Monday, 12 June 2017

Plays and poetry

WALT: Oral language - Analyse and adapt spoken texts with expression and confidence.
SUCCESS CRITERIA: acknowledgements when reading lines of a play or poem, punctuation- pauses, taking a breath, volume (expression and moods).


Today we learnt about plays and poetry. We read a play and our reading group tried to perform it. It didn't go so well. Then we listen to Joshua losefa and Arizona leger. We answered some questions then we posted it on our blog.

Thursday, 8 June 2017

Early Finish Data Usage

WALT: Collect and organise data.



This week in maths we learnt about data usage. This is NOT a repost. It's another presentation. The questions are based around the same things. As you can see this is for early finishers. Even though it's Thursday I think it's counts as a early finish.

Data Usage

WALT: Collect and organise data.



This week in maths we learnt about data usage. I especially learnt about probability. A refresh came back to me about the Mean, Median, Mode and Range. The Mean is all the numbers added then divided by how many numbers there are. The Median is the middle number when the numbers are put in numerical order. The mode is the most occurred number. The Range is the difference between the lowest and highest number.

Friday, 2 June 2017

Netball Break

WALT: Write a recount about a current event.

The only sport that I play in the winter is netball. I play Netball on Tuesday evenings. All games are held at the AMI netball courts. My first game for this season was held on week two of school. For the first time since year five I played center. It took me a while to refresh my memory but I got there in the end.
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When the umpire came to get the captain, I was chosen. I played gang gang gamore with the other captain to decide whose goal is whose. When we had finished, I realized that I had to pick out of ball or goal. A few seconds later I responded with ‘ball’. My coach was very happy with that response.

A whistle was blew and we played. We won that game by 10 points. The end score was 18 to 8. Our next game was a draw. In these two games I’d been in the B team. The coach of the A team was watching the second game. She was looking for somebody to join her team. I took that position and played the next week.

I was dropped off a bit too early and couldn’t see my team. It took a few minutes before I found them. We had a few warm up activities before it was time. Two years ago I spent one game in the A team before I broke my leg. Because of that I was very nervous.
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It was two minutes into the game and I felt like I needed to work harder. I went in for an intercept, walked backwards trip on a girls foot. Still trying to get the intercept, I twisted my leg and smashed my leg on the court. Pain was making me cry all the way to the aid room.


So the conclusion to this is that I broke my leg and I love netball! I have to wait a month until I can play again but I just can’t wait. It’s been a week and three days but I still remember it like it was yesterday.


This week I in writing I wanted to write something that's been happening in my life. I thought about all the possibilities and I thought this was the best. I really think that netball's a great sport. If you haven't already... try it! Unless your like me and have to wait a bit.

Complex Sentences

WALT: Use complex sentences in our writing.


This week in writing we learnt about complex sentences. A complex sentence is...
a type of sentence that are made up of one main idea that is supported by one or more related ideas. The main ideas does not need to come first. These sort of sentences need punctuation, usually commas. Complex sentences contain a independent clause and a dependent clause.

Thursday, 1 June 2017

Home Learning Week 4

WALT: Complete the presentation. 
This week's task: Maths focus (as this was the most popular choice from our recent survey).



This presentation for home learning is from last week. Since I was at camp I didn't get to start it until the weekend. Here it is! I think that the main thing I need to work on is maths whizz. In maths class we don't have much time. When I come home, I'm gonna try to do maths whizz for a good 10 minutes a day. 

Biogas

WALT: Evaluating - I gather, and synthesise to evaluate information across a range of texts
SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can clearly outline what the texts have in common and how they differ.Summarise functional technology in texts.



This week we learnt about Biogas in New Zealand and India. Our first text was about Biogas in India it's made. The second text is about New Zealand landfills and how Biogas can be made from rubbish. My favourite thing that I learnt is that Biogas can be made in very different ways. From a concrete sort of machinery to a rubbish landfill.