Year: 2023

Ki Ora bloggers have you ever been to MOTAT… Well on Wednesday the 30th of august MOTAT came to Wesley intermediate school to teach us about simple machines. Can you name any simple machines?… There are 6 simple machines: Pulley, Wedge, Incline plane, Wheel and Axel, Lever, and Finally Screw.

At the start the MOTAT Worker Aiden and Jazmine introduced themselves, Then told us about simple machines and how they work. We then had to get into groups of three to create our own marble run out of little simple machines, Then at the end connect all of it to make a Super marble run. We then had options to make one. The hardest was called The trap door – pulley.

In my group it was, Me, Elijah and Murtaza, and we were pretty smart, so we picked the hardest one of them all, The Trap door pulley. We started off with getting equipment that Aiden and Jazmine provided for us to use. There was a big board each group had with a lot of holes in it. With every board having one letter in the word MOTAT on it. The holes were for the sticks we would put in and the ramps we would stick down with tape.

Our group’s idea was to use 4 of 6 simple machines and create a super marble run. First we got a cardboard ramp and taped it on top of 2 sticks we then put another stick in the middle at the top and taped a cup to it. On the other part of the string it was a lot higher and taped to a cardboard on top of sticks, with a marble on it and ramps under it. The goal was to get the first marble into the cup then pull down the cardboard, making the other marble fall down into another cup.

It worked out great and then we connected it to the other groups marble run. From this experience i learned a lot of great things, like how to work simple machines and also, how to work with my friends without mucking around. The most challenging thing was getting all the equipment and sticking in the sticks, because some of the holes were uneven. In my opinion overall it was a great experience, one of the best i’ve had in a long time.

On Wednesday the 28th of June, The Wesley intermediate school went on a trip to a play called Dirty Work. When we were on the bus most of us were playing a game called Shadowbox. I won about 8 games before we got to the place. Once we got there we all were inside the kitchen and were chilling and talking. Me and my friends were arm wrestling. We quickly got asked to get in line and started walking the Q – theatre (the name of the theatre). Well we were waiting for it to start, again we were playing shadowbox and having a lot of fun, sad we weren’t allowed to bring any snacks, we had to starve to death.

When the play started it was pretty boring, until they started taking action and started making us laugh. There’s not that much to say about the play, in my opinion i’d rate it a 5/10, It was pretty funny tho. After the play we went back on the bus and most of us were tired and wanted to sleep. Some of us like me were still playing shadowbox. When we got to school we ate lunch and then had playtime. I would rate the whole experience a 7.5/10.

Ki Ora bloggers, on the 27th of April Puriri have been learning about navigation, do you know what navigation is? Navigation is the science of getting ships or spacecrafts from place to place, and finding your different ways to get too different places, like the Ancient Minoans, found out how to use the stars to guide there way across the sea. There are different tools and apps to use for directions like a compass, or google maps.  In my opinion the best to use is google maps on your phone.

Do you know any navigators?.

Dear. Ark Project Collective 

I Respect how thoughtful you were in helping our community, and making sure that everyone was okay. I hope you continue doing what you’re doing and saving lives.

Ngā mihi: Simione Malakai

One early morning there lived a boy named Bryce. But one day he woke up to the sound of thunder… but when he looked outside it was clear, nothing was there, nothing except an Egg… The egg had some kind of purple aura around it, like there was some kind of demonic creature in there. Bryce quickly ran to the front door, but by the time he opened it, it started to crack. (*crack noises*) He moved back as it exploded! BOOM! I opened my eyes and saw a purple ball rolling… it quickly transformed into a mini purple venom… Days passed and it was just there sitting next to my door until it started following me. After a while I didn’t really care, it was just like an “Accessory” until it started talking to me.

FEED ME! It shouted with anger every time we walked past a restaurant, so I would get dog food to feed him. After a while I noticed that he started getting abilities, I saw him flying, I saw him shooting out purple acid, and different kinds of stuff. Once he even saved me from a robber, but he nearly killed him. He was a good friend.