K.P.M.G!

Today, we went to K.P.M.G, which stands for Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler. First we took the pretty long bus ride there and then, when we got there, we had to walk around the corner and we saw the building. They welcomed us all into the building, and we all went into a cool room that had three TV's, an open space, a few table's, and some bean bags in it.

We all sat down and someone called Justine who works at K.P.M.G, explained a bit about what we were going to be doing today. After she told us about that, she invited all of the workers in the room to come and introduce themselves to us. They all did that, and we got to know them pretty well. And then two people called Susan and Lucy came up to the front, and told us a bit about their jobs, and ecology, and some information about water. 

Next, it was time for morning tea. For morning tea, we had some fruit sticks, and scones (which were really nice.) It was then time to walk about five minutes to Sustainable Coastlines, where a nice lady let us ask some questions and explained a bit more about water and more sea creatures. On the way back to K.P.M.G. I walked next to my friend Zaeeda, and we were at the front of the line, and got to talk to someone called Holly. She was very nice, and she even agreed on some of the things that me and Zaeeda said that we don't like! Then we went to the K.P.M.G. building, and we learnt a bit from Miro, who works at K.P.M.G. and we split up into different groups, and learnt about different Maori gods. Then it was time for lunch!! The lunch that we had was amazing and delicious. There were burgers, salad, fruit sticks, mini flat bread/pizza thingies, and it was just great! 

After that, every team got to build their own robot with the objects that K.P.M.G provided. My team built a pretty cool robot that was supposed to pick up the rubbish, and sort it into the right piles, and ask the owner for the right directions on how to do things as well. After that, sadly it was time to leave, so we all got ready to go, and we thanked them all, and walked back around the corner to the bus. Then we went back to school, and all wrote blog posts, and here is mine, so thank you very much for reading!

Mammal Writing

Task Description:
For this task, I just wanted to write my own short writing relating to this week's learning, (or just what it's about.) Hope yo enjoy my writing!

Fragile Web of Life

Task Description:
For this task, we had to explain what we learnt from a video that we all watched in class. This is what Me and Tha Zin did.

Capital E

Task Description:
For this task, we had to explain our thoughts and about what happened at Capital E's performance yesterday. This is what me, Zaeeda, and Tha Zin wrote about the performance. We hope you enjoy!

What is Science Poster

The Tree of life

Task Description:
For this task we had to post ad write what kind of learning we did relating to this term's theme/what we learnt this week. Hope you enjoy!

Jedida Recording at Hard Materials

In this photo it shows all of the eight idea's that I had, and I had to choose one to build. I chose a Jeep. Down below, it shows my Jeep so far. I know it has no wheels YET, but it will have some soon. Today I am working on it right now, and trying to improve it. Hopefully I finish it before I move on to my next class for Tech! 

I used a Saw, Square, Ruler, Bench hook, to make a full size working drawing or my Jeep because then I can use the measurements on the paper to help me measure the actual Jeep. I used a pencil to copy the measurements from my drawing onto the wood, also to help me cut it. I marked a square line at 90o across, and using a square. I cut off the first piece of wood using a saw. I then marked out where the joint was going to go on the bigger piece of wood, and I checked with Mr Grundy if the joint measurement was right, and he approved. Then I cut both of the sides using a saw. After that, I missed one day of Tech for an important Family thing, and then it was the holiday's, then it was the first week of term 3, and then, I think that Tamaki College had a teacher parent day, so there was no tech. But now it's this week, and I'm back at Tech, so I am working more on my project/Jeep, and i am hoping to get it done/finished before the end of the lesson's.