Braden's goal is to have as much fun and learn as much as I can in the time given because it is the last term before I go to high school so this may be the last time I see my class mates in years.
Kaleb's goal is to get a cup at the year 8 leaving assembly and to win the touch tournament. Also I would like to get a good report.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Lily
this term I want to find what I want to do when I am older so that I have a better idea when I get to high school so I can focus on that area of work a little more. I would also to try my best to get 100% on my math mate score.
Jasmin
This term I am going to try extremely hard in athletics because each year I have done fairly well but I would like to get 3's on at leased half of the events.
this term I want to find what I want to do when I am older so that I have a better idea when I get to high school so I can focus on that area of work a little more. I would also to try my best to get 100% on my math mate score.
Jasmin
This term I am going to try extremely hard in athletics because each year I have done fairly well but I would like to get 3's on at leased half of the events.
goals this term
Our goals this term is to be successful in the careers day
Flynn: My goal this term is to work well and effectively at the smokehouse at the Mapua wharf and listen to what my mums says and not to muck around or break anything.
Max: my goal is to obey everything that the person that is instructing me at the garage says and to not break anything at the garage.
Our Goals for Term 4
OK, well, it's Term 4! Wow! What a fast year. It's just zoomed by! This is the fourth and final term of the year. And it's only 7 seven weeks! Yeah! Joking. Anyway, here are our goals for this very, very short term:
Zarek's goal:
Make this the best term of my life, because it is my last term at Mapua School. I am devastated to be leaving. I want this to be the best term ever. And I aim to make the best out of everything. To get out of the term what I put in, which is a lot. I really have had the best education that anyone could ever receive.
Lara's goal:
My term 4 goal is to strive to be the best at athletics, and try to get into the relay teams so that I can represent the school in our Athletics day. I want to be the best because I am very passionate about sport, and feel that you should always enjoy and try your best at everything!
Jade and Dylan's life cycle
Hello and welcome too Mapua school's blog and Dylan and Jade have got a new topic for term 4
can you guess what it is ??
well we are doing CAREERS!!
We have started careers for our last term before we go to a next stage in life which is a night mare,college DA DA DA.
We are making a visual image of what we would do when we are older.
For careers day Dylan is thinking of going to an aquarium and jade is going to go to a joiner for the day.
our goal's for success Dylan's goals are to try his best to get a mental image of what he is like and to do more sports like touch and swimming
Jade's goals are to get better at swimming because he wants to go swimming in the sea and he cant swim that well yet .
can you guess what it is ??
well we are doing CAREERS!!
We have started careers for our last term before we go to a next stage in life which is a night mare,college DA DA DA.
We are making a visual image of what we would do when we are older.
For careers day Dylan is thinking of going to an aquarium and jade is going to go to a joiner for the day.
our goal's for success Dylan's goals are to try his best to get a mental image of what he is like and to do more sports like touch and swimming
Jade's goals are to get better at swimming because he wants to go swimming in the sea and he cant swim that well yet .
You only get out of life what you put into it
You only get out of life what you put into it. That is our teachers favourite motto, it practically means that you can't expect things to happen without trying, you can only achieve something if you work for it. So for us Yr 8s, this is the term to work hard to achieve our goals at Mapua school.
Emily's Goals ;
I would like to get at least three '3s' at athletics day, that is the highest amount of points you can get for each individual activity.
It would be fantastic to get good scores for my high school tests.
When I go to my work experience, to get involved in the activities and be able to do the job properly and efficiently.
Laura's Goals ;
I would love to get at least two 'excellence' in my report this year.
To get into the talent quest and come 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.
When the tests for high school come around I would be over joyed to get great scores.
To get another maths award at the awards assembly.
Well it is sad that this is the last term for us at Mapua School, but hopefully we will achieve our goals.
By Laura and Emily
Emily's Goals ;
I would like to get at least three '3s' at athletics day, that is the highest amount of points you can get for each individual activity.
It would be fantastic to get good scores for my high school tests.
When I go to my work experience, to get involved in the activities and be able to do the job properly and efficiently.
Laura's Goals ;
I would love to get at least two 'excellence' in my report this year.
To get into the talent quest and come 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.
When the tests for high school come around I would be over joyed to get great scores.
To get another maths award at the awards assembly.
Well it is sad that this is the last term for us at Mapua School, but hopefully we will achieve our goals.
By Laura and Emily
Goals For Term 4 Georgia & Harriett
Georgia's goals
This term I hope to get a better score for Athletics than I did last year. I am also really looking forward to starting our careers unit and going to the careers expo. Another thing I am excited about this term are the Whenua Iti overnight stay for the house leaders and looking forward to the Aquatic centre and rabbit island trip.
Harriett's goals
This Term I am aiming to get the most improved cup for my maths. I think I have greatly improved in self-confidence and my written work. I have been spending a lot of spare time at home (both this year and last year) going on online games and going over things I don't understand by doing more of it. I used to have to go up to the teachers desk A LOT during maths time because I could work out the problem, but now that rarely happens. It would be a really great end to my last year at Mapua School. I will have felt that I had really achieved something.
