Status Bubble

I think it should display first name, age, relationship status, medical info, gender and criminal record.

These will help getting to know someone and help in emergencies. 

I think this will help in day to day life. If someone robbed their house, store or  themselves they could easily be identify. Disadvantage would be you could get stalked,

Clever images

Cat with 6th sense

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!

What your group did well?
I think our group worked as a team towards the end of the week. Most of our shots were from different angels

What would YOU do differently next time?
I think i would get more into my character next time.

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

Make our message more vivid, because it wasn't very 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 Rock

I Think I achieved all of the sc

Waimarino Trip

The bitterly cold wind howled against me. Rain droplets landed on the hard rock merely missing me. I cover my eyes in disbelief...
I meekly opened my eyes only to find lifeless puddles evaporating, as kids run through them.
Chairs filled with excited kids. Water drips off me from wet kids, running to the Water Tramp.
The tried kid's voices fade into the trees howling in the wet rain.
I slump onto the ground with "enthusiasm" as my daily encounter with kids has gone.

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine causes many effects on the human body such as, rapid heart beat, sweeting, nausea.But in the long run it can give you brain loss, addiction, weight loss, tooth damage and possibly psychosis.

Dixon attacked to woman with a samurai sword partly hurting one woman, but severely hurting the other. After travailing to Auckland, Antoine fatally shot James Te Aute in highland park.
He was sentenced to life in prison.

Today at soccer training, we did shooting, passing and throw ins. At the end of training we have a game. Unfortunately i pulled my groin. Here are some pics

America favourite Panda, Bao Bao

Article Comprehension:

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

Bao Bao's first birthday was special because he is the second panda to be born at this zoo ( Smithsonian's national zoo)

1. How did the zookeepers celebrate it?

He gave him lots of treats and bambo, he also got a the number 1 carved out of apple jucie.

1. What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year?
2. She has learnt how to stand up in the monthly weigh ins, and can respond to her name.

1. What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?
2. She has a blue boy filled with sand.

Dangerous decibels

At  Dangerous decibels i learnt how to keep my ears safe from hearing loss. 1-6 people get hearing loss, when i turn 30 in will be 1-4 people. The ear is very complex in many ways. There are 10,000-20,000, little hairs in your ear these help you hear, if you wipe out to many you may lose your hearing for ever.

Sound is a vibration that turns into energy, today we used a tuning for and a ping pong ball to measure how much energy that goes to our ears.

We measure sound in a unit called decibels.

Underground Tramp

1. How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?

Bounce below is different because it's underground in an old mining cave.

1. What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below?

It is lit up with different colours and have wired shaped tramps.

1. What are the two zip lines called? 

Velocity and Titan

1. What is special about each one?

Velocity stands 500ft above the ground and people can reach up to 100mph.

Titan has four lines side by side, flying across at 70mph.

Maori Myth

Homework Challenge

Homework

Article Comprehension:

1. What are androids? The robots.
2. Name the three robots Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has created for the 'Android: What is Human' exhibition? What are their respective roles? To help Humans.
3. Why are androids more difficult to build then normal robots? Because they are replicas.

Naughty Pets

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

So they can decide who will be the top competitors.

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

Yodie won himself 500 pounds, free custom blinds. He also won the title of the britians naughtiest dog

1. What are the 2nd and 3rd place winners known to do frequently?
2. Jump into the fridge and lick the cold milk bottles and sherd magazines and news paper

Hotdog Eating Contest

who was responsible for making Nathan's hot dog contest famous? How many hot dogs did he eat?
In 2001 a japan man called takeru. kobayahsi.
61


How many years has Joey Chestnut won the contest prior to this year? 8 in a row
What significant event occurred before the contest began? He got married


What happened in the women's contest?
the three time defending champion lost to miki suda.

Bali Inquiry

1. These parcels are located around nearly every house in bali, This is called "Canang Sari" this is an offering to the gods. Usually they are made of flax, Flowers are the decoration in the Canang Sari.
2. In bali, education is quite different, because there is no middle school primary  school is for ages 6-12 and high school is for 13-18.
3. In bali there are tadpoles that eat all of the dead skin of your feet. The tickle your feet wit there mouths.
4. Batik is a cloth printed with wax.
5. It is a hindu dedicated for Saraswati god

Term 2 PMI

P	M	I
I tried out for AIMS football.	I haven’t got my stars band.	I missed out on cross country.
I have been trying hard for dodgeball.	Didn’t get 100% attendance for this term.	My hand ball got stuck on the roof.
I am at the national standard, for everything.		Our tech group always gets 20/20
I learnt how to keep myself The internet. After constable Dennis taught us.		We are reading a cool book, Demon Dentist.

Caveman feces

How long ago was it?
What part of the world was it?
What did the samples have traces of.
What did they contain a large portion of?
Who said this, we believe Neanderthals probably ate what was available in different situations, seasons, and climates?

What did they use as tools sometimes?

What is another name for humans?

