term 4 goals

I hope to make term 4 as best as it can.My first goal is to improve my writing further by leaving spaces after punctuation and making sure that any paragraphs only contain one idea.For maths my goal is to stay focused and try to figure out what to do by myself or with a bit of help from the teacher.My reading goal is to read a different genre of books and to try and forget about The Harry Potter series.I also want to complete the vocab sheets correctly without working with others to figure them out.My goal for myself is to practice my guitar and saxophone more and to get very close to my silver badge by showing our school values.If I do all this Term 4 should turn out a great end to my first year at Te Awamutu Intermediate.

week 7 term 3

This week we had science tech and our second lesson ever involved burning empty teabags and experimenting using P.O.E.W. We learnt that flames need 3 sources of fuel-Oxygen,heat and fuel. Our Friday lesson involved marbles and making marble tracks from cardboard.Our first lesson last week cosisted of electric circuits and how they work.We used these little UFO balls that had two pads that you needed to touch with both fingers  to make it light up.We tested some objects around the science room to see if we could make electric circuits through them.On Thursday at band Mr Stanbridge (the music teacher) made me perform my competition piece to the band.At extension art my collage peacock from different textured paper is turning out well.I haven't had guitar in along time so after that my fingers really hurt.And in robotics I still haven't finished the orchard challenge but i'm getting better at programming sphero's.My film review about WALL-E wasn't very hard but I missed some of the key features that I needed to use to make my review perfect.I had the spelling bee this weekend and my word was A-D-V-A-N-T-A-G-E-O-U-S.I got it right but I didn't make the finals.

week 4 term 3

In tech I am designing a bag for everyday use.I finished my pillowcase and I took it home.In maths I learnt how to find the volume of some 3D shapes and I am improving in cross country.Now I only walk up the hills.In extension art my peacock is nearly finished.In robotics I nearly finished programming my virtual robot around the orchard challenge.I am doing my speech on Monday next week and I'm really nervous because I don't like giving speeches.Next week I am going to Murray's Bay for band and I'm really looking forward to it.

week 3 term 3

This week I've learnt how to make a pillowcase and i'm learning to make a mouse too.Tech arts is my favourite part of the week (apart from Thursday) because I learn something other than maths or literacy.My speech isn't the best topic because it was difficult to think of an interesting topic and make it persuasive.We are learning about the circumference of circles but I still don't fully understand.We finished chocolate selling on Friday and I made an effort to sell three boxes.Our trip to Murray's bay in Auckland is coming up and I need to write a report for the magazine about it.I might even start writing about it while we are there.We had a first aid course provided by St John's on Wednesday.We learnt CPR and mouth to mouth with mannequins ,how to bandage each other,what to do during an accident and lots of other life-saving tips.In extension art I found a new technique to make the criss-cross lines on my peacock canvas and in robotics I started the vex-IQ pack for programming.

term 2 week 8

Last week on Tuesday it was mufti day and someone came and organised a concert for us.he danced and it was really fun.It was a gold coin donation to get in because he was fundraising for a trip to america.I also learnt how to bend,melt and play with stained glass(plastic)in hard materials.I made a key ring and im trying to learn how to make a box then afterwards i'll turn it into a moneybox. On Wednesday at Jump Jam I learnt another dance.On Thursday at band we learnt how to play three new songs(Rolling in the deep,Skyfall and A London Intrada and we re slowly getting through Georgia On My Mind.During my guitar lessons i'm learning to pick Jingle bells and play Wild Thing by The Trogg's. While I was painting in extension art Mrs Dixon (the art teacher)taught me how to make straight lines and how to use the tip of my brush so I know what's happening on my canvas.And in robotics I learnt how to use Expedition Atlantis and how to make an algorithm on its calculator.On Friday we learnt off by heart some Maori words and I think we are pretty good at them.

week 3 term 2

this week was great!I had music camp on Wednesday and Thursday and I learnt how to play Aura Lee,Ode to joy,hard rock blues,band room boogie,rock em sock em, and many more.On Monday we learnt how to bump,serve and volley a volleyball. On Tuesday we had our first hard materials class and we learnt about circuits,LED lights, and machines that we can use to design our masterpieces.On Friday we learnt about semicolons and for friday sport I played fun netball and poison-it was a good week!

term 2 week 1

The first week back was great!I learnt about  rules,algebra,graphs and patterns in maths and I've never fully understood it but now I understand and don't struggle too much!We have a lot of writing to do this term and I hope I can finish it quick enough to have time for everything else.We also have to read and do a book review on a book that has something to do with the holocaust.I chose the book thief and i'm really enjoying it!We also changed our Friday sport And now im playing fun netball,I learnt a lot during the first week back!