This term I hope to get a better score for Athletics than I did last year. I am also really looking forward to starting our careers unit and going to the careers expo. Another thing I am excited about this term are the Whenua Iti overnight stay for the house leaders and looking forward to the Aquatic centre and rabbit island trip.
Harriett's goals
This Term I am aiming to get the most improved cup for my maths. I think I have greatly improved in self-confidence and my written work. I have been spending a lot of spare time at home (both this year and last year) going on online games and going over things I don't understand by doing more of it. I used to have to go up to the teachers desk A LOT during maths time because I could work out the problem, but now that rarely happens. It would be a really great end to my last year at Mapua School. I will have felt that I had really achieved something.
Our hopes for this term
Isaac:
I would like to get a 3 in at least one of the events in Athletics. I would also like to get in the top 10 for the Talent Quest. I would also like to get a 2 in high jump because I normally only get a 1. In the disco I would also like to do some more of the announcing on the stage.
Owen:
I would like to make it over the high jump and get a very high score in the long jump at the Athletics. I want our band to play well at the rock fest.
Eden and Eva's goals for this term....
Eva's goal: My goal is to complete the level I am in, in chinese and to pass my exams so I can move onto the next level. My goal for school is to improve on my dance with Laura for the upcoming Talent Quest.
Hannah & Sophie Goals
Our goals for this term are to get through the class auditions and and if so do well in the big talent quest. To achieve this goal we will work hard, practise a lot and be all we can when we preform. We will work hard on our weaknesses and improve on our strenghts to perfect our performance.
Another goal we are both striving to reach is to get the the most out of the one day that we spend at out chosen work place on the topic of careers. We will make sure we achieve this goal by listening and absorbing all the needed and important information.
What We Want To Achieve This Year
Kelly
I want to improve my guitar skills so that my band and I can perform with confidence and sound good, I have lessons every Thursday at school, so this should be achievable.
I also want to achieve well academically, do my best in all subjects and improve my strengths and weaknesses.
I would like to compete in the Nelson A&P Show with my dog in the dog handling category and come in one of the placing, he knows a few tricks, but I'd like to teach him more.
Careers day is next week and I am going to Halifax, a vet in Nelson, to hopefully gain some knowledge of what it is like to be a vet and learn some helpful tips on how to become a good one.
Emma
I would like to be able to play the drums so that when the band of four that we are more than amazing when we perform.
I would also like to be a bit of a mathematician so i want to achieve as much as i can in maths and learn as much math as possible and not get board of it.
Also one other thing I'd like to achieve is that i be, maybe not the fastest but one of the fastest people in the school so that at athletics so I can be useful for the school and know that I've done something for the school
I want to improve my guitar skills so that my band and I can perform with confidence and sound good, I have lessons every Thursday at school, so this should be achievable.
I also want to achieve well academically, do my best in all subjects and improve my strengths and weaknesses.
I would like to compete in the Nelson A&P Show with my dog in the dog handling category and come in one of the placing, he knows a few tricks, but I'd like to teach him more.
Careers day is next week and I am going to Halifax, a vet in Nelson, to hopefully gain some knowledge of what it is like to be a vet and learn some helpful tips on how to become a good one.
Emma
I would like to be able to play the drums so that when the band of four that we are more than amazing when we perform.
I would also like to be a bit of a mathematician so i want to achieve as much as i can in maths and learn as much math as possible and not get board of it.
Also one other thing I'd like to achieve is that i be, maybe not the fastest but one of the fastest people in the school so that at athletics so I can be useful for the school and know that I've done something for the school
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Revenge on the Vegies
We did "Which vegetable burns the quickest?" for our science fair experiment. We decided to do this experiment because we aren't humongous fans of vegetables and we just thought we'd try and get them back for all of the times we have been forced to eat them.
Yes, we're talking to you broccoli! But we actually didn't use broccoli in our experiment. All of the vegetables that we burnt were: Onion, cucumber, capsicum, avocado, carrot, lettuce, eggplant, pumpkin and potato. We burnt them in a pan over flames. (No oil in the pan.)
The results (These are the order in which they burnt. From 1st burnt being the one that burn the quickest and 9th burnt being the one that took the longest amount of time to burn):
1st Burnt = Lettuce
2nd Burnt = Capsicum
3rd Burnt = Eggplant
4th Burnt = Onion
5ht Burnt = Cucumber
6th Burnt = Avocado
7th Burnt = Potato
8th Burnt = Carrot
9th Burnt = Pumpkin
We found out a lot of things including that lettuce was the vegetable that took the shortest amount of time to burn and that pumpkin took the longest amount of time to burn. We found out that capsicum and eggplant skins are similar than we thought they were. And we also learnt that what is inside the avocado is oil, not water or juice.
our partnership was one thing that worked very well. We both co-operated and helped each other. Another thing that worked well, and payed off, was how the science board looked. We received a lot of compliments about the look and colour of our science fair board. And people could tell how much effort we put in to make it look all flash and pretty.
We found that getting everything done on time was quite a challenge. We only had a few days to run the tests, type up the information and border it and tape it onto the board. But it was worth it in the end.
