Algorithms Video

Term 1 Learning

This term in maths we have been learning how to round decimals and convert fractions into decimals and percentage e.g. 0.125 is 1 eighth which is 12.5%. In reading we have created a new system called Reading Cafe, in Reading Cafe we can choose 2 or 3 out of these activities:

Spelling City, Self Reading, Own Writing, Studyladder and Writing a Blog post.

I enjoy Reading Cafe because i get to read, i absolutely love reading because it calms my mind and it reminds me about good times i have had about that topic. I also enjoy Reading Cafe because i can choose heaps of different activities; and the only other topic that has multiple activities is maths.

Before Camp

Year 5's and 6's are going to Te Wera for a school camp, and they are leaving next week on Tuesday. Some of the activities that we are going to be doing are: Kayaking, Raft building, stream sciences, eeling, Making hobo stoves, and archery.

I am excited about archery because i have never done it before and i have wanted to do it for about a year. We are going to be staying at Te Wera for 3 days so we are going to make the most of it.

We are split into 7 activity groups, and i am in the 5 group with Cooper, Michaela, Isabel, Sophie, Alaina, Coby, Ethan, Nathan, and Rian.

This week's learning in Swimming and Maths

This week in maths we have been learning about reading numbers and knowing the value of 1 number in the number as in, if i had a number let's say 1,092,936,725 the value of the 1 would be 1,000,000,000.

Earlier this week in swimming i learnt how to keep my legs straight when i am kicking to do a stroke, and now i am learning to rotate breathe, which is when you lean your whole body when you turn to breathe.

Decimal learning

We are learning to:

Explain what decimals actually are and how they link to fractions and percentages.

Read and identify decimals to two decimal places.

Order decimals to three places, for examples, 6.25 and 6.3

I learnt what the decimal point is for, it separates the whole numbers from the part numbers. we have been working with deci-pipes which are these:

These are thousandths. These are hundredths.

 

I learnt that fractions relate to decimals because if you have 0.25 it is the same as 1/4. there are also whole deci-pipes and tenths deci-pipes which look like this:

 Whole. Tenths are the ones in the rubber band and the ones next to them.

Gravel at Frankley School

My Kite

In class for our Te Ara Tika, we built kites and tried to make them achieve lift, be durable, and be aerodynamic. Some of our kites did all 3 but some others did 1 or 2, and some weren't successful and their kite didn't do any of the 3.

My design is shaped like a plane kite for the top, and at the bottom it just has a bit cut off so that it is flat, so it is lighter than before because before I cut it off there was a lot of bamboo that was acting like weights. I chose a plane kite because in research 2 or 3 websites Jack and I saw said, having a point on the front of a kite made it cut through the air, and helped it stay in the air.

The materials for my kite that I chose were bamboo, because it is durable, string, to hold some parts together and for me to hold on to and control my kite, tape, to hold it together, rubbish bag, for the body of the kite, and finally some material hanging off the wings, to catch the wind. I made  these decisions because they are all good for kites but if I use too much bamboo and sellotape, my kite won’t fly. It was hard to pick these materials, but I had it all at home, and its pretty good, so I chose them.