Reading

Today I have been doing reading and the book is called olly's new bike and the book is from Melissa Leighton and we had to answer some questions about the book and had is when I have done.

Describe Olly’s personality

He was ungrateful at the start then when he got his new bike he felt happy and excited.

How did Olly feel when he got his new bike?

He felt amazed

Why did Olly feel like this?

He felt amazed because it looked new.

Predict what would happen if Mohamed hadn’t moved in next door. Olly would not have a bike that looked new and be sad all day.

I also did a task and this is what i have done.

I hope you enjoy it.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

On Tuesday we had to watch a video and fill out a sheet with questions about the Tiriti of Waitangi.


The Maori population in the late 1830's was about 10,000 - 70,000.

The two main reason for the drop in population was diseases and wars. 

The name of the main settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand at this time? You need to give the Te roe Maori and the English name of the town, Russel the  Maori name for Russel is koroareka.

The rangatira and missionaries unhappy with what was happening in the town was The British were taking over and there was unfair trade.

The New Zealand company, what were their plans for new Zealand edwars 

Science growing seedlings

Today we were working on our DLO for Science hurumanu. We had to grow a sunflower without soil and this is a image of it.
I made a slide to. It had question that my group had to answers.



This is the slide:      

Simple to complex sentences

Today we have been working on Simple to complex sentences for practising for wright assessment on Wednesdays to help improve our writing so the sentences are not boring.

Simple to complex sentences 

The dog ate.

The dog ate sadly. 

On Thursday the dog ate sadly.

On Thursday the dog ate outside on the grass sadly.

 On Thursday the dog ate outside on the grass in the ice cold sadly.

Science, hurumanu,

Definitions!!

Hi readers today I am going to be telling you about the document we did about definitions!
We got given 5 definitions then we had to say what it means.

here is mine:

hurumanu science-definition

1. Anemometer

Measures the speed of the wind, gas, or any current.

2. 
   Beaufort wind scale

Measures the wind speed

3. Python

It’s similar to a hurricane.

4. Monsoon

A Monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region.

5. What is it when the weather is really nice then turns to hail fast?

forms when thunderstorm drafts are strong enough to carry water droplets well above the freezing level. It’s a Hailstone

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Hurumanu - Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS   

1.   Sellotape  
2. pencil
3. pin
4. 2x sticks
5.   x4 cups
6. sticky note

STEPS

1. Sellotape both cups at the end of the sticks.
2. Sellotape the sticks together to make a cross.  
3. Pin the centre of the cross to the rubber of the pencil. 
4.  
5.   
6. 
   

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper ( watch)

• Counter

• Recorder ( Chromebook or refill )

• Anemometer Manager ( Anemometer)

• Wind Manager

Instructions:

• Go to the measuring place and set up your wind gauge.
• Make sure everyone in your group is ready to start their roles.
• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.
• Count the number of spins in 15 seconds.
• Record it on your chart.

FINDINGS

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	20
2.	Old J Block site	15
3.	Grass hill in the quad	10
4.	Tennis Court gate	3

• USING A4 PAPER DRAW YOUR RESULTS ON A GRAPH.
• TAKE A PICTURE OF THE GRAPH AND UPLOAD IT TO YOUR BLOG

WHICH IS THE WINDEST AREA AND WHY?

WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY?

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL?

1. The field is the windiest as the cars come past and make a lot of wind plus its a big space.
2. The Tennis court is the calmest as its all fenced off and there would be very little wind.
3. The best place to build a windmill would have to be the old J block site because people won't be over there most of the time and it's also out of the way of the children

CONCLUSION:

Wind

Beaufort Wind Scale

Beaufort Force	Wind Speed (KPH)	Spins	Indicators	Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0	0-2	0	Calm; smoke rises vertically.	Calm
1	2-5	10	Shown by the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	The wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.	Light
3	13-20	80	Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.	Gentle
4	21-29	130	Raises dust and lose paper; small branches are moved.	Moderate
5	30-39	190	Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.	Fresh
6	40-50	250	Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.	Strong
7	51-61	320	Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.	Strong
8	62-74	390	Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.	Gale
9	75-87	470	Slight structural damage.	Gale
10	88-101	550	Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.	Whole gale
11	102-116	640	Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.	Whole gale
12	117 or more	730+	Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.	Hurricane

Based on your findings what was the Wind Speed and the Beaufort Wind Force for each area.

	Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	80	13-20	3
Old J Block site	60	6-12	2
Grass hill	40	6-12	2
Tennis Court Gate	12	2-5	1

CONCLUSION:

This week I learnt how to make a wind gauge.

we found out that in the field's wind speed is 13-20 kph.

we also found out that the old J blocks wind speed is 6-15 kph.