Leo's name day

On Friday I went to Leo's name day which is a Greek tradition for when you celebrate the Saint of your name eg Saint Leo. After dinner we went outside and did fireworks them went home by then it was 10:15.Then on Sunday Leo and I went to our school gala and bought lots of stuff.

Vex

My favourite thing to do at school is vex because at the moment we are making a robot to enter in a competition to win more vex.This is what vex is if you don't know.

The learning pit

The learning pit is a mental pit and you thrown into with any hard challenge.Here is a graphic design 

  

Term 3 holidays

In the first week I went to a vex robotics holiday program which was epic because my team built a really cool robot that scooped up the balls and put them in the cage in the back.In the second week I went docking with my cousins on the lease.

Gri11s Awesome trip to The Mind Lab

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Yesterday (Tuesday) our class traveled to Wellington(Petone) to go to The Mind Lab to learn about  3d printing,robotics,stop motion animation and circuits.Here are some photos from the day.Ps you might want to have a look at our class blog for more photos.  csnsgri11.blogspot.co.nz

Making the cars with a fan motor

Me doing some 3d printing (left)

Week 5 procedure writing

How to make colourful
homemade candles

Materials:Wax,Wicks(one for every candle you make), crayons(any colour you prefer),popsicle stick(to stir),a paper cup and a glass  

Firstly The first step is to peel the paper off your crayons. You can either use a knife or soak the crayons in water for easy peeling.

Secondly, fill a paper cup with wax and microwave for 1 minute. Give it a stir and microwave again in 30-second intervals until wax is completely melted.

Thirdly,pour a thin layer of wax into the bottom of each glass and place the wick in the center leave it to harden for a while.

Fourthly using one crayon per colour, fill a paper cup with wax and top with a broken up crayon. Microwave for 2 minutes and then in 30 second intervals until completely liquid. Let cool for 30 seconds or so and pour coloured wax into the glass. Let the first layer dry for 20-30 minutes.

Fifthly repeat step four until colours are up to the top of the glass remember to let them dry in between layers.

Sixthly light and enjoy!

(This it what the end product should look like or similar)

My holiday in New Plymouth

For the holidays I went to New Plymouth and here are some photos

Robo cam 2.0

For integration we had to come up with a product that is not currently available on market so we came up with based on the idea of swivel (above) to make available for to put wheels on on it and make it go up in the air on Pistons.

My highlight of the term

My highlight of the term was the VEX research here is part of it:

Dear Mr Kennedy and Miss Holder,

Kids and Teachers at CSNS have discovered an awesome building toy called Vex. This letter is to persuade you to give us $400 so we can buy the Vex super kit and the Competition   Add on kit so we can set up a Robotics club.

What is VEX?

VEX is a building toy, like Lego, but with a twist. It’s a robotics kit! Pretty similar to Lego Mindstorms EV3 you build creations with motors and a computer so they become working robots.

Why do we want VEX for School?

VEX will help us understand complicated mechanisms and help us design future creations, similar to this Gumball machine which Ben (A member of our group) Designed and built. This skill is very handy because at CSNS we don't get taught that often, and this will help us later on in life if we want to be engineers. You would need to problem solve to manage to build a working robot It will also help people if they want to be computer programmers, because you program the robot brain.   

Is Vex Good Quality?

If you are wondering "Should I give us the money or not because Vex might be poor quality?" Then we have the answer for you.

We have researched the two most popular Robotics kits “VEX” and “EV3”. If you search "Vex Vs EV3" you get awesome comparisons, and they turn out pretty much the same quality, however VEX is a lot cheaper.

What We Will Do With VEX  With VEX we will build some awesome mechanisms, and in the end we will enter a VEX competition where robots battle in tasks such as this VEX challenge video.  We might even build a Rubik's Cube Solver!!!

Survey:

We did a survey and asked 31 kids, a mix of boys and girls mostly year 6 but a few year 5s, and 99.58% of Boys said they would  learn with Vex, and 90% girls said they would learn with it.  

What we want:

We only want 2 packs, the The Vex Super Kit and the Vex Competition Add-on Kit. Altogether it's only $400, so we are hoping you can give us the money!

Here is a presentation for evidence showing some complicated mechanisms we have made before.

If you need more info please contact us in GRi11. We look forward to hearing from you with your response.

Yours sincerely

Sam

Ben

Matty

Thomas

Josh

Planet models

For learning this week one of the tasks was to  make a model solar system out of stuff

Saturn info report

Saturn

My prior knowledge:

Saturn is the second biggest planet in the solar system.

Saturn is one of the 3 gas giants(Uranus,Saturn and Neptune).

Saturn has many moons

It has rings made of rock and ice

My questions:

Why does Saturn have rings?

What is the climate like on Saturn hot or cold?

Can you stand on the surface or will you fall through?

How long is its orbit?

