For the past week we have been filling all the gaps in maths that we need to before high school. One of the things I didn't really know how to do was short division. First I had to learn about it. I had to look on maths buddy for videos and lessons on it. I watched the videos and did the lessons. Next I made a slide to explain how to do it.
Here is my slide:
We watched a video about making a polyline drawing on Google Drawings. The person who made it said that you got a photo of someone famous, and then you drew over it with the polyling tool. I couldn't really think of anyone, so I just chose one of my favourite YouTubers, Dangthatsalongname (Smajor).
It was kind of annoying to do because the line that you draw has to be long enough otherwise it stops you from drawing it.
Today I did a sheet in ordering the times of different paralympic swimming events. It was pretty easy to do because all you had to do was find the lowest number and then that would be the fastest, and the highest number would be the slowest.
Today I did the weekly current events quiz. One of the questions was about what Tesla is planning to make, and that was the Tesla bot! This question was pretty easy because I had watched a video about it before!
I don't think that we should let robots do things like this because we might become what we are in the movie WALL-E.
I hope you enjoy this blog post!
Today I watched a video from Khan Academy about adding fractions with different denominators.
The questions I did were:
9/10 + 1/6 = 1 1/15
1/2 + 11/12 = 11 5/12
3/4 + 1/5 = 19/20
The video talked about how you took the 2 fractions you were adding and found the highest common multiple of the two denominators- in 9/10 + 1/6 it was 30. Then to the 1 in 1/6, you did to the 1 what you did to the 6 to get to 30, which was multiply it by 5. It became 5/30. Then I did the same to the 9/10, and the question got changed to 27/30 + 5/30 = 32/30. Then you half it to simplify it, becoming 16/15. Since it's an improper fraction I made it 1 and 1/15.
This was not very interesting because I already knew how to do it, but it was interesting to see what questions I was given.
Because of lockdown, I had to write down questions about COVID-19 that I would ask Ashley Bloomfield or Jacinda Ardern. I would ask these because I don't know a lot about the Delta Variant.
-Denmark-
Where?
Denmark is a country in Scandinavia, Denmark.
Prime minister: Mette Frederiksen
Population: 5.84 million
Capital: Copenhagen
Currency: Danish Krone
Queen: Margarethe II
Facts
-Denmark was home to Hans Christian Andersen and has a Little Mermaid statue
-Greenland is owned by Denmark
-Danish has no word for please
Language
To say hello to anyone, just say "Hej" which is pronounced "Hi". To say Goodbye say "Hej Hej" or "Farvel".
Bike Culture
Denmark is known for its biking! Only 4 out of 10 Danes own a car, while 9 out of 10 own a bike.
Today for T-shaped Literacy we are learning about careers because it is required in Year 8.
I had to read an article about the top 20 jobs in New Zealand. I then had to pick 5 jobs and write facts about them. Because the article was written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, I had to write how it had changed because of lockdown.
This was cool to read to see what the people thought would be the most wanted jobs in New Zealand.
In the first 5 weeks of Term 2, we have been creating inquiries about Energy. We got to go in a pair, so I went with Lucy. Lucy and I decided to make our inquiry about Black Holes and the energy around them. Black holes are massive objects in space, mostly in the center of a galaxy.
We chose 5 questions and tried to answer them, those were our facts. We made a model with our facts on it. We also put a hole in the model so we could pull little pictures of energy, astronauts, and aliens into our model.
This was a really fun inquiry to do and I'm glad we chose to do black holes. Next time I could check my work before I print it because I found a few spelling mistakes!
On Tuesday the 25th of May, my class and I took a bus to Dixon house, an old people’s home. We went there because it was Get Caught Reading month, and the Tai Poutini Polytechnic decided it would be a great idea for us to go and talk to the older people at Dixon House. Before we left at 1pm, we got to pick a book from the school library. I had brought a book from home that I thought would be good, and this one was called the Velveteen Rabbit. It is a book about a toy rabbit made of velveteen, and filled with sawdust, that wants to become a real rabbit.
When we got to Dixon House, we were invited inside by the people from the polytech and we got to go up to someone and introduce ourselves. I didn’t really get to know the lady I walked up to because the book I chose was so long that it took the whole 40 minutes that we were there to read! I thought she really liked it since she made comments on how cute she thought the book was. I couldn’t really remember the lady’s name because I was so tired from reading for so long!
After I had finished reading the book, I said goodbye to the lady and went up to grab some afternoon tea. The food was cooked up by the polytech students for us and it was delicious. We also got a chocolate bar each before we left!
The staff and the residents of Dixon House said that they really liked having us there to read and talk to them, and our teacher was very proud of us.
Going there made me feel like I was doing something enjoyable for someone else. I also enjoyed listening to the lady’s comments about how she liked the book. Although, after that I learnt that I probably shouldn’t pick such a long book if I do it again!
Today we did the current events quiz, and I chose to do my inquiry about the launching of part of the Tiangong space station. The Tiangong space station is a station made by China. It was pretty fun being able to research this because I like space.
Today I read a slide with facts about ANZAC day. Then I had to write three facts I found interesting and why.
This activity wasn't very interesting because it didn't take very long.
Today for Reading I made an animation of a poppy growing. I was going to do it on a slide but it was too slow so I put it onto gifmaker.me and it went faster. I liked doing this because I like drawing and Animating.
Today for Anzac learning I made a poster asking men to join the Native Maori Contingent. The Native Maori Contingent is the very first Maori unit in the war.
To be btb I could have added more in.
