LZ1 Year 6 students enjoying Waterwise

E Room Speech Finalists

Congratulations to the E Room students who competed in the Senior School Speech Finals.
Year 5 students:-
First Place - Georgie Shotter
Second Place - Ella Rutherford
Third Equal - Cailan Ashby
Year 6 students:-
First Place - Hamish Kendall
Second Place - Brodie Taylor
Third Place and Student Choice - Jamie Reid-Akehurst
Highly Commended - Emma Pugh

Well done to all the students in the E Room, this year's speeches were of a high quality.

Black Holes in Space

“Imagine if you were flying through space and all of a sudden your rocket starts going faster than it should be and then it feels like someone is pulling your legs. Next thing you feel like you're a noodle but then you realise you're getting sucked into a black hole and that's the end of your life.

”Hi I’m Brodie and I will be telling you all about black holes on a tour through space. I know you have all heard that black holes are extremely dangerous but don't worry we have made a multi billion dollar rocket and there’s only a 1 in 100 chance that there will be an emergency. Oh, I had better stop scaring you, let’s go on our journey through space and by the way when you come back from this tour you will know 100 percent more about black holes.” “Can we go now?” “Yes let's go!”

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!!!

“Mayday mayday we're coming up to a black hole” “Right let’s start telling these good people all about this black hole. This is one of a million black holes in our solar system. Black holes are made out of high force gravity which has unbelievable power and pulls in anything that gets too close to it. If we were to go any closer we would be sucked in and die but don't worry folks we won't dare to go any closer let’s continue to another black hole.”

“Here we are, this is another one of the Milky Way’s black holes, this is a little bit bigger than the last one, as you can see there are a lot of red dots floating around. They’re stars, these are what black holes eat. The stars are red because we went a bit too close. No one needs to worry because we have installed a very special jet engine so we can blast away from the black hole if needed.

The reason we know if the gravity pull is coming is because we have installed special radars that sense the gravity pull from hundreds of kilometres away. So now you all know you are safe. Oh, while we're talking about emergencies there is a space helmet installed behind all of your seats if needed.” “There is also a safety manual in case of an emergency which is very unlikely.”

“Wow look at this black hole it looks like it has just swallowed a star,we have to watch out because it spits out gas bombs which would easily destroy our ship in seconds. I really want to find a black hole eating a star it’s amazing trust me it spins the star round and round with its gravity pull.” “Sir we've just had a call from NASA Space Station and they suspect that there is a star getting eaten now.” “Right everybody tighten your seat belts we're going to see a star getting swallowed by a black hole.

“Let's go!”

“Here we are as you can see this star has drifted too close to the black hole and the gravity pull has caught it. Soon this star will be gone and then gas bombs will come shooting out. Did you know that a little black hole is called a Stella and as they eat more stars the black hole grows.Well I think our journey has come to an end and we will be back to earth in 10 hours. Let's go!”

“We will be landing soon so please fasten your seat belts this is going to be a bumpy ride!” Finally we are back on earth, isn't it a wonderful place.

Brodie Taylor

Why Does The Moon Seem To Change? Alec

Why Does The Moon Seem To Change?

Does the moon seem to change? When you look up at the moon and see the rabbit on the moon and the next night see only half the rabbit? Well that is a phase of the moon. In this explanation I’ll tell you what and why that happens.

There are many different phases. Different phases occur when when the moon is in different positions according to where the moon is orbiting around the earth and sun.

The phases of the moon are: New moon (No moon, as the dark half is facing us. We cannot see any of the lighted half), Waxing Crescent (A crescent of a moon on the left), Waxing Half (First quarter), Waxing Gibbous (Almost a full moon), Full Moon (When the whole moon is visible), Waning Gibbous (A gibbous on the right), Waning Half (Last quarter), Waning Crescent (A crescent on the right) and New Moon.

So that is why the moon changes, due to the fact of different positions of the sun, moon and earth.  

Alec

Phases of the Moon - Hamish

                                     Phases of the Moon

One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind.                                 

Do you think that there is another moon and have you ever dreamed of visiting it ?

Firstly, the Moon seems to change by being hidden in the shadows and for the other half it gets all the sunlight. “Well” the other half doesn't necessarily always get the sunlight because it depends on what phase it is. The Waxing Crescent, Last Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, First Quarter, Waning Crescent  and New Moon these are all different types of Moon Phases.

Secondly, on Earth it is 24 hours and on the moon it feels like a whole month imagine living on there. When the Earth rotates around the Sun the Moon rotates around the Earth and that's how the Earth, Moon and Sun orbit .

Lastly, the Moon’s Latin name is Luna and the Sun’s Latin  name is Sol. In our solar system there are 9 planets, 1 dwarf planet named Pluto, 4 gas giants named Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter and Saturn, 4 rocky midgets named Earth, Mars, Venus and  Mercury. Most of the planets are named after Roman or Greek gods.

In conclusion, I really hope that NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) discover other planets or moons outside of our galaxy.

By Hamish Kendall