Nature Is Speaking | (Week 7 Term 4)

Bonjour,

The video above is a task I finished in class last week.
It is called Nature Is Speaking, and it is my voice speaking for nature.
It was created to send a message that we are all destroying nature, everyday.
The video is 'Water is Speaking'.

Au Revoir.

Week 3 & 4 Term 4

Bonjour;

In the last three weeks, a lot of things have happened.
In Week 3, on Monday it was Labour Day, which meant a public holiday for our school.

On Tuesday, there was Tech Arts like normal, we are now doing Sewing/Fabrics. First, because the Year 8's are doing it, we are making a jersey. We have to choose what color or pattern we want (We could choose as many colors as we wanted) and then we traced the shapes out using templates and chalk, and then we cut out all the pieces. We first sewed the shoulder seams, and then the front and back main parts. After that, we sewed on the hood, and then the pocket. Then we sewed together the arms. After you had done all that your were finished. After making the jersey, which we haven't done yet, we make slippers.

On Wednesday, there were WIMS speeches, which I didn't do.
Week 4 is was a normal week, and nothing new is happening.

Au Revoir.

Week 2 Term 4

Bonjour,

In week two, we have a lot of testing. On Monday we have a PAT Maths test after interval, and we also have more testing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Starting from this week, we have five Life Education units in the mobile classroom with Nicky. This year she is teaching us about drugs, alcohol and addictions, and how we can end our addictions. Did you know that alcohol is actually a drug? So, when you drink alcohol, you are actually taking drugs. Most adults and adolescents don't know this, and a lot of them, even if they did know that, they would still continue to drink alcohol.
On Monday we had Life Education in the last block for the whole block.
For Maths on Monday, we are continuing Probability and we are doing Tree Diagrams.
Last Friday we finished Art for Tech Arts and started a new Tech Arts on Tuesday. The new Tech Arts that we started on Tuesday was soft materials. I am not that good at sewing, and we have to make a polar fleece jersey...On Tuesday we designed our sweatshirts and mine is going to have a white 'body', and leopard print fabric on the sleeves, hood, front pocket and my name on the back. I might put my favorite number on the back or the front, but I'm not sure...
On Wednesday, we had Jump Jam in the afternoon like we always do.
On Thursday there was the normal Extension Art and school singing.
On Friday, I had Sailing, and i went to Lake Ngaroto to do that. There was also a really big event happening at school, which was the Grandparents concert. This is where your Grandparents or other relatives come in the morning and they look around at your classroom and your school, and then they get a morning tea. Then after lunch, the actual concert starts. In the concert, the band play a lot of songs, then some people do solos. The Jump Jam team are also performing and so are the Kapahaka I think. The concert lasts almost the whole last block, and all the Grandparents coming get to watch it, and so do all the students.
Going back to Sailing, that Friday was the first time I had ever tried Sailing, and it was really fun. I learnt a lot, and also, the weather was great, so it was an enjoyable day.

Au Revoir.

Term 4 Week 1

Bonjour;

After a two week break we are back at school and lots of things are going to be taking place in the next nine and a half weeks. Some of these include Sailing, Grandparents Concert, WIMS, Final Assembly and many others.
What's on this term:
Week 1} On Tuesday morning, rooms 13, 14 and 15 left for camp at Lakewood Lodge. Nothing else major happened this week, expect for lunch time inter class touch games.
Week 2} In week two there is nothing on.
Week 3} On Monday of Week 3 there is Labour Day which means it is a public holiday and there is no school. On Wednesday there is WIMS speeches, which is a Waikato School's speech final.
Week 4} In Week 4 there is nothing happening.
Week 5} WIMS Softball and WIMS Theatre Sports is on this week and I'm pretty sure Week 5 on Friday we have Inter House athletics as well.
Week 6} Is Wearable Arts Evening
Week 7} Nothing is on this week
Week 8} This week Room 9 goes on Waikato Camp. WIMS athletics is also on this week.
Week 9} This week nothing is on.
Week 10} This week nothing is on.
Week 11} This Tuesday Term 4 ends and the Christmas holidays start for a whole six weeks. :)

We are currently in Week One and this week on Monday we had a Powhiri and we also started athletics training in class with high jump in the ALC. On Tuesday we had Tech Arts first block and that is still Art.

On Wednesday Nicky Wise who does Life Education in her mobile classroom came to see us. She arrived on Monday morning. Nicky is here to teach give us a five lesson unit on Drugs. Today she gave us an intro in the Dance and Drama studio to tell us what we would be learning about in the mobile classroom. The intro lasted the whole first block and I learnt a lot of things. Did you know that 6 average bottles of alcohol can kill a person? Or that when you take marijuana, is stays in your body for 90 days after you have taken it?
We watched a cartooned video on the projector screen where a man, Trevor Grice talked about the topic of Drugs the whole way through. While he was talking, the video also put up animated people and pictures and videos to help us understand and make the video a bit more interesting.

At the moment for Maths, we are learning about Probability. Some of the words you use to predict the probability of something happening are these: Impossible, Possible, Certain, Likely, Unlikely. For example: What is the possibility of there being a cloud in the sky tomorrow? {With the weather at the moment, the answer would be {Certain} or {Likely}}

Au Revoir

Term 3 | Reflection

Bonjour; 

This post is going to be a reflection on everything that has happened this term, Term 3. Over the nine weeks of this term, a lot of events have taken place; sport, cultural, academic, trips and competitions. 

Term 3 Reflection:
What happened:

In the first week of Term 3, no events took place, and the same in week two. But the dental nurse arrived and started checking teeth. 

In the third week, WIMS started up for the term, and the first one was WIMS 7s rugby. There was also WIMS Band and Orchestra. 

In Week four, there was another WIMS starting up, which was WIMS Cross Country. To get into this team, you had to trial, which I didn't, and seeing whether you got into the team or not depended on your time results. A few people from our class got in. 

Week four was the week that the whole school had been practicing for, Interhouse Cross Country, the event that the whole school competed in. 

In Week 6 was WIMS Netball trials started and the teams were decided. Some band students also went over to Murray's Bay for the night, to collaborate with another school with their band. There was also the Kapahaka Festival, which the Kapahaka students participated in. 

Week 7 was the official AIMS Games for New Zealand, which is a major sporting event that happens once every year only. A lot of people went to that, which lasted for the whole week. There was also Year 8 HPV vaccinations, the third one this year, which I wasn't a part of. 

