Tumblr Writing Project

   I think this would be a great idea, because you would be able to find someone that is like you and you can make a lot of new friends.

I think this should only display your First Name instead of your full name. I think it shouldn't show your age, but if anything say I was 23, I think it should just say 20s. This device should keep it's relationship status, but add a gender part. Education doesn't essentially need to be there, but mood is also a good idea. Sometimes someone might be really angry, so you know not to mess with or talk to them. Skills is not exactly essential, BUT if anyone wanted to go on a date with someone, that could help them with knowing what they like and/or enjoy doing.  Medical Information definitely does not belong there.

This would change day to day living A LOT . People would know about everyone wherever they went, they could get jobs easier and life would be so much easier. Everyday life would be so fascinating and would lead to much more advanced technology in the future. I would love these status bubbles, because you would know your way around a person and you can counter everything you want to say. You know whether to speak to the person or not, if they feel like talking, if they have something in common. Everything would be so much better. 

Clever Names

Note Taking

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

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!

Movie Challenge Reflection

Movie Challenge reflection

1. Embed your movie into your blog. Write a reflection underneath that outlines What your group did well?
Our group did well with teamwork and we did well at our well our movie was going to be panned out.

2. What would YOU do differently next time?

Organised our time differently so we could have had more feature parts to it.

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

Probably made the video more advanced with different camera angles and a better script/main message. Also, we probably would have made the quality much better and organised how we were going to edit it.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

Felt Rocks

Waimarino Blog Post

First Person View from a Blade of Grass.


As the first group of kids walked down the our concrete entrance, I thought to myself, isn't there two groups today? I knew that we were going to have a lot of kids running around, and that I would have to watch another group struggle to climb the UFO's ladder. I watched as Nicola and Jade looked over to the group, and then down on their clipboard.
"This isn't our school group, is it?" I heard Jade say.
"No, we have Tauranga Intermediate." Nicola would reply. I watched on as the small group continued to file down the stairway into the area. I could make out the Whakatane Intermediate shield on their uniforms. I waited around five minutes. Tauranga Intermediate was my favourite school, only yesterday we had a Light Blue House walk into our gates. They were a great group. Soon, around sixty kids filed so quickly down, they were faster then the speed of light.
TAURANGA INTERMEDIATE! I tried to shout, but then I realised I didn't have a mouth. My green body ruffled around as the wind from the incoming weather hit me with such speed, I nearly tipped over. I could see that the first halve of their trip wasn't going to be a fun part, as the rain was looking to shower down. All of the crazy coloured clothed people were really loud. I may have been near the diving board but I could see everything around the park.

As I watched the kids, I wanted to talk to every one of them, but I couldn't without a mouth. Nicola and Jade had large grins on their faces. They all ran towards the tent at the far side of the park as the rain started to pour. Soon they were changed and ready for their swim test. They dived off the board below me as I reached up as far as I could through the crack of where I was positioned. I watched them all dive in, and the kids at the back whimpering that it was too cold. They all swam hard to the ladder as they climbed out shouting it isn't that bad! I saw a medium height boy climb straight up on top of me. He looked like an advanced gymnast. He consistently jumped off until other people joined him. He positioned himself in a backflip position, as his foot slowly got closer to me. His foot was only centimetres away, only to realise at that moment, I was soon to be dead.

Life Education

This graph shows Addiction of a drug. For our example, we used the effect of someone taking meth and getting addicted. The graph explains the main features, showing you what happens to they're feelings and how much it damages someone once they're addicted.

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

E - Give an Excuse

A - Assertive

C - Change the Subject

H - Humor

W - Walk Away

I - Ignore

T- Talk about it or Toughen up

S - Say No!

Memory

Reason

Judgement

Mechanical Skills

Intellect

Concentration

Emotion

Life Education, the horrors of the drug P.

Methamphetamine or "P'' is a drug that is used by a lot of people, it leads to unneeded crimes and unnesscary deaths.

