Sunday 26 October 2014

Today Robin, Mama, Papa and I went to Arapuni to bike along the Waikato River. One quarter of the way through my bike broke so Mama took my bike back to the car. Then I went on Mama's bike and Papa, Robin and I continued going ahead. Once we got to the Arapuni Dam we continued along on a harder path. After a while on that track I got scared because, I had almost fallen into the water, so we turned around. When we got back to the swing bridge we had lunch and then Robin and I walked along the bridge.

When we got back to Putaruru, we got an icecream from Countdown and then we all stopped at a railway crossing and saw the steam train Passchendaele that going to Glenbrook. After we saw the train we went back to Oma's and Opa's house.

Saturday 25 October 2014

Today we went to Firth Tower Museum in Matamata. Matamata is a town in the Waikato. First we went into the Matamata Church. We could only go into it before 2:00 as there was a wedding. Then we went into the Post Office and at the back of it there was a book sale and that was very awesome. After that we went into Mark Madill Shed to look at all the different types of farm machinery. Then I was looking at a model railway in a old train carriage.

Later on after we had looked at all the other buildings we went back into Matamata for lunch before we went to Opal Hot Springs which is at a campground in Matamata and went on a slide that reaches into the water at Opal Hot Springs. I was playing wrestling with Robin. Last we went to see Tarore's (a Maori girl who had a bible and treasured it but was killed and her bible helped spread the words of god) grave.

Then we came home to Oma's and Opa's house.

 

Why is a Medical Centre an Important Place in our Community?

A medical centre is an very important place in my community because it is place where people go seek medical attention when they are sick.

First of all,  people go to medical centres  when they become sick. At the medical centres, the doctors or nurses decide the type of medical attention to be given if people need it. Without medical centres we could die.

Then, medical centres are also important because it has facilities that  can isolate patients with epidemic diseases, otherwise the people who have epidemic diseases would get worse and spread it to everyone else. Some epidemic diseases are measles, cholera, whooping cough, smallpox and rheumatic fever.

After that, medical centres are places people can go to for emergency treatments. . If people have big cuts, people need to go to the medical centre. However if people have little cuts people don’t need to. If people have a broken bones or a sprain, the medical centre will tell people to go to the hospital.

Then, the people at medical centres can also give people medical advice if people need it. They can tell people how to treat cancer, diabetes and  they give people a diet for obesity. When people have a back injury, they  can go to the physiotherapist.

Before people become doctors or nurses, they  need to train and at  medical centres.  Doctors and nurses at the medical centres  also give training to  medical students. They teach them how to do operations and write  prescriptions.

Finally, at a medical centre they give people prescriptions. If people have a disease, they need to get a prescription for some medicine and people need to go back every three months for regular check ups.

A medical centre is an important place in the community because it helps save peoples lives and provide professional advice and attention to the sick.

Reading Week 2 Term 4

Module 2 - Healthy Lifestyles

Compare and contrast information we read.

Compare and contrast information we read. will be able to identify similar information in the texts I read and then compare them. I will be able identify the differences in the texts I read. I will be able to create a table or a Venn Diagram to show the similar and different information I have read.

Activity 1 - Building a Healthy Body

With a partner, discuss the questions below. Be prepared to report back to the class

on your ideas.

1. What two kinds of food provide us with good, long-lasting sources of energy? Why is it

important to eat more of one than the other?

The two kinds of food rich in energy are fruits and vegetables. It is important to eat more healthy foods than unhealthy food otherwise you will get fat.

2. Imagine that the school athletics day is going to take place in two months and you

want to do as well as you can. How would you prepare? What have you learnt about

building a healthy body that will help you to prepare?

I would prepare by eating lots of healthy food and training hard. I have learnt what to eat to have a balanced diet and stay healthy.

3. Discuss the liquids you usually drink. Which ones are the right kinds of drink for a

healthy body? Use what you know about sugar to explain what drinking too much

fizzy drink might do.

The liquids I usually drink are water and milk. They are both the right liquids to drink. If you have too much fizzy drinks,  you might get diabetes.

Kiteboarding Sumdog

Kiteboarding is a game on Sumdog where you need to get points by answering guestions and holding them down to do tricks. Robin and I played each other and I came 2nd because at the end Robin got double points. It was Robin - 121, me 109. At the start I was winning.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 7th October

Today we went on the train to Britomart. Because of the power cut we did not need to pay to get on the train in Glen Innes as the pay stations weren't working. When we got to Britomart Mama put $10 on our AT Hop Cards. Then we went on the red bus that was free for people with AT Hop Cards. We were late to do a tour that we were doing so we got off after a while and walked quickly to where we needed to be.

