Art

Here is some of our art work.  We created the single flower first to learn and practice blending with pastels.  Then we applied what we learned to a still life.  I will post complete photos of the still life works later on.

Athletics

One day we went to the athletics track to practice our athletic skills. We threw a discus, which uses a pull movement and a duck speak or a special throw which is only required in competitions to make it fly correctly.  Then we threw the shot put, which uses a push movement so with the right aim and the right amount of force so you get further distance to force the ball forward.  Then the relay race, where you need to lean slightly forward and use your arms like a cheetah, and you need to use the stick like a hammer.  Also a vortex, very similar to a discus, requires a push movement with force and equal distance so it whistles as it is air born.  The movements are very similar to how some simple machines work, like a push or pull movement.

By Halle

Our Observations about how our bikes work.

Before we had learnt any thing about bikes, cogs, gears, chains and all that stuff on Wheels Day

we got some people to bring their bikes into class to look at them.  We found out that when you turn the pedal, it turns the wheel and when you put the wheel on the ground, the ground makes the wheel slow down by creating friction.

   

By Kanoa

Pulley

The Pulley

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A pulley is when you pull something down and the other  one goes up.
A pulley is a wheel on an  axle
And is a simple machine but is not one of the two simple machines
A pulley is also called a sheave or a drum.
The drive element of the pulley is rope,chain,cable or a belt.
A pulley is a force when you pull something the force pushes the next one up.
BY TORI AND MCKENZIE

Kites

Kites are a fun toy that children have loved to play with for generations. If you want to make a kite you must think about design. You should use light weight material, like paper.  Just  think,  you couldn't fly a kite if it was made out of cement, could you?   Kites are an awesome, simple thing to play with outside on windy days.  Lots of children have loved them from all over the world.  If you lose or break your kite it is easy to make a new one (you don't have to buy an expensive one from the shops!).   The things you need to have to make a cheap effective kite are paper, a hole puncher, scissors, string and  some glitter or something for decoration.  So it is very easy to make a kite:)

Kites need a lot of thought put into them or else they wont turn out how you expected them to be.
Kites are an easy simple way to have fun and to get exercise, rather than playing on the computer.
Kids love to play with kites at school and it is an easy homework project to make your own kite, and we only need to make it out of paper and use awesome decorations. Not all our kites looked the same.  Kites can have a different designs,  for example all kites can be different and unique as they don't always have to be the same shape.


Kites fly in an interesting way.  They have string you hold onto which helps it fly in the wind.  A kite also  flies with the power of your strength. The kite flies with thrust, force and lift.

By NOAH And LOCHE And HELP FROM EVAN!!

Incline Plane

Watch this video again to recap on our new learning about incline planes.

An incline plane is one of the two simple machines, the other one is a lever.  An incline plane is a sloping surface to help you in a job, e.g if you had a truck and you had to get something heavy into it, you could use a ramp to push the object into the truck An incline plane can be things like slides, balance beams, ramps, roofs and lots more.  There are different kinds of incline planes, like the screw. It is a incline plane in disguise, it is called a twisted incline plane.  A twisted incline plane is used to lift things or fasten  things together.


by Charmaine and Anna-Kate

Simple Machines, part 2/2

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The Inclined Plane

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Lever

A lever is a simple machine and an incline plane, which allows you to trade increased distance for increased effort of force, by doubling the distance you can half the force and move anything.

For example let say their is a see-saw a fat guy and a slim guy the slim guy hops on the see-saw and them the fat guy come along and sits on the other side as soon as he sit on the slim guy goes flying up into the sky, their is a way you could solve that problem. The middle of the see-saw is called a fulcrum you could have asked the fat guy to move closer to the fulcrum, or you could have moved one end of the seats closer to the fulcrum.

Movement is really boiled down to the same thing, you see the support that the seats are resting on well that has a special word to it its a fulcrum like I have already said, anyway when the fat guy moves closer to that fulcrum of whether you move him closer to the fulcrum the result is the same  distance between the fulcrum and the fat guy becomes less than the distance between the slim guy. so thats the secret what you can do if you ever bump into a fat guy on the see-saw.

By Brylee and Coco.

The Lever

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Wheels Inside

On Wheels day Room 19 students brought  in their bikes.

We brought in these bikes because our term concept is Movement.
We turned our bikes upside down and took notes while looking at all the different parts on a bike.

We learnt about gears, cogs, wheels, brakes and spokes.  We also learnt how every part in a bike helps the bike move and how the bike operates.

The pedals on the bike help the bike operate, every single bit on bike plays a big part to help the bike work. If a bit of the bike is missing the bike will not work properly, except for the bell.

We learnt that when you turn the pedal it makes the chain turn, which turns the cogs which causes the back wheel to turn forcing the bike to move. 

This is a mud guard it protects the rider from mud splashing up at them, but not all bikes have a mud guard.

In this picture you can see the spokes.  There are spokes on the front wheel and the back wheel.  They connect cogs to the inside of the wheel they help keep the wheel in place.

