Today Room 14, along with other classes in the school, got to witness one of the most spectacular natural events of a lifetime. At 9.18 am this morning the moon began to cross between the Earth and the Sun causing a solar eclipse. It took roughly an hour for the moon to pass from one side of the sun to the other. On it's journey creating a bright crescent in the sky as the moon shadowed the Sun's rays. We will not see an eclipse as good as this in Auckland until most of us are 31!

As the moon slowly moved across the sky we noticed the light started to fade and Greenhithe became rather airy. The temperature dropped suddenly as we were no longer being warmed by the Sun.

This was an amazing sight and thanks to Sarah (and her Dad) Room 14 were able to enjoy the view of the event without damaging our eyes. Sarah had created a pinhole camera that channelled the Sun's light into a box and presented the eclipse as a small dot on white paper. We were all very amazed! A great day!

      

      

                                                                                               

     

    

          Corbin and Riley's power point still to come.