Zika Virus

As part of our reading we work independently exploring news items that have a national or international setting.

Zika Virus

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

WHO (World Health Organization) says ‘There is no vaccine or treatment for zika, which is like dengue and causes mild fever, rash and red eyes. An estimated 80 percent of people infected have no symptoms.

Zika is ‘strongly suspected’ to cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads and brains. So it is very serious for pregnant women if they are infected with the Zika virus.

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

The Zika Virus has infected thousands of babies over Brazil. WHO (World Health Organization) states that there is no known treatment or cure for the virus. There is an estimate that 80% of people infected have no symptoms.

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

This event took place in Brazil in South America and that place has a hot temperature.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

The Zika Virus happened on 2014 on Brazil and if the WHO have no treatment or vaccine, many babies will die if the virus spreads more.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

This event took place in Brazil because Zika Virus spreads through mosquito bites that cause mild fever, rash and red eyes.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

WHO - World Health Organisation, agency of the United nations which promotes the

          improvement of health conditions of people around the world.

Dengue - infectious disease characterized by a high fever and pain in the muscles   

              and joints (occurs in tropic regions such as India, Egypt and West Indies).

Mosquito - any of numerous small winged insects whose females suck the blood of animals and humans.

Number Patterns

                               I am learning to find a rule and use it to continue a number position

The Fairy Princess

L.I. - I am learning to use the structure of a narrative to write and entertain my reader audience.

              Once upon a time, there was a fairy village, where many fairies lived, there's a pretty and loving girl named Blossom, she is the princess of the fairies, King Bob, and Queen Bella are very happy for her but they are hiding a big secret to her and they still never told her since she’s a baby.

      But one day something bad happened, King Rat, the king of evil rats and mice kidnapped Blossom and trapped her in a tower in the middle of the cursed forest, the forest is cursed and only rats and mice can go in and the tower is very tall with no stairs but there’s a very small window at the top of the tower that no one can reach it or go in.

      The King ordered his guards to save Blossom but the guards came back injured and there was no use to save her because the evil rats and mice are very strong and can't be beaten.

       Next, the guards said to the King that it's possible that the princess was killed by King Rat and his evil army but the King and Queen didn't believe them.

       Meanwhile at the top of the tower, Blossom is crying at the corner and then a small rat entered carrying a food in a tray but Blossom doesn't want to eat, all she want to do is go home to her fairy friends and her family.

       Then something strange happened, someone had entered the tower, it's a fairy and it really looks like Blossom when the stranger enters the room where Blossom is staying and when Blossom noticed the stranger she was puzzled, then the stranger grabbed Blossom's hand and waved her wand and the small window became wide and the flew off and go back to the village.

        When the stranger and Blossom reached the village, the fairies were shocked even the King and Queen is shocked to find their daughter alive and fine but the King and Queen  are more shocked to see that the stranger is their long lost daughter and the long lost sister of Blossom, the name of the girl is Belle, they all cried and hugged each other.

         The King, Queen, and the fairies planned to defeat King Rat and his evil army, then the next day they are all ready to defeat King Rat but Blossom will stay at the castle because she not powerful enough to fight them so she stayed with her friends and her mother, then the King and the fairies came back, they were happy to defeat King Rat.

         The Royal family of fairies celebrated a feast for the coming back of the long lost princess, and then the King, Queen, Belle and Blossom lived happily ever after.

                                                       THE END

My First Word Search

                     
                               

                              I made a word find using puzzle maker and then completed the
                                                                         word search.

5+ A DAY

                              We are learning to identify, name and group a range of vegetables and                  
                                                   and fruit, as part of our 5+ a day focus

First Blog Entry

Hello everyone my name is Hillary and I'm from Saint Patrick's school, I'm a year 8 Filipino student at room 8 and my teacher is Mrs. Dines. I have many good and kind friends here and I like them because they're kind, good and friendly. I really like this school because all the students here are really kind and the teachers too.