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This year Mrs Roil has been my teacher and I have learnt lots of things from her. At the start of the year I was given 2 badges a sports pal and a young leader badge. I have had lots of sporting opportunities and I have played in T-Ball and some inter school competitions.

We have written and learnt about animals that no one has seen before and we have been camping and much more. When we went to Camp Kaitawa we got pushed to our limits. At Camp Kaitawa we learnt more about the world then we knew.

The Hair Dryer and the ping pong

Today we did an experiment with a hair dryer, three ping pong balls and power.

Step 1: Get one of the ping pong balls and put it on top of the hair dryer then turn the hair dryer on.

Step 2: Observe and hold the hair dryer steady.

Step 3: If you master the experiment then try putting two balls on the hair dryer and try to balance them.

This experiment worked because the force from the hair dryer was pushing the ball up and meeting the force from the gravity and keeping the ball in the between both forces.
Another reason why is because the forces are meeting and the hair dryer force is also going around the ball keeping it in line.

Reflection

Science

What I have learnt about science is how gravity works and all of the experiments we have done.

What has improved I have improved my knowledge about science.

I am proud of completing all of the tasks that we learnt.

What did I enjoy I enjoyed doing all of the experiments like the egg drop and the gravity test.

Art

What I have learnt about art is new painting skills and techniques. I have also learnt how to paint properly.

What has improved I have improved my skill of painting and art.

I am proud of My piece of art that we did with Mrs Morton.

What did I enjoy about art I enjoyed learning the art skills with Mrs Morton.

Maths

What I have learnt about maths is all of our new math strategies

What has improved I have improved my maths skills

I am proud of all of my test results.

What did I enjoy I enjoyed doing all of the mathletics posters.

Science Hot air and cold air.

What happens when air meets hot or cold water?

The first paragraph will be about what I think will happen, then about immersing it in the water. Then observing  the experiment . After the particles will start to expand and that's what happens in the experiment.

The first thing to do is get all of the equipment for the experiment  you will need: one bucket full of cold water and one bucket of hot water also one fizzy bottle and one balloon. If needed the experiment can be done with one.

Step 1: First full one of the buckets up with hot water then full the other one up with water. After doing that put a balloon on each of the bottles.

Step 2: Next put the one of the bottles in the hot water and another in the cold water.

Step 3: The next step is to observe the science experiment and watch the balloon blow up or shrink up.

When  putting the bottle in the hot or cold water make sure that the whole bottle is immersed so the balloon starts to blow when it is in the hot water. After putting the bottle in the hot water and finished observing it put the bottle in the cold water and watch the balloon change.

The air is made from lots of little particles and expand when they are heated. The heat from the hot water make the particles warm up and expand. When they expand the bottle gets too small for the particles to expand even more that's why the  balloon stretches. When the balloon stretches all of the warm air goes into the balloon and causes it to blow up.

The answer to the question is when you put the bottle in the cold water the air gets cold and starts to freeze and after the cold water put the bottle in the hot water and watch the particles start to move back around and blow up the balloon.

Our class has been doing some science experiments and then writing a story about the this story tells you how to do our experiments that we have recently done. It also 

What happens when air meets hot or cold water?

The first paragraph will be about what I think will happen, then about immersing it in the water. Then observing  the experiment . After the particles will start to expand and thats what happens in the experiment.

When  putting the bottle in the hot or cold water make sure that the whole bottle is immersed so the balloon starts to blow when it is in the hot water. After putting the bottle in the hot water and finished observing it put the bottle in the cold water and watch the balloon change.

The air is made from lots of little particles and expand when they are heated. The heat from the hot water make the particles warm up and expand. When they expand the bottle gets too small for the particles to expand even more that's why the  balloon stretches. When the balloon stretches all of the warm air goes into the balloon and causes it to blow up.

The answer to the question is when you put the bottle in the cold water the air gets cold and starts to freeze and after the cold water put the bottle in the hot water and watch the particles start to move back around and blow up the balloon.

The first thing to do is get all of the equipment for the experiment  you will need: one bucket full of cold water and one bucket of hot water also one fizzy bottle and one balloon. If needed the experiment can be done with one.

Step 1: First full one of the buckets up with hot water then full the other one up with water. After doing that put a balloon on each of the bottles.

Step 2: Next put the one of the bottles in the hot water and another in the cold water.

Step 3: The next step is to observe the science experiment and watch the balloon blow up or shrink up.

This is the came piece of writing but the next level up. Under neath is a diagram of what happens and the success criteria.

These are pictures of what happened

Write an explanation that explains clearly to the reader

include title and intro that states your topic and maybe asks a question

include a summary statement that links with the intro

Write the body of the text in order using some of the key words - Suggest the sequence of the experiment  clearly - firstly, after that finally.

Include some topic-specific science vocab

Show how the process happens by using continuous present tense?  This will mean using lots of ‘is’ and ‘are’

Egg drop

On Tuesday our class did a egg drop. An egg drop is when you have a glass that is fulled with water, a plastic plate, an empty toilet roll and one egg.

The experiment worked because the gravity pushed the egg down into the water. The force of the gravity pushed the egg down because eggs are something that you can physically touch. The egg went into the cup because the plate and toilet roll was removed fast enough to leave the egg behind and not take it with the toilet roll and plate.

Sailing Story

One day there was this guy. His name was Bostan . Bostan was the best sailor and loved sailing. One day Bostan was sailing and he was sitting on the starboard side. He was on an optimist yacht and wanted to be a sailor racing in the Americas cup.

He had researched all about optimist yachts and is researching about catamarans.

As a kid all of his posters all over the walls was yachts,  yachts and more yachts. Traveling around the world sailing was his dream until the catastrophe.

The catastrophe destroyed his career and nearly his life.  When Bostan was about 20 years old he was in a head on collision.  The car that he crashed into was not a car it was truck. The truck hit him so hard that Bostan flying out of his seat and ripped his seat belt out.  The truck driver range 111 and the out of the distance came an ambulance.

A couple of days later Bostan got out of hospital but he came out of hospital diferent. He came out with a bad memory left in his mind and he was left in a wheelchair.  That’s how his career turned now he just has to watch.

Stockcar Racing

Stockcars

-1.How many years have you been racing stock cars? Crystal

-2.How many stockcars have you owned? Charlotte

-3.Do you name your stockcars?John

-4.Where in the world would you like to race your Stock Car? Daniel

-5.Would you like your stockcar racing to become a career? Georgia

Stockcar racing is a car destroying sport. It has destroyed many cars and Racetracks.  I have been racing cars for a few years.  I have owned more that my dad and have one name for all of my cars.  I have also raced all over the North Island.

Stockcar racing is a hobby I have been doing since I was six.  I had watch my Dad and Uncle create the sport. Now it has turned into a hobby for our family.  We have stockcars, street stocks and saloons.  Ever since I was six I have had more cars and more broken parts than my dad and brother. Over all I have had five stockcars and one of the I am racing now and the other four have totaled and aren’t strong enough to race.  I have had two streetstocks and three saloons.

I have got a nickname it is Maddog.  It is Maddog because when I was little and started racing I had a name that my Mum chose then when I got a game on our playstation there was a name that I really liked. The name was Maddog.  Ever since we had that game it has been my name.  

My family and I have been traveling to meetings all over the North Island and we have had one trip down south.  We traveled to Nelson and all of us want to go for one more trip to the South Island.  The next big trip that our family wants to go on is to Christchurch.

In response to your question about stockcar racing becoming my career, I would like for it to become my career.  Sadly, racing RC stockcars does not earn you money.  Due to this, stockcars wouldn't make a good career but would make a fabulous hobby.