Week 10 Term 2

Morning. This week we have learnt how to solve word problems involving area, perimeter and volume. In writing I have finished my information report about Pray Mantises, and am going to start editing on Monday. For tech arts I changed my mind about doing a torch and am going to do a plastic box so all the lights will shine through and I think it will look really cool. We have some students from Belmont school to compete in sports and some people from our school have gone up to Auckland and are competing as well. I know the scores that they scored here, but I'm not sure how they went in Auckland. In Te Awamutu for mixed hockey we lost 9-0, for girls football we lost 5-0, for boys rugby we won 55-20 and for girls basketball we lost 39-29, so in total we lost three and won one. I got to watch some of the sports because I was filling up paper cups with water for all the sport players with two other people from my class. During the holidays we all have to write a persuasive speech. I thought I could do something about animal rights and how some animals aren't being treated fairly. We haven't had french this week and so far I only have $5.70 towards my Noumea trip, so I need $944.30 left to earn.  

Week 9 Term 2

Afternoon! This week we have learnt how to find the volume of some 3D shapes, I have also learnt how to find the metric measures of cubed numbers. In tech arts we are doing things with led lights, I had decided I would make a torch out of plastic. I had to get a cylinder and wrap the plastic around then let it melt then harden around the cylinder. I then had to slip the cylinder out of the plastic and start to do the tops. I'm not completely finished but I'm really exited to carry on. We have had to start writing our studently conference for next term and the teacher's going to read them on the weekend. We got our animal note taking sheets back and I'm really excited to start writing about the prayer mantis. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday production was happening but I didn't go because I got to see it at school. It looked really cool! Lots of people are going to Belmont for sports so we will only have a few people in class.

Week 8 Term 2

Thursday, I think, I don't know!! This week we have learnt about metric measures and composite shapes. composite shapes is when you can find out the area of a weird looking shape in two ways. You can multiply the base and the height and then subtract the missing area, or you can turn them into two shapes then add them together. As I mentioned before everybody is at production so the people that are left get to do a novel analysis. I'm doing mine on the book 'Listen to the Moon' from Michael Morpurgo, he writes famous stories about world war 1 and 2. On Wednesday I also mentioned that I was going to watch the production on Tuesday. It turns out it's next week not this week. WHOOPS!!! Good thing mum read the notices. For jump jam the teacher told half way through I have to be a leader, dance in front of everyone. Even worse, when I was leading with the other girls they played a jump jam song I didn't know the moves for, so I just had to copy the person in front of me. For our class their is no school tomorrow because of teacher only day so my family and I are going to the field days. I am so excited!!!

Week 7 Term 2

Hello everyone, as you all know it was the queens birthday on Monday so it was a long weekend (especially for me, I spent the whole weekend dragging boxes into the new house). Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear queen, happy birthday to you. In class we are doing perimeter and area. For perimeter all you need to do is add all sides together and that will be the answer. For area all you do is multiply both sides together and then add meters squared at the end. I also finished my note taking about pray mantises (did you know they eat there own kind, YUCK!!) On Tuesday we also has Icas science, I think I did pretty good but I don't want to jinx it. Next week is production and lot's of people are going out of class for one WHOLE entire week, score. It's like a big play that happens once every year. This year it;s called the battle of the bands and I think in the play the bands battle or something, I am going to watch on Tuesday at 7:30pm. We had french yesterday and next year I am going to go to Noumea, but I have to save up half by doing jobs and then putting the money I earn in a jar it looks so relaxing and interesting.