Kiwi Glen Martin is the inventor of the Martin Jet pack that can fly like a bird.

The Jet pack wasn't flying that high that the U.S media laughed and joked around about his invention that made him more determined to make it happen.

He said he would use a remote machine to control it at first with a crash dummy, then if its good enough than a person can act as pilot.

The Martin Jet pack that flew at Ashburton recently with a rocket propelled parachute flying over 5,000 mt high above sea level and landed safely.



This invention can do what a helicopter cant do such as fly around the sides of a cliff in between sides of a building and trees.

Karl Benz The Inventor Of The First Motor Car.

Karl Benz was the inventor of the first motor car that was made without a horse having to pull it along. Cars that are made today are different from the cars that were made around 50 - 100 years ago. In ways they are improved by being Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger. They are now Bigger like a four wheel drive, better because it now has a roof , steering wheel , and four wheels not three. Faster like a Ferrari and Stronger with horse power .

Looking Back Looking Forward

Last term I wasn't pleased with myself as I didn’t really finish my work off. I talked a lot to my friends. My attitude was alright but it wasn’t good enough for me. The highlight for me last term was getting our new Net Books. My worst improvement last term was not finishing my work and talking too much.


This term I am looking forward to taking our Net Books home and working on them. I will finish my work now that we will be taking them home. Last Term I really liked to play games that’s why I didn’t finish my work off. I will also be looking forward to playing Rugby this season

Bin It

This is my animation about the korero Bin It please watch it and give me some feed back . I hope you enjoy.

My thoughts about Camp.

The count down is starting just 3 more days until camp. “YEAH!!!” I cant wait to see what sort of activities that we are doing. I have huge butterflies in my stomach I just cant wait. The camp name for this year is could “Take Charge”. Being the first year 8’s is really cool because we are doing different things from last years camp.

The group that I am in is Responsiablez. There are other groups like Respectablez , Carez, Motavatiez, and the Thinkers. Yesterday we did some group challenges the first one was make up a group chant and the second one was to get across the hall with 4 chairs stuck together , 4 class chairs and one mat. The first time we did it we failed the second time we did we made it. I cant wait until Camp.

Surf Life Saving At Mairangi Bay

“Where’s Mairangi bay?” I asked Ocean “I dont know” she answered. On Friday the 19 th the year 7’s went on a trip to mairangi bay for our water safety .

“Whoo!” it’s cold. As I stood out of the bus trying to keep warm my arms had goose bumps all over it “far out its freezing” I said. Walking up the stairs still trying to keep warm we all went and sat in a room the room was sandy and still cold. The three ladies stood their and one by one introduced themselves by saying their name and which beach they are from.

“Ahhhh!” Sharon stop it” Sharon was dinging my legs up in the sand it felt wet and soft. “Raaa!’’ I yelled and smashed out of the sand then I was free. Then along came Ngaina and threw the sand at my neck and my neck felt so so rough.

“Whooo hooo!” the waves rushed over to me as i got ready to ride them i jumped on my board and rode for a good 10 seconds. The waves left me coughing . The day in the water was full of laughter, screams and coughs from the waves. That was my highlight of the day.

The remarkale "Millipede"

This is a Millipede. As you may know the Millipede has thousands of legs. The name “Millipede” is a Latin name. “Milli” means thousands and “pede” means legs. They have long smooth segments (a part of the body that can be separated or cut off). When disturbed they curl themselves up. Millipedes have two pairs of legs on each side. Unlike Centipede’s they only have 1 pair of legs on each side. Finally the Maori name for the Millipede is “Werimano’’.