East Cape Lighthouse

 

East Cape Lighthouse

Information about the East cape lighthouse

The East cape lighthouse is located on the east coast, Otiki Hill above East Cape, North Island.

The East Cape Lighthouse stands 15 metres above sea level.

The East Cape Lighthouse is accessed by a walking track of some 700 steps.

In 1954 the light was converted from oil to diesel generate

Getting to East Cape Lighthouse

East Cape Lighthouse is accessible to the public. It can be reached on foot from the car park at the end of East Cape Road.

From the East Cape Lighthouse, visitors can look out onto East Island where the lighthouse was originally located.

Lighthouse feature: Details
Location: latitude 37°41’ south, longitude 178°33’ east
Elevation: 154 metres above sea level
Construction: Cast iron tower
Tower height: 15 metres
Light configuration: 50 watt rotating beacon

Light flash character: White light flashing once every 10 seconds
Power source: Mains electricity
Range: 19 nautical miles (35 kilometres)
Date light first lit: 1900
Automated: 1985
Demanned: 1985

Fun Fact

• East Cape was named by James Cook
• The East Cape Lighthouse was originally located on East Island Whangaokeno
• It takes 700 steps to get to the lighthouse.
• The lighthouse was first lit in 1900
• The road to the lighthouse clings to the coastline, and there are numerous sandy beaches just metres away.
• The Araroa is the gateway to the East Cape Lighthouse.
• Almost 600 visitors visited the East Cape Lighthouse.
• The St Mary's church is one of the most popular churches in New Zealand.
• February 2002 using a 50 watt tungsten halogen bulb and has a backup battery.
• In 1971 the lighthouse was connected to main power and the station was automated withdrawing the last keeper in 1985.
• April of 1922 the light was extinguished, the tower and buildings were relocated to East Cape at Te Araroa.
• The lighthouse is located in Gisborne/East Island.
• There is a camping ground which is near the east cape lighthouse.

Distances from P.B.S To Lighthouse In Time

7 h and 37 min 516 km

Nickaela: This week for Mr Johnson created a tasks for us that includes reading and inquiry. Our task was to research about specific lighthouse around New Zealand. Firstly before we went on with our lighthouses we split into 10 groups. In each groups there are approximately 5 to 6 students. Now let’s get on with the working part. After each groups were given their own lighthouse to research on, they got on working. The lighthouse that we are working on is called East Cape Lighthouse. For this task I work with Jonathan, Harlem, Sanujan and Joel.

Research about M & M's

Today in LS 2 with Mr Johnston, Mrs Meclean and Mrs Howl as our teachers we were set a challenge to find information out about M & M's. We found out 3 interesting facts about M & M's like 4, 0000 M & M's are made in one day. In the making of this slide I worked with Sanujan, Joel, Jonathan and Harlem. We were also looking for the history about M & M's like when was Mars Co. was built, how they are made, and how many is made each day. This was really fun to because we got to eat M & M's. 

Research about Geese

Today for Reading we were doing a Key into evaluation. When I finished my task at the bottom of the page there was a task set for me and it was to find out facts about Geese. In this DLO I showed a picture of what a geese looks like, a diagram of the geese's body and its parts. I shared information about what  like to eat, how they migrate each year, and how geese fly in a " V " formation. I learned a lot interesting facts on geese like sometimes how geese have a goose that is  injured so they wait until it is better and can rejoin the folk or it has died. I learned a lot of cool facts and really enjoyed doing this DLO. 

How to ride a Unicycle

Today for Reading my group was doing a Key into evaluation about different of wheeled cycles. In this evaluation we first read a story that explains how they work, what they were used for and how they were just a short craze. Did you know the different names for a unicycle are uni which means only one wheel, bi which means only two wheels, tri which means only three wheels. I learned that unicycle was a short craze but it has slowly come back because have become fond of uni cycling. I would personally not want to do uni cycling because I think I mite fall off and hurt myself. You can do a lot of really cool tricks of it and this video will help if need help. It was fun learning about riding a Unicycle. 
How to ride a Unicycle. 

