Cyber Saftey

                                                                        Cyber Saftey

So far this term for topic, we've been learning about cyber saftey. We've watched loads of video clips for how to be safe online. We know what and what not to do online. These are some of the things we've learnt.


                                                                What you should do online 

• Ask an adult before clicking pop-ups.
• Think before putting private imformation online.
• Tell an adult if you're getting cyber bullied.
• Help people that are getting cyber bullied.
• Get an adult straight away if you click on something bad.                       

                                                               What you shouldn't do online    

• Don't make fun of people that are getting cyber bullied. 
•  Don't give away your full name or password.
• Don't make friends with people you don't know.
• Don't click pop-ups without an adult supervisor.

                                                                        What to Remember  

• If you cyber bully someone, people can print things out for proof.
• All people need is yoyr whole name, and then they will soon know all they need about you.
• Cyber Bullying is illegal.
• And most importantly, " If you can't say it to your Grandma, don't say it at all".

      By Holly M

Diary of Lily-Rose by Grace

                                 ~~ Diary of Lily-Rose ~~

                                                             17 March, 1926
~morning~  Today is my birthday! I wonder what Mama will give me! I'm SOOO excited! :P
~afternoon~ You won't believe what I got! A PUPPY! I named him Oreo (they are so delicious and sweet) and he's a chocolate lab. He is very energetic and fun to play with. It's getting late so I'd better snuggle up with Oreo.
                                                             19 March, 1926
~morning~ I am stranded in a big, confusing forest. It is in the middle of nowhere! Someone came and took Mama!! Tomorrow I will set out to find her, though I am not sure how. Oreo is being very consoling and affectionate to me, so I am very grateful for that. All I managed to pack before escaping to here from the kidnapper was a rucksack with some berries and sandwiches, a sleeping bag, a first aid kit, some things for Oreo and a little tent.
~afternoon~ I have set up the tent and am sitting inside my sleeping bag in it and having a sandwich, Oreo is in his bed and having a little dog snack. I hope it doesn't rain. I just zipped up the tent and I think it would be best if I go to bed now.
                                                            20 March, 1926
~morning~ Luckily it didn't rain lastnight so the tent is nice and dry. Oreo is a little restless, so I intend to walk him and look for mother today. If unsucsessful, I will retire here and think out a new plan.
~afternoon~ My search was unsucsessful, I thought the kidnapper might have hidden her somewhere in this forest. I wonder where she could be? Well, early to bed and early to rise as the saying says. I will pack up the tent tomorrow and try to get out of this forest.
                                                           21 March, 1926
~morning~ I was packing up the tent when I heard a little whimper from behind a bush. I checked it out, and it was a baby fox. It was stuck in a thorn bush! I pulled it out, put bandages on its wounds and called it Zoe. Now there is a new addition to the team!
~afternoon~ I managed to find my way to the edge of the forest, but couldn't get any further as there was a wall of thorns blocking the way out. Near the wall is a little cottage that's empty. I went inside and it is in good condition so I decided we should stay here till we find mother.There was an extra mattress as well as a bed in the cottage so everyone can sleep comfortably with me in the bed and Oreo and Zoe sharing the matress. Luckily they have warmed up to each other.
                                                       22 March, 1926
~morning~ I woke up to the noise of dripping water. There was a leak in the roof. Apparently it rained last night. We are going to try get through the wall of thorns as I found a knife in the cottage.
~afternoon~ I managed to cut a hole in the thorn wall just big enough for us to squeeze through. Once out of the woods I took in my surroundings. I was in a little abandoned, run-down village. I decided to search the ruins. In one of the little houses I saw a figure in a black cloak. They asked who I was and guess what? It was mother!!! We checked a map she had and found our way home. Once safely home I aske her all about what happened. We shared our adventures with each other and were fascinated by what happened.
                                                     23 March, 1926
~morning~ We are going to out to buy some things for Zoe today. Things are back to normal now and this is my last page so , Bye :)

 By Grace :)

All about the NZ Falcon

Predators

NZ Falcon have many predators like cats. Some of their predators like Hedgehogs, Stoats and other mustelids prey only on the eggs.

Abilities

The Falcons can catch prey that is larger than themselves. Their colour can change in different locations to hide from predators. Although some Falcons nest on the ground they can still fly.

Habitat

If they nest on the ground they usually nest under rocks. The NZ Falcon live on Stewart Island and The Auckland Islands.

Communication

The Falcons communicate by rapidly repeating Kek-Kek-Kek. If the birds are immature then they communicate by screeching.

By Jana

How to stay safe online

Staying safe online is very important because some very bad things can happen when on any type of mobile device. If you keep reading then you will find out what to do and what not to do online.

           What you                            What not

           need to                             to do:
             do:

-If something inappropriate             -Don't put inappropriate         
comes up tell an adult.                 things online.
-Not click on pop-ups.                  -Don't exit out of things 
- If you feel uncomfortable             that make you feel
with something on the                   uncomfortable you need to 
computer then you also                  the adult.
need to tell an adult.                                            -Not read any inappropriate 
                                        things.

NYLD (national young leaders day)!

On Thursday the 23rd of May the leaders of our school went to National Young Leaders Day a.k.a NYLD! All the leaders from Rutherford, Batten, Sheppard and Hillary went to the stadium in Manakua!

