Monday, 17 December 2018
North and South.
Greymouth is special for many reasons. It has a great beach to go surfing and is surrounded by mountains and lakes. The best thing is all the walks around Greymouth. Sometimes the weather is stunning but is grey as well. It's great to go surfing down at Cobden beach. The Grey river looks great in the sunlight and Greymouth is a great place to live.
Top 3 fun facts about New Zealand.
The West coast is sometimes called Te Tai Poutini. This is because in Maori legend a taniwha called poutini resided there.
Pounamu (Greenstone) was apparently made by the taniwha Poutini. He stole a lady called Waitaiki and turned her to greenstone. This happened up the Arahura river. Waitaiki's husband chased Poutini down.
Stewart island is considered the anchor of te waka o maui, the south island. It is called Te Punga o Te Waka a Maui, as in the anchor of the waka.
Pounamu (Greenstone) was apparently made by the taniwha Poutini. He stole a lady called Waitaiki and turned her to greenstone. This happened up the Arahura river. Waitaiki's husband chased Poutini down.
Stewart island is considered the anchor of te waka o maui, the south island. It is called Te Punga o Te Waka a Maui, as in the anchor of the waka.
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
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Monday, 5 November 2018
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Exotic Paradise Response.
Purpose for reading: we are learning to identify the features of an
informational text.
informational text.
Text: Exotic Paradise
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Answer the questions below
and record your answers for posting on your blog. Write in complete sentences. Try to use some of the rich vocabulary from the list. | ||
N Continents
ADJ Predatory
N Mammals
N Prehistory
N Fossil
V Pattered
N Molar
N Catalogue
N Palaeontologist
N Sediment
N Palaeolake
N Notion
ADJ Archetypal
V Evolved
ADJ Complex
ADJ Prolific
Globally
Predatory
Bottleneck
Complex
Genus
|
ADJ Terrestrial
N Vertebrates
N Fragments
ADJAncestral
V Dwarfed
V Unearthed
ADJ Undisputed
N Genus
V Burrowing
N Exodus
V Recolonising
ADJ Evolutionary
ADJ Bottleneck
N Hubs
ADJ Globally
|
How long ago
was the Mesozoic era?
The Mesozoic
era was 65 million years ago.
Name three
animals
that lived in
that time and three that did not.
They were
flamingos, penguins and asbills.
Humans,
chickens and dogs were not alive then.
According to
the article what happened to tropical plant species during the Pleistocene era?
during the
Pleistocene era all the tropical plants froze during this time.
What new
species arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand at the time of the Pleistocene ice ages? The ancestors of the Haast eagle, Takahe and the large laughing owl. |
Explain, in your
words, the theory behind the Gondwana supercontinent. You may need to research first.
There used to be
one supercontinent called Gondwana but shifting plates and erosion split it up and after a couple of million years the continents split further apart.
Name three
animals that have been discovered at Lake Manuherikia that we definitely do not have in Aotearoa/ New Zealand today. Giant bats, Moa and Tiny Kiwi.
If Lake Taupo has
an area of 616km², how big is Lake Manuherikia? Lake Manuherikia is 5544 km squared.
Why are there so
many gaps in our terrestrial fossil records?
Complete the
response to Informational Text as found in your literacy folder. |
Globally means world wide or all around the world.
Predatory means acts like a predator. If something is predatory
it acts like a predator and is mostly a predator.
it acts like a predator and is mostly a predator.
A bottleneck is a place where two walls come close together forcing
animals together and sometimes smothering them.
animals together and sometimes smothering them.
Very complicating.
Genus is a type of genre of species.
Friday, 26 October 2018
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
NZ bush speech by Arly.
Kia Ora ladies and gentlemen. Swinging bridges, towering mountains and
not a speck of litter to ruin it. This is one of the positives of inaccessibility to
the NZ bush. Most people consider the New Zealand bush to be untouched
and full of hidden gems. This is because it is untouched by litter.
not a speck of litter to ruin it. This is one of the positives of inaccessibility to
the NZ bush. Most people consider the New Zealand bush to be untouched
and full of hidden gems. This is because it is untouched by litter.
Recently I went tramping with a family from Dubai and they commented on
how unpolluted our bush is. So naturally I started thinking about why that is
and my first thought is what I am talking about today. Get ready for it…. It’s
because the New Zealand bush is largely inaccessible to most people.
