Nutty Professors all the way!

We the students from Room 11 have been total Nutty Professors this term. We have been some kind of secret learners working our way through our Science Projects for the Science Fair. Our school seems like an ordinary school but it is not, it is a very special school in which we are provided with opportunities to take part in all the cool activities planned well by our teachers.

Our topic for this term was “Nutty Professors”. Each one of us conducted Science experiments like scientists. It was very interesting to see and learn about each other’s experiments. We were able to scientifically explain the experiment results. We are happy that we are getting ready to go to Year 8. We are all trying to be excellent in all that we do in our class and in school.

Our goal in life is to be as good as our teacher thinks we are. To make her and ourselves proud, we learn well and do our best. This term we worked hard to do our class work independently, or with a buddy or in group situations. We respect each other and work well together. According to our interests, we take part in various school activities like Choir, Guitar Group, Ukelele, Kapahaka, Bollywood Dance, Media, School Sports and so on.

We all love reading. We are all so lucky that we get lovely Duffy books for free. They are so wonderful to read and sometimes we feel that it is our own life’s story. We are fortunate that we are learning Te Reo Maori from a specialist teacher Mrs. Bailey.

Bradley from our room is our school council representative and he can sense if we are up to some mischief. And so, we are good in class and make each other proud.

Admirer of duffy books

Duffy books are reading books for children to read. Some of these books are non-fiction books, some are fairy tales and some are based on the true stories.

These books help us to speak proper English, find information and also there is always something to learn.

Duffy books are a lot fun to read and also interesting to read. Some of the Duffy books are sad and when you read it, you feel like you are a part of the story.

Cool Books are Duffy Books

Duffy books are cool books to read

Duffy books are reading books. They have lots of sentences, pictures and paragraphs. The stories have authors and illustrators.

Duffy books help us to learn to read and retell the stories. We get to imagine lots of things by looking at the pictures. It helps us to understand our future. We in our school read these Duffy books to enjoy and also get lot of information.

I think all the schools should give Duffy books to their students to help them learn and be good people in the community.

We are so lucky in our school that all of us get Duffy books to take with us. Thank you Duffy.

Absorption of more heat-white or black? Do this experiment to get the results.

What absorbs more heat?
What you'll need:
• 2 identical drinking glasses or jars
• Water
• Thermometer
• 2 elastic bands or some sellotape
• White paper
• Black paper
Instructions:
1. Wrap the white paper around one of the glasses using an elastic band or sellotape to hold it on.
2. Do the same with the black paper and the other glass.
3. Fill the glasses with the exact same amount of water.
4. Leave the glasses out in the sun for a couple of hours before returning to measure the temperature of the water in each.

Read and conduct this experiment if you want to know more about oxygen in plants.

Read this article if you want to know more about Madame Curie

Read this article if you want to know more about Rober Boyle

LI: Learning about Scientists

Robert Boyle-Father of Chemistry

Robert Boyle was born at Lismore Castle, Munster on 25 January 1627, the fourteenth child and seventh son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. Robert Boyle was educated mainly by tutors and himself. He had no formal university education but read widely and made contact with many of the most important natural philosophers of his day, both at home and aboard.

Boyle realized that if anything were to be done about improving science, he would have to start doing something about it himself. While only 18, he helped to found the Philosophical College in London (later to become the Royal Society of London).
He returned home to Ireland at the age of 25 and took up the study of anatomy. Two years later he travelled to Oxford, established a laboratory, and headed a small scientific society there.

In 1661, at the age of 34, Boyle published The Skeptical Chymist. In this book he overturned Aristotle’s conception of the four elements (the belief that everything was composed of earth, air, fire and water) and replaced it with the modern idea of an element—namely that an element is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler components by chemical methods. The Skeptical Chymist is recognized as the foundation-stone of modern chemistry.

www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v12/i1 http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Quotations/Boyle.html

Independent Reseach: Title Page

The Title Page based on the topic "Back to the Future" Past, Present, Future. I chose "Education" to do my Research.

