Leadership Class

2007-06-29T09:19:00.000+12:00

Well it seems as thought his term as tally flown, we have been absolutely flat out running around like headless chickens, but let me say what an adventure. Something that I am so sure our whole class has learnt an awful lot about. We have pretty much been on a roller coaster ride through pain, laughter and tears there has been times that I know we all just wanted to throw in the towel leave the river how it is, and make it someone else’s problem. No we stuck in there and we kept at it. I think we all can take the time now and sit back and reflect on what we have done it has been a major to take on and I know we have done what we set out to do we have created awareness no longer is it a myth that the river is polluted but merely a fact and now the whole community knows. So as the holiday’s loom I know that we can sit back pat ourselves on the back and let nature take its course because we have done what we always said we would.

Movie Making

2007-06-22T13:15:00.000+12:00

Today was the second to last day of our leadership pollution of the Hautapu river class. We have less than one week of school to the term break and our options are only on once a week. We have been extremely busy making a movie to create awareness. We have traveled around the town have dug deep and a lot of us I am sure have found hidden talents that have been dusted with cobwebs (acting I mean)

It has been quite an adventure with all of us playing vital parts in the success of the movie and ensuring that we get the message across. We are planning to post our movie on utube sooo watch this space.

This afternoon we are hoping to edit our work and show it in the celebration assembly of the whole school this is just another way we hope we can get the word out because I feel as though younger students or people are just as important as the elders because as the saying goes we are the future.

Well happy blogging.

2007-06-15T13:43:00.000+12:00

Well, another day has gone and it seems as though there is soo much to do in soo little time. Our little class seems to be running round headless in last bid to publish newspaper articles, prepare blogs and update wikis. At the moment we are getting ready for end of term reports and are hping that everything we set out to do and asked to do is now completed. Well have to go happy blogging see you next week

Visiting

2007-06-01T14:28:00.000+12:00

Today we visited a variety of businesses, and all of which had their own ways of saving the river and recycling. First of all we visited Byfords redimix (a concret distriduters) We discovered that their ways of recycling were extremly sufficent and their seemed absoloutly nearly no waste all of their surplus seemed to in some way be used again.
Next we visited Hutapu Pine and the information that we were given seemed to some extent irrelivant. They at a cost denied pollution or contribution to the ongoing concern of the Hautapu river. And we hpoe to find out more.
We also visited a bush reserve called the Paengaroa and discovered true beauty magnificent native trees towared the river creating true beauty.

new day

2007-05-25T11:18:00.000+12:00

Hello and I hope all of you have had an extremely good week. Well back to saving our enviorment! The start of the day began rather adventurous with a trek down to the Hautapu river behind the school. I would have to say a very challenging start to our day to wake everyone up and get the nerves pumping it seemed as though the treacherous steep bank was going to hold very few prisoners with a couple of our class mates vowing to never step foot on such density.
But with hearts pumping hands shaking and knees trembling all of us seemed to end up at the bottom even though shoes had been taken of and beautiful uniforms soiled well back to the actual facts.
As a result from clarity tests that Michael, Teri, Ariana and Cody underwent a test to see how clear the water is i.e. how badly does silt effect our river their results have shown that if the measurement is below 1.60metres the reading is extremely poor our river turned out to be 1.65m which slots us into between poor and fair. (not extremely satisfying results)
A group of us e.g. Me- Jess, josh, Teri and Becca also did a bit of detective work ourselves looking for any type of life in the river that suggested our river wasn't polluted. Much to our disgust, it seemed as though what little life there was, was not very beneficial for the welfare of the river we found one dobson beetle with a rating of four meaning five been no pollution and getting worse to one we also found worms with a rating of one and snails that had such a low rating of zero extremely alarming!!!!!!!!!!
Doing the testing on plants was Teri and Cassandra their discoveries founded that mushrooms and toadstools were plentiful this in some ways suggests that fungi is plentiful but the most concerning is the desolation the vastness and the way the river is so exposed meaning that very few trees are protecting and filtering the river and causing unconditional erosion.
Sop as a conclusion the river needs a lot of help and it seems as though it has been neglected for to long and our help comes not a moment to soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

new blog

2007-05-18T13:51:00.000+12:00

Welcome back to my posting today Friday the 18th of May we have a pretty muddled hectic day. But all in all a very productive one as well we have been getting down and into the work that we have needed to do publishing newspaper articles and posters around the town all aimed at creating awareness we have also attemted to purchase our own water testing kit to asisst us in our studies his will make our work alot easier without having to wait for along time whilst the council checks the water as we have aleresady discovered in the past activities that they take part in can take some time.
We have also had another meeting during the starting time of today we dicussed where we all were at in our research program and what we were aiming towards with our project.
Look forward to next week

Minutes of first pollution meeting

2007-05-11T14:11:00.000+12:00

AGENDA Deciding Matters
Present- Teri Mckay, Michael Doolan, Marika Beauchamp, Joshua Hiriini, CassandraTaylor Bowen, Jo Shefield, Aeiana Nepe, Jessica Mallalieu
Apoligies- Cody Sutherland, Rebecca Rae, Racheal Hansen

DUTIES
Note Taker- Jess
Facillitor- Michael

HOW FAR HAVE WE COME
We have been working on our blogs, getting known to everyone.
We have visited the river and reviewed the damage
Contacted other peoples blogs
We have all posted at least four blogs
All recieved comments

GOAL
Start to make a difference to the pollution of the Hautapu river and make it possible for others to carry on after we have succeded in our work.

