I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 7 and in 2021 I will be a year 8. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Friday, 3 December 2021
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Surprise Subtitles
Surprise Subtitles
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Next Word hunt
Next Word Hunt
- My head
- My Life
- My Gramapa
- My father
- My standly
- My table
- My eyes
- My name
- My name
- My name
- My cantee
- My name
- My son
- My god
- My blossom
- My present
- My hole
- My god
Friday, 24 September 2021
Contractions
Sheet 1
It is is contracted to It’s
You will is contracted to You’ll
Would not is contracted to Wouldn’t
He will is contracted to He’ll
Could not is contracted to Couldn't
She will is contracted to She’ll
Should not is contracted to Shouldn’t
We will is contracted to We’ll
Have not is contracted to Haven't
They will is contracted to They’ll
You would is contracted to You'd
I knew I Shouldn’t have come to the mall today.
Couldn't you come around today?
They'll be here soon anyways.
Sheet 2
They're always on time.
It's one of the best movies of the year.
We've come a long way!
Can you ask what they'll serve tonight for dinner?
What do you think she'll say?
I'm sure he'll understand.
Sheet 3
I really can't believe they'd do that
They'll be coming over at 12 o'clock.
He knows he shouldn't have gone there.
He'll be home after dinner.
The team is very proud of its reputation.
The noise isn't really that bad.
We've really worked hard on this homework.
What's the name of the plumber you hired?
The town has lost half its population since the tornado.
I don't know why you're being so rude today!
I hadn't really thought of it that way.
If you didn't mean it, why did you say it?
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
What is a base?
Acid has Hydrogen in it.
The strength if acid is measure on the pH scale.
It goes 0 to 14.
2-3 Orange
4-6 Yellow
7 Green
8-10 blue
11-12 Indigo
3-14 Violet
A base is the opposite chemical to an acid.
A base contain hydroxide. ( OH )
An acid and a base neutralise each other and makes water
Thursday, 16 September 2021
What is an Acid
Red Cabbage Indicator
Aim:
I want to find out how to tell if something is an acid.
Method:
Equipment
- Beaker
- Red Cabbage
- Hot water
- Test tubes ( Test rube rack )
- Acid + hydroxide
- Dropper
- Get your equipment
- Rip the red cabbage into little bits
- Place your ripped red cabbage bits in the beaker
- Pour 100 ml hot water into the beaker
- Slowly pour the acid into the one out of the bigger test tubes
- In the other big test tube, pour hydroxide into it
- Add the red cabbage water into the two big test tubes ( Use a dropper )
- Mix ( with the dropper ) both the acid and hydroxide into little test tubes and try to make different colors.
Making Sherbet
Aim:
I want to find out how to make sherbet
Research:
- Cup - Some type of container
- Baking Powder
- Citric acid
- Sugar ( But we used raro )
- Stirring rod ( Popiscle stick )
- Teaspoon
- Get your equipment
- Add a teaspoon of Raro into the cup
- Add half a teaspoon of baking powder into the cup
- Add half teaspoon of Citric acid
- Mix the powder with the stirring rod
- Taste the sherbet and adjust the flavor as necessary
Friday, 10 September 2021
1918 Flu Pandemic
Sorry I had to make 4 videos, but I cant read the whole thing in just 5 minutes.
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
The Erebus Disaster
What do I think I know about the disaster?
The Erebus is a plane disaster.
I believe it went of course and was also to low and hit something, I think it was a mountain.
I don't think anyone lived.
What do I think I will learn?
Because I think everyone died, how many where on the plane.
Where was the plane going.
What happened to cause this.
1. The plane was on a sightseeing trip around Antarctica, flying over several islands. Then they were to land in Christchurch.
2. The captian was Jim Collins and Co-pilot first officer Greg Cassin.
3. The captain desend to 450 metres so his passengers could better see the surroundings.
4. The plane crashed into Mt Erebus, this was because they were 43 kilometres east of where thye were expected to be.
5. The plane crashed at 12:49 pm
Videos
The plane was in Auckland
The plane had a stopover at Christchurch
People where picked up in Auckland and Christchurch.
Navigation equipment didn't work well
Mt Erebus is an active volcano
The plane was only suppose to drop to 6,000 when flying near Mt Erebus
The flight cost was $359
There was 237 pasengers, and 20 crew
What Where Why When How
The Erebus di
The Pike River Mine Explosion nov 19 2010
What do I think I know about this disaster?
I know it has to be an explosion in a mine, because of the title.
I think I heard it was some build up of a gas in the mine. I don't know how and why it exploded.
I presume a lot of miners died, I would say the explosion made some of the rocks fall and trap people.
What do I think I will find out about this disaster?
I think I will find out how many people died.
What caused the explosion.
How people were affected.
1. It is located on the West Coast of the South island in the Paparoa Range.
2. The mining started in the Pike river mine in November 2009.
3. There were 31 miners in the mine when the explosion happened.
4. Only two men escaped, Daniel Rockhouse and Russell Smith.
5. There were robots sent into the mine to find any more survivors it was too dangerous for human rescuers.
6. Jacinda Ardern made decision unseal the entrance to send in a team to see what they could find.
Friday, 20 August 2021
The Tangiwai Rail Disaster
The Tangiwai Rail Disaster
What do I think I know about the disaster?
I would think that the Tangiwai rail disaster derailed from the track, or the track was covered by lahar, because I heard lahar had a part in the disaster.
What do I think I will learn?
I would love to hear about what happened. How many people died and if there are any stories from people who lived though the disaster.
Questions:


1. 258 people were on board the train.
2. The lahar began at the top of Mt Ruapehu
3. The Tangiwai Railway disaster happened on December 24th 1953 at 10.21 pm
4. The driver knew to stop the train because a man was waving a torch.
Notes, sorry that they are a mess!