Methamphetamine affects a lot of body parts, and I am going to list what it does to them. First of all, your body temperature. It increases to dangerously high levels, and can cause Organ failures or brain damage. Secondly, the user of Meth starts hallucinating, thinking something is under their skin. They scratch and scratch and scratch until they leave massive sores. Thirdly, it affects our immune system, causing greying skin and open sores. Fourthly, Meth stops hunger and appetite, causing tissue and bones to become very unhealthy. Next, users will pretend that something is there, when non-users can obviously see that there isn't. Sometimes they twitch awkwardly, not even bring able to control it. Their blood pressure also can cause irregular heart beats and maybe a heart attack or stroke. Meth can cause rotten teeth and gums from its acid and horrible hygiene. And lastly, the user will start to lose hair.

There has been quite a lot of crimes involving meth, including a little girls murder and Samurai sword murders, but I took interest into one certain article. There was a RSA murder, involving a man called William Dwane Bell. He was high on methamphetamine and also drunk. He tried to work at the RSA but after two weeks was told to leave. He then returned injuring the club manager, a club member and an employee. Susan Couch received Brain Damage.

My Picture Book.

Read this free book made on StoryJumper

Homework Challenge #5: Complete a 10x10 grid in under 2 minutes.

Art Gallery Review - Homework Challenge.

On Tuesday 19th of August, our class visited the Tauranga Art Gallery. I decided to make the most of it by reviewing the pieces we were able to view. Here are my reviews.
When we entered, we sat down in front of a Red Piano with a Maori design on the edges. It was called the "Black Rainbow" made by Ralph Hotere and Michael Parekowhai. The piano was very well detailed, and was even amazingly playable! There was a real neat story behind it also, and what the designs were actually for. We then moved into a room with letters EVERYWHERE! The lady taking us around (Mel) told us that each letter meant something involving writing such as; I being Illustration and N being Narrative. We had about ten minutes to look around and explore before we went through some books and explained what letter it would be out of N and I. 

Later on, we then went into the Art Studio. Mel told us we had to make a random picture using water colours and a straw. It was going to be put into a class book of all these weird and wacky art designs, made into odd animals. Mine was "Tazz Fazz, who bought his favourite Jazz." Pretty weird, huh? Mrs Mills then put it into the book and sent it back to the Art Gallery. I wonder what they thought of it?

Comprehension Questions- Bao Bao Celebrates First Birthday

Comprehension Questions

Question One: Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?

Answer: On Saturday, August 23rd, Washington D.C streets were filled to celebrate their favourite giant panda. Bao Bao and his brother, Tai Shan, were the only ones to survive after the rest of their panda family was perished in China.

Question Two: How did the zookeepers celebrate it?

Answer: They kept to a Chinese Tradition to celebrate both Tai Shan and Bao Bao. They were both offered three honey-dipped honey bamboo shoots and they had colourful posters next to them. There was "Long Life", "Good Health" and "Many Cubs".  Bao Bao immediately went for the the "Long Life" bamboo. He also was made a cake made from apple juice and various items. It had a large number "one" on it, also. Bao Bao attacked his birthday cake with delight.

Question Three: 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: Bao Bao has learnt how to respond to her name and stand up straight on the weigh in's every month. The keepers are now trying to teach her how to lie down and present her paw when she needs her blood tested.

Physical and the Outdoors: Walking Johnson Reserve.

Hello,

My Mum and I, occasionally walk around the Johnson Reserve. We go through the reserve, out and down Osprey Drive and come back down through the entrance near Selwyn Ridge. Our walk would take around about 45 minutes. Here are some pictures.

The Entrance near Selwyn Ridge.

The Bridge by the Meadowviews entrance.

The Corner Track down below the Selwyn Ridge Entrance

The stairs up to the Selwyn Ridge Entrance.

The Johnson Reserve Waterfall.

The area where you first walk into the track from the bottom part of Waipuna

The Steps when entering the track.

The Bridge by the Waipuna Entrance.

Dangerous Decibels

Today, we visited the Whare Kai for a lesson about "Dangerous Decibels"with Toni. We learnt heaps about how long we can be around something that contains either a lot of noise or very minor noise.

