What I think about being a year 9 next year

Next year I will be becoming a year 9 in Hornby High School and so far im pretty nervous.

Being a year 8 is pretty hard but now that I think about it being a year 9 means more responsibility and a lot more work to do. Being a year 8 has been a challenging road so far

and I have learnt so many things over the past two years at this school but now that it's only a few more days it gets a little more tough to think what it's gonna be like next year because there has already been so much stuff going on right now it’s like the days have gone past like a wave at a beach. 

Negative side of being a year 9 next year would be a lot more studying and a lot more class to go back a forward from. Also the amount of people that think your still a year 7/8 only because of your height or the way you look.

Good side of being a year 9 next year is that there are so many more opportunities that you can do and so many more things you can accomplish just by not giving up on yourself. I have given up on myself so many times this year and without my friends being there for me I wouldn’t be here right now my friends gave me happiness when there was only sadness,my friends gave me light when there was only darkness. My friends have done so much for me so I am so glad that I have them by my side, otherwise I would never be able to do the stuff that I want to do in life. I have already chosen my subjects that I am wanting to do and I think they can take me certain places in life.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is that I kinda am excited that I'm gonna be a year 9 next year but im also pretty nervous for the things that could make a lot of challenges but challenges are good in life, especially in school.

I would say that the biggest challenge in year 9 would be studying my oldest sister went to this school and became a prefect at year 13 and she told me that year 9 is one of the hardest years of them all apart from year 11 year 12 and year 13 but she has made sure that I stay on the right track as her.

My dad would probably be my biggest supporters and he has taught me so much stuff and I hope that by the end of next year I can make him so proud of me and make him even more happy that im his daughter. My dad is my best friend and in fact he is my hero he has supported me through so many tough times and we have gone through so much together and I'm so happy hes my dad.

I have gone through a lot of stuff this year as in referrals and suspensions but I know that every single one of them I have learnt from the mistake and I am sure that I can prevent them from happening again if I try hard enough. I also know that if I try hard enough to be the best me I can do anything I put my mind to and that I can have even more things that I accomplish.

If I could do anything in the world to redo this year I would but all my mistakes allow me to learn from them. 

My holiday fun

These holidays were so fun. I have just come back from the holidays and i'm already to see my friends again.

In the first week of the holidays on a Wednesday I went to willow bank for the whole day and it was so fun I got to feed all the farm animals , the fish and the eels. When I was feeding the eels there was this one eel that would pounce out of the water and try and steal the food from the spoon.As we moved on we saw about five family's  of ducks and it was so adorable.Each time we went past a big bird my sister and my dads girlfriend would start screaming because they thought that the bird would attack them so my dad and I would have to be a shield for them so that they wouldn't be scared I thought it was kinda funny how they thought that a bird would just randomly attack them.

four days after we went to willow bank Alla , Dani , my dad and I went to Akoroa and went to go see the Akaroa ferry but sadly we didn't get to see it because it had already took off but we did get to go down by the beach and skimmed some stones on the top of the water. I finally learnt how to skim a rock. after we did that we went down by a fish and chip shop that also sold hot chocolates and all types of coffee and milkshakes. I got one hot chocolate and one scoop of chips. we than headed off to go back home but stopped off at this beach that was very dangerous but very beautiful at the same time. the waves there were so big you could almost surf them if the beach wasn't dangerous.

We then took off to go back home but we were stopped again because my dad had this amazing idea to go catch some geckos. We then started to go hunting for some geckos. We didn't take them home with us our dog would probably eat it. We did catch some geckos but we didn't catch it by it's tail.

Facts about animals

Two days ago Sh and Ts went to Orana Park and each animal we saw we learnt some facts.

Here are some facts that we all learnt about the animals...

1. Giraffes have 3-4 stomachs
2. Giraffes fight with their necks in fact some giraffes break their necks by fighting
3. A giraffes kick can kill an animal by its kick such as lion/lioness
4. When a lion gets fixed it will not grow a main
5. Markats always have someone on guard to see if there is any danger
6. ONLY the alpha male and alpha female merkats can have babies and if any other merkat has babies the mother gets kicked out and the alpha male and alpha female kill the baby
7. White rhinos were named vight rhinos but an English man said white rhinos
8. Rhinos use anything to shape their horns so they don't grow down
9. When a cheetah is sleeping a lion/lioness will steal its food
10. There is only one more black rhino in the world
11. The colder the temperature is the more lizards there are, the hotter the temperature is the more male lizards there are

I liked going to Orana Park because I got to see animals I don't see in my everyday life.

I also liked learning all these new facts about all these different animals it was amazing.

Here are some facts about what climate change can do to some animals...

