Week 5 - Term 2

This week on Monday and Tuesday we had Mr McCabe teaching us because Mrs Crowe was away on a course.

Monday started with assembly. Mr McCabe wasn't here for assembly, so it didn't go on as long as usual. It was exciting because several people from our class were receiving their silver badges. After assembly we had writing. So far i'm onto my conclusion. It will be quite easy to finish because in a conclusion you just have to summarise your report in your own words.

I decided to be in a event called the EPro8 challenge. The EPro8 challenge is a science challenge that includes: engineering and construction, inventions, vehicles, electronics, problem solving and experimentation. You do the challenge in groups of four. My team is Emily, Bobby, Jess and me. Our name is the Little Einsteins.

After interval we all got dressed into our PE gear, ready to go to the ALC to practise volley ball. We didn't end up going though because Mr McCabe decided to tell us about how there would be no poverty and animals wouldn't be facing extinction if humen weren't so greedy. We learnt several facts during this talk including the fact that the Rio Olympics will probably not be cancelled due to the fact the directors are more interested in making money and not in the athlete's safety. The important message in all this is that if humans weren't so greedy and gave thought to others instead of just ourselves, we wouldn't be facing the problems we have now.

After this we had maths. I only did one learning intention because I am pretty up to date with my maths and needed to spent time on some other things. The learning intention I did was To find a whole from a given fraction. I learnt that if you wanted to find a whole out of 2/8 the easiest way to do it is to divide to amount that is 2/8 by two and then times it by eight to get your answer.

After lunch was SSR I had finished my book and hadn't had a chance to get another so I just read some of my old book to understand it better. After SSR I did some more mathst. I didn't want to start another learning intention so I just did the learning reflection for it.

I also typed up some of my science fair stuff. I typed up my Question, Hypothesis and some of my research. Tonight I will type the rest of my research, my introduction and do my first experiment.

On Tuesday the first thing we had was Tech arts. Emily and me started sticking the strips round the sides of our marble run. So far we have eight seconds worth. The marble is supposed to go for 20 seconds so we still need to add a bit more. Today if Mrs Tyson heard someone using scientific language she gave them and headband to wear for the rest of the class that said:Mrs Tyson caught me using correct scientific language.

After morning tea we were supposed to have SSR but we didn't end up doing it. I finished my character analysis and I just need to edit it. I also finished my writing and have edited half of it.

Next I had maths. I was working on understanding ratios. I like ratios and find the easy so this was not hard for me. Most of the ratios I needed to write were only single ones and they couldn't be divided so I just had to write them as they were.

At lunch we had a competition jump jam practise. We stopped watching the screen and started using the mirrors so we could see what we were doing. A part I found hard was when we were using our arms. We were supposed to keep them tight but mine kept flapping and going out of place.

After lunch some work on write ratios in their simplest form. All you need to do is to keep on dividing the numbers in the ratio by the same number until you can't divide them any more. If you can't divide any of the number by the same number then you just leave it. An example of this is 20:28:35 = 20:28:35 because they don't all divide by the same number. Next I worked on finding equivalent ratios. Finding equivalent ratios is like finding fractions that are the same. All you need to do is times them both by the same number to find a equivalent ratio. You need to kept your answers in order or it will be wrong: 6:4, 12:8, 18:12.

Last night when I did one of my science fair experiments I was surprised because the opposite of my Hypothesis happened. My research said that the water would freeze leaving behind the salt, but the salt froze leaving the water on top unfrozen.

On Wednesday the first thing we did was the ICAS science test. I was disappointed because when time was up I still had three more to go and when I read them afterwards I realised I knew the answers.

After the science test we went to the library. I got out a book called All the bright places. Some people in my class have read it and they think it was a good read, so I decided to read it.

After morning tea we had SSR. After SSR we had a chance to finish things off. For most people this was maths, but I am up to date with my maths and don't need to do anymore so I chose to finish my reading and writing. I finished both of these and handed them in. We could either do science fair or SSR for the rest of the block. I chose to do SSR because I  am pretty up to date with my science fair.

After lunch we had french. We did a quiz about buildings in Paris in paris and took turns having a conversation that included what your name is: je m'applle Emma, how to spell your name, and how we are feeling: ca va tres bien. Your partner had to ask the questions What is your name: Tu t'applles comment, How do you spell that: Comment ca s'ecrit and how are you: comment ca va.

The year sevens in my class only got to do half of Jump Jam today because french went on to long because lots of people wanted to show that they could have a conversation in french. We got to do about five song though and still had fun. We did some of my favourite songs. One the songs that we did was Freaks, I found it hard to move the right way because I am used to going left, because that was how we taught it to the classes, instead of going right, which is how the classes do it.

On Thursday I had art. I almost finished my painting in the first block. I only had to do the details on the rocks on the island. I did lots on my painting including the details on the sand, the water and the wet sand.

After morning tea Mrs Dickson asked me if I could come back to art so I could finish my painting. I completed the island, painted round the sides and signed my name. My painting is finally finished!

After I finished my painting I had to go quickly to guitar because it starts halfway through the middle block. At guitar we didn't learn anything new but just practised the songs we already have. One of the songs we are learning is in TAB, TAB is a bit harder to read than chord charts so I find this song a little bit harder than the others. This song also has power chords. Power chords are chords that only use a couple of strings.

After lunch I had SSR. At 2:10 I went to Rock band. We have completely restarted on our original. So far we have  a verse and a chorus for everything. Our original doesn't have bar chords in it and is mainly easy chords.