making a balancing toy

In technology (metal) this year we made a balancing toy. During the time we were making this we learnt how to weld and how to use some of the machines like a countersink drill. The way the toy works is when you tap it softly it will rock back and forth. If you made yours right it should have been able to rock for at least 7 mins.
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Did I finish? Yes OR No 

What I enjoyed? 
learning new skills.

What I learnt?
I learnt how to weld.

What was a challenge? 
I found welding hard to learn.

What did I think of welding?
when I first done welding I thought I was going to burn myself so I was a bit scared but once I done it I found it fine.

stone carving

22.11.18
In stone carving this week we finished our koru. I had to round it off and sandpaper it then put it in a separate room for it to be sprayed and sealed, once I had finished all of that I was allowed to help some other people with there's while I waited for the teacher to give the next instructions for how to make the next stone carving. When he had finished giving the instructions I started to make the carving, I got up to shaping the stone.

26.11.18
In stone carving today I shaped my work and put the hole in it. I had to shape the stone with a chisel and a cheese grater. once I had finished all of that it was time to pack up and we moved onto blogging and drawing.

06.12.18
This is our last day on our passion project and we are showing all of our arts and performances. During the time I was doing stone carving I managed to get 3 stone carving projects done to the point that I was happy with.

What was your favourite part?
I really enjoyed working in the workshop making the projects.
What was challenging for you?
I found it hard to make the sculpture look symmetrical on both sides.
What could we do differently to improve stone carving?
I think the teachers could spend more time with all of the students not just the big groups.
Your final thought or comment!
Overall I found it a fun experience and I learnt a lot of new skills.
 

Antarctic tourism

How well do you think the work has gone?
I think our group did well on this assessment and we got it finished on time with some good information.
What was the best section of your work?
In my opinion, I think slide 3 ' what is Antarctica?' was the best slide just because there are a couple of fun facts in there.
Where did you go wrong in completing this assessment?
I think we needed to use more resources like books.
How might you improve your outcome in the future?
Use other resources and add more photos or try to use a different site to create it.
What did you find interesting about the topic you completed your presentation on?
What I found interesting was slide 4 ' When is the best time to travle to Antactica?' because it says that November to March was their summer.
What did you struggle with during your assessment?
finding the correct information.

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Missing Letter Writing

Write a story using the following words

Unicorn, Toad, Sword

BUT!

You cannot use the letter ‘g’ in any words!

Take it Further- Pick three new words to include but exclude the letter ‘e’
stand, squirrel, moon

Once upon a time, there was a sparkly unicorn. She lived in an animal-filled forest with a friend toad. The unicorn had a sword as its horn. However, because she had the sword horn she could never get close to her friends, instead, she would have to stand at a distance. She was not happy that she wasn't able to play with her friends so she went to find the old squirrel to help her. When she found the old squirrel he was happy to help so he turned the sword into a normal unicorn horn but he told her that at every full moon the sword will appear.

Absurd Warnings⚠⚠⚠

Society is becoming panicked about a lot of everyday objects. cell phones, microwaves, facebook, social media, takeaways, animals etc.

Select 5-10 objects.

For each object, write an absurd warning label that could be placed on the object when it is sold.

Example:

Sunglasses- Warning. Use of this object can result in a reduction in social status due to irregular tan lines across the eyes and face. User discretion is advised.

Book- Warning. This book could be as old as your grandparents.

watch- Warning. Do not wear in case the hands go a different way.

table - Warning. Do not use as it may break on you.

chair- Warning. Do not sit if you are clumsy or stupid as it may result in a casualty ( chair fight).

light- Warning. Do not look at this as it may burn your eyes.

The 6 Sentence Story 📖📘

1. Your first sentence begins with ‘Once upon a time’ and introduces the main character.
2. The second sentence describes where the character lived.
3. The third sentence describes the character special talent.
4. The fourth sentence describes the character's problem.
5. The fifth sentence tells us why the character felt that way.
6. The final sentence tells how the character solved the problem.

For Example:

Once upon a time, there was a very hungry alligator. He lived in a deep dark cave where insects sting you. The alligator could climb walls and swim faster than any living creature. However, because the alligator was stuck in this cave with nothing to eat he was very hungry. He felt very grumpy and hungry and would try anything to get out of the cave. One day the alligator found a hole in the side of the cave wall and punched it until it was big enough for him to escape out of.

