Term 2 Week 4

On Monday I learnt how to do division decimal algorithms. You just times both the decimal numbers by ten, hundred or thousand so that the number that you dividing by is a whole number. Then you just work your way from their. I am very close to finishing my writing that has to be a note taking report about giant pandas. I found it very hard to bullet point a lot of information in a short area that I could write in. The thing I find challenging was the fact that I had all this information that I can't just put into certain categories so it was really hard. We watched the volleyball DVD where we learnt a lot of ways how to volley a ball over the net. There is one way where you can hit the volley and that is just lite on your finger tips with two hands. The other way is you can put one hand over the other and try and let the ball land and bounce off between your fore arm and wrist.
I learnt about sentence fragments, comma splices and run on sentence. A sentence fragment is an unfinished sentence-(doesn't have a certain object or verb.)
A comma splice is two phrases that have just been joined by a comma without any punctuation. A run on sentence is two independent clauses that are joined together with the wrong punctuation. 
On Tuesday we had Tech arts where we had to make a straw go across the room using a balloon, two pins, thread, tape and scissors. So we attached the string to the pins and stuck in the two opposite walls. Then we attached the straw to the balloon and blew up the balloon and hung it on the thread. Mrs Tyson told us on Friday that when she was watching us do this project she said that if your balloon spins around it was because we had it facing a little bit on an angle down so it would instead of going vertically opposite it would try go the opposite of where the balloon is facing. We tried it in the classroom/Lab and in the foyer. We didn't do it outside because we didn't have enough time.
On Wednesday we started fractions and I started EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS.
They are fractions that can be the same but just different denominators and numerators. Such as one half and two quarters or two thirds and four sixths or even eight twelfths. We also did Otago Maths that is basically problem solving. There was one really hard one we you had to put eight numbers into these boxes to make the arithmetic method true. Those were reasonably easy even though it took up a lot of time. We also did inter class volleyball where we versed room 12 and won. I'm glad that we are sussing out our volleyball team and learning all the other weaknesses of other teams. After lunch we did French where I learnt how to say how I feel to someone. I'm glad that I'm getting more and more good at this language. During Jump Jam we taught our team a new routine called Freaks. The thing I like about it is the fact that it's really energetic and fun. 
On Thursday we had extension Maori where I had learnt my mihi off by heart and told it to the class. I'm glad that I did it because I got two signatures and now I'm only four away from getting my bronze badge. For Kapahaka we learnt the rest of the Moteatea. It will be really hard to memorize at the end but hopefully I would've practiced enough. 
On Friday we did a quick decimals test where we had to find the total value of a number or ordering decimals or even changing a decimal into a percentage or the other way around. I'm glad that I did practice these really and learnt what they meant at the same time because we had to explain how to order decimals and how to change a decimal into a % or other way around. To order decimals you basically just do this. You try and find the longest number with decimal places. You count them and then just add zero's on the end so that they all are the same and it's easier to work out.
Order these fractions in ascending order:
4.5000 5th
4.0500 2nd
4.5500 7th
4.5050 6th
4.0505 3rd
4.4300 4th
4.0050 1st
4.5600 8th
To change a decimal into a percentage, all you do is see if a decimal has over the hundredth column(0.03)that would equal 3% because it's out of hundred % so it is three percent. If it says this(0.6), It's just 60% because the six is in the tenths coloumn so all you do is times it by ten. To do the other way around it's basically just the same but the opposite.
After that we did maths where I learnt about improper fractions, proper fractions and mixed numbers. 
Improper fractions are fractions is where the numerator is bigger than the denominator.
A proper fraction is when the denominator is bigger than the numerator. 
A mixed fraction is when it's over a whole number and has the extra left over fractions by the side. 
When we had Tech Arts we learnt about Isaac Newton and how he became a brilliant scientist. He called everything object and if it moved he would call it in motion and if it didn't move he would call it at rest. Ms Tyson gave us an activity where we had to build a marble run that had to be exactly 20 seconds when got to the end. The materials that we are using are
Scissors
Two pieces of cardboard
Tape
Pencil
Meter ruler
Ruler 
Ms Tyson also said that there is always a force against another such as gravity, there is always a force that's going against another. She said that there are four ways to change a force.
Put one on
Take one off
Weaken one
Strengthen one
So Julia and I started our marble run.
After lunch we had Maori where we had to do a story on the Waikato river. My group and I have decided that we should do 
Karapiro
Huka Falls
Turangawaewae
Hurdle races
The reason why we are doing these is because we think there really important places during the Waikato times. 
So that is all that happened this week. I'll keep you guys updated on everything. Au revoir

Week 3 term 2

Music Camp was cool!

On Monday we did practice for volleyball and learnt a couple of ways to hit the ball over the net. Then we did this fractions, decimals and percentages where I got most of them right but forgot some of them because I couldn't remember and I learnt them in Term 1 which sucked. I forgot how to find the how to round decimals to a certain number or decimal point. I also forgot about common denominator and not and decimal=subtraction, division algorithms.

