Inferences reading

Textile : Technology

Today at Technology, my task was to start of measuring my cushion. It was 16 inches long and 14 inches wide. When I finished measuring it , I measured 1 inch inside where I was going to sew. When I was done, it didn't really look right or straight but it was still okay.

Omaru creek velocity

Tuakana Omaru creek  velocity 17/03/2017

Some days ago Room 7 & 8 went down to the Omaru creek. Before we went to the creek we had to make a paper boat because we were going to see the flow rate of the river. Because it has been raining we want to see how fast the water can flow. Once we got to the creek it was time to put in our boats into the water. Guess what ? It flowed, but not very far because of all the roots hanging above the water. .

DIgital learning object Mean, Median, Mode, Range

In maths I have been learning how to find the Mean, Median, Mode and Range of a given set of numbers. Now that I have learnt how to do it, I want to share my learning with everyone else and teach them how to do it. 

Investigation into volley ball skills

Tuakana Investigation into Volleyball skills         17/03/2017

Investigation into volleyball skills

Today I calculated my volleyball skills. I used google sheets to help me calculate this.

I first used a graph to calculate my volleyball skills. I then used the average to help me

find the mean. When I used the average it showed up numbers. The numbers showed

the mean of my volleyball skills.

Omaru stream

Tuakana Omaru stream 01/03/2017

Omaru stream

Apparently there has been a problem with the Omaru stream for the past couple of months or maybe years. Wet wipes being flushed down the toilets and rubbish that has been clogged up in the pipes. This is a major threat to the stream.

So the maintenance team tried there hardest to keep the stream and surroundings clean. That means pulling out a huge piece of mattress springs, rubbish from the dirty water and making sure that the pipes are stable to be used. Then they had to pump fresh water into the stream to flush out the polluted water to make it healthy again. Because people have been flushing wet wipes and throwing rubbish in the stream some living animals have died like cat fishes and eels because of the polluted water which makes it really disturbing to look at.

It would also be helpful if nobody leaves their rubbish around otherwise the wind would blow it into the stream and also when someone is using fat or oil it would be best to let it dry out so it becomes hard a bit and then chuck it into the bin so that it doesn’t pollute the water.

So Glen innes school wants to make Omaru a better place again like before, where the water was clear you could see through it and how there was no rubbish in it, it would be way much better if it still looked the same. We would also want to make a healthy home for the animals living there and to make it look better so it’s not disturbing to look and to take away that disgusting smell away.

My Auckland : Glen Innes

Today I was given an article to read and then to answer the questions below.

The following article has comes from the New Zealand Herald.  It has been shortened so you can read the most important parts. You can find the whole article here.

Read the article and answer the questions to learn about the significance of the Omaru Creek and how it has changed over time.

My Auckland: Glen Innes

5:00 AM Saturday Feb 23, 2013

Tamati Patuwai (Ngati Whatua) tells Elisabeth Easther what he loves about living in Glen Innes, and how much the area has changed since he was a boy

      

Tamati Patuwai beside the Omaru Creek in Glen Innes. Photo / Dean Purcell

I was born and raised in Fenchurch St, Glen Innes. My whanau had come here as part of the Housing NZ culture. My mum has passed away and my dad moved back to Kaipara, so I now live in my old family home with my wife and four children

There's a proverb that says, "Ko au te awa, Ko te awa ko au", which means "I am the river and the river is me". The Omaru River runs through the centre of GI from the Tamaki River and that proverb explains my connection to the area. When my great-grandmother moved here, back in the 50s or 60s, it was an abundant place.

The volcanic soils were great for growing, and snapper could be caught in the fishing grounds. There used to be mullet and flounder too. We grew up fishing with my dad, floundering in the shallow areas. We used to get oysters and pipi, and puha from the rivers.

The river is really polluted now - we swam in it when I was a kid, but there's no way you'd put a child in it now. There are some planting initiatives to regenerate the area, and because I'm a home boy, my role in all this it to engage the residents, to have them remember what the river is, for us all to become accountable.

We lived in and on the river, so these staged developments will become a lifestyle, igniting the people into action - businesses, council and residents.

There are still some good trails and pathways though, some good walks, from GI town centre through to Tamaki River, or along the Panmure riverside all the way through to Glendowie, all the way to St Heliers. For me, Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve is an example of what can be done. In the 70s or 80s, it was going to be a dump and then a marina, and the locals said no. They made a deal with the council and started regenerative native planting. It's a real treasure for us now.

The River Talks is about our connection with the river and came from our desire to reconnect the community to the river. We're bringing together artists and scientists, and there'll be talks, followed by discussions. We want to stimulate the imaginations of high school students, whether they want to be a scientist about it, or respond with art or music.

Your Task: Use a Google Doc or Drawing to answer the questions about the article.  It will help you understand the significance of the Omaru River and how it has changed over time. Questions: What was the stream like when Tamati was a kid? The water was clear and pretty much clean. So back them Tamati use to swim in it but now that it is polluted it has become a fifthly place. What is the river like now? Fifthly with dirty water, rubbish all over the place and to much stumps and chopped down tree’s are gathered there. Why is it bad that the river has changed? Because more fishes will die and leave, because it is disturbing to look at and because there are too many rubbish gathered around that place. Why is the river important? Because animals live there and if it is polluted then the fishes would die.

What could we do to help protect and clean the Omaru Stream

Tuakana Omaru stream 24/02/2016

For 2017 our topic for Term 1 is to help clean and protect our streams. So we had to pick the closest stream nearby to work on and it was Omaru stream.  So we took a walk to the stream to see what bit we are working on which is really close to a small mini bridge. Just looking in the water it looked so filthy with all the rubbish, grass , sticks, chopped up trees and even pipes. It was so dirty I wanted to clean it up, but then we walked back to school.

While we were walking back I was thinking in my head, what could we do to help protect the stream and make even more healthier. So we could take all the chopped up trees and the sticks out and away from the stream. Then take all the rubbish out and chuck it in the bin. After that we can just take out the pipes and start doing the dirty work.

So next we could take out all the grass and weeds so that the water can flow down the stream like it is supposed to be. Once we have finished that we can start pulling out the grass around it so there could be more space and look even better that before.

In conclusion we could put some medium rocks in there to make it look like a normal stream and also so it can be even better than before. The more we clean up the stream the more ducks and fishes and other living things could live in their. But if we do not clean it up then more fishes will die and less ducks will show up.