Antarctica
Welcome and thank you for stopping by! If you didn't know, this week I'm learning about Antarctica. I think Antarctica is a really cool place. Something I found was that some people think that Arctic and Antarctica are the same, but they are polar opposites... Please laugh that was a joke 🥲
Here we had to make a table of unfamiliar words we didn't really know the meaning of. Then after getting all 10 words we were unfamiliar with we had to find the definition of those words.Friday, 13 August 2021
Kiwis in space
Kiwis in space
Hello and welcome to my blog! I hope you have had a lovely day and I'm happy you are reading my blog. This week, my group and I have been learning about kiwis in space. I've found this very interesting.
Here is my key vocabulary from the thing we have read.
With my key vocabulary I made a word cloud. I even made the words look like a rocket.
The last thing we had to do was a screencastify about three new things that I learnt.
Thank you for taking your time to read and listen to my blog! Please, if you saw any mistakes or anything you think I should add/change please let me know in the comments.
Did you know New Zealand launched satellites before listening to my screencastify?
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Making Ginger Beer
Aim:
To find out how to make ginger beer.
Videos
Method:
- Get your equipment
- Fold your paper into a funnel
- Put a teaspoon of yeast onto the paper funnel
- put 2 teaspoon of sugar
- Pour Lukewarm water into your cup, 180 ml
- Stir slightly
- put a few squirts of lemon juice
- Stir is a bit more using wooden stick
- Put the ginger onto the paper and pour half in
- Taste it ( Add more ginger if you want )
- Add a tablespoon of sugar
- Taste it angain ( Add more of what you think it needs more of )
- Leave it for a day before trying it
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
The Ballantynes Fire
Welcome to by blog! This week we have been learning about the Ballantynes fire. I found it really interesting and I hope you like it just as much as me!
Predictions
What do I think I already now about this disaster?
What do I think I will learn about this disaster?
- What caused the fire?
- Did anyone die in the fire?
- What happened to the shop?
- How long did it take to put out?
- How expensive was the damage?
Read and Research
- People were served by waitresses in aprons and caps, expensive clothes were sold and ladies wore hat and gloves. It was a designer store.
- Christchurch
- November 18th, 1947
- They had no smoke alarms or evacuations plans. People though it was just a small cellar fire so didn't tell the people upstairs.
- 41 worker died in the fire. Two people from veranda and were unconscious but recovered.
- No smoking, they now have smoke alarms, have an evacuation plan, DON'T WALK PAST A FIRE AND DO NOTHING!
Video 1 - This video is restricted
Notes - My messy notes :c
Video 2 - This video is restricted ( We didn't watch much )
Monday, 9 August 2021
SOWN
Snow
I love snow, when I was younger, I saw a LOT of snow. I would be so much fun if we had a lot of snow again. 
It was cold, and I was 3 or so, my mum and dad took me out to the park near mine. I was in a jacket, had mittens on and a woolly hat. I can't remember how the snow felt but, now that it has snowed a bit today, I can remember the feeling. It's light, very cold - my hands were frozen with snow, and weirdly crunchy and wet.
Snow is created when tiny ice crystals stick tougher, they get heavy and fall to the ground. The more ice crystal that stick tougher the bigger the snow gets.
Friday, 6 August 2021
The Olympic sport
The Olympic sport
Hello and welcome back to my blog! This week for hurumanu 1 I have been learning about Olympic rowing.
Here is my work I have done this term!
Thursday, 5 August 2021
The Napier Earthquake
The Napier Earthquake
Predictions
Sadly, I have never really heard about the Napier Earthquake. All I could think the Napier earthquake was about is... Well, an earthquake causing a lot of damage or something like that.
Although I do think that I'll enjoy learning about this. I think I might find out how much damage it cause, what the aftermath was, and if there is anything special about it.
Hopefully I can even learn when it happened! Oh wait, it happened on the 3 of February in 1931...
Now, after reading about the Napier Earthquake
1. At 10.47 on Feb 3rd, 1931
2. The official death toll was 256.161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings and 2 in Wairoa
3. In the botanical gardens and the racecourse in Napier
4. They were able to rebuild the houses in an art Deco style, making it a tourist attraction.
5. 2 and a half minutes... WOW THAT'S LONG
6. Children were sent around NZ because there were no school for them to go to and no houses for them to live. Also to keep children safe from aftershocks.
Notes from THIS VIDEO
There was a 90th anniversary for the Napier earthquake.
Nola was 9 when the earthquake hit and in the video she it just 1 year away from 100!
Eric Baggit was 2 when the earthquake hit, he didn't remember anything be seen the ciry rebuilt.
There were cracks in the road caused by the earthquake
The Vernoica bell rang for 2 and a half mintues.
Note from THIS VIDEO ( We only watched up to 10 minutes )
The first earthquake with high magnitude
Cruisers from Auckland had doctors on board to help
most of the damage was done by fire
A temporary hostility was made
6% of the population were taken out of the city
People had to live in tents
The water supply was damaged
The navy helped to clean up the damaged builds
In a school, boys were thrown out the building when the earthquake hit
The Nurse home collapsed and nurses were killed in their sleep
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Eating hot chills
Eating hot chills
Funny
Science
Exeperiment
Method:
Equipment
- Hot sauce
- Toothpick
- Stopwatch
- Water, coke, milk
Instructions
- Get all of your equipment
- Did the toothpick in the hot sauce
- Suck the hot sauce off the toothpick
- Start timing
- stop timing when it stops hurting
Results
| Straight Chilly | Water | Coke | Milk | |
| Time taken to stop the burning | 5:57 | 6:26 | 5:38 | 4 mins + |










