Rubbish Problem

Dear Citizens of Christchurch,

Do you know where your rubbish goes?
When you drop it into the gutter on the side of the road do you
know where it ends up? Well I am here to tell you and there is a way to fix it.

Put your plastic water bottles in the yellow bin!
If you drop your rubbish in the side walk,
It can get blown into a stream or a river which carries it
into the ocean where sea animals such as turtles, mistake them for food
and eat them. Eating plastic makes them feel full but really they are
not and as a result they die of starvation. Do you want that to happen?

All your rubbish ends up getting caught in currents which get delivered
(Thanks to a current) to a big garbage island. Then your rubbish gets
washed up onto the shore and moved to places such as Mexico City.
People can swim through your rubbish.

So next time you drop a piece of rubbish, think about where it will go!

From Nevaeh

Mango to Boy

Mango to boy

I was walking in the mall, I wondered to myself “What did I come here for?”. “Oh that’s right… A bird!” I wandered into an Animates store. I started looking in the bird isle. I picked up a few toys and then walked over to the bid cages. There was a little peach faced lovebird. He was super cute. I immediately thought of the name mango. I said hi mango. I looked at his price tang and he was only $70. I was shocked. She was not that expensive. I walked up to the lady and asked if I could take the bird. She said yes and gave me the cage she was in. I asked “I will give you $100 for the cage.” She said “That’s not needed. The cage is free but the bird is not.” I gave her the money for mango and walked out of the pet shop. I opened my house door and carried her inside. “You are a beautiful girl Mango!” Ever since then she was acting a little strange. I shook it off.

I took her out and she was really sweet. She was licking me and blowing me kisses. For a minute I began thinking she was a boy. I cracked up laughing. I took her out of her cage and put her on my shoulder. I started doing some chores. She slowly started pecking at my ear. It was a little weird and made my body shiver. I took her off my shoulder and gave her a strawberry to play with. She took one big cunk and swallowed it. She popped out a human leg. WHAT!? And then another human leg. WHAT is happening? She was a weird Blue and gold macaw with two human legs. She popped out a right arm. It had a part of a yellow Jacket. Then a left arm. She was not a human body with a lovebird head. Then out popped a human head. She was not a lovebird anymore… She was a little boy. He shook of some feathers and looked at me.

“Hi my name is Mason. I am six years old. Gosh that was awful being in that little cage for so long. I was embarrassed to change back to how I am now because they were mean and rude but you are kind and loving so I felt comfortable!” I was in disbelief. “What? How? Why? WHAT?!!!!!” I said. He looked at me in a really caring way. I fell in love with him. That day I really believe in love at first sight. Suddenly I had a feeling I had a new responsibility. “You are my little boy now.” I whispered. “Do you want to get some Ice Cream?”I asked “Yeah sure!” Said Mason.

The Long River

The Long River

I look down as I am shivering in fright. I want to turn back but my legs are glued to the
wobbly unstable bridge.
I can only think of the worst. “What if I hit my head on the big boulders?”
“What if I get so scared I jump off and land in the wrong spot?”
The man tells me that everything will be OK. I am really really scared of heights and I am only doing this so my best friend can trust me.
Kira is standing beside me looking like she is having the time of her life.
Our emotions are clearly on completely different ends of the spectrum.
I needed to do this no matter what. There was NO turning back.

“Kayla you can do this.” “Kayla you can do this.” “Kayla you can do this.” “NO I CAN’T!”
My eyes started to water as if I was going to start crying. Kira stuck her hand out for me to hold. She started slowly counting down from 10. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4… JUMP! My feet stuck but kira’s feet jumped.
She dragged my feet away from the wood as if you were pulling out a glued in maths sheet.
I slowly felt my hands getting all tingly. We started falling. I swear that every muscle in my body felt
like it had just been set on fire. Everything went tight and tense. My breathing completely stopped.
I forgot everything I have ever lived for. The only thing that was going through my mind was the
fact that I was plummeting down into a stream at what seemed like 200 km an hour. I felt like I was going to fall and then a huge invisible mouth was going to eat me whole.

My nose was only a few inches away from the water.
Me and kira were bobbing up and down. Someone came in a boat and unlocked us and
we both flopped into a small little mustard yellow and chocolate brown boat. She said to me
“You are committed arent you?”

Maori I spy

WALT: Use our knowledge of layering images to create a kararehe I spy


We had create an I spy game using Maori names for animals.

Betta fish

WALT: Write an Information Report.

Betta fish

Betta Fish are a fascinating type of fish. Their scientific name is Betta splendens. They are otherwise known as siamese fighting fish. There are so many types of betta fish. Here are some breeds: Halfmoon, Crowntail, Double tail, Super delta, plakat, dumbo or elephant ear, Veil tail , dragons and koi.
Betta fish originated from Thailand where the people breed them to get beautiful colours and designs. They live in puddles and they are a very hardy breed of fish. People think that since they are hardy, they can live in cups or with little amount of water and space to swim. If they do not have water changes, they can get infections because the dirty water is constantly feeding the fins bad bacteria. This can cause them to die. This is a serious matter because another fish can catch the same amount of infection within a few hours.
Betta fish can not be housed together only if they are females. It is illegal to place two fully grown adult betta fish in the same tank. The reason is because they will fight to the death or until ones fins are all teared off or until scales are ripped up. This can take up to a year for them to heal. That is with treatment.
Betta fish breed unlike any other fish. The female will jump a puddle to find the male. She will look at him and he will swim over to her. He will go over to the edge of the puddle or the tank. He will take a big breath of air and let it go under the water. This will form about three or four bubbles. He will do this fifty more times. This is called a bubble nest. He will rap his body around her and squeeze these little white dots out of her. These are the eggs. He will swim down and collect the eggs in his mouth, swim up to the bubble nest and spit them into the bubbles. After about one day or two (depending on the temperature of the water) the babies will start to hang out of the nest. The male betta will pluck out the females and the males will swim out themselves. He will now leave them to grow up.
Bettas need a variety of food to keep their fins healthy and colours vibrant. They need Pellets, fish flakes, brine shrimp, mosquito laave, sea monkeys, dafnia, and blood worms.
Bettas have personalities. Some are really outgoing and happy and others are shy and the definition of fighting fish. They can have a spunky of boring attitude. Some are really mean and hate you but others are really lovely and probably love their food more than their owner.
There is not one Betta fish that is the same as another. They don’t look the same even if they are from the same spawn. There can be one coloured scale on one fish that is a different colour on the other and that is the way to tell them apart. That is as close as you get to identical Betta fish.
Betta fish are very intelligent fish. They can be trained to jump through hoops and jump out of the water to get their food.
Betta fish are a great breed of fish. They need a big tank and frequent water changes. They get attached to their owner and can get upset if they get given to another home. They are a really awesome type of fish. 

Here is a picture of one of my Koi Halfmoon Plakats called Meclane. I changed the spelling of his name but his name is pronounced like the toothpaste because he is red white and blue.