would like these status bubbles because they could show useful information such as medical information so they don't give you the wrong medication. Also the status bubble should have your first name, education status and skills. I think this because then other people around you wouldn't have to ask as many questions about you. It think it would change day-to-day life and interactions because you might feel like you know every single person you see that is around you. They should also have the person's gender e.g. male or female, But if they were a transgender it should show nothing.                

TELItime

Taking Notes

WALT: take notes and make notes reading an article

SC:
-use keywords and phrases to take notes
-use symbols and pics to take notes
-turn keywords, phrases, symbols and pics into full sentences.
-visualise

Article:

When the administrators of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center inProvidence, Rhode Island, adopted six 'therapy' cats from an animal shelter, they had no idea that among them was one that possessed an uncanny sixth sense to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients.

Oscar the tabby cat's story begins in 2005, when the newly born kitten was placed on third floor of the nursing center, home to patients that are in the last stages of illnesses like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer. The kitten spent the first year lazing around and watching the bustling activity around him. Then, just before his first birthday, Oscar began visiting each of the 41-patients on the floor regularly, just like the doctors and nurses did.

Initially, the hospital staff did not pay much attention to the feline's behavior. However, after some of the people that Oscar was snuggled next to passed away, they began to notice a pattern - the cat only went close to those that were a few hours away from dying. Otherwise, he would curl up on a desk and spend the day sleeping.

To test if it was just a coincidence, the staff tried to place Oscar next to a patient they believed was close to dying. But the paranormal cat refused to stay put and decided to snuggle next to someone else. Turns out he was right because 'his' patient died that same evening, while the one whose death the nurses had thought was imminent, lived on for another two days.

Among the biggest believers in Oscar's paranormal powers is Dr. David Dosa, ageriatrician and Assistant Professor at Brown University. He is so convinced of Oscar's unusual 'gift' that he not only published a paper about him in the New England Journal of Medicine, but also wrote a book. Entitled "Making rounds with Oscar: The extraordinary gift of an ordinary cat’, the 2010 publication outlines the various pieces of evidence he has been able to gather about the cat's predicting powers. Also convinced is the hospital staff who has been using Oscar's foretelling abilities to inform family members so they can bid farewell to their loved ones before it's too late.

Of course, not everyone believes that Oscar has a sixth sense. Some feline experts think that his perfect timing may have to do with a certain smell that the cat has come to associate with death. Others speculate it may have to do with the lack of movement in people that are about to die.

Then there are the skeptics who maintain that Oscar's record is not as perfect as it has been made out to be. They think that the hospital staff and Dr. Dosa have simply 'cherry-picked' the occasions when Oscar has been accurate and ignored the ones when he has not. Fortunately, none of this negative chatter has affected nine-year-old Oscar who continues to provide comfort to sick people in their final hours!

Movie Challenge Reflection

Movie Challenge reflection

Embed your movie into your blog. Write a reflection underneath that outlines


What your group did well?     I thought my group did the editing and the filming because the videos aren't shaky and we got the videos in order in the editing.

What would YOU do differently next time?  I would have used an iPad for the filming because they have better quality. 

Based on the criteria, how would you improve your movie if we gave you time? 

I would have used an iPad for the filming and I would have talked a bit louder than I did. Also I would have filmed with more camera angles.

Criteria:


Teamwork

Able to work collaboratively as a team to produce a movie


Quality of message -

Life Ed theme. Shows understanding or learning from Life Ed programme


Able to use film making conventions

Camera angles, dramatic intention


Sound quality



Ability to ensure all dialogue is heard

Felting How To

How To Video Presentation

Tell A Story Using Pictures

Waimarino

I can see kids running towards me picking up their life jackets and paddles. I am slowly being dragged towards the translucent water. I can see a reflection of myself carrying a person through the water. Water is splashing everywhere as I cut through the water. I am now in a oval like shape with everyone else. 5 - 10mins later I break free of this group and keep paddling through the river soon I get tipped over I am upside down, water is filling up my hull. I feel like I am going to sink but I know I won't. I get tipped back up the right way and head back to the jetty. The person who I am carrying jumps out and drags me back to the shed.

