Beach Ed

Yesterday we went to West Shore Beach for or Beach Ed Trip with Room 17 I was only there until 11 s because I had to go and to a Triathlon but I was there for a bit and we learnt 10 rules about being safe on the beach.
Here are some below:

This photo is of us doing warm up

Year 8 Social

Last night we had the year 8 social. Through out this term we have been learning lots of different Dances( Partner/Line Dances). The first part of the Social was the Formal part and the second part was social part
Here is some pictures below:

Cinquan Poem

A Matter Of Splatter

Today Room 5 We did a CSI experiment. We we got (Fake) blood and and splattered it from different heights and we examined them to see the differences
Here are some photos below:

Narrative Writing

For Writing we have been doing Narratives we wrote one and the we put it onto booktrack were you can add different sound effects. The link is Below 

My Book Track

My book is called:  The Bad News 

My book is about a little girl who is now only living with her father after her mother was in a crash and then the girl gets Leukemia read the book to find out the rest. 

Reading Activity

For Reading we have been in groups for class reading books and after we had finished the book. We had different activities we could complete I decided to create a new book that is the cover I created below.

Sgraffito Art

Lately we have been working on Scraffito art. 

To make these, we had to find an picture online to inspire us, sketch it onto an A4 paper, colour the whole sheet of paper using different colour pastels, paint over it using tempera, use a skewer to sketch out a design on it, then afterwards we sealed it all.

Below is my art

Goals Term 4

Social Dancing Reflection

Proverbs

In Class we have been learning about Proverbs and then we had to Research a Proverb and the meaning and put it on Chatter pix. Caitlin was my buddy and here is the chatterpix:

Aims Games

A couple of weeks are go I went to Tauranga for the Aims game. The Aims is held once a year in Tauranga and the aims games is a sporting event and it is bigger then the commonwealth games Its is secondary schools only in New Zealand but then Occasionally some people from Australia come to.

Last year I went for Hockey but this year the Hockey team so I went Swimming and Multi Sport 

and in the Multi sport I came 8th 

Here is a picture of the warn up at the Swimming

Here is a picture of me doing the Kayaking in the Multi sport

Avoiding Stereotypes

Top Tips for Personal Hygiene

Food Tech -Burger Heaven

The Theorem of Pythagoras

The

Theorem of Pythagoras

Walt:  understand the theorem of Pythagoras and show our thinking.

1. What is a ‘theorem’?  The Pythagorean Theorem is that in a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the two right-angle sides will always be the same as the square of the hypotenuse (the long side). A2 + B2 = C2.
2. Who was Pythagoras? Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism.
3. What did he do for a job?  Some people say he never had a job. But he was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
4. What is the importance of his theorem? So you can calculate the sides of a triangle
5. Explain where it can be used. Builders use to calculate where they have to pour concrete
6. Prove the theorem with two diagrams showing

By Sarah

Cross Country

Last Friday we had our Cross Country for school I came 4th Also at the start of training for the cross country we did the Beep test my score was 8.5 and we did training most fine days and then soon we will do the beep test again to see if we can do a better time .
 Here is picture from cross country day :

Friendship

Out of Plasticine we had to make something to do with friendship, Emily and I made to people with there hands wrapped around each other.

Here is a picture:

   

Punctuation Pop-up

In class we each researched about different types of punctuation I did speech marks, Here is my final product: 

Maths: Animates Challenge

For maths we had to look after a pet for a month and work out how much it would cost I chose a chihuahua and on the way there were troubles like it would get sick

Chihuahua Puppy

Food:  18% of all food products    

Jelly Meat :                                                                     Total Cost:   

• 1 can per day ( ½ Breakfast ⅕ dinner )      $90-18% off,                        $85 for the month

Dog Biscuits

• 1 cup of biscuits a day                 $63.59-18%                 52.59 for the month

       7.5kg bag  31 scoops   $ 63.59

Dog Treats

Medical Bill:

• The bill: $245 with a discount of 22%, ($11.13 rounded) $11.10 off so it is $233.90
• Medication; $87.65

Total: $321.10 (rounded)

• Surgery, $1,650

Litter:

• 42.99 with a 15% discount ($2.90 off) so it is $40.10
• 4L per week, bulk litter bin contains 17L.   

