Maths Workbook.

This week for maths we are working on algebra. We have been assigned a workbook that we have to work through over the duration of the week. Here is mine that I'm working on.

Cantamaths

Yesterday we went to Christchurch to compete in a maths competition. I was in the winning team for westa-maths so my team went to christchurch. So for the competition we have 30 minutes to complete 20 hard questions. It is 5 points for a correct question. Our tem got 90 points out of 100 wich is really good for a West Coast team.

Instructions.

This week we had to write instructions for our favourite sandwich. I chose a fresh chicken frenchstick. Her is how you make it.

Sandwich Equipment:

• Bread Knife 
• Chopping Board 
• Butter knife Plate 

Ingredients:

• Chicken 
•  French stick 
• Avocado
•  Kewpie Mayonnaise 
• Fresh tomato 
• Butter 
•  Fresh lettuce 

How to make: 

1. Firstly you cut the french stick to approx 20cm long. You then slice the french stick in half leaving a tiny bit more on the top half. 
2.  After that take your butter knife and gently spread butter over one side of each half. 
3.  Then take your chicken and shred it into bite-sized pieces. 
4.  Place the chicken thickly onto one of the halves. 
5.  Cut the avocado into thin slices. 
6.  Place the avocado onto the chicken slightly squishing it down.
7. Then you slice the tomato into thick circles and lay on top of the avocado. 
8.  Next you pluck some lettuce off and place it over everything leaving some hanging over the edges. 
9.  Then you generously squeeze the mayonnaise out over all of it. 
10.  Finally take you fresh chicken sandwich and but it on a plate. ENJOY!

PrEP

This term we are doing PrEP. PrEP is a thing that we do at our school to learn how to be in or manage a business. We have to apply for a job. This year I applied for the PrEP warehouse and the PrEP Bank. There are lot's of jobs to apply for, like Advertising agency, Bank, Warehouse, Police, working in a junior room and helping the caretaker. You also can have your own business and make things. At the end of it there is a big market full of products that the businesses have made. 

Argument writing

For the past term we have been focosing on writing a quality argument. Here is mine, it is about the death penlty.

Should we have the death penalty?

I believe that no country should have the death penalty because taking ones
life is usually just as bad as the crime itself. What happened to the saying
“all lives are sacred”. If someone kills someone they should be prepared for
a life sentence in jail, not death.

If killing someone is a crime then the death penalty should be one too. People
do stupid things, but if they are killed by the death penalty they will never
learn, never have sympathy for the one they killed. Maybe living with the
thought that you have killed someone is worse than death itself.

The saying “all lives are sacred” does not add up to the penalty. If one's life
is taken should we then take the life of another? two wrongs don’t make a
right. A total of 25 death row inmates were executed in the United States
in 2018! That’s only in 2018!

I think that a life long jail sentence is enough for a really bad crime.
Usually after people comit a bad crime they then comit suicide after. So a
death penalty is just an exuse to escape from the world without any pain.

The death penalty should be banned in all countries from now on. It is
definitely not good because taking one's life because of a crime is just not
OK, even if they murdered someone. 

Argument (Animals in zoos)

This week for writing we had to write an arugument on should animals be kept in zoos. I think that they shouldn't be kept in zoos. Here is mine.

Should Animals be kept in Zoos?

I strongly believe that animals shouldn’t be kept in zoos because it is
unnatural. It is also cruel and cramped. Animals are often separated from
their families when they are brought to zoos. How would you like to be
separated from your family?

When animals are kept in zoos it encloses and refines them from doing what’s
natural. Like Hunting, and being self sufficient. research says that Tigers and
lions have around 18,000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild.
Animals should be in their natural environment and NOT in cages. Animals in
zoos often lose their natural instincts because their habitat isn't natural.
Being kept in captivity doesn't allow animals to fully test their instincts, so
many animals lose their natural behavior.

Animals in zoos are endlessly getting looked at, yelled at, scrutinized and
pointed at. They are like bugs under a microscope. All cramped and homesick
animals squish in their cages everyday for the rest of their life!. That’s not a
life for a wild animal. 

Animals get separated from their family when their taken to zoos. When
animals are without their family they will be sad and depressed. What child
wants to see lifeless animals mope around all day. Well, Certainly not ME! 

Think about what we are doing to our wild animals. Taking them from their
natural home and their families. Just think if you were in a zoo. All the power
would be sucked out of you. That’s why I don’t think animals should be in zoos.

Argument writing.

This week for writing we had to write an argument on cell phones. Here is mine.