You may ask how people go tramping there if it’s inaccessible to most people
and that's a fair question. I’m here to inform you why the NZ bush is
inaccessible to most people and the positives of the bush being inaccessible.
how unpolluted our bush is. So naturally I started thinking about why that is
and my first thought is what I am talking about today. Get ready for it…. It’s
because the New Zealand bush is largely inaccessible to most people.
You may ask how people go tramping there if it’s inaccessible to most people
and that's a fair question. I’m here to inform you why the NZ bush is
inaccessible to most people and the positives of the bush being inaccessible.
The New Zealand bush is inaccessible to some people because they are
obese. If you are obese then you probably can’t go tramping into the bush.
Studies show a shocking 32% of adults over the age of 15 are obese.
That's ⅓ of the population. If you picked three random people off the street
chances are that one of them are obese. That's pretty bad. So that makes ⅓
of people in New Zealand inaccessible to the bush because they are obese.
obese. If you are obese then you probably can’t go tramping into the bush.
Studies show a shocking 32% of adults over the age of 15 are obese.
That's ⅓ of the population. If you picked three random people off the street
chances are that one of them are obese. That's pretty bad. So that makes ⅓
of people in New Zealand inaccessible to the bush because they are obese.
Now I know that there is probably someone in the audience who is going to
say, “Well I know someone who is obese and goes tramping.” and to that I
say, Great! That’s awesome for you. Anyway if ⅓ of people can’t go tramping
because of obesity, how many people just can’t tramp for some unknown
reason. Well originally I was thinking ⅙ of people in nz go tramping but I was
way off, I looked through websites and did the math and figured out that only
9% of New Zealanders go tramping in national parks.
say, “Well I know someone who is obese and goes tramping.” and to that I
say, Great! That’s awesome for you. Anyway if ⅓ of people can’t go tramping
because of obesity, how many people just can’t tramp for some unknown
reason. Well originally I was thinking ⅙ of people in nz go tramping but I was
way off, I looked through websites and did the math and figured out that only
9% of New Zealanders go tramping in national parks.
Now we know how many people go tramping. What are the other reasons
the bush is inaccessible to people? Sometimes it’s too dangerous to go
tramping. Many parts of the NZ bush are inaccessible because of rainfall or
just plain danger. Rivers can get in your way and so can mountains. Also the
weather can change instantly. I was tramping once and It was so hot we were
in singlets. We walked for ten more minutes and were hit by cold temperature
and winds. Most people look at the weather and only pack for that. You should
pack for all weather whether it is hot or cold. Sometimes inaccessibility is a
good thing though.
the bush is inaccessible to people? Sometimes it’s too dangerous to go
tramping. Many parts of the NZ bush are inaccessible because of rainfall or
just plain danger. Rivers can get in your way and so can mountains. Also the
weather can change instantly. I was tramping once and It was so hot we were
in singlets. We walked for ten more minutes and were hit by cold temperature
and winds. Most people look at the weather and only pack for that. You should
pack for all weather whether it is hot or cold. Sometimes inaccessibility is a
good thing though.
There are many positives to inaccessibility. For example less litter and less
plastic appear in the bush. This is because if a person is too lazy to put their
rubbish in a bin then they are probably too lazy to go tramping. If the bush is
inaccessible, some endangered species in the wild can live without being
disturbed by humans. Humans kill the most animals by polluting their habitats
and disrupting them. Animals also eat human food and get majorly sick from it.
If you drive through Arthurs Pass you’ll see signs saying DO NOT FEED THE
KEA! This is because the kea become beggar's and don’t hunt for food. This
sets the whole food chain wrong and as we know this has disastrous
consequences. If humans can’t get to the kea in the first place this means
that the kea can’t be disrupted. Those are all the reasons that inaccessibility
is good. Though, some people think that national parks should have a road
going through them.
plastic appear in the bush. This is because if a person is too lazy to put their
rubbish in a bin then they are probably too lazy to go tramping. If the bush is
inaccessible, some endangered species in the wild can live without being
disturbed by humans. Humans kill the most animals by polluting their habitats
and disrupting them. Animals also eat human food and get majorly sick from it.
