Status Bubbles

1.Status bubbles should display your name but not full name just your first name because they wouldn't be able to track you down.

2.Status bubbles should have your age so you can relate to things maybe that age would do.

3.Status bubbles shouldn't have your relationship status because thats just creppy if they know if your in a relationship or not.

4.Status bubbles shouldn't have your eduction because so random could show up at your school.

5. Status bubbles should have your mood because you will know if the person you are talking is in the mood for talk or if you should even start a conversation with them.

6. Status bubbles should have your skills because you may have a skill in common.

I would like status bubbles because it would be a good conversation start and just a good tool to use.

Clever Names

Note taking

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



The Text


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 theimpending 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!

My Notes

The Concequences of Smoking

1. What your group did well?    I think that my group had a good story line.


2. What would YOU do differently next time?  If I did it again I would make the movie longer


3. Based on the criteria, how would you improve your movie if we gave you time? Make the Message clear.


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

How to make a felt govle

Waimarnio

I'm a paddle

I was a sitting on the rake then I see about 60 kids come running passed me. It was quite for a little bit. I saw where kids running to cool things like the slide and the Tarzan swing a few hours passed then I saw all the kids running back they stopped at me. A boy grabbed me and walk over to a green and yellow kayak the boy gripped the kayak and pulled it over to the edge of the water. My head dipped in the refreshing water time and time again thats how I spend most of the day.

Life ED

Addiction is when you need a drug to feel normal with out the drug you will feel not normal.

F. faster
A. absorption
R. rates



R. give a Reason
E. Excuse
A. Assertive
C. Change The subject
H. Humour

W. Walk away
I. Ignore
T. Tell someone or Toughen up
S.  Say No


M. Memory
R. Resion

J. Judgement
M. Movement

I. Intellect
C. Concentration
E. Emotions

Life ED Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine is a illegal drug. It can give you conditions like memory loss, aggression, psychotic behaviour and damage to your heart and brain. It is very addictive some addicts lose there family friends and end up homeless. Overall Methamphetamine is a life destroying drug.

Before and after picture of a Methamphetamine addict.

Antonie Dixon was convicted of murder he cut off the hands of two women, shot a man dead with a sub-machine and kidnapped another man. Antonie Dixon was in prison for 14 times at least.

My Picture Book

Picture Book Link

Rimu Homework Challenge

This year I played rugby.

This year in rugby I played second five for rangiuru rugby club we came 7th but had a good season. It was a my first time playing for rangiuru. I went to rangiuru from mount.

Sorry no pictures at the moment.

Rimu Home Work challenge

A couple of weeks ago I cooked for my family.

Entree
Shrimp Cocktails


Main
Homemade Pizzas



Dessert
Apple Crumble


Scores
Paula 8/10
Ross 7/10
Connor 7/10

SSR - Current Events

Candy That Doesn't Cause Cavities.


1Q. What causes cavities.

2A. Bacteria feed off the remnants of sugar that remain on the surface of the teeth.

2Q. What was the genius idea the scientists at OraganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities

2A. OraganoBalance turned to Lactobacillus paracasei. 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.

3Q. What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis? Was it successful?

3A.This one simply displaces them to areas where they can cause no damage.

SSR - Current Events

America's Favourite Giant Panda Celebrates First Birthday.

1. Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?
Bao Bao's first birthday was so special because Bao Bao was a gift from the government of China.

2. How did the zookeepers Celebrate it?
The zookeeper celebrated Bao Bao's first birthday by making him a big cake and making posters for him.

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. Bao Bao is going to move into a different encloser

Dangerous Decibels

Today my class got about decibels and what is dangerous to our ears. I learnt that the safe level of decibels that you can listen to forever is 1 - 85dB. My favourite part was when we used tuning fork. I also learnt that the closer you are to a loud sound more decibels and the more they hurt your ears.

SSR - Current Events

1. How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?
Bounce Below is different to other trampoline parks because bounce below to the biggest trampoline park in the world and its built in a old mining cavern.

2. What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below.
They can experience two of the zip lines ride after there hour long session at Bounce Below.

3.What are the two zip lines called? What is special about each one?
The two zip lines are called Velocity and Titan. Velocity is special because it stands 500 feet off the ground and fly's at speeds exceeding 100mph. Titan is also special because there are four lines side by side and fly's across at 70mph

SSR - Current Events

1. Why did the Direct Blinds ask people to post pet pictures on their Facebook page.

Direct Blinds asked people to post pictures of their pets caught performing their naughtiest deeds.

2. What title did Yodie win? What did he do to deserve it?

Yodie won the title of British's naughtiest dog. Yodie deserved it because he attacked every cushion he could get his paws on.

3. What are the 2nd and 3rd place winners known to do frequently?

2nd place was a dog called Harry whose favourite hobbies was to rip up newspapers and magazines. 3rd was Stoops who licks milk bottle tops.

