News+talk

= "NEWS TALK" = As part of their daily reading programme. Room 2 students select a current event article, take key notes then summarise it in their own words. They then publish and share it, so it can be shared with many :) = =

DEEP SEA OIL EXPLOSION 28/03/11

kkOn the 27th of march 2011 Raukumara basin caused a deep sea oil explosion.

Greenpeace climate spokesman Steve Abel says he is urging anyone who has a boat or a seaworthy kayak to put it in the water.

He also says nobody wants to see oil washing up onto NZ beaches and coastlines.

By Jade, Dylan and Liam j

__**Officer kills man**__ **28/03/03**
 * //A man got shot by a police officer in hawkes bay early this morning 15km from napier at 1:30 am and died at 3:00 am this morning and got updated at 10:49 am the police officer used a glock pistol early this morning and the man pointed the pistol when approached and police immediately retreated.//**


 * //by Georgia and Caitlin//**


 * //PUPPY LEARNS SIGN LANGUAGE ! 29/03/11 //**
 * //Yes this story is just as cute as it sounds. Alice, an 8 week old black and white springer spaniel was taken to an animal rescue center after she was abandoned in Ireland. //**
 * //Staff at the center which took her instantly knew the puppy would need specialist training and that most people would not want a pup who could not hear commands. //**
 * //But luckly a deaf couple, Marie williams and Mark morgan happend to be looking for a dog and decided that Alice would be the perfect pup for them. //**
 * //The happy couple have now started teaching the pup sign language and can use it to instruct her to sit down, sit up, come and roll over. //**


 * //By Portia and Jayna ! //**

**//All Blacks 29/03/11//**

 * //Ali Williams has a bad injury after a couple of days before the world cup. For possibly two or three weeks of rugby he will be on the sideline. It happened in a rugby game after a nasty pile up as he was on the bottom.//**


 * //by Nathanc and Nathank//**

=**//Man climbs worlds tallest building 30/03/11//**= =**//A 48 year old man called Robet used a rope and harness to complete climbing the worlds tallest building.Swirling wind would make this impossible without a harness .This man has climbed more than 70 Skysrcapers,including the empire state building,Chaicarogs willis tower and the pentronas towers in kuala lumpur,according to his website he conquered taiwans taipei 101 ,which before the burj was the tallest building in 2004//**=

**//by Aidan and Reegan//**
=**//The Wahine cruise ship sinks 4/4/11//**=


 * //In 1963 the 10 of April the Wahine cruise ship sunk in new Zealand waters. Killing 51 people that daya//****//. A//****//nother 2 died several weeks later. Nobody// //knows how it flipped.//**


 * //By Dylan and Liamj//**

= New zealand warrior Glen Fisiiahi. =

On Sunday the third of April 2011 the warriors recorded their first win of national rugby league season.The rookie full back Newzealand warrior Glen Fisiiahi grabbed a brace of tries.The warriors played in Taupo.Hip Hip Hooray.Go the warriors. By Jade and Lawson.

= __sally goes ape'mum'after 30 years 4.04.11﻿__ =

Sally the chimpanzee was hand raised by her foster mum georgie seccombe for two years after getting rejected from her real mum.It was updated at 5:30 am april the fourth 2011 yesterday at hamilton zoo at the chimpanzee inclosure. Sally was so excited to see her foster mum for the first time in 30 years that she did a dance for her foster mum. by caitlin and georgia crusaders training all blacks captin richie mccaw was back training with the crusaders for the first time during this super 15 campaign at mt maunganui on feburary.

Cricket world cup 6/04/11
Gautam Gambhir made 97 and skipper mahendra singh dhoni smashed an un beat and 91 of 97 balls as india won the world cup for the first time since 1983 with six wicket-victory over sri lanka on saturday. Sri lanka who won the toss and elected to bat in the day night final,rode on mahela jayawardenes 103 not out of 88 balls to pile up,274-6 in their 50 years. BY Reegan,Liam and Aidan.

=NZ biggest pumpkin 11/04/11//On April the 10 in Toupo a 497kg pumpkin. It took 94 days to grow. It is the heaviest in NZ. Robbie doresteyn said "why not". So he started to grow it in his back yard garden.//=
 * //B//y //Liamj//** **//and Dylan//**