Week 8 has a busy week, with lost of events going on. On Sunday the day before school started, the people going on Ski Trip left at 5:00 AM that morning. On Monday, everybody going to Sports Camp left for that, and they were gone for the whole week, playing sports. On Tuesday until Thursday was the Rural Schools Hockey tournament. There was also a catch up for HPV vaccinations on Tuesday that week. WIMS Kapahaka started on Wednesday and lasted for two days (Wednesday and Thursday).  Year 8 enrollments for Te Awamutu College also started up. 

Week 9 was a busy-ish week. On Monday we listened to the Year 7 speech finals all last block. On Tuesday, the Murray's Bay students that we went over to see a few weeks ago came to our school and collaborated with our band again. In the two days and one night that they stayed at our school, they managed to put together a concert for us, which the whole school, except for Tech Art students, went and watched. 

On Tuesday, the year 8's going to the college did a college test to see what class they were put in, but even though this was two tests, English and Maths, the testing was only part of what classes you got into at the college. Also in Week 9 was my college enrollment, as well as a lot of other people. On Thursday Week 9, we had had to listen to the Year 8 speeches all last block. One of them was really funny, and that speech got 2nd place, but only because there wasn't enough reasons on the topic. 

In class:

In class this term, we have done lots and Maths, and revisions over what we have already done so that we remembered it for the college test. We have mostly done Algebra and Measurement, although we did go over fractions a bit for the test. 

In groups of three or four, we were assigned to do two infographics, one after the other. My first one was about the life cycle of a dragonfly, then we did one one on 8 Ways To Develop A Growth Mindset.  

Overall, I have learnt a lot this term, and am excited for next term as it is my last term at Te Awamutu Intermediate.  Next term is full of new opportunities, and things I am involved in like Sailing. There is the Grandparents Concert and final assembly at the end of next term, which I will be getting a certificate for, for dishes.

Au Revoir. 

Week 9 Term 3

Bonjour;

It's the last week of Term 3!
This week is a sort of quiet week compared to last week (Week 8) because there are no sports going on. But there is a big non-sport event happening.
The event is Murray's Bay exchange. A few weeks ago, some band students from our school went up to a place in New Zealand called Murray's Bay, and they stayed there for one night only. This week, on Tuesday, the Murray's Bay students from Murray's Bay came to our school and stayed one night (Tuesday night), like we did when we went over to their school. They left yesterday (Wednesday). The reason they came over was to collaborate with our band students and put together a concert for us to watch yesterday afternoon at school.
This Thursday, Extension Art has been cancelled, so I didn't do that today.

This week we and Year 7 speech finals in front of the whole school. They were all entertaining and good to listen to. The placings of 1st, 2nd and 3rd went to Ethan, Brylee-Ella, and Alice, from third to first. Today (Thursday), we are listening to the Year 8 speech finals, and there will be placings for that, too.

On Thursday afternoon in the last block of school, we listened to the Year 8 speech finals. No one from our class got into the finals, which was different to last year, because last year there was a year 8 in the finals who got a placing.

Au Revoir.

Week 8 Term 3

Bonjour;

Things going on this week: 

AIMS is over (it was on all last week), but there are more sports things starting up this week.

This week Sports Camp is on, but there are only four people from our class going to that. 

The Ski Trip is also on, and the people going to the Ski Trip (only two from our class) left yesterday morning, and I think they are gone for the whole week. 

For Tech Arts, the year 8's are still doing art, and the year 7's are in food. For Art, the year 8's are making 3D caravans. I have so far done all the paper macheing, I think, because I have finished two layers of normal newspaper and one layer of white normal paper.

We have started learning what an infographic is. We are also going to create an explanation infographic this week. For our first infographic, most of the class are doing something basic like a life cycle of an animal or insect or the water cycle. My group has decided on the topic of the Life Cycle Of A Dragonfly. We finished ours at the start of Week 9. Next week (Week 9) we are starting a second infographic, but this time we can do something not so simple as our topic.

Au Revoir.

Week 7 Term 3

Bonjour;

This Monday during assembly, I got my Silver Badge! I finally got the one signature I needed to get it, and it was an Include Others, and those are the hardest to get. I still need heaps of signatures till my Gold Badge though, so I don't think I am going to get my Gold by the end of the year.

Next Term, Term 4, in Week 4 and 5 is Wearable Arts. I did Wearable Arts in my last year of Primary, but that is the only time, and I haven't done it since. Wearable Arts at Intermediate is every two years, so we only get to do it once. I think we get to do it in partners, but I won't be the model!

For Tech, the Year 8's (Me) are making 3D caravans. We all started a few weeks ago, and so far I have designed how I want my caravan to look on paper, traced the shape I want it, cut out cardboard, constructed, stuffed, taped, and now I am up to paper macheing the outsides of the caravan. I haven't quite finished paper macheing, but I am close to done. We need to do three layers of paper mache, and then a glaze coat, and I think after that we paint on our colors and the design we want.

Au Revoir

Week 6 Term 3

Bonjour;

In Maths yesterday, I learnt about formulae. Formulae is like using algebraic rules, which can look like this:
Y=x + 8
     7
G=3W + 10
Formulae rules look very similar. This is an example of a rule for formulate:
C=$40 + h x 20
In this example, a mechanic charges $40 call out, plus $20 for every hour attending a weekend breakdown.  So, for a breakdown taking two hours to fix, the total cost would be= $40 + 2 x $20.
If I was finding the cost for the mechanic being called out for 3 hours, the fomulae would look like this:
$40 + 3 x $20, and the total cost (the answer) for three hours would be: 100.
On Tuesday, we finished Number Patterns, and are now starting on something new.

I started something called Newsela, which is a reading website, and you answer four questions about the story at the end of each story, and I got 100% right! ;)

Au Revoir

Week 5 Term 3

Bonjour;

This Friday we have Inter House Cross Country,  a competition that the whole school does, where we run 3KM, a distance that the whole school has been practicing for the last five weeks.
On Friday was Inter House Cross Country, so now it is all over, and we don't have to run anymore. ;)
We got let go to start in four groups. We started in the hall, because the weather wasn't looking to good, and the grass was all wet from earlier that morning. First, the Year 7 girls went to do the Cross Country track, and while they ran, everyone else stayed in the hall and watched a movie. Twenty minutes later, when the first Year 7 girls were starting to get back, the let the Year 7 boys go. Then for another twenty minutes, everyone in the hall watched the movie. Then when the Year 7 boys were starting to come back into the hall, the Year 8 girls, me!!!, got to go. We started and then when we finished, the Year 8 boys started. I got 61st place, which I guess is OK. Once everyone was back in the hall and finished, we went back to class and that was basically the end of the day.

Au Revoir

Week 4 Term 3

Bonjour;

In Maths we have been finishing off learning about measurement.

