Trying To Swim More Further

SUMMARY:

Kiwi freediving champion William Trubridge will aim to break his world record. William Trubridge will aim to swim to a depth of 102 meters.

OPINION:

I think that William Trubridge is a brilliant freediver.It is cool that he can hold his breath for more than 10 minutes.

The Future Umbrella!

SUMMARY:

A group of scientists have noticed that New Zealand is having a poor and rainy spring so they developed a new umbrella. An air umbrella. It doesn’t depend on materials.

OPINION:

I think that this umbrella is very cool! It is very thoughtful of them to make a new umbrella. I think that this is going to be very popular and I would definitely buy this.

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Japanese Flip Books

SUMMARY:

These are Japanese animated flip books.  It took place at a convention (Hyper Japan).

OPINION:

I think that these books are cool.  It must of took them a really long time to do the flip book. 

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Is It Possible?

SUMMARY:

Sven a Italian performance artist is doing a task which many people believe is an impossible task. He is searching for a needle in a haystack. He says that it is a fun task but he would definitely have to work hard!

OPINION:

I don’t think this task is impossible but I do think that it is going to be very itch and hard work. I also think that this task might be possible but there is a 50-50 chance of it being successful.

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My Favourite Film For The Maniakalani Film Festival 2014

SUMMARY:

My favourite film from the Manaiakalani Film Festival 2014 is a film made from the people at Stonefield School by Learning Hub 9. The video is called Penguin Wars 2. It is a film about two penguin tribes that fight over a school.

OPINION

I think this is a very cool film. I really liked it because no other school had done this. It probably took a really long time to take all the photos and put them all together.

An Epic Failure

SUMMARY:

A Youtube video has now gained a lot of attention online. During a news broadcast a man in the background decided to take a selfie. While he was too distracted taking the image he didn’t see where he was going then fell off down into the water.

OPINION:

I think that this video is funny but did anyone watching the news notice?

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The Passageway and The Note

You find a lot of old stuff hidden in library books! It was an ordinary day and I was going to the Auckland Central Library. I lived a few blocks away from it so it was easy to get there. Obviously it was the most popular library and there were always a lot of people there. People normally fight for their book even me. I ran and got a book called “The Tunnel of Good”. Once I touched it someone else came and snatched it off me. We started pulling it when suddenly a note dropped out. I got the note . I ran to the bathroom immediately and read the note. It said “To understand this clue you must read the book it was in”. I finally realised that I had let go of the book the clue was in.The person that snatched the book off me was Sally Penningham. She is the fastest reader I know so I knew I would get all the information off her that I needed.The next day I went to Auckland Central Library again and got the information I needed. The story said “go to the entrance and they’ll be a little door”. “Go through it and you’ll find your way to the other side of the room”. So I did what it told me to do. When I did it, it took me to the bathroom. The Passageway was really useful especially when times I needed it!

A New Bionic Arm Can Now Touch

SUMMARY:

Igor Septic, a man who had a prosthetic limb now can feel his arm. Igor now can feel his arm thanks to US scientists who have created a  bionic arm which now has sense to touch.

OPINION:

I think that this is cool and surprising at the same time. The Bionic Arm would be really useful if I had a prosthetic limb and it probably is for Igor.

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A True Spooky Halloween House!

SUMMARY:

Brian and Susan Trost have now started seeing Brown Recluse spiders. Two pest control companies went but neither one of them were able to solve the infestation. Brian and Susan filed a lawsuit against the previous owner of the house who didn’t aware them. Luckily last week the problem was dealt with by using gas to get rid of the spiders and their eggs.

OPINION:

I think that this is sad for Brian and Susan but also disgusting as well. If that happened to my house, I’’d just go live with my dad.

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Going To The Interschool Tournament For Cross Country

I was one of the chosen people to go to a cross country interschool tournament at Bailey Road School. We went there by van and back. I am a year seven girl and ran against the other year seven girls.