The first building we went into was the Baptist Tabernacle, built in 1886. It had a pool for people's full immersion baptism but that was covered up with carpet so they now use other churches with the pool.

Then we went to the St Kevin’s Shopping Arcade. The Nathan family used to own land there but had to move for the Shopping Arcade to go in. Arthur Myers (mayor 1905 - 1910) donated 10,000 pounds.

Next we went into George Court Department Building. It was designed by Architect Clinton Savage. It was the Air Raid Central Command for Auckland during WWII (World War 2).

After that we went to Samoa House Fale. It is the first Fale be built out of Samoa.

Later on we went to Hopetoun Alpha. It is the only building of it's kind with a curved wall shown on the outside. It is the first building in NZ to be built with cast concrete, and was built in 1875. 

Then we went to Central Fire Station. It is now offices and some apartments. There used to be a wash-house for the firefighters.   

Last of all we went to Pitt Street Methodist Church. That and Baptist Tabernacle have moving altars as in their religions, the ceremony was not as important as the preaching. It has a very big communion rail.

At night we went to Papatoetoe Library for activities from WWII. There was Blackout Challenge, Butter Making, Washing the Clothes and Army Dress Up.   

First I did Army Dress Up and I wore a Paratrooper NCO (Non Commissioned Officer) hat.

Then I went to Washing the Clothes and I washed a pair of socks.  We had to use a wooden wash board in a large washing tub.

Next I made some Butter and put it on toast. I learnt that it takes longer with salt in it.

After that we did the blackout challenge and we had to cover a table so no light was seen using newspaper and pegs. Robin and I won.

Last I had more toast and Milo, Pineapple Juice and an ANZAC Biscuit before I left.

I enjoyed my day yesterday.

Click here to listen to an air raid siren.

At Joss's House

Yesterday I went to  my friend Joss's house for a little bit of the afternoon during the power cut. When I got there Joss was having lunch so I waited in his room while he got his lunch and brought it into his room. While Joss ate we played Lego City and the robber had stolen $400 and and two diamonds so the police came in their truck and got onto their boat and captured the robber.

Then we went on the Nintendo3DS and played Lego Marvel and Spider-man. After that when the power ran out on the Nintendo3DS we played Midnight Vegas on his Ipad. Later on Joss had to go to his Grandma's house so I went home.      

Dinosaur Rescue Dako-Snappysaurus

Dako-Snappysaurus by Kyle Mewburn is a book about Arg, the main character, going on his first dinosaur hunt. Dako-Snappysaurus is in a series called Dinosaur Rescue. Hng, Arg's big sister, keeps trying to kill Krk-Krk, Arg's pet. Then Arg's Dad comes and tells Arg he is going on his first hunt so Arg goes to pack his mamtress (Arg's invention, supposed to be mattress) full of weapons, but all the other hunters only had two spears.

When the hunters in Arg's tribe get to the hunting grounds Arg's Dad leads them to a beach at the side of Huge 'lake'. There Dakosaurus attacks Arg's Dad, Krk-Krk and Arg. Arg fights the Dakosaurus until he kills it. The rest of the hunters are surprised when they see the Dakosaurus and lots of fish on the ground as it takes a whole hunting party together to kill a Dakosaurus but Arg killed it all by himself.

I liked Dako-Snappysaurus because it made me laugh.

Day 4, 5 and 6 of the School Holidays

The last few days of the holidays have been very busy.

On Tuesday Robin, Mama and I went down to Hamilton for the day. Mama went for a funeral while Robin and I went to stay with Tante Norma. At Tante Norma's house Robin and I played scrabble with Tante Norma. Robin came 1st, Tante Norma came 2nd and I came 3rd. Then we had a small block of Whittaker's chocolate and two cookies. Later on Oom Ron got home and we had dinner.

On Wednesday Robin, Mama and I were biking down to St Heliers and we went to our church for a while and unfortunately Robin power-chucked all over the couch and Mama. Then we had to go home.

On Thursday we went to the Auckland Museum to see the exhibition, Still Life; Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott (who himself and four others perished on the final leg after getting to the south pole and they were 18km from the food station) and Shackleton (who survived). We saw that of the 69 dogs Shackleton took only four survived. One of them Oscar had his harness in a display case. The four dogs that survived were taken to Wellington Zoo. The food the explorers ate included seals and penguins, and not enough fibre.

Later on we went down to St Heliers and got a Travel Back in Time Passport and had to walk around St Heliers looking for answers for questions as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival. 

I enjoyed my day today because I saw lots of interesting things.