Term 4 Goals

This term is the last for the year, so I want to make the most of it. My goals for term four are...

Maths: To keep up to date with all my work and if I do fall behind stay in at lunch to catch up.
I am going to achieve this by not letting other people distract me while I am working.

English: To use my time wisely so that I can hand my work in on time, or before the deadline. Also making it to the best of my ability.
I am going to achieve this by working on tasks at home and not time wasting in class.

Other activities: To be polite and thank the teachers who take the time and effort to teach me some of the other activities that T.A.I offers.
I am going to achieve this by being polite and thoughtful.

This term is going to be busy with lots happening in just this first week. Tomorrow is agricultural day a Te Awamutu Primary and I will be attending that with my goat Peach. Friday we also have grandparents day. and this week we have our first session of Life Ed with Nicky. An eventful term lined up with lots of fun activities!

Week 4

On Monday we had the S.P.C.A cupcake day that takes place all around New Zealand. I made 12 cupcakes for this event as I love the S.P.C.A for all their work. I made four chickens, four cows, and four pigs which took me all weekend of week three. The three winners of the decorating competition had their cupcakes auctioned on Facebook for the S.P.C.A. The winners for the decorating competition were given their prizes on Thursday and I got second. The prize was chocolate.
Also in Monday assembly we found out who the top sellers for our chocolate fundraiser were. First place sold 26 boxes of chocolate, he raised $1560.00 for our school. Second place sold 14 chocolate bars, she raised $840.00 for our school. And Third place sold 11 boxes of chocolate and she got $660.00 for our school. First place choose the XBox, second place choose the GoPro, and third choose the bike and the helmet.
The rest of the week was normal except for Thursday when we had Band Festival, but I wasn't involved with that. Overall my week went pretty well.

Week 3

This week on Monday we had to return all the chocolates and chocolate money because the chocolate selling had ended. This meant that there was on long line to Mrs Shaw's office to drop off money and sign for it. Lots of students ended up being late for assembly, but luckily I made it in time for SHINE awards. I earned my silver badge in week two which meant I would get it this week in assembly. 

In tech this week we had to start writing our blues songs for music on Tuesday. Bobby, Sophie J and I came up with the clumsy blues. Sophie J sings, Bobby does keyboard, and I do guitar. It sounds okay at the moment, but it isn't as bad as it may seam. Friday for tech we had to start creating a soundtrack for an advertisement where we have to have music and our voice just like on a normal add. 

On the weekend I spent basically the entire weekend making cupcakes for the S.P.C.A cupcake day on Monday week four. I made chickens, cows, and pigs out of fondant and put them on green fondant with the S.P.C.A logo on them. Hopefully they help raise money to help the animals that are in need of a good home. Anyone that reads my blog I encourage you to donate some money to the S.P.C.A as they do an amazing job caring and finding new homes for unloved pets. $1 can go a long way to help one animal find a new home.

Week 2

This week has still been pretty chill with finishing SLC and starting on maths and reading. Monday Mrs Crowe came back after a whole week out of class with an ear problem. Apart from school work in tech arts we are doing music and on Tuesday we were playing Bob Marley Three little birds. The teacher said we were all being really good so we all got an including others signature. So on Tuesday I earned my silver badge and I'm pretty sure I have just under 20 signatures to go till gold which I hope to earn by the end of the year.

Maths this term is area, perimeter, and volume. As it turns out I forgot just about everything from last year except how to find the circumference of a circle. To find the circumference of a circle you multiply the diameter by Pi (3.14). For Reading we have started on a short story task where we choose a short story from a given selection, read it, then write something like a book review on that particular story. Our writing task currently is to write our speeches for week four. My speech this year is about how life begins at the end of your comfort zone. This is a quote by Neale Donald Walsch and I found it off the internet in abstract quotes.

Thursday we went to the collage expo and also had the collage guitar group come into guitar to play and teach us a few things. When we went round the hall to look at the options I decided on three out of the four things that I want to do a collage which are: Music (guitar), Graphics, and also Agriculture. Also on Thursday I got to start on my next painting which is currently free choice.

Week 5

This week was a good week. It was all pretty normal except in Monday assembly we were informed about an accident that happened the week before. Mr Graham, the hard materials teacher, was teaching gym last Friday and tried to do a back-flip like some of the other kids. Mr Graham ended up in hospital for about a week and is currently at home in a neck-brace. So I hope you get well Mr Graham so you can come back to school. 

On a happier note I started to finally get my canvas painted in extension art. This term in extension art it is all about animals in their natural habitat. I choose to do a dragonfly on a leave for this painting. This means I have to learn how to do extremely intricate lines for the wings and how to effectively use glitter without using to much.

Robotics has been going really well and we are also getting in some Lego/Mechano for us to use and then program. Currently though we have been continuing doing the mazes with the Spheros. 

Term 2 Week 3

This week has been fun. We started food tech this week on Tuesday and we have made cheesy rolls and dip sticks and also bread. The bread turned out to be really nice and doughy and was quite filling. We learnt how to correctly use yeast and how to fold it into the dread. We also learnt how long to cook the bread so that it is golden brown on the top. On Wednesday and Thursday there was music camp. This affected my Thursday activities a little bit, but it also meant I had time in the afternoon to do some of my work. I managed to complete my artwork of flowers which is now hanging up in the library for the public. I also had to do robotics in the middle block which was pretty fun. Bobby and I made a maze and managed to get around it without crashing. Then we were allowed to add in ramps. Sadly Sphero did not go over all the ramps. The week before that in robotics Alice and I did a different track and managed to get all the way through twice without crashing. Even though this has been a mucky week, with everything going, on most people made the best out of it.

Term 1

This term has gone by so quickly, and I have remembered so much learning from last year that I'm kind of glad the term has ended. This term has been really busy with camp, Japanese students, and school activities that school has been really fun. We are in the last week of term and last week was back to work after camp which was super fun. This week is only a four day week which means no school on Friday :). This term I have learnt a lot in maths from integers (negative and positive numbers) to standard form and scientific notation. This term we have also had our first three inter-house sports which were: minor games, swimming, and the most recent summer games. My house Puniu is currently coming in 4th place which is not where we usually are on the leader board. Waipa is coming third, Mangapiko second and Waikato 1st. 

On Thursdays we have all the school activities like extension art, band, guitar, rock band, etc. I am involved in three activities which is extension art in the morning, guitar in the middle block, and robotic in the afternoon. Extension art this year has been going really well as I also did it last year so I already have a little bit more practice than most of the people in there. Everyone in extension art is already a good artist, but sometimes Mrs. Dixon gives them a little bit of a hand which is fine as everyone needs help sometimes. Guitar has been really well and we have been given some of the harder music to work on this year. I have been progressing well, and have been practicing heaps at home to make sure that I improve and get it right. Robotics was a little step out of my comfort Zone as I had wanted to do it, liked maths, and I like playing with robots so I thought I would give it a go. Robotics has been really fun with Mr. Graham as our teacher. I have learn heaps on how to control and program the spheros that we have.

Term one has been really fun so far and I can't wait for term 2.