SSR - Current Events

1. Who was responsible for making Nathan's hot dog contest famous? How many hot dogs did he eat?

Japan's Takeru Kobayashi was the maxn that made Nathan's hot dog contest famous. Takeru Kobayashi ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes and gained the international fame.


2.  How many years has Joey Chestnut won the contest prior to this year? What significant event occurred before the contest began?

Joey has won the hot dog eating contest for the last 7 years. The significant event that occurred before the contest began was Joey preposing to his girl friend.


3. What happened in the girls contest?

The 3 time defending champion was defeated by Miki Sudo from Las Vegas.

Bali Inquiry

1. Canang Sari
Canang Sari is a offering made my Balinese Hindus to thank the Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa. They are seen everywhere.

2. Bali Schools


3. Doctor fish
The fish that cleaned Mrs Mills feet were called doctor fish. Doctor fish eat dead skin they are also known as nibble fish.

4. Balik
Balik is a fabric dyeing method using wax to create patterns and desigins.

5. The Temple
The temple that Mrs Mill visted was dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Saraswati.

Term 2 PMI

POSITIVE: 

I got my Rimu wrist band.

We won some basketball games in the B Grade.

It was a positive that I finished my science fair.

A positive is that dodgeball is next term.

MINUSES:

A minuses this term was I hurt my knee at rugby trails.

INTERESTING:

It was interesting that my team came forth in indoor bowls.

I think that electronics tech was interesting.

I think that Kia Kaha was interesting.

I found the book that Mrs Mills was reading interesting.

SSR - Current Events

SC:

- Use at least 3 of the servants.

- Questions must make sense.

- Questions MUST have a question.

1. How many years ago did the cavemen live?

2.  Where did they live?

3. What did they find in all the samples?

4.  What did the cavemen regularly consume?

5. Who said they eat what was available to them?

6. Where did they find the latest findings?

7. Who are the cavemen's evolutionary cousins?

A Pair Of Shoes

BANG! The starting gun went off Trent was pumping his legs. His foot pressing down firmly on my soul. The blades of grass wiping my face Trent and I were making our way up the pack. Smack the grip on me slapped the concrete I could see the front I thought it was hard then.

I started going hard down the hill that was the easy part but I was determined to run all the way. We finally got down the hill but now we had to run up the hill that was the hard part. When we made it all the way up the hill had the gruelling run past the turf around the rubbish bin. Then around the classrooms.

The second lap the cricket nets we met again I thought. We flew past them and shot up the straight when we hit the down hill we ran as fast as we could then the was just a blur and all I remember is finishing in 26th.

SSR - Current Events

How many years has the 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest been around? How many contestants did it attract this year?
The worlds ugliest dog contest has been around for 26 years it started at 1988 and now on its 26th year. This year the contest attracted 29 dogs this year.

How did this year's winner Peanut get his 'ugly' looks?
Peanut got his looks because he was badly burnt in a fire which caused him to have no lips most of his hair on his body and eyelids.

What is the organizer's main purpose for organizing this unusual competition?

The organizer main purpose is to honor these dogs many of them owe there unusual looks to there past owners.

SSR - Current Events

1.What is so special about Migaloo?

Migaloo is so special because he is a white humpback whale who experts think has a genetic skin condition called albinism. Also has a setup face book page and Twitter account and anyone who gets between a 500 meters away in a boat or 2,000 by plane.

 

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

People give Migaloo his name in aborigine which means white fella. They gave Migaloo his own special status that means boats and jet skis have to stay at least 500 meters away and  airplanes have to stay 2,000 meters away if they don't do that they will be fined 12,500 dollars. He has his own face book page and twitter account in his honour. He also has heaps of fans that care about him. 

Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? is he the only one?

Migaloo known as hypo-pigmented because he has no colour. Migaloo is not the only one because there is was a report 2011 called Migaloo Junior.

SSR - Current Events

What cereal does Rosado use to create her portraits?
Rosado uses corn flakes to create her portraits.

Why does it take so long to create each masterpiece?
It takes so long to make her masterpieces because Rosado has to sketches the image of the artist. Then Rosado begins the painstaking process of crushing all the corn flakes to make the right size. Then carefully puts the corn flakes on the outline then finally gets a pin and makes sure they are in line.

Name some celebrities that have featured in her cereal art series. What kind of art did Rosando unveil in 2013.
In the cereal art series Rosado has make art of the Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Alicia Keys and John Lennon.

SSR - Current Events

Where was the most recent tallest Lego structure built? Who built it?
The most recent lego structure was built in Budapest at the front of the Saint Stephen's Basilica and it was built by a elementary school in Budapest and lego builders from Denmark.

What are the two requirements imposed by the Guinness World Records before a Lego tower can be eligible for inclusion?
One of the requirements was that the tower had to be free standing so they had to take the wires out. Another requirement was they were not able to have glue.

