My Top House Recount

Mon 24th Feb 2014

Last Friday at school we had a top house competition. The top house competition is when all the Houses (Teams (Tui, Kea, Takahe, Hoiho and Pukeko)  compete against each other for house points that are added up at the end of the year. I was the leader of my team we were Tui 3. One of the games was pass the baton. We started at a cone and had to pass the baton along shoulder to shoulder. As soon as we had passed the baton on we had to run to the other end of the line and have another turn. We had to keep doing that again and again until we got to the other cone. There was another game that was half a three legged race half cricket. We had to  walked (3 legged) to a cone and from the cone we had to throw a ball at the cricket wicket. We did ok at that game but I don’t think we won. My favorite game was the first game. We had to throw medium sized inflatable jacks (spiky ball things) into a bucket. We did really well, we got more than thirty. I haven’t heard the results yet and don’t know who won but it sure was fun.

Shopping for my whanau

This is my shopping list. I've made it based on the prices at countdown. We had a budget of $250. We were aloud to round at the end. Here is my shopping list.

Item	Cost	Total
Oreo snack pack 2 Coco pops Honey Puffs Crumpet Choc hot cross buns ice blocks 2 fresh beef mince Sausage Hokie fish Choc fish Spaghett Bread Banana’s Peaches Apples Grapes Pears 6 corn cobs 2 cucumbers Peas Carrots Potatoes 2 Broccoli Chicken Chips 3 frozen chips Snax crackers   2 shapes crackers mono foil Juice Juice Toilet paper 18pk Body wash Hand soap refill Large olive oil Pork Sugar lollipop Round to: $249.80 Change: 20 cents	$3.79 2 for $8 $4.99 $1.99 $3.59 $5.75 $20 $9.99 $7.99 $2.69 $2.99 $2.99 $4.99 $6.99 $2.49 $8.99 $4.99 $5.94 $3.98 $4.55 $3.69 $2.49 $2.50 $19.99 $6.87 $3.99 $3.15 $4.98 $7.79 $3.69 $4.99 $12.99 $9.89 $2.99 $12.99 $28.99 $1.91 $0.69	$3.79 $11.79 $16.78 $18.77 $22.36 $28.11 $48.11 $58.1 $66.09 $68.78 $71.77 $74.76 $78.75 $84.74 $87.23 $96.22 $101.21 $107.15 $111.13 $115.68 $119.37 $121.86 $124.36 $144.35 $151.22 $155.21 $158.36 $162.85 $170.65 $174.34 $179.32 $192.31 $202.2 $205.19 $218.18 $247.17 $249.08 $249.77

How to shoot a hoop

This year we are going to be making our own poems. We be given examples to use as templates. This is my attempt to create my own version to this poem.

Original.











My version.





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Is air heavy?

IS AIR HEAVY?

What do I think: No. Am I wrong or am I right? lets see.

Equipment:

• News paper
• Ruler (one that you wont mind snapping)

Method:

1. Put the ruler on the edge of the table half on and half off
2. Karate chop the ruler
3. It doesn’t break
4. Next put the ruler on the edge again but this time put a scrunched up piece of news paper on the end that won't be karte chopped.
5. the paper should fly in the air. Why? It happens because it is not flat so the air can not hold it down.
6. So then put  a flat piece of newspaper on and karate chop the ruler did it break?

Explanation:

The ruler should have snapped because the air is holding the paper down and forcing it to snap.

Was I right? No.



Photos of the experiment

Sience air is heavy by Elijah from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Calender art

We have been doing calender art. We had an option of a dot portrait or a collage. I did both but ended up choosing the dot portrait. These are my two pictures I had I made.

Science experiment 1: Air exists

This term are topic is on movment and force. This is an expeirment that proves air exists.

AIR EXISTS

Equipment:

• Container full of water
• Jar
• Paper towel

Method:

• Put the paper towel in the jar. Try and keep the paper towel big so it doesn't fall out  
• Turn the jar upside down and push it to the bottom quickly (If there are bubbles it probably hasn't worked)
• Quickly pull the jar back up and check the paper towel is dry if it is wet the experiment has failed

Question:

Will the paper towel stay dry in the jar or not?

Prediction/Explanation:

Yes the paper towel will stay dry because it is cushioned by the air

Observe

We put the paper towel in the jar and quickly put it in the water.Most of it stayed dry but a tiny bit was sticking out. On our last go it was completely dry.

My Optimist Yachting and Kayaking day 2

This is my reflection for Optimist Yachting day 2.

Reflection for

Something I was pleased with was how well me and my buddy George worked together on the yacht because My first buddy chickened out. HE WOULDN'T STOP PANICKING.

I really enjoyed learning how to get comfortable on the yacht and relax because on day one I was not very relaxed.

Something I found hard was keeping my buddy calm because whatever I said just made him louder.

Something that made me think was watching the sail and still relaxing because it hit me in the head a couple of times.

Something I want to get better at is ducking my head and leaning    

Cosmos kennel

For maths we have been designing dog kennels. The measurements of the wood were 12 by 24. We had to find the measurements for the sides and faces. We then had to find out how much wood we had used and how much we had  left over. When then worked on figuring out the percentage used. It was very hard!

Picture from book

My working out and design

My Optimist Yachting and Kayaking

This week we have been doing Optimist yachting and Kayaking. i have had lots of fun. Here is my reflection.

Reflection for

Something I was pleased with was that I didn’t capsize

because I have capsized many times before and was expecting to do it today.

I really enjoyed learning how to control the sail because I had no idea what I was doing.

Something I found hard was holding the rope still because the wind was blowing hard into the sail and I couldn’t grip the rope properly.

Something that made me think was trying to duck when we did a 180 degree turn and the sail flipped over because I almost got hit the first time and tried hard to not get hit again.

Something I want to get better at is holding the rope I can get better at this by holding on tighter because it usually slips.          

Yachting reflection by Elijah Casson on GoAnimate

Maths home work

This is my maths home work presentation we had to work out the shapes differences.

Rock climbing reflection

For three weeks on a thursday we went to Karamu high school to try out rock climbing . We were split into groups of five 2 Karamu students and 3 Parkvale students. The people in my group were William Tyrone Gema josh and me.Here's the reflection's of

Rock climbing reflection

· Something I was pleased with was… How well I was able to climb the wall.

                            

…because I’m better than I was last time I tried.

· I really enjoyed learning… how to put on my safety belt and harness.

…because… I’ve never done it by myself before.

· Something I found hard was… my footing.

· Something that made me think was… how was I going to get to the top without letting go of the wall.

…because It was really hard to find the right place to grab.

·Something I want to get better at is… The Footing.

This is the video I made to go with it.                                                                 This is a photo of me
Rock climbing reflection by Elijah Casson on GoAnimate                                             on the climbing wall.

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part 2

Reflection for

· Something I was pleased with was… how well I worked when I did the practice (not on the wall) with my Eyes closed.

                            

…because… It was really hard to tell what you and the people around me were doing.

· I really enjoyed learning… what to do when you're connected to the person on the wall.

                  

…because… It is really important to Know what to do if someone slips.

· Something I found hard was… reaching out to the rocks on the wall.

· Something that made me think was… where I was going.

…because I couldn't see where the rocks were.

· Something I want to get better at is… still footing.

         

Part 3

Rock climbing

· Something I was pleased with was… that I got further on the hard wall last time.

· I really enjoyed learning… how to belay proply.

                  

…because…I’m better.

· Something I found hard was… still footing.

· Something that made me think was… what the instructions were that my buddie yelled out.

…because… It is hard to hear what they are saying.

Something I want to get better at is… my footing.