Once we got there they were just about to begin. First up was the year 3 girls and they did really well. We had to wait until it was our turn to race. Finally after a long time waiting and cheering others it was our turn. We went to the starting line and before we knew it we were off.

At the beginning I started to jog and kept to my own pace. We had to do 3 full laps of the course and most of the course was full of mud. On the first lap I was okay until I got to my second. When I did the second lap I was a little tired, but the third lap was the most tiring of all because thats when I’d got the “stitch.”

Eventually I had came 6th place .Even though I was the smallest person out of all the year seven girls that were racing I did pretty good and I’m proud!

My Tessellation

I have made a tessellation and these are my four main tips!

Four Main Tips To Make Your Tessellation:

• The best way to make your tessellation exactly symmetrical is to copy and paste it or Control D it.
• If you are doing the same patterns throughout the whole thing it is best to group it by pressing it then holding Shift and pressing on what you want as a group. The reason you do this is so that it’ll take less time.
• You can rotate it so that you will have it in different directions.
• (Main Tip For Me) Use colours that match so that your tessellation can look better!

Is This A Prank?

SUMMARY:

In Barnsley Auction Centre in South Yorkshire a cabinet has broken into pieces! They say that no one was in the building when the cabinet was smashed. On the video of the cabinet breaking it first opens then shatters into pieces. The house owner Danny, believes that the house is haunted. He says that “this is more scarier than a destructive hooligan”!

OPINION:

I think that this is creepy but I would love to see it with my own eyes for evidence but I don’t know whether I’d be more scared of a destructive hooligan or a ghost!

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From Singing To Suing

SUMMARY:

US rapper Eminem is now suing The National Party for using his song without his permission. The song that they used is his award winning rap song “Lose Yourself”.

OPINION:

I think that it’s not fair that The National Party used Eminem’s song for a video without his permission!

Hundreds Trapped By Floods!

SUMMARY:

Thousands of people in Northern India are trapped from heavy floodwaters. Heavy rains have caused the floods and also landslides which have killed 400 people in India and Pakistan.

OPINION:

I think that it is very bad that over 400 people have already died in India and Pakistan. It is also very bad because not only people are dying but the flood has caused massive damages which will cost over 8 million dollars to rebuild.

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Glass In Cereals!

SUMMARY:

Shoppers that have brought  boxes of Honey Poppas are encouraged to to return the product because there is a suspicion that there is glass fragments in it. Luckily there has been no reports of injury yet!

OPINION:

It is very surprising that there is a suspicion that glass is in cereals! Shouldn’t they call every person that brought it just in case?

Boy Steals A Bus In His Pajamas!

SUMMARY:

A 9 year old boy stole a bus in his pajamas and won’t be charged because of his age. The bus stopped after it hit a truck then hit another bus which made it have a broken windshield and thats when the boy climbed in and took off. Luckily no one was injured!

OPINION:

It’s a rare thing that would happen but he should still be punished for what he had done.

Kiwi Kids Attrubbition

Best Friends Forever!

SUMMARY:

Even though they come from different animal families they still are best friends! Ruuxa a cheetah cub and Raina a puppy are best friends.

OPINION:

I think that it’s cool that Ruuxa and Raina are best friends even though they are different animals! But anyone and anything can be best friends like dogs. They are known to be mankind's best friends!

Kiwi Kids Attribbution

Being A Tourist

We have been learning to create a positive digital foot print. In the future I want my digital foot print to show all the places I have been visiting. 

Asteroid 40,000 Kilometres Away From New Zealand!

SUMMARY:

At 6AM an asteroid within the size of a small house  soared over New Zealand. The asteroid was over 40,000 kilometers away and is 18m. You could not see it just by eye but with a telescope you would see it clearly.

OPINION:

When I saw this on Kiwi Kids News i was really shocked! Most people wouldn’t even know that it happened because most people would be sleeping at 6AM.

Mexican Chefs Makes A Giant Enchilada!