Over the whole event, we learnt how to know the signs, what happens and what it looks like inside our ears, how it would sound if we had hearing loss, all sorts of stuff! We all got own pipe cleaner that resembled what happened if we went to a Heavy Metal concert and a card with noise control signs.

I thought the whole thing was good for me, to know how to prevent hearing loss in the future. Did you know, it is predicted that our generation will lose our hearing at the age of thirty? Scary, right?

Three ways we can prevent damage to our ears.

• Turn it Down
• Protect your Ears
• Walk Away

During the presentation, we were given a tuning fork and a ping pong ball on a string, We banged the tuning fork on the floor, and held it up near our ear and face. Then, we banged it five times, and put it near the ping pong ball. The ball flew up about 45 degrees, before returning to the pitching fork. Then, when it came down, it did the same thing again.

Comprehension Questions: Mining Cavern

Comprehension Questions

Question One: How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?

Answer: Bounce Below is an underground cavern. It is located 100ft deep and 60ft wide. Before the tramp, it was a mining cavern.

Question Two: What are some of the things visitors will experience at Bounce Below?

Answer: The underground of an ex- mining cavern which has been transformed into a beautiful colourful trampoline park, unlike any other such as dialled. Safety first! The visitor will have to gear up with helmets and You will be made to head onto an old mine cart for the first ride of the "mountain". When going up, you will see amazing lights and sights. Tramps go for 10,000 ft along.

Question Three: What are the two ziplines called? What is special about each one?

Answer: When they are finished in the cavern, they go out to their parent company, Zip world. Both of them are called Velocity and Titan. They are special because Velocity is 500ft above the ground, also being the northern hemispheres biggest zipline. Titan can take people at the same time, which is really cool! Titan is not only one of the biggest ziplines around, but can amazingly carry people simultaneously, I think its great.

Maui and the Giant Fish

Homework: Physical Education and the Outdoors.

I am competing in the AIMS Basketball training, which we go through intense fitness trainings over the weeks. I will be recording what we do for the next weeks until our special week comes up.

Term 3, Week Two

This week, we did fitness tests and training. While two of us were completing in a push up-step-shoot-run and repeat, the rest of us had to continue with conditioning such as 2 minutes worth of planking or 20 press ups, etc. The game we continued with, there was a suction cup sort of pop-up pop-down item. We had to start out with two press ups, then we had to step and shoot. After that, we had to run to the opposite side of the court and come back. Next, we had to do three press ups, four press ups etc.

Term 3, Week Three
I wasn't allowed to do much this week as I had an important tournament in the weekend. The team participated in normal training with a lot of fitness and a lot of running. I practised my shooting.

Term 3, Week Four

Our coach Greg was back, so we ran through our normal drills. 

Term 3, Week Five

We went over a new drill which is called a press break. It is called Blue.

Term 3, Week Six

We had a 5 hour AIMS training due to needing to go over everything before the big week.

Term 3, Week 7

We didn't do any hard work, we went over our goals and went through post offensive stuff.

AIMs week

Monday: We won our first game 33- 21 to St. Peter's College in Auckland. I was privelleged to start too! Our second game we won again 33-9 against Whakatane. Great day so far.

Tuesday:

We had to play 3 games today. We won the first game against Hastings, luckily, by 40-38. The second game we won by one goal 30-28 to Waihi. Two challenging games in one day! We then lost to Peachgrove Intermediate in Hamilton, 45-26. 

Wednesday:

Now, our team had a fairly easy game and a heck of a challenging one! We had Otumoetai first up, winning by 46-19. Then, we had the top of the pool, Rosmini in Auckland. They were really well drilled! We lost by 62-24.

Thursday:

We had a fairly easy game to start, beating St. Marys Putararu. 49-20 was the score. Then, we crossed over 3rd of our pool playing Koromatua, who were 3rd in Pool A. We won 32-23. Now we were playing for 9th and 10th against at the winner on the court next to us.