Cost:

Dog food total: $137.60

Medical total: $310.10

Litter: $40.10

Back to Front poem

Today I made this poem:

Friends/Enemies

She is my best friend and will be forever

And you will never in my whole entire life hear me say

She is the worst person and I hate her

If you look closely

She tries to help me

So, what if

She disagrees with me

She lies to me

Well that’s wrong the truth is

Shes there for me when I'm down

We try to spend any minute we can together

Dont you ever tell me

We weren't made for each other

We will always be enemies

Now thats a big lie

We are best friends forever

(Now read it from the bottom to the top)

By Sarah Birkett

Tech Challenge

The Smart Device

 In class we had to Invent something that would be useful in the world Caitlin and I decided to do the smart desk this is a Hologram Laptop . Here is the persuasive writing I did about the Smart Desk    

 The Smart Device

Are you sick of having to lug around a big heavy computer/laptop in your bag to and from school or work ?, Well we have  solution for you. It is called a The Smart Device - a light, much smaller, faster device which is better for pretty much better for everyone

Have you ever had those moments when you think “I wish they had invented this, it would be really useful”?  Well we think this is one of these situations. The Smart Device is lighter, which it better for those people who either have to bike or walk to and from school/work. It's also  much smaller, it is pocket-sized so you can just put it in you pocket so you dont have to drag a heavy bag around all day. People don't  want to carry around a heavy bag all day when you can just put this in your pocket. And dont worry if it falls out of your pocket, it is unbreakable, so this is good for those clumsy people who are always dropping things and having to spend lots of money on computers. No more cracked screens or broken keyboards, Hologram computers are unbreakable.

This computer is one of the most efficient computers, It is faster which also has the servers of apple and Windows. People probably think if it’s faster that means it will use more power, but this is the exact opposite which is better for our environment. The battery has all the latest battery features in one pocket-sized, light button. As well as using less power, it is fast charging, much faster than a laptop nowadays. Today a computer takes around four hours to charge, well this one takes a quarter of that time. It only takes one hour.  But not only that, it lasts for two whole days.

Before you buy, it you would probably want to know how it works. Well the size is just a little bit smaller than your the palm of your hand. On the top it has the on and off button and on the side is the lens which the hologram comes out of. On the other side it has the charger hole, so when you want to use it you just go to a flat surface press the on button then boom your hologram is there. As we said it is the fastest computer. This computer will appeal to children, adults, workers ... pretty much anyone. I bet you in one year this will be the new thing like IPads are today - everyone will want one.

And as we said before this computer is  Efficient, Portable, Fast and better for our Environment.So all together it is the best computer of all and in a couple of years time there will be no more ordinary computers.It will only be the smart device the one and only Hologram computer.

By Sarah Birkett  

Electives

This term for electives I did the cycling elective and for the first 2 weeks we did bmxing and here is a picture of me on the bmx track after the that we did 2 weeks of road biking and the last to weeks are of mountain biking.

Media Studies - Tech

In tech we made ads Emily and I advertised a clown for birthday parties. At the momment we are also in the middle of making a horror movie .
 Hope you enjoy and If yo need a clown you know who to call ( JUST KIDDING)

P.E

For P.E we have been focusing on Large Ball Skills Here is the self assesmint we did after we had done all the sports  We did these sports:

• Rippa Rugby 
• Netball 
• Basket Ball 
• Football 

Te Reo Conversation

For Te Reo we made a little Comic strip of a conversation in Moari
In the first picture, The man say ''READY, SET, GO''
On the secound picture the woman says ''Yes I Won ''
In the Third picture the man says ''The winner is Abby''

Matahiwi Marae Trip

Yesterday the Year 8s at Havelock North Intermediate went on a trip to Matahiwi Marae. We had the powhiri and then we had a shared morning tea and then we learnt some more a about the wharenui and the pattern in the Wharekai I thought it was a great experience. 

''The Crossover''

In class we have just finished reading another book called, The Crossover. Then we got to chose a an activity to do about it Emily and I decided to recite a poem from the cross over .
Here is a link down below:
listen to ‘phone conversation’ on audioBoom

This is what the book cover looks like :

Room 5 P.E

In this picture we are playing Knockout with football

For P.E this term we have been focusing on Big ball skills we have done these sports

• Soccer
• Netball
• Rippa Rugby
• And we still have Basketball to go 

NZ Movers and Shakers

For Inquiry and Writing We had to write about a New Zealand Inventor I write about the Inventor Henry Wigley who Invented the Ski Boat :

Henry Rodolph Wigley

Henry Rodolph Wigley a New Zealander also the inventor of the ski plane with retractable skis as well as being the first person successfully land the plane after a couple of tries but he did it.

