S.E.R (Self Explaining Roads) Research!

What differences have you noticed around G.I streets?

Intro:

In our extension class, we got the task of interviewing kids our age and kids younger about what they think of the SER streets. Self Explaining Roads. We created a survey online and we asked children those questions. We were doing to help our a lady from the University of Auckland.   

Background Research:

We had a class discussion including our teacher talking about SER streets. We also included little kids. We asked them questions like do you use streets or roads with islands, does your family have trouble driving out of your driveway, and lots more.

Hypothesis:

Prediction: I reckon that it will be easy for me to explain it to them because the questions were easy.

Observations: Interviewing the year 4’s was hard because they couldn’t understand the question and I think that they had trouble answering it as well. I also had to rephrase the question. It was also hard to explain to them what SER roads/streets were because they didn’t know what it was.

Experiment:

We didn’t really do a experiment but we did a survey that asked people questions about SER roads/streets.

:

We looked at our summary of responses and it told us the percentage of the answers that people gave us in the survey. 53% of the people I interviewed like streets with no islands, and 48% of the people liked streets with islands.

Conclusion:

The council should really think about what they are REALLY putting on the road, because it can be for a good cause, but at the same time, a bad cause aswell.

Thrust Investigation!

In term 2, the yea 7/8 extension group got the task of experimenting how fast a balloon would go if it was attached to a straw. After that we put a string through the straw, blow up the balloon and let all the air out. The balloon and the straw would fly through the string. These are all our Predictions and findings.

My Podcast!

This is one of my latest podcast. Hope you enjoy.
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My Friends!

My friends are cool, intelligent, and are really into rugby. We always have our ups and downs but we always find a way to forgive each other and be friends again. We all love to play sports and we are all boys.

The mains are Kingston L, KIngston P, James, Waata, Samuela, Starford, Kendrix, and Raenan. The reason is because they have been my friends ever since we were year 1. We always have each others backs, and we have an unbreakable bond.

My friends and I are not only friends, but we treat each other like our own brothers. This is also because we were always in the same class and that made us get closer and closer to eachother. We are all BFF.

Like I said before, we all have an unbreakable bond, and it will be really sad to leave each other at the end of the year.

My Mihi

Kia Ora Tatou

Greetings to us all

Kua hui mai nei

Who have gathered here

Ki tenei kura

To this school

Ki te kawe mai

To bring

I te aroha

The love

Ka nui te koa

Great is the happiness

Mo to koutou manawanui

For your dedication

Ki te aro mai

In attending

Ki korerorero

To discuss

I nga mihi

The work

E pa ana ki tenei kura

Concerning this school

Athletics Day 2013!

“Run run” I said as our house colour was running for gold in our school relay. On Friday the 8th of november, our school had our athletics day. We had all the sports you could name, Javelin, triple jump, high jump, sprints, everything. It was the perfect day for athletics. We have four houses, Te Arawa, Mataatua, Takitimu, and my house, the one and only TAINUI!

The school was split up into groups. The groups were year 7 girls, year 7 boys, year 8 girls, year 8 boys and so on. From there we would go to different sports and rotate around those sports. My group (Year 8 boys) went to discus first. I was very nervous.

As all the boys started to take their turns each, I started to get more scared as it got closer to my turn. “Crusader, you're up” I was scared for my life. I was my first go at something for the day. I put all the nervous thoughts behind me and I spun the discus as hard as I could. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a placing.

It was the last activity of the day. SPRINTS! I was happy that it was going to be all over, but I was also happy because this was my favourite sport. One by one, the lines started to cut down. It was my turn to race. ‘BANG’ we were off. I came 4th in my race.

The last race was the best because it was everyone in our group for one big muck around race. My friend and I had our own personal race. ‘BANG’ We were off for our last race at Pt. England. I wasn’t really fair because I was thrashing him so I waited up for him. It was a rainy day and we both slided at the end.

It was the best athletics day ever and I had so much fun.

Rainforest Narrative

I was immediately astounded by the majestic scenery that I was surrounded by. The rainforest was filled with exotic plants and draping leaves could be seen everywhere. The humidity took over me, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from exploring  more of this amazing rainforest.

As I was struggling trying to get past these enormous leaves, I spotted a snake that really terrified me. “What was I going to do?” I asked to myself. I was thinking of what to do, and as I was, the snake started to get closer and closer to me. I couldn’t focus because it was so humid.

Just when I was going to give up, I saw a piece of thick branch. I grabbed it and tested it to see if it was strong enough. Fortunately it was. Searching through my backpack, I saw a knife that I packed. I quickly carved the piece of branch into a stick with a sharp end. It was time to test it out.

I was scared for my life, until, I saw a guy that looked like he had a good build. “Hey, hey” I yelled. “Come and help me, there’s an anaconda coming to kill me” He quickly ran over. We fought the snake together. I felt a bit of relief as we were fighting. It was so difficult.

With my sharp stick, I stabbed the snake once and that was enough to stun the snake. We slowly started break him up one by one. “HAAAAA” My partner stabbed him with all his might, and we got through it.

It was a wonderful experience and me and my partner James were best friends forever.

Adventure Quest Worlds

Adventure Quest, is an online game which is very popular with teenage kids around the globe. When you create an account you start off with level 1. There is maximum of xp that you have to reach and when you reach that you can move a level up. The higher your level is, the stronger your character becomes. You can challenge other people online that are the same rank and level as you. I like this game because you can duel other friends and it also gives me a good challenge.

The Rainforest

I was immediately astounded by the majestic scenery that I was surrounded by. The rainforest was filled with exotic plants and draping leaves could be seen everywhere. The humidity took over me, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from exploring  more of this amazing rainforest.

As I was struggling trying to get past these enormous leaves, I spotted a snake that really terrified me. “What was I going to do?” I asked to myself. I was thinking of what to do, and as I was, the snake started to get closer and closer to me. I couldn’t focus because it was so humid.

Just when I was going to give up, I saw a piece of thick branch. I grabbed it and tested it to see if it was strong enough. Fortunately it was. Searching through my backpack, I saw a knife that I packed. I quickly carved the piece of branch into a stick with a sharp end. It was time to test it out.

I was scared for my life, until, I saw a guy that looked like he had a good build. “Hey, hey” I yelled. “Come and help me, there’s an anaconda coming to kill me” He quickly ran over. We fought the snake together. I felt a bit of relief as we were fighting. It was so difficult.

With my sharp stick, I stabbed the snake once and that was enough to stun the snake. We slowly started break him up one by one. “HAAAAA” My partner stabbed him with all his might, and we got through it.

It was a wonderful experience and me and my partner James were best friends forever.