Cell Phone Argument

I strongly believe that Kids should not be allowed a phone until they are
13 or over, because cellphones cause a lack of imagination, low attention
span and they are too caught up in their device that they don’t have time to
go outside and get some fresh air.

Children under 13 shouldn’t have cellphones because social media is a terrible
influence on a teenage mind. Researchers have found that instagram, twitter
and facebook are just another way to target weaker or less popular people
and bully them. It’s called cyberbullying. 
How would you like your child being cyberbullied? Social media is a dangerous
world!

Cell Phones also generate a short attention span. If kids are always on their
device they are unlikely to be able to pay attention for a long period of time.
When they are bored they can just flick between pages or watch something
else on their device. There are endless things to do on a phone or a computer,
so kids rarely put it down!

Research says a healthy child should get at least 1 hour of physical activity
per day if not more. Is your child doing that? Cell phones prevent physical
activity and fun fitness. Cell phones are taking over your mind and your body.
Social sport is a great way to make friends and cell phones block that pathway.
Cell phones create moody, depressed and angry children who won’t talk or
socialize! 

Are you letting your child's brain rot? Is your child depressed and moody, could
cell phones be the cause of this?

What do you think? Think about what cell phones are doing to our generation
and generations after. I strongly think that children should not have cell phones
because they cause a distraction, lack of imagination and low self esteem. 

Maths, Nets.

This week for maths we have been working on nets. We have created our own nets using rulers. We have made a square based pyramid, a cube and a cuboid.

2019 Hanmer camp

This week we had to create a slide aroud camp. We had to do day 1,2 and 3. Here is my work.

Area, perimeter and volume.

This week we had to create a DLO around area, perimeter and volume. her is my work.

Pink Shirt day.

This term we are learning how to be up-standers and stop bullying. So last Friday we had pink shirt day to represent being an up-stander, we all wore something pink. I helped make hundreds of gingerbread lovehearts that we iced with pink icing and sprinkles. We then sold those biscuits for 50 cents a small one and a $1 for a big one.
I thought this was a really good idea for re-enforceing the message of being an up-stander.

Hanmer Camp 2019

On Monday we went to Hanmer for our school camp. We did lots of activities. We did Mountain biking, Tree climbing, orienteering, the Hot Pools, Conical hill, the cemetery and the lollie shop.

We had so much fun. 

We stayed at the Hanmer forest camp just outside the town.

For dinner on the first night we had spaghetti Bolognaise and the second night we had deviled sausages.

My favourite activity was tree climbing and the hot pools, although I enjoyed them all.

My Myth- The Green Flash.

This week we had to create our own myth. I chose to create on around the green flash. Her is my work.

Ra and the Green Flash.

Once there was a beautiful young woman who lived on the wild West Coast of the South Island.. Her name was Ra Tuhiwai. She was the daughter of Tane Tuhiwai and the lover of Hare Tohoro who was a young warrior. They had a beautiful baby boy called Marama. But soon a tragic thing happened, Hare went to war with the neighbouring tribe and did not return. In her grief Ra rose up and became the sun. But she had left her only child, Marama. Marama was all alone. He had to look after himself. But seeing as he was only 3 he rose up and became the light (Marama). To this day they both remain in the sky. They meet on clear nights and their bond creates a green glow or a flash.


That is the story of the green flash.

Writing Term 2 week 1

This week we had to research a natural phenomenon for writing. I chose the to research the green flash. Here is what I have discovered. I have not seen the green flash but my parents have.

Maths week 1 term 2

This week for maths we had to complete a workbook. This workbook contains the the things that we have been learning. Area, perimeter, circumference and volume.

Tennis. West Coast vs Marlborough.

I the holidays I went to Blenheim and played in a tennis tournament. It was West Coast vs Marlborough. I was in the West Coast team. Finally we won for the first time in 5 years. We took home the Wilding trophy.
I have represented the West Coast for 3 years running.
We played 2 games of singles and 4 games of doubles.

Week 8

On Wednesday I had West Coast swimming sports. I qualified for West Coast in the 25 metre Breaststroke. The path to West Coast swimming sports is you have to do school swimming sports and then Grey districts and then West Coast. If you win you go to Canterbury.

Song.

This week for music we had to find a song that we liked. I found this song. I like it because it doesn't end and it has a good tune.

Music 2019 week 6 term 1

This week we had music and we had to create a slide showing some of the basic music notes. Here is my work.

Geometry Triangles.

This week we for maths we worked on different types of triangles. Here is my work.