Just a Myth

Just a Myth?

Is Global warming just a myth, or is it really happening. In my point of view, I am completely and utterly against it. I strongly and wholeheartedly do not believe that Global warming is a real phenomenon.

Firstly, climate change has always occurred and nothing unusual has affected our planet. It’s gone from freezing to boiling in just weeks, and according to the skeptical science site, climate change is 100% natural.

Secondly, the IPPCA Organization states that, 31000 scientists all signed a potation which claims there is not enough evidence for global warming. Many scientists use computers instead of history facts, computers are not always feeding you correct facts. They give information, which is not always true.

In addition, few studies have been abandoned as there is nothing transpiring or any progress. A recent study was deserted because sea levels did not modify, and scientists and many websites and books declare that sea levels rising is a major sign of Global warming.

In Conclusion, climate changes are natural and will always proceed, information has been given, not hard strong facts, and too many studies have been vacated. So therefore I am clearly against Global warming.

By Cheyann.

It won’t happen?

 Is global warming real or wont it happen at all? I think utterly and wholeheartedly that it won’t happen; therefore I’m against Global warming.

Firstly the climate has always changed and nothing unusual has happened. We all know that we have earthquakes, heavy rain and hot summers days but that is normal. ‘Climate change is normal,” that’s according to Skeptical Science. Boiling hot days to freezing winter nights has never affected our planet.

Secondly, according to IPPCA Organization 31000 Scientists signed a petition that stated that there is not enough evidence for Global Warming to be true. A recent study on ‘Sea Levels Rising’ was abandoned because no sea change has occurred. Nowadays most scientists use computers to find out information, but it’s not always true, so therefore you could be receiving false information.

Lastly, Warmer weather is a good thing. People have been saying that the sun is getting hotter, that’s because there are more sun spots, which is what is warming the planet. Every 11,500 years we are supposed to be heading for an ice age but according to Skeptical Science we were due to have the ice age days ago.

In conclusion, I believe that Global warming is not in existence as there is more evidence against it than for it!

By Nikita Hopewell.    

City College Day

Today Room 1 were lucky enough to be invited to City College, along with the other schools in our cluster. We played guitars, designed our own computer games, burnt metallic salts using a Bunsen Burner and even managed to fit in some technology and P.E. On top of that there was a free sausage sizzle, so all in all, a pretty cool day all round.

White Sticks Whitewash by George

Yesterday Fordell Force played the White Sticks at hockey. We played at the Gonville stadium and we got absolutely thrashed. Letting in 2 goals in the first 5 minutes without a goalie we were off to a rough start. Cheyann was our substitute goalie for half the match. Unfortunately we conceded another 2 goals. Finally, Clive got his pads on and took his place in goal. It made no difference. The end score was 8-0 to them. We were lucky to get nil.

Mosaic Making by Joe

Today Room 1 started our mosaics. We had to design a personal logo for them and eventually they are going to be teapot stands or hot plate stands. They really started to take shape and are coming together nicely. Luckily we got the help of Ronan's mum, Kirsty, who has done mosaic work in the past. We all had a great time and can't wait till we complete them.

Brass Band A Big Hit!



The Wanganui Opera Houses roof was blown off as the Royal Navy Brass Band performed a free concert for Wanganui Schools on the 28th of May.

The concert began with a speedy xylophone act which quickly engaged the audience. Next up was a medley of film themes, James Bond, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, and Sponge Bob, which got all of the audience on their feet clapping and dancing away.

The music was from all different years from 200 years ago, to the Can-Can, YMCA and a well known Kiwi pop star, Stan Walker 'Easy'. Children volunteered to conduct the band and to show the audience the Cancan dance.

In my opinion the concert was well-performed, as it kept all ages entairtained. Everyone learned about different types of instruments and had a blast dancing to pop songs. In conclusion I thought the performance was entairtaining and educational.

By Cheyann.

Magic Matches!

Roll up! Roll up! Have any of you ever heard of jet powered matches? Well you have now!

YOU WILL NEED.

·        A container half filled of water. A washing up bowl is best.

·        Around six or seven matches.

·        Some dish washing liquid.

Instructions 

·        Put the matches in the container of water in a circle

·        Do not light the matches

·        Pour a little drop of dish washing liquid into the container in the centre of the matches.

·        Then boom! The matches fly off to the sides!

And now for the boring part:

The reason that the matches pull away is because the surface tension (top layer) of the water is tense and tight and when the detergent touches the top layer it breaks the surface tension and causes the matches to pull to the sides.