Henry Rodolph Wigley was born on the  2nd of February 1913 in   Christchurch, New Zealand.His parents Jessie Christie Grant and his Father Rodolph Wigley .When he was a teenager he started pilot training and joined RNZAF (Royal New Zealand Air Force) at the outbreak of World War, he helped out  by being a pilot. Their family were innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers of tourism in New Zealand. His father, Rodolph formed one of the first commercial aviation  companies in  New Zealand. He was the first person to drive a motor vehicle to Mt Cook and he helped introduce skiing into the South Island, he was also the Captain of the New Zealand ski team in 1936-1937.

On september the 22nd, Henry Wigley was the first person to make a  grass - snow flight with his plane which he named Auster. The world's first plane with retractable skis, Wigley spent many years perfecting the skis before his flight from Mount Cook village to Tasman Glacier. On his second approach Timaru Herald reporter Doug Drake said’ the pioneering aircraft made a perfect landing, but then when he was taking off again the snows drag was bigger than he expected and the plane struggled to reach 72 kmph. But then it hit a bump which tossed it upwards long  enough you could call it airbourne. Wigley repeated that landing two more times that  day, then within a year later the mount cook Company ski plane business was up and running.When his father died he took over his company (Mount cook Tourism ) and then used the ski plane as a taxi, up the mountain and back. The plane become a key symbol of the Mt Cook tourism.

His Ski plane was the Auster ZK Box, a four seater light aircraft which use to be on the ceiling of Queenstown airport but now on display at the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre Museum . Mount Cook Ski plane and helicopters are still up and running today . Also today as well as a ski plane there is also a seaplane which was actually invented before the ski plane it was invented in March the 28th 1910 by Henri Fabre. Which is sort of the same as ski plane except instead of landing on snow it lands on the water. Some people don't think ski planes as much but in the United states it is a popular sport .

So in the future if anyone wants to Invent or Innovate something, I think that Henry Wigley would be a great person to be Inspired by. And if you come down in a Crash then keep on trying until you  land right .

Written by Sarah

Homework

Last week we did a Naughts and Crosses tack were you get to chose the activities you do I did :

3

• Showing How Trenches Work
• Diary
• Anzac Poppy Montage
• And design the Biscuit Box

Here is my Diary I did :

Diary

Day 3

April 28th 1915

Dear Diary

I have been here in Gallipoli for 3 days now, Its been a fine the last couple of Days. I have heard the Front line is scary so I hope I dont have to go in the frontline for a while The food is disgusting its just plain but I Guess I will have  get use to it, It stinks around here in the Trenches. I have a feeling there is a storm on its way there are a couple of spits hopefully it will just bypass here. I am sort of don't want to be here now but I'm doing it for my Country. Its really loud around here I'm probably going to be partly death when I come home, Lots of gun shots and  Bombs surrounding. Hope I get some sleep with this Noise Its starting to get dark better try get some sleep Write Tomorrow

Day 4

April 29th 1915

Dear Diaru

Im in pain at the moment.They sent me to the Frontline to Replace the the soldiers who have either got really badly injured or have gone to a better place I was doing fine for the first couple of hours but then heard one big Gun shot before I knew it I was in agony lying on the ground. All I could see was Blood I must of not been lying down enough just one little mistake and you could be gone I'm just lucky that it was In my leg not my heart or Head They carried me back to the trench to get some. Im now lying down in the Trench with a Temporary old rag as a Bandage. They said It was infected and I would have to go the mini hospital on the Island of Lemnos where the Nurses will Treat it . Its really starting to stink in here with all the dead bodies in a pile while people try and bury them and now the rats have came . I think turkey is dealing with the same problems Im going over to the Island of Lemnos tonight when it's dark so they don't see us. Ill try to write tomorrow.

