9APA Kaitohu

What was the first day like? how did you feel?
My first day at Papakura high was Exciting and cool but I felt shy and scared.

Who spoke to you first? Did you make friends on the first day?
The first person who spoke to me was this girl Jaelyn,And yes i made friends on the first day.

What have you enjoyed about PHS?
I have enjoyed performing at poly fest with the schools Kapa Haka group.

What could be done better?
More games so they can get to know each other more.

What advice could you give to Yr 8's?
I would say not to be so shy and go up to people and say hi and ask if they want to be friends.

Career Quest results

My top five job choices were working with tourists,travellers and guests,Hair beauty and natural appearance,Preventing and investigating crime and preparing and cooking food for people. The reason i would love one of these jobs are because you get to meet lots of people while your working.Out of all these jobs i would probably want to work on investigating crime because its exciting.

Properties of matter

North korea

Solar power:The energy of the sun

To create light energy from the sun:The Core: The core of the Sun is the region that extends from the center to about 20–25% of the solar radius. It is here, in the core, where energy is produced by hydrogen atoms (H) being converted into molecules of helium (He).

10 facts about the human body

1. Your mouth produces about one litre of saliva each day!

2. Your brain is sometimes more active when you’re asleep than
when you’re awake.

3. Laid end to end, an adult’s blood vessels could circle
Earth’s equator four times!

4. The word “muscle” comes from Latin term meaning “little mouse“,
which is what Ancient Romans thought flexed bicep muscles resembled.

5. Bodies give off a tiny amount of light that’s too weak for the eye to see.

6. The average person has 67 different species of bacteria in their belly button.

7. You lose about 4kg of skin cells every year!

8. Babies don’t shed tears until they’re at least one month old.

9. Information zooms along nerves at about 400kmph!

10. The human heart beats more than three billion times in an average lifespan.

Volleyball

Volleyball

Maximum of three hits per side

Player may not hit the ball twice in succession (A block is not considered a hit)

Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on a serve

A ball hitting a boundary line is in

A ball is out if it hits

an antennae,

the floor completely outside the court,

any of the net or cables outside the antennae,

the referee stand or pole,

the ceiling above a non playable area

It is legal to contact the ball with any part of a players body

It is illegal to catch, hold, or throw the ball

If two or more players contact the ball at the same time, it is considered one play
and either player involved may make the next contact
(provided the next contact isn't the teams 4th hit)

A player can not block or attack a serve from on or inside the 10 foot line

After the serve, front line players may switch positions at the net

At higher competition, the officiating crew may be made up of two refs,

line judges, scorer, and an assistant scorer

How many players?

6 players 3 in the front 3 in the back

Equipment needed for volleyball

• The Net and Court.
• Lines. ...
• Posts and Cables. ...
• bands. ...
• Knee pads. ...
• Shoes. …
• The ball




History


The game of volleyball, was originally called “mintonette,” was invented by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball.


Skills


• Passing. Passing is simply getting the ball to someone else on your team after it's been served or hit over the net by the opposing team. ...
• Setting. ...
• Spiking. ...
• Blocking. ...
• Digging. ...
• Serving.



• Antenna and Side


     

Forms of Energy

Create a flow chart showing different forms of energy with example pictures. PHYSICAL ENERGY = It was invented in the context of classical mechanics, but is generally useful in modern physics. The Lagrangian is defined as the kinetic energy minus the potential energy. Noether's theorem (1918) states that any differentiable symmetry of the action of a physical system has a corresponding conservation law.

CHEMICAL ENERGY = In chemistry, chemical energy is the potential of a chemical substance to undergo a transformation through a chemical reaction to transform other chemical substances. Examples include batteries, food, gasoline,

My Hauora and Well-Being

I have learnt What Taha Tinana means.I enjoyed adding in all the beautiful pictures for the background so that my post doesn't look boring.I was successful because instead of focusing on games i focused on finishing my work. The thing that i found challenging was writing so much but I just kept thinking about finishing. I used my chrome and some websites for information and worked on my chrome to finish my my project.Now that i know this maybe i can help other people with their health.

Osmosis

Friday 22nd June 2018

Title:Osmosis

Osmosis is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a

semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more
concentrated one.

Music class 9APA

In this video my group is shania and I.Shania and I we are singing Let it go by james arthur.And i am playing no instrument.What I found difficult about learning this piece was…singing the same notes as my partner.Some challenges we faced as a group were…what song we were going to sing and learning how to sing the same notes as my partner.We/I overcome these challenges by…by listening to each other sing.Our performance was good because…we had the same notes as each other.Our performance could have been better if…..we practiced our song more.What I enjoyed about this task was…getting to sing.What I learned from this task was… How to find the same notes.What I will do differently for the next task is...learn the song off by heart!.

Kia ora my name is Marara. I am 13 years old and attend papakura high school.My first month at papakura high school has been exciting and very different from intermidiate.