Enlargement

Today, the students in Room 8 we doing enlargement. I don’t know all the details because I was absent the previous week. I watched everyone draw their grids with a piece of chalk and then enlarge their pictures on their netbooks/chromebooks. I helped them make “straight” lines for their grids. The outcomes for some of them were not accurate but it was good enough.

Haiku

We were learning about Haiku's. Haiku's are Japanese Traditional Poems. There are three lines in a Haiku Poem. They also have rules. 1. They must have 17 syllables (5,7,5)
                                           2.  It has to be a seasonal reference
                                           3. It has to have a cutting point in the first or second line. (-,.!?)
I was in a group and we created our own Haiku.

Harry Potter - Book Review

Measuring Angles

This game helped me to understand how to use a protractor. I had to rotate the protractor to be in line with the red line and see what angle it was. I measured it accurately. I reckon this game would be useful to those people who still struggle using a protractor. It really does help you understand using a protractor properly.

Brooke Neal

Brooke Neal came to our class. She gave a highly inspirational speech. I'm sure we all learned something from her. What I learned from her, she is brave and powerful. She's experienced many tough things, but she fought through them. I admire her. I don't wish to be a fit and healthy person like she is, I just wish that I have the same attributes as her. To be brave and powerful.

Brooke Neal

Today, an athlete came to our class. Her name is Brooke Neal. She plays hockey for the New Zealand's womens team. First, she spoke about the olympic values and how they connected to her. She also added one of her own values. Purposeful. She said that we should find our purpose. Why are we doing what we're doing. The last thing she spoke about was finding our 'superpower.' She said her team had to show a level of confidence and thought of themselves as Superman. When she finished, we asked questions and took photos.

What I took from her speech was to never give up on my dreams. Even if they fail, you could always create another dream and work your way to reach that dream.

Basketball

Every Wednesday, we have basketball lessons with Yeron and his brother Malik. We learned how to dribble the ball, how to shoot the ball, how to stand and what we should do to be a good basketball player. We had to dribble the ball with our fingertips, we used B.E.E.F to guide us for shooting (Balance, Eyes on the target, Elbow and Follow through), we stood with knees bent and hands up, like a dinosaur stance. We had to dribble the ball and look forward because we would miss many opportunities if we kept our eyes down/on the ball. We played a mini-game and practised shooting. It was really fun.