If you drive through Arthurs Pass you’ll see signs saying DO NOT FEED THE
KEA! This is because the kea become beggar's and don’t hunt for food. This
sets the whole food chain wrong and as we know this has disastrous
consequences. If humans can’t get to the kea in the first place this means
that the kea can’t be disrupted. Those are all the reasons that inaccessibility
is good. Though, some people think that national parks should have a road
going through them.
Case in point is the Haast to Hollyford road. To go from Haast to Hollyford
track it takes 7 hours! People who want to cut that time say that we should
have a road straight through Mount Aspiring national park. That would cut off
more than half of the trip. I understand why people want to cut a road right
through a national park but 45 different native species of birds live there alone.
If you let cars drive straight through the park then people are going to throw
their rubbish and plastic out of the window and pollute the national park. And
here I am thinking that the whole point of national parks is to keep them safe.
track it takes 7 hours! People who want to cut that time say that we should
have a road straight through Mount Aspiring national park. That would cut off
more than half of the trip. I understand why people want to cut a road right
through a national park but 45 different native species of birds live there alone.
If you let cars drive straight through the park then people are going to throw
their rubbish and plastic out of the window and pollute the national park. And
here I am thinking that the whole point of national parks is to keep them safe.
In conclusion I believe that inaccessibility is big in New Zealand bush and
that inaccessibility is an amazing form of conservation.
that inaccessibility is an amazing form of conservation.
Bibliography.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/99088942/tourists-outnumber-new-
zealanders-on-the-great-walks--and-the-gaps-growing
zealanders-on-the-great-walks--and-the-gaps-growing
Te Uru with Room 10 CH from Grey High School
WALT participate in the learning of others. Why: Building on our transition to high school.
Success criteria: be active participants in a new cultural game: use our listening skills,
watch, ask questions and practice.
watch, ask questions and practice.
On the 18th of August 2018 Room 10 CH from Grey High School taught us how to play a cultural
game called Te uru.
We played in on the Karoro school field. Te uru is a game where you score points by catching a
ball while standing on a certain point of the field.
It’s sort of like netball apart from the fact that you have to catch the ball with your palm flat
and with one hand. My favourite part was winning the games. Next time the students should enforce
the rules.
game called Te uru.
We played in on the Karoro school field. Te uru is a game where you score points by catching a
ball while standing on a certain point of the field.
It’s sort of like netball apart from the fact that you have to catch the ball with your palm flat
and with one hand. My favourite part was winning the games. Next time the students should enforce
the rules.
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
St Johns first aid.
On the 3rd of september Ruma Tahi of Karoro School did a first aid course with a St Johns officer
called Catherine Allen. First she went over the DRSABCD.
called Catherine Allen. First she went over the DRSABCD.
D for danger. Check for danger. R for response. Check the patient for a response.
S for help. Send someone to get help or call for help. A for airways. Tilt the head back and lift chin.
B for breathing. Check that the patient is breathing.
S for help. Send someone to get help or call for help. A for airways. Tilt the head back and lift chin.
B for breathing. Check that the patient is breathing.
If the patient is breathing do not commence step C or D. If the patient is not breathing go to C.
CPR. Put your hands on their chest and do 30 compressions. After this breathe twice into their mouth.
Repeat. D is for defibrillation. Someone should have grabbed a defibrillator by now.
This machine has instructions to use it. Use it to jumpstart people's hearts.
CPR. Put your hands on their chest and do 30 compressions. After this breathe twice into their mouth.
Repeat. D is for defibrillation. Someone should have grabbed a defibrillator by now.
This machine has instructions to use it. Use it to jumpstart people's hearts.
First cut open the patients clothes. Then set up the defibrillator and press shock.
Don’t be alarmed if the person shakes. Then we had to practice CPR on dummies
to the beat of Stayin Alive.
Don’t be alarmed if the person shakes. Then we had to practice CPR on dummies
to the beat of Stayin Alive.
At the end we all got certificates saying we had passed the course. In my opinion what
we learnt was life saving and even though everyone was a bit embarrassed about doing
CPR on a dummy we all listened and didn’t muck about.
we learnt was life saving and even though everyone was a bit embarrassed about doing
CPR on a dummy we all listened and didn’t muck about.
I personally liked the session because it was a great reminder of something I haven’t done in a long time.
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