Tuesday, November 23, 2010

HOW TO INSERT SIDE-BY-SIDE IMAGES IN A POST IN NEW BLOGGER

Discovered and Compiled by Ryan Lomas, Geek of the Year
R3 Parklands School, 2010
  1. Put your cursor where you want to insert the images.
  2. Click the Insert image icon (little photo icon)
  3. Choose file and find your images. Use Right-hand view icon. Select the top image, hold down the Shift key and select the bottom. Select Wait for them to load.
  4. Add selected
  5. Click each image (bubble) and make it Small
  6. Click the images again and position the top image Left and the next one Centre
  7. Put your cursor on the right side of the centred image and press the left arrow button on the keyboard. The cursor will now flash on the left side.
  8. Now press Delete (Mac) or Backspace (PC) until the image comes up to the right of the top one.
  9. Repeat with another pair.
  10. If you want to include a caption, go to the bubble and choose Add Caption. You can see where to type it.
DON’T FORGET TO KEEP SAVING THE POST.

Friday, November 5, 2010

VISIT by NORM HEWITT


Haka performed by audience with Norm joining in.

The senior school were visited by Norm Hewitt, ex-all black and star dancer  who spoke about care of animals and how this carries over to care for each other.  The audience performed an appreciative haka in which Norm participated with obvious enjoyment.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Ryan's rc Helicopters

S006 Alloy Shark
Nine Eagles Single Rotor
AH-64 Apache
E-Sky Llama V4

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

MR TONY and what he does, by Eva and Maia

THE INTERVIEW OF MR TONY on PhotoPeach
Mr Tony is the property manager at Parklands
  1. How long have you been at Parklands? Four years.
  2. Where did you come from and what did you use to work at? I used to live in Lower Hutt, where I had my own property maintenance business
  3. What would a usual day's work be? First I unlock the school. I then do the rubbish. I run the boiler in winter time and look after the swimming pool in summer time. I also help put out the morning tea in the staffroom, and clean up.
  4. Which part do you enjoy most? I like being involved with pupils and helping with sports and another activities.
  5. What do you do in your spare time? I go hunting and fishing and I play bowls.
  6. Could you please tell us about your recent detective work? People have been putting rubbish in the skip. I found some names on some of the rubbish so I rang them up and told them off.
  7. What has been a hightlight of your job here ? I think it was the building of the new swimming pool

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

WEAPONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES, by John

John's swords on PhotoPeach When we studied the Middle Ages, I learned that there were many kinds of weapons used by soldiers. This slideshow shows some of them.

THE MIDDLE AGES

Maia's slideshow on PhotoPeach

The Middle Ages

Ryan's Medieval Weapons
I have learnt that in medieval times some people were very poor and begged for food and money. The rich people were such snobs that they wouldn't give them any.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Horses by Eva

Eva's slide show on PhotoPeach THEY USED THEIR SWORDS TO KILL ANIMALS AND THEN THEY ATE THE FOOD. The main form of transport was the horse.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

PARKLAND'S TURANGAWAEWAE BY JOHN

John's slide show on PhotoPeach
It was the Turangawaewae gala at Parklands. It was a fun day and eveyone enjoyed it.

MAIA AT PARKLANDS GALA.

MAIA's sildeshow on PhotoPeach Hi. I'm going to talk about how we had great food and belly dancing and fun fun games.

EVA PARKLANDS GALA

Eva's slideshow on PhotoPeach Hi. I'm talking about the gala. It was the day of the gala. I was so excited. We had to do belly dancing. We all got dressed into our costume. It was so embarrassing!!

Turangawaewae Festival by Ryan

Turangawaewae Festival by Ryan on PhotoPeach
At Turangawaewae all the seniors had to help out at the kiwiana stall but that wasn't nearly as bad as the girls having to do belly dancing (ha!!)

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

MAIA'S DIARY

Hi my name is Maia. My friends are Emily and Eva. My favourite animal is dogs and cats and horses. I live with my mum dad and my little sister, and that is the end of my story. Bye!!
In blogging I have learned to make a diary about my self and to learn to put a photo in my diary.Today I put a clock into the blogger.

EVA'S DIARY

Hi Im Eva and I love horses. I love hanging out with friends I have two brothers and one sister. Sometimes they are annoying. I've got a cool teacher. I love shopping. In blogging I have learned to do a diary about my self and learned to put a photo of me and we did a treasure hunt. It was very good fun. Today we got to put a clock in our blog

JOHN'S DIARY POST

Hi bro! My name is John and I am into Skateboarding and I have a brother and little sister who is into dolls. I live with my mum and dad...In blogging I have learned:
1. how to get around the Parklands website
2. we put in a post in
3. we put a picture in our post
4. use the file new window
5. To put in a clock

RYAN'S DIARY POST

KIA Ora mate! I'm Ryan, and I'm 13 years old. I live with my mum and dad, I have a little brother and a little sister. I also have a cat called Zippy.

In blogging I have learned:
1. how to get around the Parklands website
2. we put a post in
3. we put a picture in our post
4. Put a clock in our sidebar
5. Put a clock in my post
6. Manage My own Blog
7. Build a Computer
8. sign in to blogger
9. open safari
10.put pictures side by side
11. change settings
12. connect to the network
13. use the airport adaptor
14. connect to ethernet on ibooks