Sailing by Georgina

On Monday Room 1 went to Pauri Lake to go sailing. The wind was fairly strong but was forecast to drop, so we quickly rigged up the boats and set sail, making the most of the wind while it lasted.
We had a great time, sailing up and down the lake like professionals. After a swim in the cool water and some morning tea, Terry (one of the commodores) called some of us over to try to teach us how to sail up and down the lake as quickly as possible. To do this he taught us how to identify where the wind was coming from, and how to use the front of the sail to tell if you were facing too high into the wind. If the front of the sail was starting to flap, you were pointing too high into the wind and you had to turn your boat until your sail was full. He also taught us when to pull our sail in and when to let it right out.
Room 1 had a great time at sailing and we are looking forward to next week when we will hopefully learn more about the sport and how to do it.

Sailing a big Success

Room 1 had their first sailing lesson of the year today, up at Pauri Lake, courtesy of Wanganui Sailing Club. Conditions were well nigh perfect, a steady breeze and a little overcast. Bob and Terry, the two instructors, gave a thorough demonstration on how to rig the boat and some basic instructors for the first-timers, and then the class were away. Capsizing was at a minimum, mercifully few children ended up in the reeds, and the early nerves soon vanished. The verdict by common consent was that a great morning was had by all and Room 1 cannot wait for next Monday to come around.

Intrepid Journey for Room 1 Boys

Welcome back to a hectic-as-ever term in Room One. Activities this term include Leadership Camp, Tongariro Crossing, Technology, Swimming Sports, Cluster Swimming, Sailing, Duathlon, Army Museum and Wanganui Museum Visits, House Challenges and much more. Phew!

In the classroom our Inquiry Topic is 'Intrepid Journeys', where we will be learning about early settlers, James Cook, Antarctic Explorers (successful and otherwise), famous aviators and sailors, and trying to answer the eternal question 'Did the Americans really land on the Moon?'

An Intrepid Journey of a different kind is that being undertaken by Room One boys, who, for the first time in several years, are outnumbered in the classroom by girls by 2 to 1. Who will cope with the more fragrant atmosphere? Who will talk more? Who will work harder? Who will be more organised? Who has the funnier jokes? For the sake of all us males, boys, make sure by the end of the year the answer to all of these is you!

Have a great year, Room One

Mr Reddish

Leadership Camp

Last month the Room 1 students departed from school for a fun 2 days at Green Pastures. To start the day off we did kayaking, classroom work, and team building with the other cluster schools. But you cant forget the mud run. Waist deep in mud, the wet brown liquid finding places you didn't even know existed. It was great. Soon after that the other schools left leaving us with the entire camp to ourselves. To finish the day off we had a great game of spotlight and got the kayaks out again. The next day we were onto raft building with ours failing miserably. But we still had a good time. Overall we had a fantastic camp.

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.