Compliments

In Wananga we have been working on giving people deep compliments. We had a piece of paper and we could draw something in the middle and then we would go round writing compliments. Instead of writing surface compliments like "Your really nice", "I like your hair today", "You have have a good smile" or something like that. For a deeper compliment you could say "You are a very caring person and you help put your friends" it has to be meant from the heart. The compliments that really hit me were "You always come out as a warm and a friendly person" and "Such a good friend to others and funny". I felt really good but also surprised that I got really good compliments. I felt like people actually cared about me and could see deeper things about me. When I gave compliments I felt good that someone was getting something really nice and could see the good side of themselves.

 

Weather - Science Hurumanu

Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Wind

Beaufort Wind Scale

Beaufort Force	Wind Speed (KPH)	Spins	Indicators	Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0	0-2	0	Calm; smoke rises vertically.	Calm
1	2-5	10	Shown by direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	Wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.	Light
3	13-20	80	Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.	Gentle
4	21-29	130	Raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved.	Moderate
5	30-39	190	Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.	Fresh
6	40-50	250	Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.	Strong
7	51-61	320	Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.	Strong
8	62-74	390	Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.	Gale
9	75-87	470	Slight structural damage.	Gale
10	88-101	550	Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.	Whole gale
11	102-116	640	Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.	Whole gale
12	117 or more	730+	Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.	Hurricane

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS

1. Straws  (x4)
2. Pencil
3.   Pin
4. Cups (x4)
5.   Tape

STEPS

1.   Get materials
2.   Make the straws into a cross and put a pin in it.
3.   Put the pinned straws into the top of a pencil with a eraser on top.
4.   Then tape the straws so it stays as its cross.
5.   Add the cups on the straws.
6.  Make the cups the same way so when the wind hits it it will grab the air and spin.

Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 5

You will need:

Anemometer (above) 

Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind generator

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the time keeper says "Go", the counter in each group will count how many times the marked cup passes them in one minute and write it down.
3. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	10s	1 1/3
2.	10s	1 1/2
3.	10s	4 1/4
4.	10s	4 1/4

• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind? 

for our first two tries they were a lot slower because there was no wind inside to make it go faster. For our other two tries we went outside and there was wind so it was a lot stronger.

CONCLUSION:

When we were testing the anemometer it worked better outside because there was wind but no wind inside. 

Science Hurumanu - Biomass

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Energy film

Biomass

Aim: To compare the amount of gas that is produced from different types of biomass.

Material:

1.   Bottles (x3)
2.   Permanent marker
3.   Disposable gloves
4.   Cup
5.   Fresh horse manure
6.   Mashed banana
7.   Funnel
8.   Water
9.   Balloons (x3)
10.   Vegetable peelings.

Steps:

1.   Take off the label for all 3 bottles
2.   Label each bottle. (Horse Manure, Horse Manure and Mashed Banana, Horse Manure and Vegetable Peelings.
3.  Place 1 cup of Manure in each bottle. 
4.  Place 1 cup of Vegetable peelings in 1 bottle.
5.  Place 1 mashed Banana in the bottle.
6.   Fill each bottle with water.
7.  Put a balloon on top

   

Investigation.

Research the following Biomass fuels. You will need to:

Write a definition of the fuel.

Write 8 sentences about the fuel. 

• How is it made? 
• Where is it made? 
• What is it made with? 
• What countries use it? 
• What uses will it have in the future?  

Place 1 image of the fuel.

Biomass Fuel types.

Name: Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Definition: 

Agricultural crops such as miscanthus and straw from cereal crops can be used as fuel for production of heat. Herbaceous material has a different composition from wood and its combustion must be handled with different wood

Research: 

Wood Biomass is the main source of wood energy in New Zealand. It comes in a number of different forms like Firewood, shavings, sawdust, wood chips, agricultural crops and bark.

Uses: you can use it for wood for the fire or paper because wood chips are made out off paper. 

Image:

Name: Animal waste.

Definition: Animal waste has another name called Manure. Manure is a organic matter, mostly derived animal feces. 

