~Term 2 Reflection~

Home experience:

This term wasn't the most normal term, in fact this whole year hasn't been very normal so far. It's been quite the weird year, but to me that's what made this term a bit more interesting than other terms. By a bit more interesting I mean to say that because of the situation the world has been in there were many changes made for us to still be able to learn during that time. One of the changes would be starting the term online, and at home. It was a new experience for not only me but probably other student as well. In my honest opinion I found doing school online quite fun, more fun then I thought it would be, mostly because we had a bit of time to sleep in before joining the google meets. 

School experience:

Coming back to school was different. The desks were apart instead of it being in a cluster which we would call a table, we didn't have assembly's anymore, and we weren't allowed to hug or touch each other. At first it was difficult to not hug my friends when I saw them, but as a few days past by I became accustomed to it. Luckily the covid-19 cases came down and it was level 1. We could get close to each other again! Slowly the desks came closer together, it still isn't that cluster of desks we would consider a table but that's because we as a class choose to share two desks between two people. During this whole term we would work hard and play hard. Because our class work pretty hard during this whole term we played a few games every now and then. We mostly played Kahoot and Silent ball, but we did do more activities like hand soccer. 

Overall experience:

This term was a unique, interesting, weird and fun term. 

Highlights:

I can think of many different highlights, like skateboarding for kiwi sport, or coming back to school and seeing my friends and teacher, or having Joseph Parker speak a few words at our assembly. I think of the whole term as my highlight. The only thing I didn't like was the situation that we had to make the changes for. I wish we made those changes for a different and less sad situation.

Fractions level 2.21

For maths we were doing fractions. We mostly focused on finding equivalent fractions but we did work out mixed and improper fractions as well. I used to take the long way to solve equivalent fractions, but now I know it's just better to just multiply or half it, which is what I have done for this. Honestly I struggled with adding the fractions, but I got the answer with a bit of help from Miss Stone's little lesson.

Fractions level 2.1

Today for maths we were doing fractions. We mostly focused on finding equivalent fractions but we did work out mixed and improper fractions as well. I honestly found this lesson quiet interesting when it came to the equivalent fractions, because I learnt a new way to find the equivalent fraction. Before I would take the long way to solve equivalent fractions, but now I know it's just better to just multiply or half it.

Terrific Transformations

Today during the maths period, we where learning about enlargement, lines and order of symmetry, and reflections. We learn't a bit about each of those transformations.

Naughts and Crosses

This week we have been reading about protests and movements. Today we read two chapters from Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. Check out my slides to learn about my opinion of the text.

Women's Suffrage

Today we looked at protests in New Zealand and different ways that protests happened. We also looked at the few different protests that went on throughout history. Protests are a great way to get attention and stand up for what you believe in.

Great Geometry

Today for the short amount of time we had for maths, we made our own 3D shapes, and looked at some geometry.

This is just to say...

My Cupcake Description.

The sweet taste of the chocolate icing is overwhelming, and the face of the cupcake taste as good as it looks. Everything about the cupcake taste great. When I think about the taste I just keep thinking yum!

Sweets treats advert

This is my advert I made for my sweet chocolate cupcake that I've made in class. This is the first time that I have made an advertisement of mine, so it was very new to me. I still found this to be a fun and new experience. 

3D shapes

Today during the maths period we made our own 3D shapes using pipe cleaners and straws. I made a heptagonal prism that has 9 faces, 14 vertices, and 21 edges.It was quite difficult to make the shape but I still had fun and learnt lot's about 3D shapes.

Different triangles

Today we've learn't about right angles, acute angles, obtuse angles, and an reflex angle. I learn't that a right angle is 90 degrees, and an acute angle is less than 90 degrees, if it's more than 90 degrees then it's a obtuse angle. If it goes pass 180 degrees than it's considered a reflex angle. I also learn't about the different triangles, like an Isosceles triangle or a scalene triangle. An Isosceles triangle has only two angles and two equal sides. A scalene triangle has no equal sides nor angles.

The water cycle

Today we've learnt a bit about the water cycle, and what each stage is called. First it's evaporation, next is condensation, after that is precipitation. There's also Sublimation and transpiration.

The Quadrilateral

Today during the maths block we had looked at quadrilaterals, parallel shapes/lines and I bit on angles. We also did a quiz and recap on polygons. I've learnt quite a few things that I didn't know before from this lesson. It was a great way to expand my knowledge.

Healthy Food : How to make sushi

Today we had to share a healthy meal with you guys as it is apart of Taha Tinana (Physical health). This is a simple recipe on how to make sushi, you could try this at home whenever you'd want to. It doesn't take long to make, it's quick and easy. Sushi is one of my favourite foods, so I hope you enjoy as much as I do! :)

Polygon

Today we have used tooth picks to create different shapes like a triangle, pentagons, and more shapes. We also learnt more about what makes a polygon a polygon. After using the tooth picks we had to go and make our own shapes using a dotty grid, in this slide it shows that the shape I made has 5 side, 5 vertices, and 5 angles it's also a convex shape. One of the new things I have learnt today is the meaning of polygon, in Greek poly means many, and gon means angle.

Grouping shapes

Before I forget

Hydrosphere

Other Graphs