Hard Meterial

I came to metal because I didn't like the teachers bossing me around in home economics, and I thought I would try metalwork for this semester. I wanted to try something that I haven't done. The first class we had was gentle just getting to know each other and knowing what some safety signs are and what they represent. On week 4, we got to work in the workshop for the first and Mr told us the rules in being in here. It was difficult at first but we kept trying and we nailed it as Mr says. He hates it when we call him Mr so we have to call him by his name. After we were finished our work we got to spray paint it, I painted mine gold. I should have cleaned it up cause there was still dust and little bits of metal around it that made the lumps more visible. I found it fun-ish but it could have been more fun. Mr gives us little saying about when we get older. 

My project/Coat Hanger

For the past couple of weeks, we started a new project that would get us through most of term 3 and 4. We used many different tools to help create our masterpiece. This is my final piece. 

The materials we used were;

We used this file to file down our work to get it the desired shape for the base and hook

Emery Cloth- Used to get your work clean and shiny, Get the engineers blue off, scuffs marks etc

Vice- Used to clench you work so it is easier to hacksaw, file  etc.

Welding Torch- Used to heat up the metal ready to bend the hook part ready to rivet onto our base

Rivet- Used to bind two pieces of metal together. So the hook and the base has a strong stable bond and there was no way it would come loose

Ball Pein Hammer- Use to smash the rivet flat and create a nice flush surface.

Spray Paint- Used to color the metal to the colour of your liking

Hacksaw- Used to cut the metal to make your  job easier by cutting down the file time to half of what is would have taken if you done it only with a file

Drill- Drill the holes for the rivets and the countersink etc.

Engineers Blue- Used to see the lines easier, Make them easily visible to file to or cut.

Scriber- To make nice strong bold lines you can see on the metal before you put the engineers blue on.

Engineers square-Used to get accurate lines on your work, no line crooked

Did We Land On The Moon?

3 facts why it's a hoax:

-there are no stars in the sky. Because there is no atmosphere on the moon there should be thousands of stars present.

-In video footage of the landing, the American flag is moving. There is no atmosphere on the moon so there is no wind. The only way the flag could wave is if the footage was shot on earth.

-A big question facing the NASA team planning the Apollo 11 moon landing was what would the moon’s surface be like-would the lander’s legs touch down on the firm ground, or sink into something soft? The surface turned out to be solid, but the real surprise was that the moon had a smell.

3 facts why it's real:

-The moon's surface reflects sunlight, and that glare would have made stars difficult to see. Also, the astronauts photographed their lunar adventures using fast exposure settings, which would have limited incoming background light.

-when the flag was pushed into the ground, the action of the ground, the action of the astronaut would have made the flag move. 

Group Performance

1. Who are the members of your group?

- What is each person doing?

Samicle - singing

Nysten - Dance

Siola - Singing

Aza - Dance

Chantae - Singing

Manaia - Dancing

2. Which song have you chosen to work on and why?

Bring it on home to me

3. Add a link to the song you are going to do.

Bring it on home to me

4. What is this song about?

It's about when Sam Cooke's wife leaves him and he's waiting for her to come back with her love for him.

5. What will you start working on first

How we will share the parts of the song.

6. What is going to be challenging about this task?

Probably learning the whole song.

Solo Performance

Gym

The mini-tramp

I'm gonna do a flip in the air on the mini-tramp. 

WALT: write sentences to improve our own structure

1) The Simple Sentences 

(e.g. he, she, it, they, I,   name, or a place) 

Two years ago, part of Hornby High School was demolished for reconstruction. 

2) Very Short Sentences

Those buildings will be open on week 9. 

3) The Power Sentence

Everything will change due too how we act and how we will react to the system. 

4) Red, White, And Blue

The colors of the new school buildings are White, Blue, and Grey

5) The Adverb Start

(e.g. Quickly, Curiously, Importantly, Firstly, Often, Remarkably, Similarly, Readily. Anything that has LY at the end.)

When they first started to do the construction, they busted down the old library viciously.  

6) Begin With A Preposition

(e.g. In, Against, Before, Between, Over, Behind, Within, Under, Below, At, For, Throughout, Near, About) 

We climbed over the fence to watch the constructions.