Maths 17.11

 

Today in maths we had to make a shape using paper, then we worked out the faces and vertices.

I did a pentagonal star pyramid and there were 5 vertices and 5 faces.

Polygons 6.11

 Today in maths I learnt about polygons.

A polygon is a 2D shape that is made up of all straight lines, and is always closed, which means that all of the lines connect.

Concave polygons have lines that go inwards, and complex polygons have lines that overlap. 

2D And 3D Shapes 5.11

 

Yesterday in maths Isla, Clara, Charlotte and I headed outside to take pictures with iPads.

Our task was to take at least 6 photos of things that we found that were: Vertical, horizontal, parallel, 3D, and perpendicular showing right angles that are 90 degrees.

In the end I chose 9 pictures for my Pic Collage, as you can see in the image above.

I'm glad that now I definitely know these terms, and I have evidence to show it.

Top 10 Tips For Surviving In Tangaroa For Current Year 6's

 Top 10 Tips For Surviving As A Senior For Year 6’s 2020

1. Don’t talk back.

   (For more information, visit www.JELANI.com)

2.  Try to get all your work finished each week.

   (But try not to put too much pressure on yourself!)

3.  Make sure to have all of your stationary before you go to class.

   (Otherwise the teachers will NOT be happy.)

4. Clean up any mess you make at lunch and morning tea

    (Or Mr Redmond will be very mad.)

5. Sign up for things even if you aren’t sure about them.

   (You never know what fun opportunities are out there!)

6. Only be silly on teachers’ good days.

   (But not too silly otherwise they will be angry no matter what day it is.)

7. Try not to be late after break.

    (Or at least run back so it looks like you are making an effort. 

    You didn’t hear it from me!)

8. Try to blog at least once a week.

   (But again, don’t put too much pressure on yourself.)

9. Make lots of new friends.

   (This one is most important if you aren’t with your current friends in a     

   group. Trust me, it’s worth it!)

10. Make sure to tease Mr Redmond about his terrible* dad jokes!

*Just Kidding!**

**Or maybe not...

Tangrams 27.10.2020

 Today in maths, I built tangrams with a tangram builder on mathigon.org. 

Here are the tangrams I made:

  

This activity was challenging because it made you think that it was going to be super easy, but it really wasn't. To complete each picture we had to rotate, flip, and slide the shapes. There were basic, animals, geometry, and advanced pictures to make, and they were all pretty deceiving!

The sailboat looked like this:

You can see how I thought it would be easy!

Minecraft Tiny house Challenge!

 

In Minecraft with Elizabeth, everyone had been given a challenge to build a tiny house.  

The rules were:

-We had 1 1/2 hours to complete the house,

-We had to work in a perimeter of 40m,

-Craft a tree from scratch,

-Have a garden,

-Exterior of house must be a palette of at least 3 blocks

-Maximum of 2 stories

-And have fun!

I used glass, yellow concrete, white concrete, and terracotta.

Also, I didn't really know what I was aiming for, in terms of design, because I was kind of just going by air.

One thing I found hard was choosing the colour for the carpet. Probably because I'm pretty indecisive already, and it was hard to find colours that complimented the exterior. 

My perimeter was: 40m exactly!

I really enjoyed this challenge, but I sort of wish I built a more home-home, if you know what I mean? Just because the one I did is very modern, and maybe that wasn't the style I actually wanted.

 

Book Review: Ashley Bell

This book is definitely on my list of the best I’ve read.
It was beautifully crafted and delicately put together to create an amazing story for teens and young adults alike. It’s Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz, a favoured American writer with over 450 million copies of his work sold.

So right off the bat, our main character Bibi Blair is diagnosed with brain cancer, and is told she has one year left to live. Her response is: “We’ll see.”
She recovers like a snap, and is already out of the hospital.

Bibi’s parents hire a mysterious woman to do a divination (the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.) session with their daughter as a present, but little did they know, it would lead Bibi through a dangerous quest on the search for the unknown Ashley Bell.

