Most popular Christmas toys over the years

For this activity we had to choose some Christmas toys that were popular over the years. I would want firstly the Apple iPad, Then the Tamagotchi, then the Beanie babies, then the Game boy, then the Slinky, Then the hungry hippos, then the Cabbage Patch kids. Do you like these gifts? Which order would you want them in to the one you wouldn't want as much.

Guess The Christmas Themed Object!

Hello Bloggers! For this activity its you have to guess the Christmas themed thing im thinking of. Can you do it? I have given you four hints. I will reply to you if your right or wrong.

 🎄 Good luck and Merry Christmas!! 🎄

Rules: No cheating, Looking at other peoples comments to what they put they're answer as, No looking up some of these things. 

Clue One: Don't leave it in the sun!

Clue Two: "I'll be back again some day"

Clue Three: "And the children say he could laugh and play

Just the same as you and me"

Clue Four: The hat is what makes it come alive!

Clue Five: Heres a Zoomed in picture of ___ Can you guess it yet?

My dog Bella

 This is all about my dog Bella

Her breed is a american staffy.She is 10 1/2 years old. She is medium sized. Bella is a guard dog. Shes very friendly and sweet. She may look "Scary" If you see her at my gate barking but when you get to know her she is very kind and cute. When her ears are down that means that shes not protective. But when her ears are up it means shes going protective and tries to protect us and bark at someone whos coming by. Bella does attack other dogs if they come to close or do something to annoy her. She is a very good dog and I love her very much. 

This was her a few years ago when she was a puppy

This is her last year

Prep

 This year for prep I was in a group with Gabby, Jasmine, Me, Nova and trinity

We made clay charms and glitter jars

We weren't so successful at first but after awhile at big market we were very successful!

 Our clay charms and glitter jars turned out way better than they first were.

I was CEO, Gabby was secretary, Jasmine was quality control, Nova was treasurer and trinity was worker.

Prep was really fun this year and I had a great time I cant wait for next years prep

I couldn't get many photos of our stuff but heres two!

We do prep for 2 weeks on our first week mini market was on Thursday. 

The fox that just wanted a friend

For this activity we had to create a slide/ Google drawing to make sort of a comic about a fox and then you get to choose the rest. I made mine about some people arent really how they seem to be. 

Do you think foxes are ALWAYS bad

Do you think people usually think this way about some thing?

Anyways! Enjoy!

Life cycle of an iceberg

 This is my Iceberg Life Cycle. For this activity we had to write the life cycle of an iceberg heres.

Financial Literacy

 For the past four days my class has been doing an activity. Its called Financial Literacy. Firstly our teacher gave us a sheet it said on it Status:  Married/ Relation Ship/ Single. We got to pick what we were in 45 years time Then it said Children  there were four boxes in each it said. Boy/Girl Name:And Age you got to pick if you wanted no kids up to max four kids. on the third row it said vehicles you got to pick which vehicle you wanted and if it was petrol or diesel you can pick up to four cars on the last row it says Pets. You got to pick if you wanted a dog or a cat you could have four pets. After that the next day our teacher gave us a sheet and she said we will fill out this Sheet each day and to us each day is counted as a Week.  And there are 5 things it says. Income, Tax, Mortgage, Groceries, And Fortune. We get a card that says how much groceries we have it will have a list of numbers for example. Ham: 13.98 Cheese. 1.99 and a whole lot of other things you will add them together and can use a calculator to find out how much they are. Then you can get a fortune card. A fortune card 10% of the time you earn money 90% of the time you loose money it can say things like You need to pay for some new Braces Pay 1000$ or like you forgot your lunch at home pay 8.60$ or something.  And we had to fill out all of those things you could also either be a wage earner or a salary earner. For the past few days we have been filling it out alot of people are in debt but im not. But today this made MANY people poor because on this day yea we had to do the usual Income, Tax, Mortgage, Groceries, And Fortune but once you filled out those things it says Life insurance, Sky TV, Vehicles, Phone/ Internet, Electricity. We had to get more little cards that said a certain amount of money and it made people in debt by nearly 1000$! The cards were saying how much everything was. And that was the fourth week the fourth week means monthly how much things you have to pay monthly, Lucky me I wasn't in dept by nearly 1000$ or something I had 1251.58$ Spare!! This activity was really fun to do and I enjoyed it.

