King Street Bridge

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King Street Bridge

By Hinemoana Baker

This article is about a girl named Hera getting bullied by two girls named Lyza and Rebecca.

• Lyza and Rebecca bullied Hera just because she was Maori.
• Hera has a friend named Jules.

On King Street Bridge, Hera had lost her lunch to an Eel, so she was feeling pretty dizzy on her way to School today. Hera walked to School with Jules, and when they got there, Jules gave her a greenstone taonga to keep for a while.

After School was finished, Hera was going home now, again crossing the King Street Bridge. As she was walking, she could see Lyza and Rebecca, the two bullies, waiting for her at the bridge. Hera was about to approach them, but Hera was feeling a bit dizzy again. Lyza and Rebecca were calling her names and mocking her. When Hera got closer. She fainted…

When Hera fainted.. Lyza and Rebecca were very worried, they thought she had died.

After that happened, Hera told Jules everything. Lyza and Rebecca walked past them, Lyza said “Hi, Hera” and Hera smiled. Lyza and Rebecca were so scared, they didn’t want to bully her again.

This is Hera waking up from when she fainted.

Keep your Cat inside

Title: Keep Your Cat Inside

Author: Mike Tapp

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This article is about pet cats escaping from the house, and eating other animals and invertebrates like Mice, Birds, Insects and Geckos. Scientists put Kittycam’s on some Cats to see where they go at night while their owners are sleeping. The Scientists also found out that they eat NZ native birds and insects, like Weta’s.

Scientists have to cut open stray Cats just to find out what they ate, or they either wait for the Cat droppings and they look very carefully for pieces of animals like Mice, but it is kind of difficult, because their is also Cat food in the droppings. It is kind of hard to find the Cat droppings, because they tend to hide it.

• Study 1 result, Cats have killed: 314 mice, 267 birds, 183 skinks, 67 rats, 64 insects, 8 geckos, 3 rabbits and 1 stoat.
• 43% of the animals that the pet Cats killed were native to New Zealand.
• Pet Cats killed more birds, skinks, geckos and wetas than rats and mice.

Learning from the Christchurch Earthquake

During 2010, Christchurch had a 7.1 Richter Scale earthquake. The earthquake caused liquefaction. Dr Nicol say “The Christchurch experience teaches us that liquefaction might in some cases cause bigger problems for people than movement on the fault itself.”

The 2010 earthquake Richter scale was 7.1, but nobody died.

The second earthquake was on the 22nd of February 2011, this earthquake’s Richter scale was 6.3. Unlike the earthquake in 2010, this one was worst... 185 people were killed, mostly when multi-storied buildings collapsed.

Scientists are using Christchurch earthquakes as an example to learn from it, so they can warn people to make good choices about where they live.

All About Me 2016

All About Me

Hi, my name is Shannon. I am a year 7 student at Glenbrae School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Room 8 and my teacher is Mr. Nath.

I like to play Tennis. I like to write long paragraphs and I really like Science, because it’s so creative. I am a Belieber - A real fan of Justin Bieber. I have a 5 month old puppy named Woody. My favourite colour is blue. I can understand a little bit of Hindi.

I like horror movies and comedy too. I think planets and outer space are really interesting and breath-taking.

My goal for 2016 is to be more confident in class and talk more in group activities. I really want to reach the National Standards in all curriculum areas and most of all achieve a higher level in Mathematics.

Animated Story Ideas

https://www.mindmup.com/#m:g10B-drNodAQhBpQlZYa0tZQ2NqUDQ

This is a Animated Story Idea I made about the people, apps, brands, animals and items I like. I found this activity really interesting, creative and super fun because I got to talk about the things I like!

Anyway, have a look at it and comment!

Fiji Cyclone - Donation.

You might already know this, but Fiji had an awful Cyclone. The Cyclone flooded houses and some people were killed, so my family and I decided that we should give all our clothes and shoes that we don’t wear, to them. We sent them yesterday, there were four really big boxes.

We are also going to donate some stationary for the kids, there are a lot more items I gave to them too. There are two big boxes of stationary, and toys. We really hope they are safe, and they rebuild quickly.

Be Healthy, Be Active

Today for Inquiry, we played an interactive game on creating a balanced meal. My plate had corn, peas, a grilled piece of fish and pasta. Here's the link to play!

Here's my dish!