Lakes high school visit

Yesterday we year 8s visited Lakes High School for high school options. We did lots of activities  but my favorites were gym because we played a game called pirates and the aim of the game was to run around the gym on the yellow lines and in the middle the was a mega tramp with a mini tramp leading on to it with climbing walls all around the gym and if you got tagged by a pirate you were out. Science was pretty cool because we put dry ice in a film canister, turned it upside down and it blew up. Also we dissected a deer's eye ball  and blew up deer lungs, it was AWESOME!!!! And last of all we had cooking  and we had to make chocolate and we dipped biscuits in chocolate and covered them in sprinkles.We also did maths, french, japanese art really enjoy lakes high and hopefully that will be my high school.

Devon sports exchange

On Monday the 2nd of september Devon intermediate in New Plymouth came up to mokoia intermediate for a sports exchange. It happens every year and each year we fight for the Richard Thomson cup, there are seven sports and whoever get the most points wins the cup (this is mokoia scores). The scores were: for netball year 8 B team won 28/12, year 8 A netball won 39/8, basketball won 68/26, girls soccer won 1/0, boys soccer won 1/2, year seven A netball won 28/5 and rugby we lost 68/23. They stayed here for three days and I took a billet his name was Roan. So I am really happy that mokoia won the cup.

Storm breaker quiz

Excitement level graph for storm breaker movie

This is our excitement graph we did for the storm breaker movie we watched and we had to fill out a sheet every 10 minutes and rate it on our excitement level

storm breaker

Storm Breaker

Standing on the roof of a deadly fall sail threatens to shoot Alex Rider. This is a movie we watched on Monday 1^st, it is an exiting move but it was kind of obvious of what he was going to next. The book wasn’t as cheesy as the movie and I am going to tell you why.

The characters are Alex Rider a 14 year old boy who has been recruited for the MI6 team. He has a house keeper named Jack who looks after him. Ian Rider is his uncle who was a main spy for the MI6 team he sadly gets shot in the end. Sail is an evil person who creates the new storm breaker computer but the people who have one don’t know that there is a virus in it that will release it and kill everyone who has one.

Alex Rider is an ordinary school boy who becomes a secret spy. Jack has been living with Alex for 7 or 8 years. Sail is a millionaire because he creates computers but this time he has made one that should wipe out everyone who has one. Ian Rider is Alex’s uncle and Alex thinks that he works at the bank but he lied and he is actually one of the MI6 best secret spy’s.

My favourite part is towards the end when sail threaten to shoot him until a helicopter comes and a person inside it shoots him and he falls of the building and splats on the ground.

I recommend this movie who are adventurous people who like spys

I hope you enjoy this movie and overall I thought it was awsome

General knowledge quiz

What make good directions

Yesterday we were in groups of three and we had to make an obsticale course. Were blind-folded and we had to guide each other through the obsticale course and we wern't allowed to tell them what was comming up,so here is what makes good directions:

Clear words
Either say "one step or one pace".
Dont be silly or may cause injury.
Be specific.
Be accurate
Suit their age.(use simple words for young kids)

Paper plane graph

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Respect

This is a diagram i make about respect.

The origanal

The Original

This Plane has been our favourite for years it is the best plane ever! You will definitely LOVE it!

What you need?

      

 An A4 piece of paper

Instructions:

            Fold the A4 piece in half (landscape)

2.           Unfold the paper then fold the corners inward to the half way crease

3.           Fold the pointy end down till its 2.5 cm away from the bottom

4.           Flip the paper over then fold the top corners over like step number 2

5.           Fold over so the edges are even push hard so its creased

6.           Fold the top part over to make the wings

The part where you put your fingers should be 2.5 cm away from the wings

7.           Optional: Fold up the wings a little bit

blobs in a bottle

This week we have been making lava lamps in  test tubes in science class. We put a quater of water in the tubes and then filled the rest up with oil and added food colouring and it mixed with the water in the bottom. The reason the water was in the bottom is because oil is lighter then water so the water stays in bottom. Alker selza doesnt react with oil so it just sinks to the water and fizzes up. The bubbles bring  food colouring up and makes it look like a lava lamp.
from Jake

The Hatchet

Over the first term we have been reading a book called the hatchet. It is all about a boy named brian who was visiting his dad in Canada when his plan crashed into a lake in the middle of nowhere. He makes a shelter, catches his food and leans to fight for himself. He is lost in the bush next to a lake with a dead pilot still strap into the plane. He finds the survival pack, finds an emergency beacon and calls for help. He gets home safely and lives a happy life.

Norm Hewitt

Yesterday (26 march) norm Hewitt came to our school and talk to us about his life and about animal cruelty on behalf of the SPCA (Society for the Prevention on Animals). He is also an ex-all black the best rugby team in the world. It was well worth going to, he inspired me to follow my dream and never give up.

Jake

camp poem

In front of me I see a row of native trees.

In the distance I see a great thick forest.

Above me I see the great burning sun as it beams down on me.

Below me I feel the hard ground as it scratches my legs

I can hear the vehicles way out in the distance

I can smell the fresh air as it fills my nose

I can tastes the crunchy sand as it gets stuck in my teeth

It makes me feel like I am free boy.

Jake Johnston