For measurement, we have been learning about converting. This is  a few conversions we have been learning about:

1L=1KM

1CM=1GM 

1MM=1MG

Those ones with the equals sign mean they are the same size, really. 

This is something we have to remember the conversions correctly. 

Next week is Interhouse Cross Country. 

This is where everyone from the school participates in a 3KM long run that we have been practicing for the last four weeks. 

The run is on the streets, then it goes onto farmland and back onto the park by the school again. 

Au Revoir. 

Week 3 Term 3

Bonjour;

It's week three of term three! This week we finally went out onto the streets for Cross Country. The way we go on the streets is we go round the school like we would usually, then we cross over to Sherwyn Park and once we get past the shed, we turn onto Raikes Ave. Then we run straight until the end of the road, where we turn left and run up a steep, long hill. Then we run straight before turning left onto the Matariki downhill. At the bottom of the hill, we turn left again into a small alleyway, that some people tend to miss. Then we head back onto Raikes Ave and at the end, we go at a diagonal right across and up and footpath ed hill then we run straight over to the Fladgates' Village and then we turn in to another small alleyway onto Sherwyn again, then we run down to the shed and in a diagonal over to a small hill, then we run all the way down the side of Sherywn and cross over the pedestrian crossing back into school grounds. Then we run down to the offices, and that is one whole lap; 3 KMs. WIMS cross country (I am not involved in that) is Week 4 Tuesday, and two people from my class are in it. Then in Week 4 on Friday is Inter House cross country, which everyone does. This track covers farm land a with lots of steep hills, and I think it is just 3 KMs, but it is hard with all the hills. We start in age groups, separately.  I think Year 8 girls go first, then Year eight boys. After that is Year 7 girls, and then after them is Year 7 boys. 

This week I learnt about Pi. Pi in numbers is actually 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 ...And a lot more numbers, but the abbreviated version is just two decimal places: 3.14. You use Pi for finding circumference of circles in Maths. 

So, the diameter is 10 cm. What you do is you multiply the diameter (10 cm) by Pi (3.14) to find the circumference of a circle that has a 10 cm diameter. The answer of that would be 31.4 cm.

Pi can also be use to find the area of circles.
If we use the same example of a circle with 10 cm, this is how you do it:

First you need to divide the diameter by two, to make the radius. You need the radius because for finding area it is by radius, not diameter. So now the circle will look like this:

Because we now have the radius. So what we do is we multiply the radius by Pi (3.14). The answer for this would be 15.7, the area of the circle.

Au Revoir.

Week 2 Term 3

Bonjour;

It's week two of the third term.
We have ICAS English; which is once every year.
For Tech arts, the Year 8's (Me) are still doing Food, and the Year 7's are still doing Music. For Food, I am planning my part for the Cafe we are doing. Everyone chooses something sweet or savory. I chose sweet, and for sweet I am making a plate of star shaped pastry puffs with jam and cream in the middle. They are star shaped because our theme is Beach, and all the food we make has to apply to the theme.
We have two practice sessions to perfect what we are making next Friday.
We get to invite two people to our Cafe, and they get to eat as much of the food as they want, anyone's.
On Friday we have team Jump Jam, and we get to wear a shirt the color of our house; mine is red (Waipa.) For Jump Jam, the whole school goes to the ALC and does Jump Jam for most of the day.

Au Revoir

Week 1 Term 3

Salut,

It's the first day of Term 3 today! This term is loaded with activities, trips and events:
Week 2 Monday we have a Powhiri to welcome two new teachers into the school. One of them is Mrs Cunningham, the teacher I had at primary for year 5 & 6. The other teacher I'm not sure the name of.
Week 3 there is WIMS sevens on Tuesday and WIMS Band & Orchestra on Thursday, which is for band people.
Week 4 we have WIMS Cross Country, which is where a few of the fastest runners from our school trial and go to WIMS Cross Country, which isn't held at our school.
Week 5 Friday we have Interhouse Cross Country, the Cross Country that we start training for today. We have five weeks to prepare for the course on the actual day, and, since we are a school in town, we are running on the streets. The whole Cross Country track is a bit over 3KM around the town area, and it is hard to finish, especially on the hills.
Week 6 there is WIMS Netball.
Week 7 is NZ Aims Games, where the best players for each sport go to compete against other schools in the North Island.
Week 8 is WIMS Kapahaka, and I'm not really sure what that is.
Week 9 is the last week of term, and that Sunday, daylight savings starts.

For Tech Arts, the year 8's are still doing Food.
We got to choose if we made sushi or wedges, and I am making wedges. All we have to bring for it is two large potatoes.

We also have SLCs (Student Led Conferences) this term, which is where students talk to parents with their teachers about their progress and success throughout the year so far.


Au Revoir.

Week 10 Term 2

Bonjour;

Monday
For the first block we had assembly. No one from our class got SHINE bands or badges, and because it is Maori language week, they changed the SHINE principals from English to Maori. One of the teams from our school who did the Epro8 Challenge, made it into the semi-finals, and if they get into the Top 5 in the semis, then they make it to the Finals.
After assembly, we did some worksheets on apostrophes; where they go, how to use them etc. I am now confident with apostrophe placings.
After interval, we did SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) for fifteen minutes, then we did our reading or writing tasks, both of which I am finished, and some people did magazine reports. I was doing a magazine report for the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, but I was sick on the day it happened, so I can't do it.
After lunch, we had speeches. By speeches, I mean that we were given a talk over what to do for speeches, how to write a speech, what to put in your speech etc. I don't know yet what I'm doing as my speech topic, but it is free choice, so we can do anything we want, as long as it has a meaning, and is something you can write a whole speech about.
After speeches, we did Maths. Currently for Maths, we are doing Percentages. I am up to date with the Maths work, and I have been learning lots. I understand everything I have been given to do on percentages so far.

Tuesday
For the first block we had Tech Arts; Food! For food today, I learnt how to make peach danish. It is actually pretty easy and it turns out sort of like a cake.
After morning tea we had SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)  for fifteen minutes, then we had Maths; Percentages. For Percentages, I am currently learning about increase and decrease, and how to find the percent change. Here's how to find the percent change
After lunch we had English tasks, book review, persuasion writing and some people had to do their magazine reports, not me though. I am currently finished all English work, and I think I am going to put my name down for the Extension Writers\Readers Group.

Wednesday
Today I learnt LOADS! We went to a Marae in Pirongia all day, and we were taught about Maori culture and what they do, as part of Maori Language Week.
I first played capture the flag, a new game for me, and it is sort of like ripper rugby and instead of flags you use rugby balls and pass them to your teammates to get a point if they catch it.
We then learnt how to play a Maori stick game, where you had a time beat you had to follow, and, using sticks, you had different patterns and movements you had to do.
Then we did some carving art, and mine actually turned out good I think.
For the rest of the day we did the haka, another stick game, made fried bread and learnt a song.
I learnt heaps and it was a fun experience.