While reading this book, I found myself sinking into the pages, forgetting the incredible story even had an author. I found that Dean really has a talent in making a novel actually seem real. And you find yourself absolutely rooting for Bibi as her hunt nears to an end.

One part that made me feel full of emotion was when she talked about losing her dog, Olaf, when she was a teen. She went through the entire process with precision and depth. By the time I finished reading this part aloud to my friends, boy, were the waterworks flowing! I honestly don’t think I’ve ever cried that much over a book. But don’t worry this was the only time I mourned Bibi and her past self.

To say this book is exiting and kept me on the edge of my seat is an understatement. It was action-packed, and very, very addictive.

Bibi is unquestionably an inspiration. She is such a powerful young woman, and I think that anyone who loves a book about a fierce, butt-kicking girl should read this. It is exhilarating, gripping, captivating, heartbreaking, touching, epic, the list is infinite!

If I could sum this book up in two sentences it would be:

Ashley Bell is a stirring, mind bending experience, with twists and turns all throughout. And it is just downright crazy to say the least!

I would recommend this book to teens and above who prefers mysteries, and/or thrillers. Overall, I seriously adored this novel, and I hope you do too.

Memories, writing from visual prompts

I follow my dog Charlie into the depths of the snowy woods. The smell of fresh morning dew surrounds me in nostalgia. I brush my numb hand over the familiar heart shape chiseled into the bark of a white birch tree.

I was twelve...

The song ‘Blank Space’ by Taylor swift had just come out.
I ran into the forest, wearing my new flowy dress, almost stumbling over the length of the garment and the fact that I was absolutely smitten, with the new kid in school. He was close on my tail, though I’d had a head start.
I’d stopped at one of the millions of trees, and collected a sharp rock from the damp ground. As I stand, Mason Beckett is suddenly behind me.
“What are you doing with that rock?”
“Oh, nothing,”
His face curved up into a grin, watching closely at what I was doing.
He whispered in my ear something I will remember always.
“Don’t ever forget me okay?”
“Okay” I said in a puzzled tone.

He was erased physically, but the memory is eternal.


This is one of the stories I wrote last week, and these are my goals:

1. Write in structured, well developed paragraphs that flow well from one to the next within the text.

2. Use the same tense throughout the text.

I think I achieved 1. by making sure each paragraph was relevant to the next, by using links between each part, that make everything flow together.

My second goal is something I need to work on though, but I think It's something that is quite hard to remember, since we switch between tenses all the time when we speak.

Area 21.8.20

For the last week, Nogo's math group have been learning area, perimeter, circumference, and area of a circle and triangle.

I found area and perimeter pretty easy, but I definitely had to get used to learning radius, diameter and circumference and area of a circle and triangle.

Here's how you find the area of a rectangle/square:

All you have to do is multiply the length x the width. 

So the equation is: 

A = 1 x w

    =12 x 4 

    = 48 sq m

Which means the area is 48m2.

Humpback Whale Food Chain

Maths 14.8.2

 Today in maths we were learning about finding the circumference of a circle.

Everyone headed out to the court to measure their feet against the middle circle on the netball court. Then we came inside and found the circumference. This is how I did it:

So I knew that 15.5 of my feet was the diameter of the circle, and so all I had to do was this equation:

C = π x 15.5

And I knew π = 3.14

Therefore C = 48.67

Maths 13.8.20- volume

 Today in maths, we learned about formula.

At first I didn't understand it at all, but I did get it eventually. 

Here's and example of volume:

It's just the length x the width x the height, which is actually pretty simple, if you think about it. 

Here's, for instance, an equation we had to work out.

first I multiplied those numbers, which was 264 then I had to work out the cost for concrete, which was $4 per m3. Then I multiplied 264 x 4 and the total cost equaled $1056. 

But next, Nogo told us that our friend that did the concrete was our best friend, and they gave us 30% off. 

So the first thing I did was convert the 30% into a fraction (because that makes the most sense to me) which was 3/10, and then it was 3/10 of $1056 .

The first thing I did was: 10 ÷ 1056 = 105.6

Then: 3 x 105.6 = 316.8

So 30% of 1056= 316.8. 

