Facts about

Sheryl Kara Sandberg (born August 28, 1969)^[4] is an American social media executive, author, and billionaire. She is the chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook and founder of Leanin.org. In June 2012, she was elected to Facebook's board of directors by the existing board members,^[5] becoming the first woman to serve on its board. Before she joined Facebook as its COO, Sandberg was vice president of global online sales and operations at Google, and was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Before Google, Sandberg served as chief of staff for United States Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers In 2012, she was named in the Time 100, an annual list of the most influential people in the world according to Time magazine.^[6] As of June 2015, Sandberg is reported to be worth over US$1 billion, due to her stock holdings in Facebook and other companies.^[7][8]

Facts about Helen Clark

Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ SSI PC (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was New Zealand's fifth-longest-serving prime minister, and the second woman to hold that office.^[1]

Clark was brought up on a farm outside Hamilton. She entered the University of Auckland in 1968 to study politics, and became active in the New Zealand Labour Party. After graduating she lectured in political studies at the university. Clark entered local politics in 1974 in Auckland but was not elected to any position. Following one unsuccessful attempt, she was elected to Parliament in 1981 as the member for Mount Albert, an electorate she represented until 2009.^[2]

Clark held numerous Cabinet positions in the Fourth Labour Government, including Minister of Housing, Minister of Health and Minister of Conservation. She was Deputy Prime Minister from 1989 to 1990 under Prime Ministers Geoffrey Palmer and Mike Moore. After Labour's narrow defeat in the 1993 election, Clark challenged Moore for leadership of the party and won, becoming the Leader of the Opposition. Following the 1999 election, Labour formed a governing coalition, and Clark was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10 December 1999.^[3][4]

facts about Fiao'o Fa'amausili

Fiao'o Fa'amausili ONZM (born 30 September 1980) is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She plays for New Zealand and Auckland. She was a member of the winning Black Ferns squad for the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup She is a police officer in Auckland.^[1]

Fa'amausili was named as captain of the Black Ferns for the inaugural 2015 Women's Rugby Super Series held in Canada.^[2] She was named in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fa'amausili was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby In 2019, Faamausili was on the voting panel for the World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year award.^[6

Facts about the water project.

The California State Water Project, commonly known as the SWP, is a state water management project in the U.S. state of California under the supervision of the California Department of Water Resources. The SWP is one of the largest public water and power utilities in the world, providing drinking water for more than 23 million people and generating an average of 6,500 GWh of hydroelectricity annually. However, as it is the largest single consumer of power in the state itself, it has a net usage of 5,100 GWh.[2]

The SWP collects water from rivers in Northern California and redistributes it to the water-scarce but populous south through a network of aqueducts, pumping stations and power plants. About 70% of the water provided by the project is used for urban areas and industry in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and 30% is used for irrigation in the Central Valley.[3] To reach Southern California, the water must be pumped 2,882 feet (878 m) over the Tehachapi Mountains, with 1,926 feet (587 m) at the Edmonston Pumping Plant alone, the highest single water lift in the world.[4] The SWP shares many facilities with the federal Central Valley Project (CVP), which primarily serves agricultural users. Water can be interchanged between SWP and CVP canals as needed to meet peak requirements for project

constituents. The SWP provides estimated annual benefits of $400 billion to California's economy.[5Since its inception in 1960, the SWP has required the construction of 21 dams and more than 700 miles (1,100 km) of canals, pipelines and tunnels,[6] although these constitute only a fraction of the facilities originally proposed. As a result, the project has only delivered an average of 2.4 million acre feet (3.0 km3) annually, as compared to total entitlements of 4.23 million acre feet (5.22 km3). Environmental concerns caused by the dry-season removal of water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, a sensitive estuary region, have often led to further reductions in water delivery. Work continues today to expand the SWP's water delivery capacity while finding solutions for the environmental impacts of water diversion.

Facts about Shelly

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, OD (née Fraser, born 27 December 1986)^[3] is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser-Pryce ascended to prominence in 2008 when at 21 years old, the relatively unknown athlete became the first Caribbean woman to win 100 m gold at the Olympics.^[4] In 2012, she successfully defended her title, becoming the third woman to win two consecutive 100 m gold medals at the Olympics.^[5] Fraser-Pryce took a break from athletics in 2017 to have her first child. At the 2019 World Championships, at the age of 32, she became the oldest woman and second mother in history to win 100 m gold at a global championship.^[6][7]

Fraser-Pryce is the only sprinter, male or female, to be crowned world champion over 100 m four times (2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019).^[8][9] Since 2008, she has won four of the five world 100 m titles she has contested, as well as two of the last three Olympic 100 m titles.^[10] She is the second female sprinter to hold world and Olympic 100 m titles simultaneously—and the first female sprinter to do so twice. In 2013 she became the first female sprinter to win gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m in a single World Championship, and also became the first woman to hold world titles at 60 m, 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay simultaneously.^[11]

