Hamlins Hill Field Trip

Last Friday 28th of February the intermediate classes went on field trip to Hamlin's Hill.

We climbed up the hill, looked around and talked about traps for pests. Frazier explained to us how these traps work and what they do to pests. We walked around the forest and found little ribbons that were blue and pink. Frazier said that the blue ribbon was for clues and pink was for pests.


Frazier then tells us to look around for tunnels ,chew cards,Black wavy cardboard and poisoned plastic.I was very interested in the chew card because its has peanut butter on the side of the card that can track and know what pests came and ate it.

We had a lot of fun and we all felt tired because of walking up the hills.

Wood Tech

Yesterday on 26th of February me and my group went to Wood Tech.

We were looking at cool liquid metal that can be shaped as something or someone as long there is no hole in it .We are learning to create necklaces for your family, yourself or friends.

We've been writing names of people who were giving the necklaces to. We have to write down 4 things about of what they like.

In the end I think it's going to be really cool.

NCEA Exams Start

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the group that organises these exams. They are expecting to mark more than a million exam booklets, as well as 48,000 online exam entries from this year’s exams.

How To Make A Simple Bean and Vegetables Patties

On Wednesday 6th we made Bean and Vegetables Patties in cooking class.

Step 1- 

Mash the beans using the potato masher.

2- Dice the onion and red pepper.

3- Grate zucchini and carrot using the cheese crater.

4- Combine all your vegetables, beans, two eggs an mix well.

5- Fry in small batches, on a frying pan with some oil.

6-Serve, Eat, Enjoy.

How To Make Fettuccine😀

Ingredients 

Step 1 

Boil Fettuccine with 2 and a half cup of water until it is soft.

Step 2

Fry mince with onion until it is cooked.

Step 3

Scrape succini  using the vegetables pastor.

Step 4

Combine all ingredients.

Step 5 

Add cream for spices

Step 6 

Mix well and enjoy.

NZ Scientists Discover A Giant Extinct Parrot

On August 7th 2019, New Zealand scientists discovered an extinct giant parrot.

This gigantic parrot is 1 metre long and has a massive beak that could break food sources. They named the parrot Heracles Inexpectatus because it's huge.

The fossils are  twice the size of a kākāpō, which means this parrot is the largest of all. 

Technology Wood

On Wednesday 24th of July my group and I  went to tech.

I have chosen to make a jewellery box for myself .
I think this is the best choice for me because my sister sometimes plays with my things and usually ends up breaking it.
It will be used to hide my jewellery in it and it will be used at home.
For this project I will have to consider how to get my measurements as accurate as possible.

Silver Ferns won Netball World Champions

New Zealand net ball team(the Silver Ferns)won the world champions to Australia by 52 to 51 points.

Silver Ferns had been the worlds champions since 2003 and on.
This  means that New Zealand has now won the title 5 times.

Australia did their best to fought against New Zealand and won 3 goals but New Zealand did enough to hang on.

My Clock

On Wednesday 13th March I went to tech with my group again. The week's lesson was learning about clocks and designing them.

What I learned from this activity was that clocks can be shaped in any shape.

My favourite clock was the sundial clock because when the sun moves around the sundial a person can use the shadow to tell the time.

3D oblique sketching

At Tamaki Collage my group and I went tech. At tech we did 3D oblique sketching. Our sketching were about  how to  draw cubes . I had lot's of fun drawing cubes we even have to shade them in and make shadows.