Fibonacci Math

Today in class we have been learning about Fibonacci which is a math sequence

Sailing on the Lake

On Monday the 11th of November the Optimists(Sailboat) hit the water for an exhilarating day on the lake. Me and Kyle set out on the Yellow Lion. Our main objective was to stay as dry as possible and not capsize. I pretty much lost my voice screaming at Kyle stay straight or turn the other way. The weight balance wasn't helping either and we were basically capsizing the boat without even moving. We then played a game which didn't help the capsizing problem because of the constant direction changes. One boat ran the ball over and couldn't find it for ages until it popped up again. That pretty much ended our day and we then raced back and packed the boats up before swimming around the submerged dock like a swarm of sharks. It was a very fun and frightening day and I hope I
 can do it again.

Snow Camp 2019

Three weeks ago Te Kinga and Kotuku went on a school camp to Arthur's pass and Mt Cheeseman. We left on Monday to go the Arthur's pass outdoor education center where would stay the first night. We arrived and unpacked the cars. We settled in then had a talk about the rules and the kind of activities we were going to do. We then went outside and played a game called buddy which was like a tandem version of Simon says. We finished the game and had a snow fight which turned out to be an ice fight which hurt a lot. We were taken to a walking track and got to learn about all the Maori travelers that came through Arthur's pass and the way they came back because they could not come back through Arthur's pass due to the weight of the jade they bring back from the West coast. After our walk we settled down and rested up for half an hour then went out for a treasure hunt. The treasure hunt went for about half an hour which we were forced to do with no walkie talkie because Zak was pressing the wrong button for the whole time until we made it back. We called it a day and there was some dinner followed by another game and dessert before going to bed. We woke up to yelling and screaming which would become a tradition. We all lumbered in to the dining room with heavy eyelids to see that we would be staying a bit longer due to high winds and rain. After a couple hours we departed for Mt Cheeseman on the hour long drive. It felt longer than an hour but we finally made it with the wind whistling past the cars. We got in the lodge and settled down. We waited a few minutes until the co-chief of the ski field Sam came in and talked to us about all the rules and regulations and then we were told our rooms and shuffled in, unpacked then regrouped back down at the lodge. We waited until the weather died down a little and went outside in blizzard like conditions for a play in the snow. We had a good hour long crazy fest then went back inside for a lot of card games, chicken (The game) and finally dinner. After all the we played more card games had some Milo and went to bed. We woke up to yelling and screaming (I said it was a tradition) and lumbered out of bed out to the lounge/dining area for some early breakfast which was some toast and cereal. We then played (You guessed it) more card games and waited until the weather report. They said it would be all good to go skiing for the day. We were all jumping with joy and excitement. We got our ski boots and skis then went out for a good day of skiing. There were a couple of T-bar accidents with people sliding right down the hill. I went right to the top of the mountain which is a tradition for me because I want to conquer as many ski fields as I can. After that we had lunch and were told we could have one more run. I did so then gave my ski gear back and packed up my gear, filed it into the back of the car and we drove home. 

Miranda Jane Caird art

At school we have been talking to Miranda Jane Caird. She is a famous New Zealand artist and has made many different pieces of art over her career. Her art inspired us to try and mimic her style in our own art. We used pastel colour mixing and black dye to create our pictures. Here is my picture and one of Miranda's side by side.

Science Pendulum

Aim/Hypothesis: See how mass really affects the period of the pendulum. We could find
no evidence of this online but it goes against common sense so we decided to test it. Our
hypothesis is that it wouldn’t affect it at all. (Thomas thought that it would)

Method: 

1: String up two containers to a solid bar or similar object (we did it to the monkey bars)
Make sure they are the same length from the bar (you may need to do a control test with
no water to make sure you have got it right.

2: Fill one of them with some water (we put in 200ml). The first container weighed 84g
(without water) and the second weighed 284g

3: draw them both up to the same height and release at the same time.

4: record results.

Results: First of all we did it with two glass beakers on the end of the strings but then the one one with the water in it smashed after the string snapped. So then we got to plastic containers and some stronger strings. When we tested it they didn’t swing backward and forward at the same time like the control test. We thought that the period of the pendulum had changed because they weren't even any more and that google must have been wrong, but we were wrong and after extensive research and small scale testing we found that the period hadn’t changed but the more massive one kept its momentum better due to its mass and therefore swung for longer and faster. But they both crossed the middle at the same time. We were tricked by our eyes.

Gold Mining West Coast History

  This term we are on the topic of local history this our project on the Waiuta gold mining days

Te Kinga work interviews

In class recently we have been interviewing people in the local community about their work life. We have had four people so far and all have been as interesting as the last. Today we had Jarred (Zak and Cameron's Dad) and he talked about all his jobs and some of the skills he thought were important to have when going into work. The skills were technology skills, communication skills, leadership skills, a good attitude and being able to ask for help. Here is my reflection, I think it was interesting how Jarred has done lots of different jobs including blinking the eye of a puppet fish on a kids t.v show and helping people figure why their pot plant powered phone wouldn’t work. It was also interesting that he had worked in the air force as an I.T guy.