Thursday & Friday
I was sick on both of these days, unfortunately, because on Friday I was going to learn how to make Nachos, and do the Friday morning tea dishes.

Au Revoir.

Week 9 Term 2

Bonjour;

Monday
In the first block, we had to take our Science Fair boards into the hall, and put them into the section they belonged in, either on a table or on the floor against a wall. The sections were Physical World, Material World, Living World, Real World, and my Science Fair is in Material World.
After Science Fair, we did Maths, and I completed all the assigned work on Percentages, and converting them.
In the second block we had ALC time, and we did soccer. After that, we did English skills; Semicolons and Apostrophes in our English and Reference books, which was really just revision for me.
In the last block, after lunch, we had Reading and Writing tasks to do, this is the book review that I have already completed, and the Persuasive writing, which I have started, and done three paragraphs on.

Tuesday
For the first block, we had Tech Arts, as usual, and we started a new cycle; Food! I think that Food is the best Tech Art, probably because I love to cook/bake. For Food, we made cheesy rolls and dip sticks. The rolls were really nice.
After morning tea, we did SSR, then my reading group (GP1) went down to the floor with the teacher for Summarising Texts.
Then we continued with our reading and writing tasks, which I am finished with, expect for needing to edit my book review. I am doing my book review on Fear, by Michael Grant, part of the Gone Series. This is an amazing series; I definitely recommend it to anyone intermediate age or older.
After lunch, we had maths; Percentages. My group had to go down to the teacher again.

Wednesday
In the first block, we had Maths, and my group (GP1) had to come down to the floor with the teacher for Percentages; Increasing and Decreasing Percentages.
At 9:30, we went to the hall to look at all the finished Science Fair boards. There were over 420 boards to look at.
After that, we came back to class and continued with Maths.
Then we went to the library to exchange, return, or renew any books.
After interval, we had SSR, which stands for Sustained Silent Reading.
Then we had to do our Reading and Writing. I edited and proof read my Book Review, and finished my Persuasive writing about plastic bags and how they need to be banned.
After lunch we continued with the same thing, because most people haven't finished their draft yet.
At 2:00, we went to the hall for a Powhiri. A Powhiri is when we welcome someone\some people to the school, and it is a big assembly to introduce them to the school.

Thursday
In the first block, I went to Extension Art. My painting is slowly being finished, and I am happy with how it looks so far, it is finally coming together.
After morning tea, we had the choice of Maths, Reading or Reading, whatever we needed to get finished.
After lunch there was the first lot of TAI vs Belmont sport. We were all going to go watch the sport, but it was raining too much, so we had to stay inside.

Friday
For the first block, we had a choice of Maths, Reading or Writing, whatever we needed to get  done. Then there was a Belmont assembly, I guess to make the exchange students feel welcome.
In the second block we had Tech; Food.
For Food today, I made Foccacia bread, and for my toppings, I put on ham and cheese.
In the last block, we had Japanese, and we learnt about food, and we got to use some chopsticks. Using the chopsticks, we competed to see who could pick up the most small wooden blocks in twenty seconds. I got sixteen on my first go. After that, because there was no Friday Sport, we did JumpJam.

Au Revoir

Week 8 Term 2

Bonjour;

Monday
On Monday, some people from our class got SHINE bands, but not me. After assembly we had Maths, and I am up to date with the current maths, despite being away sick for two weeks.
After morning tea we had volleyball. My serves this week were OK, except for one that went to the side.
Later we did persuasive writing. I have already started on this, and my topic is: Plastic bags should be banned in all supermarkets and retail stores.

Tuesday
For the first block we had Tech Arts; Music. For music currently, we are making up a dance, and we have to have things like shadowing, formations, etc. My dance group is me, Jorja and Megan. The song we are dancing to, we didn't have a choice, was Freaks, by Timmy Trumpet. We almost finished our dance, then we had a new person join our group, so we had to convert our three person dance to a four person dance.
After morning tea, we did our Science Fair. Science Fair happens every two years, so you only get to do it once, and you have to have a question, not a yes or no question, and you need to do experiments to answer your question. We have to hand in our Science fair boards by Friday, to be exhibited on Monday, and judged by Mrs Tyson and some other judges.

Wednesday
For the first block, we did Science Fair again, and I got almost everything done, I just needed to stick everything on. After morning tea, I had to go onto the floor for multiplying and dividing fractions because I got then both wrong in the test.

Thursday
For the first block, I didn't go to Extension Art because I needed to print out and color back my writing, and I finished doing that in one block. In the second block, I went to extension art, and I got a lot of my painting done. At lunch, I went home, so I don't know what happened.

Friday
Today I had to hand in my Science Fair project with my log book.
After morning tea was Tech Arts, and we finished and presented our dance. We had to change it AGAIN, because Rowan, then Raiha left.
After lunch, we had Japanese, and we made some origami.
Then we had Friday sports, and I did Jump Jam.


My finished Science Fair board:



Au Revoir.

Week 7 Term 2

Bonjour!

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
All these days I have been sick, so this is going to be a short blog post for this week.
Hopefully on maybe Thursday and Friday I can be at school again after eight days of being in bed sick. Literally.

Au Revoir.

Week 6 Term 2

Bonjour!

Monday & Tuesday
For Tech Arts we learnt about Maori music, and Maori instruments. We also listened and watched people on YouTube playing the instruments. For our reading we are currently doing a novel analysis. For this, we have to pick a book we have recently read this year, and we do a summary of it. We have to include character analysis, setting analysis, point of view, conflict, whether there was man to man conflict, man to nature conflict, nature to nature etc conflict, we also have to have the plot, of course, what the story is actually about and what happens in it. In Maths, I have currently finished all work I know of that I have to do, unless we have started anything new, so I am doing Mathletics instead of normal work. For writing, we are doing persuasive writing, which is trying get the reader to do something, or change their thoughts against something. Like if it was pets, the writer might want you to go and buy a cat, and, as the reader, you might read it and then go buy a cat.

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
All of these days I have had a cold=No school.

Au Revoir!

Week 5 Term 2

Bonjour!

This week for Monday and Tuesday Mrs Crowe was away at a course, so we had Mr McCabe teaching us.

