How to reuse and attribute an image

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to reuse and attribute images from the internet. We have been learning about this because when we make animations we take a lot of images off the internet but we don’t check if they’re copyrighted or not, which can get us sued. There are some people who are fine with you taking their image off the internet, but you might have to attribute the images, there are also some images that are only alright with you using them if it’s for educational purposes only. If a image has two white lines through the image it means you can’t use it because it’s copyright. To attribute an image you have to show what licence the people who took the photo use to find the licence and who took the photo you have to click the image and then there will be a link in the top left corner you will have to click it. There you will find if you have to attribute or not. Also you have to say who took the photo (sometimes it doesn’t say who took the photo or which licence they use).

Duffy Assembly

Kia ora bloggers. Today Paihia School had a Duffy Book Assembly. Paihia School is very fortunate to be a part of the Duffy Books programme. The Duffy Books programme is a company that gives books to schools for free. Our special guest for the assembly today was Rebecca Brothers. Rebecca Brothers was an Olympian and competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her sport was swimming. Rebecca Brothers has now retired from swimming and is a police officer which she has been  for 10 years. Something I learnt from Rebecca Brothers is that becoming a Olympian isn’t easy and that I wouldn’t want to be one (because of how early I would have to wake up).

After Rebecca Brothers talked to us a bit about her life, gave out some books to a few students and then we had to sing the Duffy Kids song. Then the assembly ended, which meant we got our books. The two books I got was one about a New Zealand Army officer during D-Day and the other book I got was about a plane crash and something was on it that’s after a kid because he knows the truth. The books that I have got are sound very interesting so I look forward to reading  them.

Project Energize

Kia ora bloggers. Today we had Whaea Gina in. Today she taught us about healthy drinks and unhealthy drinks.. Whaea Gina put out  three cards (not literal playing cards). On the three cards there was one colour per card, they were green red and orange. The green card meant it was a drink you should consume 3 - 4 times a day (if not more) under the green card there was water and milk. The orange card meant only drink it about once a week or if you’re sick (I meant Powerade if you’re sick ) also under the orange card was chocolate milk and flavoured water. The red card meant only drink it once or twice a year some of the drinks under red was Monster, V, Coke, Coke Zero, Coke Diet and E2. The reason Whaea Gina is teaching us about this stuff is because there are a lot of families members that haven’t been educated about this and have ended up getting diabetes. By the time they have been educated or have got diabetes they’re already too addicted and say they’ve done the damage and keep on drinking it. That is all and unfortunately there are no photos.

Paihia School Cross Country

 Kia ora bloggers. Paihia School have just had Cross Country at Bledisloe Domain. I was excited for the Cross Country because I enjoy Cross Country. We didn’t start Cross Country straight away, it kicked off at about 11:30 so we were able to fit in some learning.  We all ran in our age groups and gender e.g 5 year old boys ran together then 5 year old girls etc. When it got to the 11 year olds they ran with the 12 and 13 year olds. Right before my race I was quite nervous. By the time I had finished running around the field my legs were already tired. After I had finished running the field there was a gate which slowed me down because I had to climb over it. I found the hill the hardest but easiest part (if that makes sense). What made the hill the hardest part was, there was a giant patch of mud mixed with Horse faeces mixed with water so when you ran through it, you got a bit stuck. What made the hill the easiest part though was my legs just got used to it. The race was very tiring for me because I had a cold. The entire track was approximately 1.5 km long. Overall I was very tired but I wanted to run the track again because I enjoyed it that much.

Here is a photo of me running up one of the hills. (I think).

Steps

Kia ora bloggers, in Te Ngahere we are measuring our steps. The reason we are doing this is because Whaea Becks and Whaea Chrissy have ordered pedometers, (things which count how many steps you’ve taken). With the pedometers we’re going to add all our steps together after one day. With all our steps added together we’re going to see if we could walk the distance of New Zealand.

First we had to measure how long our steps were (mine are 80 cm). Afterwards we had to estimate how many steps it would take us to walk 10 metres. My estimation was 12 and a half steps. When we had estimated how many steps it would take us we had to measure something outside. My group and I measured te Whare Kai which is 10.31 metres long on the length of te Whare Kai. Once we had finished measuring the Whare Kai. We took turns walking the part we measured; it took me 16 steps to walk the part we measured. Now we’ve finished making a digital poster. On the poster we had to take a photo of what we measured and put a bit of a summary in it.

Everything that we’ve been doing so far I’ve enjoyed. Something I could do better next time is take a better photo of the Whare Kai.

Science Fair

In Te Ngahere we’ve continued with our science fair (not that we had a break). My group’s question is, What is the best material for insulation? The reason we’re doing this (other than science fair) is to carry out a scientific experiment. What we’ve done to carry out our experiment is we’ve wrapped 5 materials around 5 ice cream containers. When we had done that we boiled water and poured it into the ice cream containers. We checked the temperature with a water thermometer every 20 minutes for two hours. After we had finished that experiment we did the same thing except with cold water. Last Friday we had to present our experiments on a board and they were judged by Mrs Lindsay and another judge but I forgot her name.

The NED Show

At Paihia School we had a NED Show. NED means Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. The NED Show has a lot of important messages in it. The person this show is about (Ned) has to go on a mission. The mission he goes on is him trying to find his mindset. He has to fly to Mt Everest using a Hot Air Balloon once he gets to Mt Everest he gives up trying to climb Mt Everest because he has a Brain-freeze (not from eating an ice-cream). Then a Yeti  appeared out of nowhere. The Yeti’s name is Yet. Yet the Yeti told Ned that he can’t climb Mt Everest YET (this was one of the messages). When Ned climbed Mt Everest he found another envelope with another riddle inside of it. I don’t remember the riddle but I remember the answer, it was a zipline. Ned ziplined down Mt Everest all the way from Nepal to the Caribbean. When Ned landed, he landed on a X. Then Ned spotted a pirate and she was coming towards him. She encouraged Ned and gave him courage. After this she told him to dig down on the X and Ned dug down. In the hole he found a treasure chest but when he opened it all there was, was a treasure map. Ned looked up at the pirate and said “I have to go through a JUNGLE!?” The pirate encouraged him more which made him go and find the treasure. When he found the treasure and opened the treasure chest he found rocks. Ned was mad at the pirate because he walked all that way for rocks. Nicole did a bit of a magic trick and made the rock a Ruby the pirate had also done this as well Ned had found 2 thirds of his mindset now.  Ned saw something in the air, at first he didn’t know what it was then he realised it was a UFO. The UFO was heading towards Ned and then it abducted him. Ned was prepared to fight but then he looked up at an alien and they were so much taller than him. Ned started stuttering and then the aliens asked Ned if he could fix the UFO. In the end Ned fixed the UFO and he found out the problem. The aliens knew too much so they kept saying “I know.” You have to let go of I know so your brain can grow.