Week 6 - Term 2

On Tuesday the first thing we had was Tech arts. Emily and me finished our marble run. When we were building it we timed it and it was over 20 seconds but after we had put some tape on to keep it together it got stuck and our time was 12.89 seconds. Julia and Te Wehi got the closest time so they have to race against winners from other classes.

After morning tea we had maths. The learning intention I was doing was: to use ratio to divide quantities, this is the second to last learning intention for ratio. To use ratio to divide quantities you need to divide the first number by the first number in the ration and the rest of the numbers in order like this.

After lunch we had maths again The learning intention I did was to solve problems involving ratio. The questions in this were just the same as all the other ratio work so this was pretty easy for me.

On Wednesday the first thing we had was indoor bowls. I learnt how to bowl the ball properly. My team was: Jess, Bobby and me. We did quite well and got quite close to the white ball for our first time trying.

After indoor bowls we went to the library. I got out two books. One is The Fugitive by John Grisham and the other is Lord of the flies.

After morning tea we had maths again. I learnt how to add and subtract fractions with different denominators. All you need to do to make them the same is multiply the denominators some that they are the same and then multiply one of the numerators with the opposite denominator, you need to do this on both sides.

After lunch we had the Inter House Winter Games. I played netball, the positions I played were GK and GD. My house won all three of our games.

On Thursday at art I Gessoed my canvas and did a light pink wash on it. I then practised drawing faces as we are painting portraits.

I had no guitar today so I went to school singing instead. It was lucky I did because Mr Ellis was doing shine bands and I had earned two. The ones I got were Never Giving Up and Seeking Excellence. Today Te Wehi was the first year 7 this year to get her Bronze Badge.

After lunch I had rock band. We worked on our original a bit more. I have learnt the chords for it. We now have a verse, a pre chorus and a chorus.

On Friday I had the Tough guy and gal challenge. Before it started we all painted our faces in bright colours like: red, gold, blue and black. I ran with my friends Keisha and Ashlee. We got very muddy from all the obstacles. They included: tunnels, swamps, fences and wire that you had to crawl under. The run was over soon but the hard part was getting all of the mud off.