Life Ed

Addiction Process Graph

Addiction Process Graph

Legend: 

Feeling Fantastic = 200

Feeling Normal = 0

Feeling Terrible = -200

What does the graph mean? This graph shows each time you take the drug you keep getting used to it and in this case after this person took the drug 8 times they were addicted to the drug and needed it to feel normal.

Addiction is when you need a drug to feel normal.

Create an image/diagram that shows you know what:

Faster  Absorption Rates

R  Give A Reason  Excuse Assertive Change the subject Humor Walk Away Ignore Talk About It Say No

Memory Reason      Judgement Mechanical Skills Intellect Concentration Emotion 

Life Ed the horrors of the drug P

Methamphetamine is a used by a load of people it leads to unnecessary crimes and fatalities. Here is what Methamphetamine does to your body. Methamphetamine increases heart rate and blood pressure which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. Meth also causes the brain to hallucinate seeing and hearing things that don't really exist. This drug also increases the body temperature to dangerous levels which can lead to brain damage or organ failure. Meth users also believe that because they are hallucinating they have bugs crawling under their skin so they itch and leave open sores.
Heres a photo of someone before and after using meth.

There was also a case in New Zealand where a person called Antonie Dixon cut someones hand off with a samurai sword after smoking P he had also shot a man 14 times and he got sentenced for 7 years in jail. Dixon was found dead in his Auckland prison cell from self inflicted injuries.   

Homework Challenges

Excellence in the Arts


Learn an instrument or craft or join a dance school/team during the year


I learn an Instrument and that is Guitar I have been learning it since beginning of last year.

Homework

Rimu Homework Challenge:






Improve your fitness: Over a 12 week period run or
walk at least 60km or cycle 120km



I know that I cycle over 120km over a 12 week period because whenever I am not down at Ruapehu skiing on the weekends my dad and I normally go on our road bikes and go for 40 - 60kms around Tauranga, Papamoa, Mount and Oropi.

CE Reading

Boeing Article

I predicted from the title of this article that the Boeing employes were scared to fly on the 787's because they were the ones that built them.

After reading the article I was shocked because I am going to be flying back from Japan in January on the new Boeing 787-9.  

CE Reading

Article


I predict it will be about someone taking a bus for a joy ride in their pajama's.



This article was about a kid that took a bus for a joy ride while the bus was in the workshop getting maintenance done to it.

CE Reading

1. What causes cavities?
2. What was the genius idea the scientists at OraganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities?
3. What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis? Was it successful?

Answers: 

1. What causes cavities? Cavities are caused by the sugar remains left on your teeth and the sugar eats away at your teeth. 
2. What was the genius idea the scientists at OraganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities? The bacteria that is naturally found in cultured milk product, Kefir, is known for its ability to bind with streptococci mutans and therefore could potentially help draw the bacteria away from the teeth
3. What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis?  They tested it on rats. Was it successful? Yes it was successful. 

CE Reading

Questions: 

Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?
How did the zookeepers celebrate it?
What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?

Answer: 

1. Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special? 

Bao Baos 1st Birthday is special because Bao Bao is a Giant Panda and there are only 1,600 left in the wild and 376 in captivity.  

2. How did the zookeepers celebrate it? 

The zoo keepers celebrated Bao Bao's birthday with a special chocolate and vanilla cake and dandan noodles. 

3. What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two? 

Bao Bao has learnt to respond to her name and stand tall on the scales, during her monthly weigh-ins. The zoo keepers are now hoping to teach her how to present her paw when she needs to get her blood drawn and lie down, during her monthly ultrasound 

Dangerous Decibels

The main idea of dangerous decibels is to teach us about how delicate our hearing is and how we need to look after it. I learnt that anything over 130dB can result in instant hearing loss but anything up to 85dB is safe. Over the session we got taught how our ears work and how ear wax is the ears natural cleaner. We also got to use tuning fork each to simulate the vibrations of a heavy rock concert and a normal conversation. A tuning fork is a metal tool which vibrates on impact with solid ground.