Monday
For most of the first block we had assembly. Mr McCabe wasn't taking assembly this week, so the assembly was shorter than most weeks. Some people, year eights, got their silver badges, five of them. I am really close to MY silver badge, because I am only six signatures away, and, unfortunately, most of the signatures I need are for Including Others, and those ones are the hardest. After assembly we did writing. I have finished my writing, I just need to edit and proofread it properly.

After interval we were meant to have PE, volleyball in the ALC, but instead we had to sit down on the floor, and Mr McCabe gave us an hour long informative talk about poverty all over the world, and if everyone payed their taxes properly, and gave just a little, everyone, we could stop poverty tomorrow. He also said about the polar bears and global warming, and how soon the ice will have melted, and all gone. He also talked about the Zika Virus, and how if every Olympian from all over the world goes to the Rio Olympics, and then come back to their countries, they will bring back the Zika Virus back all over the world, and everyone will get it.

After the talk, we had Maths. I learnt about fractions, how to order them, and how to find the whole from a given fraction. After lunch, we just had a choice of Writing, Reading or Maths, to finish what we needed.

Tuesday
For first block we had Tech Arts, music. In music, today we were learning how to use GarageBand, an app on Apple devices, that you can make music tracks, songs etc with. Most of us knew how to use the app already, so we got started quickly. We had to pair up in twos and use our Blues song that we wrote last Friday as our lyrics. For our music, Jorja and I used Smart Guitar, and Smart Keyboard, then we recorded our voice track, and we also changed the voice around a bit, making it sound "Chipmunk". Then we plugged the iPads we used into the speakers, and we got to listen to each other's songs. Some of them were funny, cool, and serious. Jorja and my song was about her pet bee, Barry, dying after she stroked it, because it stung her and then died because it didn't like it.

After interval, we had the option of Maths, Reading or Writing, whatever we needed to complete. I did Maths, because I needed to get it done, and I had about five more activities to complete. I finished all of those in the hour and fifteen minutes we had, then our relieve teacher stopped us and set up a game on the whiteboard, kind of like hangman, but if you got a whole word right, your group got five points, if you got one letter right, you got one point, and if you guessed wrong, there was no consequence, you just moved on to the next group.

After lunch, we were going to maybe go out for soccer, but it was raining, so we didn't. That afternoon, I worked on my reading task, the man with enormous wings. I am almost finished, and the due date is tomorrow lunch time.

Wednesday
For the first block, we were going to have maths, but instead we had an ICAS Science test, which was quite hard. The year 8's got one whole hour for the test, and the year 7's got fifty-five minutes. There were forty-five questions in the whole test, and a few I couldn't work out, so I had to guess and move onto the next question. After the test, we maths like we were supposed to, but only for about twenty minutes until interval. In those ten minutes, if we needed to, we got to go to the library to return or issue, or both, a book\s. I went to the library, but I couldn't find what I wanted, so I came back and edited and printed off, then handed in my reading task.

After interval, we had SSR, which stands for Sustained Silent Reading, I think. We had that for fifteen minutes, then we had a choice of reading or writing, and some people also did maths, but I had finished all of those, so I started on a short story competition, called The Power Of Words. The POW is short stories, original ones, written by 11-17 year olds, and to enter you just write your own story and send it to the publisher, who, if she thinks yours is good enough, she publishes it to the world, and if you score first place, you get a World Vision prize pack. The word limit is 700-1500 words. I am doing this, and I am almost finished my story, I think.

After lunch we the year 7's had French, and I continued with my short story competition writing, which I am getting closer to finishing. At ten past two, we went to the ALC for JumpJam, and we did the song Freaks again. It was only the second time doing it, but everyone seemed to know it!

Thursday & Friday
Thursday, I was home sick all day.
Friday, T.O.D; Teacher Only Day, so yay, holiday!

Au Revoir!

Week 4 Term 2

Bonjour,

Monday

For Maths today I have worked on multiplying and dividing numbers, and multiplying and dividing decimals. To multiply numbers in an algorithm, you need to set it up the the example below. If your equation was 364x45, your algorithm would look like this
364
x45
From that set out, you would start multiplying. First you multiply the column to the lower right, where the number is 5. You then multiply this number with the number above it, which is 4. So it would be 5x4, which, if you do the maths, equals 20. Then you put that number down below the underlined numbers to create your new row of working:
  2
364
x45
    0    
When you have a two digit number, you put the ones column in the line of working, and then tens column number above the next column to the left in your actual equation. Then you multiply the next number, 5x6. Then when you have that number, you add the number above the six to it, so 30+2=32, then you do what was explained before, and add the tens column to the next equation number to the left, making it:
3
364
x45
  20
After this you finish the first row, then on the second row, you go down a line and start with a zero (0), and then you repeat the steps above till you have finished the whole second row, you add together the two rows, adding each column.

In class we use mostly Chromebooks, and we always use Google related things on the internet. In the past I have used lots of extensions, that are made for Google and show up in each new tab, making a quick and easy way to do things. We downloaded two extensions. The first one was called Google Dictionary. Google Dictionary is and extension where, when you click the Google Dictionary icon on the tab you are on, it opens in that same tab in the top right hand corner, using little space. When it pops up, you have a bar where you can type any word or phrase. Then you press enter or click the define button, and it will find the meaning of the word for you, quick and easy. The second extension we downloaded was an extension called Save to Google. This extension, when clicked, shows up in the top right hand corner and comes up with an option to add a tag. What this extension does is, when you are in a tab that you want to save or come back to later, and you don't want to leave it open or taking up space, you can click the extension and it will come up with the option to add a tag, then you click save, and it will save your tab, and you can exit out of it. Then when you go onto the website, Save to Google will have all your tagged and saved tabs there for you.

For Reading in class, we are continuing to do a summary of a short story, called The Man With Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It is a story about an angel who comes down to Earth with a point of giving all the people a message and a lesson. The lesson was to teach the people of that area to respect others, maybe others who may look different, act different, or talk different etc. The angel teaches people about respecting others and not 'judging a book by its cover', in other words, not judging people by the way they look.

Tuesday

In the first block of Tuesday, we had Tech Arts. For Tech Arts at the moment, the subject we are doing is music. I am not the type of person who is really into music and enjoys it, so I have never actually played an instrument before, as in learning one. Today we learnt about Irish music, which is weird but catchy, and it makes you want to dance. We had to write our own Irish jig, and play it on the keyboard so we could hear what it sounded like. My jig was made up of all C's and E's, because they are easiest, for me at least. I don't know what mine sounded like, because I didn't have time to play it on the keyboard. We also learnt some things about ads, and why they were made, and what makes them catchy, and gets your attention. Some of the ads I think are annoying, catchy, stay-in-your-head-all-day, or ones that get your attention are the following. The Warehouse, McDonald's, The Gigabytes ad that was on a while ago, Smith&Smith, and Noel Leeming, especially the part where it goes: 'No one but Noel Leeming..'

