Mini Pizza's In Food Tech

Today was a Practice run for our Mama Mia Pizzas. We used a pita bread for the base, an ordinary tomato pizza sauce, and toppings of our choice, I used mushrooms, fresh basil leaves, red onion, and a mixture of colourful peppers of red, orange and yellow for a healthy colourful look to it! I loved the way it turned out the balance looked really good. I'm very excited for the mama mia pizza challenge because the first one turned out so good!

-Meaghan

VolleyBall

I was curious at the start of the year about volleyball It turned out to be really fun so I continued to play it in term 4 as well I taught my friends some basic skills, to begin with, and they are progressing a lot I want to continue teaching them a bit more! they have learnt to set, dig, underarm serve and overarm, I hope I can teach more students how to play as I've had a lot of fun doing it!

Meaghan 

Athletics

The past couple weeks we have been practising for athletics along with all the other classes in our school, so far we have done shot put, long jump and vortex,  we could be doing ether discus or sprints next as we have been told our class is doing high jump last. I have learnt a lot of tricks from watching the other students teach us a few tricks and tips we can use when it comes down to athletics day! I had loads of fun with the physical education lessons so far I'm very excited to move on to the future activities.

-Meaghan ;)

Room 21s Got Talent

Semifinals! we just performed in the semifinals and we did well I think! they are telling the results s soon they said we did great were hoping we don't get out as we are adding Katie, into our last dance for the finals if we get in fingers crossed though we hope we get in because we have been working really hard the last few weeks to be in time perfectly together, we hope the judges liked the dance we performed, we have learnt by their tips they told us for future! I hope we get in!!

-Meaghan 

Speech

My class has been writing speeches about Healthy Bodies and strong minds, for my topic I did sport and how you can stay healthy by playing sport, here it is!
Kia ora, Ko Rongokako te maunga Ko Tuki Tuki te awaKo Meaghan taku ingoa Tena koutou, tena koutou tena koutou,  katoa, I’m going to talk  about sport and how it can affect a healthy lifestyle and how it can improve a lifestyle as well, by answering questions you might have, First question… How can not participating in sport can affect your life?

Well sport is a great way to keep fit and healthy so not participating in sport can be a real hazard to your health,  but when you do It benefits heaps while you're also giving something new a go!

Second question…   How can sport benefit your life?

By playing sport you're trying something new obtaining skill or even  finding a new passion to pursue

Third question… Why is sport one of the best ways to stay fit?

Sport is one of the best ways to keep fit because it gives you something to aim for, in sport you're always doing something you're never standing still, you’re running around with an aim ether to win or try out a new skill!

Fourth question… Why is sport so important?

Sport is important on two levels :fitness :skill Obviously you get more fit the more you practice and play that sport but another thing, the skills you can learn can be very important as well like learning overall a plan over the game like a good eye, but also opens a whole new career path going to maybe the olympics someday if you really feel passionate about that sport!

Fifth question and final question… How do you keep interested in sport?

Well a lot of kiwi kids around NZ get tired or uninterested in sport and since their isn’t really sustainable other ways to keep fit other than running around, keeping fit and healthy becomes more of a challenge than a choice.

End summary…

All together Keeping fit and healthy is an important part of your well being. Sport and fitness activities can help you regardless of your age or ability.As well youth sports and  physical activities can have  many benefits for children and as exercise is good for the mind, body and spirit. Team sports help teach kids accountability, dedication, leadership and other skills That are important for a healthy lifestyle,  And I encourage everyone greatly to take on a challenge of a new sport! Thankyou for listening I hope this speech has encouraged you to take on a new sport!

Week 5 Basket ball

I was chosen to participate in the 2017 super sixes basket ball competition, yesterday on the 23/8/2017, I played in the girl's team for HNI, the experience was amazing we met other teams we gained some more confidence for in our basketball games in the future, we scored lots of goals and defended well, we found new strategies and after working so hard and challenging yourself we actually won a prize
" Fair Play "
for great sportsmanship towards the other team and overall had a good time.

Our team had an amazing time and hope I will be selected next year as we had an amazing time.

Why do I have blonde hair?

In science class, we learn new things every lesson but this lesson we looked into things we were interested in I wanted to know why do I have blonde hair? is it just my genes? I have researched some information that I have found very interesting...


Medical conditions. Albinism is a genetic abnormality in which little or no pigment is found in human hair, eyes, and skin. The hair is often white or pale blond. However, it can be red, darker blond, light brown, or rarely, even dark brown.

also this website...