Day 5

April 30th 1915

DearDiary

Well we made it over here to the Island of lemnos its peace full around here no turkeys to be seen The nurse treated but Im still in a lot of pain she said it might not be a couple of weeks until I have fully recovered we will just have to wait and see what happens next. Its pretty busy over here but its nice to have a break from all the the shooting it seems to me that I have been here for weeks but I have only been here for 5 days now You can hear the sound of a faint bomb every so often. I wonder how they are coping I hope this war would be over I don't get the point of it. I just got some more news I will be back helping out or countries in a couple of days because its getting busy at the hospitals and they say I will be Fine. I wonder how the Turks are doing If they are running low on Resources. I miss all my Family but I know they will be proud of me.

Anzac School Service 2015

Guided Writing

Here is my original piece of writing on the theme of 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'   By Wilfred Owen 

THE WAR

Can't even stand up properly Trying to drag of heavy wet boots through the mud carrying all our gear. Feeling like my Eyelids have weights on them.With all our smiles have disappeared

Trying to get away from the Frontline Tripping over myself Crawling on our Ground trying to get back  I feel Death my Ears are throbbing with pain from all the noise. Heart still pounding from all the gunshots surrounding.

Can't even think right. I don't think anyone else can as well looking around see people with cuts bruises, People with one Boot looking as if they’re drunk wobbling around . Its painful just walking I feel like snail. Cant even hear the Bomb shells that are surrounding but try to run if we do. Heaps of people are just dying of exhaustion Low on Water and food. Wish I was home   

Everything gone Blank with Gas Surrounding Trying to shout with my voice mainly all gone   ‘‘Gas Hurry Get out Quick Run !’’ Over and Over Until My voice was all gone

With the rest of my energy I drop to the ground dig through my bag I find my Gas mask I secure it on but while I was doing that all I could here was the screech and scream of the man beside to slow to find to get his gas mask and the gas getting into his lungs. We had been Training for this I thought to myself

It feels like we are surrounded by thick green clouds. Can't see anyone as we try to scramble out

Seeing my Conrad running toward me, coughing badly, Is making me feel sick.Thinking that he has got some gas In his lung and hes going to die

I helped carry a man to the wagon, he was slowly dieing I could tell he was shaking with his eyes Blood dripping everywhere  I shock I feel really sorry It makes me feel bad for all those who are trying to help but then die. I put him up on the wagon with all the others that a suffering. Imagine yourself carrying a dying man to a wagon feeling helpless.

Also Imagine yourself walking By the wagon seeing your friends dying with  every Jolt, Bump or a stone in the road  the wagon goes over. Forces Blood up from there  lungs which slowly turns into mucus that stops them from breathing and the Dying   blood every where In the the wagon. Hearing them all suffer

I never knew that it was going to be like this I thought it was going to be very different. Its not fun at all watching your friends Die in front of you. The Noise of the gun shots and Bombs having to leave others behind. Plain Boring food, Limited water  After hearing this I don't think you would want to do it for you country.

Home Work

For last weeks Homework we had to find out more information about WW1
Here is a Pic Collage I did about WW1

Camp Recount Writing

My Camp Recount Writing

Out on the grass in the Burning sun Its was our turn to do Archery Soft people from the last group were telling me how fun it was. It was my first time doing Archery soft, Walking over I saw all the Bows and Arrows Lying on the Ground, We all sat down and listened to the Instructor showing us how to Hold a Bow and Shoot an arrow 

Finally it was our Turn we got in groups and sat by a Bow. We each had a go. Our aim was to bit the Balls. When it was my Turn I stood up lined the Bow up with the Ball pulled it back and then Fire. It didn't go near the ball. But I tried again but on shot number 2 I was so close I hitt the Tin can instead.

After we learnt how to shot the Bows it was Time to play some games. We each got into Teams and Lined up In our team there was Jess, Sam, Lars, Gus and I (Sarah) . We were team number 2, The aim of the game was to hit all 5 balls of the stand  and Try and get the other players out by hitting them. We won our first 3 games which meant we had to face the Parents. We put our masks on and ran to the back line and then the instructor said Go we were of hiding behind the barriers trying to not get hit and then trying to hit them. They had five minutes until game was over by the end of the game they were winning by one point. We thought they were going to win but we weren't going to give up.  But then just with a couple of seconds at the end we hit one of them. It was a Draw !

