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Global Action summary

                                               Global Action

                         For Reading we had to read an article called Global Action by Phillip Simpson. This is a summary on the article.

What is this about?

This article gives us information on things that are causing global warming as well as ways that we are trying to stop this or cutdown on resources that are affecting global warming.

Rising temperatures

Earths average temperature has risen by around 1 degree Celsius within the last century, and scientists say if we continue this way of living, it will increase by a further 2-6 degrees by 2100!

Did you know?

Did you know, about half of New Zealand’s emissions came from transport, electricity production, industry, and waste!

What about the other half?

The other half of New Zealand’s emissions come from agriculture. This is due to sheep and cattle releasing methane and nitrous oxide into the atmosphere!

What we can do to fix this.

A type of grass called ryegrass. The extra sugar in this helps microbes use more of the grasses available protein. So if there is less protein that is passed through the animal, then there is less nitrogen being released into the environment!

Thank you for reading my summary, I hope you have learnt something from this.

Kopuwai and the clever girl summary

Kopuwai and the clever girl
Legend retold by Brian Potiki

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For reading we had to read a retold Maori legend by Brian Potiki.

This legend is called Kopuwai and the clever girl.

My Summary

This story is about a girl called Kaiamio who wanders off from her party

because of boredom from everyone searching for moas eggs.

She gets caught by Kopuwais two-headed dogs

and dragged to Kopuwai's cave. Kopuwai is a monster with the body of a man,

scales of a fish, and the head of a dog.

He sees Kaiamio and decides to keep her as his Mokai and she can do all his chores. Kaiamo is tied up and wishes to escape, so whenever she had spare time she would work on a boat to help her escape. The monsters weakness is the North-West wind, it makes him sleepy!

One day when Kopuwai was sleeping (because of the wind), Kaiamio escaped with the boat down the river. Kopuwai woke and tugged on the rope that Kaiamio had tied to a weed. As he and his dogs ran to the river, it was too late, she’d managed to escape.

Kopuwai and his two-headed stayed at the river’s edge where years later a huge stone still stands, this is believed to be Kopuwai.

link to photo source

What I thought about the story

I found this story very interesting, as well as the belief that Kopuwai’s body is still here, as stone which is found in Otago.Something I found important is that Kaiamio never gave up and managed to escape.

Footsteps Challenge Rarotonga

For this footsteps challenge, we had to create a slideshow about a place we've been to. The place I chose was an island called Rarotonga. I hope you enjoy my slideshow!

Wanted Priest!

For R.E in class, we had to create a poster advertising a priest and the things that it will require to become a priest.
here is my poster for a wanted priest.
Is there anything I missed out?
 Please comment what you thought of my poster.
Thank you!