SUMMARY:

A group of mexican chefs have made an 85 meter long enchilada. It weighs more than 900kgs. Sadly it was too small to make the Guinness Book Of World Records

OPINION:

Even though it didn’t make the Guinness Book Of World Records, it is still pretty enormous and it might even feed more than 200 people!

The Most Birthday Wishes!

SUMMARY:

The Father of a girl posted on Facebook and asked his friends to send birthday to her. After he asked his friends they soon told a lot of people who sent cards but the father Bruce didn’t expect over 1,000 cards.

OPINION:

I think that it is cool that she got over 100 birthday wishes. But she would have to read a lot of cards and her mailbox would be overfilled but I think that she’ll love it anyway!

Virtual Baby's First Words!

SUMMARY:

A virtual baby called BABYX was born 2 years ago at The University of Auckland and just said it’s first words.  BABAYX can respond, react and see what's in front of her while she learns and grows more!

OPINION:

I think that it is good that BABYX finally said her first words and that she is learning but to me she looks really creepy.

Finally Getting Cleaned!

SUMMARY:

Cleaners now have been cleaning the world’s most famous clock, Big Ben. Big Ben is the actual nickname of the bell inside the clock tower.

OPINION:

I think it is good that people are cleaning Big Ben because the last clean it probably had was years ago and I’m surprised the hands still work!

My Necklace

This is my necklace. I made it at Hard Material at Tamaki College in Mr Grundy’s Workshop. Unfortunately some of the people in my class didn’t finish it in time to take it home and I was one of them. Even though I didn’t get the chance to take it home it was  cool even having the opportunity to make one. Next year we will be going back to Mr Grundy’s Workshop but next time I am going to focus so that I can get it finished and take it home.

Aloud Phones On Areoplanes?

SUMMARY:

Passengers on Qantas and Virgin airlines are able to use their mobile phones when on Australian domestic and international flights. In New Zealand no one yet knows if it going to be allowed on Air New Zealand Planes.

OPINION:

I think that they should let people use their phones on Air New Zealand Planes so that they can communicate using their phones.

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Three People Injured At Bledisloe Cup Game!

At the Bledisloe Cup Game the fireworks injured three people. They were struck by debris when the fireworks ignited following the All Black haka.

How did the three people get injured when we can see in the picture that the fireworks and the audience are spaced out? From now on I think that people are going to sit at the back!

World's Biggest Underground Trampoline Park

The world’s biggest underground trampoline park is in North Wales and the most thrilling thing about it is the highest trampoline which is 54 meters off the ground!

To me I think that the underground trampoline park is cool especially because the highest trampoline is 54 meters off the ground!

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The Brand New Rainbow House

The Rainbow House has 4 bedrooms. It is colourful and the rent is $15,000 per month. There are a lot of cool features. I think that this Rainbow House is cool because it has slides connected to each room and kitchen. This might be the next most coolest house in history that was ever made.

Going To McDonald On A Stretcher

A man that was strapped to a stretcher went to McDonald's and ordered his meal from the drive through because McDonald is his favourite food. When I read this article I was surprised. I wondered if it was a good idea to eat McDonald's before surgery.

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NZ's Most Popular Surnames

A list with New Zealand’s most popular Surnames has now been produced with the name ‘Smith’ continuing it’s 100-year reign, as New Zealand’s most popular surname. Smith has remained as most popular but now there has been an increase  in Asian names, especially in the Auckland area.

The records show that Smith, Wilson and William are the three most popular family names in 2013. Smith has been the most popular since 1913. The top 4 names this year are Wan, Li, Chen and Liu and 14 of the top 20 were of Asian surnames. Smith came in at 5th place.

This is really interesting and shows how our population is changing over time.

Monkey Selfie

A monkey selfie image now has caused uproar on the internet following a debate over who owns the image. A guy named David Slater was taking photos of monkey’s when one of them took the camera of him and took a picture itself. Now the photo has now became famous with a huge amount of people using it.

