Helping with Huff and Puff!

Yesterday some senior students helped the Juniors run their Huff and Puff Race. Here is Derek helping out some little ones. Well done for helping out the Juniors!

Solar Eclipse By Adam

Today is a special day for it is the day of a solar eclipse. An eclipse is when the moon passes in front of the sun causing the sky to go dark. You need special glasses to look straight  at the eclipse otherwise you could go partially blind. In the North island the moon will cover 87% of the sun but in the South Island it is only covering 57% of the sun. The best place is the Northland East coast where the moon will cover the best part of 90% of the sun! In ancient times people thought that an eclipse meant the end of the world, so they sacrificed things ranging from chickens to humans! The next solar eclipse seen in New Zealand will be in 2028 but the next really good one will be in 2035!

By Adam

Solar Eclipse report by Ethan

Solar Eclipse

Today might look like your ordinary Wednesday but no, your wrong. Until 9.18 to 10.30 am it is solar eclipse. This happens when the moon covers  the sun and it goes dark. We have been warned NOT TO LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN!. You need special glasses to see the sun and they sell them at the Stardome. We are about to do live streaming on the web to see what shocking effect it is going to have. It may not look very dark because our eyes can adapt to the change. Mr Whiting arrived with these strange but interesting glasses that kind of looked like 3-D glasses. It was dark looking through the glasses until we looked up. It looked like a quarter moon but it was like a quarter sun. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I was amazed. It was a great experience watching the solar eclipse and I hope it comes again but better which will be on 2028

By Ethan 

Solar Eclipse by Jamie

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Solar Eclipse

Today is not your usual Wednesday. Today is a day when the moon will cover the sun but something else that happens in the process is darkness and you won’t want to look at the sun directly its very dangerous. You'll need special glasses that help block out the light. Thankfully Mr Whiting brought in solar glasses to school and we got to see the bright eclipse. It looked like an orange banana.

by Jamie            

Solar Eclipse by Tyler

Solar Eclipse

Wednesday the 14 of November was a special day because that was the day of the Solar Eclipse.From 9:18 to 10:30 the moon covered the sun 87%.The next Solar Eclipse will be on 2028.

If you look at the sun directly you might get blind. So if you don’t want to get blind, you need to wear special glasses. That was really cool to watch because everything around me was pitch black but you could see a banana shape right in the sky.

By Tyler.