Who would you have chosen?

For my Confirmation, I would have chosen St. Thérèse. Because she would never give up in her downfalls and would never let anything get in her way. St. Thérèse was a really strong role model and still is to this day. Even though she would make mistakes, she would still know how to make things better to confess her sins to the Lord.

I am glad that I got to learn about St. Thérèse because I get to choose her as my role model for Confirmation.

Making Decisions

Making Decisions

Hone

Hone has just made it into the school cricket team.  Hone is fielding on the boundary line.  A ball comes straight for him on the full and he catches it.  Everyone cheers.  Then he notices his foot is over the line - therefore the player is not out at all and has hit a six.  The umpire didn’t see and asks Hone whether he caught the ball over the line or not.   What could Hone do?

A. List Options:

Tell the truth

2

Tell a lie

B Say what is right or wrong about each option.

Option 1

It’s right to tell the truth

Option 2

Telling a lie would be wrong

C.  Say what would be the consequences of each option for everyone concerned.
1. When you tell the truth it would be right but then he would lose.

2. When you lie about it later on you will feel guilty.

What values you think lie behind each option and tick those that reflect gospel values -  the values of Jesus.
1. Responsibility, Humilty, Fairness.

2. Guilty, Sin, Disobey

Which option you would have chosen and why.

1. To tell the truth, because you won’t feel guilty, and you’ll know that you’ve done the right thing.

Making choices in life can be difficult and challenging. But when you know what decision is right and just, then it won’t be as hard to choose.

Reading to Learn Satellites

I have been reading to find out more information about satellites. I read two different articles and compare and contrast them.

Jesus Saviour and Liberator

Do you know how to make sugar look like glass?

Melting sugar

Today at technicraft we melted different types of sugar and tasted it, some of them were not so nice and some of them were, here is how.

What you will need:

• Tripod
• Gauze mat
• Meths burner
• Matches/Lighter
• Types of sugar
• Damp cloth
• Tin foil
• Toothpick

Method:

1. Place your tripod on a flat surface
2. Add your gauze mat onto the top of the tripod.
3. Curve the sides of the tin foil and place over gauze mat
4. Pour what type of your sugar you want into the middle of the tin foil
5. Move the meths burner underneath the tripod
6. Light up one of the matches and light up the  meths burner
7. Mix the sugar around with the side of the toothpick (When the consistency is much like liquid then it is done)
8. Take it off of the tripod and place it down
9. Let it turn back into a solid, and the consistency will then be like glass, but edible

Sugar spider webs (Optional)

If you have decided to make sugar spider webs like these, follow the instructions below.

1. Grab a new toothpick or just use the other side of the older toothpick you would have recently used
2. Dip the toothpick into the melted sugar
3. Slowly take it out leaving the string still attached to the toothpick...

                 Be careful because if it is still liquid then it will be really hot

Final note:

It’s okay if it turns back into solid because then at least you will have a lot of fun, with it looking like glass

What did you do on the holiday?

Rotorua

One Saturday, during the holidays, my family and I went on a trip to Rotorua. It took a few hours to get there, but we were used to it. The hotel we mostly stay at when we go to Rotorua, is the Quality Inn.  The reason we always stay there is because we  really know the area around there. Once we had unpacked, we sat and chatted sharing our ideas about what we would do the next day.

When we woke the following morning, my mum suggested going to Skyline. This is an entertainment place in Rotorua. As I had been there before, I was eager to return to  my favourite activity -  the skyswing. Sitting  on a chair, cradled in a steel frame, designed to prevent falling out together with large adjustable safety buckles to wear around your waist, it helped me to feel a little more secure. Someone checked that I was buckled in correctly and following this, the large steel cable lifted me up high above the ground. A sudden jerk, let me know that I was at the top and my swing was about to begin. Suddenly I felt myself being swiftly propelled horizontally. A gust of wind continually battered my face and blew my hair around.  Once it slowed down I started to feel a little dizzy. Next stop, “The Luge’

This steep, curved raceway is so popular, that there was a long queue waiting, like me to face the challenge. The line was so long we had to wait for like around an hour.  Once it was my turn, I  sat on the little seat (which they call luge carts). When getting in I had to remember to be really careful because there is a handle in front of you when you sit down, and when you push it forward then you’ll quickly drive forward. Not being able to control this, often causes people to crash bump into someone else. I watched with great interest as others made this mistake and was determined not to do that myself. I also knew (from past experience) that If you pull the handle towards you quickly,  you  go flying.  Unfortunately,  there’s no seatbelt, that’s why you have to safely and slowly pull it towards you.

People (supervisors and others who had already had a turn)  warned us and the other people to be careful because if you’re going too fast and turn you’ll fall right off the luge cart and possibly you’d slide off  the track and into the trees, While I was riding on the luge cart I kept the warning in mind, so that I wouldn’t choose the same mistakes as the other people had. I was still on the track and when I was almost near the end, there was a tunnel to go through to reach the final point, but as I went through the tunnel, I saw another person riding as well, when we made it out of the tunnel I heard a stumble. I looked back and realised that the other person had fallen. I was going to try and turn back around to help her, but she had already gotten up herself so I just kept driving forward. When I reached the end of the track, I got off and sat on a chair which turns around and takes you back up to the beginning again.

At the top I saw my mum and dad waiting for my sister, brother and I. Just after I got up my brother and sister came up too. We all thought that we had, had was enough for today, so we went back to the hotel. On Monday we didn’t really feel like doing anything again so we came back to Auckland. I can’t wait until the next time we return to Rotorua.

Have you ever tried this experiment before?

How to Make this Food Colouring experiment

What you will need:                            

• 5 eyedroppers
• Flat Container
• Milk
• 4 different food colorings
• Detergent

Method:

1. Put the container on a flat surface
2. Pour the milk in halfway
3. Put the 4 different food colouring in each corner of the container using the eyedroppers
4. Add detergent in and see what happens.