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

The author believed that the record was going to attempted soon because this record was broken three time alone in 2012. 

What in your opinion makes building the world's tallest LEGO structure so popular?
My opinion on what makes building the world's tallest LEGO structure so popular is that it is just something to do for people that are bored.

Current Events

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

The crocodiles are unusual because they sleep more than other crocodiles. They only eat pellets made from vegetables and they have softer skin than crocodiles in the wild.

2.How did they turn this way?

Zimbabwe had a economical crises so they couldn't afford meat to feed the crocodiles so they made pellets with meat and vegetables. Then gradualy took away the meat and now they are vegetarians.

3.What are the crocodiles being bred for?

The crocodiles are bred for there skin at the age of 13 months then they sell them for $550 to tanneries then go to brands such as Hermes and Gucci.

4. How do you think about this?

I think it is not ok because people don't need hand bags.

SSR - Current Events

Questions:

1.What did Malavath do? Why does the author believe it is so admirable? Malavarth climbed mount everest. The Author believe it was so admirable because of Malavarth's age.

2.What did she have to do to get selected for the Mount Everest climb? What happened when Malavath reached the advanced base camp? Malavarth enrolled  in a boarding school then got provided with the trip. 

3.How long did it take the team to get to the summit? What does Malavath hope her achievement will do to help other people? She was sent to altitude of 6,400 meters.

Willie Apiata

Willie Apiata is a former corporal. He was the first New Zealand man to earn the Victoria Cross in Afghanistan were he risked his life for someone. He has two awards the Victoria Cross and the Navy and Marine Corps. He served 23 years in the NZ army.


Jerry Mateparae

Sir Jerry Mateparae also known as the Governor General of New Zealand. He was born in 1954. He was in the NZ Special Air Service.

Student LED Conferences

Last week on thursday I had my student LED conferences. I think that it went well and that my parents thought that my maths were good but I need to get my reading and writing need to come up. My mum liked how everything in my online learning journal was laid out.

Khan Academy

Prototec Maths

My Bigfoot Art

Order Operations

Rimu Swimming Sports

There I was I heart pumping I had just finished my 25 meter freestyle and ready start the 25 meter breaststroke. I was now standing ready to leap into the cool refreshing pool. “On your marks get set’’ BANG!! Mr Mossop smashed the two wood clappers Suddenly I dived in the pool. I was 1st I was going as fast as I could “little bit longer” I said to myself quietly. I made it I came 1st. Finally my next race came is was the best race ever it was the doggy paddle It was a close race with Zane but he just came though so I came second. That day was awesome.

Prototec Maths

Battle Of Gate Pa Crossword

Prototec Maths

TECH

Day 1

Today I had Tech we did print making and we started our folder. By the end of the day you had a score 4B 4P or 4A. To get 4B or basic you have to experience and not necessarily have to have got it right. Or for 4P or proficient you could also get a 4A for advanced for that you have to make a three colour print. 

Day 2

Today we learnt at tech how to carve a some wood and make it into a print. Our topic was on the battle of gate pa because the 150th anniversary is come up. My art work was maori club with maori designs on it. We all got up to 4 yellow prints I had fun today.

Day 3

Today we learnt about Nigel Brown and his art and life he was born in Tauranga about 60 years ago. After that we got on with our wooden print and carved some more out then put red or green ink for our second layer. Little later we started carving for tomorrow so we can put black ink on. Also today we marked I proficient.

Day 4

Today we finished our four wood prints to finish it all I needed to do was to put the last layer of black on the it. The next thing was to get a black or white piece of paper mine was black with white prints on it it was the last art tech for me.

Possums

Possums were introduced to New Zealand in 1837 and there are still about 30 million still in New Zealand. They are a pest and people are to kill them because they chew there way though all the shoots fruit berries and leaves and they are omnivores they have a wide range of food such as leaves, bird, eggs, chicks and insects. They are also nocturnal so you don't see them in the day.

Te whare wananga o Te Maro

The whare is a spiritual place that people can be one with the earth that is why you take you shoes off so your feet can be with the earth and you take your hat off so your head can be with the sky. The shape of the whare is the shape of a maori chief this is the shape.

At the front of the whare there are 3 carvings of people the one on the top is from takitimu waka Ngati ranginui. The bottom one is from matatua Ngai te rangi and the middle one is ngati pukenga. They are all holding a rope that has all 10 house colours.

Valentine's 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.

The Very First Valentines day Poem

Waitangi Day

They are carrying this banner because of the treaty of Waitangi. They are protesting because some may have disrespected and violated it. Or they feel strong and they think people need reminding about it. The Treaty of Waitangi was made in 1840 and 40 maori chiefs signed it. In the treaty it said that the crown will not steal there land.