RESILIENCE

Resilience is a quality that allows someone to stay strong and keep trying when things get difficult.  

As part of homework, Room 10 have been investigating people in our lives and history who have been resilient.  Each morning the kids present a news report sharing how these people have been resilient.    

Here's a few pictures and short video clips of our presentations.

 

  

The Resilient Anne Frank

Haere Mai

Muritai recently officially welcomed new staff members and new children to the school.  Here' s few clips of the Powhiri and Haka.

Enjoy...

SCIENTIFIC T Bag Rockets

WE HAVE LIFT OFF!!!!

After only launching 1 out of our 6 T-Bag Rockets on Tuesday, Room 10 put their Science Hats on a tried again.  

A few of the children believed a longer t-bag would make a difference...and it did!  

5 out of our 6 rockets flew up to 3 metres high.  

One rocket fell over and smoldered on the ground.  (See video below)

We think the rocket that tipped over didn't fly because the hot air escaped out the bottom and simply burnt on the launch pad.

Callan problem solved at home by using a different type of t-bag and succeeded in launching his rocket, but was unsure how or why it flew.  (See video below)

Callan's T-Bag Rocket

After changing the size of the t-bag and testing our new theory, we discussed the results and concluded that hot got trapped in the bottom of the t-bag and forced the smoldering t-bag to launch into the air. 

 We are learning that SCIENCE TESTING is all about only changing one thing at a time in our experiments so we can see what makes a difference.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE SCIENTIFIC ACTION.

Rocket Science Has Begun!

To celebrate Science week we tried out our new Rocket Launcher.  

 We were expecting big things when we read the instructions and it said we needed 150 metres of space.  So Mr Ray trotted down to the Rugby Club to test it out when no one was around.

 It looked the part - aerodynamic, menacing and well designed.

 It had clear instructions - we needed to fill the rocket 50 - 70% full of water...

 

 ...and pump, pump, pump,...

 

...stand back...

 

...then pull the trigger!

 It turned out the goal posts 100 metres away was a bit ambitious.  The rocket only flew about 10 to 20 metres, much to our disappointment.

 This poor result required a few of the teachers to put the SCIENCE HATS  on and problem solve.

What went wrong?  

It turned out the pump was faulty and leaked air so the bottle couldn't get enough pressure to launch into the air far enough.  

So for today's launch we upgraded and used Mr Devonport's bike pump which worked better...

...but still not as we'd hopped.The the rocket flying between 20 and 30 metres horizontally.

What next???  Heavier nose cone?  Less  or more water??  

All in the name of Science!