CareerQuest

Today LS2 was learning about the Careers that we want to study and do the job. What I want to become when I get older is a Army Soldier. In this Career Quest there where 78 questions about the careers we would want to do. The results that I got we Navy Sailor, Navy Officer, Army Soldier and Air Force Airman or Airwoman. This was a really cool way to explore careers. this is the link to the website were I got my information about Careers   . 

HIIT Training

Today was our first HIIT training session for Term 3. The goal of HIIT is to get puffed-pau te hau and also to increase our heart rate. In this session we got to chose the exercises that we were doing for today. We chose to do Tap step, Star jump and High knee sprint. The two people who were leading the exercise for this week session were Matatio and Tiava. We also stood in lines of five to focus and keep in time with the people in front of us. 

Pro's and Con's

Today we had a group discussion about the Pro's and Con's of  living in a lighthouse. Pro's means positive, good, up and highlights and Con's means bad, negative, down and challenges. In the making DLO in worked Joel. W used our paper that we wrote on yesterday during our class discussion. We bullet pointed the good and bad things of living in a lighthouse. I really liked working with Joel. 

PBS Matariki Celebration

Today was the PBS Matariki Celebration were the Senior Kapa Haka group performed, Junior Kapa Haka group performed, the drumming group performed with Mr Matt, a couple girls played the Ukulele with Whaea Odie, and the Pacifica group were I performed. This celebration was a good opportunity for our school to become a Whānau. We also had a sausage sizzle with tomato sauce that Mr O cooked them for us and Mrs Whaea Odie husband donated the sausages for this day. This was really cool for me to learn more about Matariki. Thank you to Mrs Whaea Odie for this great celebration.

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.