Word of the week

 

This is my word of the week for term 2 weeks 2. Our word of the week was innovation, The word innovation means finding a solution.

WOTW

 

This my word of the week for term 2 weeks 1. Our word was haughty it means superior in an arrogant way.

Kenning poem

 Quiet-Hidden

 Large-Antlers

 Fast-Runner

 Grass-Eater

 Often-Hunted

 Hi, this is a kenning Poem I made about a certain animal, can you guess what it is. I enjoyed writing about the different aspects of this animal. I like poetry so this was very fun for me.

WOTW

 

This is my word of the week (WOTW) Our word for this week was "Kaitiaki". Which means guardian or trustee. I found this word interesting and enjoyed thinking about what it could mean before I researched about what it actually means. 

Letter to the BOT

 Why we need solar panels

Dear Board of Trustees,

My name is Harry and or class (Whenua) believes our school should use solar panels to create electricity because they are a renewable energy source.

Benefits of solar panels

1 benefit of having solar panels is the electricity bill since you are generating your own electricity to use. Another benefit is that they are a renewable energy source so they are better for the environment than most energy sources. Most websites say that they require low maintenance so you don't have to fix them much.

Cost

Solar panels are around 65 inches by 39 inches. Normally a singular solar panel will generate between 1.7 and 1.8 KWs of energy in bright sunny conditions, you might wonder whether or not they work in rain and clouds and the simple answer is yes. Yes, it does. It would cost around 17,000 dollars which would take a lot of fundraising and take up 3 roofs of our school.

Why not?

Why can't we have solar panels to power our school? The country Tokelau is powered completely by renewable sources and quite a lot of schools have them such as Bayswater primary school in Auckland that got solar panels in 2008 and has incorporated renewable energy learning into their curriculum.

Overall I think you should consider this option and make our school a solar school!

Model

This is the model that Curtis Jesse and I made of our school. We learnt about solar panels. It didn't take as long since there was 3 of us to cut tape write. I think that this was an interesting project as lots of people made really cool models such as 3D, coloured in and small ones such as ours.

 

Solar panels

 

Today we made a model of our school and why we would need solar panels. our model shows the school we also learned about solar panels and how much KW they generate in sunny conditions. I enjoyed researching solar panels.