Revision of all technology classes

This year was very fun and my classmates and I were one of the

classes that went to tech. My first class was science with Mr Sharma

and Dr Jannie Van Hees. Although it was very boring it was very

fun to experiment and discover new things slowly. One of the things

we have learnt during our time there was plastic. Dr Jannie Van

Hees told us that just because everything is plastic some plastic

are different there are some that can be recycled and some that cannot be recycled. It was very fun to learn that and we hope

in the future that I could learn a lot more when I take that class next year

This year the year  7 & 8 went to Tamaki College, I was

in the hard materials group.

when I got their Mr Grundy sanitised our hands. Then

we went inside the class. First we had to talk about

finishing our hard materials before we leave.

After talking about hard materials we all got started into your work.

When we finished talking about our hard materials we went to the

table our work was on and got our box.

The box had our final drawing of our pewter then we

had to write our names on the

board then we had to wait until Mr Gundy called

out our name. When you put your

name in the board that means you are stuck and you need help.

When we get called out we have

to give Mr Gundy our pewter and he'll tell us that

we have to make the sides

smooth so what we did was to Make a good pewter casting necklace.

So we have to write my name on the MDF, Secondly

you turn your

drawing over and roughly mark where it is. There after you put the pencil

on the back of your final drawing. Then you place your MDF under your

drawing. Carefully trace your final design,pressing on it

quite hard. your design will

have transferred to you MDF. Using the scroll saw to cut

out the shape from the MDF.Mark

up the outside pieces. Ready for shaping on the sander.shaped an

ready for pouring.Putting the three pieces together and holding firmly.

Melting the pewter.Then Mr Gundy was scraping off the

oxide layer of the pewter. After Mr Gundy started pouring the

pewter in the moulds.Then we have to take the cool pewter casting

out of the mould. Then we have to cut off the sprue with a junior hacksaw.

Then we have to drill the hole into the cast with the beach top pillar drill. After

that we have to clean up the edges of the drilled hole. Using the needle files

to get a great finish on the edges.Hold the work in a beach vice for areas

that need more filing. Getting a good finish...Grits-180,400,1200,.. got to

get that great finish. Using a 1200 Grit with water. Then we have to 'wipe

off the grit. Then Mr Gundy uses the buffer for a good finish. There after

Mr Gundy starts to do the polishing with  Brasso for the final shine then

we add a clip to make it as a necklace. I really enjoy making the pewter

casting with Mr Gundy because it shows we lots of different things. I have

made a cross but it aint really done yet because I still have to sand paper

it and then I have to polish it. But at the end of this week I would like to be

up to polishing it so then on the last week I only have to make the hole so

the clip can go in it. The photo up top is what I am doing in Mr Gundy's

class I really enjoy it. I hope to go back there one day. For a fact I will

be in his class next year 

During the last rotation at technology in robotics we had to

make a figure of 8 using the

m-bot before move onto a bigger map. It was very funny

for me today because I had

complications with not only one but two m-bots.

When I put my code on the m-bots it will do

something else from what I coded. I liked my first one better because

when we went to go and try it, it was just going back and forward.

Using my 3rd m-bot I finally finished the

task and that was when the class had to log out of m-bot maker.

I really enjoyed it at tech with my class mates. We

finished the day at technology with a cartoon

theme game of kahoot, Tatai, Aria and I came

3th because we where working as

a team. I really hope we can go back into

that class next year. I really enjoyed it 

Thank you Tamaki College for this amazing opportunity, we have learnt

so much from all you wonderful teachers. All our student loved

coming to work with yous. Hope to come back in the future. 

PAT tests

 So this week we were doing our PAT tests and and we had to do all of them. We did maths, reading, vocabulary and we did writing this week too. While we were doing out tests we had to e quiet so that the others can concentrate. When we were done we had to find out what our scores well for readings I had a stanine 4 and for maths I had a stanine 5 Although its not bad I am still so happy because I tried hard.

Technology Week 2

 So today my class and I went to tamaki college for tech and I was in robotics. It was a bit boring but I had to deal with it so it was so suffocating but luckily we had to do some work instead of listening to my teacher talking a lot. For class we had to code and we started coding our mbots to move around and so it was very fun because we get to see the bots move around and do circles around. We had to code on mblock and plug in the mbot in our computer and start coding and then we press go to make it move. It was so fun to see the bots move but so boring to code the bots to move. When we finished we had to put the bots back and then we pack up and then head out to the bus and away we went and we had fun doing the bots and  coding them.

Cline

So today my classmates and I were doing reading and for reading we were doing a cline. A cline is choosing one word and trying to find greater synonyms. To make sure people viewing my blog knows what it means, I had put some images that matches the word I have chosen for my cline.

The 1st Three Days Of Lockdown

On Wednesday 12th August my siblings and I were getting ready to go school. Until our parents told us that we have lockdown for three days.  My parents told me to go and get ready because we are going to buy some things. So we got ready and headed on out. I was still so tired but I slept  in the car. When we arrived we were waiting n the car because my parents had to go and buy the things we needed. When they were finished they put the things in the back we went and drive. While we were going we stopped at the bakery to grab some food and then went to the dairy to grab some drinks. We were just about to go and visit my nana but the road was too busy so we went home. When we arrived we started to do homework and I felt all refreshed and comfortable. 

Beirut Explosion

 

So earlier this week there was an explosion at Beirut,

Lebanon's capital city. 

The explosion started on tuesday evening. 

The explosion which was not supposed to be in 

Lebanon has erupted quite powerful. 

The explosion started off as a fire in the building 

until there was a 

bomb and that bomb was so big that 

several people got injured and passed away. 

The Beirut community is now looking to find the victims 

that have got hit 

and are still alive or injured by 

the explosion and now is still finding them. 

Cars and houses went flying and destroyed other houses. 

There are 135 people 

that has died and 5,000 are 

wounded. But people are still finding the survivors that 

are buried underneath after the terrifying 

explosion has happened.

Pewter Work

So today I was doing my pewter work. We were still polishing our work and I had to still sand mine. I was sanding my work and went to Mr Grundy and he said it was nice and I had to go and wet sand it. While I was wet sanding it I had to splash some water to the sandpaper and my pewter work and then start to sand it in a puddle. After sanding the front bit I started sanding my edgens and then gave it to Mr Grundy. Then Mr Grundy started to polish it and then he gave it to me to do the rest. then I went to grab some paper towels and then Mr Grundy told me to go to my table and start to wipe it on my pewter work because there was some kind of chemicals on the paper he had and then it got rid of the black things and then second period finished and we all had to put our work in the container and then we put it in the cupboard and went on out.