Sugar

Today for tech we were learning about sugar. We had to copy down the information that was on the white bored.

After that we descends more things about sugar. Did you know that a average person eats 6g of sugar and a New Zealand person eats 96g of sugar?


We read some more information about sugar, like a child is supposed to eat only 6g or they would gain wight.           

Making a Light Switch

On Wednesday 17th of June we went to tech. We used the same tools, the battery and the lamp station. To change it up this time we had to use a voltmeter, a switch and clip wires. The aim was to make a circuit only with equipment we were given. My method was to double my positives to my negatives and double my negatives to my positives. The result was that when you switch the light on the voltmeter would go up and if you turn it off the voltmeter would go down. We also made our diagram about our work

Knee Deep

For our 2nd week of term 2 we were finally at school. The first book we read was called Knee Deep, it is a story about a disaster that happened in Christchurch on February 2011.

Part of the story 
There were lots of collapsed buildings, chocking clouds of dust and tonnes of spilled raw sewage. For over the next six months part of the city wastewater system was fixed together but it needed to be repaired permanently. Unfortunately so did everything else in Christchurch.

What I wrote

Sat: Page 1 & 2

Does anyone remember the earthquake disaster at Christchurch immediately after the February 2011. Earthquake, distressed people, collapsed buildings, clouds of choking dust. What was more difficult to capture was the impact of thousands  of tonnes of spilled raw sewage .Of course they people of Christchurch understood this all too well. 

 

Saving Energy at Home

Today for tech we learned about how to save energy. For our first task we had to list the 10 things that use power in our house, I listed laptop, Chromebook, fan, PS4, and more. We also had to list the 10 places that use power I listed KFC and the Internet Cafe.

 For our main subject we used a battery and wires to light up the bulb circuit, the method was to put the positive to the negative and the negative to the positive.


The result was the light turned on, we watched a video and we had to  out how they saved power. I wrote you should turn the things not you're using off and to share energy so you don't use that much.   

Volleyball

On Friday the 5th of June we started our first lesson of volleyball.We warmed up by running around the court two times and doing sets to our assigned partners, my partner was Sione. after doing sets we got split in to teams.



The game was called King of The Court the king is in the 4th square and each time you get beaten you verse the other team that lost. Thankfully I got picked to be in the 4th square (we were just doing sets) we destroyed the other two teams but Franks team just dominated us. At the start they were wining by three points. We only got one then at the end we lost by three them with ten points and us with seven points and we got reset back to the beginning. We were going to try to get back but then the game ended.   

Earth Worms

Wednesday the 3rd of June on tech we were learning about earth worms. You might think its very disturbing but they are very helpful to our environment, by letting air in and carbon dioxide out and worms also help to increase the amount of air and water that gets into the soil and more.

 Mrs.Sharma give us some worms to see what day would do. I had four worms one of the worms were aggrieve the other two were sleepy and the other one was trying to jump out. We were watching a video of how helpful worm are.    

New Zealand first online supermarket opens

The country's first goal-built online supermarket has just opened on April the 16th.
 The brard new Countdown e-store is located in Penrose, Auckland.


It is foreseen that the new online market will fill up to 7500 online orders a week from the Auckland region.
 It will employ 200 people, as well as create 106 new jobs. The e-store that will be open 24-hours a day, seven days a week was planned prior to the corona-virus lock down.

Digging ban off Taranaki Coast continues

Digging off the Taranaki coast is still banned, last week a mining company going by the name Trans Tasman resources went to the court to try and have some adjustments to the new rule set in place by the government. The company wanted to mine millions of tonnes of ironsands off the coast of Taranaki. However the Court of Appeal has dismissed the attempt by Trans-Tasman Resources to overturn a 2018 High Court decision.Forest and Bird chief executive Kevin Hauge said the decision was important as New Zealand considered how to rebuild its economy after the shock of the Covid-19 virus.The judge said that the “kaitiakitanga relationship between tangata whenua and the marine environment and its resources is a relevant existing interest”.

Making a Salad Bowl

For our forth time at food tech we made a salad bowl. This time Texas, Fabian and I were in a team. Texas cut the cucumbers very thin, the lettuce and the carrots in finger sizes, while Fabian and I shred the chicken. We wore gloves so none of our germs got onto the chicken, and well Texas was cutting he constantly checked on our noodles so they were just right. We also had an option to put on some rice on top, after that we put on the dressing and ate!     

The Trip to Hamlinis Hill

Last week on Friday we went on a school trip to visit some pests, because for the past few days we were researching about pests. Our tour guide Frazier introduced us to some traps well we were walking up the hill.

 This one trap called A-24 was more efficient and advance than the others because it could shot up to 24 times and kill 24 pests in 1 month. Most of the trap contained punt butter like the A-24, that would lure the pests to the trap and kill them. Also some traps would tell you what kind of pests there was around forest. We also had so binoculars that we could look at the traps from a far and we sower some dead pest.       

New Zealand Confirms That Their Is First Class Coronavirus

New Zealand's first case of coronavirus has been confirmed on February the 28th. New Zealand is now the 48th country in the world to have a confirmed case of the virus. The patient is in their 60, and has just recently returned to New Zealand from Tehran via Bali. They arrived in Auckland on Wednesday and they travelled back to their home before their family can contact the Ministry of health. 

The Cogken

We just watched A performances about the Cogken. My favourite part was when the Cogken was thinking that he didn't fit in with the humans. It was also funny when Bex was holding the bar her mum gave to her, the Cogken rush in and ate it in slow mosh in the people at the school started laughing. Also how the Cogken was racing around, with Bex and Duffy, and tried to catch the Cogken. At the end we started singing to make the Cogken come back.






The Characters:
Bex
Duffy
Bex's Mum
Cogken
Aaron
Courier

Making Pancake's

Yesterday our cooking class was going to make pancake's. We were split into teams with the other school, we were getting ready to cook our pancake's. I got the ingredients like flower, milk, eggs frozen berry's for the sauce and butter for the pan. My teammate got the kitchen tools like 1/4 cup,1/2 cup, plastic measuring cup, and bowl. I put the butter on the pan and waited for it to melt, well I was doing that my partner was heating up the frozen berry's for the sauce. I put the dough on the pan and it was forming in to a pancake. After that we ate the pancakes, it tasted yummy.

Jennifer Ward-Lealand wins New Zealand 2020 of the year

Jennifer Ward-Lealand wins New Zealand 2020 of the year. She is an actor and director. She is know for her hard work to the performing arts. Ward-Lealand  already is an officer of New Zealand order of the Merit as well as a companion of the New Zealand order Merit





Georgia Hale Young New Zealander of the year
Nick Loosely, Local Hero of the year
Dame Margaret Sparrow, Senior New Zealander 

How Taika Waititi Won The Oscar

Kiwi Taika Waitit Won The Oscar for the best adapted screenplay. Also his film called Jojo rabbit made over 74 million dollars for their 4 star rated movie.

The movie is a drama and comedy.
The Oscar was held at Hollywood, and won five nominations, and was also helped by the comedians Steven Martin and Chris Rock who got the crowd rolling.    

Top 5 Things I Want To Achieve in 2020

My Top 5 Things I Want Achieve This Year is....

1. I need to work well in a group.

Because last year the groups that I was in did not finish our work.  

2. I have to stop arguing with people.

Because I'll get angry very easily.   

3. I have to get used to my new teacher.

Because he’s a year eight and seven teacher.

4. I need to respect the year eights.
   Because I am a year 7.

5. I need to be more friendly to my class.

And then they will be more friendly to me.