Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Te Maunga Challenge
On Sunday the 10th of November Te Pahu School sent three teams of four to compete in the Te Maunga School Challenge. The Challenge involves a 1km row on the erg (a stationary rowing machine) and a 12km bike. Our most senior team of Finn Hamill, Daniel Boyd, Lars Hansen and Graham Wade came 1st out of 16 teams. Our two cyclists Graham and Lars had a clean sweep of the cycling coming in 1st place. In the rowing Finn and Daniel came a very close second to Ohaupo. To achieve this placing the boys had to go through pain and sweat. All the teams put in a great effort. The other teams were Flynn Cameron, Pixie Cameron, Jasper Moorhouse and Logan Burgess. In the third team there was Aidan Laird, Blake Moulder, Brendon Boyd and Jared Bowe. We ended up winning $250 worth of sports from Rebel Sport. Finn Hamill and Daniel Boyd Left Lars Hansen And Graham Wade Right.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Sonic Boom!!!!
Today the 26th November 2013 room7 have been having a mini inquiry day where we had to pick a topic and do some reseach about it. I did sonic boom watch this vidio for more info. Finn H
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Energy
This Term room 7 have been learning about energy. There are lots of energy forms such as Magnetic, kinetic, Potential, Sound, Heat, Light and Eletrical energy. Over the past five weeks we have learned that energy cannot be created or destoyed it can just be transfered. We have also been learning about the speed of sound and light and have dicovered that sound travels at 332m per second and light travels 7 times around the world per second. One of the things that helped us understand was a block clap where we would stand 100m away from mr marquand and he world clap the blocks two see how long it took for the sound to reach us. This helped us learn about the speed of sound. In the future i hope to learn more about energy and the things that revolve around it.
Friday, 4 October 2013
France
Last Week we went to France. We drove our car onto a train in England, then sat in the car inside the train which took us under the English channel, when we drove off and we were in France!
The next day we went to the Palace of Versailles which was home of the French Kings and Queens in Paris. We saw the Kings and Queens bedrooms. Hundreds of years ago there was a law that the Queen had to give birth in front of 200 strangers in her room, which is a similar size to our classroom. Marie Antoinette the last Queen of France was squashed so much by all the people that she changed the law after her first child.
The next day we visited the Arc de Triomphe, walked down the Champs Elysees a famous Paris street to the Louvre the museum that holds the Mona Lisa. Next we went to the Eiffel Tower. We climbed about 700 steps up to the second floor then caught the lift to the very top, because you are not allowed to climb any further.
The next day we visited Notre Dame Cathedral which is 850 years old. Then we went for a long Parisian lunch and ate snails which were surprisingly nice.
On our last day we visited the Paris Catacombs. This is where the bones from over 6 million people have been stored in the limestone quarry passage ways that run underneath the streets of Paris. They moved all the bones here over 200 years ago when the cemeteries were over flowing and people were getting sick from the bodies that hadn't been buried properly.
While we were in France we ate lots of baguettes (French bread), croissants, pain au chocolat and patisserie cakes which are amazing. Oh yeah and those snails!
We stayed with my Mums cousin Sean and his family who live there.
Collecting fresh bread from the boulangerie (bakery). Mum made me buy it in French
The Chapel inside the Palace of Varsailles
The Queens bedroom where the 200 people squashed in.
The Arc de Triomphe
Holding up the pyramid at the Lourve
Outside the Eiffel Tower
At the top of the Eiffel tower with a view of the river Seine
At the top of the Eiffel tower with a view of the Arc de Triomphe
Outside Notre Dame Cathedral
Waiting for the Metro. The underground trains in Paris
Examining my snail before I eat it
Yum Yum
Underground at the catacombs. The sign above the door reads "Stop, This here is the empire of the dead"
Inside the catacombs. The photos are dark because you aren't allowed to use the flash on the camera down here.
The next day we went to the Palace of Versailles which was home of the French Kings and Queens in Paris. We saw the Kings and Queens bedrooms. Hundreds of years ago there was a law that the Queen had to give birth in front of 200 strangers in her room, which is a similar size to our classroom. Marie Antoinette the last Queen of France was squashed so much by all the people that she changed the law after her first child.
The next day we visited the Arc de Triomphe, walked down the Champs Elysees a famous Paris street to the Louvre the museum that holds the Mona Lisa. Next we went to the Eiffel Tower. We climbed about 700 steps up to the second floor then caught the lift to the very top, because you are not allowed to climb any further.
The next day we visited Notre Dame Cathedral which is 850 years old. Then we went for a long Parisian lunch and ate snails which were surprisingly nice.
On our last day we visited the Paris Catacombs. This is where the bones from over 6 million people have been stored in the limestone quarry passage ways that run underneath the streets of Paris. They moved all the bones here over 200 years ago when the cemeteries were over flowing and people were getting sick from the bodies that hadn't been buried properly.
While we were in France we ate lots of baguettes (French bread), croissants, pain au chocolat and patisserie cakes which are amazing. Oh yeah and those snails!
We stayed with my Mums cousin Sean and his family who live there.
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Bath, Bristol and Boulders
On Friday 20th we drove to Gloucester to visit my Mums Brother and his family. They live in an old Cotswold cottage with thick, thick walls. Part of their house is over 400 years old.
