3 key ideas
The department of conservation have come up with an idea to create concrete gannets, so that they will come back to Mana island.
The gannets were made in a workshop, and some Ngati Toa School students painted them so that they look real.
Gannets like to rest on clifftops so they named the gannets, and put them near a cliff edge.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
All introduced animals have been removed to prevent them from attacking the birds and to keep them alive.
Volunteers have planted hundreds of thousands of different plants, for the birds to nest under.
1 lightbulb moment or question.
Did a lot of gannets, stay or just some, or none.
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Monday, 20 August 2012
Hostage
I woke up with a jolt and a horrible pain in my back. I lay there still on the ground daring not to move, just staring into pitch black. My feet and hands were tied together, what felt like cable ties. I managed to wriggle my bloody left hand out of the cable tie, "Stop! moving you brat" screamed what sounded like a deep Russian voice, then the room fell back into silence.
2 HOURS EARLIER
My aunt Silvia and uncle Bill were just getting dressed when I walked into the foul smelling room. "hey"I said, "Where are you going all snazzied up to?" "oh um... we're just going out on a date". "Oh ok well have fun". "thanks" she says as she saunters out the room with uncle Bill closely following behind.
I let out an almighty yawn and took a quick glance at the clock 2:34am. I managed to lift my self on the leather couch which was now all crinkled. I started to walk to my bedroom when suddenly a tranquiliser dart comes out of nowhere, and enters my neck rather rudely, and I was out like a light.
PRESENT
The paper bag was quickly ripped of my head and revealed a bright light blinding my eyes as I tried to adjust to the new surroundings. "Get him!" the mysterious Russian man yelled fiercely. Sweat trickled down my forehead as a swift fist clobbered me right in the gut, "Tell us what you know!" a different man shouted "w-what?" another punch, this time in the ribs, "Tell us what you know about M15!" Then everything went black again.
TO BE CONTINUED
2 HOURS EARLIER
My aunt Silvia and uncle Bill were just getting dressed when I walked into the foul smelling room. "hey"I said, "Where are you going all snazzied up to?" "oh um... we're just going out on a date". "Oh ok well have fun". "thanks" she says as she saunters out the room with uncle Bill closely following behind.
I let out an almighty yawn and took a quick glance at the clock 2:34am. I managed to lift my self on the leather couch which was now all crinkled. I started to walk to my bedroom when suddenly a tranquiliser dart comes out of nowhere, and enters my neck rather rudely, and I was out like a light.
PRESENT
The paper bag was quickly ripped of my head and revealed a bright light blinding my eyes as I tried to adjust to the new surroundings. "Get him!" the mysterious Russian man yelled fiercely. Sweat trickled down my forehead as a swift fist clobbered me right in the gut, "Tell us what you know!" a different man shouted "w-what?" another punch, this time in the ribs, "Tell us what you know about M15!" Then everything went black again.
TO BE CONTINUED
Footballing legends.
Lionel Messi
World ranking #1
Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for La Liga club FC Barcelona and is the current captain of the Argentina national team, playing mainly as a forward.
Born:june 24, 1987
Height:1.69
Christiano Ronaldo
World ranking #2
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team.
Born:February 5, 1985
Height:1.86
Wayne Rooney
World ranking #3
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003 becoming the youngest player to represent England.
Born:october 24, 1985
These are the top 3 best players in the world and I hope you agree with me and FIFA
World ranking #1
Lionel Andrés Messi is an Argentine footballer who plays for La Liga club FC Barcelona and is the current captain of the Argentina national team, playing mainly as a forward.
Born:june 24, 1987
Height:1.69
Christiano Ronaldo
World ranking #2
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team.
Born:February 5, 1985
Height:1.86
Wayne Rooney
World ranking #3
Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003 becoming the youngest player to represent England.
Born:october 24, 1985
These are the top 3 best players in the world and I hope you agree with me and FIFA
321 fun! Get your hands dirty.
Royal road primary school in west auckland are aiming to be a sustainable school.
3 key ideas.
Green plastic buckets are outside every classroom for the compost area.
The compost is used on a large piece of empty land, but now is full of almost 2000 plants. Its also good for birbs building homes.
The kids fix trees that have been blown down by storms, and then plant them back with stakes holding them up.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
The are eco-friendly and sustainable
They have a composter and have planted many trees.
1 lightbulb moment
I didn't know that certain food scraps could make worms sick
3 key ideas.
Green plastic buckets are outside every classroom for the compost area.
The compost is used on a large piece of empty land, but now is full of almost 2000 plants. Its also good for birbs building homes.
The kids fix trees that have been blown down by storms, and then plant them back with stakes holding them up.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
The are eco-friendly and sustainable
They have a composter and have planted many trees.
1 lightbulb moment
I didn't know that certain food scraps could make worms sick
321 fun! Wrybills at risk
3 key ideas.
The Wrybills special crooked beak helps them find insect eggs and larvae.