Then I used my calculator to minus $316.8 from $1056, and the answer was $739.2 

And that is some of the math that I did today, and how i solved it.

Snowboarding! 4/7/20

On the first Saturday of the holidays, my family and I went to Mt Hutt ski field.
I decided to try snowboarding for the first time, and luckily my brother Max, was there to teach me.
The drive up there was pretty windy, but I didn't get carsick! (Which I always do.)
Once we got to the mountain, the first thing I did was feel the glacial powder on my gloves. I hadn't seen snow in so long! The last time I remembered being there, I had hurt my ankle skiing, and my dad wasn't around. So yeah, Mt Hutt definitely needed to prove itself to me!

My brother and I strapped our front feet in the snowboards, (I was using his, and he was using a rental.) and we shimmied our way up to the magic carpet. To be honest, I was kind of terrified at first, but toward the end I was getting on and off the travelator like a pro! There was a slight dip before the magic carpet, so I had to go very, very steady as I went down. (It really wasn't bad at all, but obviously I would be scared on my first try.) I finally got on, following behind Max, and then we waited. And waited. And waited. And then guess what?
We were at the end!
Max told me to just slide down and into the wall, and then scoot out of the way and on top of the hill.
Easy for him to say!
(OK again it wasn't that bad but...)
So we got there, and all we had to do was clip our back foot in, and slide down!
so of course I didn't just slide down the hill on my first go, but Max would go down a little bit of the way, then I would go down to meet him. Thus practicing stopping and actually snowboarding at the same time.

 

Eventually I got to the bottom, and then we did the exact same again a couple more times, each time I got more and more confident in the board. On about the fourth go, Max wanted to go up to the top, so my dad came with me instead. (He also snowboards as well, so he knew what he was doing.) Now it was just a matter of practice. 

After about two more tries, my legs were on fire! 

We decided to go up to the cafe, as Abby (my stepmum) and Sophie (Max's girlfriend) were already there. Soon enough, Abby, Sophie, my dad, my cousins, (Hazel and Angus) Rach, (my aunty) my step sister, (Alice) and I were all sitting around a table in a cozy cafe, sharing hot chips and hot chocolates. (As well as some other food my aunty brought along. My uncle Conan and Max were still up the mountain.

When everyone's stomach's were satisfied, we went straight back to the mountain. 

it was a shock going outside again, as the cafe was so warm and toasty. I soon got used to it though, and all the cousins were sliding down the side of one of the ski tracks on toboggans. 

Abby got some cool photos of all of us sliding down together, and it was super fun!

After that though, Alice, Abby and I got stuck there, because my dad decided to go up to the mountain, so Alice and I were just watching people come down the mountain, me hoping it was my dad, and I have no idea what Alice was hoping for. 

Eventually, my dad came back, and he took me up the slope a couple more times, but after that, he took Alice up on her skis, so I had to go myself. 

After a few times on my own, I got used to it and didn't need my dad to help me at all! 

By the end of the day, I was completely exhausted and pretty confident going down the learners slope.

next time I go to Mt Hutt, I'll go up to Highway 72, which is the next easiest.

Overall, I really enjoyed snowboarding for the first time, and I can't wait for our school ski trip in September!  

 

Explaining Scientific Diagrams

Explaining Scientific Diagrams

Scientific diagrams include factual information, visual images that could make it easier to understand, and labels to show key points. The audience can vary, as the visuals and words play an important role in who it is written for.

The purpose of these diagrams are to inform people on a specific subject. It could be anything from the water cycle, to the perfect habitat for an Okapi.

We know these aren’t pieces of persuasive writing, or for entertainment, because they use factual language. If it were trying to persuade the reader, ‘Planting An Apple Tree’ would sound more like this: Apple trees can be soothing and rewarding, and will fill your life with joy.

But since it’s educating us, the text is telling us how to plant it, not why. For example: Apply 2 to 3 inches of mulch over the root ball and backfill. Keep mulch away from the trunk base.

The audience all depends on the language used and the visual images used. For instance, in text 1- How Do Plants Grow- the lively images and simple vocabulary are all clues to show that this text is aimed largely at a younger audience. Though not so young that they do not understand, therefore the author was probably thinking of the year 5 & 6 when he/she was writing.

