Battle of Mountains by Harry

Battle of the Mountains By Leeym

Battle of the Mountains, By Storm

BATTLE OF THE MOUNTAINS - BY ANGUS

THE FARMER AND THE POOR GOD

  Go to your local library and try to find this story then take my quiz

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Aerial spraying

I am here to tell you why I think arial spraying is bad. Here are some reasons.

Number one: The spray doesn’t do much at. It seems to be that M.A.F is just chasing the moth. Then they found out that the spray was not working so they increased the spray zone from 600 hectares to 10,000 hectares!!

Secondly its a waste of money. It doesn’t do much at all so people are protesting but NOTHING is being done, there are STILL heaps of caterpillars left.

Thirdly the spray affects people but that's not how M.A.F looks at it. M.A.F say that the spray is harmless to humans IF the spray is applied correctly and that there is no medical reason for leaving, but that is just M.A.Fs opinion. This is what Hana Blackmore had to say. ”People are experiencing asthma, headaches, respiratory problems, diarrhea, nausea and bleeding noses all because of the spray.

The spray contains benzoic acid. The acid is safe to eat but is it safe to breath?

So do you like arial spraying? I don’t like it but it is you’re chose. What side are YOU on.

By Timu             

Nuclear Power

NUCLEAR POWER

Nuclear energy.  Some like it, some don’t.  I’m here to tell you why I think there is a bit of good but mostly BAD.

Nuclear power could produce one quarter of New Zealand's power if we only had one nuclear power station!  Plus you only need a little bit of the secret ingredient…uranium!  As always there is a catch.  There is hardly any uranium on Earth.  The more uranium the more power.

Amazingly it doesn’t give off greenhouse gas…but there is something more dangerous…RADIOACTIVE WASTE is the dangerous stuff and it can be hazardous for over ONE THOUSAND YEARS!  How they store it is risky.  Underground and in the sea.  I mean are you crazy!  If there is an earthquake it will come bubbling up.

And this is the important part, the cooling system!  If it breaks down then all the radioactive waste will spread everywhere.  At a nuclear power station called Chernobyl, their cooling systems broke down and people still can’t live near Chernobyl.  This happened over 20 years ago!

So they could be good for New Zealand but what happens if it breaks down?  Although they have a good side I’m against them and these are my reasons.

By Sophie

Solar Power

SOLAR POWER

The Sun.  It gives us light, heat and even electricity!  I’m here to tell you why I love solar power.

It’s free!  Yes Siri it doesn’t cost a penny.  All you have to pay for is the panels or tubes(I’ll tell you more about them soon).

Best of all it doesn’t give off greenhouse gas.  Greenhouse gas is caused by smoke from fossil fuels and other polluting smoke.

There are two ways to get SOLAR POWER!  One: Photovoltaic cells.  The cells are put on your roof in a direction so that they get the most sun to create electricity and hooked up to your power supply.  Two: Either water or glycol runs through the solar tubes and that goes in your water cylinder or glycol runs through tubes and around your water tank and heats the water.  At my house we have water tubes on our roof!  So I’ve had solar showers.

We may not know how to store solar power yet and it’s not all the time e.g. when the Sun doesn’t shine.  I still think it is the best source of renewable energy EVER!

By Sophie

Essay about Solar Power

                                                               Solar power


Right. Are you sick of having expensive energy? Well you are reading the right essay then. But wait. That does not tell you what this essay is about, does it? Well I am talking about solar power and why it is good.

Firstly Solar power hardly costs anything. I am saying this because the sun doesn’t shine for money or does it?

Secondly this method does not harm the environment. If you can find any way that the sun harms the environment e-mail me at marleywright91@gmail.com

Thirdly you can make electricity using the sun two ways. One way is you can use the sun to heat up a liquid.... Well water.... You can use the sun to heat up water but the only problem is that you might have a cold shower. The second way is that you can use photovoltaic cells. What happens is the sun shines on the cells and it makes electricity.

So are you thinking about changing to Solar power? Its cheap, environmentally friendly.    

Essay about Nuclear Power

                                                        Nuclear power



So is your power cheap? Well good for you, but not so good for the environment and us.


I am here to tell you why Nuclear Power is so bad!

Firstly. Nuclear Power IS NOT environmentally friendly. Do you care about the environment? You do. Well Nuclear Power stations don’t. Did you know that Nuclear Power stations produce radioactive waste and have a guess were that goes. In a box underwater!