1. With the Rhino's because they always eat grass if climate change destroys the earth that means there will be no water going on the plants which means no grass so all rhino's will die out
2. If deforestation continues giraffes will have no trees to eat off
3. The hotter the earth gets the more male lizards there will be and soon there will only be male lizards in the world and they will all die out because they can not reproduce more lizards if there are no more females   
4. Gorillas love to eat plants and climb trees but if all the trees die because of no water of we break them down then they won't have much food to eat and they won't have fun in their lives
5. With the Kea's people are feeding them junk food like their donut that fell on the ground and fish'n chips which can kill them but also will teach them to just fly over to some humans and they will give you some food but if no one gives them food they won't know how to feed themselves and they will die because of lack of food

I would say the 3 things I enjoyed about the trip was 

Seeing the animals,

Being outside with the nice sun on my skin with the wind on my face,

And learning new facts I never knew about all these different animals and how the world is affecting their life.

Here are some photos of us at Orana Park...

Our New Kahui's

This Monday which was two days ago the year 7 and 8 class's moved into their Kahui. Sh and Ts are now in the same class which is definitely a change. Sh and Ts are in the far one right next to the auditorium so when there is a Hui or junior assembly we won't have to be late and we could be the first class there.

Each Kahui has it's own name they are...

Mohua , Riroriro , Tieke

Our one is Tieke.

When I walked into our new building I saw... 

A lot more light in all the rooms than I normally see in a classroom. In my old classroom the only light was from the lights but now the main light in all the Kahui's is from the sun itself.

When I walked into our new building I thought...

That everything looked the same it was hard to remember where about's all my class's were. there were so many things to see in this new building. Now that I am in the new Kahui it's a lot more different and a lot more big than my old classroom.

When I walked into our new building I felt...

A lot less bunched up in this small classroom. For me I can't be in a room with too much people but now that we have moved into a bigger and brighter classroom I can feel a lot more free to breath and not think about the amount of people in the room.

I think that the down side of these Kahui's is that the amount of electricity in each room such as the amount of lights and the amount of T-V's in each room. In my classroom there are three T-Vs and 15 lights.

What I like about these new Kahui's is that for the T-V's there are lights at the back of each T-V.

I also like how at the front of the Kahui's there is a massive play area for everyone to hangout. There is this massive grass area that has a small hill that you could roll down if you get board. I normally hangout on the courts but now that all the Kahui's and play area are open me and my friend's all hangout in the new play area just next to the small hill.

I think that it took just around 6 - 7 months to finish the play area and the Kahui's.

The process of it all was spectacular and to me was kinda going slow but now I think that it finished just in time for the school holidays so who ever was building this are able to have some fun with friends and family over the holidays instead of doing work.

Than and Now

9 years ago I was this little girl dreaming of

being a mermaid princess.

I thought of the ocean water in my face and all the

sea creatures talking to me and me talking back.

I loved

plants mainly hydrangeas flowers. I loved climbing

trees and looking above at the sun as it shone in

my bright blues eyes. The rivers and lakes clear as rain drops. Animals 

enjoying the fresh air and living happily ever after

New animals being found that no one new before.

That was all about to end…..

I soon see plants dying in the garden, trees dying

right in front of me.

I always thought life would be a miracle.

I thought life would be a place of peace.

 Trees and plants is not the start there is a lot more….

Heat waves start and destroy everything Storms

start destroying houses no cities. Animals start dying.

Deforestation begins and never ends. Rubbish destroys the ocean and kills animals.

Pollution in the air. Kids dying of diseases. No clean water. 

It's like we are the devils of this earth that are destroying everything and making it a living hell. 

We can make a change if we try hard enough.

“We love the world”

“Save the turtles”

“We can make a change”

I hear all of those sentences everyday but no one saves the turtles, no one helps other people love the world , no one tries to make a change,

I have had enough of sitting on the bench watching

everybody litter, everybody sit and watch people die and

animals die. Let's make a change, I'm 13 years old and I will make a change I will try

everything in me to make a change here's hoping

you are ready to make a change with me.

Kids are wanting to live up to their dreams they can’t

if the world ends, they can’t if humanity dies out.

Work together.

I don’t just believe in myself but I believe in every single one of you.

My Nana once told me to keep on smiling because

one day it will shine brighter than a star well if we work

together our hard work could save the earth.

Documentary

Today we had to watch a movie about climate change. It was just around 1 hour and 40 minutes.
I think that the main thing that surprised me was that he talked a lot about the future and today.
The main thing that exited me was that he also travelled around the world to ask what people thought about what is going on today and what they want in the future.I think that the main thing that worried me was that it hurt me how bad the ocean levels are rising just because us humans are being selfish and we are destroying the world.
The name of the person who did this movie is Damon Gameau.
I think that the two things that I learnt about this was that the amount of crap in our oceans are hurting/killing sea creatures and are making some animals that we don't know about go extinct.
I also learnt that we can change the world if we try hard enough.
What I would like in the future is that there isn't much rubbish in the world and we don't have to kill animals for meat.

