Boeing building new plane that flies five times the speed of sound

magine going to Los Angeles or London for a weekend or even a day trip?

Well, Boeing is is working on a super-speed, ‘hypersonic’ plane capable of travelling at a velocity five times the speed of sound.

The plans say it could fly at up to 6500km/h.

At that speed the flight from Auckland to Los Angeles would only be an hour and a half ….. Wellington to London? Just THREE hours.

Boeing chief hypersonic scientist Kevin Bowcutt said the plane will be revolutionary for global travel.

“We’re excited about the potential of hypersonic technology to connect the world faster than ever before,” he said.

The aircraft would be capable of carrying passengers at full speed, though Boeing said it would also be used commercially or for the military.

Dr Bowcutt said it is possible this design could become a reality within 20 to 30 years.

Wildfires in Greece

At least 50 people are feared dead in wildfires burning in Greece. The fires have hit the Attica region around Athens, the capital of Greece.

It is Greece’s worst fire crisis in more than a decade.

As part of a huge rescue effort, emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate a beach.

“We will do whatever is humanly possible to control it,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told reporters.

Tsipras has declared a state of emergency in Attica, saying “all emergency forces” had been mobilised.

His government has asked other European countries for helicopters and additional firefighters to help tackle the fires.

Italy, Germany, Poland and France have all sent help in the form of planes, vehicles and firefighters.

What caused the fires?

Fires are a recurring problem during the hot, dry summer months in Attica. The flames this week were fanned by high winds.

The world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo.

Puan, described as the “grand old lady” of Perth Zoo, died this week aged 62. She left behind 54 descendants.

She had been at the zoo since 1968, and was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest of her species in 2016.

A critically endangered species, Sumatran orangutans rarely reach age 50 in the wild, the zoo said.

Believed to have been born in a jungle in Sumatra, Indonesia, in 1956, Puan left an “incredible legacy” of 11 children and a total of 54 descendants across the US, Europe and elsewhere, the zoo said.

On Thursday the 28th we learnt about Dogs.

On Thursday the 28th we learnt about Dogs, we went to the Dogs safety So we can learn how to keep our Dogs or puppies safe we got learnt by Nick and Michel, Nick and Michel gave us Book,s about Dogs safety, here are some things you can do And if the dog goes on his back and put one paw up and don’t open his mouth it doesn’t mean he want’s a tummy rub it mean don’t touch him just leave him alone, but if a dog comes up to you and lay on his back and shut his mouth with his two paws down, that means they want a tummy rub. We also learnt about if you are at the park by yourself and a Dog run up to you can just stay still and put your hands out  like a tree for the branches.

My learning in term 2

In term 2 our class learnt some maths, writing and we even did some artwork.


When we did art we started by drawing the cats, then the fence, the pumpkin and lastly we drew the sky. Once we drew the outline of the painted, we started painting. The first part we painted was the sky, and then the fence. Once they had dried we painted the pumpkins. After that we had to draw the cats again and painted those black. Before we did the painting we did a piece of writing. My writing was called 'A Cat's Moment in Time'.


Softball is cool because we are working out. I have played softball before, it is fun because I get to play with my friends and show teamwork. 


Constable Taina came to visit room 10, we learnt about respect, offences people can make.  Constable Taina is cool because we did art with her, and we learnt how to be a good citizen.


In Term 3 I would like to play more sport and do more learning!

Golden State Warriors win NBA

The Golden State Warriors have been crowned 2018 NBA champions.

They prove too string for the Cleveland Cavaliers beating them 4-0 in the best of seven series. ‘

Warriors guard Steph Curry shot a game-high 37 points in the final game were the Warriors won easily 108-85.

The result sees the Golden State Warriors have won 3 of the last 4 NBA titles. It was the fourth straight NBA Finals match-up between the two rival teams.

For Cleveland, the loss sends the team into an off-season with uncertainty around their star player Lebron James.
James was playing in his eighth consecutive NBA finals and fourth straight with the Cavs. When three-times champion James left the game with about four minutes to play,

G.T.S playdough challenge

Today at Glen Taylor school Room 10 made  play dough challenge. Before Room 10 made playdough we got spilt in groups. When we made play dough I felt excited because I learnt how to measure the cups and all the teaspoon and tablespoon. And learnt what is the difference of the teaspoon and tablespoons. And How to knead the play dough. Before we kneed it Miss wark done it first beacause it was hot and hot. After it cool down we all had a turn at kneed it after owl turn was over we started to do a blogger of the G.T.S play dough challenge. And I also noticed that when it was owl turn I noticed that the play dough was soft we had 3 kind of ingredients. Owl group had the method 2. There were 1 group that done cook play dough. And the 2 group made method 1. Owl group was a bit nearves because we didn’t no who will win, there were 3 kind of colour. Owl group had blue and Anastasia group had red and peter group had green.