Wrybills are very hard to see because they look like rocks, but they could get run over or walked on.
Wrybills like to nest in open spaces so the Rivercare groups go rid of the plants and weeds.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
Rivercare groups kill predators that eat Wrybill eggs.
Rivercare rip up plants so that they have more space to nest.
1 lightbulb moment.
I didn't know that Wrybills existed.
The Wrybills special crooked beak helps them find insect eggs and larvae.
Wrybills are very hard to see because they look like rocks, but they could get run over or walked on.
Wrybills like to nest in open spaces so the Rivercare groups go rid of the plants and weeds.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
Rivercare groups kill predators that eat Wrybill eggs.
Rivercare rip up plants so that they have more space to nest.
1 lightbulb moment.
I didn't know that Wrybills existed.
321 fun! Hukanui Enviroschool
3 key ideas.
The living room has 9 components and they are all eco-friendly.
The wormery is used to get rid of food scraps.
The wishlist involves many different requests for the living room and to help the architechs.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
Most buidings recycle around 10% of waste, at Hukanui the aim for 70%
Each area of the school has composting or landfill bins.
1 lightbulb moment
nearly 50% of NZ's waste comes from building sites.
The living room has 9 components and they are all eco-friendly.
The wormery is used to get rid of food scraps.
The wishlist involves many different requests for the living room and to help the architechs.
2 ways it relates to sustainability.
Most buidings recycle around 10% of waste, at Hukanui the aim for 70%
Each area of the school has composting or landfill bins.
1 lightbulb moment
nearly 50% of NZ's waste comes from building sites.
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
The legend of Rahi
Rahi Tuta kahina was married to Tiarakura Pakewai. But one day a despised group of enemy Iwi of fairy people, came and kidnapped Tiara.
Te puhuru cast a spell to make the forest impenetrable so that no could track them. Rahi and his family made a huge kite that could carry people (some people thing that Moari were the first pilots) then Rahi flew into the air in pursuit for Tiara's captures.
Tiara's captures soon realizes that Rahi is closing in so Puhuru cast a spell that put 2 suns in the sky to burn Rahi, it worked Rahi's kite burnt and he fell to the ground.
The forest was soaked dry, Rahi was dehydrated very quickly. But now Everything was dry and withering and Rahi had nothing to track Tiara with, but was still determined to find her.
The ngarara then changed its plans and started to circle Rahi, its tail thrashing about and sending debris and dust into Rahi. Very soon this created a deep canyon that filled up with water, leaving Rahi stranded on a small island. Then thing got even worse when Te Puhuru cast another spell making it really cold.
Namu the eagle hugged Rahi tightly to keep him warm and at that very moment Rahi stared up at the sky, to see the seven stars. Rahi knew that his father had cast a spell to build Te Ara an ice bridge.
Once Rahi reached Te Marama, the sun appeared and Rahi joined back with his iwi and begun his pursuit of tiara's captures. They offered the kidnappers safe passage for Tiara's return and their surrender. Soon enough they admitted defeat and exited their homes along with Tiara. But still Te Puhuru stayed inside the mountain and was blasted into space creating havoc.
Te puhuru cast a spell to make the forest impenetrable so that no could track them. Rahi and his family made a huge kite that could carry people (some people thing that Moari were the first pilots) then Rahi flew into the air in pursuit for Tiara's captures.
Tiara's captures soon realizes that Rahi is closing in so Puhuru cast a spell that put 2 suns in the sky to burn Rahi, it worked Rahi's kite burnt and he fell to the ground.
The forest was soaked dry, Rahi was dehydrated very quickly. But now Everything was dry and withering and Rahi had nothing to track Tiara with, but was still determined to find her.
The ngarara then changed its plans and started to circle Rahi, its tail thrashing about and sending debris and dust into Rahi. Very soon this created a deep canyon that filled up with water, leaving Rahi stranded on a small island. Then thing got even worse when Te Puhuru cast another spell making it really cold.
Namu the eagle hugged Rahi tightly to keep him warm and at that very moment Rahi stared up at the sky, to see the seven stars. Rahi knew that his father had cast a spell to build Te Ara an ice bridge.
Once Rahi reached Te Marama, the sun appeared and Rahi joined back with his iwi and begun his pursuit of tiara's captures. They offered the kidnappers safe passage for Tiara's return and their surrender. Soon enough they admitted defeat and exited their homes along with Tiara. But still Te Puhuru stayed inside the mountain and was blasted into space creating havoc.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Olympics medal tallies
New Zealand and Australia are currently having an intense war on who can get the most most gold medals. NZ are currently on 3 gold medals and Aussie are on 5 medals. Australia were disappointed that they were not able to stay with GBR, but then announced they would try beat NZ.
overall china are leading with 34 gold and USA with 30 gold. Overall new zealand have 10 medals and are sitting in 16th.
So I wonder who win, who do you think will win?
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