The next day we went to the city of Bath, which gets it's name and fame from it's hot springs which are the only ones in the whole of Britian. The baths in Bath were created by the Romans with technology that is amazing for its time. In the evening we drove to Bristol to see mums cousin and walked across the famous Clifton suspension bridge, designed by Isambard Brunel and opened in 1864.
After Bristol we spent the next day visiting ancient stone circles. We saw the stone circles in Avebury
then went on to Stone Henge. Stone Henge is a world heritage site. Parts of it are over 5000 years old. The smaller stones in the centre (called the blue stones) were dragged 300 miles from wales and the enormous outer stone circle trilithons (two upright stones with another stone lintel across the top) were dragged 50 miles before they were put in place. The amazing thing is this was all done before there were proper roads or machinery to help. No one knows for sure what the stone circles were for. Stone Henge acts like a big sun dial but could have been a place of worship, sacrifice or palace.
Two miles down the road from Stone Henge is Wood Henge. It is a bronze age wood circle from 2000BC. In the centre of Wood Henge they found the ancient remains of a 3 year old child who had been sacrificed.
With my brother Ivan and cousin Hebe at her house. The part of the house where the door is is 400 years old
With my family at the Roman baths in Bath
The Roman Baths on our mobile phones....not really we are listening to the recorded commentary about the baths.
The Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol built 1864
Climbing on the Avebury stones with the help of Ivan. We soon found out we weren't supposed to be on them!
Stone Henge (It's not a cell phone Dad!)
Human Henge!
Wood Henge. The wood has rotted away and been replaced with concrete markers.
Grave at centre of Wood Henge
The next day we went to the city of Bath, which gets it's name and fame from it's hot springs which are the only ones in the whole of Britian. The baths in Bath were created by the Romans with technology that is amazing for its time. In the evening we drove to Bristol to see mums cousin and walked across the famous Clifton suspension bridge, designed by Isambard Brunel and opened in 1864.
After Bristol we spent the next day visiting ancient stone circles. We saw the stone circles in Avebury
then went on to Stone Henge. Stone Henge is a world heritage site. Parts of it are over 5000 years old. The smaller stones in the centre (called the blue stones) were dragged 300 miles from wales and the enormous outer stone circle trilithons (two upright stones with another stone lintel across the top) were dragged 50 miles before they were put in place. The amazing thing is this was all done before there were proper roads or machinery to help. No one knows for sure what the stone circles were for. Stone Henge acts like a big sun dial but could have been a place of worship, sacrifice or palace.
Two miles down the road from Stone Henge is Wood Henge. It is a bronze age wood circle from 2000BC. In the centre of Wood Henge they found the ancient remains of a 3 year old child who had been sacrificed.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
World Triathlon Champs, Dad Arrives, Thorpe Park revisited and Dry Slope Skiing.
Sunday 15th September was the day of the World standard distance Triathlon Championships in Hyde park London. A 1500 swim, 40k cycle and 10k run. My mum was there to defend the title she won in Auckland last year.
Unfortunately for my mum it was a cold day and the officials decided to cut the swim to 750metres. My mum is a great swimmer so was really disappointed. Mum led out of the water and did a great bike. The course went through Hyde park, around Hyde Park corner, past Buckingham palace, Big Ben, Downing street, Trafalgar square, along the embankment to Tower hill and then back to the park to do it all again. Because of the shortened swim Mum couldn't hold on to her lead and the faster runners were catching her. She managed to get a medal but it wasn't the colour she wanted..... BRONZE. We had a great time cheering her on with all my Mum's English family and friends.
After that race it was the elite Men's with the top three Alister Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez. These are the worlds top three triathletes. Alister the older of the Brownlee brothers has had a bad achilles for the last 5-6 months and ended up way back in the race it was up to his brother Jonathan to win but in the last 10 metres Javier Gomez out sprinted him and placed 1st and Brownlee 2nd.
In the afternoon my Dad arrived from NZ. He had stay in NZ to do some work and couldn't get to London n time to see the race.
Monday we took Dad to Thorpe park to introduce him to the amazing rollercoasters they have there. He screamed like a girl! (and that's true)
Yesterday we went to the dry ski slopes which is pretty much just wet carpet and that was really good fun. Ivan can't ski so Dad took him on the toboggan.
Unfortunately for my mum it was a cold day and the officials decided to cut the swim to 750metres. My mum is a great swimmer so was really disappointed. Mum led out of the water and did a great bike. The course went through Hyde park, around Hyde Park corner, past Buckingham palace, Big Ben, Downing street, Trafalgar square, along the embankment to Tower hill and then back to the park to do it all again. Because of the shortened swim Mum couldn't hold on to her lead and the faster runners were catching her. She managed to get a medal but it wasn't the colour she wanted..... BRONZE. We had a great time cheering her on with all my Mum's English family and friends.
After that race it was the elite Men's with the top three Alister Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee and Javier Gomez. These are the worlds top three triathletes. Alister the older of the Brownlee brothers has had a bad achilles for the last 5-6 months and ended up way back in the race it was up to his brother Jonathan to win but in the last 10 metres Javier Gomez out sprinted him and placed 1st and Brownlee 2nd.
In the afternoon my Dad arrived from NZ. He had stay in NZ to do some work and couldn't get to London n time to see the race.
Monday we took Dad to Thorpe park to introduce him to the amazing rollercoasters they have there. He screamed like a girl! (and that's true)
Yesterday we went to the dry ski slopes which is pretty much just wet carpet and that was really good fun. Ivan can't ski so Dad took him on the toboggan.
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