CE Reading

1. How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?
2. What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below?
3. What are the two ziplines called? What is special about each one?

1. It bounces different because it is elastic instead of springs.
2. Some things the visitors will experience is it is in a cave mine and you have to go by cave mine carts to get into the trampoline park.
3. One of the zip lines are called Euromaxx and the other is called titans.  

Maori Myth or Legend

Homework Challenge

Last night I cooked dinner and I made Burgers

Homework Challenges

For this weeks challenge I decided to do visit an elderly person 8 times over a 12 week period. I visit my Nana every weekend so I will practically definitely visit her over 8 times.

CE Reading

Questions:

What are androids?
Name the three robots Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has created for the 'Android: What is Human' exhibition? What are their respective roles?
Why are androids more difficult to build then normal robots?

Answers:

1. Androids are robots that look and act like human beings.

2. 1. Komodoroid 2. Ishiguro 3. Otonaroid 

3. Androids are harder to build because they are made to look and act like human's. 

CE Reading

Questions:

Why did Direct Blinds ask people to post pet pictures on their Facebook page?

What title did Yodie win? What did he do to deserve it?
What are the 2nd and 3rd place winners known to do frequently?

Answers:

1. They got people to post pictures on the Facebook page of their pets doing their naughtiest deeds. 

2. Yodie won the title Britain's Naughtiest Pet. He destroyed all the pillows he could get his paws on.

3. Shred newspapers and magazines and open the fridge and lick the top of milk bottles.

CE Reading

Questions: 

1. Who was responsible for making Nathan's hot dog contest famous? How many hot dogs did he eat?
2. How many years has Joey Chestnut won the contest prior to this year? What significant event occurred before the contest began?
3. What happened in the women's contest?

Answers:

1. Takeru Kobayashi devoured 50 Hot Dogs in 12 Minutes in 2001 which made the contest famous.

2. Joey (Jaws) Chestnut has won this contest for the past 7 years. The event that occurred before that was the 4th of July celebrations. 

3. Three time Women's champion Sonya 'Black widow' was defeated by Miki Sudo from Las Vegas. 

These Contests are so popular because of all the contestants and viewers. 

Bali Inquiry

1. The parcels left outside on the roads all around Bali are called Canang Sari. Canang Sari are one of the daily offerings made by the Balinese Hindus to thank the Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa in praise and prayer.

2. Primary ages (6-12)
Junior High School (ages 13-15)
Senior High School (ages 16-18)

3. These foot eating fish are called Doctor Fish they are eating all of the dead skin of your feet.

4. Batik is a method of dying cloth.

5. The Saraswati Temple is dedicated to honour the Hindu Goddess Saraswati.  

Term 2 PMI

Positives

1. I Got a Good                    
place in cross-country                                                    
2. Achieved Stars Wrist Band                                                                
3. Science Fair is finished                                                                        
4. We are half way through
the year.


Minuses

1. Science Fair
2. We have still got half a year of school left.
3. We have to write speeches next term
4. We are half way through the year

Interesting

1. The school has a ski team
2. Science Fair
3. Cross-Country
4. We are half way through the year
                                                                                                                         
                                                 

Caveman

Q: How many years ago did researchers examined ancient specimens of poo?  A: 50,000

Q: Where was the poo from? A: Southern Spain

Q: What traces did they find in the samples? A: Traces of meat

Q: What did they also find traces of? A: Plants, such as tubers, berries, and nuts.

Q: Who believes that the cavemen ate what was avaliable in different climates? A: Ainara Sistiaga

Q: What were the microfossils found in? A: Neanderthal teeth

Q: Neanderthals were close evolutionary cousins of our own species?  A: Homo Sapiens

CE Reading

Article Comprehension:

1. How many years has the 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest been around? The worlds ugliest dog contest has been around for 26 years. How many contestants did it attract this year? It attracted 29 dogs along with their owners.
2. How did this year's winner Peanut get his 'ugly' looks? He got his ugly looks because he was severely burnt in a fire which made him lose his lips, most of his body hair and eye lids. 
3. What is the organiser's main purpose for organising this unusual competition? To make sure that these dogs are happy and well looked after.     