Term one’s memories and reflections.

On the first day I was so scared because it is a new school. My mum told me my dad came here when he was my age, my Aunt and Cousin also came to this school. We went to our new classroom. I was put into room 11 and it was so much fun. I made some new friends and saw some old friends. We saw the whole school and the boundaries of the school.

Week 2 is when the whole school went swimming and in the week 4 it was the swimming Carnival for the year 8’s and year 7’s and it is all the good swimmers from the 3 teams ( swimmers who are good, average and beginners). We had to go half way so the mongoose tigers went first. They were so good that when you see them swimming they will be half way by now.

In week 5 the year 8’s formally welcomed the year 7’s. Some of the parents came to see and it was cool. We call this as the school powhiri that is when they welcome you to the school.
We had the SPCA come to the school. They told as about animal cruelty. Our teacher had gone to India to see and take care of her mum. I hope that she gets well soon.

Howick Historical village

Year 7 students of Tamaki Intermediate School, Auckland visited the Howick Historical village to learn about the past life of early settlers, their way of living, the kinds of equipments and the way they cooked for their existence. The aim of this Village is to depict life in the 19th Century New Zealand through a lots of "Hands On" and "Interactive" programmes of 1840 to 1880 period. Theyoffer a unique programme away from the classroom and are related to the existing curriculum.

Students worked in groups,also went on a discovery trip and answered various questions.

Isabelle and Nane's Matariki Report

LI: We are learning about Matariki.

It's that time of year again. Matariki celebrates the Maori New Year and traditionally was the time of year used to establish the planting of crops, based on the rising of the star cluster Pleiades (Matariki)

Matariki is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or The Seven Sisters Matariki is celebrated with education, remembrance and the planting of new trees and crops signaling new beginnings. Matariki was the optimum time for new harvests, and ceremonial offerings to the land-based gods Rongo, Uenuku and Whiro to ensure good crops for the coming year.It was also seen as a perfect time to learn about the land we live on and to remember Whakapapa (ancestry) who have passed from this world to the next and the legacy they left behind.

What is referred to as the traditional Maori New Year is marked by the rise of Matariki and the sighting of the next new moon. The pre-dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year and the New Year is marked at the sighting of the next new moon which occurs during June.

By Nane and Issabel
Room 11

References:
http://www.matarikievents.co.nz/matariki-stories

Jessica: Mothers Day

Jessica's Mothers Day letter.

Bradley

Bradley has shared his Mothers' Day letter.

Memories and Reflections of Term 1-2010

It has been a fantastic first term. At Tamaki Intermediate we got to meet different students from other schools and made new friends. We had a Powhiri to welcome the new staff and the new Year 7s and a couple of Year 8s. There were many speakers who spoke to us all. We sang different songs to support the speakers. I was one of the people to go up and hongi and shake hands with the teachers and visitors.

In week two we started the swimming programme at Swimarama in the Lagoon Stadium in Panmure. We travelled to and fro by bus. It was a lot of fun. We got put into ability groups - markos, tigers and hammerheads. I was in the tigers group. Our swimming lessons were geared towards us learning the different strokes. We were taught to breathe properly and to stay afloat in the water.

Every Friday we had house sports for the students in the four different houses Calliope, Orpheus, Leander and Achilles. My favorite sport at these house sports has been Rugby and I loved playing Tug-o-War.

A couple of weeks ago we had two cops that came to our class to talk to the students about truancy. They played a couple of games with us, and we asked them questions about how to become a police officer.

During this term we learned about New Zealand. Our topic was Amazing Aotearoa. We also learned about the history of the national anthem, and the amazing things we have like the kiwi bird, the silver fern, Pohutukawa trees, and Maori patterns. Then we drew a poster of a famous New Zealander and wrote about why they were famous in our country.

I enjoyed being at this new and wonderful school. Overall this has been an awesome term and I can’t wait until term 2 kicks off!

By Jeremiah
Room 11