With over a decade of dominance in the sport, Fraser-Pryce has won more global 100 m titles than any other female sprinter in history.^[12][13] Nicknamed the "Pocket Rocket"^[11] for her petite frame (she stands 5 feet tall) and explosive block starts, she is ranked fourth on the list of the fastest 100 m female sprinters of all time, with a personal best of 10.70 seconds.^[14] Due to her achievements and consistency, many publications and sports analysts, including former Olympian Michael Johnson,^[15] refer to Fraser-Pryce as the greatest female sprinter of all time.^{[16][17][18][19][20]} World Athletics calls her “the greatest female sprinter of her generation".^[21]

Ronald Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents, and he served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors.^[4][5] He has been referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".^[6] His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008, The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".^[7]

Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters.^[8][9] His books champion the kindhearted and feature an underlying warm sentiment.^[10][11] His works for children include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, and George's Marvellous Medicine. His adult works include Tales of the Unexpected.

Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales to Norwegians Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg).^[12] Dahl's father had immigrated to the UK from Sarpsborg in Norway and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s with his first wife, a Frenchwoman named Marie Beaurin-Gresser. They had two children together (Ellen Marguerite and Louis) before her death in 1907.^[13] His mother immigrated to the UK and married his father in 1911. Dahl was named after Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first language was Norwegian, which he spoke at home with his parents and his sisters Astri, Alfhild, and Else. The children were raised in the Lutheran faith and were baptised at the Norwegian Church, Cardiff.^[14]

Taika watiti facts

Taika David Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə waɪˈtiːti/ (listen);^[1] born 16 August 1975), also known as Taika Cohen, is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night. He is married to Chelsea Winstanley, who produced several of his films.

His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film, with the latter still holding that title as of 2018.^[2][3][4] He co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement. Waititi's most recent directing credits include the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the satirical black comedy Jojo Rabbit (2019), the latter of which he also wrote.

Waititi is from the Raukokore area of the East Coast region of the North Island of New Zealand and grew up there and in Wellington,^[5] and attended Onslow College for secondary school.^[6] His father is Māori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, whilst his maternal grandfather is of Russian Jewish heritage and his maternal grandmother is of Irish heritage.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} Waititi has used his mother's surname, "Cohen", for 

some of his work in film and writing.

Lorde facts

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde (pronounced "lord"), is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Taking inspiration from aristocracy for her stage name, she is known for employing unconventional musical styles and thoughtful songwriting. Born in the Auckland suburb of Takapuna and raised in neighbouring Devonport, Lorde expressed interest in performing at local venues in her early teens. She signed with Universal Music Group in 2009 and collaborated with producer Joel Little in 2011 to start recording material.

Universal Music commercially released the pair's first collaborative effort, an extended play (EP) titled The Love Club, in 2013. The EP's international chart-topping single "Royals" helped Lorde rise to prominence. Her debut studio album Pure Heroine followed that year and achieved critical and commercial success. The following year, Lorde curated the soundtrack for the 2014 film The Hunger Games: Part 1 and recorded several tracks, including the single "Yellow Flicker Beat". Her second studio album Melodrama (2017) garnered widespread acclaim and debuted at number one in the United States.

Lorde's music is primarily electropop and contains elements of subgenres such as dream pop and indie-electro. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. She appeared in Time's list of the most influential teenagers in 2013 and 2014, and the 2014 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30. In addition to her solo work, she has co-written songs for other artists, including Broods and Bleachers. As of June 2017, Lorde has sold over five million albums worldwide.

Our Gymnastics at school

Gymnastics is fun!

Last week in Gymnastics we used ropes to do our dancing. We had to combine them all together and we made a dance. I really liked the music. The first thing that we had to do was jump in and jump out. The next step was to jump on the rope then jump back in.

Our fitness

For our fitness we have to do Jump Jam every day. All we have to do is try our best.

Term 4 Cybersmart

Today in Cybersmart I made an infographic about our new terms learning.

World Cup Rugby Japan 2019

I support Tonga because during the world cup they were my favorite team.

Quality Blog Comments

Pause And Think

Today in cybersmart we were learning about smart relationships, and the video that we where watching was pause and think.
 
It was about words that are with relationships,


1. Think about your friends.
2.  Feel a great emotion.
3. Stand up for other people.
4. Take time to help people.
5. Listen to learn.

MY BUTTERFLY ART

Life cycle of a butterfly

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Hi my name is my Ray. I am in Ruapotaka School. I am in Room 7.
My teacher's name is Mr. Botha. I have two pets, one`s name is Pearl and the
other is Diamond., they are cats.
My favorite subject is Maths. My goals are to be better at writing. My favorite colour is blue. My favorite animal is a zebra. I have one brother and two sisters. I like  cookies and cream. My favorite sport is boxing.
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