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.

The Zone of Confusion

I am going to tell you what the “Zone of Confusion” is and How to get out of it. The Zone of Confusion is for when you are confused you will be in the Zone of Confusion, and it is hard to get out of the Zone of Confusion because you have to do multiple things like ask someone else, but before you do that you should try to figure the problem out yourself. When I am in the Zone of Confusion I get frustrated and annoyed because I can't figure out what to do. Even though the Zone of Confusion makes people get annoyed with themselves, it is a good place to be in because the person in the Zone could learn something from there.

Roxy

On Friday the 15th, I got a new dog and her name is Roxy. She flew here all the way from Hawkes bay. She is 8 and a half weeks old and she is a rhodesian ridgeback. She is very playful, nips at the moment and loves feet!!

Instructions on how to catch an Eevee, pokemon, PC

How to catch an Eevee, Pokemon, PC

What you need

• Computer (PC)
• Pokemon (Game)
• A Pokemon (Level 50 Scyther equipped with false swipe recommended)
• Pokeball (Ultraball recommended)
• A person

1. Turn on your PC, then turn on Pokemon.
2. Grab your Scyther from the Pokemon computer.
3. Keep walking around until you find an Eevee (be patient, Eevees are super rare).
4. Once you find the Eevee, battle it with your Scyther.
5. Use false swipe until the Eevee is down to one health.
6. Once the Eevee is one health, then throw your Ultraball at the Eevee until you catch it.
7. When you catch the Eevee, you can look at my other instructions on how to evolve Eevee, into Jolteon, Flareon, Leafeon, Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, or Vaporeon.