Princess Diana

Diana, Princess Of Wales, was the first wife of Prince Charles. She was born on 1st July, 1961, and died in a terrible car accident located in Paris, on the date 31st August 1997.

Diana, full name Diana Spencer, was born into a family with royal ancestry. She was the fourth child of John Spencer, and Frances Shand Kydd. She was raised in Park House, which is located on the Queen's Sandringham estate. She was schooled in both England and Switzerland.

She married in 1981 to The Prince of Wales. Her wedding was held at St Paul's Cathedral. The wedding was broadcasted on television and received over 750 million viewers.
Whilst married, she received many titles; Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, and Countess of Chester.
Diana had two sons during her marriage, William and Harry, who were coming second and third in the line of the British throne.

Princess Diana was called "The People's Princess". She was called this because she insisted to be treated like anyone else who was not royal. She insisted for them not to call her "Princess" all the time. She helped in many causes, charities, and used her royal status to bring awareness to many issues. By helping the world so much, she truly earned the title of the people's princess.

                                                       

What makes the ocean blue even when the water is clear?

 Most people think that the ocean is blue because it is reflecting the blue sky. But this is not true.

The ocean is blue because of the way it absorbs sunlight.

When sunlight hits the ocean, the water strongly absorbs red, violet, and ultraviolet lights. The remaining light that we see is made up of the colour blue. 

However, the ocean may become other colours, including red and green, if light bounces off objects floating near the surface of the water, like algae.

Just how blue the water is depends on how much of it there is to absorb the light. Like if you had water in a glass, it would be clear because there aren't enough water molecules to really absorb the light.

This fact is clear if you look at unedited underwater photos that weren't taken with a camera flash or another fake light source - even the most vibrant of tropical fish look blue.

Music Video

For the past three weeks, my music video group and I have been producing a music video. We had to choose a song with a good message, and we chose the song "Pricetag" by Jessie J. This has a great message; it shows that it's not all about the money. We decided that we would have the theme of all free things in Ngatea, like the playground, the library, and the netball courts. Here's our video!

Hauraki Plains Cross Country

On Monday the 17th of August I competed in Hauraki Plains Cross Country at Spence Farm. It was very hard as my age group had to run halfway up the hill. It's very steep and we all nearly lost our shoes! I came 11th. This is the exact same placing I received last year. Next year I hope to make it into Thames Valley. My goal for this year was to try to make it into the top ten but I didn't manage that. Maybe next year!

iDrive Reflection Week 4

This week for iDrive Hayley and I did craft. We are making a sign that says "WHETU" and it has lots of learning signs, like equal signs, addition signs, etc.
Hayley and I had to co-operate and persevere to begin making our signs, because if we didn't work together, then we'd end up fighting and it would become a big problem. So to avoid that we planned before we started working. Hayley and I think we will be finished next week, and next week we will need to work really hard. Here is a picture!

Cross Country

On Monday I participated in Cross Country at South Farms. The distance of my race was roughly just over two kilometers. I came seventh, and I am pretty sure I got into Hauraki Plains. I got the exact same placing last year, and got into Hauraki Plains. I remember that Hauraki Plains was very hard, so during the next week I am going to have to train very hard. My favourite part of the race was probably going through the creek and splashing myself because it got very warm. Here are some photos of me running the muddy race.