Matariki by Sam, Fineasi and Jayden

8 Facts About Earthquakes

• Earthquakes happen every day in New Zealand.
• Instruments record the ground shaking from over 14,000 earthquakes in and around the country each year.
• Most are too small to be noticed, but between 150 and 200 are big enough to be felt.
• Earthquakes are most frequent in regions where two moving plates meet and press against each other.
• New Zealand is in such a region – it straddles the boundary between the Pacific Plate, which covers almost a quarter of the earth’s surface, and the Australian Plate.
• Earthquakes usually occur along faults, which are existing fractures in the crust. Sometimes the blocks of rock on either side of a fault abruptly shift to a new position in just a few seconds.
• This sudden release of energy sends out waves, which are felt on the surface as an earthquake.
• The strength of the quake depends on the area of fault that has shifted and the amount of movement.

Three Boys On the Wall

Tuesday 22 July 2014

Three Boys On the Wall

The Three Boys are on the brick wall because they are trying to camouflage themselves so no one can find them. I think that, they have been glued on the wall because, they might of did it on accident or they might be a statue. I think that they might be running away from the police.

I think that they stole some brick clothes and they might saw a brick wall and their clothes are brick too so they can camouflage themselves. They might of got some paint from the paint shop so they can paint themselves of brick.

When I saw them I thought that they was statue’s but they were real life people trying to disguise themselves. But if they are hiding from the cop’s, they can not run away from the police because the police dog’s can hunt them down.

If they were police, they would not be camouflaging themselves, because they would not steal and won’t be stealing clothes.

How Waves are made

How are waves made

1. The swell and surf forecasts are a result of scientific studies and weather prediction models.

2. Waves are mainly a product of the wind.

3. The best waves for surfing are the result of the interaction of winds on the surface of the ocean, far away from the coast.

4. Wind is the first step in the formation of surf able waves.

5. Local shore winds can also produce waves, but they can also destroy the quality of the breaking waves.

6. Onshore winds are typically known for creating choppy and bumpy waves because their effect is added to the direction of the wave.

7.In a way, offshore winds are a sort of a counterbalance.

8.Swell comes from miles away and the ground wind works as a "pause-hold" effect on the wave face, allowing longer unbreakable waves.

9.In theory, low pressure systems are responsible for creating good and strong waves.

10.In deep low pressure systems, wind speed is greater and more waves are generated by the power of the gusts.

For more information, click on this 2 links

http://www.surfertoday.com/wave-height-forecast/9-wave-forecast/6760-how-is-a-wave-formed-understanding-swell-and-surf-forecasts

By Sam

Study Ladder

Today I went on Study Ladder and I was playing a game called Bubble Maker, and I made it up to level 10. After that, I was making words or names that makes sense and I made a high score but the game restarted.

Doing Addition & Subtraction

3+9=12✓ 12+4=16✓ 12-1=11✓ 5-3=2 ✓ 12+11=23✓ 4+9=13✓

1+9=10✓ 11+7=18✓ 6-1=5 ✓ 10-0=10✓ 7+10=17✓ 3+0=3✓

9+7=16✓ 9+10=19✓ 8-5=3 ✓ 5-3=2 ✓ 1+10=11✓ 2+3=5✓

8+7=15✓ 0+5=5 ✓ 11-0=11✓ 12-2=10✓ 0+12=12✓ 1+6=7✓

3+8=11✓ 12+12=24✓ 4-1=3 ✓ 10-3=7 ✓ 7+12=19✓ 12+0=12✓

1+6=7 ✓ 11+2=13✓ 11-1=10✓ 8-3=5 ✓ 2+11=13✓ 11+3=14✓

9+6=15✓ 9+6=15✓ 6-4=2 ✓ 4-0=4 ✓ 10+0=10✓ 7+7=14✓

3+7=10✓ 8+9=17✓ 7-0=7 ✓ 4-2=2 ✓ 5+0=5 ✓ 6+10=16✓

11+0=11✓ 7+12=19✓ 8-6=14 ✓ 11-1=10✓ 3+12=15✓ 5+0=5✓

6+1=7 ✓ 6+3=9 ✓ 9-2=11 ✓ 9-2=7 ✓ 11+2=13✓ 3+4=7✓

4+1=5✓ 5+6=11✓ 12-6=6 ✓ 9-7=2 ✓ 6+1=7 ✓ 2+7=9✓

Sam's Bio Poem

Bio poem

Sporty, fun and creative

Lover of playing games, eating lollies and playing wrestling

Who feels happy when I play with my friends

Who is scared of big tsunami’s

Who likes playing with his cousins

Who is able to sprint, read and learn

Who dreams of good choices and being in the army.

By Sam