Mrs Christie's overseas adventure

It was a relief not to have the constant whirr of the aeroplane's engines whining and pulsating in my ears. My brain was a bit fuzzy - what's new you ask? - and after being on the go for nearly 35 hours we finally landed at Heathrow, London at 11 in the morning. The Air NZ Terminal is miles away from the main Arrivals hall and we walked for ages before getting our bags and clearing customs.

We were met by family and whisked off to Crowthorne in Berkshire. I was bullied into going on a walk and although I tried to resist it was a great thing for clearing my head.

We saw squirrels scampering up trees as we wandered through the grounds of Wellington College, a very posh school with huge grounds including lots of cricket and football pitches and their own golf course and indoor swimming pool- all you sporty people would have loved it.

We are off to Devon today to see more family.

current events

The Christchurch earthquake.The council urges those in Rolleston or Tai Tapu to reduce all water use.Currently Tai Tapu sewerage is going into the Halswell River due to the city's network failure and Rolleston's sewerage is overloading the small treatment site that is still operating.A welfare centre is now open at the Rolleston community center on Rolleston Drive.In 8.13am there were 4.1 aftershocks closer to Christchurch(20km south-west of the city),at a depth of 20kms.the earthquake was a least 7.1 or 7.4 thats what it said on the richter scale and the map.

by Celine & Xena

Thomas and Cameron Pop Guns Science Experiment

For their homework Cam and Thomas did a science experiment called Pop Guns.
It was an explosive experiment and here are the steps

1. Get a small container and fill 3/4 off it with baking soda and the rest with vinegar.

2. You quickly put the cap on the small container and the cap should explode into the air.


By Thomas

In week 6 Joe did an experiment on hot ice. Hot ice is a liquid,and when you touch it, it crystalizes.
In the poster it says how to make sodium acetate. Instructions:

1. Sodium acetate is a powder and you add water and boil it.
2. After about 2 minutes of it boiling you pour it in a container and store it in the fridge or freezer.
   
3. After about 5 minutes in the fridge it will be cold put a bit of sodium acetate on your finger and dip it in the mixture and take it out and watch it freeze.
4. You can reuse it by simply boiling it up and repeating the process.

Sodium acetate is also found in heat packs that is what makes the heat pack freeze and go warm when you click the metal, the mixture reacts and heats up the heat spreads and the rest of the liquid freezes over. By Joe