On the other hand, with 'Planting An Apple Tree', teenagers and adults are the targeted crowd, because colours are more visually appealing to a younger audience, whereas colours and curiosity are lacking in this diagram. There are also more complex and scientific words, which may be much harder to understand, and less interesting in terms of what kids would like to read.

In conclusion, a scientific diagram all depends on who the author has in mind while writing, and including elements to build on that age group focused on.

William Pike Progress

Below is a screen shot of my progress for William Pike. 

And here is how I will fill it up:

COMMUNITY SERVICE: 0%

Sophie B and I are planning to to a jelly bean jar count, $1 a guess, and giving the proceeds to Christchurch Riding For The Disabled.

On my own I am going to be selling dog treats, and giving the money I receive to Greenpeace.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY 20%

This year our class is going on a ski trip- which I'm very excited for!

Maiah D is also taking a group of kids to Adrenaline Forest, and the cost will be $24. 

PASSION PROJECT 53%

I am planning on doing something on design- Graphic design, fashion design, interior design, jewellry design, and art- But I don't know what yet. 

I also went Snowboarding for the first time in the holidays, so that can count as passion project and outdoor activity.                                                                                                                               

MRSGREN Giraffe

MRS GREN GIRAFFE

Movement: Giraffes use all four legs to move, and of course their muscles, though when they walk they use both legs on one side then both legs on the other side. They run pretty much the same as most mammals, using their rear and front legs in unison.

Respiratory: Giraffes inhale oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, just like all other mammals.

Sensing: Giraffes use their eyes to see, ears to hear, the roof of their mouths to taste, noses to smell, and they have nerves all over their body designed to feel.

Growth: Giraffe calves can grow around 3 centimetres each day until they have developed into their full height, (4.6- 6.1m!) and by then they will be about 4 years old.

Reproduction: Giraffe breeding season can occur at any time in the wild, and births usually take place in the dryer months. They reach sexual maturity at age 6-7, though females have to be physically larger to carry their calf.

Excretion: Giraffes produce CO2, number 1’s and number 2’s

Nutrition: Giraffes are herbivores, which means they only eat plants. As you probably know, they eat leaves, branches, fruits, seeds, and buds from trees. The type of trees they eat are called Acacia trees.

Camp 2019 (this was a draft)

CAMP!!!

My favourite activity was, air rifles because it was easy to hit things and it was cool because I’d never done it before.

I challenged myself with popping balloons in archery because everyone had already popped at least 1 balloon and I hadn't. In the end I popped lots though.

I made a connection with Isla because when we were reading at night we both said we loved Stacy Gregg's books.

My favourite meal was on Wednesday night, I had veggies and a vegetarian patty (which I did not like) but the baby carrots were so juicy and probably the best veggies I’ve had! And my favourite dessert was the apple crumble on Thursday.

When I got home I watched a movie on my bed.

Dracula 22/6/20

In literacy, we each chose a book to read, and I chose Dracula. Each week everyone in the Dracula group has a meeting, and we talk about what has happened in the book or questions we have.
I've already finished the book, and the ending was a happy one. Mina survived the Count's bite and her and her husband had a baby named after the late Arthur.
If I could change one thing about the book I would probably switch Mina and Lucy's hair colour. Now, you might be asking: why do something that silly? Well, I just think the fact that Lucy is just the 'sit there and look pretty' one and she's blonde, and Mina is meant to be the smart one but not so pretty, I feel like it kind of stereotypes people that are blonde. Maybe it's just me because I am blonde, but either way feel free to comment your thoughts, or possibly debate with me!😁

Passionate Pictorial

Tinted glass shining

Bursts of colour seeping through

Mending your courage

Hints on a Utopia

That isn’t actually there. 

This is a Tanka poem. Much like the Haiku, although the syllable pattern goes like this: 5,7,5,7,7

another form of poetry from Japan, and still annoying to write, because sometimes you just want to forget the number of syllables you need!

