Week 10 Term 1

This week has been full of learning as we are going on camp next Wednesday. In tech arts, science, we made soap and I learnt about solidification, condensation, sublimation, etc and how they change from a solid to a liquid and a liquid to a gas. We also made a formula with 100 mls of wood glue, 100mls of cold water and then you stir that together and then you add hot water and it becomes a gooey dough. Through that process, I also learnt about how to use a beaker properly. For writing, we have had to choose a place that is easy to describe in a 15 minute time frame to write about. In this peice of writing we are learning how to eliminate all of our to-be words and boring verbs to make our writing more interesting. For reading, we have read, 'The Monkeys Paw,' and we have had to answer simple questions in detail to classify our reading groups. I got three questions half right because I only half explained those questions, but I got the rest correct. For maths I am i the top group for geometry. I have learnt about angles from transversals and it was a bit confusing at the start, but now I understand. In French, we are still learning the animals. Une souris (mouse), un vache (cow), un cheval (horse), une perruche (parrot/bird), un lapin (rabbit), un mouton (sheep), un cochon (pig), une poisson rouge (goldfish), un chat (cat), and un chien (dog).

Week 8 & 9 Term 1

I have joined these two blog posts because in week eight we only had four days of school, and in week nine we only had three days. I handed in my water cycle and I think I did really well and thoroughly explained the steps. In tech arts, we have started science and it is so fun. We only had two lessons out of four because of the easter holidays, but they were both interesting. In one of the lessons, we had to practise drawing and writing diagrams. We also watched an eruption from a beaker and we had to write a paragraph about what happened. In the other lesson, we were practising reading the periodic table. Some of the people in extension science have been working on a project about hatching chickens. Luckily enough we got to hold them because they had hatched two days before. They were so adorable and I got to hold one named Charlie. In French, we are still revising things like stationary, but we are also learning some named of animals. We are going to camp in week 11 and I can't wait!!!

Week 7 Term 1

This week has been really busy! In class for maths, we took a test about number to see how much we have improved and we also took a test about geometry to see what maths groups we would be in. For writing, we are writing about the water cycle. Precipitation, Infiltration, run-off, evaporation, transpiration, condensation and it's due next Wednesday. In tech arts, it was the last session of wood for our first cycle and I finally finished my speaker and it works! This Tuesday the makuhari/japanese students left. Even though I didn't have a student it was still sad to see them go. We finally had French this week after waiting so long. We are all a little rusty, but hopefully we will get better and more fluent by the time I go to Noumea.