Last week on Saturday it was the school ball, I started getting ready at around 4 took photos with my family then went over to kawakawa to meet up with my girlfriend cause we was going together. We got picked up from her cousins and they dropped us off and we got there a bit early no one was there. It was alright most of the boys were there, The food was alright. I enjoyed it, it was fun

On Saturday the school ball was held at the Kawakawa union with the theme being peaky blinders. I enjoyed everything about the ball from the setup to the food to the music and everything else. I loved the photo booth as much as everyone else did because it was getting crowded every minute I also especially loved the train ride there it came very close to the feeling of peaky blinders because it was very vintage and fit the description. The train ride there was filled with laughter and excitement and full of high spirits especially because of everyone’s suits they prepared. this definitely was my highlight of the night. Personally I think I should have danced way more than I did because half the time I was sitting down, chilling and eating all the food. I liked the ball very much and wish I went to the ball last year.

We had split up into teams of two so we could do separate jobs. The plan and the goal was to get it done as quick as possible, we had two at the top on the staple gun, two at the bottom pulling for tension, two on the roll of wrap. The job was difficult as we had made a mistake by not making sure our starting line was square. Got the job done in the end and was a good experience.

We were doing the wrap for our cabin we had a good team with us but what I learnt is that team work only gets better when you use communication , talking between each other brings the team closer and you know what to do when you use communication

Last week, the Year 12s and I were given the job of fixing the guttering on the sleep-out because it was sitting too low. First, we had to set up the scaffolding. This took us quite a while because we kept putting it either too close to the building or too far away. Once we finally got it sorted, Peyton and Mana were able to fix the gutter. I went off and packed away unwanted scaffolding, I accidentally dropped a piece of scaffolding right onto my boot. It made me realise just how IMPORTANT it is to wear your PPE!

Wiremu, Vellon, and I were responsible for framing one side of the sleepout using 90 × 45 mm (3 × 2) studs at 2400 mm high, spaced at 600 mm centres as required. However, we identified a hazard when one of the stud positions was marked incorrectly at the 600 mm spacing. I noticed the error when Vellon had marked the stud layout differently to where it should have been. This happened because the bottom plate had been marked but was not transferred to the top plate. Once we realised this, we corrected the layout so both the 6 m bottom and top plates were squared off and marked the same, which made it easier to position the studs accurately.

When assembling the frame, I was in a good mindset even though I had not been there at the start. The studs had been cut to 2310 mm in length. I was happy to be offered the chance to use the nail gun. Although I was not fully confident at first, it helped build my confidence as I nailed the studs to the top and bottom plates. After that, we were ready to install the nogs and use a string line to make sure our side of the frame was straight.

On Thursday, Jack asked Wiremu and me to brace the inside of the sleepout so the frames would not fall over. We had to make sure each frame was square before bracing. First, I took an H3.2-treated 90 × 45 mm timber brace and cut both ends at a 45° angle. This allowed the brace to sit flat on the floor at the bottom and fit flush against the top plate at the top corner. I then used a clamp to hold the brace tight against the stud, which made it easier to screw the top of the brace into the stud near the top plate. We used a spirit level to check that the corner stud was plumb before fixing the bottom of the brace to the stud and bottom plate.

We installed four 90 × 45 mm H3.2-treated timber braces to plumb and stabilise the inside wall framing. Each brace was cut with a 45° angle at the bottom so it could sit flat on the floor, and the top was screwed to the stud where the brace angle was closest to the framing. Two braces were fixed to the right-hand side of the 2400 mm high wall frame, and another two were installed in the same way on the opposite side. Finally, we ran a string line along the top plate from one end of the frame to the other to check that the wall was straight before permanently fixing it in place.

Last week me and a few years 13s started building the frame for our sleep out cabin while the other few year 13’s went on a trip to the hokianga. While building the frames I learnt that when nailing in the nogs you have to nail from either straight through the stud or underneath the nog into the stud. When nailing from under the nog the nail will help support the weight of the nog where if you were to nail from the top the nail wouldn’t hold the nog as well. I also learnt that when using the nail gun you should have the butt of the gun pointing towards the place you want to nail.

Something we did last week was we put some scaffolding up around our sleep out again to take off our guttering and clips, we then bogged the holes and moved our clips up 55mm from its original place. The reason why we did  this is because if it rained heavily the gutters would be too low to catch the water and it would just run straight off the top from the roof.

I learnt that having the gutters too low is not good because of the water running straight off the top of the gutters and would make the gutters useless if it rained heavily.

We built a frame for our paving unit during the creation of the frame I learnt about the Pythagoras theorem and how it applies to framing. I also learnt that you can cut concrete with a angle grinder if you put a diamond disk onto it.

Last weekend, we built the subfloor framing for our 6 m × 3 m sleepout project. At the same time, I started planning the base for the common room and office room project for B Block. Those spaces measure 6 m × 5 m and 3 m × 6 m.

Here is a link to our plan proposals:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nophm7WKQM3FepHno4X2Gn1DlXLC7aXA1Qbc0f91DxY/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p

The presentation shows how some of us Year 13 students used SketchUp to plan the common room and office room areas around the school. It highlights different approaches the students are taking for these projects. My contribution is on slide 4, which shows my layout ideas and where I think these buildings should go. I also included my design for the roof trusses and overall building form. My drawing builds on Jethro’s initial site plan and follows the locations he set out.