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Once upon a time, there was a crazy squirrel. He lives in a dark hole in the middle of a walnut tree. The squirrel could read the mind of other living animals. However, with all this responsibility, there were times it was a bad gift. He would feel very grumpy and scared because he could tell when other animals wanted to kill him. Instead of always feeling like this he learnt how to control it.

king of excuses 👑

1. Choose one of the following options and make a list of all the excuses/reasons  you have used/heard/been given in that situation

• Why you’re late to class/school
• Why your homework isn’t done
• Why you shouldn’t have to do sport
• Why your sibling is the most annoying creature on the planet
• Questions you hate answering

Why you're late to class/school:

There was a lot of traffic

We had to go buy some new shoes

We went to the airport

We had family stuff

I woke up late

I couldn't find my homework

I was talking to the teacher

I was getting a drink

I had to walk

I was on the other side of the school

I couldn't find my uniform

my house caught on fire

I missed the bus

my tier poped

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Actors/Actresses

Drama

What did I do today: 
Today I made a word find with Sharleze, about famous Actors/ Actresses.

What did you find challenging:
I found it hard to agree on what names to put on the word find.

Link
Actors/Actresses
Photo

Alphabet Story

• Each word must start with the consecutive letter of the alphabet
• If you run out of letters, go back to the start of the alphabet.

For example: A baby cries despite….

August brought cook delicious eggs from Germany his ice-cream jam

A buzzing cell-phone drained electricity from gathering heaps of information. Jason keeps linking more news online. People questioned Robert since the universal virus was xenobiotic zag.

stone carving

On Monday we got split into our passion projects and started them. I'm in stone carving and we were put into two group's group A, group B, I was in group A. We were the first group to start stone carving and learning about what the tools we were going to use and how to use them. We started to do our stone carving, we are making korus. When our group time was finished we cleaned up and swapped with group B, we went into a classroom to do some drawings for the stone carving because once we have finished our small ones we are getting it to groups and making bigger ones for the school.

https://sites.google.com/hornby.school.nz/passionprojects2018/stone-sculpting

Don't Think, Just Write

• There are eight exercises below and each one comprises

a simple set of three questions.

• Each one should be answered as quickly as you can.
• Don’t stop and think just start writing and keep going.
• Once you have completed all 8, pick the one that appeals most to you and turn it into a short- one page- story.

1. Who is coming round the corner? Teacher 2. What is their secret? They don't like their job 3. What are they carrying? Phone	1. Who has found something at the back of the wardrobe? John 2. What have they found? knife 3. What will they do next? kill someone	1. What building can you see Rose leaving? Eiffel tower 2. What is she wearing? jeans and t-shirt 3. Where is she going? down the Eiffel tower to get something to eat	1. Why is Ian finding it difficult to steer the car? he's too short 2. Where is he going? McDonald's 3. Who is there? friends
1. The view is blocked by? a billboard 2. Whose view is blocked? barry 3. If the view wasn’t blocked what would they see? city lights/ cars	1. Where did the accident happen? on the highway 2. Who was hurt? the driver(mum) and the kid 3. Who helped? smith/ ambulance	1. Who closes the window? aliens 2. Why? they were hiding 3. How old are they? they don't have an age or know what age they are	1. Why did Peter lose his temper with Joanna she broke his phone 2. Where did he go after he stormed out? pub/bar 3. What happened to him when he got there? he got into a bar fight

One day when Peter got home from work he found Joanna standing there with his phone in her hand. When he looked at it it was all cracked and broken after Peter had finished yelling at her he stormed out of the house and went to the bar. As Peter arrived at the bar he crashed his car into some motorbikes parked outside and they all started falling like dominoes when he stepped into the bar and sat down to order a beer a group of bikers up behind him and pulled him off his seat, one by one they all beat him up for crashing it to their bikes. when he could finally get up and fight for him he ran out and o=got in his car and drove home.

costumes 👕👖

What costumes are/ How they add to plays:
Costumes are a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period. Costumes help the actors in a play to portray their character throughout the play.

Why am I interested in costumes:
I'm doing costumes because you can be creative with the way you make them and I like the way they look on people I especially like the costume in Grease and Hairspray because they are funky, bright and have a lot of different patterns on them.

  

Dragonheart characters

Select 4 lead characters and create a Challenges Chart. Use the headings:
Characters Name, A Challenge faced by the character, How the character reacted, What that shows us about the character. 