Cross Country

It was a bright sunny day. At first nothing was happening, but suddenly. BANG! a little later, I am getting pushed my screaming kids. Off they rumble into the far distance, meanwhile there was not a sound to be heard in the cold breeze. The vibration from stampeding feet came rushing past me.
As feet brushed past me nearly hitting me.

The sound of cheering people has faded into the distance as people follow the runners.

Worlds Ugliest Dog

1. How many years has the 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest been around? Since 1998
2. How many contestants did it attract this year? 29 Dogs
3. How did this year's winner Peanut get his 'ugly' looks? Got badly burnt in a fire and lost its hair and eyelids
4. What is the organiser's main purpose for organising this unusual competition? to have some fun.

The White Humpback Whale

What is so special about Migaloo? He is the worlds first documented white humpback whale.
Cite a few facts from the article that tell you how precious Migaloo is to the people of Australia.


Migaloo is rare there are only a few white humpback whales in the world, and its Australian.

This is Australian attraction.
Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? is he the only one?
He is not the only on there are a more. Maybe more but they might have not been sighted.


Do you think Migaloo's special color helps or hurts him from human predators? Why

I think it helps him. Beacuse it could be to scare away predators.

Cornflake Art

Cornflake Art

1. What cereal does Rosado use to create her portraits? Rosado uses cornflakes.
2. Why does it take so long to create each masterpiece? because Rosado has to sketch the piece, then paint stake. Lastly Rosado has to crush the cornflakes to size.
3. Name some celebrities that have featured in her cereal art series. Michael jackson, Bob marly alicia keys, john Lennon.
4. What kind of art did Rosando unveil in 2013. Rosando made dirt artwork.

13-Year-Old Indian Girl Becomes The Youngest Female To Conquer The Everest!

What did Malavath do?  Malavath was the youngest girl to climb to the top of mount Everest.

Why does the author believe it is so admirable?  Because malavath is the youngest girl to climb Everest, and it is 29,000 ft high.

What did she have to do to get selected for the Mount Everest climb?  Malavath signed up for mountain climbing training for underprivileged people. she impressed the instructor Parmesh Kumar, with her determination and grit.

What happened when Malavath reached the advanced base camp? Malavath setup for base camp after having altitude sickness, and returned three days later with a recovery, and carried on to the summit.

How long did it take the team to get to the summit? It took the team 52 days.

What does Malavath hope her achievement will do to help other people? The young girl hopes that her achievements will inspire underprivileged people and girls all over the world, to try achieve their dreams.

150 years Battle Of Gate Pa

Willie Apiata was born 28 June 1972.

He was born in New Zealand Mangakino.

He has 8 ribbon.

He carried a wounded solider across the battlefield under fire,2
and he was award a Victoria cross.

He was born in New Zealand, on the 14 November 1954,

in whanganui. He has severed from 1972 - 2011.

He is the 20th and niue's Governor General 

Homework

A day at the pool's

I Take one step forward to the diving board. My heart was thrashing through my weak skin.

I take a breath or two and step up,

CRACK!!

I dived into the chilly water like a cat pouncing onto a mouse,

the water flowed into my face. I popped my head out of the water like a crocodile and took a gasp of air, and went back under. My goggles were leaking in water very slowly, i didn’t have time to adjust them.

At the end of the race i heard muffled clapping from under the water.

Basic Facts

Tech day 3

Thursday 6 March

Today we learnt how to make a multi coloured wood print using carving tools.

This print is the same as yesterday expect more colours.

Tech day 2

Wednesday 5 March

At tech today we learnt how to make a clear wood print.

We used carving tools to make some parts indented on our paintings.

First we use the light colours then the dull colours.

Tech day 1

Tuesday 4 March

In art tech today i learnt how to make a clear image.

We used dye to make a 3 layered print, the colours

I used were yellow, red and black.

Possum's

Possums eat all the native birds food and kill them,

They were first brought here to NZ in 1837.

Possum’s only come out at night, so they are called nocturnal,

There are about 30 million possums in NZ.

They can weigh between 1.4 - 6.4 Kgs,

Around 9,000 tonnes berries,Leaves and fruit are eaten every night.

Possums are native to Australia and are protected there,

Possum’s are a pest to new zealand.

The box method

My mum didn't believe me when i thought her this method.

She was so impressed with me,

so she calculated it and it was the same

Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro

The Whare

SC:

- explain the purpose of the whare 

- explain why it is the shape it is.

- name three main parts

There are 3 iwi

Top one is from takitimu waka

Ngati ranginui.

Middle one Ngati pukenga.

Bottom one is from matatua

Ngai te rangi.

There is a rope running through them with every houses colour.

The Tahuhu is the backbone of the Whare and the Heke is the ribs of the Whare

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

Why are these people carrying this banner?

The treaty of Waitangi was singed on 6 February 1840,

40 Chiefs signed the treaty and 500 signed it later.

The land was shared through the community,

if you disrespected the treaty of Waitangi you were punished badly.

The main purpose of the treaty of Waitangi Was to,

make peace between the british and the Maori.