For Writing in class, we are currently doing reports, which are due next Wednesday. For the reports, we had to pick a subject out of about seven, and then we were given a sheet of information of our topic. Then from the information we were given, we had to take notes for our report. So far I have four paragraphs, and my subject is Bottle nose Dolphins.

Wednesday

For Maths we have been focusing on Fractions. For fractions, we have been adding, subtracting, converting, and more. To help us with these if we don't understand them, we have links to YouTube videos, where the You tubers explain to us through YouTube how to do things with fractions.

In JumpJam, we learnt a new routine, called Freaks. It is a song that came out last year, and just now we have been shown the routine, and it is really weird. Like all other JumpJam routines, it is very repetitive.

Thursday

For the first block, we had Extension Art. Right now, I am doing a painting of a waterfall that I showed in one of my earlier posts. I am about just over one third of the way finished.

For this Friday, we are doing Winter Games. These are sports, and we get to choose out of about nine. I chose Corner ball. For this, it is basically a game where there are two teams, and one team has the ball, and they have to pass it round to each other, to tag the other team's members with it. But when you have the ball you can't move your feet.

On Thursday afternoon, we had student assembly. What happened was the students of the school took the assembly, and people told us about their camps, upcoming and past school trips, and what is happening or has happened. Every week we have a class choose a video for us, that can be funny, inspirational, etc. The video this week was cool. It was off YouTube, and was done by some people called Dude Perfect, who do trick shots.

Friday

Today for first block we did reading, writing and maths, so we were finishing off work that needed to be done.

In the second block me and Jorja had dishes, and every Friday for morning tea, the teachers have a big morning tea, and I think everyone brings something edible. So when we get there after morning tea, we get to eat some of whatever's left\uneaten.

We also had music for Tech Arts we have music. On Friday we learnt about blues music, from ages ago. Blues music is music, they used to play and I think they still do, over the other side of the world. In the USA and things. We watched a few videos on blues and then we had to write our own blues song with lyrics. We didn't finish our songs, but I write about Jorja's pet which died a long, long time ago. (A bee called Barry.)

This afternoon we had Japanese, then we were supposed to have Winter Sports but it was cancelled due to the weather.

Au Revoir

Week 3 Term 2

Bonjour;

This week we have started a new writing task; report writing.

For this, we had to choose out of six different animals to write about, panda, giraffe, meerkat, bottle nose dolphin, hector's dolphin or bumblebees. There were a lot of people doing the panda, so I chose to do my report on hector's dolphins. With our reading task, we had to read a story, that was phrased in old words that we don't use anymore, and then use the thesaurus or dictionary to look up the meanings of the highlighted old words. When we had finished, we then have to write a summary about the story, the traits and attitudes of the characters, and what they did to change the story, and what impact they made on the story. 

For Tech Arts, we have started a new cycle, which means we start on a new subject out of the six subjects we have throughout the year. Our new cycle is Music.  For music, we are taught how to play different songs and tunes on the keyboard, different strings and sounds on the guitar, and we also learn a bit of drums. Currently we are learning about Irish music and created some of our own tunes to play on the keyboard. Mine was made up of C's and E's only because I am not a musical person, and I don't have a complex understanding of music and notes and strings etc. 

On Wednesday and Thursday, most of our class was out for those two days for Music Camp, or, more accurately, Music Workshop, because our school didn't camp the night. I don't know much about Music Workshop, or what it was like, because I don't play any instrument so I wasn't part of it. I do know that all of the school that played an instrument went to the hall and ALC along with other schools that came, and camped, to learn about music and know how to play their instrument better. The travelling schools camped over the night, and for the two days they played and learnt music, and worked up to a small concert that they showed some of the school, that I didn't see. 

We didn't have JumpJam or French this week, but I hope we have them next week. 

Au Revoir

Week 2 Term 2

Bonjour!
(Hi!)

Monday

In Maths today, we learnt about properties in angles and for lines.
Part of this was learning how to find angles in triangles.
To find a angle in a triangle, you need to know this: All angles in a single triangle add up to 180'.
Equilateral triangle:
In an equilateral triangle, all the sides are equal, so you divide 180' by three.
Isosceles triangle:
In an isosceles triangle, all the sides are equal, so you use the number that you are given:

In the example, the two bottom angles are both 72', because they are both the same angles.
Right angle triangle:
In a right angle triangle, there is usually a 90' angle going up the left side of the triangle.
To find the three angles, you already know that the bottom left angle is 90', so you just need to find the bottom right and top right.
Scalene triangle:
In a scalene triangle, all the sides and angles are different.
Because of this, you would need a protractor to find the three angles.

Lacrosse

Today we had a lacrosse session for a whole block. (1 and a half hours.)
This was the first time that I had ever played lacrosse.
In lacrosse you need to hold the tennis racket like thing in the picture below with a net.

The aim is to catch and throw the balls using your stick and net only, no hands.
It is really hard at first, but also really fun.
In Term 4 I think we have a school lacrosse team, so I would probably join that team.

Tuesday

Tech Arts

This morning, first block, we had tech arts.
For tech arts at the moment we are doing Science.
Today we made bath bombs!
(In the shape of CUPCAKES!)
To make the bath bombs, we had to mix multiple ingredients, with our hands, and then we compressed it fully into a cupcake mold.
We had to leave it in the science room until Friday, then we could take it home.

Wednesday

Today we had Maths, Reading and Writing, then Jump Jam!

Jump Jam

Wednesday, last block, we did Jump Jam!
This has been my first Jump Jam session for about seven or eight weeks, so I enjoyed it!

Thursday

Today, first block, I had extension art.
In extension art, I'm painting a landscape picture, this is the picture:

The above picture is a waterfall, the painting I am doing currently.

I took it, on Mercury Island. 

Friday 

French 

This morning we had French!

We learnt and revised on numbers, places in France, and the dates of the month. 

Tech Arts

Middle bock of Friday was tech arts!
Today, after a science test, we got to make SHERBET!
It's really sour, and fizzes in your mouth instantly.
Like the bath bombs, we had to mix in all the ingredients with our fingers.
We were given two scoops of citric acid, but we could have more if we wanted, to make it more sour.
I got a third scoop, 'cause I love sour.

Au Revoir!

Week 1 Term 2

Hé, il est Terme 2!

