Experiment 1: Magic Milk

Materials:

1. Food Colouring
2. Squirt of Detergent
3. Saucer
4. Eyedropper
5. 50 mls Milk

Method:

1. Pour 50mls milk into the saucer.
2. Drop food colouring in different spots of the saucer.
3. Put some dish soap into the milk.
4. Observe what happens.

Hypothesis:

Rhonda: I think that the colours will be mixed in together.

Soane I think when in put the three colours into the

milk nothing will happen but when we put the

detergent in with milk and the colours, the colours will spread.

Results:

Rhonda: My hypothesis was correct because the

reaction that was caused with the milk and

detergent made the colours mix together.

Soane: My hypothesis was correct. I saw that

a tiny squirt of detergent will cause a reaction with the milk.

Colours added into different corners of the milk.

Detergent combined with the milk and the food colouring.

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord!

The Feast of Christmas and the Epiphany! - #2

The Feast of Christmas and the Epiphany!

Christmas around the world!

Learning Intention: We are learning to investigate Christmas around the world and I chose to investigate Canada.

Last day of tech!

Today the Year 8’s from Saint Patrick’s School went to Pakuranga Intermediate for Technicraft.

The art room smelt like paint because there were different coloured paints poured out  on the pieces of paper where Mr.B was standing. We all began by talking about tones because we were going to paint our city landscape with the paint we wanted to use into light, medium and a dark colours.

Mr.B showed us how to make a tone with the colour orange. He took two scoops of orange with his paintbrush and placed it with the white paint colour and mixed it all up. It gave us a light orange. He painted one building. Then he added another two scoops of the orange colours to the same mixture so that it would give a bit of a darkish colour. He painted the second landscape. He mixed another two scoops so that the orange colour can become even more darker. The buildings were shaded with light, medium and dark colours of orange.

The skills that I learnt in art is how to blend colours together and what tint and tones are. Tint are colours that are mixed in with grey to become a dark-ish colour. Tones are colours that are mixed in with white to become a light colour.

Astria: Prompt 3

On a scale of 1-5, how successfully did you problem solve with your partner today?

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate a 5 because I was communicating very well with my partner and it was very easy to work with her. I would prefer that it would be better that we worked alone because it was very easy to work with a partner and it would be better to work alone so that it can be a bit more challenging. My partner and I managed to complete two of our missions and we had had a lot of fun problem solving together.

Astria - Prompt 2

Top 5 things to let you know if any news information you read is fake or not.

1.Check other news articles

You will know if a news article is fake by searching for other articles on the internet and checking if the news you have read is the same with the one you have searched up.

2. Sources

The article can be fake if the person who wrote it doesn't say where the article came from or who wrote it.

3. Spelling

Check if there are any spelling mistakes or if the sentences does not make sense. If this does happen, the article can be fake.

4. Sketchy Articles

If an article does not have enough evidence to backup their information then the article is fake.

5. Recycled News

You will know if the article is fake when you read some articles of the same event and one of the article has a change to it, it means that the article is fake.

Astria: Prompt 1

A student in another school has recently blogged that:

“Students don’t learn much playing this game called Astria – Countdown to Impact: Their time could be better spent doing other things”.

Do you agree, disagree or partly agree/disagree?

I disagree that student's don't learn much from this game because this game helps us to read more, problem solve and it helps us to think critically about the problem we are solving.

Mission Day Advertisement!

For Mission Day our Face Painting group made some advertisements 
that we sent to the classes at Saint Patrick's School, to convince 
them to come and get their face painted. 

Kauri Dieback!

New Zealand Regulations for Taking Shellfish!

Duffy Assembly!

Sacraments of Holy Orders!

Sacraments

The Vocation Of Marriage

What does God desire for his people?

The Earth's Spheres!

Atmosphere

The Atmosphere is the gases (Air) that is

surrounding us.

Biosphere

Biosphere is all the living this that is

surrounding us. Including Trees and Plants.

Hydrosphere

Hydrosphere is the part of the Earth

where there is water.

Geosphere

Geosphere is land and all the small minerals.

Site

Sunlight

This is probably the most important need for

all living organisms, because it is the source of

all energy. It also provides heat for plants and animals

Water

Water is the medium in which living cells and tissue

work. Water is also a living environment for many

plants and animals

Air

Air is made up of several gases, but the two mos

t important gases are Oxygen and Carbon dioxide.

Without oxygen, animals will die, and without

carbon dioxide, plants cannot survive.

Food

Living things need energy for function. Energy is needed

to grow, reproduce, move, and to work. Think of what will

happen if you stayed for three days without food.

The Earth’s Spheres Biosphere, Geosphere,

Atmosphere and Hydrosphere all work

together to create an ecosystem, including

Forest, River, Grassland, Tundra, Desert and

Taiga. These ecosystems are all made up by the

Earth’s Spheres.