 

By Xavier Mohr.  

Egg-cellent Egg-speriments

Heard of ships in a bottle and ever wondered how they fit them? Well, have you ever heard of an egg in a bottle? With four simple steps you can conquer the egg in the bottle!

THINGS YOU NEED:

Bottle big enough to hold an egg on the top
An egg
Matches
Small piece of paper
Pan
Water
STEP 1: Put the water in the pan, put an egg in the water and wait until boiled. Peel the egg.
STEP 2: Get the paper, match, bottle and hard boiled egg out.
STEP 3: You need to do this fast so light the paper then put it in the bottle, blow the match out not the paper and put the boiled egg on the top of the rim.
STEP 4: Now watch and wait for the magic to happen.
And now for the boring part: The only reason this trick works is because the burning paper burns up all the oxygen inside the bottle making the air pressure outside the bottle much larger causing the egg to get sucked into the bottle.

By George Reddish

                                                                  Balloon Blowing

Do you go dizzy when you blow balloons up? Well if you do follow my simple steps and you will be on your way to be having a scientifically blown up balloon.

You will need
A balloon
A 600ml soft drink bottle
A tall round container
Warm nearly hot water

Instructions

1. Take the lid off the bottle.
2. Grab your balloon and place it over the top of the bottle.
3. Fill the container half way with the warm nearly hot water.
4. Place the bottle inside the container.
5. Hold the bottle near the top and wait.
6. Take  the balloon off, shutting the air in and tie up.

Now the science bit

Since the bottle has been placed in hot water, it makes the air inside warm which makes it expand. It then fills the balloon with the expanded air.

By Cheyann.

On Sunday 12th of May 32 runners from Fordell School were up before eight (how did I manage that?) and were at Kowhai Park at 9:30am for the five kilometre Round the Bridges Run. The race was due to start at 9:55 and everyone was frolicking around like lambs in a field. At 9:45am my friend Stephanie and I went around to a tent that had lots of free stuff. We each grabbed a handful of lollies, stuffed them in our pockets and ran to the start line. My goal was to beat my brother.

"5...4...3...2...1...GO!" The loudspeaker crackled and we were off!

I stayed with John for the first kilometre and a half but then, as I got more and more tired, he quickly disappeared from view. Suddenly Steph appeared and we got talking. We pulled the lollies out of our pockets and our stash quickly disappeared.

"Stuff this," Steph grumbled, "as long as we keep John in view we should be able to walk and then catch him up!" I was hot and bothered so I agreed to it. But as John got further and further away we still didn't start running. Out of the blue Mr. Walker (my principal) appeared behind us.

"Come on girls!" he cried. So we were back to running. We managed to keep going for a while but we were out of breath. Still we were able to find enough breath to talk to each other though. Finally we clip clopped off the bridge and were through the finish line. We had done it!

I didn't manage to beat John though but that is okay. We left before the prizes were drawn but Fordell School still managed to win a printer, ink cartridges and paper. But for the children who ran there was also a pass for 30 people to have a free swim and a pass for 30 people to have a free game of mini putt.

Although I didn't beat John I was still proud of my effort. Dad shouted everyone an ice cream on the way home. It was a great day and well done to Fordell School!

Puking Patrick

It was a bright sunny evening in Ashley Park, birds were chirping, kids were chatting and Patrick was cramming gherkins into his pie hole. He shuddered in revulsion as he picked up his second tasty treat, another gherkin! " Oh not again," Patrick muttered under his breath, simultainiuosly stuffing the gherkin down his throat. He could hear the chomping of the other competitors eating the delicious delicacies they had been served. Patrick risked a glance to his right and was suprised to find Jimi struggling to choke down his meal. That gave Patrick a strengthenig of will, but it wasn't enough. Jimi swallowed down the last of his gherkin and sprinted off. Eventually Patrick managed to finish his, now, not so tasty treat and sprint back towards his team causing them to win Fear Factor.





By Joe Reddish

'Orrible Onions

Jourdan!

The rules of fear factor were simple. Run. Spin. Eat. Only it wasn't as simple as it sounded. You could have been lucky and eaten chocolate. Some received some even tastier treats such as celery, wasabi peas, gherkins, sardines, raw egg or dry weet-bix. But in Jourdan's unfortunate case, it was  'Orrible  Onions.

Now here's Jourdan! In fear factor he had to eat half an 'Orrible Onion.
In this photo you can well and truly see the similarities between Jourdan and the onion. I was a bit luckier because I had to eat a gross gherkin. I still had trouble holding it down!

