The Mini Hydro-Rocket

My hypothesis will be that the rocket will create high water pressure and it'll launch up the sky, powered by the water in the rocket. As I estimated it'll fly up to 40-50 feet high.

Have you done this science experiment before?

Today our class launched a water rocket up in the sky! For our materials we have an aquapod which was the main tool, the appearance of the aquapod we had was a three-legged orange and black pod with a valve and a rubber seal. It also had a string which launches the bottle up. The rubber seal is designed to stop the water in the bottle from leaking out. We also had a single barrel foot pump for pumping in air pressure into the bottle to make the rocket fly higher. 

First you have to fill 1/3rds of the bottle with water, putting the aquapod upside down and placing the valve inside the bottle. Next you have to pump using the single barrel pump connected to the aquapod, to create air pressure inside the bottle. 

Now for the exciting part, make sure you stay about 3-5 metres away from the pod, pull the string, and the bottle will launch up in the sky! You'll see the water pressure makes the rocket launch up. 

Here's some photos for our experiment:

My Explanation on how Kimonos are made!

For Week 8-9 of Writing, we got to choose our own topic to write about for explanation! I chose to write about How to Make Kimonos! Though I was worried at first I would write misinformation and incorrect spelling, I still gave it a try. Here's my explanation about how to make kimonos!

How Kimonos Are Made?

Do you know how Kimonos are made? Do you know what it is? Kimonos are a traditional Japanese clothing, and in this writing I will explain how it is made. 

For starters, to explain what it is, the term "Kimono" (きもの) means "thing to wear", which has two parts, "Ki" (to wear on the shoulders) and "mono" (thing). The clothing is T-shaped, wrapped-front garment that has square sleeves and a rectangular body. It is worn with a sash called an obi and worn with accessories called zori sandals and tabi socks.

To make the kimono, you will need single rolls of fabric, it has to be 36cm wide and 11 metres long. This type of cloth is called a tanmono, the cloth is cut into 7 straight pieces which extends up front, over the shoulder, and down the back, you use two panels. 

To dye the kimono, the maker uses a technique dating back from the 8th century. There are a variety of "resist-dyeing" methods in Japan, like the Shibori. The process involves binding, stitching, folding the cloth and soaking it in the dye. It is bound with a thread before submerging it.

Lastly, for the embroidery, the embroiderer uses a number of different stitches. They also use a flat stitch called a hira-nui to make designs such as flowers and leaves. They use floss silk to give the embroidery a gorgeous shine.

Now I have explained how kimonos are finely stitched, dryed, and finally worn. My learning went well, I found it very educational to do this topic since I learnt a lot along the way of making this piece of writing! Have you worn a kimono yet? If you can, let me know in the comments!

My Poetry about My Eyes!

Hello! Last week our focus was on writing poetry about a part of our body. I decided to write about my eyes. I did have trouble making a concept for my poetry, though I did research words that rhyme with a specific word in my piece of writing so the task would be less difficult. As you can see, I made the background colour a gray tone so that the background would match with the picture on the right side.

My learning went well, I loved writing a poem and I learnt a lot from writing one. I'm very proud of myself since I've acquired a new skill which is writing poetry! Have you written a poem before? What was it about? If you can, let me know in the comments!

My Author's Purpose on Matariki!

Good Morning/Afternoon! For Week 8 of Reading, we were learning how to analyse the author's purpose, we were given 2 texts to read and each of those we were to summarise and analyse which type of text it was.

I made my author's purpose on Google slides and made my chart enlisting the type of text and my summarisation as I mentioned earlier. Here's my author's purpose!

My learning went well, I found the topics on the texts very interesting to read and as I read further into the text the more I learnt about the main topic of the book. Have you done an author's purpose yet? If yes, what was it about? Let me know in the comments! Sources:
Maori musical instruments: https://teara.govt.nz/en/maori-musical-instruments-taonga-puoro
Puawai Cairns - Te Papa detective: Puawai Cairns-SJ L3 Nov2016.pdf

My Maths Mini Golf Course!

Hello! For Maths today we created our own mini golf course on Google Drawings, we were learning how to measure the perimeter and area of a shape such as squares and rectangles. So for our task, we practiced by designing a golf course. 

To make it, we had a grid to fit the base in which is the field for the golf course. We added our obstacles and a line to guide you through the track. After we measured the perimeter of the course, and after is the area. In my opinion this was task was fun! I loved designing my own course, I got to express my creativity with this task. Here's my course! 

Video Source: https://youtu.be/rSVMrPu0__U