Adele hosts Saturday Night Live

Adele hosts Saturday Night Live

Adele hosted a Saturday night live she was also VERY nervous about it because she had lost alot of weight. 

The show live did go awesome and she has become more famous than what she was. 

Fantastic Mr Fox. Right or Wrong Questions

 Mr Fox - Right or Wrong?

When Mr. Fox needs to feed his family, he usually just raids the storehouses of one of his terribly mean neighbors. Was this wrong? Here are the facts: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean each earn their living by farming.  The farmers are all vile and nasty Mr. Fox must eat and must also feed his family. Mr Fox’s source of food comes from what he steals from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.  The three farmers are enraged by Mr. Fox’s theft and decide to kill him at all costs.  Mr. Fox manages to continue stealing from them, and even comes up with new and better ways to rob them while they are distracted by their obsession with destroying him. Mr Fox’s arguments to support his stealing Anyone would steal food if their kids were starving to death,  The three farmers want to destroy both Fox’s and Badger’s homes  The farmers threaten the lives of the animals' children, as well as many other families’ lives.  “I am only stealing from murderous creeps, and it is for a good cause.”

                                 Big Question

Is it morally right or wrong for Mr Fox to steal food from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean to feed himself and his family?  It is morally wrong to steal from them because in the first place they didnt do anything until he stole from them and he could have got food for his family if they still lived in the hole.

Answer the following questions:

1. Were you taught that it is always wrong to steal? What are the reasons for

thinking that it is always wrong to steal?

I was taught that it was always  wrong to steal because my parents said that it was wrong to steal because stealing is wrong like stealing toys or something.

2. Is it wrong for Mr. Fox to steal? Why or why not?

Yes and no Mr Fox and no right at first to steal from those farmers because they did nothing to the animals or Mr Fox, But after he stole from them and a

3. Does the fact that he steals food so that his children will not starve somehow

make it better or “less wrong?” Why or why not?

It makes it less wrong because you wouldn't want your kids to starve and if you were an animal you would probably steal for them so they dont starve and the fact that they are poor.

4. Do you think that there was a better way for Mr. Fox to feed his family, one

that didn’t involve stealing? If so, should Mr. Fox have done that instead?

Yes first of all he should have stayed living underground so he didn't spend all that money on the new house making him feel not so poor then he would have been able to afford food for himself, his kids and his wife and he wouldn't have lost his tail or gotten into any bad situations.

Tasmanian Devils

 For this activity we had to choose something to write about from current events. Current events is all these random questions on things. I chose to do the one with the Tasmanian devils. This activity was fun to write some facts about the Tasmanian devils and add some pictures of them too. Enjoy!!

Sports probability

 For this activity I was in a group with Lily, Skylah and me. We had to choose a sport thing and make a tree diagram we chose to do darts there were four options and there were 66 possible outcomes.

My Map. Greymouth to Mistletoe Bay!

For this activity we had to do grey mouth from mistletoe bay and make a map from places we can go from grey mouth to mistletoe bay. 

Oil Spillage

 

Our opinion on endangered species

This is me and Novas opinion on endangered species. I really hope endangered species get saved like the northern white rhino pandas etc. They all deserve to live. Do you think endangered species should be saved? 

I te ra tuatahi

For this activity we had to create a slide for our amazing race on where we went in Maori and say the day and where you are in Maori.  

Scientist Paragraph

This is my scientific paragraph about if I were a scientist trying to save the northern white rhinos. What would you do if you were trying to save an endangered species? Would you leave them to much hard work and a waste of millions of dollars, Or would you still put time into trying to save them?

Static electricity

 This is my science experiment for static electricity this science experiment was so funny to do because my hair and other peoples hair was SO MESSY!

Parachute science experiment

 This is my science experiment this activity was fun I was in a group with Gabby. The goal was to make our parachute fall down the slowest. Ours wasn't the slowest sadly. 

Spinning water

 This is our spinning water experiment. This actvity was SO MUCH FUN!! We spun the water in a cup and swung it around and it stayed in the water. I thought it would spill not me but I knew it wouldnt. I had a try and it was so much fun! Spinning water science experiment is alot of fun.