On Tuesday we basically did Maths and Writing where I have to finish a note taking report on Giant Pandas. The thing I like about writing is that you get signatures for seeking excellence or never give up or the hardest one to me being honest. By being honest in your peer assessment gets you a signature that I really need right now. Doing a report on Giant Pandas is still cool though. My favourite thing today was Tech Arts because we just started a new class with Ms Tyson and we did a lot POEW. Poew is Predict, Observe, Explain and What If. We asked a lot of our Science Fair questions at the end.
On Wednesday was Music Camp rehearsal and the time when the Matamata and Cambridge schools came to our school for Music Camp in the categories of Senior Band, Junior band, Choir and the drum line which was my personal favourite thing of when it came to an end. We practiced all day from the middle block-7:30.  During that time that we practiced in I think we did between 6-7 songs. Since I'm a soprano in the choir I had to sing a lot of high notes with all my other friends but it wasn't that big of a challenge. I caught up with a few girls that I met in the past which was cool. Mrs Kari and Whaea Rangi took us to sing these songs
Oh happy day
I can see clearly now
E te iwi e
Glorious
One call away
That's what friends are for
River of dreams
On my own
On Thursday we practiced those songs and a few more. We also worked on the harmonies for some of the songs so they could sound cool. After lunch we had a good time just to run through all the songs while listening to all the other things the other kids have been practicing for. When it came to the night, it was very scary but at the same time exciting. I enjoyed listening to all the pieces that kids presented and it was very cool. It wasn't that hard singing our songs but when it came to the end when we had to sing Some Nights with band at certain points we would be louder than them and they would be louder than us but it was cool singing with them for our last song of the night.
On Friday sport I practiced with majority of my team for Belmont Netball which cool because if we scored a goal the year 8's had to do one shuttle and believe you me they had to do a lot of them. Getting to know the positions and where suited was very good but on the other hand we still have a lot of other people that have their position so that's where gets interesting but that's the whole point of earning your spot.
I'll keep you guys updated on special events and my work that I'm learning.
Bye!!!!!

Week 2 Term 2

On Monday, we did this activity called Lacrosse. Lacrosse is a very complicated and popular sport that is quite tricky but very easy to get the hang of. I like earning all the tricks and movement that you do. We did all these games just to improve our skills level but ran out of time in the end. In the afternoon, we had Ms Gloclin and I learnt quite a lot about her.
On Tuesday, we had Tech Arts where I finished on Friday my truck and I learnt a lot about measurement and how it comes in handy. On Thursday we did Kapahaka where I learnt that I could do harmony and a new song. On Friday I did Belmont trials and what I do know is that there is a lot of competition.

Term 2 Week 1

Back at school!!!
I know a lot of people like school, but without it, I barely have anything to do.
Anyway, on Monday we installed this SAS writing reviser to help with this piece of writing that is due on Wednesday. It really helped with finding simple sentences which I have heaps of and weak and hidden verbs that I also had heaps of but it doesn't matter. Then we did this Otago maths test where there are five problem-solving questions that you need to answer. Then we did this revision on geometry such as different triangles or angles of a triangle or hard as alternate, co-interior and some other one that I forgot. I can't believe that we actually got to the day that we had presented our brain inquiry project. We had a lot of great feedback so that was good. After that, we talked a lot about Science fair such as the order in what you have to do and the research and question but first we had to go home, and make a log book.
Tuesday was a little bit different as to what you  would do normally. This guy named Mike King came in to talk to us about his problem. He had these real bad problems to do with anxiety and drugs and also alcohol. When he had these problems he delt with them by getting a councilor. When he was young he was bullied a lot and would sit outside the staff room with his good friend Nigel. One day when Nigel wanted to tell a funny joke, it was a big let down. He said"Hey Michael whats this and he said a seagull coming back from the library", Mike said"  Nigel, whats this". Nigel said it was a seagull coming back from library but Mike said it was a gay tea pot. When he noticed that he made Nigel laugh, he realized that he wanted to make people laugh by being a stand up comedian so that is what he came to talk to us about. That taught me to try and find something that you love very much and enjoy doing it. When he made people laugh, the popular kids accepted him in their group but what Mike noticed is that they get really bored of things,so they made him pick kids including Nigel and he did it to him. He became a an alcoholic and drug person because it took his mind off things and washed away the pain but starting things that you know are bad just makes this big hole that keeps getting deeper until something terrible happens. He got over those problems by getting a councilor and her name was Stella. She said a very cool quote. She said"What happens when you leave a pot full of boiling water with a lid on it"And Mike said "The pot explodes when it's had enough. Stella described that as Mike's head. Mike's head will explode but she said that it won't effect you. It will hurt others more than you. After that we had a few questions and Mike told us a story. Up in some area in Auckland I think, there was a school that suffered buy losing five students that committed suicide. When Mike went to discuss with the children in that school before these reporters and camera crew went to the school and told them their problem and the solution to it and left.
What the kids didn't like is the fact that parents or adults don't know what their kids are going through but everyone in the school did. They wanted to tell the problem and solution, not the adults.
After that we got this little booklet with Mike King's problems in it and details so we could contact him for any questions.
On Wednesday we tried to finish our writing that we have to publish doing the SAS writing reviser. I really need to focus weak and hidden verbs and my tense. It was hard to remember all the angles that you do for Geometry because there are so many.
There are:
Corresponding
Co-interior
Alternate
Acute
Right
Obtuse
Straight
Reflex
Revolution
complementary
Supplementary
vertically opposite
Those aren't even all of them.
What I love about Jump Jam is it's a fun sport or activity to do and the exercise and fun is cool.
French is so cool to. We are starting to learn how to introduce ourselves in French.
On Thursday I learnt my mihi and a names in Te Reo and two new songs Kapahaka which was cool.
One of them was the Poi and the other one was the Moteatea.
The Poi is a traditional item that women and use in Kapahaka. Men used to do the Poi back in the day. The Moteatea is song done with no instruments or beat. With choir, we practiced a lot of songs to do with Band for Music camp.
On Friday we basically just finished off work. During Tech Arts I am nearly up to the stage of finishing my truck and I am so excited. It is also my brothers birthday today and that's his birthday present. Even though it is seven days late it's still going to be cool.
Anyway I will keep you guys updated each week just because I have to.
Au revoir