How Santa spreads the presents

Today Tracey, Olivia, Bree and I made a movie about christmas. We really enjoyed making it because we got to act out the characters. The movie is about how santa spreads the presents and how the elves make the presents. We made it for fun and in our class we were having a christmas wonderland challenge. Bree was Rudolph, Tracey was Santa, Olivia an elf and a reindeer and I was the same as Olivia. We all had turns at filming.
Enjoy and please comment.

How Santa spreads the presents from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Nga Rakau Triathlon Reflection

Reflection for Nga Rakau Triathlon

· Something I was pleased with was that I crossed the finish line with a smile on my face because I knew that I had finished.       

· I really enjoyed learning how hard it actually was to do 4 lengths of the pool after you have done a bike because I was on gear 6 and it was really hard so my legs had to work hard.

· Something I found hard was running with a sore knee and calf muscle.

· Something that made me think was what place I was coming in the race because I wanted to make my family proud.                  

· Something I want to get better at is swimming when I am puffed.

         What can I do about it?

Work harder at swimming lessons so I can swim more iffitiontly.

I am really proud of myself because I tried my best and I did not give up when I was running with a sore calf Muscle and a sore Knee. I ended up coming 5th.

Here is an image that I created on Tagul.

Maths Challenge Bag

Lately, Bree and I have been trying to figure out all these maths questions out of a bag. They were all in little containers and you had to figure out the what was the answer. Bree and I decided to try and do them all and we did it.

Challenge number 12

Clue:

A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=10 K=11 L=12 M=13 N=14 O=15 P=16 Q=17 R=18 S=19 T=20 U=21 V=22 W=23 X=24 Y=25 Z=26.

R O I L

18+15+ 9+12=54

S C H O O L

19+3+8+15+15+12=72

S H O P P I N G

19+8+15+16+16+9+14+7=104

W A I P U K U R A U

23+1+9+16+21+11+21+18+1+21=142

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Challenge number 5

Clues:

1. I can be divided by 4

2. My digits add to 10

3.I am greater than 180

4.The difference between my hundreds and ones digit is 1

What number am I?

352

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Challenge number 1

Three dice are rolled what number does each number show?

Clues:

1. Each sum of all three dice is 12

2.The product of all 3 dice is greater than 40

3.The dice all show different numbers

4. At least one dice shows one odd number

Answer:3, 4, 5.

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Challenge Number 4

Clues:A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=10 K=11 L=12 M=13 N=14 O=15 P=16 Q=17 R=18 S=19 T=20 U=21 V=22 W=23 X=24 Y=25 Z=26

P R I D E

16+18+9+4+5= 52

M U S I C

13+21+19+9+3=65

P A R K V A L E

16+1+18+11+22+1+21+5=95

S M U R F

19+13+21+18+6=77

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Challenge Number  3

Clue:

You must be able to describe your own pattern. What is the rule?

Start with 2.05

2.05, 3.00 3.05, 4.00, 4.05, 5.00, 5.05.....

Rule is to count up in 0.5 each time.

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Challenge Number 11

Clue:

1.I can be divided by 5

2.My digits add to 14

3.I am greater than 300

4. The difference between my tens and hundreds digit it 5.

Answer:

590

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Challenge Number 7

2x12=24        2+5=7        5x8=40       2x4=8

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Challenge Number 9

Clue: A=5 B=10 C=15 D=20 E=25 F=30 G=35 H=40 I=45 J=50 K=55 L=60 M=65 N=70 O=75 P=80 Q=85 R=90 S=95 T=100 U=105 V=110 W=115 X=120 Y=125 Z=130

P R I D E

75+90+45+20+25=255

A N D

5+70+20=95

T A U P O

100+5+105+80+75=297

O N E P O T O

75+70+25+80+75+100+75=500

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Challenge Number 2

Answers: 13, 25,

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Challenge Number 10

Three dice are rolled what number does each number show?

Clues:

1. The sum of all three dice is 11

2. The difference between the highest and lowest dice is 3

3. The dice all show different numbers

4. None of the dice show number 1

The answer is: 2, 4, 5

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Challenge Number 8

What three digit number am I?

Clues:

1. I can be divided by 6

2. My digits add up to 9

3. I am greater than 450

4. The difference between my ones and hundreds digit is 1

The answer is: 504

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Balloon Rocket Experiment

Balloon Rocket

Hypothesis (What I think will happen)

I think that it won’t go really far but it will still work.