People are saying that they don’t have to pay to use it because the monkey took the photo so no human owns the copyright. Usually professional photographers charge anyone who uses the snap they’ve taken because they own something called a copyright.

Wikipedia has been using one of the monkey’s selfie image without paying. They say that although the photo was taken on David Slater’s camera he still didn’t take the photo. Now he is angry and trying to find the site to take the picture down.

Katy Perry's True Magic

These parents  know how to stop their baby from crying and it’s all thanks to Katy Perry. Katy Perry’s song Dark Horse made the little baby girls day from bad to good. Katy Perry’s song turns her mood right around. The video of the upset baby has now become an internet sensation. The toddler broke out with excitement when Katy Perry’s Dark Horse song starts playing on the radio.

Before and After

National Symbol Of Cameroon

 I chose this national symbol because I like their motto, Peace, Work and Fatherland. The axe on the left is for Peace (Paix) and the axe on the right is for Fatherland (Patrie). The Shield is for Work (Travail). 

Commenting On A Blog

What I Have Done:

• I have asked a question to keep the conversation going.
• I have added information.
• I have added what I would of done if I was there.

What I Need To Improve:

• To write something about the post more often.
• I need to be more specific when I am writing.
• Try to use different words every once and then.

A Four Winged Fossil Has Been Found!

Scientists in China have found the fossil of a four winged feathered dinosaur. The small bird-like creature is called Changyuraptor yangi. It lived 125 million years ago in the Liaoning Province of China.

At 132cm long, weighing over 4 kilograms, it is the biggest dinosaur of it’s type. The Changyuraptor yangi is bigger than the largest birds that are flying around now, like the Albatross.

The scientist found a full skeleton with a long tail and some 30cm feathers. Four winged dinosaur such as the Changyuraptor yangi are known as microraptorines.

Wouldn’t it be cool to have them still flying around?

A Dangerous Hiding Spot!

An 11 year old girl thought that she found a perfect hiding place until she realised that she was stuck. Hiding in the washing machine kept her hidden throughout the game, but after she realised that the game had ended she couldn’t get out.

Her legs had fallen asleep after being curled up so tight throughout the game. She couldn’t use her numb feet to help her push her way out. The 11 year old girl became scared as the thing that stirs the clothes was pushing against her chest and was making it hard for her to breath.

The older sister tried to get her sister out with butter peanut butter and ice but she was forced to call their mother who rushed home quickly with the girl’s aunt.  The mum with the help of her aunt were unable to get the stuck girl out so they called 911 and firefighters were sent. Luckily the girl was freed safely, and only had a few bruises.

Boy Takes A Selfie With The Queen!

A boy caught up with the Queen while she was on her tour of a market in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The boy sneakily leaned in and snapped a selfie with her while she was on her three day tour with her husband Prince Philip.

To me I think that the boy was really lucky. I also thought that it was pretty funny. Even though I don’t like taking photos of myself I’ll definitely take one with the queen!

My Experience

From Monday to Wednesday this past week our school had been chosen to be one of six primary schools that went to St Kents College for some sporting  activities. We learnt about sports, nutrition and skills. The five other schools that were there were St Pius X School, Riverina School, East Tamaki, G.I. Primary and Elim School.

We were lucky that St Kents College were providing our lunch for us. The best thing was when us girls got taught many netball skills and drills. The boys got to learn about rugby and had some Auckland Blues players there to teach them. There were lots of students from St Kents there to help us even though they were supposed to be on their school holidays!

Going to St Kents was a really cool experience.

Playing Games At School?

Many schools around the world are letting their students play Minecraft at school. There are over 200 schools in the United Kingdom (UK) who are using the game to help their students.

Minecraft is set in a virtual world where players build with blocks of different materials.

At some schools the kids play the game then they write about their experience. Teachers using the game say “Minecraft can help the kids who don’t like reading and writing” but will New Zealand schools let their students play as well?