planetarium

Class Flying Straws

Room 8 created flying straws one afternoon in class and here is a short movie of some members flying thier straws.

Flying Eggs Experiment

Flying Eggs Experiment

Week Eight Group Champions

The Dorks Week 8 Group Champions

Week eight for the Room 8 Weekly Champions Sheild saw every group lead for the first time in quite a while. The Fast and the Furious lead into Friday with the Tree Stumps, T.M.N.T and The Dorks closely followed.

The Dorks had a very successful day on Friday getting the points the from the class quiz and the Leaning Tower of Pisa challenge also. The Dorks are Room 8's first ever grand slam champions this is because they have the class shield, drum and tiara.

Way to go you Dorks!

Catapults

Room 8 making Catapults

During the week Room 8 was given the chance to create catapults as a part of their science/technology build up.

The class was grouped into threes and fours and where given a set amount of equipment to make catapults. They were given:

- Black A2 paper
- 1 meter of cellotape
- Scissors
- Blu Tac
- Pins
- Straws
- Rubber Bands.

There were some very interesting designs created and some of our catapults were very successful and others were not so successful.

A lot of new skills and ideas about catapults were learnt. We has a wrap up chat about how this could relate back to our inquiry questions of "How would life be different if?" We decided that a catapult could help us to get place in a short distance quickly or over something that we could not jump on our own.

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Tree Stumps with their "Leaning Tower of Pisa."

On Friday in Room 8 the class took place in another science/technology challenge, with this one being titled the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The class got into groups of three and four and were given:

- 1 meter of masking tape
- 20 spaghetti sticks
- 4 bbq sticks
- A line of egg carton
- Some blu tac.

With this the class was given ten minutes to plan what it was they were going to design and how they would go about doing it. They then would get the equipment needed and have 30 minutes to complete the task.

They would then be judged on height and a story that they have come up with for their towers name, in Italian to realte back to our international language which is Italian.

A lot of fun was had doing this and I also believe some spaghetti eaten at the end too!

Ilminster Sports Exchange

Ilminster Sports Exchange Boys Soccer

On Friday of week seven this term Tardale Intermediate had their annual sports exchange with Ilminster Intermediate from Gisborne. Up in Gisborne Taradale Intermedaite did not achieve much success unfortunately.

Here at home, Taradale Intermediate, the competition was much closer and very exciting to watch. The Boys under 45 kg rugby team went down 30-10 on Thursday afternoon with the girls soccer team also playing at the same time gaining a 1-0 win.

With three contests on Friday morning the tie was locked up at 1-1. The table tennis was won by Ilminster 10-2 which put them into a 2-1 lead for the tie and within just one win of gaining their first ever win here at Taradale Intermediate.

The boys soccer was up next and a titanic battle took place it was one of the contests of the whole sports exchange. Taradale Intermediate boys won 1-0 after a very competitive match with both teams having chnace to take the win.

That left the tie 2-2 with the hockey being the decider. The score at half time was 0-0. just after half time Taradale Intermediate scored which put them into the lead 1-0 for the matahc and would see them win the tie 3-2. But with 10 minutes to play Ilminster scored to make it 1-1. The match ended a 1-1 draw which meant that the tie here at Taradale Intermediate was a draw and that Taradale Intermediate would hang on to thier trophy for here at home and not lose it for the first time.

A great time was had by all and congratulations to all people who helped out and took part in this great event.

Week Seven Champions

Week Seven Group Champions

With the second week of the new groups up and running could the dominate week that T.M.N.T had last week turn into back to back titles?

It seemed that this could be the case at the start of the week. However, The Fast and the Furious came chrging to the lead part way through Tuesday. By Wednesday afternoon T.M.N.T had dropped of the pace and it was a two horse race between The Fast and the Furious and the No Names.

An interesting bit of information was realised during the week aswell. Where the No Names are currently sitting no group has every won the group shield there in almost half a year.

Unfortunately this week would not change that either as the Fast and the Furious would hang on and collect their second title this week.

Well Done Fast and the Furious!

