Week 6 Term 2.

This week on Wednesday the school held the winter games I participated in basketball. For our first game we played Mangapiko we were not playing to our best abilities as were they, We blocked and intercepted there passes and shots to keep up with them. For our next game we played Waikato and beat them by quite a lot. We beat them because they were quite clumsy with the ball and needed to work on their shooting. We once again did not play to our best abilities But were able to take out the win because we worked together and passed round the ball lots. For our last game we played our best but were unable to take the win against Waipa because they had more experienced players in there team and played as a team very well. We were unable to score very many points because they had very tall players in there team and were easily able to block our shoots and intercept our passes. Overall our house came second and are still coming second overall. This week I got another band it is my never give up band and only need about 15 more signatures till my bronze badge. This week in science We did lots more on gravity and physics also what makes a ball role. We learned about down force and if You include more forces you are able to move and stop the object If it is in motion. Adding another force is also able to start an object moving. We also learned that if the object is bigger in mass it takes more force to start and stop the object.

week 5 term 2

This week we had Mr MC Cabe for the first two days and we did a lot of discussing about zeca virus and how they are putting our athletes at risk by sending them to the Rio 2016 Olympics because sending them there is giving them a lot of a higher chance of spreading it around the world when they return home. we also talked about how the fish in the sea are not a sustainable food source because people are over fishing and being greedy also taking more than they need. They also have specific licences and when fish they are not aloud die in the trap and they bring it up on the boat they through the dead fish they are legally not aloud to have on board there ship. we also learned that the polar bears are probably going to be extinct within 20 years because of the melting of the polar ice caps because polar bears need ice to live on and are also needed in the ocean near to the main ice burgs so that if they are swimming they are able to take a break on the ice if not they will drown.
This week a few people got there silver badge these people were Arden, cheng-yu, Caitlin, rowan and hadlee, these are the first few people of the year to receive these badges I am getting closer to receiving my bronze badge and only need 16 more signatures across a variety of bands. It was also a short week because on Friday we had teacher only day and I also finished my reading and writing and also my maths. I am proud of my self for finishing my work on time. I think I also need to work on my science fair more because I have only done my introduction, aim, hypothesis, research and still need to finish the rest.