ACTION PLAN
Create a writing of what were doing on the pollution and submit it to a local newspaper

WHO'S DOING WHAT
Jess- Writing
Ari- Typing
Michael- Proof Reading
Teri-
Cassandra-
Marika-all updatig the wikipedia

MEETING CLOSED

2.05pm
Friday 11

Thankyou

2007-05-11T09:53:00.000+12:00

As our study progress's as expected I have started to be left with quite a few comments in which I dearly apreciate due to a large number of you with blocked blogs making it almost impossible to send you or reply in wich I have decided to post you all a public comment thanking you for your contribution to my posts.
It is great to know that there are others in the world who are spending energy and time on making our planet a better place and insuring that our future is almost set because without all of you people out there set on making our enviourment a better place who knows what the future would hold for our children and evan our childrens children
Best of luck and keep it up

A New Day

2007-05-11T09:28:00.000+12:00

Yes and welcome back, the start of a new day of hardwork trying to rid the world of pollution, I wish it was easier said then done but if it was that way where would the fun be. I feel it very much now my duty to make sure that whatever I do not only do I feel satisfied with what ever I have to do but it is my job to make the river cleaner for not only now and the people that use it today but insure that is is safe for our future.

Today we hope to get alot of our research done i.e on the computer such as google, wiki, and other internet sites. This project at
the time did not seem so big but as we go into depth of our study it is all begining to unfoldi into something with quite a mass
Stay posted

Discovering Pollution

2007-05-04T14:24:00.000+12:00

This afternoon we went on a quest to discover pollution our main aim was to find what was causing the pollution. But before any of that we had to find out wether our river the Hautapu river was actually polluted. We discovered much rubbish and was disgusted with the amount of waste that was being poured into the river.

We found drains that obviously contained the stormwater but also in them there was obvious un wanted disposel of clothing items and chemicals from i.e. car washing and other bad for the enviourment materials.
Hope to update you later
leave me some info

2007-05-04T09:17:00.000+12:00

Welcome back to my Jess Mallalieu's blog, today we have an exciting few weeks in front of us for with our topic decided comes the hard work. But before all that starts we have goals to set, I have toyed with many different ones and have come up with one that I find important to me -

*What ever I do or choose, make a POSITIVE DIFFERENCE in what I decide to do (make a change for the better.)
*No matter what the outcome feel as though this term was worth it and proud of my work.

Issue Decided!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-04-27T13:47:00.000+12:00

After a very much heated argument/ debate it has been decided that we go with POLLUTION OF THE HAUTAPU RIVER this has been an on going concern with local residents for many years due to the significence and speaciality of the river for translated into English, Hautapu means SACRED. This obviously shows the greatness of this mighty river that divides the town into two.

Other options considered were the RE OPENING OF THE CINEMA and RECYCLING but these were soon passed out as the cinema seemed almost lazy of us as many other things were more important and the recycling was almost to big
Well look forward to next week please leave any relevant imformation

Hello World

2007-04-27T11:15:00.000+12:00

Welcome to my blog for my leadership class at Taihape Area school form 4, year 10, this term we are studing about issues that effect our community. e.g. Rangitikei such as topics or problems that may have arisen during the past present our future. We are looking to better our community in things that we as young adults feel very strong towards.

Today Friday the 27th, we are starting to gather ideas and to research about information that may be of some use to us in future refrences. We have brain stormed, (gathered facts) to help with the start of of our term long project (the bread and butter work) we have started with these ideas to help to get us thinking more in depth>
*The thing I like most about TAIHAPE?
-That we are living in a rural community that is friendly and the people are safe and trustworthy where most people are honest and reliable and everyone knows everyone.
*The thing I like least about TAIHAPE?
-We are quite often considered far away from anywhere and travelling becomes an issue.
*If I were mayor of TAIHAPE I would?
- Create better facilities for people our age.
*If I had $10000 to spend on Taihape I would?
-Look at creating better curve side recycling and all together better the whole rubbish dispiosle process.

Here are a few guidelines that us as a class have choosen to make our working enviourment a better place>
~Participate (100% is expected from everyone)
~Get your work done (do things when they are expected as this will make life easier)
~Be open to other peoples ideas (every ones opinion matters)
~Respect people and there resources (everyone has a right to be acknowledged)

So that's me so far please feel free to leave a comment as your feed back would be gratefully received
kind regards your fellow student