Marble Run

 This is what we planned for our marble run to look like. The people in my group were Lily, Gabby, And Nova. We made this marble run but we forgot all our stuff so we made a completely different marble run. This activity was fun to create but it was a disaster for forgetting all of our stuff.

| Enlargement drawing | Wile E. Coyote |

 This is my enlargement I drew of Wile E. Coyote. Wile E coyote is a character off looney tunes. I enjoyed doing this. Drawing this was pretty hard and not really easy but some parts were easier then the others to draw. I love making enlargements and drawing things. Our teacher told us to choose an image then send it to her and I did that and sent a picture of wile E coyote and she told us to enlarge it and I did. I enlarged this by a scale factor of 2. Do you like drawing? If you had to pick something to draw for a school maths/ art activity to enlarge it what would it be?

This is my drawing!

Heres a closer up image of what I was trying to enlarge/ draw

|Quote| If you dream it you can do it|

This is my Quote! The Quote I picked was 

"If you dream it you can do it" 

I picked foxes for this quote because foxes would like to be an amazing hunter and maybe they dream it. I enjoyed making this and this quote was fun to do. Their were a few quotes we could pick but I picked this one. Are their any specific quotes you really like? Did you like my version of the quote? Thanks for watching this! :D

Excellence!

 This is my Excellence DLO saying all about excellence and a quote and pictures for excellence.

Board game

For this activity we had to create a board game with a partner, I chose to work with my classmate gabby and we created this together, Enjoy!

Dlo about triangles and angles

Triangle angles dlo. For this activity we had  to write about the 3 main triangles and 3 main angles with triangles. Heres mine hope you enjoy.

Mycoplasma bovis

          |Mycoplasma Bovis affecting cows|

Mycoplasma Bovis causes a constellation of diseases it includes mastitis in dairy cows. arthritis in cow and calves. pneumonia in calves and various other diseases likely including late term  abortion.

Damien O'Connor had announced that Mycoplasma bovines is all but eradicated in New Zealand. It affects cows calves and slightly effective on some other animals.  

Mycoplasma bovis is a disease its commonly found in cows all over the world its not affected to humans and presents no food safety risk. It spreads from animal to animal through close contact between farms it spreads through the movement of animals that are affected but may not be showing any symptoms.

It is located in New Zealand. Heres a Google maps photo of New Zealand where the Disease is located.

Fever Book comprehension activity

The book we read was called Fever written by Renata Hopkins

For this activity we had to fill out all of these text boxes once we were finished reading and add words definitions and the sentence that it was in. This is mine and once we were done with that we answered questions and added to the story heres mine. Enjoy!!

After reading the text, find five interesting words that have been used. Write each word in the first column, followed by their definition (use a dictionary to find these) and use them in a sentence to show that you understand the meaning of each word.

Word	Definition	Sentence (Underline the word)
Rigid	Unable to bend or be forced out of shape. Not flexible	But at night, lying rigid in bed, she’d feel like all the ghosts in the world were coming to prove her wrong.
Tuberculosis	An infectious bacterial disease characterised by the growth of nodules tubercles in the tissues especially the lungs.	“contribution” before explaining that the camp was originally a sanatorium for people with tuberculosis.
Sanatorium	An establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness.	a sanatorium for people with tuberculosis. “Did they really get sent there to die?” Carly asked.
Triumph	A great victory or achievement.	When Carly opened her eyes, the girl was leaning over the bed. Her face shone in triumph.

Answer the following questions in full sentences:

• How do we know that Carly is unwell? She was sick with a very sore throat

• What part of the text is written by the ghost? When the mum said I knew you were looking forward to milking the cows but the ghost said that she had already done it before.

• Where was the class going on camp? To a farm 

• Before it was a farm, what was the place used for?  A hospital

• What does the ghost girl want? I have no idea maybe to be a alive girl again?

• What does the writer do to show us whether Carly is telling the story or the ghost? When Carly was in the car her reflection was the ghost.

Plan and write a paragraph that follows on from the story. What could happen next? Your paragraph must include the characters that have already been introduced and be at least 8 sentences long!

When her mother arrived later that evening, Carly was asleep, and they decided

not to wake her. By morning, the fever had broken, and Carly was well enough to be

bundled up and helped out to the waiting car. Carly’s mother supposed she must be

disappointed to be leaving camp early. “I know you were looking forward to milking

a cow,” she said.