Called For Others!

A Pilgrim People!

Ecosystem!

My First Roller Coaster Ride!

Title: My First Roller Coaster  Ride

Orientation It was sunny morning. As I jumped out of bed and looked up at the ceiling I felt a cold shiver run down my body. I felt terrified and excited at the same time to ride on a roller coaster, it was my first time after all.  I was 10 years old, and was finally tall enough to meet the height restrictions for the ride. My Dad took me and my sisters to the Fair and we all waited in line.

Complication At that time, I was imagining riding the roller coaster,  a terrible thought washed through my head about vomiting. I couldn’t take my mind off that, so I tried to think of something that would help me not to vomit while on the roller coaster, but it also did not help me. I felt very distressed and helpless, I did not know what to do. This was a big problem for me. My face turned red and I began to feel really hot because of the stress that I was in, I knew from past experience that feeling like this was probably going to MAKE ME SICK!

Resolution It was almost time, there were only a couple of people in front of us. Looking at the roller coaster, I had butterflies so I asked my sister’s, “Could you give me some tips to help me not to stress out”?. They told me that the best way is to try and relax but to also have fun at the same time. It was finally our turn, I climbed into the chair and I sat down, Then off we went. I felt very relaxed. As I breathed in Whoosh! The air made my whole body shiver, running past my face and my ears almost like I was making a funny face. I felt a bit dizzy, But it didn’t ruin my fun.   As we came to the end of the ride, I quickly got out of the roller coaster.   I raced to get a drink of water just in case I was going to vomit, but it turned out for me that I didn’t vomit at all.

Ending I was so happy that I finally took a chance to ride on a roller coaster. I can’t wait for another chance for me to take another ride -  so that I would be able to get used to riding on a roller coaster.

Natural Resources!

New Zealand To Ban Plastic Bags!

Walht: Express an opinion.

A Pilgrim People

The Water Cycle!

Personal and Private

Blog Post Entry

Blog Post Entry!

Malo e lelei! My name is Rhonda, I am a Year 8 student from Saint Patrick’s School. It is now Term 3 and in a few weeks I will be a past student of Saint Patrick’s School and i’m looking forward to attending Tamaki College as a Year 9 student in 2019. My favourite sport to play is Rugby and Netball. My favourite colour is Blue and my favourite artist is XXXTentacion.

Please follow my learning journey.

The Assumption Of Mary!

Learning Intention: Recall the life of Mary and explain about the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.

Farmers Sheep

I began by adding 3 sheep's on each corners. Then I separated each sheep and added it to each square. I had to rearrange all the sheep's formation so that the farmer would be able to see all 25 sheep from each window of his house.

Problem:
A farmer can see nine sheep if he looks out of any of his four windows. His wife buys him a new sheep. Which paddock would the new sheep can be put in so he can see nine sheep from each of his window.

What does God desire for his people?

Accidental Plastics

Names Jesus was known By

Scripture Reference	Name
John 6:35	The Bread.
John 41	I am the Samaritan woman.
John 48	God is Love.
John 8:12	The Light.
John 9:5	The light of the World.
John 10:7	I am the Gate for the sheep.
John 10:9	I am the Gate.
John 10:11	I am the Good Shepherd.
John 10:14	I am the Good Shepherd.
John 10:36	God’s Son.
John 11:25	The Resurrection and the Life.
John 14:6	The Way, Truth and Life.
John 15:1	The true vine.

Stone Cottage!

Candle Observation

In our science class, my partner Faith and I did an experience that included heat energy. Each table were given a candle, matches and a wet table cloth. First we wiped the table with the wet table cloth so that there won’t be any stains on the table if the candle tips over. Then we lit the candle away from our body so that we won’t burn ourselves. We had to observe the colours and the heat that came out from the flame that was lit.

Magpies

These magpies are described to be the most smart animals in the world. Most magpies are found in parks, gardens and trees. Magpies are well known for collecting shiny objects to decorate their nests. Magpie has a long pointed beak, rounded wings and long wedged shaped tail.

Walht: Take a photo and write a description about that image.

Pentecost!

Open and Closed Questions!

Walt: Identify open and closed questions

Open Questions	Closed Questions
How do you play tennis?	Do you like tennis?
What do you think of play wheelchair tennis?	Is Wheelchair tennis fun?
How fast can you go on a wheelchair?	Have you ever had an accident?
What’s the best thing about playing tennis?	How old do you have to be to play wheelchair tennis?
Who can you plays tennis with you?	Is there other sports that include wheelchairs?

Open questions are questions that has a
long explanation to that question for
example: What are the rule of play wheelchair tennis?
Open questions provides us with more information.

Closed questions are questions that only have
answer to Yes or No for example: Can you swim?
Closed questions provides us with less information.