Yes, we're talking to you broccoli! But we actually didn't use broccoli in our experiment. All of the vegetables that we burnt were: Onion, cucumber, capsicum, avocado, carrot, lettuce, eggplant, pumpkin and potato. We burnt them in a pan over flames. (No oil in the pan.)
The results (These are the order in which they burnt. From 1st burnt being the one that burn the quickest and 9th burnt being the one that took the longest amount of time to burn):
1st Burnt = Lettuce
2nd Burnt = Capsicum
3rd Burnt = Eggplant
4th Burnt = Onion
5ht Burnt = Cucumber
6th Burnt = Avocado
7th Burnt = Potato
8th Burnt = Carrot
9th Burnt = Pumpkin
We found out a lot of things including that lettuce was the vegetable that took the shortest amount of time to burn and that pumpkin took the longest amount of time to burn. We found out that capsicum and eggplant skins are similar than we thought they were. And we also learnt that what is inside the avocado is oil, not water or juice.
our partnership was one thing that worked very well. We both co-operated and helped each other. Another thing that worked well, and payed off, was how the science board looked. We received a lot of compliments about the look and colour of our science fair board. And people could tell how much effort we put in to make it look all flash and pretty.
We found that getting everything done on time was quite a challenge. We only had a few days to run the tests, type up the information and border it and tape it onto the board. But it was worth it in the end.
Science Fair
This term we have been working on the science fair.We split into groups and decided on what we will do our project on.We decided to do a test on model boats. After we tested them we found out that Owens boat design worked the best in wind, Dylan's boat design work best in waves and Jades boat design work best in calm waters for a long time.
Black, White Or In-Between?
For the last few weeks, the whole of Mapua school has been doing science experiments for the annual Nelson Science Fair. Here is our story:
We (Kelly, Eva and Emma) decided on doing our experiment on chocolate!!! We surfed the net looking for some ideas and found the one we wanted: Which cadbury chocolate flavour is the best to use when modeling chocolate?
Once we had our question, we started to think of how we would judge the chocolates and what method we would use. We came up with three categories for testing- Fastest to Melt, Fastest to Set and Best Looking.
We then decided that our method would be to put a small plastic bowl in a bigger plastic bowl fill of boiling water and time how long it takes the chocolate to melt. We then would put the melted chocolate into the chosen moulds, place it in the freezer and time how long it takes to set. And finally, we would judge the appearance of the finished chocolate by looking at the outside, and then cutting it in half and looking at the inside. We rated the appearance out of 15.
We found the averages of all the tests (we did 3 tests for each chocolate in each category)
and then figured out the overall winner. The winner was dark chocolate, so if you are ever modeling chocolate, then use dark because it is the best thing when it comes to the easiest and best looking chocolates!
Although we didn’t make it into the Nelson Science Fair, we had a great time working in our experiment, and we definitely enjoyed eating it!
Although we didn’t make it into the Nelson Science Fair, we had a great time working in our experiment, and we definitely enjoyed eating it!
TO RISE OR NOT TO RISE?
We have spent this term completing some science boards that we displayed at the school science fair last Friday with the winnners going through to Stoke Science Fair which is held at the stoke Memorial Hall and all the schools around the region compete in. We did our science display board about which type of yeast makes bread rise the most. We had three different types of yeast Edmonds Surebake, Edmonds Active and Tasti yeast. The best yeast turned out to be the Edmonds Surebake the second best was Edmonds Active and in third place was the Tasti which turned out not very nice and it didn't look nice either. We found it a bit difficult having a limited time to complete our experiment but we managed to do it and only missed out by one point on getting through to the Stoke Science Fair.
By Georgia and Harriett
Who needs soil?
For the past few weeks Room 11 has been working on the Mapua School Science Fair. We got into groups of three or two and each worked on our chosen science project. Our group, Emily, Jasmin and Eden worked on the project 'Who needs soil?'. Our question was 'What substance can watercress grow in other than soil?' and our hard work paid off, our group got into the Nelson Science Fair! We were so proud of our effort and determination, (in the class we were the second ones to finish!).
Some Like It Hot!
About 5 weeks ago laura and I decided on what we were going to do for science fair. Our amazing idea was What temperature out of boiling water at 9o'c warm water at 50'c room temperature at 30'c and ice cold at 10'c would keep a cut flower alive for the longest. Laura and I decided on this experiment because we thought it would be useful to know if there would be any way of preserving cut flower for longer. For the experiment we had 12 plastic cups 3 for temperature, we put 1/2 cup of water into each cup and then put 1 daffodil into each , we then changed the water every day at 10.20 am to heat it u or cool it down again. The results were that the boiling water killed the flowers within 4 days, the warm water killed the flowers within 5 days and so did the room temperature but the ice cold water kept the flowers almost perfect until the experiment was over. We found out that the reason the boiling water, warm and room temperature killed the flowers more quickly was because it excites the oxogen and lets it out while the waters boiling so there is not enough oxogen for the plant to survive. Laura and I think that we did quite well on our project and we really want to find out more about why there is not as much oxogen ing boiling water as cold. BUt overall Laura and I had a lot of fun doing our experiment and we can't wait until next time
By Lily and Laura
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