Fireworks

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Facts about Crocodiles!

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I Improved By 3 Percent!

Today, our class performed a prototec timed assessment for term four, week three. On this day, I have improved from last weeks prototec timed assessment. Last week, I received a score of 97 percent and this week, I achieved a score of 100 percent. I improved by concentrating on the work that has to been done and by calculating quicker. I hope to constantly get 100 percent until the end of the year.

Food Festival

This week our class each chose a country to study the, foods they eat and the festivals, I chose India. The pictures you see above, are the four foods that Indians eat on Diwali.

I Dropped Down By 3%!

Today, I performed a prototec timed assessment on stage eight and I have dropped down three percent. Last week I got one hundred percent, but for today I got ninety seven percent. I dropped down to ninety seven percent by, not calculating quicker and not focusing like I usually do. Next week, I hope to get one hundred percent until the end of the year. By doing this, I will focus more and learn to calculate quicker.

Hip Hop Dance Lesson 2

Today, was our classes turn to participate in the hip hop dance class. Our hip hop conductor taught us new dance moves, new games and her name was Izzy. Last week, Izzy mostly taught us new games and this week was the same. We first got into two or three lines, then we warmed up so we wouldn't pull a muscle.

Izzy taught us how to play rock, paper scissors, but the unusual thing about it was that, we had to use different styles of showing rock, paper and scissors. To show rock, you'll have to crouch down like your Spider Man. To show paper, you'll have to spread your arms out like you're about to hug someone. Finally, to show scissors you would have to cross your arms, like your hugging your invisible friend. Playing this game will need an even number of teams and we only used four groups.

Then, Izzy amused us by allowing us to play follow the leader and that was a game that we knew. Every child in the team had a chance to be the leader and control what the others do behind you. When I was the leader, I just ran around the hall side stepping and making shapes as I ran around.

Finally, Izzy showed us how to perform actions while saying your abc's. At the end of the lesson, every child enjoyed dancing and thanked Izzy for the lesson.

Stavros Kyriakides

Stavros Kyriakides is a scientific artist who creates sculptures that don’t use any nails, glue, concrete or wires. Stavros prefers to rely on the laws of physics to balance his sculptures. Stavros created the sculptures to balance in the wild, windy south coast of Wellington. For the past four years, Stavros has been creating sculptures using different objects in all shapes and sizes. His first creation was made after Wellington’s storm. After a storm had happened in Wellington, he noticed a piece of driftwood lying on the shore of the beach. Off the cuff, he picked a few interesting pieces and he attempted to balance the pieces. He gently placed the those items on top of the other. As it was standing, the wild wind started moving the sculpture, but it didn’t fall over. From thereon, he made many more sculptures by using the laws of physics. To help his sculptures balance, he needs to find the centre of gravity. Mathematicians use calculus to to figure out where the centre of gravity is, but Stavros uses another method, time and patience.