My cousin made the Auckland rugby team!

It was a cold windy day, just fine for the rugby trial game. All the best players from each and every under 14 rugby union teams in auckland had to go to varsity rugby club for the auckland trials.

The auckland trials is a rugby game where the best under 14s players from every team in auckland came together and made a rugby game to see who would be picked to make a team to represent auckland.

My cousin Patelesio was nominated to try out for the trials because he was a very good player. He was set into a position, right winger. The right winger is all about pace, the right winger and the left winger are the fastest in the team.

It was kick off time(the starting of the match) The ball went flying up in the air, a tall big boy caught it but immediately he was tackled so hard that he was sent off straight away. A couple of tackles went by then finally my cousin gets a hold of the ball he sprints down the sideline and cuts back in when the half back in the other team dives in for a tackle, my cousin then sprints and dives for an incredible try. After that amazing try the whole of the other team was just aiming for my cousin.

It was a hard game for my cousin because he was being targeted but it all payed of when it was time to choose the team that was going to represent auckland. The first pick of the team was my cousin. It was a great game, I was proud, my mum was proud, my aunty was proud, pretty much everyone was proud.

My R.E (Religious Education)

Technicraft

Today The year 8s made something cool, every time the mixture touched liquid it just started to fizz.

Everyone first had to add Icing sugar, Baking soda, vita fresh, citric acid and tartaric acid into one cup. After all the ingredients were together everyone had to stir and combine every ingredient. All the kids then pour a spoon of the mixture into their mouths. The saliva gave moisture to the mixture which cause fizz. Some say that it feels like slime after 20 seconds of the mixture in their mouths.

Testing

This is my partner and I outside testing our hypothesis

Tech

The year 8’s made some weird fizz

Today The year 8’s made a science experiment that caused fizz.

First all the kids had to pour five mls of baking soda into a plastic cylinder tube. Next everyone had to pour a cup of vinegar  rapidly into the tube with the baking soda and what happened was incredible. The vinegar and the baking soda combined turned into a fizzy liquid which rises up and made a popping sound. It was like a shook can of cola opened and all the cola spills everywhere. Everyone had a taste and by the looks of 12 faces it wasn't cola.

WALHT recall science on thursdays

Solid or liquid?

WALHT: Observe and discuss the reaction when 2 states of matter are combined.

Today the year 8’s had to create a colloid (colloid is 2 states of matters combined into one, no one actually knows if its liquid or a solid )

First everyone had to pour 15 ml of water into a container of corn flour. Next the kids had to stir the water and by the looks of it every stir they made, the mixture got harder and harder but once they stopped stirring, the hard mixture turned straight into liquid. The conclusion was that applying pressure into the mixture will turn the mixture into solid and solid is one of the states of matter and if there is a lack of pressure the solid will transform into a liquid in seconds. It is the most satisfying thing to watch when a hard solid just melts into liquid.

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He aha tenei? - What is this?