Research: Animal waste are commonly considered the excreted materials from living animals. Under certain conditions, the waste may include straw, hay, wood, shavings and or other organic debris.

Uses: Animals waste can be used for a gardening fertiliser. 

Image: 

Name: Bio gas

Definition: Bio gas is the mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen.

Research: Bio gas can be made from raw materials like Agricultural waste, manure, plant material, sewage, green or food waste. 

Uses: Bio gas methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide can be combusted or combined with oxygen. This type of energy releases bio gas to be used as a fuel. it can be used for any type of heating like cooking.  

Image: 

Name: Bio fuels

Definition: A bio fuel is a type of fuel that is produced through contemporary processes from biomass. 

rather than a fuel produced by the very slow geological processes involved in the formation of fossil fuels, such as oil.

Research: Rather than a fuel produced by the way slow geological processes involved in the formation from fossil fuels, such as oil.

Uses: Biofuels can be a transportation fuels like ethanol and bio diesel that are made from biomass materials.

Image:

Hurumanu - Drama

On Tuesday we had our Puberty lesson and it was basically about when you change how does it affect our emotions. We did more about our slam poetry. 

These are some examples of coral speaking and slam poetry.

This video is about how embarrassing it was to be 12.

This video is about beauty and these girls were saying things about when your grow up there is stereo types that can put pressure on the way you look.

When we did our slam poetry we had to perform it on stage and we had to record it so here is our recording.

In the video we were saying our group poem and sometimes we said it on our own but sometimes we said it together and that is called unison. When we talked by ourselves but one after another it's called cannon. 

The Treaty of Waitangi

This this week in class we started to do some activities. Our choices were The treaty of Waitangi, Waitangi Day and who was Hone Heke, I picked the treaty of Waitangi.

The treaty was signed by the British leaders and the Maori Tribal in 1840. The Maori Tribal and British leaders had a misunderstanding because they both signed the same treaty but they don't celebrate it together. 

The Treaty was signed in the bay of islands on February 6 so that's Waitangi Day. There were two different versions of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi treaty that was signed, one in Maori and another in English. 

When the Maori iwi (tribes) were signing the treaty they didn't realise the they were agreeing for the British to have rule over them. 

Since 1974 February 6, New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day. Waitangi Day is celebrated in so much different ways. Many people travel to Waitangi for the official treaty commemorations, while others see it as a day to celebrate being a New Zealander.

Blobs in a bottle

Today in science Addyson, Anneleise and I made Lava Lamps. 

It was really fun making this lava lamp and it worked pretty well.

Our ingredients are 3/4 cup of water, Vegetable oil, Quick Eze tablets and food coloring.

Our lava Lamp didn't work as well as we thought it would be it was still a success. 

The Oil is lighter than the water so when we put food coloring in it goes straight to the water and colors it. the quick eze desolves and makes bubbles which creates the lava affect. 

Coke and Mentos

We can do better: We need to try several experiements to see which one works best

Equipment:

Ruler

Beaker

Thermometer

Coke Mentos

Measuring flask

Method:

Stage 1: ( All groups)

1. Add 150ml of coke to a measuring flask
2. Place the flask in the sink.
3. Drop in 1 mentos a watch the effect.

Group 1  ( Levi)

Test 1

1. Heat up 50ml in a beaker of coke ( Using a thermometer heat it to 75 degrees)
2. Place the beaker ion the sink and add a mentos.

Test 2

1. Add 50 ml of cold diet coke to a beaker
2. Add 5 mentos.
3. Record the hieght it reachs

Group 2  ( Tehya)

Test 1

1. Heat up 50ml in a beaker of coke ( Using a thermometer heat it to 45 degrees)
2. Place the beaker ion the sink and add a mentos.

Test 2

1. Add 50 ml of cold diet coke to a beaker
2. Add 5 mentos.
3. Record the hieght it reach

Group 3  (Lars)

Test 1

1. Heat up 50ml in a beaker of coke ( Using a thermometer heat it to 30 degrees)
2. Place the beaker ion the sink and add a mentos.

