Writing T2

For the last couple of weeks we have been doing wrting about body parts me and my buddy chose the pancreas here is my report about the pancreas

The Pancreas is a long flattened gland located deep in our stomachs and it is six inches long. Because the Pancreas isn't seen in our everyday lives most people don't know much about this part of the body as say the heart or the brain, but the pancreas is a vital part of our digestive system and a critical controller of our blood sugar levels. 

There are 4 parts of the Pancreas. The Head, Neck, Body and The Tail. The head of the pancreas is the largest part of the organ. The head is found on the right side of the abdomen nestled in the curve of the duodenum. The Neck is a small section of the organ between the head and the body. The Body is the middle part of the pancreas between the Tail and the neck. The Superior mesenteric artery and veins run behind this part of the pancreas. The thin tip at the end of the pancreas is called the tail the tail is placed next to the body as you can see in the diagram. The tail is in close proximity to the spleen. 

The Pancreas regulates your body’s blood sugar levels. If your pancreas is faulty you could become diabetic. What is Diabetes? To answer that you need to understand the role of insulin in your body. When you eat, your body turns food into sugars and glucose. At that point your pancreas is supposed to release insulin. Insulin serves as a “key” to open your cells, allow glucose to enter and give you energy. But with diabetes this system does not work. There are two types of diabetes type ii and type i. Type one diabetes is the most severe. This type of diabetes is also called insulin-dependant diabetes. This type of diabetes doesn't open your cells to allow the glucose to enter this means the glucose builds up in the blood. If left untreated this can harm your eyes, kidneys, heart and could lead to a coma and death. This is why some people carry insulin pens. When needed those diabetic people use the pens to put insulin inside their body. This insulin opens the cells and puts the gathered up glucose in your body so you don't get harmed. Another one of the general jobs the pancreas does is putting different chemical messengers called hormones into your blood.

In conclusion the Pancreas is a very important organ in our body. It regulates our blood sugars to stop us from getting diabetes and produces enzymes to help us with our indigestion. It is an allround important part of our body and without it, we wouldn't be able to survive.

Reports Google Drawing of Examples

WALT: Write a report

This week we have had a few reports we have had to read through. We then had to find examples in these reports that matched the success criteria and put them into a drawing. Above is my drawing.

Hanmer Camp

Hello Everyone,

This post is about the latest of my adventures out of Greymouth. Last week from Wednesday to Friday two of the classes in my syndicate went on a road trip to Hanmer Springs:

When we got to Hanmer we had to complete one activity out of 5.  My groups first activity was Tree Climbing. I found this scary because I looked down and I trust no one. Then we hopped in our cars and made our way to the Hot Pools. We stayed their for about 1-2 hours. The next morning we had another activity. Mission Impossible. This activity consists of many other smaller activities that we had have to complete. We then had lunch and then our group went mountain biking. After that we went for a walk up Conical Hill. I really liked this walk because the view from the top was amazing. After our trip up the hill we all made our way down to THE LOLLY POT to grab some yummy lollies. We then finished that and for the second and last time on this trip went swimming again. We then came back to camp and had sausage casserole. The next morning would be our last day at the camp so we packed our stuff after breakfast and loaded all our stuff into the cars. We then had our final activity. Orienteering. Personally I love this activity because we get to roam the forest on the tracks looking for small tubes hanging amongst the trees. we get a map that marks where the tubes are and we get a piece of paper and a pencil. Each of the tubes have two letters on them, that is what the pencil and pen are for. To write down the letters from the tubes so the instructors know that your not cheating. After our last activity we ate our lunch and took the
2-and-a-half-hour-long journey back to our home town of Greymouth. So there. Thats the whole trip. Hope you enjoyed going back to this place through my writing.

DONE

The Past 4 weeks

Hello Reader

Welcome to 2017! My Name is Finlay as you may have read at the side of my screen. This will be a reflection of my past few weeks in my new class. This term for Topic/Literacy we have been researching disasters. Our class (and the class next to us as we are a joined class) have had to complete three activities about a disaster of our own choice or to choose a disaster our teacher has chosen for us. I decided to choose a disaster of my own. I have made two presentations about my disaster in about three weeks. Here is my two presentations that i have made.

 

For maths we have been doing multiple things but most of all we have been doing 2 x 2 digit multiplication. This is probably one of my favourite things to do in maths. We have also had independent tasks to complete over the week. Basic facts, (100 questions every day 4 times a week), word problems, (5 every day for three days), and maths maintenance, (25 questions, 4 times a week) these take time to complete and you have to manage your time wisely.

That is my reflection for today i hope you like it and my videos.

Cheers 

Finlay