Materials

• String 10m
• Straw
• Balloon
• 2 chairs
• Sello tape

Method (What we did)

1. Tie or tape string to the chairs
2. Place the straw on the string with it going through
3. Blow up the balloon do not close off the end
4. Pinch together the end then tape the big body part to the straw with the open facing the way that there is no string.
5. What and see what happens.

Observation (What happened)

The balloon went flying because the air was all rushing out of one hole and that caused it to go flying.

Conclusion (Why I think it happened)

Because the air was all rushing out and making the balloon move.

Centripetal Force Experiment

Hypothesis: I predict that the water is going to stick to the back of the bucket. I think that when I start to spin faster and faster the bucket will get heavier because the air will be slowing the bucket and I down and that way the bucket will get heavier. 

Variables we must control: Variables Control Liquid, Each bucket filled to the second mark to ensure that they have the same amount of water. Speed, We all need to spin around about the same speed or the water will fall out if you are going to slow. Position, You need to make sure that the bucket is not facing down to the ground. Technique, Everyone needs to start and finish the same. We all need to spin the same way. 

Method:
1. Get a bucket and fill it to the second mark
2. Hold the bucket in front of you with your fingers under the rim of the bucket.
3. Start to spin nice and slow then get faster and faster
4. Watch and see what the water is doing
5. That is called Centripetal Force.

Results: My prediction was right that the water was going to stick to the back of the bucket and I was right that it was going to get heavier and heavier. All the water stayed in the bucket but when you started to slow down the water wanted to keep spinning around so there were spillages at the end. Gravity didn’t work because I thought that when we were slowing down the water was going to fall out but it didn’t. The Centripetal Force pushed the water to the back of the bucket.

Don't fall on my head water!

I am getting dizzy!

It is working!

My Term Four Report

My year so far in Room 16 by Hannah Hansen

My favourite thing about being in Room 16 in 2013 was being able to meet heaps of awesome people and having an awesome teacher.

Something I would like to do in term four is go to the social and rock ‘n’ roll.

Something I would like to do next year is get into a digi class or an Academic class. I would also like to get into some academies at Hastings Intermediate.

My dream job would be a Veterinarian.

Reading

The best thing about reading so far this year is when we got to be in Literacy Circles.

The best thing I read this year was Hatchet. I loved it because it was a really good book and doing the Literacy Circle made me think more about the book not just reading it.

This is my favourite reading blog post that I created. I chose it because  I am proud of what our group did and I really liked the book Dead Harry.

This is my favourite reading post from Lily. I think it is awesome because she added in great audio and her map of his island looks really cool.

Maths

The best thing about maths so far this year is The three chilly bins.

I was most proud of learning different strategies for subtraction. I was proud because I used different strategies that I have learnt.

This year, Mathletics has been my favourite  I chose it because I like making the posters and I find they really fun.

This is my favourite maths post from Olivia and Tracey. I think it is awesome because they have made a really good presentation.

I am really good at creating mathletics posters.

I want to get faster at my 7 and 8 times tables.

Writing

The best thing about writing so far this year is when we get to do free writing.

I was most proud of learning how to write a story from a picture. I am proud because now I know how to write a story from a picture and I am able to expand my writing.

This is my favourite writing blog post that I created. I chose it because I am proud of it and I like how I added in the Tic Tac Toe.

This is my favourite writing post from Teva. I think it is awesome because I like how he has added in the picture of Mahatma Gandhi but he made it in Minecraft.

I am really good at free writing and making up stories.

I want to get better at retelling stories from the past.

Integrated Topic

My favourite part of topic has been Rock Climbing. I enjoyed it because it was a great experience and I really like it.

This is my favourite topic blog post that I created. I chose it because I thought that it was really cool to have Henna on our hands and it was a great thing to experience.

This is my favourite topic post from Hemani. I think it is awesome because she has described it really well and she also added in the video.

School Involvement

Volleyball, Rippa Rugby, Netball, Touch, Inter School Cross Country, Inter School athletics, Inter School Swimming, Road Patrol, Young Leader, Choir, House Leader, Riverdale Exchange, Swimming training, Levin Netball Tournament, Wellington Netball Tournament, Napier Netball Tournament, Thursday Netball Tournament, Inter School Triathlon (I hope), Academic Achiever.

How I Have Shown PRIDE

Personal  Best:I show personal best in being a Young Leader,  House Leader and Academic Achiever.

Respect and Responsibility: I showed Respect when we were doing our topic on India.

Integrity: I tell the truth all the time what ever situation that I am in.

Determination: I show determination in playing sport and when I am doing something hard.

Enjoyment: I show enjoyment in everything that I do and play.