Thursday, 22 August 2013

Mathletics Day 2

After an overnight onslaught by Room 6, we comfortably lead the HB competition while placing 3rd in NZ at the end of the school day.

Top 10 classes

Top 10 individuals

A Message From Anthony


Hi Class, How have you all been.  I have been kayaking, waka ama, fishing and my class has made ginger beer.  I hope you guys have a good few days and I will be seeing you soon. 

Anthony.

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

MATHLETICS DAY 1

AMAZING - 9.00pm on Day 1 of the ASB Mathletics Comp and Room 6 fills the top 5 places in the Hawke's Bay region

Will, Oscar, Reid, Laura and Tessa all scored the maximum number of points with several others following close behind filling 17 of the top 20 in The Bay.

The class currently has an enormous lead in the regional competition and is in third place in NZ. This score is based on the class average and shows how everyone has made a fantastic effort to help out!

Thanks mums and dads for allowing the extra computer time!

Saturday, 10 August 2013

WHITE PINE BUSH & LAKE TUTIRA - A glorious HB day




Panpac trip White Pine Bush / Lake Tutira

It was a mad rush to see who could get to sixty metres first.  I stopped at my estimated point a meter behind a row of kids who had estimated correctly.  Everyone sprinted back to the lunch are “why are we running?” I asked. “Just coz!” an unknown voice panted and the shoved past me. The parents were grinning at us running. IT WASN’T EVEN FUNNY!!! The person on the bus (Sonya) had told us all this stuff about White Pine Bush and when we had got there the DOC man told it to us all over again.

We met up with Room 5 halfway and then we turned around and they went on our track and we went on theirs. They were way quicker than us. When we got back it was time to go to Lake Tutira but not before Taj went for a swim in the drain.
By Maddison R





Thursday, 8 August 2013

vfyw game and other links

Give this a try from home . . .


http://www.vfywgame.com/


I found it works well in firefox (it wouldn't work in Internet Explorer)



and remember to check out Oscar and Will's blogs as they continue to update them.

There are some fantastic photos as well as great stories!

http://oscarisawesome4.blogspot.co.nz/2013/08/nha-trang-to-nz.html


http://will-iamnumber4.blogspot.co.nz/


Candle trials.

Candle trials
       You light the candle (That will be sitting in a container with two cm of water.)
       You place the jar over the candle and start the stopwatch. You must record the time accurately.
The flame of the candle will use up all of the air in the jar. This will allow the water to override the jar and take the oxygen’s place.
You then stop the stopwatch and check the time. Previously you will have made an estimate of the average time.
The bigger the candle (and jar) are the longer it will take the water to knock down the candle, because the bigger the candle the stronger the candle.