Meanwhile, our teacher divided me and some other Year 13s into two teams to work on the 3 m × 6 m section. We started by cutting the bottom plates to 6 m, then marked stud positions at 450 mm centres, finishing with a 150 mm end spacing. I knew studs would run down the midline at 405 mm centres, placed side by side to maintain wall strength. I was absent the next day, but the class installed insulation between the studs so I could lay the floor covering on top when I returned. One group set out the outer studs at 150 mm centres in a square layout and 300 mm across. My teacher let me use a Quick Drive fastening tool, which was great. It was much quicker and easier to handle than an impact driver and drove 35 mm screws to fix the floorboards in place. Overall, it was a fun and useful week of learning.

Last week some of us year 12s were given a job to finish off the gym seats that the year 13s had built. Our job was to go over it with another coat of paint and varnish. Everything was going really well. We had finished painting so then we just had to wait for them to dry then varnish them again the next day.

But the next day we arrived and found out SOMEONE had gone and messed up the chairs whilst putting them away and also messing up the paint itself. So we had to go over it all over again with the paint which took up most of the day but we finally got to varnishing the chairs. Once we were done with that we moved the chairs back into the sleep to dry. Then we came back the next day to see that the CHAIRS ARE DAMAGED AGAIN so then I gave up and just left maharlia and jojo to sort it out so I was there In case they needed my help.

Something I learnt whilst doing this project is that dust did not work well with paint which some may think is common sense but for me I had no clue so that was cool beans, oh and to never let Javon move the seats back in to the sleep outs.

Last Wednesday the year 13s went to Whangarei safety N action. We started off with theory  learning about the uses of the carabiner used for scaffolding. There are 3 different types of carabiner used to connect to each other to ensure extra safety one is a simple lock carabiner, the second is a double safety carabiner, and the last is the triple safety carabiner with the double safety carabiner being the most reliable for safety itself. Once we finished off all our theory  we went and did some practical things using snap hooks to connect to scaffolding to walk around safely on top of scaffolding, used doubled scaffhold hooks to climb a ladder and using the same hooks to climb a roof safely.

Last week on Wednesday the year 13’s and I went to Whangarei for our heights safety course. While at the course we got to climb scaffoldings and use lanyards and harnesses. I learnt that when climbing scaffolding you need to have the double elasticated lanyard with snap hook and scaffold hooks. I also learnt that when clipping yourself to the scaffolding you need to clip the hooks to the highest point you can reach so that if you fall you wont fall as far as if you were to clip yourself to the bottom rail on the scaffolding.

Last week we were doing the subfloor framing my new learning was putting the quick screw gun together because when we first grabbed the tool and tried to put it together but it was like the part werent even for the tool. We tried everything looking for a mecanism to open the tool but then after lunch I went back to the tool and I learnt how to put the bits on by pushing it in a specific way and then it clicked right in.

Last week i was on site with Whaout builders it was a great day because the wheather was good and we had an amzing view. We were putting up hardie up in pakaraka to a fresh  built house. I had learnt that hardie cant be cut with a mitre saw it, you have to put a special blade on a grinder because hardie is made out of a cement fibre.

Last week we built a frame for our paving project, it had the exact measurements of the finished result of paves but the hole was too small and we had to cut the tarmac using diamond plated angle grinders. Whilst we were doing this I learnt how to control the grinder and its kick when it hits rocks, I also learnt how to use a table saw to rip wood.

Therefore I’m recording the balloon as I rub my hair to react to positive and negative. After rubbing my hair for about a couple seconds, I stick to my jacket to see if the jacket sticks and floats. The balloon usually sticks to my jacket if the balloon has been rubbed and works to stick.

static electricity is created when certain materials rub against each other and some of the electrons are transferred from one material to the other. If a material gains electrons it will have a negative charge if a material loses electrons it will have a positive charge lighting is caused by static  electricity building up in clouds you may also have experienced  static electricity after jumping  on a trampoline or wearing a polar fleece that has just come out of the dyer.

The fun activity was doing the experiment with the balloons making static electricity. we had to rub the the balloon on our hair or jumper than bring it close to small paper and acted as a magnet. The  paper was attracting to the balloons and made them stick to the balloon and after a few minutes the paper will fall down because there is no more static charge.

Kia ora, in my science class we have been learning about currents and magnets, today’s topic was specifically Static electricity and electric currents.

Static electricity and electric current are different, but the difference is what?

Static electricity is when electrons are transferred from one object to another and become stationary. If an object is holding static electricity, then it is negatively charged and will attract objects that are positively charged.

To experiment with static electricity we tried rubbing a balloon in someones hair to see if it would stick, it did. Below is a photo of a strand of hair being drawn to a balloon by static electricity.

what I did yesterday  we rubbed a ballon on our hair for about 20 seconds then we had little ripped up of peiceses of paper then we pressed the ballon on the the paper then the ballon lifted the paper as we pulled the ballon up

what is static electricity? Static electricity is the buildup of an electrical charge on the surface of an object