                    
 In this picture, Billy is turning the pedal.  Other people are observing how fast the wheel is going.  If you are turning the pedal, the back wheel will start spinning.  If you stop turning the pedal, the wheel will keep going but not as fast.  It will slow down eventually because there is no force applied to the wheel to power it anymore.

There is a set of cogs on the back of the bike. The cogs connect to a chain so when you change your gear the chain will jump from one cog to the next making it harder or easier to pedal the bike.

These are the brakes and chains.   They apply force to the wheels causing friction which slows the bike down.  Eventually and slowly, the bike will come to a complete halt.

By Zahna and Sinead 

Simple Machines

Review the work we have been doing in class.

Simple Machines, part 1/2

In class we have been looking at videos about simple machines. 
 We learned that the two basic machines are the incline plane and the lever.
A screw is an twisted inclined plane wrapped around a pole which holds things together or lifts materials.
A see-saw, spoon, hammer, and the list goes on, are all levers. 
A pulley is a simple machine that uses, wheels and a rope to raise, lower or move a load. 
A wheel and axle is a wheel with a rod called a axle through its centre.   It lifts or moves loads. 
But anyway, there are a lot of simple machines.  An inlined plane is a slanting surface connecting a lower level to a higher level.

A simple machine is an elementary device that has a specific movement (often called a mechanism), which can be combined with other devices and movements to form a machine.

By Keely and Leah

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Immersion Day

IMMERSION DAY

                                      
                                         This is the fire truck with all the fire fighters on board.

                                         This is Daniel Colliers Gater quad bike.

          
                                     This is Mr.Dorahays John Deere ride on lawnmower.

                                                        This is an olden day roller.

                    This is a lever with wheels an axle that helps to carry heavy objects.

                                                  Keely and Zahna a beside a bike.

                                                            This is the Vessy's cars.

                                                   This is another one of the Vessy's cars.

                                            This is a St john 4x4 mini Ambulance.

 

                                          This is the inside of an Ambulance.

This is a fire truck with it's ladder up

                                    
                                  This is a Fonterra milk tanker.

After hymn practice we were told to meet outside on the school courts for a suprise. When we arrived outside and where amazed by all the different varieties

of vehicles placed around everywhere such as firetrucks, motorbikes, pedal bike, lawn mowers, police cars, ambulance, olden day cars, rollers and a fonterra milk truck. First we looked inside the ambulance which had 2 strerchers and other medical equipment then we watched a fire fighter climb a huge ladder while another fire fighter operated the ladder so they could show us what it would be like to be a fire fighter and the risk they take to save other people's lives. Then we saw some of the vessey's vintage cars and then we looked at some of the basic tool's that a used around the school to keep it neat such as wheel barrows ect. Then we had a ride in the wheel barrow :)  

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By Adam,Billy and Finn.  

The Screw and the Wheel

The Screw and The Wheel

 

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The screw is an incline plane that is twisted in form.  It is a road that is used to get up high places.

The wheel has enough power to turn fully in a circle which creates movement.  A road is a type of an inclined plane.  Screws are also used to fix things, and to join things together. Wheels are also used to make movement and to make things rotate.  Every device that has a spiral that and a cork screwing action is known as a screw.  A type of a wheel can be on a bike, car or motorcycle.  It helps the vehicles to move.  Which allows you to trade extra turning distance for reduced force to  lift things and to fasten things together.   An axle is known as a fulcrum.  An incine plane has enough power to turn in a circle.  There is a dot in the center to the end which is the axle. 

Wheels Day

These pictures are from Wheels Day.  As you can see, these bikes have all the legal requirements and are all different sizes, shapes and brands.  Each vehicle had a different course to run.  All the courses were the same length but they had different twists and turns.  The vehicles were used on concrete so they didn't slide on wet grass.  All of the bikes looked different and unique but as you can see all the riders needed to have helmets for safety reasons.  There were also rollerblades, rip sticks and skateboards.  All the vehicles are controlled in different ways. For example, the bike is controlled by pushing down the pedals, the rip stick, rollerblades and the scooters are moved by force and body movement.

By Evan And Stevin

Niuatali

Kanoa

Stevin

Finn

Whaea Jacqui

Noah

Anna- Kate

Sam

Loche

Mr Dorahay

Noah

E-Waste

In week 2, Anna the recycling person, came to our school to teach us about E-waste.
We learnt that lead, mercury and cadmium are poisonous. They are usually in PC boards and TV's .  If you send the PC boards and the TV's to the dump they will get crushed and will pollute the earth and the waterways.
So instead of sending E-waste to the dump you can call Eco solutions, and get them to send it to Australia. They will then extract from the PC boards gold, silver, and graphite and this will help the world to be a lot cleaner! Then they will recycle the lead, mercury and the cadmium into new PC boards and TV's.
Lead and mercury are in TVs  are a big problem because people keep on throwing them out and will keep on polluting the earth, and maybe even other planets in the future.

Kaleb and Will