Thoth

Thoth is an ancient Egyptian Myth. There were eight characters in the story and they are, Shu the son of the sun god, Ra the king of Egypt, his daughter Nut, Geb another god , Thoth is the god of the moon, time and measure. Osiris and Isis, were also gods.

Nut fell in love with Geb and Shu was very jealous so he turned Nut into the sky and Geb into the earth. Then he cursed Nut so she couldn’t have children. Thoth, took pity of the  couple. So he challenged the gods to a game of dice and he won. For his prize he wanted the gods to give him five days to Nut because the five days didn’t belong to any month. They didn't belong with Shu’s curse. So Thoth was able to make five kids, and a few of the children were Osiris and Isis.

I now know that the ancient egyptians added five days to the calendar and how to pronounce the gods names.

Rain

My island of paradise

walt: write a creative story in paragraphs.

If I had a island of my own, it would be extraordinary, bizarre and amazing. My island will be  only for my friends and family.

I would have an enormous swimming pool, to practice swimming for the olympics. Or when its a luminous day we could all have a pool party. I would also own a beach, so I could send fishermen to catch fish for the island.

My house would have a glass roof like a atrium. So every evening I could observe the stars. My house would have its own cinema inside, I could watch any movie I wanted. The cinema would have it’s own snack shop. It would have heaps of rooms because I don’t like sharing with my siblings.

I would have a roller skate rink. Every Saturdays I would gather my friends and go roller skating. I also need to learn how to roller skate because I not really good at skating.

And the best part of my island would have to be my chocolate factory. Because I’m  a chocoholic and I would hire my friends to make the chocolate and things.

If this was a reality life would be beyond amazing!

My Reflections for term 1

In reading I achieved 3A.  It wasn’t a very good score, but I improved from the last e-asttle test we had. I was a 3B. Some of the things I did well were understanding the text and compare what is right what is wrong. I need to work harder on working out the meaning of  new words from the story  and skimming and  scanning.  My next aim is to get up to a 4P or a 4A.  I will take a book home everyday.

Maths is one of the most trickiest subjects for me. In maths I came out at a 3P. That’s not good. Only because in my last test I was 3A. My strengths were interpreting graphs and writing and solving whole number problems. Things I need to work harder on are using the symbols and be able to read mass, measurement and volume. I want to try and get to a 4A.

This morning we had a geometry and statistics test. I was very disappointed because I got a 3B. I was expecting a 3P or a 3A. Some of my strengths were reflection or rotational symmetry of an object and choose and construct data displays to show significant features. Some of my gaps were make statements about data shown in a statistical display and describe the features of 2D and 3D objects using the language of geometry.

My goal for term 2 is to try harder in everything, because my previous results weren't very good. If I get to the National Standards, I would be so happy. But if I get past the National Standards I will be over the moon!

Technology

Walt: make a toy

This term we have been learning about the mechanisms of toys. We got to make our own toy with simple things.

First of all we had to plan out the toy then finally if you had all your materials you could make your toy.

The toy that I made was a puppet car. At first my toy was a balloon car but it did not work. It broke very easily. Luckily, I got some help from a few of my friends. It took a very long time to fix it but in the end it came out alright.

I used 14 skewers, 10 straws, tape, string, your own controller, cardboard and 4 c.d’s. Some of the materials were hard to find, especially the skewers. My first project was very easy to make, but when it broke it was very difficult to fix, so I had to come with a new design.

Today, Mr. Hendricks chose the best projects. And they were Britney, Matthew and Mikayla. I think that he enjoyed every toy. But he could only choose three.

I would like to learn how could I use different mechanisms in different ways. And instead of making toys with simple materials maybe we could use electric things.

Food Tech

Walt: to prepare foods from all around world.

I enjoyed cooking with Alisi and trying out new foods from all around the world. I also enjoyed Ms Heka’s teaching.

Some of the things I disliked was the food we cooked,especially the Pisupo and the children  getting cut.

After tech Ms Heka would always ask us to cook at home but I wouldn’t usually do that. Not that I didn’t like it but because sometimes I’d forget how to cook it.

What I would like to make next is spicy food because I’m not use to that kind of food, and its always nice to try out new food.

Decomposition!

Walt: use decomposition to solve addition and subtraction problems

This week I have learnt how to use decomposition to solve math problems. Decomposition is a simple way to add and subtract. I too, sometimes find it challenging but the more we try the easier it becomes.