Small but playing Tall

Sharing our Personal Success Stories....

For the first three weeks of term 1 our topic was on Success. We looked at the steps to achieve success, successful people and our own personal success.

In Term 3 last year I was terrified of playing rugby at Tamaki Intermediate School because I was afraid of being tackled. I plucked up courage and went to practice and that's when I got better and better.

My confidence was back. I was asked to play rugby and the next thing I was on the team. Mr Utanga was very helpful as a coach. He kept telling me what I was doing wrong and continued coaching me.

Then we had a rugby game and I was one of the best players. This surprised me because I thought I would fail.

Mr Utanga put us into positions and I was brave enough to challenge the other teams. My position was hooker and my number was two, the same as my brother. This meant that he could help me play better.

The tournament came up and we were very excited. Unfortunately no other U45Kg teams showed up and we ended up playing Ripper Tag with the U55Kg Sylvia Park team and it was not good.

At the end of the tournament I felt great because I had improved heaps and Mr Utanga was proud of me. For a small girl like me, I was awesome. Yeah!

This is my success story.

E Z Boys Softball Tournament

On Tuesday 28 February 2012 Tamaki Intermediate School hosted the Boys Softball Tournament. It was a home game for us. Yr 7 and Yr 8 boys from the schools in our area participated in this tournament.
At 9.00am all the schools arrived here at our beautiful school. We lined up on the netball courts and the first game started at 10.00am. The first school we versed was Bailey Road. We were anxious to play our first game and we managed to beat them by 5 points. Next we played Panmure District. They were good but not good enough for “TAMAKI INTERMEDIATE”. We beat them 7 nil. After that we played Parnelll District and that was a win for us again. All the games were played for twenty minutes.

After Parnelll we challenged Churchill Park but sadly we lost by five points. That was the only school we lost against. Then we got a twenty minutes break before we versed St Heliers and that was a win for us again. The score was an amazing 4 nil.

We played the finals against Churchill Park but unfortunately we lost. Overall we were placed second. This was a great achievement for us because we had improved from last year. We were rewarded with hot chips by Mr Furuvai.
That was the best day for me because I was part of this victory.

My Netbook Experience

When I received my net book I felt like I was on top of the world. I just could not wait to use it and I felt it like it was telling me to turn it on. After Mrs Sigamoney finished talking about the care of our net books we went through the steps on how to log in. Then we looked at the different features on net book. We all had to take a screen shot of ourselves and that was so cool. Later we got to do our first piece of writing. No more books, yeah! We all had a good first day on our net book. It was fun and this net book will be a great learning tool to help with our education.

My First Netbook Experience

Room 8 sharing their netbook experience.....
When I received my net book I felt like I was on top of the world.
I just could not wait to use it and I felt it like it was telling me to turn it on. After Mrs Sigamoney finished talking about the care of our net books we went through the steps on how to log in. Then we looked at the different features on net book. We all had to take a screen shot of ourselves and that was so cool. Later we got to do our first piece of writing. No more books, yeah! We all had a good first day on our net book. It was fun and this net book will be a great learning tool to help with our education.

Don't stop believing

Room 1 have made this movie and had fun filming it. We liked the title because we believe in ourselves.

Gravity and Weight

Gravity is a force that pulls everything towards ear Gravity make it seems as if things always fall downwards. Gravity holds us onto earth and stops us fying off into space.

We carried out an experiment using the following material:

*stiff card

*pencil and crayons

*scissors

*small coins

*glue

*stick

Procedure

1. Draw 2 copies of a bear on stiff card ( 10cm from top to bottom and cut them out.

2. Decorate the shapes so that one is the back of the bear and the other is the front.

3. Stick small coins on the back of the paws of one copy and stick the undecorated side together with the drawing side.

4. Balance the bear's nose, hands downwards on the end of a pencil.

Observation
We observed if the bear balanced on the pencil.

Result

The bear did balance on the pencil because the weight of the coins made its nose the centre of gravity.

Young Scientists

….Water Displacement....
Are water levels affected by objects of various mass?
INTRODUCTION
Water displacement is simply when something (e.g. a block) is put into water and the water level rises. This is because the block is taking up space, and the water has to move somewhere, and the only place to go is up.
Required materials:
*Glass jar with a lid
*water
*Bucket
*Pen or pencil
*Journal to record results
Step-by-step procedures
1. Fill the bucket with water so it's about three-fourths full.
2. Make sure the jar has its lid attached. Place the jar into the water. What happens? Write it in your journal.
3. Now, slowly push the jar to the bottom of the bucket. Look at the level of water on the side of the bucket. What happens? Does the water level rise or fall? Record the result in your journal.
4. Remove the jar from the bucket and fill it completely with water. Secure the lid on the jar. Place the jar back into the bucket of water. Does the water level rise, fall, or stay the same? Record the results in your journal.

We placed different objects with different weights and recorded it.
Result: The sealed empty glass floated in the water and the water level remained the same until we pushed the jar to the bottom of the bucket. The water level increased and almost filled the bucket. Then we filled the empty glass jar with water and placed it into the water. The jar sank to the bottom almost instantly and the water level rose. So are water levels affected by objects of various mass...? YES!
Conclusion Before we filled the jar with water the weight of the water was heavier then the empty glass jar causing it to float. When we filled it with water it became heavier and sank causing the water to rise.