Botanical Similarities

Slowly flourishing into beautiful plants

They’ll thrive if you care for them

But dwindle if you don’t.

They are much like humans, aren't they?

This Poem is called a Quatrain. It's quite simple, all it is is just 4 lines in a stanza, and it can rhyme if you want, or it could not. These can be put in longer poems or they can stand alone. You really have a lot of choice with this type of poetry. I have to admit, I didn't notice the challenge for this one, so Sharon, if you notice it doesn't rhyme at all, let alone follow the ABAB rhyme scheme you suggested, well, at least know you know why!

Inferno

Heat-dancer
Log-eater
Natural-devastator
Eye-hypnotiser
Roaring-colour
Wispy-danger
Fire

This is a Kenning poem, they were used in Old English and Old Norse poetry. These poems are really just made up of metaphors instead of a simple noun. I found this one really hard actually, as I couldn't think of any words to use.

Lightville

A broken lightbulb, a Christmas carol
A happy town, a blaring bell
Prancing in the snow, merry Christmas! They yell.

A bored little girl, sitting on the steps
Of her once exiting home, how a blown bulb intercepts!
She shakes the thing, with curious wonder
Why this complex gadget, it makes such a blunder!
“A broken lightbulb, a Christmas carol!”
She exclaims as she listens to the rousing tale.

This is a Chain verse poem. It is made up of stanzas which have the same line in somewhere in another stanza, linking them together. I chose: a broken lightbulb, a Christmas carol, to be in both of my stanzas. 

P.S this is my favourite poem I've created!

The idea came about when my own lightbulb had blown in my bedroom, and after my mum had taken it out, I was shaking it near my ear, when I heard the wonderous sound! I ran up to my mum, saying "listen!" She said that's what broken lightbulbs sound like, it's weird isn't it? 

It sounds like Christmas! I shouted down the hallway. And that's when it came to me, "I must write a poem about it!"

Sophie

Sophie

Funny, caring

Enlightening, moody (sometimes)

Laughing, surfing, chatting

Amazing person, splendid girl

Daydreaming, lazing, freewheeling

Supporting, loving

Everyone else    

This is a Diamante poem. which literally means what it sounds like, it's a diamond! below is the framework I followed for this poem, and shoutout to Sophie because this is about her! (If you couldn't already tell.) There was a challenge to make the first and last words different, so I made it Sophie and everyone else because she is different from all.                                         

Frida Kahlo

Frida
Resilient, inspirational, and exotic
Daughter of Matilde and Guillermo
Who loved Diego Rivera, painting, and her pets
Trauma, love, and heartbreak
Being forgotten after her death, not being able to walk again, and the disease she had when she was young
Who received the National Prize Of Arts And Sciences, for her painting, Moses
Coyoacán, Mexico city
Kahlo 

This is a bio poem about Frida Kahlo. Often they are about people that you know or people you admire. This is the format I followed for my poem:

Solar Sky

This is a concrete poem.
As you can see it is arranged in a certain shape to match the poem. This is one of the easiest poems I've done, and plus it is fun because you can add drawings!

Alienus, Quintilla Poem

A flashing radiance, a vivid neon glow

A floating emptiness, a lonely soul

A desolate creature, hovering through the inky below

A mortal being, scouting the depths, on patrol

They were gliding through the sea 500 million years ago.

This poem is a Quintilla. Which means there is a certain rhyme scheme for the verse. This one was: 

A, B, A, B, A. 

What is a rhyme scheme?

Every last letter in a line has it's own letter. The first one: Glow, is automatically A, because it is first. If the second line ends with a word that rhymes with glow (or the first one word), it is also A. Get where I'm going? If it doesn't, then it is labeled B. 

Astrum

Astrum

We are gone by dark 

The night sky is blanketed in an array of dazzling flames 

We long the feeling of light on our skin

Though the earth has not finished its turn on the carousel of science.


This is a free verse poem, which basically means it doesn't rhyme or anything. It's a free poem!

We Sit

We sit

Frozen in time

We sit

Oblivious to our surroundings

We sit

Kidnapped by inaction

We sit

Engulfed in ourselves

We sit

While people perish

We sit.

