Struggle for Survival

We have been learning to read more challenging comprehension. I have learnt lots of technical vocabs from this story like predators, invaders, rivals and breeding. In this short and simple report there were lots of interesting facts about animals. The questions were simple and fun at the same time. I have got most of the questions correct. Next time I will try to read the story again and hopefully I can get all the questions correct and maybe I can try to use some of the words to make my story interesting.

How to be smart when going online

Tips For Writing A Quality Comment!

1. Always be positive and specific

2. Add new factual information

3. Make A connection

4. End with a question

5. Proofread your comment

How to be smart when going online

1. S -SAFE

Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information when your chatting or posting online. Personal information includes your email address, phone number and password.

2. M -MEETING

Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents and caregivers permission and even then only when they can be present. Remember online friends are still strangers even if you've been talking to them for a long time.

3. A- ACCEPTING

Accepting emails, messages, or opening files, pictures and texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems.

4. R -RELIABLE

Someone online can lie about who they are and information on the internet may not be true. Always check information with other websites, books or someone who knows. If you like chatting online it’s best to only chat to your real world friends and family.

Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic Fever is a very serious illness here in New Zealand. It affects mostly Māori and Pacific children and adults, aged 4-19 years. It is an illness which starts with streptococcal infection.

What can Rheumatic fever lead to?

Few weeks after the infection with the ‘strep bug’ it can develop other symptoms such as sore throats, swollen joints, a skin rash, a fever, stomach pain and jerky movements. Each attack of rheumatic fever may cause permanent damage to their heart valves. This is called rheumatic heart disease which will lead you to have regular penicillin injections up to ten years.

How can Rheumatic Fever affect your heart?

Each attack of rheumatic fever may cause permanent damage to your heart valves. This is called rheumatic heart disease where the heart valves act like a one-way door. That means the blood pumped by the heart flows one direction only. When the heart valve is damaged the blood can leak and may cause breathless and tiredness. When you get Rheumatic Fever you might end up staying in hospital for about two weeks, but it sometimes takes longer if your heart is affected.

So remember,  if you have a sore throat, you need to check with your family doctor as soon as you can before it is too late.

Healthy Skin

Healthy Skin

1. What is Skin?

Skin is the soft outering covering of vertebrates that is all over our body. Skin has three basic layers and each layer has a different job. The dermis is the deepest layer and is responsible for making new skin cells. The hypodermis is a middle layer of maturing cells and the epidermis is the outer-most, superficial skin layer and the only one of the skin layers that sheds, or sloughs off, dead cells. Skin is all over our body.

2. What are 5 important things that our skin does?

It holds our body together. It stops germs and dirt from getting into the body. It can tell you when you have been hurt. (Pain)

3. How many layers does our skin have?

Skin has two layers and each layer has a different job. The outer layer is called the epidermis and the inner layer is called the dermis.

4. What is epidermis?

Epidermis is the outside layer. The epidermis makes the cells which are on the outside of the skin. Deep in the epidermis are growing cells, and on the outside of this are flat, dead skin cells.

5. What is dermis?

Dermis is a thicker layer and a more elastic (stretchy) layer.

In this layer are: glands, hair follicles, nerves  and blood vessels.

6. How thick is our skin?

Skin is not the same thickness all over your body. On most of our body the skin is around 22 mm. On the soles of your feet it much thicker, while on our eyelids it is only 0.5mm thick.

7. Why is the skin on the soles of our feet so thick?

Because that it needs to be the strongest. Our feet endure extreme forces when we walk and run and jump, so our feet get worn and tough.

8. Why is the skin on the palm of our hands firmer than the skin on the back of our hands?
The skin on the palms of our hands needs to be firm as we use our hands to grasp things with.

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What causes the Seasons?

What causes the Seasons?

Do you know how many Seasons there are? Do you know anything about Seasons? Well I do. I know a lot but it would take me so long to write everything. So I will just tell you some of them.

First of all, there are four Seasons, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.  In Summer it is hot and this is the season when everyone is on holiday and having fun. In Autumn, it starts to get colder and leaves start to fall from trees. Finally Winter. In Winter, it is very cold and all the trees are bare. Everyone is at home drinking hot chocolate and sleeping. Then Spring. In Spring, it starts to get warm and  trees start to grow leaves. Then the season cycle starts all over again.

What causes the Seasons? The Seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis away or toward the sun as it travels through its year-long path around the sun.

Earth rotates on its axis as it orbits the Sun, but the axis is always pointing the same direction.

We have hot summers and cold winters because of the tilt of the Earth’s rotation.

At different times of the year, the sun's rays hit different parts of the globe more directly. This means that when one half of Earth is having Summer, the other half will be having Winter. It also means that when one half of Earth is having Autumn, the other will be having Spring.

The angle of the Earth's axis tilts the Northern Hemisphere towards the sun during the summer.

We have Seasons because the Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees. This means the Earth is always pointing to one side of the sun as it goes around the Sun.

So that’s all I know about Seasons. And I hope you liked my report. Maybe next time I can tell you more about Seasons.