Summer Learning Journey

 

Maori Conversation

 This is my video of me and two other friends having a small conversation in Te Reo Maori.

Kayaking

 

Halloween Poster

 

Paper Nets

 WALT make simple 3D nets for shapes and to create models of these.  

Paper nets are 2D designs that when cut out fold up to a 3D shape. 

I came up with 4 different designs that folded up into the same one shape, a cube.

  

Revision:

I found the pyramid shapes the easiest because they were easy to make and cut out and I found the cylinder the hardest because it was hard to stick the tape on the net.  

Harakeke Flowers

 

Car Design Task

 

Mountain Bike Poem

             Heading down the track

                 Wind at my back 

           Sharp wind burning my face

            Hopefully I don’t case…

               Dirt flicking up

       Back wheel kicking up

      Hands gripped, knuckles white

  

        A giant jump is in my sight.

Like an eagle soaring through the air 

           There is no fear

Losing my grip, 

hitting the lip

  Tyres slip, 

I’m going to flip

      There I was ripping 

Now my blood’s dripping 

             I feel sore... 

But I want to do more!

By Charlie Frost

 

Croesus Tramp Recount

 Croesus Tramp Recount

On Wednesday August 11 2021 my class and I went on a bush walk that was roughly 11 km each way. It was cloudy weather and it was freezing cold when we arrived at the school. We had to do a gear check which included a rain jacket, water, food and a beanie. When we left we had to go through Kaiata and Dobson and then Blackball to get to the road to the carpark at the start of the tramp. The road to the car park was made out of dirt and was narrow and enclosed by bushes. The car park was relatively new and had a little information board with a map and origin of the track. Then we headed off on our way.

A few metres in there was a Māori welcoming arch and then that was followed by a bar blockade that allowed bikes and foot traffic through but not cars. The trail itself was grey gravel and slightly on an angle going uphill. After about 10 minutes of walking there was a picnic table with some relics around it. We stopped and made sure everyone was caught up. The next bit was a lot of bush and even some parts had a rooftop of bush. The trail was not very muddy even though it had been raining. However there were some bits that had clay streams which looked slippery. 

Every once in a while there was a swing bridge that had a max capacity of one person. Most of the trail was uphill then downhill however at around 1-5th of the way there was an incline that went on for 1 hour until the Garden Gully sign. Garden Gully was a fork in the track which split up into 2 ways, one way to an old 1930s hut and the other way led to the current hut. We had a small break at the Garden Gully sign and then continued on to the current hut. 

We walked on and on through the bush until we came out to an alpine type area that looked like high altitude Canterbury with its tussock and dry tan grass or an area down South where tahr and mountain goats would inhabit. There occasionally was some snow that people were either eating or throwing at each other. We turned a corner and we could just make out an outline of the hut perched high up on the peak of a hill. The air was quite misty and thick, meaning that it was hard to see too far off into the distance.

When we got to the hut we had to take our shoes off and go inside. We had lunch there and took a quick break to admire the fresh mountain air. Then we headed off back down the mountain. Me and one of my friends were talking about a hunting trip most of the way back down and the walking was easy because it was downhill. It started to drizzle but not that hard. We headed back to school and that was the end of the tramp.              

Olympic Mountain Biking

 

Perimeter DLO

 

Boat Design

 

Water Experiments

 

Title:DLO	Water Tension DLO
Question	How much tension can multiple water droplets hold?
Research	Test water tension on a 20c coin
Hypothesis	Can the coin hold 8 drops on the heads side?
Experiment Equipment method	We got given a straw, A flask of 20ml of water and a 20c coin.  We used the straw to collect the water by sealing the pressure on the top of the straw and slowly releasing the pressure of the water to make a water droplet fall on the coin.
Collect Data	7 drops on heads side, 18 on tails side.
Analyze	We could fit 18 droplets on the tails of the coin.
Conclusion	We think that this was the limit because we couldn’t manage to fit anymore droplets on the coin. There was another group that could only get to the same amount.
Report	We had a hypothesis and that was how many droplets of water could fit on a 20c coin. We estimated 5 droplets of water on the heads side of a 20 cent coin, the result we got was 7 drops of water on the coin before the surface tension burst and the water flowed off the coin!

School Bike Ride

     School Bike Ride

On Wednesday the 26 of May we went on a school bike ride. For the start we had to get to school early in the morning and do a quick recap of the rules and where we needed to go in order to get to the first bike ride location. We were heading to the Mananui Tramline. Then as our second bike ride we would do the Hurunui Jacks bike ride. Both were part of the wilderness trail. 

We set off on our way. We had to go through Hokitika and pass the Hokitika bridge. The sun was high in the sky and it was warm, but cold at the same time. 

It was freezing when we got there and some of the surrounding farm paddocks were white with frost. The Mananui tramline was a simple flat trail that went through a couple of paddocks where cattle were grazing. The trail eventually led out to Lake Mahinapua where there was the site of an historic deadly battle, but we did not do that part of the trail. Every once in a while we had to stop to read our compasses that Ms Kemp gave us. We kept going through to the end where there was a car park. On the way back there was a lot of downhill and some nice roots and rocks to jump over with speed. Overall it was pretty basic.

The second bike ride was harder because it had a lot more uphill and narrower trail sections. It was also a lot longer with sharp corners and water races and boardwalks that were slippery. Most of the trail was gravel with the odd dirt section. Every once and a while there was a water ford that you could ride through. A few people fell off but only one of them had blood involved. When we got to the end we had an option to go fast and I along with some others did that. It was a fast trip back to the end of the bike track as it was downhill. 

In conclusion both bike rides were enjoyable because one was fairly easy, and one was medium and everyone could do both. Both bike rides went to outdoor activity hours for William Pike. 

 

  

ANZAC Work

 

Beach Cookout

 

Beach Cleanup

 

Surfing Poem

 One step with my foot into cool blue water 

one foot in, then another...

the water is chilly 

I lay the surfboard out onto the water 

waves desperately trying to push me back

Definite roar of crashing waves 

in front of me 

they look like three-story buildings

Salt water sprays onto my face like a hose

Sweet smell of the deep ocean

the further I move out 

the deeper the ocean gets 

rough sand 

getting lower and lower

Waves start making me 

        up and

bob                down  out of the water 

Behind me

a wave that looks like it could give me some speed

Quickly clamber onto my board 

start paddling forward for the few seconds 

The wave gets me

I rapidly pick up speed

this is my chance 

I seize my opportunity 

I stand up

flying towards the shore 

sand rising as I come closer and closer 

CLUNK! 

The wave has got my body pumping with excitement   

Charlie Frost  

Surfing At Tauranga Bay

 on the 19# of February my class went surfing at Tauranga bay the weather conditions were perfect and that made up for the previous times last year when we could go surfing the weather conditions were horrible. 

When we arrived there we had to go through a safety procedure about rips then about what to do if you got stuck inside the washing machine which was when you got stuck under a crashing wave. 

The water was cold to begin with but it quickly warmed up. The surfing was pretty fun as it was easier than I thought to stand up and when you did stand up you went flying. 

After we did the surfing we went on a walk to the seal colony which was just down the beach. The seals were down from the balcony and they looked cute and they were having a hard time being pounded by the waves.