Lately I’ve been playing on a math Webb site called math playground. There is math for all levels. It has really helped me with my fractions. Here is the website  if you want to check it out.

https://www.mathplayground.com 

Ocean

This morning we started learning about oceans.

I found out that the ocean only looks blue because red, orange and yellow is absorbed more strongly than blue. So when the white light from the sun enters the ocean only blue gets returned. It is the same for the sky.

Later I want to find out why coral is so important to the ocean.

Reading

L.P.G: 6

The week we have not done many reading activities but just reading itself (ssr)

Writing

This week we have made story wheels. We write a story then spit it into 4 paragraphs. Here's mine.
L.P.G:8

Reading

This week we have been learning to summarise
LPG: 3

3D paper robot

This week we got to start making a 3D paper robot this is mine so far.
LPG: 4

Writing blast

Friday 29 September 2017
Writing blast
LPG 6

Pandas


They weigh in between 70-150 kgs. Their 60-70cm tall. They have black and white fur. What are they? They are Giant Pandas.


Giant Pandas live in China. Food is their main priority so they normally live in a rain forest, forest or jungle mean they are closer to food. Pandas are very shy so the live alone.


Pandas are huge so they need lots of food. Bamboo is 99% of their diet and they eat 12-38 kgs of it everyday. Contact with humans is number one their “don't do list” so they will take harder roots to find food to avoid it.


Since Giant Pandas are so BIG they have very few predators. If a predator tried to attack them they will fight back. Like most other bears pandas will use their teeth and claws. Although pandas are big cubs are the opposite and will be killed easily. The cub predators are : Jackals, Snow Leopards and Martens. Pandas are now protected by the law so humans can not hunt them.


Just like koalas, pandas are mammals that sleep a lot. They sleep for 12-16 hours a day. Pandas will live for up to 20 years old in the wild. They spend lots of their day finding food.


Fun facts

There are less than 2000 pandas left in the wild and less than 100 in captivity. Their scientific name is Ailuropoda Melanoleuce. There are 2 species of pandas. The Giant panda and the Red panda. Unlike most mammals pandas birth out there back side.

These Pandas need your help!!!

Reading

This week in reading with Mrs Moore and Mrs B we got to learn about a bird I learnt about the yellow eyed penguin.

L.P.G:3

Writing

This week in writing we have been doing persuasive writing.

L.P.G: 9

Free day

At Hurupaki School every Friday we should have a free day.
A free day is a day you get to chose what you do. There will be an amount of options. Math, Reading, Writing, Art, Dance and a list of sports. You will get to chose three of the options one for each block.

Now here are my reasons.
Firstly every student has a favourite subject, mine is Art. I will get to do Art for a whole block and learn new skills.

Secondly it will let us work outside in the environment instead of always being inside. This will let us work in a bigger area where it is not as loud and we can focus.

Lastly if we chose sport we can get fit and sports help us with our health and if we chose work we can smarter but we won't get free time.

Therefore I believe that Hurupaki School should have a free day

By Addison Weir 

math

Every middle block before we start our math session we do math activity. Thursday's activity was this . We had to draw a 12 by 12 square and Miss Hackett would role dice and we would draw it in say she threw a 10 and a 8 we would draw a 10 by 8 thing.

This week we had another 21 word problems to solve. I only got to do 17 of them.
L.P.G:14

Reading

L.P.G: 3     I can locate and summarise ideas by skimming and scanning by identifying key words.

Writing

Curing up in a ball, I cover my face. The sand in the wind feels like little pins pushing into my skin.

Stretching my legs I stand up to hear a horrorible sound, the sound was so bad it almost mad my ears bleed. After falling back over I pear over at mum and Ollie, mum looks like she is falling off a cliff with her mouth wide open and screaming. Ollie is bent over face away from the noise and the flying sand. Then the noise stops and so does the flying sand everyone on tuatara beach looks like they have seen the scariest movie ever, except one person that one person is take a photo of a plane a plane that just flew over tuatara beach.

L.P.G:13

Writing

This week we had a picture that we had to write about this is my picture 

Math

Word Problems

This week in math we have been doing some word problems. There were 21 word problems and I did 21.        L.P.G: 4: 6

Basic facts test

Every week on Wednesday we do a basic facts test. This week I got 100/100 I did it in 3:01 minutes.

Hamburger plan

L.P.G: 7      
 I can independently select and use a variety of plans such as mind maps and flowcharts to organise and generate ideas.

Hand writing

Dividing fractions by fractions

This week with we have been dividing fractions by fractions. Stage 8 : 15

Creative writing

This week we did some creative writing on a picture. Here is my wrighting and the picture.
L.P.G:9
Should I do this? Is it a good idea? I wonder to myself I had to make a decision that was to do it. I look around it was the sunniest day ever, except I couldn't see the sun but I could see the moon. It was 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon why was the moon out already? And why was there a ladder from my feet to the moon? Is the ladder real? Time to find out.

Math

This week this week we started to multiply fractions. Example: 1/4 x 5/6 = 5/24

Stage 8 number 15

Winter Art

This is my sketch for our winter art scroll down to see it with paint.

Winter Art

This is my winter art I haven't quite finished it yetNext week I will take a photo of the finished product and post it on my blog so keep a look out for that 😀

Story map

This week we did a story map on a story called The Penny Walk

Hurupaki School should not wear uniform

LPG: 2

This is my writing to follow on my plan.

Hurupaki school uniform costs in between 30 and 60 dollars and most mufti cost about 10 to 20 dollars which is much cheaper. Every time I move up a year I normally need a bigger size t-shirt or my t-shirt from the year before is dirty, both ways I need a new t-shirt. To follow that on I still have a few more reason why uniform should not be worn. One of those reasons is that our uniform is thick that is good in the winter but in the summer it gets hot and if we had mufti we could sport t-shirts which is thin. Also mufti shows people’s personalities depending on what colour they wear and what they would like you to see them as. Also uniform is expensive so people may not be able to afford it and have to go to a different school. By my opinion there should be no uniform at Hurupaki School.

Hamburger Plan

This week we did some persuasive writing about Hurupaki School uniform. I decided that we should not wear it. These are my reasons why.                              

Maths

We did some multiplication and division the week.

Here are seven of my questions and answers.

Story Senquince

This week we did a Story Senquince on a story called North.

This is my one.                                                       

Last week on Thursday we did some division. This is an easy way to work division questions out.

Discovery time

For discovery time we did a work sheet where u put a whole lot a questions starting with I wonder about your topic mine is SLIME

This week we learned to double and halfs it's easy but it's very helpful.

Example: 5 x 644 = 3220. I know because if u double 5 u get 10 and if u half 644 u get 322.                          

     10 x 322 = 3220

                                          

The Legend Of Lake Ora

This week we did a recount on The legend of Lake Ora. We had to start each sentence with the word remember. Example: Remember the brave warrior that spent 3 whole days looking for the chief daughter. This is my draft.

Know your character

On Wednesday Mr B read a picture book to us then we did a know your character about it which is where u do a character then it's attribute then why. Example: princess pearl is kind because she always helped Zog. We had to do six different sentences but we could use the same character twice.

Bike race math

On Monday we were practicing on adding decimals.
First we had to work out what would be the longest track but you were only allowed to go through there towns and get back to you starting point. This is the one I found.