Hey, it's Term 2!
Week 1:
Mike King

This week on Tuesday we had a talk from Mike King.
Mike King is a famous comedian, who talked to us about depression and addiction, and how he got over being alcoholic and a drug addict.
He told us that as a kid he got bullied for having  a big head, so other kids called him Head. Every day he sat outside the staff room, because if you sat outside the staff room, kids wouldn't bully you, because they would get caught because the teachers would see them.
When he got slightly older, he started telling jokes, and he was asked into the 'popular kids' group.
They used him to bully other kids, and at first he didn't realize. But when the kids made him pick on his friend, Nigel, he didn't have the courage to say no to them, and he bullied his friend, because when he was with the 'popular' group, they didn't pick on him.
But eventually they got bored of him, and they kicked him out.
As he got older, he got more and more depressed, and he showed it in anger, and sometimes he had anger spasms over absolutely nothing.
When he was about twenty, I think, he went to his mate's house, who was a police, and took out his depression on him. The policeman friend then suggested he get a councilor because Mike had depression. He completely disagreed, so the police friend took him over to his councilor; Stella.
Stella talked to Mike about how he was, who he was etc.
He then said that she thought he had depression. He disagreed angrily, until Stella told him that the first sign of depression in men was anger.
She then talked about him and his addictions for drugs and alcohol, and gave him some solutions to get back on track again.
Now he is a better husband to his wife, father to his children, and friend to others.

Tech Arts

This week for tech arts we have been learning how to measure PH levels in a liquid.
We used the color-changing paper strips, and put them in different liquids to watch them change color. Then we put them on our tongues, and they were green.

I finally have my Moonboot off!
Yes!
So, now I can actually do things!

Au Revoir!

Camp Week

Camp Week


From Wednesday morning to Friday afternoon, it was Room 3's and 7's camp to the Narrows.
On Wednesday morning, everyone arrived at school early, and in a few hours, all our gear was in the school trailer and we were all in cars on our way to Narrows.
We arrived, unpacked our gear in our cabins, and we all gathered inside the big hall where we ate, met, etc.
 The man who ran the camp came up and talked to us about the rules of his camp, the times we would eat, and where we were allowed.


Next we were all split into activity groups, consisting of up to seven or eight students. While we found our way over to our first activity, the adults were given a big talk about safety and responsibility etc.
My group's first activity was trolleys.
The trolleys were like go-karts, but without an engine, or proper steering wheel. You had a pole type of steering wheel to help you move left and right while you were on it. When we sat on it, we had to be sitting right up against the bars along the sides and back of the trolley, and your knees had to be slightly bent, with your feet flat against the front bar.
Then you were pushed down the dirt and grass hill down to a flat where you slowed, then stopped.
We were on each activity for about forty-five minutes.
Our second activity was the water slide.
The water slide was made out of mostly plastic that you slid down on, the you came down and finished in a pool of sandy water that was held by plastic covers.
Everyone had multiple goes, then we had a break for lunch.
After lunch, we continued with our third activity.
Our third activity was BMX.
My group, unlike a few other groups, used the metal circuit, a loop that you went continuously round and round.
We did a few races, I took photos, and then we had a short break to get changed and eat.
After that, we completed our last activity for the day.
My group's was Go-Karts.
My favorite activity!
We had a circuit to go round, and we got timed for our first lap each time.
The fastest time when my group got to Go-Karts was 12 seconds.
When we got there, though, the second Go-Kart with a hand controlled throttle was broken, because the 12 seconds group broke it.
This was an activity I actually got to participate in, because, thanks to my Moonboot, I couldn't do BMX, waterslide or trolleys.
My time was, I think, the fastest of my group.
I want to say that I beat 12 seconds, but I didn't.
But I did make it into the elite 15 group, with 15 seconds!
Lastly, we came back for dinner.
Then we showered, and had the option of going on the Burma trail or not.
If we didn't want to, we could watch a movie instead.
I stayed and watched a movie, because the track was wet and muddy, and I had my Moonboot.


The next day, Thursday, was the day we did our last activity, Archery.
I haven't done archery in about 3 years, so it was more getting back into it for me.
In all of my shots, my closest to a bulls eye, was, literally, a centimeter off.
Once we had finished our last activity, we mucked around on the foot guided swing for a while, then we were called back for morning tea.
After that, we had to participate in some team building activities which were Narrows games that the came had made up for us.
Then we had a lunch break and some free time.
Then we did another team building activity, that took a while.
And was  harder than I thought it would be.
The first thing that we did was split into teams of three.
Then one person, me, had to stand with an empty cup in between their feet, and balance it while the other two filled it with water from the drain, carried over in their hands.
Then we had to pick the cup up without our hands, and find something to balance it on; the catch being that what were balancing on had to be adult eye level height.
When we had completed that, we had to stand behind a line, and use sticks and other objects to reach a box of matches.
Once we had our matches, we made out way over to a structure of two poles of wood in the ground, holding a piece of string, and we had to build up our fire so that the string burnt.
Our string burnt successfully, and then we had to keep a constant fire going to cook our afternoon tea; damper.
We failed, and had to use someone else's fire to cook our food.
I have never tried damper before, and some people didn't like it, but I thought it was actually nice.
Then we went back up to the grass area outside the hall, and we were explained the instructions of our next game.
After that, we had dinner and dessert, then  we had a bonfire, and we sang songs and laughed.


The next and last day, was Friday.
After we had breakfast, we went straight to Paintball, but not me, because I couldn't get my
Moonboot dirty, unfortunately.
Next we had to wait for the other class to do paintball, and we had free time.
Then we had to pack up our cabins and our gear, and it was lunch time.
After lunch, most of us had a swim in the pool, but not me.
Then, unfortunately, we had to go home.

I was really disappointed to leave the Narrows, because it was an amazing camp, one of the best I've ever been on. It was definitely a very memorable three days, with so many opportunities, my absolute favorite being Go-Karts!

Thank you so much to all the teachers and parents that came on camp with us, and helped us, and all the Narrows staff who cooked, cleaned and made us feel at home.
And, they also did the dishes for us, which was really awesome!
Thank you to all the above! ;)

Photos:

Week 10 Term 1

Bonjour! Hi!

Tech Arts
Tuesday & Friday
This week, as always, we have had Tech Arts. On Tuesday this week we learnt a lot of new things about science and cause and effect. Our project for Tuesday was making soap structures! Soap in the shape of cupcakes. While making soap cupcakes, I learnt how to melt and color soap, then poar it into a rubber cupcake mold. Then we had to do the same steps, but with a different color of our choice. Then we poured the second color on top of the first color until the cupcake mold was full. We put them in the fridge to cool down for 20 minutes, then we took it out again. I learnt that when you put colored, hot melted soap on top of another color of the same heat, the bottom color came to the top! That was what happened to mine, so I had blue streaks in my orange. Once they had cooled down, we added some 'decorations' to the top of the soap cupcakes.