Flying Eggs Slideshow

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Flying Eggs

This is what happens when eggs don't fly!

This week as a part of our space inquiry and a bit of a lead into the technology challenge, that will take place at Taradale Intermediate in Term 2, Room's 8 and 9 tried to make eggs fly!

The challenge was to make eggs fly with out them breaking. The class was put into groups of three and four and only had this list of equipment:
- 1 meter of string
- 1 meter of tape
- 5 cotton buds
- Some scissors
- A piece of A2 paper

Some very different designs were made by the groups and when we tested for the first time we found out that the cotton buds played a big part in keeping the eggs safe and not broken. So, for our variable to be changed and making the test harder the second time around the groups had to change something to their flying egg devices and have not cotton bud in them either.

The students had lots of fun doing this and learnt about how re-entry into earth works if you are coming back from outer space.

Burns-Martin Trophy

Room 8 with the "Burns-Martin Trophy."

This week also saw the Burns-Martin Trophy up for grabs. In the fifth contest of the year Room 4 was on abit of a hot streak winning the past two contests in a row. This time around the classes were split into two and in Room 4 with Mr. Martin was a maths quiz and in Room 8 with Mr. Burns was a music quiz.

There was a bit of a concern about the questions that Mr. Burns was going to pick for the music quiz but Mr. Burns assured both classes that he is up with all the cool music at the moment.

After a tough battle and the phone call between teachers being made at 1:50 pm the sound in both rooms was very quiet. Mr. Martin told Mr. Burns that Room 8 had won the maths quiz by a very close margin of one point. Mr. Burns told Mr. Martin that Room 8 had won the music quiz by a large margin so Room 8 had won back the Burns-Martin Trophy!

When those who had taken part in the Room 4 maths quiz came back with the trophy the class had a picture taken and sung "We are the Champions" before we went to assembly.

Another great afternoon had by both classes which is always very pleasing to see from a teachers perspective.

Week Six Group Champions

Week Six Group Champions "T.M.N.T"

In week six it was the first week with the class being in new groups. A few groups made a run for the class shield but in the end it was always going to be T.M.N.T. They had started the week in the lead and bascially lead the week from start to finish apart from a late run by the No Names.

Great work T.M.N.T!

Colour Changing Experiment

Mr. Ashby Changing colours in Room 8.

Mr. Ashby

Mr. Ashby helping out Room 8 with our "Colour Changing Experiment.

During the course of the week Mr. Ashby came to visit Room 8 from Napier Boys High School. He came to us with a great wealth of knowledge on science as a whole. We learnt about how clear substances can have different colour changes when the control is the same.

This related back to our inquiry by getting us to think about how and why different planets have different colours in our solar system.

We had a great time and learnt lots of new things which has helped some of us answer our inquiry questions.

Week Five Group Champions

T.N.T Week Five Champions

The contest for the Room 8 Weekly Shield was very competitive in week 5 and was not decided until the final half and hour of the week. T.N.T became the first group t win twice this term.

In week six new groups will be formed and what groups will be successful as a group and which will take a few weeks to fire and gain continuity?

Planetarium

Last week Room 8 when to the Planetarium at Napier Boys High School. The class really enjoyed seeing all the stars and cool space equipment they was at the planetarium. The class learnt more about space and asked some very good questions about our inquiry.

Seeing the night sky was the highlight for me and watching the class understand how the night sky in Napier looks at night.

The bus ride on the double decker bus was also good fun as many of the students have not ever been on a double decker bus. A great afternoon had by all and many new interesting things learnt.

Burns-Martin Trophy

Tomorrow is Friday June the 5th and the Burns-Martin Trophy is up for grabs again. The contests will be a music quiz in Room 8 with Mr. Burns and a maths quiz in Room 4 with Mr. Martin.

The competition will be fierce but fair as it always is in Burns-Martin Trophy contests.

Will Room 4 be able to sneak away again with the trophy or will Room 8 win back what they believe is rightfully there's!

Stay tuned and we will know tomorrow afternoon.