For the current events quiz, the second question I chose was a question about Curiosity the Mars rover. You can see the other question I chose in the post before this one. The question was: "NASA recently found an underground lake on Mars. What Rover found it?" and the answer was Curiosity the Mars Rover!
Yesterday we did the weekly "Current Events" quiz and we got to choose 2 questions to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about. The first one I chose was about an ancient 3,000-year-old city found in Egypt last year that was revealed last week.
To be BTB I could have added more information or looked harder for it.
Today we were learning about Anzac day and we got to choose something to do about it, so I chose to do something about morse code. I had to choose a fact I know about morse code and write it in the code! I used a converter otherwise it would take too long to write.
This was interesting because I like morse code.
As you may have seen in the post below, we did a thing called "Digital Dig". On the last slide, I had to make a poster about one of the top tips. I chose to do Search+l, which is how you lock your screen. I wasn't allowed to use pictures found on the internet so I decided to draw them! Yes, all the drawings are by me.
On Thursdays, one of my teachers does a thing called DFI where she learns about technology. One of the things she did was learn about a Chromebook keyboard, which was called "Digital Dig". When she came back to school she said that we had to do it!
It was pretty fun but was also easy because I already know most of my keyboard. I liked it because I got to draw and I like drawing a lot.
Today I read a play in a school journal called The Steak Out. It was about a cattle stealer and his sidekicks who run a steakhouse in the wild west and pretend to be women. They meet some ladies who come to the steakhouse and say that they are bounty hunters who are looking for the cattle stealer. When they start to realize who the "Lady" really is the cattle stealers steal the horses and run away.
After that, I chose an activity to do. I chose to remake the book cover as how I think it should look.
To be BTB I could have added more to the picture.
The original:
Over the past week, I have been learning about Tokelau and how they use 100% renewable energy. Then I had to use those ideas and make a model of a part of our school that shows how we could make it more energy-efficient. I chose the office area to build and made it out of cardboard.
I also had to make a video explaining my model after I made it.
By using solar panels we wouldn't have to pay so much for electricity, because they are really cheap. To make it even cheaper, when it's sunny we could use solar tubes. They don't even use any power!
This project was fun because I like making models of things and making videos. My favourite part was probably the building part.
To be BTB (Better Than Before) I could have explained how solar panels and solar tubes benefit our school more in the video.
This is why fitness is really good for you. You can keep healthy with fitness and be a happy person. If you get enough fitness, then you are a very healthy person.
We do a long run at school a lot, but most people hate it.
For t-shaped literacy I read a slide about how Tokelau makes energy and the problems they faced. Then I made a slide explaining it for my blog.
This was really interesting and it's cool how a really small country has some amazing ways of making power.
Today we had to think about how the sun and the wind affect our daily lives and make a brainstorm. Then we had to watch a video in Maori about Tawhirimatea, the wind god, and we had to figure out what was happening through the pictures. Then we had to add to the brainstorm.
Watching the Maori video really made me think but I still managed to "Read" the pictures and add more on.
Today I filled out a slide about knowing my keyboard and knowing all the shortcuts. I got it from a website, it's here: https://cybersmartchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/activity-2-know-your-keyboard.html
This was easy because I already know a lot of shortcuts but I still learnt some more.
For energy I made a song that explained everything about energy. I used the tune of the Star Wars Cantina Band by John Williams.
For T-shaped literacy we have been learning about energy. I had to make a mobile about energy. I drew everything on my chromebook, printed them out then stuck them on cardboard and hung them up.
Today for literacy I had to watch a video that explains potential and kinetic energy. It had lots of things, like a rollercoaster model, dropping microphones, and using pogo sticks. Then I had to answer some questions about energy. I found these questions very interesting because I like science.
Today I learned about potential and kinetic energy and other energies. Potential energy is energy stored in an object and kinetic is motion energy. I had to choose a type of energy and write what I know about it. I chose Nuclear energy because I know a lot about radiation and nuclear power having watched the Chernobyl series.
The picture is of Chernobyl in the 2000s after it exploded.
Today for Literacy we are doing T-shaped literacy. We had to read two articles about energy, then complete the Venn Diagram to compare them. It wasn't very easy because there wasn't much on the articles.
In the holidays, I went to Nelson for an athletics tournament. At school, I had to make a piece of writing about it. The first paragraph described the place, the second when it is sunny and the third when it's rainy.
You went where?
Saxton Park Athletics field
The Saxton park athletics field is a massive athletics oval. It has a 400 meter track, a long jump pit and many other things for athletics. The Colgate Games athletics tournament is happening. Children of many ages are rushing out of the tents and participating in events. There are people with face paint on, doing activities and running around with drinks and snacks in their hands.
In the hot sun, there are people everywhere. Everyone buys cold drinks to keep cool. When they are waiting for their events, they sit in the shade, lathering on sunscreen. Even sunscreen can’t protect us from a tan.
Everyone is almost wasting their water, pouring it on their head and gulping it down. The sun beats down on our skin, making it hard to do any events because it is so hot. The sky is cloudless, so the sun never disappears, heating up the track and us.
When the sky is grey and it’s raining, most of the competitors and parents stay in their tents. There are less people out getting food, and when they do, it is for something warm.
The rain starts with a light drizzle, and when it comes for the grade 11 girls 400 metre races, the rain buckets down on everyone. The rain leaves us drenched, cold, and shivering. When we run, it is very hard to see because the rain splashes in our face.
To have our Chromebooks we have to sign the Kawa of Care. Today I had to make a poster of one of the rules. I chose "Don't share your password".
This was easy because I already know the Kawa of Care and it is just a simple poster.
