Month: March 2022

Kidney health awareness

Kia Ora

This month is kidney health awareness month, and it’s all about learning more about your kidneys and having the talk with your family about donating your kidneys when you pass.

One of the big ones is that ticking Yes, to kidney donation on your driver’s license doesn’t actually mean you will be able to donate. Your family will have the final say. So we have been encouraging people to have the conversation to make sure their family and loved ones know that you would wish to donate your organs and kidneys. On average, in New Zealand, the wait for a Kidney transplant is around three-four years so that’s why it’s so important that we donate our organs to help the ones in need because around 4745 people die on the transplant list each year. To be able to donate your kidneys you will need to have the same blood type and tissue group as your recipient.

There are currently 121,678 people are currently on the waiting list to get a kidney transplant all around the world. On average 20,000 people in the U.S donate their kidneys each year and currently a kidney transplant cost around 80,000 dollars for the first year and 10,00,-15,000 in each subsequent year, mostly from anti-rejection drugs.

How do I know if I have Kidney failure? well people will experience a lot of things abnormal if they have kidney failure such as Decreased urine output, although occasionally urine output remains normal, Fluid retention, causing swelling in your legs, ankles, or feet, Shortness of breath, Fatigue, Confusion, Nausea, Weakness, Irregular heartbeat, Chest pain or pressure, Seizures, or coma in severe cases. So those will most likely be most of the symptoms of kidney failure.

So have a talk with your Whānau about donating your kidneys when you pass and do everything that is needed to become a donor and who knows you might save around 4 people.

For more information, this website is about kidney donations.

Kidney Donor webiste.

Limerick poems

Kia Ora

This week for poetry week we have been writing different kinds of poems and what they are

and today she told us to write a limerick the one I have made doesn’t really make that much sense but its still a limerick and it’s okay, so here it is

There was a small girl
who lived in the woods
her mum called her
to come eat her fruit
the woods were scary but so was her fruit.

Personally, I don’t really like making limericks because its kind of hard for me to make, It took me a while to make this one so I hope you like it

This blog post is short but I don’t really know what to write so, thank you for looking at my blog. If you can please leave a comment since nobody has commented on blog yet.

Science Paper Bridge

Aim:

I want to find out how to make a paper bridge that supports the most weight across a 20cm gap.

Research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLhRQrlVPx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynonAcuu1G0
Method:
  • A4 Paper
  • Tape

Instructions:

1.) Get 4 A4 papers

2.) Make your A4 paper face landscape.

3.) Use the pencil to roll your paper.

4.) Take the pencil out of the paper once it’s rolled.

5.) Put sellotape to keep the paper shut so it doesn’t roll out of place.

6.) Repeat that 3 more times with your 3 A4 papers

7.) Put 1 roll on top of the other and do the same to the other one.

8.) Put them together with sellotape (like a bridge)

9.) get 2 pieces of A4 paper and place them on top of the paper rolls

10.) Repeat the same technique on the bottom

Then you are finished with your product.

Results:

I actually teamed up with kate to create another base. And I’m actually quite surprised because our bridges held 10+ kg, we actually held the most weight in our class and our science teacher tried to see if our chair could hold it, unfortunately, it wasn’t able to hold it but it’s alright. I have some videos please ignore my class there very loud especially when Kate and I bet everyone so I suggest turning your volume down 🙂 (I have to put the links as the files are too big)

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file:///media/fuse/drivefs-b5a9c81743fe6a3fe6a5766b44734a06/root/10000000_719620656149138_5533397290978259782_n.mp4

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I apologize that I have had to put links but go check out Kate’s blog as she is one of my good friends in our class https://hhskater.edublogs.org/

Thank you for looking at my blog and I hope you have a great day

Taha Tinana

Hello

Today In our Wananga class we were learning about taha tinana and what it is.

Our teacher has told us to make a blog post about Taha Tinana, what it is, what to do to help it, what we already do, and what we need to do better

What is Taha Tinana?

There are 4 walls in a whare and Taha Tinana is one of them. Taha Tinana is Physical wellbeing. Physical wellbeing is looking after yourself physically . Taha tinana is your physical wellbeing. It is about how your body grows, feels and moves, and how you care for it. Nourishing and strengthening your physical wellbeing helps you to cope with the ups and downs and life. Feeling physically well helps you feel mentally well.

What do I do that supports the wall Taha Tinana?