“No. I’ve done it before.”

Carly’s mother, unlocking the car, was struck by the sound of her daughter’s voice.

It must be the sore throat, she thought – but for a moment, it hadn’t sounded like

Carly at all.

“Are you sure? I don’t think I remember that. Anyway, another time.” She helped

Carly into the back seat and tucked her sleeping bag around her. “There you go,

sweetheart. Are you feeling alright?”

Carly nodded. Her throat still hurt, but it was nothing. Not compared with the

powerful, steady beat of her heart; to her lungs breathing in the sweet, spring air.

There was nothing to be afraid of now… ((my continuing part now)) 

As Carly was in the car she was just staring at her reflection looking all drowsy and ill, Her mother pulled over to the side of the road and looked at Carly.

A few seconds later she said Carly are you alright? You look very tired, do you need anything. Carly continued staring at her reflection ignoring her mother. Her mum turned back to the steering wheel and continued to drive “alright then.. I'll just continue driving she said If anythings wrong Carly please tell me. Carly turned over to her and slowly nodded and then turned back looking outside the window at her reflection. The mother was just thinking about how odd Carly is acting and thinking if something happened she also thought that's not how Carly usually acts and that she should probably get rest. Her mother then said Carly when we get home ill get some medicine is your throat doing alright? Carly nodded and pulled her sleeping back up more covering her neck and leaned on the window staring at it. Then the car pulled up at the drive way. Her mother said Carly was here and helped her out of the car. You go to your room. I'll get you some medicine Carly nodded and headed to her room but went to the bathroom staring at her reflection she then heard footsteps and ran to her room and hopped in bed. Carly? Carly are you alright! Her mother said. Carly nodded. Get better her mother would give Carly medicine. Carly took the medicine and water and had the medicine then would drink some water. After a few years Carly continued acting silent and her parents were confused for years until they found out it wasn't Carly.. It was the ghost girl. From then on their  life was pretty bad knowing their little girl wasn't the same anymore.

Honesty

We had to do a blog post of honesty, This is mine and I wanted to add quotes and my sayings for honesty. Its always good to have honesty every once in your life

Matariki lantern design

For this activity we had to find pictures of the lantern we wanted to make for matariki,This is mine I made the one that is circled and is called stars in a jar, It looks way better at night tho. 

Matariki lantern

This week at our school is Matariki today. We got to create our own lantern. I did mine at home tho how I made it was I cut up and painted tinfoil wrapped it around the lantern and cut some holes into it at night the whole thing lights up and its really pretty in day its not that pretty but its kind of cool.  This is it in day. Enjoy!!

Matariki poem

For this activity we had to write a acrostic poem for Matariki and this is mine, Enjoy!

Why do the Matariki stars disappear?

For this activity me and my friend Lily had to create a poster/ Google drawing or something to say why the Matariki stars disappear. These are a few reasons they disappear and hope you enjoy.

Matariki Stars

For this activity we had to write about the seven stars of Matariki so we can remember them. This is mine and I hope you enjoy.

Matariki Bird harvest

For this activity we had to find out 3 birds from the Matariki harvest say their names and draw them, I drew the first picture and the last picture then my friend drew the second picture as a very quick rough sketch, The 3rd one I drew was a very quick rough sketch aswell. Hope you enjoy and I added facts about the birds to.

Matariki poster

For this activity we had to create a Matariki poster and act like your inviting people to it, I made my one on a google drawing. I hope you enjoy this activity this was fun to make.

Fox report. Information report on foxes.

Fox report

Introduction -  Have you ever liked fox’s? Well I have and I wish to have a pet fox one day. There are many breeds of foxes, There are actually about 37 breeds of foxes but there are only 12 that belong to the genus of true foxes. 

