Moved In

New Classrooms 

On Monday 23rd both year 7 & 8 classes were moved into the new our new classrooms. In total there were three classrooms that built, each class had to move in with a buddy class, our buddy class was Sh. We had been given names for each of the three classrooms (Mohua, Riroriro and Tieke). The name of our building is Tieke, all the names that we have been given are birds. 

Tieke/Saddleback 

Mohua

Riroriro

When I first entered the building I saw the lights on the back of the tv the looked really cool! Something that I noticed was that parts of the room wasn't completely finished. Something that stood out to me was the quad area, the quad area is a setting place for the whole school to chill out in our brake times, in the quad area there is fake grass laid out in the middle with a hill to the side of it, and seats all around it. 

When I first entered the buildings I thought that it was a little stupid as its like a really open area, other than that I thought the tiered seating was the best! I also thought about the sharing classes with out buddy class, turns out its actually going okay.

When I first entered the buildings I felt, safe, warming and very excited to be able to get out of the old buildings and become closer to the rest of the school, 

In conclusion I think that the buildings are awesome! And I can't wait to find out what's going to happen for the last term of the year! 





  

Science Laboratory Introduction (science)

Science Laboratory Introduction 

Aim: To learn about the expected behaviour in a science laboratory. 

Our R9 Class Treaty: 

1. Quiet Voices 
2. Sitting with appropriate people
3. Not fidgeting 
4. Not disrupting anyone 
5. Respecting equipment 
6. making good choices 

Equipment: 

100ml Beaker 

250ml Beaker 

250ml conical Flask

Funnel 

10ml Measuring Cylinder

Glass stiring stick 

Spatula 

250ml Mesuring Cylinder

Test tube tongs

• Test Tube - Used for most experiments using liquids. They have a bung that goes in the top. 
• Conical Flask - Used for experiments with liquid upto 150 ml. THe flask has a rubber bung for the top and the glass is heat proof. 
• Glass Stirring Rod - A 20cm glass rod used to stir and mix any liquids together, 
• Test Tube Tongs - These are used to hold a hot test tube after an experiment. 
• Spatula - For holding very small amounts if chemical powders. 
• Funnel - 
• Measuring Cylinder - This is used to measure liquids for experiments. The liquids will be poured into a beaker or test tube once measured out. 

2040 Documentary (science)

Documentary - 2040 by Damson Gameau

This afternoon for science we mixed with the other science group as the J block buildings are being shifted and no students were allowed to be in them, we got together to watch a documentary. This documentary was about Climate change, Damson wanted his daughters future to be better than it was today, so he travelled around the world to ask kids about what they would like to see in the future. 

What surprised me?

Something that surprised me was that cars were driving themselves, plus they were electric. How much this one person wants to change the world and how many people agree with him. Something else that surprised me was how much we could change having solar power, and that it can connect to your neighbours. 

What excited me? 

Something I found exciting was the amount of things that us people can change if we just make a little difference to this world. Like people have already started Bangladesh have started using solar power and making a huge difference to their homes. 

What worried me? 

Watching the documentary a lot of things worried me but when it came more into the documentary it kind made more scene. One thing I found very weird was people growing gardens on top of there buildings and houses. 

I think that if we start making a difference now we will have a much happier place!

Science - Decomposition

Decomposition

Aim: To learn about the rate that different materials decompose

Hypothesis: My hypothesis is that the banana is going to decompose the fastest. 

Materials: 

1. Bananas (piece)
2. White Styrofoam (piece)
3. Paper (piece)
4. Bread (piece)
5. x4 Test tubes
6. Test tube rack 

Steps: 

1. Firstly you need to have your experiment ingredients ready (Bananas into strips, white styrophone into strips, paper into strips and bread into strips.) 
2. Secondly grab your 4 test tubes and test tube rack, and put a piece of each thing into the 4 test tubes. 
3. Depending on how large the top of your test tubes are, will depend on if you need a bung or not.  

TODAY	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Yellow & brown	-	It was a multi colour between brown and yellow.
Paper	White	-	Ended up being cardboard, it was in small pieces.
Styrophone cup	White	-	The styrophone cup was white, it was also in small pieces.
Bread	Brown and white	-	The bread was normal, It was cut into a strip

Coming soon...

3 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Yellow/ Green/Brown /Black	The banana has gone from being a banana to a rotten piece of banana	- The banana isn't normal. - It's all mouldy.
Paper	Brown	-	- Hasn't changed since last time.
Styrophone cup	White	-	- Hasn't changed since last time.
Bread	Yellow/white/Brown /Black/orange	Has turned into a very disgusting thing to look at, smells really bad.	- Colour change - Smells

Coming soon

5 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Orange, Brown, White, green	It's started to become really disgusting, still smells gross, it's starting to loose it's water.	- Smells - Colour change
Paper	Brown	Nothing	- Normal - No smell - No colour change
Styrophone cup	White	Nothing	- Normal - No smell - No colour change
Bread	Pink, White, black,	Has no water left in the tube, It's started to go pink, has different colours.	- Smells - Colour change

  

Water Cycle Cheek (science)

Water Cycle Cheek

Today in science we are cheeking up on our water-cycle experiment: 

	The Water Cycle	Acid Water Cycle
Does it cycle?	1	1
Amount of Water	1	1
Acidity	0	2

0 - None / 1 - small / 2 - big 

Conclusion: The water cycle experiment is a very slow process. It takes a lot of patience to get everything right and see the changes in the bag. As you can see in the table above both water cycles have worked, bag one has no acid in it so it's a 0 (doesn't mean it didn't work). When you know that the experiment is working you will start to see some condensation in the bag, which means the experiment is working. 

Coal vs Solar (science)

Coal vs Solar 

Today is science we did a test on our own stats about Coal vs Solar. 

Factor	Solar	Coal
Livability	8.5	4
Sustainability	10	2
Accessibility	7	3
Cost	3	3
Your choice...	Y	N

6 Sentences: 

1. Solar Power can give us power from the sun. 
2. Wind, sun & water are new reusable sources. 
3. Solar power is better resource then coal. 
4. Solar energy is a renewable source. 
5. We can capture power by using batteries. 
6. Both coal and solar have a cost. 

Author Visit

Ella West

Today the year 7 & 8's at Hornby High School were introduced to Ella West! Ella West is a New Zealand author (but her books are published in Australia). She has published 5 full books. 

Something Ella West talked about was how she knew what to write about, she said she tries to base it somewhere real and something real. She thinks a lot outside of the square when it comes to writing her story's, she told us if we ever write a story/book that we should base it somewhere real and use google maps to make it more interesting. 

Something I was interested in was they way her books were laid out, it really made me want to read one of her stories. 

If you want to know more about Ella West, go to think website here: http://ellawestbooks.com/faqs.html 

The greenhouse effect (science)

The Greenhouse Effect 

Materials: 

• 1 plastic bottle 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda and citric acid 
• 1 heat lamp 
• 1 thermometer 
• 100 ml water 
• 1 rubber bung 

Steps: 

1. Collect 2 bottle, 2 thermometers and 2 lamps from the teacher. 
2. Set up bottles and lamps beside the powerpoint, and put the bottles on a flat surface. 
3. Pour 100ml of water and baking soda mixture into one of the bottles.  

Recording: 

Minutes	Bottle 1: Water	Bottle 2: CO2 Gas
0	21	21
5	24	26
10	25	32
15	26	35
20	27	41