Cross-Country From A Seagulls Perspective

Bang! The starter gun goes off I am souring through the air I see hundreds of people run but I am focusing on this one person he is what looks like to be in 50th place as he is running down the hill he is racing past other people.

All of a sudden he slows down a little bit and slowly jogs up a hill but he does not stop and walk. He gets to the top of the hill and starts speeding up all of a sudden he has already done one lap. He is still trying to pass other people. As he starts to pass other people. My wings are still flapping as fast as they could.

He all of a sudden passes what looks like 13 people he has done two laps so now he has only one lap to go he is speeding up for the last bit he gets onto the field and races in between the tape as he comes around the last corner there is a straight as he is trying to sprint to the finish line he has finished quicker than he had thought he looks like he got 28th. My wings are starting to slow down as I glide towards the ground.   

CE Reading

Questions: 

What is so special about Migaloo?
Cite a few facts from the article that tell you how precious Migaloo is to the people of Australia.
Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? is he the only one?

Answers: 

What is so special about Migaloo? Migaloo is special because she was the first documented hump back whale. She was first spotted of Australia's Byron bay in 1991.  

Cite a few facts from the article that tell you how precious Migaloo is to the people of Australia. 

1. He was first spotted in 1991.

2. He was the first documented hump back whale. 

3. Planes are not allowed closer than 2,000 meters away from the mammal and jet skis and boats are not allowed closer than 500 meters away from the whale. If anyone is caught violating these rules they have to pay a fine of up to $12,500 AUD ($13,505 NZD). 
4. We was given an aboriginal name. 

Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? He is a hypo-pigmented because he has a genetic skin condition called albinism. Is he the only one? No Migloo is not the only one.

Word Search: 

CE Reading

Article Comprehension:

1. What cereal does Rosado use to create her portraits?
2. Why does it take so long to create each masterpiece?
3. Name some celebrities that have featured in her cereal art series. What kind of art did Rosando unveil in 2013.

Answers: 

1. Rosado uses corn flakes to create her portraits.        

2. Each Portrait takes about 5 Hours to make because it takes a long time to crush the flakes. 

3.  The famous celebrities featured in her portraits are: The king of pop, Michael Jackson, Reggae legend Bob Marley, R&B singer Alicia Keys and John Lennon.

CE Reading

Article Comprehension:

1.Where was the most recent tallest Lego structure built? Who built it?

2.What are the two requirements imposed by the Guinness World Records before a Lego tower can be eligible for inclusion?

3. Why does the author believe that a new Lego tower record will be attempted soon?

Answers:

1. The worlds tallest lego structure was built in front of Saint Stephen's Basilica in Budapest (Capital Of Hungary). Who built it? Official Lego Builders from Denmark.  

2. For the tower to be eligible for the Guinness Book Of World Record it had to have no adhesives and no wires. 

3. The author thinks it will be attempted again because the record was broken three times alone in 2012 so it is bound to attempted again.  

CE Reading

Article Comprehension 

Questions:

1. What is unusual about the reptiles that live at Nyanyana crocodile farm?

2. How did they turn this way?

3. What are the crocodiles being bred for? 

Answers: 

1. What is unusual about the reptiles that live at Nyanyana crocodile farm? The thing that is unusual is that at the Nyanyana Crocodile Farm is that the Crocodiles were normal Crocs that ate meat and they changed their diet and now they are 100% Vegetarian.  

2. How did they turn this way? The Crocodiles turned this way by accident because in 2006 Zimbabwe was undergoing an economic crisis so the company found it impossible to find affordable meat to feed the 164,000 Crocodiles that were being raised in the farm, Because of that they had to feed them pellets that were a mix of meat and vegetables. After the change of diet the diet didn't seem to deter the reptiles growth so they gradually eliminated the meat and now the Crocodiles are completely 100% Vegetarian. 

3. What are the crocodiles being bred for? The Crocodiles are being bred for their skin once the crocodiles have been killed they skin the Crocodiles and sell the skin to european tanneries which their skin is transformed into leather and sold to fashion houses to make expensive handbags shoes and belts. We wonder whether this diet works for Crocodiles in the wild. 

