One of the endangered animal- Cheetah

Cheetah-Acinonyx jubatus

Cheetah is one of the endangered species around many parts of the world and are harmed by palm oil. Cheetah’s habitat are being destroyed, by palm oil and their population loss caused them to be racing extinction. There were 100,000 cheetahs a century ago, but throughout the years there are fewer than 10,000 cheetahs that have been left in the wild.

We can help the Cheetahs to not become extinct by help raising money, stop buying products that have palm oil in them and we use some of those products in our daily lives for example: soap, shampoo, detergent, diesel, packaged bread, margarine, pizza dough, instant noodles, cookies, ice cream and even chocolate! Can you believe that? The cheetahs and other animals are becoming more less because of what we use for our every day lives.

By: Micahzl

Jam Recipe

Watermelon and Strawberry Jam

Preparation time: 10 minutes plus steeping overnight

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes

300g watermelon

200g strawberries, calyx removed and sliced in half

350g white sugar

Juice, seeds and zest of 2 lemons

½ teaspoon Rosewater

METHOD

1. Sterilize jars
2. Chop watermelon and strawberries.
3. Place the watermelon,lemon juice, sugar and strawberries in a large saucepan and cook over high heat. Let it boil.
4. Tie zest and seeds in muslin and place in fruit mixture.
5. Lower heat and simmer for 35-45 minutes or until jam is set.
6. Add rose water.
7. Ladle into jars and label.

CSJ

What is social justice?

Principle	Definition	Example	Scripture or example from Jesus
Human dignity	An act of justice, to be treated fairly and to be respected.	You are valuable and have the right to live and maintain your dignity.	John 13:16- Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
Solidarity	Agreement of feeling or action, supporting and valuing each other, make unity.	Valuing our fellow human beings and respecting who they are as individuals.	2 Timothy 2:12- If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us.
Preferential option for the poor	Preferential option for the poor means makings sure that those people who are marginalized in society, (including unborn children, persons with disabilities, the elderly and the terminally ill and victims of injustice and oppression) are looked after before everyone else.	True worship is to work for justice and care for the poor and oppressed.	Leviticus 19:15- You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Common good	the benefits or interests of all	Everyone needs to be included in making decisions and all people are equal not matter who they are	1 Corinthians 12:7- To each given manifestation of the spirit for the common good.
Subsidiarity	When we help people making sure we ask and include them in decisions we make.	Communicating with others are we offer to help them	Deuteronomy 7:11- Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.
Stewardship	Respecting and caring for God’s creation	Looking after the environment	Matthew 6:24- No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Participation	the act of participating	Making sure that we help those people who may find participating difficult. Making sure that we participate.	1 Thessalonians 4:11- And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands as we intructed you.

Late Upload- My Father's Day Poem

 Father’s Day Poem

M is for most difficult to define,

I is for incredible, amazingly awesome!

C is for confident, brave and intelligent,

H is for hopeful, optimistic in face of reality,

A is for affectionate, showing warmth and tenderness,

E is for engaging, winning others over,

L is for a leader, where you go others will follow.

By your caring child,

Micahzl

Book Review No.2

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S LEWIS                                   1950         

Adventure, Magical, Fantasy, Action

Lucy...was the first to find what lies within the secrets of the wardrobe in the Professor’s mysterious old house.  At first, her siblings don’t believe her that she visited a land called Narnia. Soon her brothers and sister step through the magical wardrobe themselves.

In the other side of the wardrobe they found a country buried under the evil enchantment  of the white witch. Can Lucy and her siblings stop the frightening witch?

-------------------------- I like--------------------------

• How there are magical creatures.    

• When they get to meet the Great Lion Aslan.
• How they bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch’s mischievous spell.

----------------------- I don’t like------------------------

• Edmund allies with the white-looking witch.
• How the faun is associated with the witch.

Science Institute Trip photos

Trip to the Science Institute, Auckland University-Photos

- Finding out my heart rate

- Caroline using the stationary bike, while Kc monitors Caroline's heart rate

- Scientist teacher explaining how a child changes from their mother's womb

- Intermediate girls writing down what they know about What affects our HAUORA? 

- What affects our HAUORA?

Book Review

The Maskmaker

Jane Johnson                                             2010                          

Mother's Day

  When you thought I wasn't looking

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you cleaning the living room even though you’re sick and I learnt that life is hard.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you baking cupcakes for my afternoon tea and I learnt that you care for me.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you giving flowers to the neighbours when their grandma was having an operation and I learnt that you share love for others.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you prepared the meal for dad and I learnt that you have to serve one another.

When you thought I wasn't listening, I heard you pray over me and give me a good night kiss and I felt love and safe.

When you thought I wasn't looking,I saw tears come from your eyes and I learnt that sometimes things hurt and its alright to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you doing all your responsibilities and I learnt that its a tough being a good mother.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you studying the things to become a receptionist and I learnt that even if life is hard, we all need to try are best.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you looking after grandma and I learnt that you have to take care of your parents because they took good care of you.

When you thought I wasn’t looking, I looked at you and wanted to say “ Thanks for all the things I saw… when you thought I wasn’t looking.” 

By Micahzl

The girl who stands up for girl's right to education

Malala Yousafzai

Who was she ?

Malala Yousafzai is a popular teenage activist, also known as “The Youngest nobel Laureate “ and “ Gul Makai”. She was born on July 12th, 1997 in Mingora, the Swat district of northwest Pakistan. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, encouraged her to express her frustration over the Taliban. In a blog, she wrote about how the Taliban were seeking to rule over their hometown and stop girls from getting to school. She won many prizes and awards, she was nominated and won “ Nobel Peace Prize (2014), “ Sakharov For Freedom of thought (2013) and “ Simone de Beavoir Prize (2013).

She wrote her blog using the  pseudonym “ Gul Makai” to hide her identity. Gul Makai means wicked and strictness. A little later her identity was revealed and the taliban shot her in her head. She survived the critical injury and was flown to England to have surgery. She has became a popular teenage activist because of her brave fight for girls education.

By Micahzl