COVID 19 Tips

Today I am going to help you by giving you some simple tips on the Coronavirus.

Tips to keep safe from the Coronavirus:

• Wash your hands more often for 20 to 30 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based sanitize so your hands can be clean.
• Cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze or cough with a disposable tissue or with your elbow.
• Remember to avoid contact (1 meter 3 feet) with people who are unwell.
• Stay home and isolate yourself so you don't get sick or get the Coronavirus.
• Make sure you wash your hands before and after you eat

  Tips On what not to do:

• Don't touch your eyes
• Don't touch your nose
• Don't touch your mouth if your hands are not clean

World Health Organisation site 
How to protect yourself from COVID 19 Video

Go and check it out so you know what to do.

Another reminder is to keep safe and remember to stay updated so you know what is happening with New Zealand. 

New Zealand Has 85 New Cases Of COVID 19

The Ministry of Health has announced 85 new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in New Zealand.
There is 76 new confirmed cases and nine probable cases. 37 people have recovered from the  infection. Eight people are in hospital because of the virus but are being treated. Six are in a stable condition which is very good, two are in a less stable condition and one is in intensive care.
This information was released by Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield on Friday which is today! The lock down came into effect on Wednesday night in an effort to limit people's exposure to the deadly illness which has infected more than 525,000 people worldwide and killed 24,000. Some good news has just been announced as well and that good news is, New Zealand has 37 people recovered.

New Zealand COVID 19 Cases: 368

Remember to check out the news

Dr. Ashley Bloomfield

3 Stories In 1

Will food Delivery's still operate?
Are you that kind of person that always eats out or always eats takeaways? Well if you are here is some bad news and good news. Takeaways and restaurants will be closed due to the Coronavirus but food delivery services will still be operating. My Food bag, Woop, and Hello Fresh are considered as essential services and will still be allowed to trade and deliver food says Restaurant Association CEO Maria Bidois. Fast food Deliveries and Uber Eats will be stop because they are not essential services.  

Prince Charles Tests Positive For COVID 19
The 71 year old royal (Prince Charles of Wales) has tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus. He is isolating himself at a royal estate in Scotland. Prince Charles wife Camilla who is 72 years of age has tested negative for the COVID 19 virus. Charles has been displaying mild symptoms for the virus but he is very healthy. For the past few weeks he has been working at home which is very normal.  The tests were carried out by the National Health Service in Scotland.

COVID 19 Cases Rises By 78 On The 1st Day Of National Lock down
If you did not know New Zealand has just had some confirmation on 78 new cases of COVID 19.
It is now getting to that stage where we are all scared and are feeling very worried for our loved ones like our grandparents and everyone in NZ. There are 73 new confirmed cases and 5 new probable cases. It brings the country to a total of 283, both confirmed and probable. Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, Directer-General of Health, fronted the media today with the update.

Remember to always check the news so you know how much cases there is because it can change every day. Stay updated. If you keep yourself safe, you keep everyone safe. 

Alert Level 4

New Zealand is currently on level 3 but will be on alert level 4 at 11:59 PM on the 25th of March which is today! Some good news has just been confirmed though and that good news is, 22 people have recovered and 6 people are in hospital. 3 in Wellington, 1 in Roturua and 2 in Waikato. Jacinda Ardern says"Be Kind, Be Calm, Break The Chain''. 

How many cases of COVID 19 in New Zealand?
50 new cases has just been confirmed and that is why there is now 205 cases but it can change every day so remember to keep updated every day so you know what is happening in New Zealand. Also for more information go and checkout covid19.govt.nz . I will leave the link for  covid19.govt.nz  down below.

Will This Help Stop The Spread?
Jacinda Ardern says "what you do now will affect us all" so I think she means  is to always be careful because you do not want to be the reason why someone else had caught the virus.  Stay home, save lives. This big impact or action will save lives for everyone who lives in NZ. Also schools will officially be closed today. Another thing just to add on, if you keep yourself safe you keep everyone safe.

Instructions you must follow to keep safe
physical distancing of 2 meters when outside of your home
You must only be in physical contact with the people you live with
you must stay home
where you stay tonight is where you stay from now on
wash hands
keep away from germs
do not make physical contact with elderly people or anyone

The Link to covid19.govt.nz  

NZ In Lockdown

On Monday the 23rd of March the Prime Minister had made a huge announcement to  New Zealand.
She said " All schools, Restaurants,and universities  will be closed due to the COVID 19 outbreak.  Jacinda Ardern had given NZ traumatic news about the Coronavirus. NZ now has 155 cases of COVID 19. New Zealand's Coronavirus alert level has now been escalated to level 3, alert level 3 requires all public venues to shut down. 

Why is the Prime Minister putting New Zealand in lock down?
The prime minister is doing this because she does not want the virus to spread in NZ. She is very concerned and is trying her best to keep everyone in NZ safe from this deadly virus. If we stay in our homes we can stop the virus from spreading. This lock down will only last 4 weeks then we can all go back to our normal routine but will still need to keep safe under any circumstances.

Supermarkets, doctors,pharmacies, service stations, hospitals and access to essential banking services will be available throughout New Zealand at every alert level. 

