France employs rubbish collecting birds

A theme park in France is set to unveil six “intelligent” birds to pick up rubbish.

The birds are known as rooks, which are a type of blackbird. They have been taught to collect cigarette ends and other small bits of rubbish at the Puy du Fou theme park.

They then deposit the litter into a small box which will deliver some bird food as a reward for their hard work.

The first feathery cleaners have already been put to work, with the rest set to join them on Monday.

Nicolas de Villiers, the head of the park, said that it was not just about keeping the area clean.

It was also about showing “that nature itself can teach us to take care of the environment”

Missing cat returns after 13 years

A missing cat has returned to its home after 13 years.

Tabby cat Boo vanished from her owner Janet Adamowicz’s home in Harrowgate, West Yorkshire, in 2005 at the age of four.

Janet, a married step-mum-of-two, was heartbroken when her pet went missing. She stuck posters to lampposts in the area, desperate for someone to spot her.

Now, Boo has returned home after living as a stray for 13 years.

Boo was taken to the vets in East Yorkshire by an unknown woman and scanned for a chip.

The chip was registered to Janet – who couldn’t believe it when they rang her and asked about a missing cat

Healthy Choices

This week room 10 was with Miss Bedisi and we learnt about Healthy Choices.
First we got a Countdown book with delicious And Healthy food, Second we got scissors so we can cut our Healthy food out. Third step we got a glue stick so we can glue our Healthy food on the paper Miss Bedisi gave us.When we had finished doing that we wrote down our price that Cost $13.50 after that we got a paper so we can write our writing about our Healthy food we stuck on our piece of work. Before we did that we got our pencil and the paper Miss Bedisi gave us i was buddy with Sar Yar Chan. Before we write about our Healthy Choices we need to Share our work with our Classroom. By saying why we bought it and why is it Healthy.But one person never shared there work with us because there were not enough Time to share it with us. We were inbareseen because we spoke in front of our Class mates. We were scared and sometimes we were existed when we spoke we were Scared and we don’t know why

Hello Smoothie – the world’s most photogenic cat

Meet Smoothie. She has been called “the world’s most photogenic cat”.

The furry, golden shaded kitty boasts striking emerald green eyes, and thanks to her adorable pictures and videos, Smoothie has more than 1.4 million followers on Instagram.

According to her website — yes she has her own website — she thoroughly enjoys chasing soft sponge balls to get her exercise in.

We think she is prefect 

Blood moon visible from New Zealand

New Zealand got a short glimpse at the longest lunar eclipse of the century on Saturday morning.

The blood moon lasted for one hour and 43 minutes.

The moon began to enter earth’s shadow (known as the penumbra) around 5.15am.

The moon appears red (rather than in complete darkness) due to blue light from the earth’s atmosphere refracting sunlight onto the surface of the moon.

No glasses are needed for the lunar eclipse due to its dimmer colour.

New Zealand only had a partial eclipse, but most of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America had a total eclipse.

Prince George turns 5

A new official picture of Prince George has been released as he turns five.

The picture, showing the prince grinning was taken after the christening of Prince Louis.

A handout picture released by Kensington Palace to mark Prince George’s fifth birthday shows him smiling to camera.

The eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was photographed in the garden of Clarence House.

The picture, tweeted by Kensington Palace, was accompanied by a message of thanks from the duke and duchess to everyone for their “lovely messages”.

George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born in the private Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, on 22 July 2013, weighing 8lb 6oz.

He has made a number of public appearances in the past 12 months, including on the balcony at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s official birthday celebrations in June

Collapsed dam in Laos causes major floods

More than 6,000 people have been left homeless and hundreds are missing after a dam collapsed in Laos, a country in Southeast Asia.

The dam collapsed late on Monday night and sent flash floods through villages in the area, causing lots of devastation.

It is thought that the dam released about five billion cubic metres (five trillion litres) of water when it collapsed.

The dam was a hydroelectric dam, being built to provide energy.

It is not yet known how many people have died in the disaster.

It is thought heavy rainstorms had caused part of the dam to collapse

Boeing building new plane that flies five times the speed of sound

magine going to Los Angeles or London for a weekend or even a day trip?

Well, Boeing is is working on a super-speed, ‘hypersonic’ plane capable of travelling at a velocity five times the speed of sound.

The plans say it could fly at up to 6500km/h.

At that speed the flight from Auckland to Los Angeles would only be an hour and a half ….. Wellington to London? Just THREE hours.

Boeing chief hypersonic scientist Kevin Bowcutt said the plane will be revolutionary for global travel.

“We’re excited about the potential of hypersonic technology to connect the world faster than ever before,” he said.

The aircraft would be capable of carrying passengers at full speed, though Boeing said it would also be used commercially or for the military.

Dr Bowcutt said it is possible this design could become a reality within 20 to 30 years.

Wildfires in Greece

At least 50 people are feared dead in wildfires burning in Greece. The fires have hit the Attica region around Athens, the capital of Greece.

