Water

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We use water for lots of different things, to drink, wash the dishes, water the garden and more. Water is very limited at some places like farms. When you live in the country there is a tank of water that is limited, they need to save water for when they actually need it. They can save it by not running the tap when they brush their teeth, Having short showers instead of taking a bath. Dehydrated If you don’t drink enough water you can get dehydrated which can lead to you getting really grumpy and tired. There are a variety of effects that come off dehydration, your blood can thicken and causing a battle for blood flow, it can also effect your organs which can lead to kidney stones. Dehydration usually is caused when you don’t drink enough water, you should have 8-9 cups of water a day. The average human body should be 75% water. Irrigation Firstly, what is irrigation, irrigation is a way of supplying water to plants or crops. The irrigation system is basically a giant sprinkler that sprays water or fertilizer on crops. Irrigation systems water a bigger area than a regular sprinkler. An irrigator spreads water evenly over the crops so they grow, so we have food to eat.

Dear Miss Harding

Frimley School

Frimley Road,

HASTINGS.

11/03/16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Dear Miss Harding,

I am writing to thank you for organizing camp with Mrs Roil and the parents to make the trip possible. So if it weren’t for you or Mrs Roil or the school we probably would not be going, Camp wakarara was great I really liked having all the parents and you and Mrs Roil there to encourage us to try and do new things. For an example you encouraged most of us to walk up Sunrise Hut, so once again thank you so much.

You helped us when we played games and you helped us by giving examples when things get difficult so we can understand better. When a few of us did not eat all our dinner you told us we did a pretty good job and still let us through to pudding. I liked having you on camp you made it the slight more fun than it probably was going to be without you there.

It made me learn more about people and their personality I think that was the best thing for me because when Mrs Roil asks us to work in pairs that taught me you don’t always have to work with your friends, you can work with other people because you know what they are capable of doing. Okay so my most favourite part was bushwhacking because you get to tramp of track and it was so stinky because we had to go fifty five degrees through a swamp and it was horrible I was nervous but you know what everyone gets nervous on camp.

Camp made a huge difference for me even though I went last year it was still a different experience because last year we went to kaitawa. Kaitawa there was a lot of pranks it made a whole lot of us scared to go to bed. Once again thank you for making this camp possible I know it was not all you but I am still thanking you for organizing camp this year.

Yours Sincerely,

Imani Hollis

Fantail

Fantails are a wonderful bird to be around. If you are in the bush and it comes up to you it means fantails think people are harmless characters. In fact that is a true fact about the bird it does actually think humans are a harmless character. Read more about fantails here. “Fantail” in Maori is Piwakawaka incase you see it in my story and wonder what it means.

A Fantail/Piwakawaka lives in multiple places, for an example in public gardens and native park reserves. The Piwakawaka lives in New Zealand and it is very common here in nz and also offshore islands. They are such a beautiful bird and it is known for its fan shaped tail that is how fantails got its name ”Fantail.”They are brown and have a black and white tail feathers that open like a fan when they fly. The reason why they have a fan shaped tail it is because it then allows them to do aerial acrobatics.

It uses it’s broad tail to change direction quickly while it hunts for food in the forest.

sometimes the fantail will hop under the leaf to get insects for its prey, it’s prey includes moths, flies, spiders, wasps and beetles also fruit maybe even more. They seldom feed off of the ground. (Seldom-Occasionally)

Both adult female and male fantails incubate their eggs for up to 14 days at the most and the chicks fledge at about 13 days. A female can lay 2-5 eggs per clutch and juvenile males can breed between 2-9 months old. Juvenile meaning like junior or young. And clutch is when baby fantails grow fast. Both female and male can feed the chicks the male could go out to find more food while the female feeds or maybe even  other way around.

The Piwakawaka lifespan is quite short in New Zealand the longest fantail ever lived in New Zealand was recorded for 3 years and in Australia it was about 10 years that is a really long time for a small bird like a fantail. The scientific name for a fantail is Rhipidura Fuliginosa. They stay in pairs for a while and then go off on their own for the rest of their life. Females can lay as many as 5 clutches per session, each clutch has 2-5 eggs per clutch.

Cats, Rats, Stoats, Mynas and more are the biggest threats to fantails Mynas are probably the biggest threats because they are one of the biggest enemies to a fantail.  Mynas are also a threat to any other small native birds. Rats can stretch to fantails nests to eat their eggs as rats can eat anything in the world even wood.

Conclusion so please go outside in the outdoors and admire the fantails and other native birds, but don’t do anything to harm them and also if you see any pests that hurt fantails then please give the council or the department of conservation a warning about it because some native birds like fantails are coming instinct soon.

By Imani.

All About Me

Do you have an interest in gymnastics? well I do, Hi my name is Imani and you will find more information and different facts like what my hobbies are and about my family and also about my past and future. oh and even maybe a sneak peek on some of my future plans.

Now that I have introduced myself I am now going to take you on a journey about my life first my hobbies I love gymnastics and you will probably hear in this story a lot about my gymnastics. also i have a thing about art drawing and sketching i could sit down and draw for hours and hours. okay so you are probably wondering if i have any other hobbies the answer is no although i like soccer but it is not my favourite hobbies.

Okay you are probably wanting to hear about my family well here you go, first my annoying little brother, Khyan okay let’s just admit that he was pretty cute when he was a baby. Next my Mum she is probably my favourite, this is not the only reason but one of the reasons she pays for me to do gymnastics by the way it is my favourite sport. Next is my dad I love him the same as my mum and my brother but he coaches me at home to learn skills for gymnastics sometimes it’s boring but it pays off.

Now my past, some facts about the younger me, when I was five I took gymnastics and then a week or two later I quit for the most ridiculous reason we were not allowed to go in the foam pit at it made me depressed so I quit and got back into doing it when I was 7 and I still do it now.

okay now for the second thing when I was born my uncle lived with us until my brother was born and he moved out and I got my own purple room.

So that was my all about me I hope you learnt at least one thing new about me that you did not know before. Thanks for listening. And also welcome to my Blog I hope you are going to enjoy reading and looking at all of my work I hope you can leave comments and give me feedback on how I can improve or change things.