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How a Lever Works

 

If your wondering how a lever works it needs a fulcrum and another word for fulcrum is pivot. A lever is a equipment that lifts heavy loads and for a lever to work effectively it need a fulcrum. First you'll need your lever, then you put your fulcrum under the lever, next it'll be hard to get your heavy load onto the lever. What you do is put your lever under your load then push like your digging, once your done with that you put your fulcrum under the lever, it will be easier if you put your fulcrum close to the load but remember under the lever. Finally on the other side of the lever you put effort then it will lift like nothing happened. The equipment you need is a Lever, Fulcrum, Your heavy load and effort for it to lift.

Learning how to snorkel the the G.I pools

 On a sunny day we walked to the G.I (Glen Innes) pools, if you're wondering how far it is from Glen Innes School to G.I pools it is 1.2km (Kilometers). We walked all the way from GI to the pools with excitement but tired at the same time. When we got there we gave a pat on our backs that we made it without injury. Room 11 went inside the pool first while room 10 went to discover the stream. Learning how to snorkel was kind of challenging but fun at the same time. After snorkeling we swapped over with room 10 and we also had a turn to discover the stream. We saw a lot of baby fishes that actually looked like larvae but a lot smaller. The girls found 11 dead eels, can you believe that. After looking at the stream we went back and we ate lunch before we went back to school

The Amazing Buddhist Temple

 The Buddhist Temple

Introduction

Have you been to the Buddhist temple, well I have and i’ll be telling you what it's like. The Buddhist temple is a place where people visit and know all about their religion. Going to the Temple isn’t gonna change your religion it’s gonna teach you about good things in life like the 3 goods and the 4 givings.

Body ( What we did)

First we hopped in the bus and we were on our way to the Buddhist temple. We were so excited but some of us were terrified. It was a long adventure but we managed to get there in time. If you're wondering where the Buddhist temple is in Flat bush where Manukau is. When we hopped off we felt even more excited because we were gonna experience what the Buddhist temple’s like.

 Next we followed our leader to the entrance and we had to stay in our lines. There was a lady there and she welcomed us, she also taught us how to greet people in their language. 

Then we went inside and we saw a statue of Buddha. I was in group one and we first went into this place where we watched a movie about Buddha. If you want to know what Buddha was like he was a humble man helping kids but those people had to respect Buddha. 

After watching we went to the courtyard and it looked beautiful. Our 2nd activity was a lady teaching us the meaning of the courtyard. It was a charming decoration and it was a chinese pattern. Then we went to another lady and we had to grab this wooden thing and tipped it slowly on the left shoulder and say I vow to do good deeds and do the same thing to the right shoulder and the back but say I vow to say good words and think good thoughts. After we went to another activity and it was tracing over the lines and we didn’t use a pen we used a traditional pen. The finished product looked so fabulous and we could also take it home. 

Finally they gave us congee and inside was rice and vegetable, we also had water in a little container. The congee made us fool but some people went for 2nd’s or they even had 6 bowls of congee. When we finished our yummy food we went inside this place that looked so nice. They also had our paper we wrote that we vow (promise) to do something throughout our lives. After we settled down, there were four policies in front of us. They picked 5 lucky people to act out a scenario. While they were practicing their act we got to ask some questions till they came back. When they came back the scenario was about if you’ll pick the evil side or the good side. He first picked temptation but for the 2nd answer he picked conscience. Lastly they said we could ask more questions and I learnt that the police's favorite snack is a donut. Some were old, some were young but they loved their job. Lastly we went back to the entrance and we said bye then hopped in the bus, we came a bit late like around 3.00pm but it’s better late than never.

Conclusion (Feelings)

I felt tired but i'm glad that I had fun and learned a few things. I’d love to go to the Buddhist temple again with the school.

Mothers' Day

Mothers' Day

 First Paragraph : On the 9th of May is mothers day and yes as you can see it’s a day for Mothers/mums. Mothers day is a day where mums are recognized and receive presents from family and friends. Every mother’s day there are approximately 152 million cards sent, can you believe that. Most people wake up and make their mums breakfast then surprise them with flowers and chocolates, just like valentines but a lot different. Most families gather in one place and recognize all the hard working mothers. They give them expensive gifts for all the things they have done throughout the year. 

Second Paragraph: On Saturday my mum was invited to a dinner in the city and it was an early mothers day gift. First she woke up and made breakfast then we all cleaned up while my sister was doing the washing. After cleaning she was getting ready for her dinner at 8:00. When she left we decided to play games and get ready for training the next day. When she came back she told us that she had fun and finally eaten sweets. She went to sleep because she was so tired and she needed to sleep. The next morning she made us breakfast because we had training and for breakfast we had porridge with frozen berries. We got ready and we were going to our training at the Auckland Grammar basketball court. It was our first training and we were so excited. The manager gave out some cupcakes and coffee to all the mothers and i’m pretty sure they enjoyed it. After training we went to countdown to buy some snacks and fruits because we were so hungry. My brother also bought my mum some chocolate and cake for her mother’s day gift. We went back home and I had to rest my leg because I kept falling. Then I went to bath and came to rest and I had to look for my uniform after. My dad cooked my mum’s favorite thing to eat. We were all tired so we went to sleep for school tomorrow. We had a fun mothers day and I hope my mum had a good mothers day.

The Life Cycle of Inanga

Life cycle of Inanga 

This is and Inagna life cycle. First the adult inagna lays whitebait eggs and they stay under the water. Next they start growing into a whitebait larvae. Then the larvae turns into a whitebait. Finally they become a adult inanga and starts laying eggs.