New Musicals

New Musicals
There are new musicals coming out all the time. Here are
a few of them, along with links to clips form the musicals
and what they're about.

Mean Girls
The musical 'Mean Girls' with music by Jeff Richmond. It is based on the book by Tina Fey, and the 2004 film of the same name.

Once on this Island
The musical 'Once on this Island' is a one-act musical with a book, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1985 novel 'My Love, My Love' or 'The Peasant Girl' by Rosa Guy, it is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The show includes elements of the 'Romeo and Juliet' story and elements of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid'. It concerns a peasant girl on a tropical island, who uses the power of love to bring together people of different social classes.

Dear Evan Hansen
The musical 'Dear Evan Hansen' is a musical about a high school senior named Evan Hansen who suffers from social anxiety disorder, which affects his ability to socialise and connect with other people, as well as making it hard to make friends.
School of Rock
The musical 'School of Rock' is a rock musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Julian Fellowes. Based on the 2003 film of the same name, with a screenplay by Mike White, the musical follows Dewey Finn, an out-of-work rock singer and guitarist who pretends to be a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. After identifying the musical talent in his students, Dewey forms a band of fifth-graders, in an attempt to win the upcoming Battle of the Bands contest.


Anastasia
The musical 'Anastasia' is a musical with music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and a book by Terrence McNally. Based on the 1997 film of the same name, the musical adapts the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who could have prevented the execution of her family. Years later, an amnesiac orphan named Anya hopes to find some trace of her family by siding with two con men who wish to take advantage of her likeness to the Grand Duchess.

Moana

Moana- You're Welcome
What is the song about?
This term in Drama we are working on a joined-class performance on the song 'You're Welcome' from the movie Moana.

This song is about the Polynesian demigod, Maui and the different beliefs about what he did. In some stories, hes responsible for pulling down the sun, in others he was responsible for the invention of coconuts. 'You're Welcome' is pretty much about the stories and legends of Maui.

What is difficult about singing this song?
There's a part at the end that has a really fast pace so I guess that's difficult.

How are you feeling about your performance?
I know the words but I don't like performing (or singing in general).

Maui                                         How Maui slowed the sun:
Maui is considered as the greatest culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Stories about his adventures are told in nearly every Polynesian land. Maui in most cases is regarded as a god, but in some places he is only regarded as human.

Stories of Maui
The Story of Maui and Tieke
Maui and the Giant Fish

Chromatography

Today we did a second experiment about Chromatography. It was very similar to the first one we did with leaves and Ethanol, except this time we used water soluble felt tip pens and water as the solvent.

Method:
Just like the first experiment, we used filter paper (or chromatography paper), splints and test tubes. We used three or more different coloured felt tip pens and drew a small dot on each of the pieces of paper. Then after sticking them to the piece of splint, we put them in the test tubes and waited for results.

Equipment needed:

• Splint (or any other stick type material)
• Test tubes (or any other type of see through container)
• Different coloured felts
• Chromatography paper

Results:
Unlike the first experiment, this one went a lot faster and the pigment in the felts was a lot more concentrated and clearer to see. The three colours we used were green, blue and black. As the pigmentation in the black marker became visible, we could see not only black but a bit of purple and magenta too. When the green ones pigmentation became clearer, we could see blue and yellow, which makes sense as when blue any yellow paint is put together it makes green. The blue one how ever only showed other shades of blue

Evaporation

Evaporation

Aim: The aim for the two experiments we conducted was to separate sugar from both normal coca cola and diet coke using two different methods of evaporation.

Experiment 1 equipment and method:

Equipment

• Bunsen Burner
• Beaker
• Evaporating basin
• Diet coke and/or normal coke
• 300 ml of water (We used 80 because we had a smaller evaporating basin, there fore we had to use a smaller beaker.
• Tripod

Method:

For the first experiment, We had a Bunsen Burner placed underneath a tripod. On top of the tripod sat a beaker, which in our case contained 80 ml of water. The evaporating basin sat on top of the beaker, which we poured our coke into til it was just below the top of the evaporating basin.

The collar of our Bunsen Burner was turned so it produced a blue flame. 

Results: 

It took a while, but eventually, our coke evaporated leaving only a black sludge. This was the sugar that had once been in the coke.

Conclusion: 

In conclusion, our first experiment went very well. We managed to separate coke from the sugar and got visible results.

Experiment 2:

Aim: The aim of our second experiment was the same as the last. The aim for the two experiments we conducted was to separate sugar from both normal coca cola and diet coke using two different methods of evaporation. The only difference is this time, we used a different method to get our results.

Experiment 2 method and equipment:

Equipment:

• Bunsen Burner
• Tripod
• Beaker
• Two boiler tubes (for this experiment we had a custom boiler tube with a rubber seal and a glass tube that came out of the top)
• Beaker filled a third of the way with water and ice
• Retort stand and clamp

Method:

For this experiment, we used a retort stand to hold the boiler tube with a rubber seal etc. The end of the glass tube coming out of the sealed boiler tube sat in another boiler tube. This boiler tube sat in the beaker filled with ice and water, which was placed on a tripod. The first boiler tube contained coke. The idea was, the coke would evaporate and travel through the glass pipe into the second boiler tube. The cold water would then turn the evaporated coke back into coke.
This is what our set up looked like:

Results:
We had some of the best results. Our coke almost fully evaporated and turned back into liquid in the beaker filled with cold water and ice, though it did look like it had been mixed with water. Like the experiment we conducted before hand, there was a black sludge at the bottom. This was the sugar left over from the coke.