For all those brunettes wishing they were naturally blond, a small genetic change could have made all the difference. Scientists have found that replacing one of DNA’s four letters at a key spot in the genome shifts a particular gene’s activity and leads to fairer hair. Not only does the work provide a molecular basis for flaxen locks, but it also demonstrates how changes in segments of DNA that control genes, not just changes in genes themselves.

check out the website for more info here 
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/06/genetics-blond-hair

Also a little extra info 
your hair is made out of keratin which is also what your fingernails are made of too it's also the stuff behind he silky sheen, wool bear claws and even horse hoofs, but keratin is not very colourful on its own, but you need one thing, pigment there are these cells in your skin called melanocytes, and these melanocytes create natural pigment... but it comes in two     parts, eumelanin and pheomelanin 

eumelanin gives hair darker hair and pheomelanin gives hair a lighter colour to its hair...
amazing right?

Chapter 20

I and Taylor have written 20 chapters since the last time we wrote a blog. We're trying to make it into an actual book and trying to publish it for the school. We have been working really hard trying to get enough chapters to get it done we are super excited to get it published we want to share our blurb!

Once upon the Universe, two girls by the name of Luna and Fea lived in two separate worlds that brought them together. When all hope is lost on Earth, man fought man, while fear and greed crossed the globe, the gods sent Luna and Fea to Earth to solve these problems. Without the knowledge of their former selves, they are off on a journey to fix the Earth and save it from itself, only to find themselves and someone else... A Lost Love.

Art Workshop Week 6

This past week Mrs August is introducing workshops there has been a couple workshops allready but I wanted to introduce my own workshop !!! how these workshops work is you have something to teach and you book a time to teach the other students about that thing! for me that's art I love art and really want other kids to learn how to draw like me !!

Dance workshop

Ana and Katie ran these really cool dance shops they gave us an option to what type of dancing we wanted to learn, we had a really good time practising and preparing for the production we had lots of fun dressing as different people and having a fun time, at the end we all got up and danced and danced the winner of the whole show the hip hop dancers won and to be honest they definitely deserved it with all the hard work we put into them.

Electronics

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Fire Alpaca

I'm into art, and for school, I have been online a lot, so I looked at apps that I could use to do some cartoon work the program works really well and it's super easy to draw with I use it with a mouse and switch my computer into tablet mode I find the app really cool and really think you should try it to.
the app has many different tools and cool work options. I really enjoy drawing cool comics and cartoons it really boosted my art and skill of drawing on a device.

INVENTIONS #2

The Waker-Upper Sheet

I took a basic problem for a lot of kiwi kids. Waking up in the mornings for school. So I thought of the opposite things, which would be clearly sleeping. and what are two things that help you sleep easily? Comfort and just being tired. So I took out comfort and thought about warmth and being cosy, it leads me to think about when you start to feel cold it stops feeling comfortable right.

I designed a sheet you put on your bed like a normal sheet, but it has a wire the plugs into your phone or device, that when your alarm goes off in the morning your have 5 seconds to get up or a blue gel kind of liquid goes off inside of the sheet it fills itself up like an air mattress then starts getting colder and colder till it detects you’ve left your bed.

The gel and mattress would be made of normal materials with a short fuzz .but the inside would be water/gel proof for no stains or leaks

Who: Who would use my invention? other than getting up for school it has many uses getting up for a run, getting up for work, or having a quick nap

How: does the gel work how does it go cold? the gel is made of the almost the same thing as burn relief it turns icy cold but not too cold to get sick !!

An Idea Week 1 Term 2

For a while now I have had an idea, an invention to solve a pretty big thing due to global warming I found a way to harvest water. It sounds strange but I have a pretty good idea for the design and how the machine works. in a couple of days, the design will be complete and I will hopefully be able to make a blog post about it. right now I'm working on the final design. Wish me luck;D

Electronics

Electronics

In an Emergency, we can be wth out electricity. The get ready get thru website says we need a torch, spare batteries. at electronics class, I'm going to make an emergency light for myself   

WEEK 11 home learning

Home learning

by Meaghan Broad 

In school, once we get home we have a homework task. Once you do and an optional task as well last week was an ANZAC day theme we had to "draw a picture of something that captures the image of ANZAC day" so I took a couple of pictures of the web and added parts of each one to complement each other. after I had done the art task I started to think about ideas how I could help the earth keeping it healthy, tidy and clean. I thought of a couple ways but it didn't seem to logically work so I kept thinking of other ways to save the earth and I ended up planning and drawing out my idea I think it could really benefit the earth and keep it healthier for longer right now my idea is just a concept but I'm fixing it up more and  more by the minute.