Week 7 Review

This week in tech arts I finished my letter and it looks really cool. Next we get to bend plastic to create shapes.  I had to sand my letter and glue it on then put the switch on.  In maths we are learning about fractions and things like equivalent fractions, measurements and ordering fractions. For reading we are learning about character traits like happy, caring, mean and others.  We are also extending our vocabulary with vocab worksheets.  In writing we are doing an argument writing and I finished.  On Friday we had a teachers only day which was fun.

Term 2 Week 6 Reveiw

This week we did some more on decimals.  I got a bit behind but I think I'm catching up.  We are now starting off with fraction and starting off with the basic easy stuff I'm learning how to convert fractions to measurements and decimals.  I'm almost finished my L.E.D in tech arts and I have to cut out the shape of the base I learnt how to cut bigger pieces of wood a curve it. The shape is a leaf.  Next we get to choose what we do for our next project once we finish our letter and I'm going to maybe do a box.  I'm doing well with my saxophone and I learnt a new note which was b flat.  I can tell I'm getting better. I'm doing good with my book review and visual art project. I'm learning alot about people in the holocaust and I'm figuring out how I can write my book review

Week 5 term 2 review

 We have been learning about decimals in maths like how to add, subtract, multiply and divide using algorithms.  Sometimes it took me a while to understand it fully and it took a bit of practice.  we also had to do a report writing of the holocaust and I was surprised how much I knew, and I also like reading about things that happened in the holocaust like true stories about people.  I had a page full of notes that I had done last term which helped me.  We also had Inter-house competitions on Friday and I played netball.  We had some tight games but we ended up losing all of our games but most of our team was Year Sevens and all the other teams had a least two year 8 players.  This week we didn't have tech arts on Tuesday  as our teacher had a nasty accident and the relieve didn't start till Wednesday. When we had tech arts on Thursday I got to use a scroll saw to cut out a wooden letter J.  I had to drill some holes where the L.E.D's would go, draw the circuit and put the copper tape on.  I learnt that the positive and negative pathways can't touch and L.E.D's have a short leg and a long leg the short leg is negative and the long leg is positive.
Here is a diagram of how the L.E.D works and the circuit.

Week 3 Term 2 Review

Last week we learnt about algebra and I found it fun doing all the different steps to find out the value of the pro numerals.  For tech arts we are starting on Hard Materials and we took a tour around the workshop and looked at the different machines and tools.  We also learnt about a basic circuit and some other things about electronics like positive, negative and earth.  We also spent Wednesday and Thursday doing band camp which was to practice some pieces with some other schools and extend our learning of music.  On the Thursday evening we put on a concert for our families.  I did really well during the concert and got some parts right that I didn't in the practices.  I also got a principals award last Monday which was exciting.

Term 2 Goals and Week 1 Reveiw

The first two weeks back at school were pretty good. I managed to finish my writing which was writing to the editor on a article.  I am also learning about algebra in maths which is really fun but a bit complicated.  I also got this book about the holocaust that I will have to do a book review on.  I have almost finished my extension art painting and I think it looks really good.  In art we painted and gazed our clay and also painted the background of our kouru art.  I'm very happy with my art and want to keep doing it.  I like doing Tech arts and I can't wait to see what we do in other sessions.  In french we are learning how to greet people and say goodbye to people.  I can count to ten off by heart now and like learning about french traditions.  I am excited to see what a busy term will look like.

My Goals for Term 2:
To be part of Waipa Earth champions day.
To become a bit more involved
To get one more painting done in extension art
To start getting work done quicker.

Term 1 Reflection

This term has been getting used to everything and getting to know how things go in this school.  In the classroom I find the work fun and not boring.  I like how we have books to copy down the working when we learn a new strategy in maths. I have become used to going to tech arts and having the Thursday mess with lots of things to do that day.  I know I have enjoyed learning new things in art and music like learning the drums in music and learning clay work during art.  It was fun to get to know where everything was in the school and find out what kind of opportunities there were available.  I liked playing danish rounders for interclass competitions and working towards my shine bands.  I managed to get my respect band this term.  I have got to know my class members and enjoy the things I participate in.  The reading challenges me but also is really fun to work towards the prizes available.  I have managed to get the writing done and  have enjoyed writing the assignments.  I like playing saxophone and playing in junior band. The place I feel at home in is the art room.  I love going there for extension art and painting canvases.  I have made some new friend really quickly and I'm excited to hang out with them more this year. In music I became confident with the notes and liked making a rap and a dance. In art we have learnt about blending paints and pastels and have learn different designs of kourus.  I like how camp was fun but most of the time we were learning something.  I liked the Friday sports that we had because we could be more active.  We have also had to take french classes and now I can count to ten and know how to say hi and bye.  I have done well in my tests I think and have learnt many new strategies.  We have had inter house competitions and we won the most recent one that we did.  I'm relaxing now and am excited for next term and the leaning it brings. I have enjoyed intermediate and will probably enjoy it longer.

Wellington Camp

This week we went to Wellington.  The first thing we did was Zealandia.  Zealandia is a place that protects Native and Endemic animals and plants.  I learnt that native means found in New Zealand but also can be found in other places in the world.  Endemic Means that it is only found in New Zealand.  Next we visited the Holocaust center. It had some interesting books that I read. I learnt that 1.5 million children died in the holocaust. There were some things that children said and thought during the holocaust that were a different opinion. The final thing we did that day was the weta workshop. I learnt that sometimes in movies they used fake arrows that wouldn't hurt anyone and that they had robot masks that could move up and down.  We visited the space place and learnt how to find south in the night sky. We had a intense quiz about our solar system.  We had a fun ride on the cable car and went through lit up tunnels.  We also went to Parliament and learnt how laws were made. We were also taught how debates went. We were given a special tour and there were tons of questions asked and answered. We learnt about the Wahine disaster which was a boat that sunk near wellington and 52 people died. We got to try out some things that people migt have done on boats in the old days. We visited Capital E and they taught us how to create a movie clip and how to create Virtual reality also known as V.R during the making of our video clip we were taught how to use the cameras, sound control panel and many other things. During V.R they taught us how to create a world which included mountains, coloring our world, adding objects and even adding animals! We went to the bug lab in Te Papa which was very interactive, interesting and fun there was activities like, making origami bugs then watching them fly, a slide that made bug noises and a hive to look in.  For a fun treat we got to go to H2o Extreme the pools there were three slides on was lit up, one went really fast down and the last one was pitch black and had some twisty corners.  We went to the zoo and learnt about animals adapting to their homes there were lots of animals and things to learn about. There were some playful chimpanzees and sleepy lions and cute otters to name a few of the many animals there. We visited a beach and went snorkeling. I saw lots of fish and sea weed. I also saw massive paua the seaweed was very detailed but the water was freezing.  My buddy and adult saw a sting ray but sadly I didn't.