Friday:

Belmont was our opposition today. We only had one game. The score at the end  was 39-36 and guess who won ... US! We were now 9th out of 36th! Great position and great tournament ! 

Top Three:

Rosmini - 1st

North Cross - 2nd

Peachgrove - 3rd

Two teams in our pool were in the Top Three, wow!

A Full Season of Basketball

I have completed my first homework challenge, I have completed a season of Basketball.

I am in the Under Thirteen Tauranga Reps Team, and we just competed in a competition between our region over the weekend, the teams are as follows;

• Thames Valley
• Waikato A
• Waikato B
• Tauranga A
• Tauranga B
• Rotorua A
• Rotorua B
• Central Country

To qualify to head to Dunedin in the next holidays, we had to place in the top three over the whole tournament. We were placed in two pools. We were placed in a pool with Thames, Rotorua A and Waikato B. We played Waikato B on Saturday morning, at 8am. We won that game, after a slow start. We then found out Thames Valley pulled out so we won that game by default and then had a small training session. Then, we got to our competition, Rotorua A. We took a massive lead, before they made an epic comeback. We held it together, just, before the end winning again. Soon, we were in cross overs. We then played Central Country, if we won, we would be playing off for 1st and 2nd. We ended up having a real good game, winning. We were all very excited, because we were now competing nationally. The final game we lost to Waikato A only by seven though, but we didn't care, we had already qualified and thats what counted. Now that half of the season is complete, we now move onto the more serious note.  Big future awaits us when we hit Dunedin.

Comprehension Questions: Realistic Androids

Comprehension Questions

Question One: What are androids?

Answer: Androids are similar to Robots, but more realistic. They move realisticly, and look REALLY realistic. The two androids are both named Otonaroid (Otano means adult in Japanese) and the juvenile Kodomoroid (Kodomo means child in Japanese). Otano can tell you the latest news, via from an internet feed. WOW! Kodomo speaks a variety of different languages, all in different tones. How amazing!

Question Two: Name the three robots Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has created for the 'Android: What is Human' exhibition? What are their respective roles?

Answer: Kodomo, Otano and a smaller bot named Telenoid that is a much smaller version of all of them, kind of the size of a baby. As said above, they all have their creppy and interesting minds of their own. Telenoid is used like a baby, giving the android a hug or even a quick conversation, before you move on.

Question Three: Why are androids more difficult to build then normal robots?

Answer: Normal robots do not have the advanced skill, so it would be so hard! The creator, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, first have to make a realistic skull, body etc. They spend nearly hours moulding and making it perfect. They then use hours of programming, and I would love some day to know how in depth they really do go!

CRITICAL THINKING
Question: Some people believe android robots are cool. Others think they are a little creepy. What side are you on? Why?

Answer: I think they are both, but I am more on the cooler site. I think this is extrodinary and is amazing but also creepy too.

Comprehension Questions: British 'Naughty Contest'

Comprehension Questions

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

Answer: They wanted people to upload videos of their pets doing the 'naughtiest' thing they can do for their competition 'Naughtiest Pets'

Question Two: What title did Yodie win? What did he do to deserve it?

Answer: Yodie destoryed a lot of items, by ripping them apart. The vet told him to stay home for two weeks, and after a lot of boredom, he ripped up any cushion he could find. He then won the title for being the naughtiest dog, with shreds of cushion and fluff everywhere. 

Question Three: What are the 2nd and 3rd place winners known to do frequently?

Answer: In second place, a dog named Harry whose favourite hobbies to do is also shred things up, but this time, he shreds up newspapers and magazines. Third place was a hilarious dog named Stoops, who surprisingly jumps into fridges and licks the top of the milk cartons.

CRITICAL THINKING

Question: What is the naughtiest thing that you have seen or heard a pet do?

Answer: Well... seeing a dog and cat make the world their toilet is pretty bad hah, but otherwise probably about a dog named Sequency who ripped up most of her house up, with the cushions, couch pillows, bedsheets, she was on a rampage!