Week 3 - Term 2

On Monday we started our report writing, I'm doing mine on Hectors Dolphin. After interval we did Volleyball in the ALC,  we learnt how to serve and pass properly. We also did some reading. I have almost finished my report on Mrs Flowers, the story I have been reading. After lunch we did a fractions test so Mrs Crowe could see what group to put us in. On Tuesday we had our first Science lesson at Tech Arts, we learnt about Predict, Observe, Explain and What if and we had to do one on a UFO ball. We didn't have French or Jump Jam  on Wednesday because many of our class are on band camp and they are using the Hall, ALC, Dance and Drama studio and Music room and of course Mrs Shaw was helping. We did get to go to the wood room to finish our trucks, I finished mine and am happy with final product. On Thursday I only had art, so I went for two session and finished quite a lot of my painting. I only need to finish doing the island and then the water and sand. On Friday we had science. We had to tie our hair back and wear covered shoes because we were using fire in a experiment. Were actually emptied the tea out of a Tea bag, unfolded it, stood it up and lit it on fire. It turns out when it's almost burned down it flies up into the air. We POEWed it in groups of four and Emily, Bobby, Jess and me tried lighting it's on it's side, from the bottom, lighting it when it's opened out and when it's folded over. We figured that you need to light it from the top for it to be effective. After lunch I went to a Jump Jam competition group meeting, we were learning a new song for competitions. It is up town funk. At Maori we got into groups and wrote a story about the Waikato river. It had to included three place names, three river uses, two Maori vocab words and five pictures. Emily, Bobby, Jess and me wrote about a trout named Trotty, a eel named Elizabeth and a flounder named Floggle.

Week 2 - Term 2

On Monday we had Lacrosse for the whole middle block. We learnt how to catch, throw and pass using sticks. We also learnt about how the native Americans started Lacrosse and the French named it the stick. Tuesday was our second to last session in wood I learnt how to use filler to fill in the holes on my truck. At French on Wednesday we choose a French name for the session and practised having a conversation that included what our name was and how to spell it, my French name was Ariane.  You ask what is your name like Tu t'appelles comment? and you answer like Je m'appelles ......, we also did a geometry test covering the work that we have done so Mrs Crowe can see what we have learned. On Thursday I finished painting the  trees on my island and Mrs Dickson gave us some information on protraits and how to draw them. I learnt that you can easily get the feature of the face in the right places by drawing an oval for the face with a grid over it. At Rock Band we warmed up with our cover and practised our original, we have started to right the words for it. On Friday at wood I assembles my truck but when it rolled it was wobbly so I have to take the wheels of and sand them so my truck goes straight I also need to oil my truck with Linseed oil to give it colour. In the afternoon I had a call back trial for the Belmont Netball team. This week I started to research on my science fair project to find information to base my Hypothesis on.

Week 1 - Term 2

On the last week of term 1 our class went on camp with room 7. We went to the Narrows and stayed for two nights. During this camp we participated in activities such as Trolleys, a Waterslide, Air rifles, Go karts, Archery, a Burma trail, Fire challenge, a Bonfire and Paintball. Paint ball was my favourite thing even though it was hard because we had to use sling shots instead of guns.

On Monday we had a Powhiri to welcome the new Japanese teacher, it was a bit smaller than the other Powhiris we have had this year because we weren't welcoming as many people. On Tuesday I did quite a lot of my truck at Tech Arts so I think I might get it finished. We also talked about the science fair. I want to do my project on different liquids freezing. At 12.30 to 2.30 we heard Mike King speak about depression and addiction and how to deal with it. At 6.30 I attended the Kid lit quiz in a group of four with Sophie J, Max and Ben. We came eleventh which is very good as there were 45 teams. At French on Wednesday we learned how to say My name is in French, afterwards we had Jump Jam. On Thursday I finished painting the sky in my picture and started painting the island. At lunch time I trialled for the Jump Jam competition team. Emily and I did the same routine. On Friday I did lots at Tech Arts. I have almost finished the box of my truck, I just need to cut out and glue the back wall on. I also need to attach my wheels. I found out that I got a call back for Jump Jam, so did Emily. At lunch I trialled for the Belmont Exchange Year 7 Netball team.

Week 8 and 9 - Term 1

Week 8 - This week in Extension Art I almost finished practising my painting on paper. At Tech Arts we are making trucks, so far I have cut out the cab and drew some parts onto wood ready to cut out. I finished my water cycle explanation a handed it in, it was a day late though. I also worked on my brain inquiry, i'm doing mine on Chimpanzees.
Week - 9 This week in Extension Art I started drawing on my Canvas I didn't start painting though because I didn't have enough time. In Tech Arts I used the bench drill to cut out ten wheels for my truck, I then filed them so that the edges weren't spiky. I finished my slide in brain inquiry, my group is almost finished. We also started another piece of writing on a favourite place.

Week 7 - Term 1

This week we finished fabric and we are moving onto wood next week. On Friday we had a farewell assembly for the Makuhari students because the are leaving on Tuesday. This week we started a explanation about the water cycle its due in on wednesday next week, i'm up to editing it. I finished my student led conference and its ready to share next week. At Extension art I haven't started painting on my canvas yet because i'm still practising on paper. At Guitar we have started learning a new song it's written in TAB so it's a bit harder then normal music. At Rock band we have been practising our song lots this week we were deciding on a name for our band. We had to change what sport we are doing for Friday sports I changed to Jump Jam. In Math we are learning how to use some of the buttons on our scientific calculators we are using them to do index numbers and square roots. We are also learning how to use the order of operations [BEDMAS].  

Week 6 - Term 1

This week the Makuhari students arrived, it was exciting because it was different having new people in our classes and around the school. At Tech arts we were cutting out our design at sewing them onto our bags it was hard to get everything straight and to not go over the edges of our design.  This week we were writing our reports for the student led conferences, we had to include what we were good at, what we need to improve on and what our goals are. I finished my Waitangi report on Friday, it was going to be an explanation but it sounded more like a report and we were allowed to change our learning intention. At extension art we are practising our painting on paper, we did a wash on our canvas on thursday, I did mine light blue, and now we need to find out how to make the colours in our pictures. We had our first long Rock band practise on thursday, we had it for the whole afternoon block, Mr Ellis taught me a new strum to play in our song it's hard to remember because it's different to the one I was doing.

Week 5 - Term 1

This week we had swimming sports, it was fun I went in all the non competition races and I was fast enough to get into the 50 meters freestyle competition and the Waikato House Year 7 girls relay team. We had our first student assembly this week with the new student council, it was very different to Monday morning assembles. At Tech Arts we have started making our bags so far we have designed and cut out shapes to go on it. We also did a fun quiz about books, it was the Lit quiz I did it at lunch time to see if I was good enough to be in a competition, I got 22 out of 50.