By Patrick Tobin.

Intermediate Swimming

The tyres of Mrs Tobin's car schreeched as they stopped at the Wanganui Splash Centre's carpark. We rushed out of the car and headed towards the Splash Centre. I ran straight to the changing room, got changed and sat down ready for our warm up.

After warming up we sat down awaiting the first race. Joe, my younger twin, stood at the diving board. 3, 2, 1, GO! He set of with a bang switching places from 4th to 2nd. Finally he was first with only half a length to go. 10 meters, five metres he won.

Time for my race the 200m backstroke. The shrill sound of the starting whistle filled my ears. 1 length gone,  2, 3. the last length was awaiting me. We were going at an amazing pace. Suddenly I heard the sound of the WIS swimmer screaming "Yes I won the backstroke final". I knew it was a race between us two in the pool. My hand hit the back wall with a crash, I looked behind my and instantly I knew I had come second.

all the other races went by like a flash with Cheyann winning her races and Patrick winning his 4 length medley. We won the medley relay and the freestyle relay.

At the end of the day we were all proud with our efforts.

By George Reddish

Should cell phones be allowed in School?

I wholeheartedly disagree with the idea  that cell phones should be allowed in school.

First they are a big distraction in class and other school related stuff like sports and exercise. Also if you are not using your phone it could be stolen, broken or lost and neither you nor your parents would be happy losing something that cost hundreds of dollars.

Secondly you could become anti-social like my older sister. She used to play games on her phone and get grouchy at any one who came into her room.

Finally you coud be texting rude things or  prank calling people and get into fights over whose phone is better.

So I strongly believe that cell phones should not be in school and anyone with half a brain would agree with me.

Ronan Shaw

Sardines crawled down my throat

Taste buds dying, tummy screaming, as repulsive chunks of sardines crawled down my throat inch by inch. I had the expression of revulsion and cruelty all over my face. Sadly that's exactly what fear factor was about.

My nerves ran like the speed of light all through my body. Each time a slight breeze blew past a strong, disturbing scent walked by. Slowly inserting a wet, scaly sardine into my mouth I wrestled against it  to open up and chomp down. Suddenly, all sorts of jucies burst out like fireworks making me want to vomit. Gagging, vomit popped up and as slow as a sloth slid back down.

Swirling my hand around the plate I scooped up the remains of the sardines and fed my face. Eyes rolling back, and my brain buzzing I slowly swallowed the mushy meat and ambled my way back, pleased that i had finished the challenge.

There were ups and downs to this experience but I learned a bunch of new things. Courage, commitment and confidence were required a lot in this leader ship camp and I really enjoyed each challenge.

By Cheyann

Dr Discourages Devouring Deer by Brennan

On the second day of leadership camp Mr Reddish was staring, right in the eye, the biggest question in his life; what to do with the deer that was devouring all the activity equipment.
There are only two options:
 1) Whack it with the stick in his hand, or
 2) Wave his arms around and scream his lungs out and embarrass himself in front of everyone......

 He chose option 2!

Not my best Camp by Nikita

Packing my bags into the back of the horse float I started to get really excitied about camp. I quickly ran through my check list; sleeping bag, pillow, bed and drink bottle. Check! I heard Mum call out to hop in the car. We were about to go!

Leadership camp should be lots of fun and full of excitement,  I thought to myself as we arrived. I hopped out of the car, grabbed my bag off mum and caught up with some of my friends from other schools. Soon after, the names of people in each tent were read out. Thankfully I was with Cheyann. While setting up our gear I started sneezing and instantly realized that I had hay fever.  Running to Mum she noticed straight away that my eyes were swelling up and that I looked itchy. She snatched me some antihistamines  though I wouldn't respond. So i sat in the lounge for the next half an hour thinking it would go away. But sadly it didn't, it just became much worse. Mum looked at me. "I think I will be taking you home." I didn't say anything. I knew I could not have fun running around with hay fever  so i stood up and grabbed my bag and into the car I went.

It was a shame that I couldn't stay but my hay-fever turned into a cold and i know that I wouldn't have had a good time. There is one positive bit because when i came back to school everyone was talking about some Fear Factor and how they had to eat sardines and onion!

Leadership Camp 2013

What a great week Room 1 have just had on the Clustrer Schools' Leadership Camp at Ashley Park. Pirate sandcastle competition, Treasure Hunt, YMCA led team building activities, a Farm Walk, swimming and football were just some of the things going on. And then, of course, there was the Fear Factor! Check out the blog later this week to find out the real stories behind the photos.....