Solar Energy

Climate Chaos

Title	Solar Energy
Aim	To see what color attracts the sun's heat
Hypothesis	I think that the silver and black will attract the sun’s heat more than the other color.
Materials	1x sheet of paper 1x white Styrofoam cup Clear cup with black plastic wrapped around Black paper 1x sheet of tin foil Tin foil to wrap around a Styrofoam cup (or get a silver cup) 1x Heat lamp 1x Thermometer ¼ of water for each cup Timer
Steps	collect the materials set up the first cup by putting a piece of white paper on the table and putting the white cup on the sheet of paper set up the black cup by getting a piece of black plastic putting a clear plastic cup in the middle and putting a piece of black plastic around the cup set up the tin foil cup by putting a piece of tin foil on the table then putting a tin foil cup in the middle of the tin foil set up the heat lamp get the thermometer from your teacher/parent get water from the teacher/parent and put it in each cup just around half a cup in each start recording  once you have heated it up for 15 minutes put the thermometer in the water for 1 minute after 1 minute in the water take it out and leave it out of water for 1 minute do the same for each one once you have done all the 15 minute ones do it for the 30 minute one and do the same thing with the thermometer as you did with the 15 minute do the same thing with the 45 minute one with the thermometer
Data/Findings	It got a lot more hot as the timer went off each time and over time I started to wonder what it’s like in outdoor pools.
Conclusion	At the start the water was 16'c  and then the water started rising as you can see on the tally. My group and I all think that the reason why the water temperature rise went high is because we were using a heat lamp and we were sitting under a heat pump. In hot places like Australia they do the complete opposite instead of painting their house black because they know they will get really hot they paint their house white.

Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Aim: To find out which colour attracts the suns heat.

Hypothesis:

Materials:

1.  3x cups
2.  Water
3.  Tin foil
4.  1 sheets of white paper
5.  1 sheet of tin foil
6. 1 black plastic bag
7. Thermometer
8. 1 heat lamp
9. rap the cup on the black plastic bag in  little bit of black plastic
10. 
    

Steps

1.  collect the materials
2. set up the first cup by putting the piece of white paper on the table and putting the white cup on the table
3. set up the black cup by getting a piece of black plastic putting a clear plastic cup in the middle and putting a piece of black plastic around the cup
4. set up the tin foil cup by putting the piece of tin foil on the table then putting a tin foil cup in the middle of the tin foil
5. set up the heat lamp
6. get the thermometer from your teacher/parent
7. get water from the teacher/parent and put it in each cup just around half a cup in each
8. start recording 
9. once you have heated it up for 15 minutes put the thermometer in the water for 1 minute
10. after 1 minute in the water take it out and leave it out of water for 1 minute
11. do the same for each one
12. once you have done all the 15 minute ones do it for the 30 minute one and do the same thing with the thermometer as you did with the 15 minute
13. do the same thing with the 45 minute one with the thermometer


Which surface conducts / attracts the most heat?


Here are some photos of our experiment.

Findings:

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16'c	16'c	16'c
15	18'c	19'c	19'c
30	19'c	24'c	20'c
45	20'c	29'c	35'c

Conclusion:

At the start the water was 16'c  and then the water started rising as you can see on the tally. My group and I all think that the reason why the water temperature rise went high is because we were using a heat lamp.

Ella West

Today the author of Night Vision "Ella West" came to Hornby High School to tell us some facts about her book and some facts about other books she wrote. Here are. some facts we learnt...

Night Vision

• The girl in the book has a genetic disorder called EXP which means that the girl can only go out side in the dark because if she goes in the sun her skin will blister and burn and can give her skin cancer.
• The girl in the book witnesses a murder.
• There was a massive car fire which was the way the murder happened.

Here are some facts about Ella West.



Ella West was born in Invercargill. When she had read her way through the children’s library she used her older brother’s card and began on the adult section.

She intended to study science like her brothers at the University of Otago but a drama camp she went to when she was fifteen made up her mind to persuade her parents to let her study English literature instead. She completed a BA at Victoria University.


Night Vision.





Rain Fall.

Science Water cycle

Here is a little experiment I did with my class about the water cycle.
I enjoyed this because it is always fun to do science.
I love doing this stuff because I can always learn more things about life its self and how many things you can do and you can learn so many things that are man made.
hope you enjoy.

Title	Water Cycle
Purpose	The water cycle
Materials	1 large Plastic zip lock bag Vivid marker 2 drops of blue Food coloring  1 cup of water
Steps	Get 1 large plastic zip lock bag Get 1 vivid marker for writing Write the five scientific words with the vivid(Evaporation , condensation, Transpiration , run off , Precipitation Carefully open the zip lock bag Carefully put 1 cup of cold water in the bag Carefully put 2 drops of food coloring so you don’t put more than 2 drops and so you don’t get it on your clothes Close the bag carefully so the water doesn’t come out of the bag Carefully tape the top of the zip lock bag onto a window in the sun so that the experiment works.
Conclusion	What I think the outcome is: I think the outcome is that the water cycle would start over the time of 2-3 days What actually happened: It started after 3-4 days and worked pretty well a lot better than expected.