Extension Art
Progress over the weeks
As you might have known from my current blog posts, I am involved in Extension Art. Over the last five or so weeks, I have been building progress on my canvas, trying to get the colors and details correct. So far I have been working on getting the details of the water for my waterfall painting. I have learnt some new ways to mix colors and get more details.

French
Lessons
This week was my first Friday lesson of French! Every time a French lesson has been on, I have been away from school. In this week's French lesson, we all learnt about pronunciation and names of animals and different types of pets; cats, dogs, rabbits, fish, birds etc.

Sports
For the last few weeks
For the last few weeks of this term we have been doing sports, but, unfortunately, I haven't got much to say about sports because I have been unable to do it for the last couple of weeks, and I will be unable to do it for the next two or three weeks.

Camp
Next week
Next week on Wednesday morning, we are leaving for our three day long camp at the Narrows with Room 7. I will not be able to do too much because of my injury. I am really excited and soon, when I come back, I will do a blog post with photos about everything I learnt and did on camp.

Mufti Day
Next Tuesday
Next Tuesday is Mufti Day! The theme for this term's mufti day is Sports.


School Concert
Next Tuesday
As well as mufti day, we also have a school concert, that is happening during lunch time.

Foot Injury
Sports Absence 
Two weeks ago I broke my foot at gymnastics! I broke it by trying a round off back handspring, but I did the back handspring too high. Because I did it too high, and I miss interpreted what time I had to land, so I landed wrong, and heavily, fracturing the growth plate below my smallest toe. So now I have a Moonboot for the next couple of weeks.

Holidays
Next Saturday
The first two week term holidays are in one week!

Au Revoir

Week 8 & 9 Term 1

Tech Arts

On Tuesday we had our second lesson of Science! 

Because I missed the first lesson of Science, I was slightly behind. 

On Tuesday we watched an experiment, where Mrs.Tyson had some white powder in a beaker, and then she had some different white powder in another beaker. She filled the first beaker with water, then she poured the water beaker into the powder one, and orange fizz and bubbles exploded over the top of the beaker. We learnt about this chemical reaction, and then we had to write a report about what we saw. 

Easter

I am so excited!!Because...this weekend is Easter!!! 

AND, I might be going to the beach for 5 DAYS (the whole weekend!)

Makuhari

Makuhari students left yesterday! I didn't have a Makuhari student, so I didn't really know much about about it, but Rowan had a Makuhari student, so she got to take her student round New Zealand so that they could learn about our culture. 

Au Revoir! 

Week 7 Term 1

Bonjour! (Hi)

This week hasn't been to busy, but I have learnt and revised some new things in the last three days.

On Monday I revised my knowledge for integers with positive and negative numbers.

On Tuesday we did and learnt heaps. In the first block we had Tech Arts. As you know, we have been doing speakers and phone holders. Before I started on Tuesday, I was hoping that I would finish both of the projects I was working on before I moved onto the next Tech Art (Science). And I finished both my speaker and my phone holder! For the speaker, I had to glue the speaker parts onto the box, then I had to wire everything up, and plug all the wires into the Motherboard. This is like the main technical thing, and I didn't even know what it was until I got up to this part of my speaker. So once we had attached the wires to the Motherboard, we had to hot glue on the battery pack, and add the batteries to it. Then we needed to screw the back on, and test if it worked the first time. Thankfully, mine did! Then I finished bending my phone holder into shape, and I had a second phone holder!

Wednesday was more learning, and then in the afternoon, we had Jump Jam, but I couldn't participate because I hurt my foot on Monday night doing a round-off back handspring in gymnastics. It it still sore, and swollen!

Salut!

Week 6 Term 1

Bonjour,

On Monday I got my second Never Give Up band, and also my second Show Respect band.

This week (Tuesday) we had boating! I learnt some new things about water safety, and how to exit the boat safely. There are two ways to do this. The first way was to hold the two sides on the front of your life jacket, at the height of your chest and fall backwards into the water so your head went under and you came up about a meter away from the boat. The second way to get into the water safely was to put your legs over the side of the boat and face the people in front of you in the boat. Then you need to do a quarter turn downwards into the water, still holding onto the side of the boat, and let go of the boat when the bottom half of your body was in the water. We also learnt what different sorts of flares mean, and what they are used for in an emergency on the water in your boat.

Friday was our second to last Tech Arts!
I hope that I get everything finished next Tuesday! I have learnt heaps in this Year's had materials sessions, including how to put together a speaker box, and wire it up, and how to cut the shape out of plastic for a phone holder, and then bend it with a curling iron.

We also had Friday Sport, and we got to play a proper game of volleyball.

Au Revoir!
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Week 5 Term 1- Weekly Reflection

Salut! (Hello) Hi everyone!

This week (Week 5) has been busy in preparation of Inter house Swimming Sports. This is a whole school event where champion swimmers try out for the champion swimming events, like 2 length freestyle, 2 length backstroke, 3 length medley, and two length butterfly and breaststroke. There are also lots of non- champion events, for students who aren't as fast as the champion swimmers, and still want to compete for a place in the race. There are all the races mentioned before, except for medley. There are also fun races, like doggy paddle and walking races. These are only for the students who didn't make it into a final for the champion races, or didn't want to be in a champion race. Unfortunately, I had a cold on the day it took place (Friday) so I could not take part.

This week I have learnt about commas and punctuation, and the proper place for them to go in a sentence. I revised my knowledge for simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound complex sentences. Simple sentences are sentences with out any ForAndNorButOrYetSo in them.  Compound sentences are sentences with FANBOYS in them somewhere. Complex sentences are sentences with AWUBIS words in them somewhere. Awubis words re kind of similar to fanboys. Compound complex sentences are sentences with fanboys and awubis words in them.

This week we had Tech arts twice. For the second tech arts of the week on Friday, we started up again on our phone holders, because I had got my first layer of paint on my speaker, and it wouldn't be properly dry until next Tuesday. I got my phone holder cut into shape, and now I'm looking forward to being able to bend it with the plastic benders on Tuesday. What I learnt in that week of tech arts was how Mr Graham paints the speakers. He paints them with a spray hose! It is mostly so the dry quicker I think, but also so it is faster and easier to paint. I also learnt how to bend plastic with a plastic bender. You have to hold it in place where you want to bend your plastic, and hold that for at least one minute. Then you let go, and you bend it into the shape you want for you phone holder. Then you continue with all your other bends you need for your speaker, and you have you phone holder!

Au Revoir!
More next week!
;)