We all went in Mrs. Gopi, Mrs. Wotton and Mrs. Bodgers cars. 

There were 6 speakers, Erin Simpson, Annette Fale, Dr. Sharad Paul, Dave Atkinson, Juliette Haigh and Cam Kalkoen. There were also video messages from people who are on the news and other tv shows!

My personal favourite was Cam Kalkoen because he had a disability but no matter what he keeps doing what he loved and to this day he is still doing something he loves, and to me that was very inspiring and he taught me no matter what always be AWESOME! That is his favourite word, I like it too. He also taught me that if you have a big dream you can have a big life! Anything is possible, believe in yourself do what you love be AWESOME!

At the end Jamie McDell performed some of her songs! They were very good!

By Brooke

Silas the Stretcher Bearer

Silas was a conscientious objector (that means he believed in the Bible and wouldn't carry a gun, so he refused to fight). Because of that, Silas was very unpopular and was forced to go to war in 1917 when he was just twenty three. Fortunately, the government let Silas do non-combatant service and become a stretcher bearer.

Stretcher bearers walk through no mans land dodging shells and bulllets, picking up the wounded on the stretchers and helping them. For a while, Silas was in Featherston training, then he got shipped England for more.

After the training, Silas got shipped to Bapaume where the fighting was and food was scarce. Soon, Silas got shot by a shell in the legs and had to go on a hospital ship back to England. In World War One 18,500 New Zealanders died and 50,000 were injured. That just shows you how horrible World War One was.

By, Bella

NYLD

                                                               National Young Leaders Day!

On the 23rd of May all the young leaders went to NYLD (National Young Leaders Day), in Manukau. From our school I and the other fifteen  house/vice captains  went, and came back from NYLD very inspired.  

When we first got there we went straight into the big hall where all the speakers would speak to us. There were six speakers that spoke to us, and they all inspired us from how they became leaders. We took many notes and are going to share them with the rest of our school. We stayed there all day, there was also a little disaster with our group at morning tea but we were able to soon able to sort it out. 

All sixteen of us had a fantastic time! We learnt heaps and were really inspired. We would love to go again. All of us said it was the best school trip ever! 

From Holly M

Science making slime and fake blood

SLIME

Making slime was easy. First we put 1 cup of cornflour into the bucket and we put 1 teaspoon of food colouring and our group chose blue. Then we mixed half a cup of water together into the bucket and mixed it. It was perfect except it was a little bit hard, so we put more water which made it perfect. After we finished our slime the dye off the colouring didn't come off even if we did it in soap it came off but not the nail bits.

 

FAKE BLOOD
Making fake blood was a little difficult compared to the slime. The recipe was really hard to read so it turned out a bit runny, but the colour was perfect. The red dye (the food colouring for the blood) wouldn't think of coming off too like the blue food colouring. 

                        

And that's why I went home with my skin turning into an avatar(or a smurf)......

By Dana

The white Mouse A.K.A Nancy Wake

                                        
         
                                                                                                                                

Nancy Wake was on a runaway trip from NZ to France. From there Nancy met Henri her future husband.During her days in France, Nazis treated the Jewish people desrespectfully , Nancy wanted to change . Nazi tried to invade France in1940. Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis Germans, wanted to control more. French fought to free their country.

Nancy set up a little hospital to help the injured secretly , with her husband. While she was helping , she had been collecting food, and was contacting Resistance groups by Radio.Radio was the only way to communicate with others.British Pilots helped the french escape France and land oin Spain( which was  not fighting). The Gestapo were closing in , Nancy had to leave France. Broken hearted she had to say a warm goodbye to her husband .Nancy decided to cross the mountains into Spain . After six attemps she finally made it into Spain .She was supposed to meet her husband , Nancy didn't see him again.

Nancy had contacted the Special Operations Excutive. The S.O.E made a decision to train Nancy as a secret agent . There she learnt survival skills, secret radio codes , and how to use weapons and explosives. During 1944, Allies were planning the D-Day. Nancy had went back to France to organise the resistance Fighters in central France.

On April night 1944, Nancy landed by parachute on central Frane. Once she landed she radioed for weapons ,explosives, and food to be parachuted down. Explosives were used to blow up rail-ways before the D-Day. Nancy and the groups radios and codes were destroyed . Nancy had decided to go to an agent in a village for new radios and codes. 71 hours later, she returned. Months later, Allies defeated Germany. Only there did she find out thather husband had died.

Nancy won 11 medals from the Queen andother countries. Nancy showed that no matter what challenge you have keep trying to over come your challenge. She inspired different people . (Nancy Wake lived heroically from 1912 to 2011).

Retold by Holly K.

Diary of Sophia-Grace

1st January 2000

Yay, it's the new millenium! I wonder what it's going to bring. I saw this really cool coat, it was amazing but the only bad thing was that I saw someone buy it. I was really devistated, but later that day I saw another coat the same as the one I saw before! It was sooo cool, lately I've been seeing more and more of the same clothes.

2nd January 2000

I bought the coat! The best thing was it was on special. I had never bought anything on special and it was $20 instead of $50! My mum said I was so lucky, the best thing was it looked amazing on me!

(I didn't mean to brag.)

By Janaof