Smart Cookie News- Natalie Rooney

Here is our smart cookie news about Natalie Rooney. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Rio De Janeiro.  

Natalie Rooney wins silver at the Rio Olympics 2016, in Clay Bird Shooting.

Natallie is 28 years old and finished second overall in the Clay bird shooting semi finals.

Natalie sadly missed out getting into the New Zealand Olympic Team in 2012. However she then trained hard to get into the 2016 Olympics. She has been competing for ten years now.

There was a little bit of funding to help her. She said, “She's got a very supportive Dad that helps her  for funding and stuff like that.

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Smart Cookie News- Leisa Williams

Here is our smart cookie news about Leisa Williams who is Billie's Mum. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

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Leisa Williams is my mother (I am Billie Williams) and is  married to Scott Williams.

Today she is 41 and has 5 kids including me. Her kids are  called Saxon, Billie, Poppy, Molly and Mac. Mac is the oldest and Saxon is the youngest.

Leisa Williams was a great swimmer and has gone all over New Zealand for championships. This was when she was younger. Leisa also plays  Hockey for West Coast and Gray Valley and is not famous .Leisa has won lots of medals and certificates for swimming. Leisa also swam for Canterbury Swim Team with her mum and Dad supporting her., Her mum is called Lynn and her Dad is called Kevin.   

Smart Cookie News- Trubridge

Here is our smart cookie news about William Trubridge. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

Trubridge Breaks World Freedive  Record

William Trubridge is a New Zealander who does freediving.  Freediving is when you dive down to a certain mark with no diving gear and you have to do it on one breath.  This sport is very hard and you have to train lots.  William Trubridge has broken 18 world records that were set by him. William Trubridge held the world record but he set a new record with a 102m dive. He held  his breath for, four minutes and 15 seconds. His family and support team were waiting to see if the record had been achieved.The dive location was held in Bahamas at a spot called the blue hole. This is where he broke the world record in freediving.

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Smart Cookie News-Dusty Rhodes

Here is our smart cookie news Grace's grandfather. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

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Dusty Rhodes is my Great Grandad and  he was an artist(Grace). His paintings were very cool and hard to draw! My great Grandad survived World War One and he was fighting in France. He got wounded twice and went to hospital in England. Dusty Rhodes’s brother was fighting in France as well.. But Dusty Rhodes brother’s head got blown off by a German mortar and sadly died. Dusty Rhodes was then too old to go to World War Two. A couple of years after World War Two Dusty Rhodes died of old age.

Smart cookie News- Introducing The Team.

Here is our smart cookie news introducing ourselves. Smart cookie news is a group I made with my friends and we do interesting news items and videos. We work together to do this work and we do it mostly without teacher help. We come up with all the ideas by ourselves. We hope you enjoy.

My Sea Week Writing

 For sea week we wrote about why the ocean is important. Here is my writing work. Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment.

Oceans that Surround Aotearoa

My Family and I love the Moana.

Have you ever been for a swim in the ocean? Well I have. Some oceans in Aotearoa are mātoetoe and mōrearea. But there are some that are beautiful and calm. I love the Ocean because it holds lots of sea creatures and you can also go swimming in the moana. Second, the Ocean is important to me because you can see the sun rise at the end of the Moana.  That is why I love the Ocean.

The Moana is also special to people all around the world. Some people get their jobs from the Moana! One job from the moana is a kaihao. Did you know that some people live in the ocean in little house boats, they say that they feel land sick when they go on the whenua!

We wouldn’t be able to eat Ika for dinner if there wasn’t a sea. Some people mine tote from the sea. If there wasn’t a sea about 30% of people wouldn’t have a job. People would have to create new jobs for the people who would have had a job in the sea. Most people in the world love the Moana.

There are some problems with the Moana.

One of the problems is that aihe and other animals, like turtles, are getting stuck in nets that are supposed to catch Ika. People are also polluting the ocean with plastic. Did you know that in some places in the Moana there are islands of rubbish so thick that you can walk on them The islands go on for a long long way.

Some of the Animals in the Moana are sea snakes which live in coral reefs, Turtles, they are not mammals and live in coral reefs and Aihe,  they have smooth skin and a unique call. I hoI think that there are ways to fix the moana. I think that people should not use fishing nets and just use fishing rods. The government should ban plastic bags and get more people to make fabric bags instead.

People have made nets that catch the fish they want, but let the sea otters go. People have also made fishing nets that let smaller fish escape that net and it only catches the bigger fish.

I love the Moana and it’s animals.pe we can make the Moana sustainable.

I think that there are ways to fix the moana. I think that people should not use fishing nets and just use fishing rods. The government should ban plastic bags and get more people to make fabric bags instead.

People have made nets that catch the fish they want, but let the sea otters go. People have also made fishing nets that let smaller fish escape that net and it only catches the bigger fish.

I love the Moana and it’s animals.

My family and me love the Moana. The Moana is important to me because we can go to the beach and swim and roast marshmallows. I also like how the Moana helps the Ra to look like it’s slowly diving into the Ocean. I hope people make fishing nets that just catch the fish they want.

That is why the moana is special to me.

By Dakota

Glossary: Mātoetoe- rough. Mōrearea- dangerous.  Moana- ocean.  Ika-fish. Whenua-land. Kaihao- Fisherman .Tote-salt. Aihe-dolfin.  Ra-sun.

My Chance and Probability Work.

This Term we have been learning about chance and probability in maths. Here is my DLO (digital learning object) about chance and probability. Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment.