Museum

The last activity we did on camp was to go to the Otago Museum. We meet up with the other groups in the entryway. Kate was our day leader. she told us to bring our stuff up to the Discovery Pad. We were so excited that we rushed down the stairs to the discovery world and we hung out down there for 45 minutes after we had done some hands on experiments about vitamin C and what drinks had the most of it out of Broccoli Juice, Lettuce Juice, Orange Juice, Apple Juice and Lemonade. We all went up to the discovery pad again to do some more hands on experiments like testing the D.N.A in a banana, testing for sugar in different types of drinks and cereal. We also did an experiment on bread, rice and lettuce. We had to pore a special scientific liquid on it. Once we had done that we went back to the vitamin C experiments. About 5:00 o'clock we had two different ladies call Alisha and Mel they were our night time watchers. The first activity we did around the museum was looking and learning about what the did to royal Egyptians. we each created a death mask and then it was time to go to bed. In the morning we went to see the butterflies and then it was time to go to Te Anau.

By Lydia, Rosie and Jessica

 

At the Butterfly Museum 

Technology Chalenge

On Thursday the 23rd, the Te Anau technology group went down to Waianawa School. The group is made up of Lydia, Lindsay, Jessica Barnes and William Hamilton. We all woke up bright and early and we meet Mrs Meffan outside the School office. When we arrived there we walked into the Waianawa hall. Inside were 24 1 meter squared 2D boxes. Our box number was number 15. For our first challenge scenario someone had fallen off a 4meter cliff and you had to make a contraption that would drop the Medicine. The challenge was called dropping the goods. We used an egg instead of medicine because an egg is also very fragile. Our parachute was amazing when we dropped it off the playground fort but on the day when we dropped it it didn't go as well as we hoped KA SPLAT!!!. Between the 2nd and the 3rd challenge we got our snacks out and enjoyed 20minutes free time to relax. Our 2nd challenge was the light house. The scenario was the light in the light house had been busted and there was a huge crack in the lighthouse so we had to rebuild it. We used newspaper and other stuff to recreate our version of a lighthouse. We had 1 minute to strategise what we were going to create then we got to work building the best lighthouse ever. We got called up to the stage to assemble the light together in under 1 minute. The judges walked around and measured our lighthouse's height and the structure/safety of our lighthouse. Our 3rd and final challenge the hardest of them all also a mystery!!!! The senareo was there had just been an earthquake and a hard log had fallen on someone and their phone had flown 6 meters behind her. Her feet are trapped so she can't look behind. We had to make a contraption that will retrieve here phone so she call for help. We had a really great time and wish we could go again. We didn't get any prizes but it was still worth the trip and experience. A big thanks to Mrs Meffon who trained us to be as great as we are. 

By Lydia and Lindsay.

Spring Art

On Wednesday we sprang into action with spring art.  This is us working on our pictures.  First we did a background of a tree or stem then we had a choice of how we made our flowers.

This is Chloe doing her spring art.

Tis is Tessa and Emmerson doing there art

This is Paige and Jessica using there fingers on there paintings.

This is Destinee,Lindsay and Samantha using craft paper.

Burwood Takahe Visit

On the 29th of July some students and teachers went out to the Burwood Takahe unit. We saw and fed the Takahe.

Helen Dodson talking to us about the incubation room.

They keep the eggs in here till they are a certain age.

They keep the eggs in here to keep them safe.

This is where they keep the Takahe when they have hatch to dry them.

This is where they use to puppet feed the Takahe chicks.  They don't do this anymore.

The stoat proof fence. Also very electric.

The Takahe coming to have their dinner. (they are the little black dots on the other side of the fence)

The Takahe eating.

Lydia, Ellie and Blake looking at the takahe eat their food.

A man talking to us about how Takahe use their beak to eat tussock.

South Spell2014

South Spell 2014

12 students from Room 12 were selected to go to the South Spell competition. We were spilt into 3 different groups of 4. There was 42 groups overall. The spelling test was divided into 10 different categories.  We were supplied with a Mitre 10 pen, some scrap paper so we didn't shout out the answer and a piece of paper to write the right answer on. Just about every parent that came offered their vehicle. We had a blast working together as a group. We were spilt apart when we got to the desks so we couldn't cheat (although we wouldn't!!). We were about a metre away from the next group of kids. The names of the people who got through to South Spell are: Lydia, Rosie, Thomas, Connor, Jessica, Esther, Tessa, Emmerson, Luke, Samantha, Lindsay, Jake. We think it's a great opportunity and everyone should try and aim to get through to South Spell.

A huge thanks to everyone who helped us.

By Lydia and Rosie.

South Spell competition

Rap - Unzel

On the 9^th of June 2014 NZ Playhouse came to present a show to Te Anau School called Rap-Unzel.  This was the same company who performed The Big Sad Wolf last year.  It followed the story of Rapunzel but they used New Zealand’s got talent and turned it into Far Far Aways got talent to make it fun. There were three 21 year olds that performed for us 2 boys and 1 girl. They had to audition to get the part they wanted. Simon Cow was one of the character’s names.  We think he was the funniest.