Making a Wind Turbine

Hi Guys,

This week Feu'u class worked in teams to make their own wind turbines.

Thanks to Genesis Energy for providing us with these wonderful kits.

You can check out this link to make your very own wind turbine.

We worked in groups of five and experimented how fast it could by testing it. We tested it by blowing it and taking it outside and see how fast the wind blew it.

It was quite windy today so for a few of us, out wind turbines were falling apart.

It makes us think how strong the real turbines must be to withstand the strong winds of New Zealand.

If you would like to find out more, you can visit this link to learn about Wind Turbines.

Here are some images of our session.

Spheros and Vr Headsets!!

Kia Ora,

We were so lucky to have the opportunity to have played with Spheros and VR Headset.
With the Sphero's we used the Ipads to control and move them around. We had so much fun. Later in the day, we were assigned to the VR headsets. They were really cool because we were able to visit places in the world. We also dived into the sea to see Sharks. Most students found the Shark video scary because the shark would creep up behind you!

We later wrote a persuasive letter about why we should purchase these amazing tech tools for our school.

I strongly think you should buy the VR and Sphero for Hay Park School because we really enjoyed it. That was the best thing I've ever done. When I used the VR Headset, I felt like being the fluffiest kid in the world. It was like a ball that you can go inside and grapple the hook and you can climb on mountains. You can also learn about different things when we are doing free writing.   

By Barney


I loved to control the Spheros and i also liked using the VR Headsets. I liked using the Spheros because you can change the colour of it and move it around, change how fast it goes. When I came back from Read and Write I saw the Spheros, and I remembered that my brother made one of those Spheros at AUT and he was controlling it from the computer. 


When you use the VR Headsets then you can see how good experience you can see because when you put on the VR Headsets then you can choose which place you want to be. 

By Neha