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The High Diving Board

As lay there above the clear water. The wind making the tress sway side to side. I look out to see people kayaking, splashing each other and falling off. I hear a noise of foot steps coming up the stairs, I looked and it was kids. They all jumped off me with a loud "splash" into the water. One by one I get wetter and wetter and I get more and more slippery. Two people got pushed off me and one slipped. As every one had there turn jumping off me it was silent. There were no people in the water and none in the hot pool, there was no one in site. All I could hear were trees swaying side to side and birds chirping. 

Life Education

Life Education

R = Reason
 E = Excuse
  A = Assertive
   C = Change
    T = The Subject
      H = Humour

W = Walk
 A = Away
  I = Ignore
   T = Toughen
    U = Up
     S = Say
      N = No

F =Faster
 A = Absorption
    R = Rate

M = Memory
 R = Reason
  J = Judgement
   M = Mechanical Skills
     I = Intellect
     C = Concentration
      E = Emotion

Addiction is when you need a Drug.                     Graph

Life Education Drugs

Methamphetamine is also another name for P.

Methamphetamine does a lot of damage to your body like ....

Short Term Effects 

- Increased heart rate, Blood pressure, Body temperature

- Describes your sleeping patterns

- Sometimes violent behaviour 

- Panic and psychosis

- Seizures and death from high doses 

Long Term Effects

- Permanent damage to blood vessels of heart and brain, high blood pressure leading to heart attacks,   strokes and death
- Liver, kidney and lung damage
- Destruction of tissues in nose if sniffed
- Respiratory (breathing) problems if smoked
- Infectious diseases and abscesses if injected
- Depression
- Damage to the brain

Methamphetamine User:

Steve Williams the step dad of Coral Borrows(6) and her brother Storm Borrows(8)
took a drug called P which caused really bad behaviour and violence. Steve Williams one day driving to school killed his daughter Coral and broke her jaw in 2 different places with blood all over the place, in the car one the ground, all over her face, all over his fist and all over her clothes. He then took her somewhere to hide her and then hid all of the other evidence like her clothes and her school bag. Steve Williams then went home and then the wife told him the bad news and then they got the police to search for her and found her in the river.

Life Education - create a blog post about the drug P or methamphetamine. What does it do to your body? Find before and after images of people to show the difference. Summarise the facts of a NZ murder case where the defendent was a P addict eg the RSA murders, sumarai sword murders, the Masterton girl or any others you can find.

Current Events Reading

Trespassing Toddler puts White House on Lockdown

P= 

I think it will be about a baby getting lost in the white house and the baby touched something.

C = ..

Q = ..

S =

A baby escaped from its parents and squeezed through the gate and the white house went into lock down.

Link : Click Here

Current Events Reading

Tall Blacks out of World Champs

Link: http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/tall-blacks-world-champs

P= 

I think this article will be about the Tall Blacks who are now out of the World Champs and why.

C =  

Lithuania in Barcelona = A basketball team that they lost to. 

Q =

S = 

The Tall Blacks are now out of the World Champs which mean they can not compete any more. The team Lithuania are forth ranked in the world and dominated the Tall Blacks for most of the game. Jonas Valamciunas who plays for the Toronto was the best player on the court. He schored 22 points and getting 13 rebounds for his team.

Candy That Doesn't Cause Cavities? Sweet!

Article Comprehension:

What causes cavities?
Candy, Sugar And Many More

What was the genius idea the scientists at OraganoBalance came up with to try combat cavities?

They came up with a way to take the bacteria away from peoples teeth

What was the experiment they conducted to test their thesis?

They made 2 batches of mint candies and found 60 lucky volunteers to test them on.

Was it successful?

Not Yet

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America's Favorite Giant Panda Celebrates First Birthday

Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's first birthday so special?

While first birthdays are always special, this one was even more so, given that only one other giant panda born at the National Zoo, Bao Bao's brother Tai Shan, has survived to celebrate this all-important milestone. Both are offspring of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, giant pandas on loan from China as part of the conservation effort to revive the amount of population, of these beautiful animals. The zoo's first panda couple, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing that were a gift from the government of China, bore five cubs. Unfortunately all of them died within a few days.

How did the zookeepers celebrate it? 

It was therefore no wonder that the zookeepers went all out to celebrate the momentous occasion. In keeping with ancient Chinese tradition, the party commenced with the young panda being offered a choice of three honey-dipped bamboo shoots. Next to each, was a colourful hand-painted poster labeled 'Long Life,' 'Good Health' and 'Many Cubs'. Given that the panda's first choice is believed to predict its future, it was fortunate that Bao Bao immediately gravitated to the 'Long Life' bamboo.
Bamboo sticks were not the only treats for this panda whose name means 'precious' or 'treasure'. The zoo's nutrition department had also made adelectable tiered cake that was crafted from frozen diluted apple juice and dyed various shades of pink, with beet juice. Frozen in between, were slices of Bao Bao's favorite fruits - apples and pears. Flower appliques carved from carrots and sweet potatoes adorned the top and a large number '1', carved from frozen apple juice, completed the perfect treat. Like any one-year-old, Bao Bao attacked his birthday cake with a vengeance and kept it in a tight embrace, until it was all gone.

What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? 

Bao Bao learnt to respond to her name and stand tall on the scale, during her monthly weigh-ins.
Which is really good to be able to do.

What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?

They are want to teach Bao Bao to present her paw when she needs to get her blood drawn and lie down, for her monthly ultrasound. As the year progresses, she will gradually stop drinking her mother's milk and then just like pandas in the wild, move away from 'home', which in Bao Bao's case means shifting to a separate enclosure

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