Test 2

1. Add 50 ml of cold diet coke to a beaker
2. Add 5 mentos.
3. Record the height it reach

Group 4  (Jaz)

Test 1

1. Heat up 50ml in a beaker of coke ( Using a thermometer heat it to 15 degrees)
2. Place the beaker ion the sink and add a mentos.

Test 2

1. Add 50 ml of cold diet coke to a beaker
2. Add 5 mentos.
3. Record the height it reach

Group 5 (Rinieya)

Test 1

1. Heat up 50ml in a beaker of coke 
2. Place the beaker ion the sink and add a mentos.

Test 2

1. Add 50 ml of cold diet coke to a beaker
2. Add 5 mentos.
3. Record the height it reach

Findings:

Add your measurements to the table

Liquid	Height
Coke
Crushed mentos
Coke zero	Nothing
75 Degrees
45 Degrees
30 Degrees
15 Degrees

More investigations:

1. Does it work better with hot Coke( group 1) , warm Coke ( group 2 ) or cold Coke?( group 3)
2. Use Normal and Coke zero.
3. Does crushed Mentos work better than whole Mentos?( group 4) 

Jelly park

Hi guys welcome back to my amazing blog. Today I'm going to tell you about my amazing swimming at Jelly park. I went to Jelly park and the rest of my class went to Canterbury Swim School. I only went to Jelly park twice. I went there last Wednesday and two days ago Wednesday. I had a little group with me that went to Jelly park. I went with Talia, Shaun, James, Sage and Isiah. Our swimming instructor was Bailey. Bailey was really nice and a good swimming instructor too. I had heaps of fun at Jelly park but the pool was really cold. Shaun kept getting out of the pool because it was to cold for him. The first day I went to Jelly park we learnt how to treat water and how to not get water in our mouths when we do free style. Treating water is where you are in water with cloths on and we have to move our legs like your doing breath stroke in the water. Your arms are moving side to side like a jelly fish but your arms are in front of you. On my second day we learnt how to swim on our side with and without our arms. At the end of my last day swimming we got certificates and our certificates were for how great we were at swimming. I had heaps of fun at Jelly park but the swimming on our side and treating water was really difficult but at the end it was fine because we got to play a lot of games. we played tag, we jumped into the pool and we also played a game were we had to hold our breaths in the water. I won because I healed my breath for 32 seconds. I was sad we had to end our swimming at Jelly park. I had a lot of fun at Jelly park though.

My Buster the boxer story

Hi and welcome back to my blog, today I have a story to show you about a dog named Buster. Busters bread is a boxer and I'm here to tell you a little bit about him.

WALT write a narrative through the eyes of Buster

here is my story.

Hi Im Buster the boxer, it was Christmas eve and how do I know it's Christmas eve well it's snowy and there are Christmas decorations around the house.

It was a cold snowy night, I was watching Emma jump up and down on her bed. Then mum walked in and said

“ calm down and go to bed “.

so I got out of her bedroom and watched dad build a um build a l don't know what dad is building.

Huh what's that ohhh it is just a couple of foxes, wait what are they doing there going on that bouncy thing, ohhh they bouncing on it.

“ waaaa hooooo this is so fun” said the foxes. here comes a badger

“ wait what do I do?”

“ ohhhh that's what I do yippeeee this is so fun” said the badger. I’m so MAD because there on that….. thing and they look like they're having fun but I'm stuck inside here. I know they shouldn't be on it.

Here comes the bright an early sunny sun on Christmas morning maybe I should go on it no no no no no I will get in big trouble. I see dad open the door and I see Emma running out of the door, and then I follow her then she starts running so fast so I run in front of her onto the trampoline I found out it was called that, so I run faster and faster till I get onto the trampoline. I start to jump like I've never jumped before and Emma is just watching me so I stop jumping for a second and look at Emma is she mad, sad, happy to see a jumping dog. I start jumping again but I see Emma’s parents looking at me. Right now I don't care I’m just so thrilled that I'm on that trampoline It really is a gift everyone will love.

I hoped you enjoyed my story It was really hard to write but i got some better ideas from other people.