Hubble – Our eye high above the sky

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Alliteration Poems

Quiet  Quinton

quickly quacked at the Queen

By Joseph

 

Terrible Taylah tries to throw tomatoes at the teacher

By Tyson

 

Terrible Tyson teased teacher while throwing tomatoes at Taylah on Tuesday

By Memory

 

Terrifying teacher takes Tyson to time-out for talking.

By Ben

Astro_Kree >>>Mrs Raman visits Stardome Observatory

Soccer World Cup - Room 8 vs Room 3

On Tuesday 26th May Room 8 played their first match of the KRS Soccer World Cup. In our game against Room 3, we won 3 - 0. It was a great match and our teacher thought we were flaming hot!. We now have four more games to win to get into the next round. This year our teacher is determined to have us win the finals as Room 8 finished 4th place last year. The finals will be held in term 3. Watch this space for more KRS Soccer World Cup News.

Taha Maori – Learning the Matariki Haka 26 May 09

MATARIKI HAKA

MATARIKI, MATARIKI
(Seven sisters)
HUIHUI NGA WHETU
(Gathering of the stars)
TE WHETU O TE TAU
(The stars of the year)
TIPU-A-NUKU
TIPU-A-RANGI
WAITI
WAITA
WAIPUNA-A-RANGI
URURANGI E HI!!
MEREOPE E HI!!
TE KARERE O TE TAU
(The greatest time of the year)
HIKITIA I TE PAE
TE MARAMA O
(Lifting into the month
PIPIRI E HI!!
PIPIRI E HI!!
(of June)

Welcome Home Atlantis

Atlantis and the crew of the STS-125 mission landed safely in California at Edwards Air Force Base after completing the Hubble Servicing Mission on Sunday, May 24, 2009. The almost 5.3-million-mile mission included five spacewalks to repair and upgrade the world-famous observatory.
Image Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas

Video Footage

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Atlantis' journey back home from Hubble repair mission - notice the thin line of Earth's atmosphere glowing in the background...22 May 09

Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky from Marino, Jyris & Karnvir

Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky from Chase, Memory & Susan

Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky from Joseph & Shar

Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky from Kaiya, Ariana & Phyllis

NASA Television – Ship to Ship Call

Youtube Video – Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky

Our Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky

We are learning about Planets and think that Earth is the most amazing place. What do you see when you look at Earth from space and how do you feel? (Te Kawehau, Taylah…)

Youtube Video – Question for Mark Polansky

Our Question for Astronaut Mark Polansky

We think it is always dark in space. Is this true? Then how do you know whether it is day or night in space? (Ben, Tyson, Nikita…)

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NASA Television

NASA Television

Hubble Grappling

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Room 8 Coolkids

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Space Fact file

Planet	Diameter	Length of day	Length of year	Distance from sun	Surface Temperature	Moons
Mercury	4878km	58.6 days	88 days	58 million km	-170 to + 350 deg C	none
Venus	12,103km	243 days	225 days	108 million km	490 deg C	none
Earth	12,756km	23hrs 56min	365.26 days	149.6 million km	- 70 to + 55 deg C	1
Mars	6794km	24.6hrs	687 days	228 million km	- 137 to + 26 deg C	2
Jupiter	142,884km	9.8hrs	11.8 yrs	778 million km	- 150 deg C	28
Saturn	120,536km	10.2hrs	29.4 yrs	1427 million km	- 180 deg C	30
Uranus	51,118km	17.2hrs	84yrs	2869 million km	- 210 deg C	21
Neptune	50,538km	16.1hrs	164.8yrs	4497 million km	- 220 deg C	8
Pluto	2324km	6.4days	248yrs	5906 million km	- 220 deg C	1