What am I learning?

to understand how characters are developed in a film

How does this work show my learning?
I have shown some of the work to do with what I am learning and I have explained good vs evil.

Fraytags pyramid-Dragonheart 🐉🐲

Camera Angles/ movement

In English, we had a go at writing a SEXXY paragraph at senior level. I found it a bit harder but it was alright learning because then when I'm a senior I will have an idea of how to write them. This is one of the four that I have done.

In Dragonheart, long shots were used effectively to tell a story. This is demonstrated when Draco (the dragon) and Bowen (a knight) were riding together across the land against a fire coloured sunset. This shot takes place just before they have made plans to storm the king's castle with some of the townspeople. This shows that a bond has been made between two characters that will impact the later event of the film. This was done to show the emotion of how the characters were feeling about king Einon.  This worked well with the movie because in it Bowen had faith in Einon but the lost that faith throughout the movie, same with Draco an Einon

settings 🏞

What am I learning?
To be able to identify the setting in a move and be able to explain why they chose that spot.
How does this work show my learning?
Because I am able to look back at my work and explain the place that they have filmed in.

preparing a microscope slide

In science, we did an experiment with microscopes we had to look a membrane of an onion with a couple of drops of iodine on it here are some photos of what it looked like through two microscopes.
Fun Fact: Plant cells have a cell wall ( a structure to the cell) and an animal cell doesn't.
 
  

Plant cell

Animal cell (human)

This is my drawing of plant and animal cells 

Camera 📷🎥

This is a poster about some of the different techniques in a film and some of the types of angles they use.

Whare tapa wha

QUESTION	SENTENCE STARTERS	EVIDENCE
A conclusion on what the ‘Whare tapa wha’ is and how it illustrates Hauora	Whare Tapa Wha is about mental health. This is useful to understand because you should know what mental health is and how to tell if people are going through stuff that could to with mental health.
How did you participate with others and how did you contribute to your team?	I participated - alright because I contributed to our group. I contributed by doing the meaning of social wellbeing and helped build the whare. Next time I will do more and find more information.	Photo of or link to Favourite “Quote” or “Saying”
How did you cope with team challenges and how did you relate to others	It was challenging when I was making the whare and forgot a wall so we had to make a new wall and glue it on. I coped with the challenge by making the wall and glueing it on I worked well with others because we all contributed and I got work done because I had someone to ask for help. Next time I will

visual & sound

In English were learning about the language of film and camera angles. To show that I knew what we were learning I done a crossword.
 

3 Earnings

1.$280

2.$450
3.$62.80
4.$71.25
5.$8.15
6.(A)$12 376 (B)$16 328.40
7.(A,i) $291 (ii) $582 (B,i) $423.50 (ii) $847 (C,i) $196.50 (ii)$393
8.$1102.30
9.(A)$11.960 (B)$18 070 (C)$13 058.50
10.$965.60-fortnight $2.03
1.(A)4 hours (B)20 hours (C)$96
2.(A)1 1/2 hours (B)7.5 hours (C)$39
3.(A)$38.50 (B)$20.23 (C)$58.73
4.$280.50
5.$27.75

6.$407

7.$594

8.$575

9.$168

10.$157.50

11.$581.88

12.$524.45

1.(A)$356 (B)835.10 (C)917.80

2.(A)$232 (B)$340 (C)$408.52

3.326.84

4.(A)$6000 (B)$8600 (C)3180

Testing the protein - the biuret test

Aim: To test if a sample of food contains protein

Equipment: Test Tube, sodium hydroxide (NaOH), copper sulfate (CuSO), food sample.

Method:

Results: If the solution remains blue, then no protein is present. If the solution changes to a purple colour then protein is present in the sample.

Conclusion:  The food sample was: Egg, and after adding the sodium hydroxide and copper sulfate it turned purple

For the second sample food, we used milk. and after adding the sodium hydroxide and copper sulfate it turned purple. After a couple of drops of sodium hydroxide

science

Aim: To test if a sample of food contains complex sugars.

Equipment: Test tube, food sample, iodine solution.