Paragraph 1: Types of Foxes

The 12 types of foxes that actually belong to the genus of true foxes are Arctic fox, Fennec fox, Pale fox, Blanford's fox, Cape fox, Corsac fox, Tibetan Sand fox, Swift fox, Kit fox, Ruppell's fox, Bengal fox, Red fox. Those are the main 12 true foxes and those are the foxes I'll be talking about! The red  fox is actually the most common known fox because that's the fox your most likely to see. You're most likely to find red foxes in Grasslands deserts, mountains forests and suburban areas Red foxes also have large up-right ears. And their hearing is so good they can hear a watch ticking 40 yards away! The red fox will continue to hunt even when its tummy is full. It stores the extra food under leaves, snow or dirt, to be eaten later. The male red fox is called a dog, while the female is called a vixen. An arctic fox is known as a white fox. The arctic fox has the warmest pelt of any animal found in the arctic. Enduring temperatures as 70 degrees. An arctic fox is a member of the canidae family of animals. The arctic fox is found in the arctic. I mean how could you not know that? Fennec foxes dwell in the sandy Sahara and elsewhere in North Africa. Their nocturnal habits help them deal with the searing heat of the desert environment, and some physical adaptations help as well. Their distinctive, batlike ears radiate body heat and help keep the foxes cool. That is just 3 types of the foxes, I could go on and on about them but i'll keep it like that there's more paragraphs to read anyways!

Paragraph 2: Predators

Topic Sentence: In the wilderness the cub foxes can fall prey to eagles. Adult foxes are prey to Coyotes grey wolves bears and mountain lions are very common prey to adult foxes. But red foxes also have another predator ((and other foxes)) their predator is humans, Us humans hunt down foxes for their fur but I stand against that. Humans hunt down foxes and kill them in large numbers of pests. I personally think foxes don't deserve that because imagine us as foxes and getting killed and hunted down for trying to survive and being pests and for our fur, How do you think we would feel then? Why would you even kill a helpless animal helping its family survive. We aren't their only predator but we can be a main predator.

Paragraph 3: Facts about foxes

Topic Sentence: When you see a group of foxes it is actually called a shulk or a leash. If you see a fox with whiskers on their legs and face that is just to help them navigate where they're going. Have you ever seen a cat retract their claws, Well grey foxes can do the same thing as cats can and retract their claws! Adult foxes dig underground to keep them safe from predators and keep their cubs safe. Y’know cats pupils all narrowly to help them navigate their way through night well foxes have a similar thing and have pupils like cats to help them see at night. 

I love foxes and I hope these facts have made you like them too. Do you have a favourite fox? I dont I love them all. Foxes have a lot of breeds and types but only 12 are true fox breeds.

Guess the book and the author

Rules: Comment down your answer and dont type it up!

Ok, Your ready Now I will be giving you 5 hints, you have to try to guess what the book is and the author

Are you ready?

Hint 1

Harry potter must say hes not going back to school!

Hint 2 

He Nearly falls out of a CAR!!!

Hint 3 

Follow the spiders...

Hint 4

Heir of slytherin 

Hint 5

Moaning Myrtle 

These are your 5 hints

Can you guess the book and the author? I will reply to your comment saying if its right or wrong.

Good luck :D

Hunger games trailer

For this activity we had to create a hunger games trailer, Sorry its bad and theirs no sound its a bit difficult for me and its my first time making it, I hope you enjoy and you should read the hunger games book!

Pet day

In our school we are having a pet day for the first time, In my opinion I think that it may be chaotic because cats and dogs are meant to not get along but they can get along and etc, Im excited but I cant bring in my dog since shes a guard dog and not good with other dogs, she can be very friendly with some tho if she knows them but random dogs shes sometimes good with to, When you actually know her shes one of the friendliest dogs I know she loves visitors and has her ears down when she sees you can she knows you.

Scientific sketching

For this activity we had to scientific sketch a leaf heres mine.

Personally I think im not a good drawer, The leaf was very difficult to draw and I did parts of it zoomed in, I also did trace sketching on one other drawing of the leaf.

                                              Traced leaf ((sort of))

My drawing ((Cant really see patterns on traced because it wasnt close up)) Mine only has a few patterns the rest are blank.

Hedgehog adaptation

Hedgehog Adaptation

Hedgehogs are animals that can be a pet but can be a dangerous
scared animal, hedgehogs feel threatened quite a lot and have this
amazing ability to curl into a ball so they won't get attacked and
try to protect themselves. Hedgehogs are adventurous animals and
love exploring, they are very good at camouflaging into their
natural habitat. 

