Kemestry

Today we did a experiment with a paper towl and a testing jar, we placed the testing jar up side down in a bucket of water to see if the paper towl would get wet of corse it didn't because the air got trapped between the water and the testing jar, and that's what we learnt, that air takes up space.

Have a look on our blog, there will be photos of us trying to get the paper towels out and what the paper towl looked like in the water!!!

By Taryn Cairns.

MADE awards

On Tuesday,12/11/13, Mr W. and I (Caleb.K) went up on a plane to Tauranga for our year 6 room 9 MADE awards music video. It was at the ASB arena that could fit 600 people. Finally, they anounsed what we came, we came first and won a citificate, trophy and an iPad Mini.

By Caleb.K

Inventions

This week we have been learning about inventions in the kitchen. We had to either do a poster, a power point or a speech to present our kitchen invention. I choose to do the food processor. Here is my speech...

                                                                   Food Processor

The idea of a machine to process foods began when a french catering company owner Pierre Verdun took note on how much time his workers spent in the kitchen chopping, shredding and mixing. He produced a simple but effective solution to his problem, a bowl with a revolving blade in the base.

 In 1960 this evolved into Robot Coupe, a company made to help caters by supplying them with food processors. The food processor was then introduced to the world by an engineer who spent a year adapting to the processor before he found out how useful the new device could be.

How it works...

In the bottom of the processor there is a motor. The motor is the heaviest part of the machine. The motor holds the machine in place so that it doesn't move around a lot. Next, on top of the motor is a cover. The cover protects the motor from any food. Coming out of the cover is a vertical shaft that spins around and holds the attachments in place. Around the shaft is a large bowl to hold the food in. The bowl usually has a handle to make moving the device easier.

There are three different size bowls full, compact and mini. Full size bowls are usually attached to a more powerful motor that can weigh up to one kg. Coming out of the top of the bowl is a food tube. The food tube allows you to insert food while the machine is still in action.

A basic Food processor comes with a standard attachment, which is good for mixing. They are normally an 's' shaped blade. They are also known as the sabatier blade. The sabatier blade sits at the bottom of the bowl.

The first food processor was only white and was really heavy. But now days you can get Food Processors that are lighter and in a range of stylish colour to match your kitchen interior.

 I wonder what colour I will get?

By Omea Hall

Inventions

This is the last week for room9 and room10 to finish our inventions, some people are finished and some still have a long way to go the pressure is on it's our last chance.
When we are finished that we have to go on to industrial inventions we have three weeks to do them and then our last invention is a technology invention al of these have to be done by week8 and up to good starndards.

Jonah Lomu

This week my reading group has been learning about Jonah Lomu and his past life.

Jonah is the biggest rugby player in history. He is 1.96 meters tall, he weighs 116 kj, wears size 13 boots and can run 100 meters in 10.8 seconds. When he was nineteen he started playing for the All Blacks.

When he was 9 he really shot up and ended having to run to church because he was too tall to fit in the car with his family. When he left home he had to get a special house built for him so he wouldn't hit his head when walking through a door.

By Tane

Wintons Got Talent

On the 16th of October at  the Winton School hall there was a talent show starring the students of that school and a special quest called Skye who won "searching for stars" competition. The winners of Winton Got Talent were Kendra and Briley or Briley and Kendra. Their act was hip hop dancing and the thing that i liked about them is that they got the audience hooked.

Athens

For reading this week we have been reading an article about Athens and an ancient old building called the Parthenon. The article is written by Lynne Beaven and it is called 'ancient but earthquake proof.'

Greece has always suffered severe earthquakes but there is one building that is over 2500 years old and still has no damage done to the building by earthquakes. It is called the Parthenon and it was made for the goddess Athena. Some parts of the Parthenon are missing, its walls are gone but the damage isn't from earthquakes. They are from many years of fires, explosions during wars and deliberate removal of pieces for private and public collections.

The Parthenon was built very carefully by Phidias a very famous sculptor in Greece. To join the pillars onto the roof and floor they used iron to hold it in place and to stop the iron from going rusty and weak they sealed it with a strong lead. The lead is like elastic so the Parthenon  will sway and move during an earthquake but wont fall!

Inside the Parthenon was a giant statue of the goddess Athena made out of elephant ivory and gold. the statue was over 12m tall in the centre of the building. The statue is no longer there but some carvings and ancient Greek writing still is.

by Omea Hall