Method: 

1. place about 2ml of the sample in a test tube.
2. add 3-5 drops of iodine and mix.
3. Heat, not boil over a bunsen burner 

results:

	Biuret Test For protein	Bendis Test for simple sugar	Iodine test  for complex sugar
Meat pattie	Purple		No change brown/yellow
Bun	Blue		Blue-black

2 Time

How do we measure time?
Hours, minutes, days, seconds, months, years, weeks, fortnights, centres, decades
How long is a year?
365 days, 52 weeks
How long is a fortnight?
2 weeks
How many days in September?
30
What is a leap year?
When an extra day is added on
What does AM mean?
before midday
What does PM mean?
past midday
When was the last leap year?
2016

30 days have September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31, excepting February, which has 28 days clear and 29 in a leap year.  

How many minutes between 7:30 and 11:25 am?
235 minutes
How many minutes between twenty to eight in the morning and midday?
260 minutes
How many hours and minutes between half-past 12 in the afternoon and a quarter past 5 in the evening?
4 hours and 45 minutes
If the time is now 8 am. What will be the time in:
A. 30 minutes = 8:30 am
B. A quarter of an hour= 8:15 am
C. 12  hours= 8 pm
D. 4 hour 10 minutes= 12:10 pm
E. 140 minutes= 10:20 am
F. 72 minutes= 9:12 am

Jane has to be at school by 8:40 am If it takes her 25 minutes to bike, What is the lastest time she can leave home?
8:15 am

John started work at 8am and finished at 5pm He is not paid for half an hour break.
a. How long did he work for?
8 hours and a half
b.On Friday he started at 7:30 am and finished at 3:15 pm. How long did he work for?
7 hours and 45 minutes

Jason watched these three programs on tv, Neighbour for 50 minutes. Shortland street for 25 minutes and heartbeat for 75 minutes For how long did he watch tv? ( answer in hours and minutes)
2 hours and 30 minutes

Using the sky television movie guide below, Answer this question
a. How long was, making of tank girl?
35 minutes
b.How long in hours in minutes was sleep with me?
An hour and 25 minutes
c. What time did madonna-innocence lose start?
9:30 am
d. If you watched  television today from the beginning of the favour to the end of Immortal beloved how long in hours and minutes would it have been (allow a 5-minute break from screen to screen)
5 Hours
e. Which programme is the longest?
Immortal Beloved
The Wilson family travelled from Wellington to Auckland. The travelling time took 7 hours 15 minutes which did not include a 40 minute stop for lunch and two rest of 15 minutes each.

A. How long did the complete journey take?
8 hours 25 minutes
B.If they left Wellington  
4.10pm

Using the of a New Zealand time travel map, How long would it take to travel between these places?
a.New Plymouth and Opunake=1 hour 10 minutes
b.Masterton and Wellington=2 hours
c. Hawera Palmerstontron north= 2 hours 15 minutes

Which is the quickest way and by how much?
 D. New Plymouth to Hawera?
Standford 35minutess
E.Wellington to Woodville?
p.north by ten minutes from Paraparaumu and Levin

What will the date be in 10 days time from:
a. 13th May=23 May
b. 29th January=8 February
c. 25th December=4 January
d. 21st June= 1 July
e. 21st October=31st October

Cherie on a world trip on 10 April 1997 and returned to New Zealand on 20 December 1998. How old were you to the nearest day on 1 January of this year?
619 days
How old were you to the nearest day on January the 1  January of this year?
13 years 2 months 6 days old
Write these times in 24-hour clock notation:
a.3am=03:00
b. 4.15 am=04:15
c.9.20 am=09:20
d. Midday=12:00
e.7.38 am=07:38
f.1.30pm=13:00
g. 5.45 pm=17:45
h. 6.22 pm=16:22
i.12.03 pm=12:03
j.Midnight=00:00
Write these times in am/pm notation
a.00;10;=12:10 am
b.01;35=1:35 am
c.04:01= 4:01 am
d.09;40= 9:40 am
e.10;10= 10:20 am
f.12;05= 12:05 pm
g,15;24=3:25 pm
h.18;36=6:36pm
i.22;19=10:19pm
j.23;45=11:45 pm

Andrea leaves for school at 08:05 and arrives home at 15;50. School starts at 08:30
and finishes at 15:15. She has 15 minutes for interval and 1 hour for lunch:
a. How long is she away from home?
7 hours 45 minutes
b.How long does she spend at school?
6 hours and 45 minutes
c.How long does she spend at lessons?
5 hours 30 minutes
d.What tia does Andrea finish school in am/pm notation?
3:15 pm
e.What time does she get home from school in am/pm Notation?
3:50pm