A hedgehog's behavioural adaptation is to camouflage and to
curl in a ball. Hedgehogs have an ability to blend into their grass
surroundings and the mud and leaves, Hedgehogs do blend in quite
well to their natural surroundings. Hedgehogs have spikes that are
coloured like some of the leaves and the grass and mud and the ground
of their natural surroundings to blend in so they don't get attacked and
so their predator can't see them as easily. Hedgehogs colours make
them camouflage into their surroundings when their predator comes
they will lay in their curly ball and not move a muscle.When a
hedgehog feels safe it will be able to be touched sort of but as soon as
it feels threatened it will curl into a ball protecting itself with its
amazing prickly spikes. Hedgehogs feel threatened even when you
walk up to them. If a hedgehog curls into a ball, don't touch it or try
holding
it, it will make it feel more threatened. If a hedgehog feels
threatened it will stay still in a spiky ball not moving an inch. 

Hedgehogs have structural adaptations.  They have very sharp spikes
to protect themselves from their predators when they roll into a prickly
ball.  The spikes prick those predators who try to attack the hedgehog.
Hedgehogs have a full back of their sharp pointed spines, If a
Hedgehog gets attacked or feels threatened by something they
will curl into a very prickly pointy ball that will keep away most
predators, Hedgehogs usually sleep in the position in a curled ball not
moving during day and then they awaken to search for their food at
nighttime. Hedgehogs rely on their sense of smell and vibration in the
ground because their eyesight is kind of weak.

Some hedgehogs have a physiological adaptation to some venom of
certain animals. The hedgehogs have an ability to be immune to the
venom of certain animals, it allows them to eat small venomous snakes
and arthropods. If some certain hedgehogs see a object that produces a
unfamiliar smell that the hedgehog doesn't recognise it will lick the
object and and form a frothy paste inside its mouth. The hedgehog
then uses its tongue to spread the paste over the it’s spines. It is thought
to camouflage the hedgehogs natural scent and its meant to put off
their predators who will often avoid the new unknown substance.

Hedgehogs have very interesting adaptations I think they are very
cute and very smart little critters, Hedgehogs have a beautiful spines
and are such cute animals!

Kiwi report adaptations

Kiwi adaptations

Kiwi’s are a Flightless bird that is native to New Zealand, it is a flightless bird just like an ostrich but it's still counted as a bird. Kiwis are very populated in New Zealand, Kiwis have very long beaks to help them sense food moving around in the ground, They are nocturnal and have mammal-like features, it makes them very unique.

A kiwi has two main behavioural adaptations which are being nocturnal and flightless.

Before humans arrived there were no land mammals that preyed on birds which is why they didn't fly. Flying takes away a lot of the birds energy and with no land mammals being on earth trying to prey on the birds they could just walk around and do their own thing without worrying about being attacked. Since people arrived in the kiwi’s land the forest floor has become a place of threat for them.

A kiwi has some structural adaptations to suit its habitat.

Kiwis have whiskers to help them find their way around in the darkness. They also have an exceptional sense of smell because this helps kiwi locate food beneath the soil. Kiwis' beaks do more than just smell it helps them sense where their prey is when it's moving.

Some of Kiwis' adaptations no longer work since humans arrived in New Zealand. This is because with humans came many land mammals like rats and stoats which became predators for kiwi. They are also nocturnal just like kiwi. Kiwis used to be safe and be able to roam around on the forest floor but now they can't because that is also where the threats of rats and stoats are.
Kiwi’s developed some structural and behavioural adaptations many years ago to survive. Sadly many of them no longer work due to the arrival of pests like stoats and weasels when pakeha came to New Zealand. This means that many of our kiwi are now endangered.

How to create an outstanding blog post

For this activity we had to write steps on canva for how to create an outstanding blog post. Heres mine, Check out lily's blog here she got into the manaiakalani mailout. > http://gmslilyg5240.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-to-make-outstanding-blog-post.html#comment-form 

Oil spillage

Their was a large oil spillage in Siberia it has been said to be one of the country's WORST accidents. 

20,000 tons of oil had spilled in Siberia it is said to be one of the country’s worst such accidents, turned a river crimson and was heading for the ocean. 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in a region of Siberia after an estimated 20,000 tons of oil  spilled from a power plant storage facility. Russian state television reported on Thursday that the spill has been contained with special booms on the Ambarnaya River