Potato Gun Experiment

Today in science, we did a test for potato guns. The things we used were McDonald straws, a skewer, a potato, and paper to record your results. The first thing you need to do is put some potato in the by stabbing your straw in the potato. You'll need a bit of potato in one end. Secondly, you need to put some potato in the other end. Once you've done that, you need to slowly push the skewer in the straw in any end. Make sure you use the blunt side of the skewer and not the sharp side because you could pick up the potato. The way you know that you've done it is when you see it fly pretty far. And maybe it wouldn't work for others because you either used the wrong side or maybe you pushed the skewer in too fast. Or maybe because it wasn't airtight. This experiment didn't work for everyone but it was fun.

Passport Tasks

On Friday the 30th, I finished my passport task. The task we did was to draw a picture that relates to a piece of lyrics that's in a New Zealand song. The song I chose was Vibes from Six60. The lyrics that I picked was "I 'Lucky That My Wish Came True".  I did this task because that was a way that I can improve my drawing skills and it can help me become creative and so it would help me imagine and think for myself. The drawing wasn't easy but it was very fun and looked cool.

Sports Assembly

Last week on Friday, there was sports assembly for athletics. The events we did was 800m, 400m, 200, 100, shot put, long jump, discuss, high jump, and the relays. Before we did the sports assembly, we presented the haka we did for Eden Albert Kapa Haka. After that, we had the birthday and merit certificates. 
Soon later, we had the athletic certificate for the 5 and 6 year olds. 
Then, we had the 7 and 8 year olds. Later, there was the 9 and 10 year old. When that was done, the Irish dancers presented their dance. Finally, they had the 11 year old boys and girls. In 100m, I got 1st, in 200m I got 1st, and in 400m, I got 1st. I didn't want to do 800m though. I didn't get a place in shot put, I came 2nd in long jump, 3rd in discuss, and 2nd in high jump. And in the relay, our team came 2nd. The assembly may have been 20 minutes longer, but it was very cool to see what place everyone got.

3D Shapes

Last week for maths, we did an activity on 3D shapes. The first thing we did was we had to fill out a worksheet about shapes and how many corners and faces it has. Soon after, we started working on the shapes and cut it out. There were different shapes and objects like cubes, square based pyramids, cones, and pentagonal prisms. I decided to do the pentagonal prisms because there weren't a lot of people doing it. We did this activity because it was something we usually didn't do and it's very cool. It wasn't very easy but it was fun.

Passport Task

For topic, I did a slide about a New Zealand artist and I picked Dave Dobbyn. This activity was worth 20 points. What we had to do was to pick a New Zealand artist or band and make a slideshow about when they started singing and about their childhood story. I picked him because this is an artist I haven't heard about too much and because he sounds like a good artist. This is my slide about Dave Dobbyn.

Eden Albert Athletics

Yesterday on Thursday 22nd of November, year 4, 5, 6 boys and girls went to Eden Albert Athletics in Mt Roskill. The events I competed in was 100m, 200m, 400m, and the relays. It was a 400m track and there were lots of kids and adults there. The first even that was called out was 800m for the girls. The first track event for the boys was 11:00 and it was 800m

. And my first event was 100m and was at 11:30. In that race, I pulled a hamstring during the race and I ended up coming last. But it was really fun because I met some of my old friends. In 10 minutes, there was 200m and I came 4th in that race out of 7 people. Half an hour later, they called all the year 6s for 400m and I just came 4th.

 Then, in an hour everyone in the relay for the girls and boys. The 6 girls ran first but they came last. Then, the year 6 boys were up and they came last as well. But the year 4 and 5 girls did well and they came 4th. Then the year 4 and 5 boys ran and they came second to last. Even though we didn't get a place in anything, it was really fun and I'm glad to be there.

World War 1 Powerpoint

On Tuesday, we were all given a souvenir that was from before world war 1. Before we were given souvenirs, we all were paired up and I was with my friend. We had to find out the story behind our souvenir. The souvenir my partner and I got was a button and a card with the name of a school. I had the card with the name of a school. The story behind my souvenir was that there was a man that the school believed in because the school students were volunteered to serve in the war. So the put a name of a man to remember of all the school kids. This is our presentation.