Tech Reflection

Today for Tech year 8 group A went to Pewter Casting with Mr Grundy. Today everyone were starting to finish of our designs. I started of by filing the edges of my design to make the out side of it smoother and easier to sand it. After I finished using the fills I put them back where I found them, I went to Mr Grundy and I told him that I had finished filling, he told me that I needed to fill the edges and the inside a little better so I did not have lumps and bumps all over it. I finished doing it properly than I showed him and okay but there was a little corner on the design that was not cut into the wood when I cut it. So he cut the little corner into my Pewter design, when he finished he gave me a piece of grit sand paper which was the lowest that we could start with and than he could give me a higher number of sand paper even more and more the Pewter got softer. This was really fun to do but I only finished the first part of doing the sand papering. 

HIIT

Today for HIIT we were doing split squat, split squat pulse, split squat jump and star jumps. These exercises sound easy but there not. The way to know when your doing the split squat pulse is when you split squat but bounce up and down in the same put the whole 30 seconds your doing it, you can change the leg your putting the pressure on but other than that you stay in the same in spot you where in and just bounce up and down. When we did the star jumps our goal was to get the heart rate monitor  up to red, you had to jump as high as you could and much as you could. Today's exercise was really good because we all got our heart rates into red. 

Kiwi Can Reflection

Today for Kiwi Can Mr Matt and Miss Lily were talking to us about the values Accountability and Integrity. Accountability means when you take responsibility for your own actions. Values are when you have a goal that set for you that you have to follow like at PBS we have the CARE values which is confidence, attitude, respect and excellence and innovation. These are the values that the students at PBS have to up hold to. How we can show Accountability in school is by having your Chromebook charged at school, bring your P.E gear on the days you are needed to, have respect towards teachers and always tell the truth. Our energizer was called copy me, so Miss Lily started of by having a stack of cards in her hands, than we were put into four groups, after that each group chose a leader to go and get one card each we finished with an other, so when each got a card there were either numbers or letters on it like two ( 2 ) so if your group got two ( 2 ) there were things that you had to do if you got that number. My group got  two ( 2 ) so the task we were set was to run on the spot for 10 seconds. I was in a group with Magenta, Mele, Angela and Joel. We put in a lot of team work and effort. It was fun and feeling cool to do and I can't wait for next weeks session. 

Tech

Today for Tech we were starting to finish up our design and choosing who the design was for. We had four people to choose that are close to, also choose four designs for each person then we ended up with sixteen design all together. I finished finding all my designs and I choose to make my pendent for my mom. First Mr Grundy printed out my design on a piece of paper, than he told me to turn it around  hold my paper up to the light and draw a light circle around my design. After I drew a light circle around my drawing, started shading the back of my paper so I could trace it onto my piece of wood. I traced it onto my piece of wood and I told Mr Grundy if I could use the wood cutter to cut out my design. The shape that I cut out was kind of wonky but Mr Grundy help me a little. After I was done cutting Mr Grundy put the pewter into the mold that I made, he told me to stand back because if the pewter landed on me I would be in a lot of pain. After about five minutes later my design was ready to take out. I am so happy that I finish my first design. I think that group B year eight are really looking forward to next week Friday. 

Leap of Faith

My first flight

I woke up ready sore through the morning aroma.
I was ready to take a leap of faith. I spread my wings about to take off.
A strong wind rushed by me and I took a real fall.
As I layed on the grass I could see geese fly by in as skein with loud sound honking and
I wondered how they felt as they flew.
I am scared and nervous but I want to be brave. Butterflies looped in my stomach and
suddenly I felt quit queasy.
As I climbed safely in my barn and sat with a silent sigh I saw beetles scuttle by,
worms raced across the meadow,
grasshoppers leap and jumped through grass, bees buzzed from one
flower to another and other birds flew,through the trees.
I stood on a branch,spread my wings and launched myself with the a strong wind.   

As I went higher and higher in the sky. I saw the geese in their skein and I saw meadow from higher than I’ve ever seen it before. It was the best feeling in the world because I could finally feel the open air. I could feel the clouds as it touched my wing. I was strong and I was brave that is why I had the confidence to do this for as long as I could possibly do.

This week for writing we created a narrative based on Leap of Faith. In my narrative I used powerful words to make the reader have an image what I've written. We could speak to the people next to us because it would be better to hear about the other person's story. I really liked writing this narrative because I got to image that I was a owl that was about to take there first leap of faith.