It is Greece’s worst fire crisis in more than a decade.

As part of a huge rescue effort, emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate a beach.

“We will do whatever is humanly possible to control it,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told reporters.

Tsipras has declared a state of emergency in Attica, saying “all emergency forces” had been mobilised.

His government has asked other European countries for helicopters and additional firefighters to help tackle the fires.

Italy, Germany, Poland and France have all sent help in the form of planes, vehicles and firefighters.

What caused the fires?

Fires are a recurring problem during the hot, dry summer months in Attica. The flames this week were fanned by high winds.

The world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo.

Puan, described as the “grand old lady” of Perth Zoo, died this week aged 62. She left behind 54 descendants.

She had been at the zoo since 1968, and was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest of her species in 2016.

A critically endangered species, Sumatran orangutans rarely reach age 50 in the wild, the zoo said.

Believed to have been born in a jungle in Sumatra, Indonesia, in 1956, Puan left an “incredible legacy” of 11 children and a total of 54 descendants across the US, Europe and elsewhere, the zoo said.

On Thursday the 28th we learnt about Dogs.

On Thursday the 28th we learnt about Dogs, we went to the Dogs safety So we can learn how to keep our Dogs or puppies safe we got learnt by Nick and Michel, Nick and Michel gave us Book,s about Dogs safety, here are some things you can do And if the dog goes on his back and put one paw up and don’t open his mouth it doesn’t mean he want’s a tummy rub it mean don’t touch him just leave him alone, but if a dog comes up to you and lay on his back and shut his mouth with his two paws down, that means they want a tummy rub. We also learnt about if you are at the park by yourself and a Dog run up to you can just stay still and put your hands out  like a tree for the branches.

My learning in term 2

In term 2 our class learnt some maths, writing and we even did some artwork.


When we did art we started by drawing the cats, then the fence, the pumpkin and lastly we drew the sky. Once we drew the outline of the painted, we started painting. The first part we painted was the sky, and then the fence. Once they had dried we painted the pumpkins. After that we had to draw the cats again and painted those black. Before we did the painting we did a piece of writing. My writing was called 'A Cat's Moment in Time'.


Softball is cool because we are working out. I have played softball before, it is fun because I get to play with my friends and show teamwork. 


Constable Taina came to visit room 10, we learnt about respect, offences people can make.  Constable Taina is cool because we did art with her, and we learnt how to be a good citizen.


In Term 3 I would like to play more sport and do more learning!

Golden State Warriors win NBA

The Golden State Warriors have been crowned 2018 NBA champions.

They prove too string for the Cleveland Cavaliers beating them 4-0 in the best of seven series. ‘

Warriors guard Steph Curry shot a game-high 37 points in the final game were the Warriors won easily 108-85.

The result sees the Golden State Warriors have won 3 of the last 4 NBA titles. It was the fourth straight NBA Finals match-up between the two rival teams.

For Cleveland, the loss sends the team into an off-season with uncertainty around their star player Lebron James.
James was playing in his eighth consecutive NBA finals and fourth straight with the Cavs. When three-times champion James left the game with about four minutes to play,

G.T.S playdough challenge

Today at Glen Taylor school Room 10 made  play dough challenge. Before Room 10 made playdough we got spilt in groups. When we made play dough I felt excited because I learnt how to measure the cups and all the teaspoon and tablespoon. And learnt what is the difference of the teaspoon and tablespoons. And How to knead the play dough. Before we kneed it Miss wark done it first beacause it was hot and hot. After it cool down we all had a turn at kneed it after owl turn was over we started to do a blogger of the G.T.S play dough challenge. And I also noticed that when it was owl turn I noticed that the play dough was soft we had 3 kind of ingredients. Owl group had the method 2. There were 1 group that done cook play dough. And the 2 group made method 1. Owl group was a bit nearves because we didn’t no who will win, there were 3 kind of colour. Owl group had blue and Anastasia group had red and peter group had green.

New year

 Hello, my name is Savannah. I am a student attending to Glen Taylor School which is a caring and loving school to be in. I am 8 years old and I am a year 4 student who is in Room 10 My favorite subject would be Math. I will say math’s is a good subject that will keep me happy and probably sometimes confused. I get frustrated from all the equation and numbers I haven't learnt before.  My goals for 2018 would be to never give up and put 100% effort on everything i do in school and in my learning time! I am planning on making sure my attitude is excellent and good this year! and hopeful i will come out of my shell and be confident!

Don't be a bully

 Don't be a bully just be a friend
1.bully is bad for your life
2.bully makes people cry 
3.don't make people cry 4.bully don't show friend 5.bully don't make friend 6.bully is stinks 7.don't be mean behind the screen

All About me

5 fun facts All About me

1. my favourite colour is white and black

2. my favourite food is butter chicken

3. I love maths

4. I love reading

5. and love playing a lot

Haere Mai