The Sprint

"Junior boys relay team lane 7". As everyone took their places I thought about how well we would do if we didn't give up or even not letting the fear of not succeeding overcome us. All the boys looked very agile and fit but I didn't make that let me down."Take your marks  Get set  GO! Everyone tries their best but we are amazingly coming first! "Go Reremoana" I hear people cheering in excitement from the sideline. As the pressure rises the intensity of the race increases while the race gets closer. Screams get louder and my turn is getting closer by a few meters. "Go go" shouts my team mate. I hold the batten firmly and get a pulse of energy flowing through my body. Wind passes my face like a cold winters breeze. The opponent catches up slightly and I give it all I got. Against all the counties teams we ended up placing 2nd. We celebrate our placing among ourselves then we hear that we have qualified for AUCKLAND CHAMPS!  

Why you should play a sport

Rugby League, Soccer, Basketball, Touch and many more sports are main aspects of keeping yourself healthy. Do you see all those sports stars on T.V how they are fit and healthy? If you want to be like the sports players and maybe one day play on the rugby field you should read this interesting blog post which will inform you about all the advantages of playing a sport.

Sport can brighten your dull life, it always gives you something to do whether it is a game or training. You will never ever get bored again because basically there is no end to the unlimited fun you can have with your friends. The more sports you play the more fitter you will be and you will grow to be a more sportier person. Did you know that if you are fitter you will feel and look better and yes you will get all the girls!

Friends can be a big problem to most people if they aren't fit. Sport can help you connect with other people and it can also make you all different friends. Friends that you make while playing a sport will impact on the performance your team makes. Everybody likes each other everybody are friends your team and your team will always play well. That means you will always want to play since you have friends you have someone to help you in the times of struggle and someone to help when they need it most.

The best advantage of playing a sport is that you can be healthy and feel good about yourself. I know you wouldn't be happy about yourself if you couldn't even sprint 100 meters. That could all change in a instant if you play a sport of your choice and in no time you could be the new Usain Bolt.

Sports provide physical activity, a good way to let out all your energy it also is a fun experience and a good experience also an opportunity to compete. All the skills you learn from sports help you to develop many skills that you can carry throughout your entire life. 

For more information on sports go to the sports NZ website here.

Why you should buy the iPod touch

Have you ever wanted to find an easier way to enjoy all of your songs without complicated buttons that just get you nowhere? Or even make the most of stunning HD rentina display applications from the app store? Well, wait no longer your solution has come the iPod touch!

I have had many experiences that just blew me away with the iPod touch. To prove my statement is true I've decided to interview a year 8 and a year 7 who own a iPod touch and these are my results.

As you heard from the recordings the two students they both recommended iPod touches and they enjoy using them. They both had different opinions about them having a better experience with another device. They had positive feedback on the iPod. Even after a long time they still enjoy it lots.

The iPod touch was created by a really creative and successful man Steven Jobs. He started the company called apple which basically changed the way we think about technology. All of his creations even the iPod touch was really astonishing. If you think about it apple changed boring MP3 players that only play music into outstanding creations that can do more than play music but have a touch screen and play videos, browse the web and many more.

The main objectives in the iPod touch are mainly handy. Camera - Enjoy every moment of your life with this. Take photos wherever you go and have the quality HD. Face time - Keep in touch with your friends on Face time. With this you can video call a friend over wi fi just at the touch of the screen. Messages - It's just like having a mobile phone in your pocket so you can easily text any friend of yours. App Store/ iTunes - This is where all the magic happens download any app from a - z and play it running smoothly and fast.

Have a think about it after reading this blog post have I convinced you to buy this product? I have had many cool and awesome experiences with my iPod touch now I want you to have the same. Thank you.

Apple's latest iPod touch ad.

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Movie World!!

Have you ever wanted to go to a place where you can enjoy the extremely awesome thriller rides , or even enjoy a extraordinary 4D movie? Well the place where you will be able to enjoy these things and many more is called Movie World!

This wonderful place has loads of excitement to offer. Are you a big fan of batman? Movie World has many of these rides which you will enjoy! One of these rides is called Arkham Asylum. This ride has a top speed of 85kph! Only the bravest batman fans can ride this as Joker tries to infect Gotham City with his most terrifying monsters. With the Joker on the loose villains like Harley, Quinn or even Killer Croc  can easily take over Gotham City! Only you can save Gotham.

There is another ride that I enjoyed which was called the Super man Escape! Metropolis is a nice place until bang disasters everywhere but wait it's superman here to save the day! You are stuck in the subway until superman zooms you out to safety! This ride was one of my favourites!

Interested in fear falls? The batman space shot will be one of the fastest thrill rides you will ever experience! This ride takes you 60 meters high at the power of 4.5gs! You will have frizzed up hair after that ride for sure!

Movie World is located in Australia, Gold Coast.

Movie World is a wonderful place for a holiday with the family and many people will enjoy it! For more information click Movie World for all the other rides!

BY MATHEW

Soda and Mentos

We had all heard or seen what happens when you mix mentos and diet coke.
We wondered if this would happen with any other sodas.

This was also a good way for us to learn how to link research and background information to our science experiments.

First we did this by looking at the information on this wikipedia page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke_and_Mentos_eruption

Then we made our hypothesis and made sure it had some of the background info that we learnt from our research or from looking at the ingredients in the bottles.  Here are our hypothesis.

We tested Schwepps Raspberry, lime and lemon, Sprite Zero, Diet Coke and Regular Coke. Here's what happened;

After thinking about our results we linked our research and background information with these and came up with our analysis and conclusion.  These ones below were some of our more effective ones.
They were more effective because they;

• included the results
• talked about their feelings on the matter and the science involved
• linked it back to the hypothesis
• used the science they learnt from their research to comment
• put in ideas for further experimentation and wonderings.

When writing your analysis and conclusion in your science fair it would be a good idea to include these things.

Latham;
Sprite zero came first, diet coke second, regular coke third and the schwepps flavours last equal. I wonder if it was because the sprite was mixed after the other drinks? I wonder if it would make a difference if we used a whole pack of mentos for each drink.

Vinnie:
I was very disappointed because I was looking forward to the big explosion but it was pretty small.  I think this had to do with the kind of bottle or because the drinks were not that cold. Also, I was wrong about my hypothesis and was pretty surprised when the sprite had a big explosion.

Mathew:
When we did the experiment I was quite shocked that the sodas didn't go as high as I would've imagined. I was expecting the diet or regular coke to win from what I have researched. The schwepps drinks did not go extremely high because I think the amount of Co2 which the mentos pores had did not have enough to catalyze. I was kind of expecting the sprite to go high because of the lack of sugar in it and the amount of carbon dioxide. I thought the schwepps wouldn't make an effective explosion because the have more flavour than fizz.

Caitlyn;
The sprite zero was the biggest to explode, 2nd was the diet coke and they were the drinks with the least sugar. So to conclude I think the less the amount of sugar the bigger the explosion.

Rubana;
The diet coke came second and the sprite came 1st. I think it was something to do with the amount of sugar in the drink.  Next time we should try a different variety of drink or putting it in different temperature, making it hot or cold. Also, maybe the amount of fizziness that came out of the schwepps was different from the coke brands and sprite. The schwepps ones also had different bottle shapes.
 

Good Morning Show #2

The last of our Chalk Portraits

After all the rain and all the other excitement in Room 13 we finally got the rest of our chalk portraits done.  Our display is going to look awesome when they're all up.  Make sure you come into the classroom to have a look :D.

Mrs. Clarke