Swimming

We had just started swimming again. I am really enjoying swimming. The pool has been really warm and it is really nice because it refreshes us before a hot day.

Mini Inquiry day

On Wednesday room 7 had a mini inquiry day were we had to create a presentation on our topic 'Energy'. This is my one.

Personification

We have been learning about in class. We had to buddie up and write a sentace with personification in it. These are some of the sentances I wrote. I stood still welcoming in the bright sun onto it's spindly new spring shoots. The Ill coloured moss was clinging to it's chunky trunk. The brittle abandoned mailbox stood swallowed by the curious vines.

Melted Crayon Art

This term room 7 have been creating melted crayon art for the fete. We all had to make a plan off what we wanted our art to look like and pick a canvas size that we thought would work for our design. My design was a wild horse running silhouette with a sunset made by the crayons melting. I got the canvas I needed. We had to choose whether we wanted to have the crayons papers on or not. I was the only one the took the papers off. We had an option of using a heat gun or a hair dryer. I liked the effect of the heat gun I used that. I am really proud of my art and I am glad that the crayons didn't fall off like some. I love my art work and I can't wait to put it up on my wall.

Energy and Sound

This term our topic is energy. We have been learning about the forms of energy and the conservation of energy. conservation of energy is when cannot be destroyed or created but can change its form. for example potential to kinetic energy. We have also been learning about sound, how it travels and pitch of sound. We found out that sound travels better through solids and liquids than in air. We did some experiments to help us understand like tying string around a spoon or knife and them wrapped the string around our fingers, put it in our ears and them hit it against the desks. It sounded like wind charms hitting together.

We also put a speaker into black rubbish bag and but liquids on the bag and them put some music through the speakers. this experiment helps us understand that sound travels through vibrations. We learnt that sound travels at 332 metres per second through air and light can go around the world seven times in one second. We did a experiment were we stood at one end of the field and Mr M stood at the other end, he clapped some wooden blocks together and we had to observe and see if we could see the blocks clapped together before we could hear the noise. This experiment proves that sound takes a while to reach your ears.

I wonder how radio waves are different to sound waves. Some interesting things we found out was that thunder and lightning happen at the same time but light travels faster than sound and a sonic boom happens when something goes faster than the speed of sound.

Athletics

On Wednesday the 3rd week of term four Paterangi School joined Te Pahu School for their seniour athletics. All the students from ages 8-13 years partisipated in all six events. I am writing this post with pure pain in my left leg and i'm about to tell you why.

Its the fourth event of the day for the 12 year old girls and boys, it high jump my favourite activity in athletics.There were 5 girls from Te Pahu and 1 girl from Paterangi. I cleared the 1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th and then the fith jump at 1.10m. The bar went up to 1.15m, but I just couldn't do it. I jump from the right side but the teacher running it decided to have a fun competition to jump from the oposite that you normally jump from.

The strange thing is that I could jump higher on the left side than the right side. I cleared 1.15m. WOW! what an achievement and it looks like I'll be jump from the left side now.

Over all I had a really good day and I am happy to be going to Lower Waipa for high jump!

Planting and Clearing Day

n Friday the first week back at school room 7 went up to the priongia lodge and started clearing and planting plants for the outdoor classroom. We had to send out sponsorship letters so that we could get plants and donations. I sent one to Thompsons Timber Whatawhata.

When we got up there we had to buddie up with someone. I buddied up with another girl in my class. We were up there with Pirongia School. My least favourite parts were when I had to dig a really big hole and Lilly just stood there watching me and saying, "Keep digging, a little bit more, I think it will fit now", it was really anoying. The other part was when I carried a watering can up and down a slope watering plants. I am really proud of what we have created and I am excited to what it will look like in a couple of years time.