Who found Saturn?

What's Saturn  radius?

How many moons does it have?

Saturn was first spotted in 1610 by Galileo Galilei shortly after he had built his telescope.Saturn is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium and gets hotter the deeper you go in it but there is no physical surface.

Saturn rings which are the main feature are slightly less than 15 km thick it is though they are made up of small rocks ice and dust all almost orbiting Saturn as if Saturn is a Sun!

Saturn's average climate is -178 degrees Celsius so it is a cold planet.

Saturn compared to is only slightly smaller Jupiter is nearly the same but Jupiter is the king of the cosmos.Saturn's rings appear moving but it's not the planet orbiting  it's the solar wind getting up to 1800 km an hour! That's the force of a hurricane wind✖️18. Saturn is the lightest planet in our solar system it is even lighter than water.

Homework week 9/10

For homework we had to design the karaka block (part of the school)

The finished car

The finished car!!!!!'

Animation inquiry

https://goo.gl/7wq2Wu

When we presented this to the class I played the 1 of the 3 of schools electric gutairs as backround music

Knex in our class

At wet lunch my friends and i built a massive Knex car that even has a handbrake.

Gri11 sing Happy

GRi11 Song 2015 : Happy

It might seem crazy what we’re about to say…

With two groovy teachers  - learning’s cool each day...

We are -  GRill kids that will go along way…

Managing learning in our own way...

               

                

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like Grill’s the place to be

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like learning is what you see

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you love to learn with Mr R and Miss G...

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like Grill’s the place to be

In Gri11 we can learn anywhere,

We don’t have to sit  - in a chair,

We have the King of sport and the Queen of songs

Making learning fun- all day long

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like Grill’s the place to be

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like learning is what you see

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you love to learn with Mr R and Miss G...

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like Grill’s the place to be

Can’t bring GRi11 down

Can’t nothin

Bring us down

We’re up to high

Can’t bring GRi11 down

Can’t nothing

Bring us down

Can’t bring GRi11 down

Can’t nothin

Bring us down

We’re up to high

Can’t bring GRi11 down

Can’t nothin

Bring us down

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like Grill’s the place to be

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like learning is what you see

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you love to learn with Mr R and Miss G...

 In GRi11 we’re happy

clap along if you feel like Grill’s the place to be

Can’t bring GRi11 down

Can’t nothin

Bring us down

We’re up to high

Can’t bring GRi11 down

Can’t nothing

Bring us down

CHORUS (first 4 lines)

Second four lines

Fast track

Fast track is how we do our work In GRi11 the URLS are there as proof we have done or work

What I like to do part 2

I like to play guitar because it is fun and you can get into a band

Managing our own learning

Photo writing

Title:

Text type:Narrative

Thomas was on the navigation hunt at the edge of the gorge he was expected to find the Orange onion aww man he said as found a concrete circle in the middle of a pond he couldn't  see the bottom he jumped straight Into it as he expected it was well over his head and freezing cold he keep swimmer down and down then felt the Orange onion in his fist then.swam up.He broke the surface of water gasping for air.He had done found the Orange onion he was the winner of $1000 dollars continued......

Our New timetable

A solution to our computers going flat

Cross country Writing

Cross country narrative

I was running the yearly school cross country for college street school currently coming first then suddenly...A Tiger that had escaped from the local zoo charged straight at me dodged and fell into a deep pool of sticky mud I flouncing in the mud for a bit the managed to pull myself up and finished the race I came 2nd as one person passed me.When I got home mum asked what place I came second I said I got stuck in some mud for a while then came second.

Qr code matrix

  This is our matrix you scan the ar codes and it comes up with our learning.

Digital citizenship in grill

Grill Album cover

For homework we had to disign a album cover for our grill song.The instruments represents the music talent in grill.

What I like to do

I like to play minecraft because you can build anything and it can be used for learning

Free writing

Writing: Free Writing

I ran round the gate and onto the last paddock before the finish then...Out of nowhere a massive mud pit covering the whole path I didn't have time to slow down I ploughed straight through it oh oh that wasn't the best idea I slipped and fell face first into the brown sticky mud.I heaved myself up and continued towards the finish line came second so I only lost one place which I was pretty happy with.

Argument Writing

Dear Mr Kennedy 

I think that kids in GRi11 should be able to manage their own learning to  prepare for intermediate and high school.

we should be able to work where ever we want because if you're stuck with someone annoying you can't move somewhere and you will get distracted and not finish your work.

You can also work in groups and share your work and thinking with others. Some people like to work at desks and some like to work under desks so if we are allowed to sit where ever we want and people will be be happy.

If you walk around GRI11 there will be people working everywhere and they are all on task.

Yours sincerely Matty

Grill graphic disign

This is the Grill graphic design that I made

ANZAC Day graphic disign

Introducing Matty

Hi this is me