Secondly. The danger of a Nuclear Power station are SIGNIFICANT if the cooling system breaks down. Radioactive waste goes everywhere and has a massive affect on the environment and us. This has happened in Chernobyl in 1986 over 20 years ago and people STILL CAN’T LIVE THERE. Well at least around that area.

These are my reasons why Nuclear Power is bad. It is not environmentally friendly and it puts us in danger.

   
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Aerial spraying

Aerial spraying

Aerial spraying is bad I don’t want it any more here are my three reasons.

 reason 1 Aerial spraying does not work because spraying by air just gets the canopy and not the ground so the PAM can keep breeding on lower trees and produce babies.

 reason 2 The cost of aerial spraying is a lot. It can cost millions but mostly the tax payers have to pay. Some of the spray does not even get to the ground which means they have to do it again from the ground it’s a waste of spray.
When they Aerial spray they have to pay for a plane or a helicopter to spray and then they have to pay for the pilots hours.

 reason 3 Health is a big concern in aerial spraying because it sprays every where and what about people who may have asthma they could get really sick or have a asthma attack.The worst thing is that no tests have been taken they have just taken information from overseas and overseas could be wrong it could make people sick.

So now you have read my three reasons on why we should not have aerial spraying.

By Caleb

PAM

Why I do not support the spraying


I am going to tell you why I think aerial spraying for PAM is wrong.

There are still thousands of PAM caterpillars left and MAF is having to increase the spray zone from 600 hectares to 10,000 hectares. Shaun a boy who lives in the spray zone said “It’s not working because they have to keep making the spray zone bigger and bigger.” All MAF seem to be doing is chasing the moth.

Secondly people are getting sick. People with an allergy are effected the most but even people without an allergy have been getting asthma, diarrhoea, nausea and bleeding noses.

There are other ways to get rid of the painted apple moth (also known as PAM) like ground spraying on low bush areas and around towns. MAF could teach people what to look for and how to get rid of them even by paying kids to collect PAM caterpillars.

So that is why I think there is a better alternative to aerial spraying and why I think it should stop.

By Billy

FARMING FUTURE COVER PAGE

BLACKMOUNT TRIP

Cover Page

This is my amazing cover page. In our magazine it will show you everything you need to about farming.

Advertisement

    This is my advertisement for the magazine so come and see me if you want cute goats like these. By Billy

Gymnastics

Here's my Gymnastics Movie

In gym we had got into groups of four.  We went on The Beam, Big Blue Mat and The Box.

In my movie our group went on The Box and The Beam.

BATTERY HEN FARMING

BATTERY HEN FARMING


How many eggs do you eat in a week? Most people like free range eggs, but have you thought about the price? Free range eggs have twice as much fat in them as battery farmed eggs do. Battery hen farms creates a lot of jobs each year. I am here to tell you why I don’t think it is BAD to have battery hen farms!

Battery farmed eggs are a whole lot cheaper than free range eggs. According to the supermarket the cheapest battery farmed egg was 54 cents per 100grams, the cheapest free range egg was 75 cents per 100grams.The most expensive battery hen farmed eggs were 80 cents per 100grams but the free range eggs came in at $1.32 per 100grams. That is a lot cheaper. An average person eats 230 eggs in a year, so would you like to be paying a lot of money for a simple thing we have in our everyday diets?

Do you think about your weight often and love eggs? Well if you eat free range eggs they have way more fat in them compared to battery farm eggs. So if you are weight conscious and don’t have a lot of money try battery farmed eggs. True, people say that free range eggs taste better, but some people did a blind taste test and said that they tasted exactly the same.

There are a lot of battery hen farms around New Zealand in fact 140 farms. That provides a lot of jobs and makes money for the government, which in turn makes the economy stronger. People who work there go home with money in their pockets.

So do you still think battery hen farming is still bad? I don’t! Because the eggs are cheaper and don’t have nearly as much fat in them, as well as creating a lot of jobs in our country.

Storm LeQuesne

Brie Cheese Dip

Here is a recipe for a yummy Brie Cheese Dip!

Cooking time: 15 min
Serves 4

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pack of Brie cheese
• 2-3 spoons of Raspberry jam
• Plain water crackers

Method

1. Place the brie cheese on a baking tray and cover with jam.
2. Put it in the oven for fifteen minutes on 180˚c.
3. Take out of the oven and eat with your preferred choice of plain water crackers.  Yum!

Moffet Cup

Me, Sophie, shooting goals at Moffet cup