Term One Class Novel Reflection

In Term One we read a Story called ' Stay Where You Are And Then Leave. After every chapter we write down the main points of the Chapter so at the end we got to chose some Questions to Answer, In this Slide show are the Questions I answered.

Camp

On the 23rd to the 25th. We went to Camp at Weka point. My Favorite activities were the Soft archery and the Raft building. It was a really fun experience. And Here are some pictures to show ou some of the other stuff we did.

NZ Secondary School Triathlon

Last week on Wednesday after Camp I traveled to Taupo in the Morning to do the New Zealand Secondary School Triathlon. In the morning I competed in the 500 meter Lake Swim Overall in my age group I came 5th then in the afternoon I did an Aquathon  witch is a Swim and then a Run I came 11th in that. Then on Friday morning I competed in The Triathlon there were alot more people competeing in the Triathlon then the others I came 22nd in that. I thaught it was a great experience and was really fun Here are some pictures:

Army New Zealand

On the 31st of march, the Army came to our school. They told us what they do and how they help New Zealand. They showed us there vehicles and and there camo gear, Tents and riffles. They also put an obstacle course up for us to do. Here are some pictures 

Weka Point

Next Week we are going to camp at Weka Point Here is a Presentation that me a Jess made.

Science: Water Cycle

We are studying the water cycle so we can learn about water on earth and how to look after it

Science Technology

Today in Science technology we learned about acids and baces. We Tested substance we use everyday at home to find out how strong they are. Here is a picture of my chart

Letters to Home

                                                                                                    

Friday 22nd June 1820

Family                                                         

Otatara Pa

New Zealand                                                                                                         

Dear Family                                                                                                  

I have been thinking about you guys all the time. I hope everything going well, It has been a Rough few months  out at sea  trying to   make our way over the world to England. To try and meet king George IV. Busy on the Ship last night there was a big storm, I was up all night helping out with the crew with the Broken hole in   our Boat, but by the time morning had come the storm had passed over . We finally made it a couple of weeks after we expected but at least we made it We made a 6 hour Hike from the sea to get  there too get to the king  after we had seen the King he gave us  some gifts on recognition of Hongi's help in introducing Christianity to the Maori people. I decided we should make the Journey back over to New Zealand But on the way over stop in Sydney. While we were over in Sydney we exchanged King Georges gifts with Muskets and ammunition, To help us fight over in New Zealand. After our Journey in Sydney we made it back to the ship. It was very late by the time we got back to the boat somewhere around Midnight but we had to Determined to New Zealand we Travelled through the Tasman sea and Finally reached back to New Zealand.There have been lots of wars happening again. Sorry got to go  Cant wait to see you in a couple of years hopefully.

                   Love From  Sarah

THE BUG MAN

Last Friday Ruud Kleinpaste aka the Bug Man. He came in because last last year a group of people from our school went in a competition called Tremendous where they design on a peace of area of the school they want to improve on in our school they wanted to build an out door class room and a little board walk by the ditch near the play ground and the won the competition so they won some money and Ruud came in to talk to us about different bugs. The people in the group got to see some different species after. My Favorite things he talked about was the sloth and how slow it goes and how it goes so slowly down the trees to go toilet and then slowly back up and how he went overseas and he saw some blue Butterflys at the top of some tall trees but the camera couldnt reach the bird so then he went into the village and asked every one how can you get  those birds down the tree then one of the villagers said you have to be like the bird, So he went and to find something blue and in the end he painted himself blue and then the birds came down to see what that blue thing was and then they got some good pictures.

Swimming Junior Nationals

Last weekend I went down to Wellington For New Zealand Junior Nationals.
It was a great experience and I got some good PBs. While I was down there I did 6 events :
50 fly
100 fly
200 fly
400 IM
4 times 50m Medley Relay
4 times  50m Freestyle Relay

‘Where I'm From’

I am from the Mountain Bikes,

the pool

and playing around with our Dog

I am from the big backyard  

I am from the forest,

the sand.

I am from family get togethers

and all sports

from Lisa

and John.

I am from the Triathlons

and peak walks.

From “there aren't any sharks in the  water”

and “Go Sarahhh”.

I am from spending time with relatives

I'm from Hawkes Bay

From BBQs and Meringues

From the Harraways oats Story  

and the Family Memories  

and going to Soccer and Hockey.

I am from Queenstown,Nelson, Wellington, Taupo to Hawkes Bay