Decimal adding

Walt: add decimals.


I know that I can do this because we have been doing this for a very long time. 4.06 + 0.6 = 5.2 because 0.6 + 0.6 = 12 so you put the 2 and carry the 1. 4.0 + 1.0 = 5.0, so you add that all up and that makes 5.2. This was very easy because there was only two digit numbers. If they made the digits three or four it would be tricky. This game made me think. I think this exercise should make the sums higher to add so it can challenge me more. I want to improve adding fraction.

Gareth Morgan

I have chosen Gareth Morgan to be my inspirational person.

Gareth Morgan is the father of Sam Morgan. Sam Morgan is the Founder of the one the most popular sites TradeMe. Mr Morgan helped his son develop the site in 1999. Then finally when  Sam was 29 he decided to sell his site which worth more than $750 million dollars. He gives most credit to his father because his father was an economist. An economist is someone who is good with money.

Gareth is not afraid of speaking his mind. Like what happened about the cats. He wanted every single cat that walked on other peoples properties to be taken to the SPCA . The cats were killing the birds and he did not like that. So he and his  voice his opinion openly.. That is nice how he cares about the birds. But it’s not nice how he wants all the cats to go to the pound.

People from UNICEF wanted Gareth to be an ambassador for them. He and his wife Jo Morgan inspected UNICEF’s work. He then finally decided he wouldn't let the children in the Solomon islands to go through poverty and poorness any more. Even though he was very rich he did not let that affect his thinking of the children in Solomon island. He put his job on the line to help build and renew schools for the children. To me that its very inspiring because he cares for the poor and the needy.

I have chosen Gareth Morgan to be my inspiring person because he is an inspiration to the people in Solomon islands. Him and I make a connection because he is not afraid to speak his mind like me. And he cares about the poor. Like me.

Basketball

Walt: write a rap poem.

Basketball

We try our best to get a score

but the other teams are getting more.

The pressure is starting to get to us

we run to catch up, like a bus.

It’s now half-time, the score is 24-25.

Dodging everybody and dribbling the ball

Making every single person fall.

I'm almost at the shooting point.

But I start to get sore joints.

I'm still soldiering on.

I hide the ball with my shoulder.

Everything and everyone goes quiet.

I shoot the ball then

I get it in!

The crowd goes wild!

They are amazed

Because I got it in and I am a child!

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More than a Mountainer

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Size of fraction

This game its about equal fractions. I found this very easy because I have learnt this before. This was very hard to take screen shots though. I would like to do something more different because I am use to this now.

Fraction of a set

Walt: find a fraction of a set.

I am trying to find a whole fraction. The first game was easy but then when it started going to the next levels it started getting challenging. I would like to learn about improper fractions and mixed numbers again.

Prevention is better than Cure

Walt: respond to the presentation given by the Public Health Dept..

This morning we went to a special assembly. It was all about rheumatic fever. Special guests came to our school, Awen Guttenbeil, a few Warriors League team players and nurses like Elizabeth and Kristy. They were all here to tell us about how to prevent rheumatic fever than to cure it.

Rheumatic Fever starts with a sore throat.  The nurses and Dr Alison Leversha that planned this whole thing explained what is rheumatic fever and how you can stop it from happening. Nurses do something very simple to see if you have Rheumatic Fever and they take a swab of your throat.

The Vodafone Warriors helped by doing the swab test. That was very funny and very convincing too. Even the Warriors were telling us kids to tell our parents, doctor or even a public school health nurse. It’s as simple as that.

Awen Guttenbeil told me personally about his experience with rheumatic fever. One day he was lying in bed and he said he couldn't move. He felt paralysed. It was hard for him to walk. That has also happened to me once. I admired Awen because, he didn't let that affect his normal life. Awen took treatment for 10 years. Then finally he was back to normal.

I regret not telling my parents that I had a sore throat way back then. But  I have been  receiving treatment for 10 years and I do what other normal 12 or 13 year old do too.