 

  • I brush my teeth twice a day
  • I take daily showers
  • I wash my hair every second day
  • I take care of myself
  • I make sure I eat in the morning

Things I probably need to do better

  • Wash my face better
  • Keep my stuff tidy
  • Exercise more
  • Sleep more hours
  • Go to sleep earlier

Learning more about Taha Tinana has been cool we have been learning about the different walls of te whare tapa wha, it has been super cool to learn about more things that are in Maori and the meaning of Taha Tinana is physical wellbeing, That’s what I learned

Book Review

Hello

Today we have to do our tasks about the book so here is my book review

Ok so this book is about a Tuna (Eel) and when it was just swimming it saw this beautiful mesmerizing river so it decided to go jump into the river and then it lived there for years. Then suddenly a woman came and tried to go fishing in the river he was living in, Then the Tuna saw the woman and attempted to scare her off by going in between her thighs, The woman got frightened and decided to go back to the Marae. She told her husband about the tuna that was in the river, The husband said to the other people in the marae “We should Kill this stupid tuna.” So the tribe went to go hunt the tuna, They ended up catching the tuna with a net and chopped his head, body, and tail.

I personally rate this book an 8.5/10  I gave it this mark because it’s pretty interesting especially if you don’t know much about Maori Myths. I didn’t rate this book 10/10 because it’s not my favorite book about Maori myths and legends but It’s pretty good and super cool.

Here is the link to the book https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U2XJr4cBOK_OBLmSIkxqlbn8bfF_kRNm/view

Thank you for looking at my blog

-Sadie

Water Bottle Rockets

Aim:

I want to find out how to make and launch a water bottle rocket.

Research:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6D1R6lXVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cROVwjIZa1Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAr3PzDJ6CA

Method:

Equipment:

  • empty 1 or 2l bottle ( Clean it first ).
  • A nail.
  • cardboard made into a cone and 4 fins.
  • a cork.
  • a pump with a needle adaptor.
  • water.

Instructions:

  1. Get equipment ready.
  2. Get your empty bottle and pour the water in.
  3. Get your cardboard cone and turn it into four fins and stick it in the bottle outside of the bottle and make sure its sticking into it.
  4. Get pump with a needle adaptor and get the needle and put it in the bottle.
  5. Get your nail and put it in the bottle.
  6. With your pump you need to like have try and out it in and pump it and there should be a string and pull it should shoot into the air

 

Results:

Havent done it yet

Watercolour- Visual arts

Kia Ora Today and yesterday in art class our teacher required us to make a google drawing about different types of watercolour techniques and so me and my friends did one together it looks pretty cool, Bea Loreen and I made it

Loreen made the left one Bea did the middle one and I made the one on the right side.

Today I started doing the painting of all the techniques. It looks amazing, me and Bea were one of the first people to finish it so here it is.

You cant actually see the top writing but it says (left to right) Value or tone. Layering. Glazing. and Dilution

Thank you for looking at my blog and blog post

-Sadie

What is a Mandala? – Visual arts

What is a mandala?

 A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Asian cultures. It can be understood in two different ways externally as a visual representation of the universe or internally as a guide for several practices that take place in many Asian traditions, including meditation. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the belief is that by entering the mandala and proceeding towards its center, you are guided through the cosmic process of transforming the universe from one of suffering into one of joy and happiness.

 

My class and I, have made a google drawing on what’s in a mandala. I have written down some of these but most of them were written by my classmates.

unfortunately we had to do our blogs on a google doc and you cannot copy and paste a photo onto here

Drama choreographed fighting

Hello

This week in drama we have been focusing on choreographed fighting. We had to pick a partner to do it with so I picked my friend Bea we currently have not planned and video it yet but our teacher has told us to find a youtube clip of choreographed fighting so I will show you on what they can look like:

 

Vi and Jayce fighting the Chem Guards | Arcane – League of Legends

This fight scene is from a movie on netflix but considering it’s just an animated movie this still looks realistic and pretty serious.

 

How would you keep your partner safe?

To be able to keep your partner safe you must NOT improvise I accidentally slapped my partner because i swung to fast ( she’s ok it was lightly) and you must choreograph the fighting

Scientific equiptment

Aim: I want to find out the names of different scientific equipment in a science lab.

Beaker 

 

Beakers are for measuring liquids and transporting liquid 

 

Test tube 

A test tube is to hold different varieties of liquids and chemicals 

 

Boiling tube

A boiling tube is very different from a test tube because you would boil liquid and a test tube is to hold chemicals and liquids 

 

Measuring cylinder

This measures an exact amount of liquid This is more accurate than a beaker 

 

Funnel

 

Funnels transfers liquid from a big container to another container 

 

Spatula 

A spatula is for scooping powder

 

Stirring rod

A stirring rod is used to stir liquids.

 

Conical flask

A conical flask is used to hold liquid and swirl liquid 

 

Test tube tongs

 

These are used to hold test tubes nothing else

 

Bunsen burner

 

A bunsen burner is used to heat different liquids up

 

Tripod

Gause mat 

 

Heatproof mat 

A heatproof mat is heatproof and is often used to place under a Bunsen burner