Goldilocks!

Throughout quarantine, our class have been writing pick-a-path stories! We were split into writing groups and giving a prompt. For my group - it was this:








Next we had to do a specific amount of planning each week for our stories. Now - we're done! Here's mine:

My Cookies!

Kia Ora everyone!
Last week on friday, our task for topic was to identify changes in matter and physical change and chemical change. In our morning hangout, Ms Wilton said we could do something like baking, but the main task was oobleck. I din't want to make oobleck, so I chose to bake. Specifically chocolate chip cookies.
I made a small batch and a big batch. I used my sisters recipe, and when she makes them, they're delicious! I can't say the same for when I made them though, they kind of had no flavour.. I did forget to take photos, but they were eaten in two days!
I was confused by the changes, but my sister said that it was a chemical change.
I hope you have a great day and keep up what your doing!

Milk Plastic? Will it Work!

For Topic this week, we are learning about "Changes in Matter". We had to identify the difference between Physical and Chemical change. After we went and learned about it there were experiments that we got to choose from that you can do with HOUSEHOLD items. I decided to do Milk Plastic Tags.
This is how mine went...

That is when I first put one cup of milk into the glass.

This is when I put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.

After adding the vinegar in and mixing a tiny bit.

After mixing for a minute.

This is after straining.

These is all the colours I wanted to make my plastic.

I added my mixture into the colours and mixed (I only used the yellow in the end.)

And Done!!!!! Now I have to wait 2 or more days for it to dry!

Online School...

As of today, most of New Zealand should have been starting Term 2 online (if they go to school). At first I thought it was going to be scary and I didn't want to show my face on the 'Hangout' sessions. But in the end it was alright. There wasn't much talking to be done and it isn't that bad to say "good morning" them mute. And you didn't have to speak, you could type in the chat. the work is a little bit overwhelming but I think everyone including myself will get used to it. And for lunch we get and 1 hour and 10 minute break, so yeah, I ain't complaining!
I hope that everyone stays safe through this time of disruption in our community.

My DLO on Saint Maximilian Kolbe!

Saint Maximilian Kolbe was born on the 8th of January, 1894. He was born Raymund, but changed his name when he became a Franciscan Priest. As a young man, Maximilian got Tuberculosis. In his student days, he started a Militia, a group that worships Mary. On the 1st of September, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Maximilian Kolbe and the rest of the people in his Militia got put into a German Work Camp. There, they were badly beaten and hurt, even starved. Especially Maximilian. After that, they were put in another camp in Auschwitz, where Maximilian died trying to save someones life.

Click on this for my voki: https://www.voki.com/site/pickup?scid=16136513&chsm=61488458cb6edc55b37ab8af16d2bf92

Our Own Diary Entries on a time in Alexander Aitken's life.

Hi Everyone!

This week we read the book The ANZAC Violin by Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton. The book was about Alexander Aitken traveling with a Violin through WW1. In the book, he got shot, and was taken in an ambulance train, in that scene there was a part from his Diary. That was part of our task, we had to write our own Diary Entries for any part of the story, like being down in the trenches or being shot, stuff like that. I had really fun writing because it's my passion, but thinking of something to write about was a bit hard. In the end I wrote about  the trenches, here is my post!
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As I passed my wounded violin to my mate, his face lit up, he loved repairing things. I saw him pick up a piece of wire from a heavy bag of seeds that we used as a cabinet. Then he started to tie weird knots with the wire, he looked up and knew I was confused. "I was a boy scout, he said." I nodded. I backed my head onto the clay and dirt infused wall on the left side of the trench. "Ey, Alec, you want some soup?" Benny said to me, he had his beany over his eyes so I couldn't make eye contact with him. "Uh, no thanks." I gulped saliva. "Aight mate, all the more for me." Then I heard the sachet of soup open, it was a fast rip, but I heard it in slow motion. the paper ripped first, then you heard the tinfoil crackle. You could tell it was cheap. Hot air blew on my face and I turned my face around. I looked over to my left, there was an ocean. I watched it spiral and crash, I loved the sounds. But then I heard something that wasn’t a wave smashing...

My Basic Facts for week 2!

This week was the first week we started to do our "basic facts" for 2020. Last year, I was working on stage 5 and had 6 for my basic facts. I wasn't doing good at both of them and I wouldn't do 6 a week like I was supposed to, I would only do like 3 every 2 weeks. At the end of last year I tried stage 7, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, the things I struggled on for it, I worked through and now, even doing timed I am getting scores I can be proud of. Some of the sums on Prototec Basic Facts Level 7 consist of Multiplication, Division, Converting Fractions, Percentages and Decimals and also Square roots and factors. I am doing well for the timed test as well. I enjoy seeing my score go up everyday, it sometimes is a little hard on timed but I get better every time right? I have nothing I would do differently about my Basic Facts! Here are some of my tests:

I hope one day this year to be doing level 8!