Coronavirus Video link 
The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do
Go check it out for some information on this deadly virus

Prime Minister's Announcement video link
New Zealand in coronavirus lock down for four weeks | nzherald.co.nz
Go check it out so you know what is happening

The Prime Minister

175 Years Since Hone Heke Cut Down The Flagpole

Last week there had been a special ceremony to mark the 175th year when Hone Heke had cut down the Flagpole. This ceremony was held in the far north of New Zealand. It was the falling of the flagstaff at Kororareka. In the year 1845 the Ngapuhi chiefs Hone Heke and Te Ruki Kawati joined Forces to make the ultimate team so they could cut down the British empires flagpole. The action of these 2 chiefs is what started the "flagstaff war".
This commemoration was a reminder to the people of New Zealand to hold onto their rangatiratanga. 

Hone Heke

Te Ruki Kawati

Tech!!!!!!!!

This afternoon we had the m- bots. Last week we had learnt a lot about movement, so Mr. Swinton decided that we should practice more so we can get the hang of it. We went on our drive and went looking into our folders for the "Lets get moving" folder. Then we went on M-Block online and started doing our work. Alamoni, Nurul, Diego, Kara,Richie, Hone and I were siting at the same table, we had to do some warm ups before we could put in the instructions on the slide first.
After a while of work it was time for us to head back to school but first Lily from St Pius school  did the roll because Mr. Swinton forgot to do it. 

Breaking News COVID 19

2 new cases of COVID 19 has just been confirmed, there is now 8 cases of COVID 19 in Auckland city. You might be wondering why the Coronovirus spreading in Auckland  right now. Well my theory is there is a high chance that you can get the COVID 19 because there is more population of people here than any other city in New Zealand. It is getting really serious now and is becoming very scary that is why a lot of people will be doing self isolation due to the corornovirus outbreak. Remember to always wash your hands and do not touch things on the ground or something that is dirty. Please try not touch or make social contact with anyone else. 

 Symptoms
High temperature
shortness of breath
Coughing

Taking Action!

Last week Friday Room 1 and Room 7 had a special guest. It was Frazer! He was the man that took us to Hamlin's hill. Today we had got to look at the traps that can kill and catch the pests around our area. We also got a little bag of traps that we could take home and experiment on. Frazer had also given us a footprint tunnel.

After having the introduction in Room 1 we then got ready to head out to the back of the school and set out traps. We saw a moth plant on the way down so we got the people with the gloves to pick it off. Everyone had a job to do, I had the job of hammering the nail into the tree. Once we had finished putting the traps out me and a few others helped Frazer carry his things to his vehicle.

Moth Plant - is a type of plant that is poisonous

This is a Moth Plant

Italy becomes the 2nd Highest country With Covid 19 cases

New Zealand has been updated with breaking news in Italy. Italy is now the 2nd highest country to have so many cases of the Coronovirus. The Italian government say Italy has now 10,149 cases of coronvirus. The total number of patients being infected with the Cornavirus in total is 113,700 in 97 common countries. Most people have isolated themselves due to this issue. Also the 1st person to get the COVID 19 in New Zealand is now going through remission as this person is getting better everyday.

China COVID 19 Cases
80,739

Italy COVID 19 Cases
10,149

South Korea COVID 19 Cases
7,513

Programming

In Control Tech we had learned a lot more about programming, algorithm and decomposition.
The only change we had in our class yesterday was a new teacher named Mr. Swinton. He said " I will be your teacher for just a few weeks until Mr. Daniels comes back". In class we all learned that decomposition actually means breaking down the instructions into small steps so that it is easy for the people who are doing it can understand.
These are the words we learned about:
Decomposition - breaking down the instructions into small steps
Algorithm - is a process that people have to do instead of robots
Byte or Octet - a small unite in your computer or iPhone that carries data.
Iteration-is a content of computer programming and about instructions and structure.
Hexadecimal- number system based on the number 16.

Hamlin's Hill

On Friday the 28th of February the 2 intermediate classes went on a trip. We went to Hamlin's Hill. It was an amazing experience for me and good exercise. When we first arrived there we had to clean our shoes because we had to keep our nearly extinct Kauri tree alive. I was very tired and scared but I was really enjoying myself.

Seeing Pests
When we were in the forest we saw traps. We saw a chew card where we put peanut butter on a special type of card and stick it to a tree so we can see if there are any pests like rats, stotes and possums. Frazier was telling us facts about one of the traps called the black attack trap. When I was walking around a rabbit came running towards me and it actually hit my leg while it was running. After that I ran out of the bush feeling very scared but I was fine.  When we had reached the top we got to have a long break and got to look at the beautiful view.a

When we were done we made our way into another forest and got to see some more trees and we saw whitey the tree. After that long walk we went back out to wait for the bus and went home.

Corona

New Zealand has just been updated with serious news in China. All the schools in China could possibly be getting shut down due to the deadly illness of the coronovirus. The closure will effect 13 million students. New Zealand has also been confirmed that 48 countries has now been infected with COVID 19.  New Zealand has 1 confirmed case of coronovirus. This patient is 60 years of age and had just returned to NZ from Tehran via Bali. 

Death Count - 

3,001 

COVID 19 Cases

88,357