Chromatography

Chromatography
Definition: Chromatography is a process in which a chemical mixture carried by a liquid or gas is separated into components that can be individually analysed due to the fact that the different particles are caught on the material at different rates. This is a picture of the tree we got our leave samples from:

Equipment:

• Leaves 
• Mortar and Pestle
• Ethanol

Method:

For this experiment we first collected several leaves of the same type and put them in a mortar and pestle. We then broke them up, adding ethanol as the solvent to break them down easier so we could get more of the pigment. We then left them in a test tube over night, so that the remaining bits of leaves could break down.





The next day, we continued to conduct our experiment using the following equipment:

• Two boiler tubes
• Test tube Rack
• Filter paper
• Disposable Pipette/ plastic eye drop
• Splint

Method part 2:

We measured a piece of filter paper just longer then the length of the boiler tubes we were using. After measuring and cutting out filter paper, we stuck a piece of splint onto it so that it could sit in the tube with out having to hold it in place. We also drew a line in pencil and put a drop of the sample we used the day before on the line. Using Ethanol, we filled the test tube up until the filter paper only just touched it.

Results:
Unfortunately, the paper and pigmentation of the ground up leaves didn't react the way we hoped it would. We think this might be because we didn't use enough leaves, therefore there wasn't enough pigmentation. Another reason for this could've been that we didn't break the leaves up enough. I also thought it could've been because we used too much ethanol when we were breaking up the leaves the day before.

Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre

1. Jesus Christ Superstar

The musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice. It is  1970 rock musical and it depicts political and interpersonal struggles between Judas Iscariot and Jesus that aren't present in the bible.

Link to a song in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar

2. Wicked

The musical "Wicked" is written by Winnie Holzman. The story centres on Elphaba, a misunderstood girl who grows up to be the Wicked Witch of the West, and Galinda a popular girl who grows up to become Galinda the Good Witch of the South. 

Link to the song "Defying Gravity" in the musical Wicked

Year 9 Art Checkpoint

Year 9 Art Checkpoint:

Concentration Experiment

Concentration Experiment

Aim: The aim of this experiment was to show dilution using a solution made with water and Potassium Permanganate.

For this experiment, we first mixed in a small amount of Potassium Permanganate with approximatley 100 millilitre's of water. We then added 9 millilitres of this solution into a test tube, and added 1 millilitre of water. After this we proceeded to repeat the process of taking 1 millilitre of the last solution into the next test tube and add 9 millilitres of water. In the diagram below, it shows our results and how the solution looked after being diluted each time.

                        

Results and observations: 

Our experiment was very successful and the dilution process is visible through the diagram provided. I think we could have made it more successful by making sure the measurements for 1 millilitre of the last solution are as accurate as possible.

Measurement

Measurement

1. A recipe asks for 1 cup of milk, you can not find a measuring cup, you do have a tablespoon. How many tablespoons of milk would you need? 16 tablespoons (Tbsp)
2. A recipe asks for 12tsp of ground pepper. You do not own any measuring spoons. However you do have a cup. How could you measure the ground pepper? Using the millilitre lines. Fill the cup up to 60mL
3. You have found your favorite American beef recipe. The recipe asks for 5fl.oz of beef stock. Convert this to cups…
4. The American beef recipe asks you to bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit (F), you are confused because your New Zealand oven only goes up to 250 degrees. Convert to degrees celcius ( C )... 175 degrees celsius

Link to banana bread recipe:
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/

Dilution Series

Separation and Filtration Keywords and Definitions

Keywords:

• Solute
• Solvent
• Solution
• Dissolve
• Soluble
• Insoluble
• Saturate

Soluble:

Something that can dissolve. For example, sugar

Insoluble:

Something that can not dissolve. For example, flour

Solute:

A solid that can dissolve

Solvent:

The liquid that dissolves the solute

Solution:

The combination of the solute and the solvent

Dissolve:

When large particles break into smaller particles (microscopic particles)

Dilution Practical:

Crest

For the past couple of Social Studies lessons, we've been making our own crests that represent us and our culture. This is the one I made:

The German and Croatian flags represent places I want to travel to when I'm older. The Scottish, Irish and Australian flags represent my heritage and where my ancestors originate from. The pencil is for my love for drawing. I drew a Roman Helmet because the main subject I want to take when I'm older is Classical studies. The keyboard and music notes represent my love for music (more specifically playing the piano), the F is the first letter of my family name and the parachute represents my dare devilish love for skydiving. I've been skydiving three times. I did my first skydive when I was 11 in Ashburton that was 12,500ft, then I did a 19,000ft skydive at Franz Josef at the end of 2016 and then another skydive last year in Ashburton at 13,000ft (I hope I get the chance to go again).