Term 4 Goals!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my goals for this term is to do a little more about fractions (Addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. I want to keep this in my head and not forget it because in my college test I completely forgot how to figure it out. My second goal for Term 4 is to get better at persuasive writing I need to practice this a bit more because I need to learn a bit more before I got to college. My third and final goal for this term is to start looking deeper into what a books meaning is whilst reading. This could be helpful when it comes to writing a book review or even a film review.

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In tech arts, we learnt about rock music and how it was formed. I also learnt London bridge is falling down on the keyboard.

I also learnt about the volume of cylindrical shapes all you need to do is multiply the face of the shape by the length of the shape.

I also made a maze using scratch that has a costume selection this is MY MAZE GAME I also started a two-player game on scratch

I presented my speech to the class on why magic is amazing. It just meets the time limit three minutes and one second the time limit was three minutes.

Week 3

Week three has been a lot about speeches. I finished my speech this week. In tech arts we made a blues song   http://will6121.blogspot.co.nz/ and I made one on no WiFi blues. I learnt how to find the circumference of a circle all you need to do is multiply pi by the diameter. The diameter of a circle is the width of the circle. I also learnt more about volume. I also learnt that in a speech it is good to introduce your speech in an interesting way. We also learnt in tech arts about how music effects adverts.

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During week three we did not have Mrs Crowe so our principal Mr McCabe filled in. I learnt about how to figure out angles without a protractor. This is not fully accurate but it gives you an idea of what the answer would be if it is a 100 degree angle you find the 90 degrees and you estimate the left over parts of the angle. I also learnt about Irish dance in our tech arts I learnt that in Irish dance there is normally a story containing a good side and bad side. Each side will normally have a lead male but the good sides male lead is normally accompanied by a lead female. I also extended my knowledge on scratch which is a simple coding website this is what I made https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/168256565/#editor There is still some stuff I am working on. I also finished of my S.L.C (student led confrence). Well that is it from me today see you next time. :)

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This week we had a layed back week all production students were away all week practicing so we had to just finish off all of our work.

I did a lot of revision whilst doing ratio I had to remember everything I got wrong in ratio.

We didn't have tech arts this week as all production students were away. on Thursday we had robotics I learnt a lot about an app called expedition Atlantis. In this app you have to make the virtual robot go a certain distance another student called Orion (blog link http://oriion2288.blogspot.co.nz/ ) showed me how to use a algorithm to figure out the answer much quicker to do this you have to divide the wheel rotations by the distance that the rotations take you then multiply by the distance you have to go. In simpler form

A=algorithm
WD= wheel rotation distance
R=wheel rotations
L=distance
R ÷ WD x L = A

So to revise this week it was quite a lazy week.

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Week nine has been a very fun week. I have learnt how to divide fractions using *reciprocals i have learnt that all you have to do is make the fraction on the end of the question into a reciprocal then just use the same method as multiplying fractions then you have an answer.

I also learnt how to make the best mince I have ever tasted. All I used was 3/4 cup of water, 500g of mince and a taco seasoning pack. First I added the mince to a element at medium heat mixed it around till no red was left then I added the water and taco seasoning, left it to simmer for 10 minutes, Lastly serve the best mince ever and eat.

I have also learnt to use ratio ratio I found quite easy it is basically just a comparison of two numbers for example: There is a school bus with 15 students 8 are girls write the ratio of boys and girls. The answer: 8:7 as you can see this is just a way of comparing.

Me and the other year eights had the privilege of making our cafe in food tech. In this task we had to learn how to make a dish we then invited family or friends to come and feast upon our meals. The dish I created was a big plate of wraps I used the recipe above to make our mince then just made some toppings.

That has been my week nine learning reflection.




*A reciprocal is a fraction that is flipped upside down or in other words has the denominator and numerator swapped.

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I have learnt a lot in maths I have been doing revision on how to work out problems involving fractions I learnt a real easy way to find the biggest fraction. How I do it is that I make the fraction into a decimal an easy way I learnt is that if the fraction is 5/8 you would divide 5 by 8 so an easier way is to divide the denominator by the numerator. I also have learnt to use an asterisk in my pieces of writing An *asterisk is a symbol that looks like this * you use it to normally describe a word normally at the bottom of a piece of writing.



















The definition of an asterisk is a symbol that is a six pointed star that is most often used to denote an absence or omission of information, or to refer a reader to a notation.