This is an envelope poem, which means the first and last line is the same.
I came up with this at home, and I couldn't stop thinking about it!

Maths, 12.6.20

 MATHS 

Today In maths we did a worksheet on comparing fractions.

Here's an example of one of the questions: 4/5 ___ 6/9

so since the denominators are different, we have to multiply them by each other to get another set of numbers. By doing this, the denominators should be the same. so that equation would be: 

36/45 ___ 30/45 

now all we have to do is compare the numerators, so it would turn into this: 36/45 > 30/45

because 36 is bigger than 30.

I found this sheet quite easy, but what I find annoying is that we have to show all the workings on how we did it. (Even though I know it is SUPER important for high school, otherwise we will get marked wrong! 😬) 

I was pretty relieved that I got all my answers right, because now I know for sure that I get the concept. 

Next week I think we are doing ratios, so I'm glad I know my fractions! 

The Bike Back To Camp! P.S this is very late!

On Thursday the 5th of March Tangaroa and the year 7 and 8's from Haumaitiketike either walked or biked out to Spencer park. I biked, and the way there was not easy, but it was much more enjoyable than the ride back.

I think the reason why the bike from our camp seemed so hard was well, you can probably guess, a late night, playing on the giant bouncy pillow, doing jumps on our bikes and running around taking photos all morning. It wasn't bad at all at the start,  but as we were nearing to the end, it got a whole lot worse.

There were only two injures that I knew of from the way back, which was good and bad at the same time. Good because There weren't many, and bad because, well, two people got hurt. For some reason the weather seemed much hotter than the day before, even though I'm pretty sure it was the same temperature. as we were biking down Marine Parade, It was so hard because I knew I was so close, but I was really close to giving up. the sun was unbearable, my face felt like it was about to explode, in fact, my whole body felt like it was going to explode. my limbs were throbbing my head spinning and... 

I was back at school lying down in the cool grass next to my bike.



Sorry this is late, I went to camp months ago!! 😄

Autumn Solis

Glassy reflections.

Golden leaves soaking up colour.

Rays of silent joy.

This is a Haiku poem, which means each stanza (line) has a certain number of syllables. In this case, the first stanza has 5 syllables, the second has 7 and the last one has 5 again.

TECH!!!

TECH

Today (28.05.20) the class of Tangaroa all went to tech, when the bus stopped, a flood of girls came rushing out of the vehicle to get to their classes. We only had to wait about half a minute before our teacher Ms Hamilton opened the door to let us in. Which was lucky, because it was FREEZING outside. We started class even though the boys' bus hadn't arrived yet.😁 
last night, I was a little bit anxious that I wouldn't finish my tic-tac-toe pieces, once I found out that my dad didn't have a sandblaster at his work, but -luckily- I accomplished it even with time to make a twirly thingamabob! (Which is basically just a twirled piece of acrylic.) 
after our first class we had lunch, and later, at cooking with Ms Vokes, we made delicious choc-chip cookies and I secretly ate one in the line. 😁 shhhhhhh don't tell!!

My Top 5 Most Positive Things About Being In Lock down

Top 5 Most Positive Things About Being In Lock down! By Skye Young  

1.Talking to family more often/ I think that sometimes we get so caught up in our busy lives that we forget to talk to the people we live with, and being in lock-down just brings us all together and so we have all this time to connect.

2.Getting to sleep in/ I like being able to spend more time asleep, although it will be a real shock when I have to go to school and get up early again!

3.Reading and art/ during this pandemic I have a lot more time to practice and improve on my art, and also a lot more time to read. I just hope I don’t run out of books! (This also goes for other hobbies too)

4.Training my dogs/ usually I don’t have enough time to train them, but since I have all this extra time on my hands… Who knows, they might be able to do the tango by the end of this!

5. Baking/ Often I find myself saying; “I’m going to bake something for lunch tomorrow.” But I either forget, or I get distracted by something else. Now though, I have so much time to spare, and baking is just one of the many possibilities I could choose to fulfill so that I don't get bored!

This Is Just To Say...

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