Word Search

CE Reading

Article Comprehension:

1. Q:What did Malavath do? Q:Why does the author believe it is so admirable?  A: Malavath climbed to the top of Mt Everest. A:The author found this admirable because she suffered from altitude sickness and turned back to advance base camp for 3 days and then carried onto the top of Everest. 
2. Q: What did she have to do to get selected for the Mount Everest climb? A: Malavath was one of the 20 selected for a professional training session at the Darjeeling Himalayan Mountaineering institute from October 26th to November 16th, 2013. Q: What happened when Malavath reached the advanced base camp? A: She suffered altitude sickness and had to return to base camp. 
3. Q:How long did it take the team to get to the summit? A: It took the team 52 days to reach the summit of Everest. Q: What does Malavath hope her achievement will do to help other people? A: Malavath hopes will inspire underprivileged people and girls all over the world, to try achieve their dreams.

Word Search: 

Battle of gate pa

The first person is Willie Apiata he is famous because he became the first person to receive the Victoria Cross for New Zealand.

The next person is the governor general of New Zealand his name is Jerry Mateparae he is famous because he Worked in the top NZ armies and NZ defence force

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Conference Blog Post

How did it go? I think my conference went well, it went well because I was at or above the national standard for everything except for maths.

What was it like having your parents in class? I thought it was cool how they got to see our work environment and what we are learning in class.

What did they like about the process? Dad - I liked the way Josh was involved in explaining what was required to meet the national standards.

What did I like about it? I liked it because I got to see what I have to do to get over the national standard for maths.

What would you/they like to do next time? See more of the actual work done to gain a better understanding of what is required in each of the subjects.

Order Of Operations Video

Homework

Homework

Swimming Sports

On tuesday 18 march Rimu house marched down to memorial pools for rimu swimming sports. When we got to the pools we had to get changed and then go out to the pool area and get told the rules plus the layout of the day.

The first race of the day was 25m freestyle. I remember stepping up on to the diving board and the clapper going off. I dive into the pool when I hit the water it was warmer than I thought it would be. I was almost coming 2nd but at the end of the race I came 3rd. The second race was breaststroke but I didn’t get a placing.

Tech Day 4

At tech we did self evaluations and we thought how good we were about Ukelele, Guitar, Keyboard.

Protech Maths

Tech day 3

Today at tech we had to make a jingle on garage band. The jingle had to be under 20 seconds long and had to be about crunchie bars.

Tech Day 2

Today in tech we used Guitars, Keyboards and Garage Band. We used Garage Band to record ourselves playing different piano/keyboard chords.

Tech Day 1

Today at tech I went to music and we learnt Guitar, Keyboard and Ukelele. I found Guitar the easiest because I have already been playing the Guitar for a year. The hardest one was Ukelele because the frets were to close together.

45 Min Inquiry

Why don’t we want to see these animals on the NZ bush?

Possums first came to New Zealand in 1837 ever since they have been pests.  

The possum have become one of New Zealands greatest threats to the environment they are a danger to kiwis and they damage plants. Possums on only come out at night to scavenge for food. Possums eat a variety of Plants, Trees, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit and Nectar. There are about 30 million possums in New Zealand and they can weigh up to 6kgs. They live in the forest and hollow trees and even house roofs.

Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro

Tahuhu is the back bone and the Heke are the ribs which make a strong whare. The head represents
the ancestors face which always faces northwards towards the sun. There are three iwi on top of each other.  The top iwi is Ngati ranginui, the middle one is Ngati Pukenga and the bottom one is Ngai te rangi. Rope Taura has every colour of every house.

 

Valentines Day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.


American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February 1840. The first person to sign the treaty was 

Hone Heke. Waitangi day has also been a public holiday since 1974. The Treaty Of Waitangi was a treaty between the british and maori for land. Waitangi Day now in the 21st century is celebrated as one of New Zealands most important holidays. The Treaty Of Waitangi is to make peace between the British and Maori.