My Japan Research (Summer Learning Journey Prep)

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Today I going to be studying Japan for my Summer Learning Journey Prep.
I decide I wanted to visit the capital of Japan Tokyo, because there is lots of fun amusement park and amazing landmarks. Tokyo's current population is 9,262, 046. Japanese is the most commonly used language in Tokyo.

Pet Day!

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Pet Day is finally here! Does your school every do pet? Comment down below if they do!  The First thing we did was take our pets to the library if your pet was a soft toy or a pet rock I brought in a soft toy. Then it was time to make our Vegetable Sculpture or a Sand Saucer  I chose to make a sand saucer because I forgot all of my stuff at home so I had to make one with my friend Hannah. I'm really excited to find out who won the Sand Saucer Competition, I hope me and Hannah win. What do you like better Cats or Dogs? I prefer cats but dogs are pretty cool to! I can't wait till all pets come I hope there are a lot of cats.

Finally it was time to go out and see the duck herding, it was pretty interesting to the watch ducks but it was my least favorite part of Pet day. Sadly I had to go home early because I wasn't feeling well so I missed the sheep shearing and meeting the pets but otherwise I had really good day and I can't wait till next year.

Time Table for the day:

Vegetable Sculpture

Sand Saucer 

Blogging 

Inquiry 

Maths or Novel Study
Duck herding
Judging  

Sheep Shearing 

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Sheep Shearing 

Hannah, Bree
Sand-Saucer

Sand Saucer 

The End of Year is Coming! |Uploading Work|

THE END OF YEAR IS COMING! Now that we only have 2 weeks left of school so its time for us to upload our work to Link-Ed.  All together we had upload 7 post to Link-Ed.  I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, also I'm happy with the scores I got in my tests for this year apart from some of my maths which is my worst subject in school. Do you do ditgeal reports at your school? Comment down below if you do. What's your favorite subject in school? Comment down below what it is! Please Give me some feedback on this post.

Book Character Day |Hooked on Books Week|

|Book Character Day|📚
This Week it was Hooked on books week this Thursday we had a book character dress up day.
Me and my friend group decide to go as Winnie the Pooh Characters.  I was piglet so I decide to wear a pink tutu, and pink Suspenders. Me Hannah and Chloe made the ears for our costume and Julia wore a mask. I'm so happy that our costumes turned out good. Does you school do dress up days? Comment down below if you do! What's your favorite book character? Comment down below what it is. Please give me some feedback.Blog you later!


Books We Read This Week:
Liars,
Laugh your head of forever,
Goldfish boy,
StoryBound,
Cool Nukes,

Bree, Hannah, Julia, Chole

Dance Party | Coding |

On monday we started hooked on books week, the first book we read was Liars-The truth app.

Liars is a book about a 13 year old boy tech genius who makes an app and it goes viral, Rimu decided to give it a try. The First thing we did was watch a few tutorials and then tried it ourselves. The hardest thing for me was try to remember what code did what. Otherwise I found everything pretty easy and fun. Have you ever used Code.org? Comment down below if you have! Also what do you think of my dance party! Please leave some feedback.

My Dance Party!

Chemicals Inquiry Poster |Inquiry Update|

This week Julia and I finished our Chemicals inquiry poster wich we are really proud of. The hardest thing for me was probably painting because it took so long and the design we did was really difficult. My favorite part was getting to see the finished product. Have you done an inquiry? What do you think of 1080? Comment down  below if you have! please give me some feedback on my post.

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Steps of making the poster:
1. Picking our Design
2. Painting and Drawing
3. Arranging, Notes, Pictures and more.
5. Gluing
6. Bending and reshaping poster so it can stand

Finished Product 

Making the Poster

Sailing 2018!

Recount Sailing

Sprinting into school hoping I wasn’t late, but luckily I wasn’t late I was at least 10 minutes early I sighed
and sat down outside the classroom. Finally it was 8:30 so I could head into class and start getting
ready for sailing. After a very long time on the mat the bus finally arrived everyone formed into a line but
soon it was like a stampede of elephants my foot got crushed a couple of times. Once everyone had
piled into the bus it was time to go, it felt the bus trip took forever even though it was only a couple of
minutes to Lake Rua. Once again the class was like a stampede of elephants but with more excitement.

Before I knew it everyone had unpacked their things and were ready for sailing but first we had to learn
how to assemble the boat which was called an optimus.
Once my group had finally assembled out boat we were ready to learn how to sail.
At first I had no idea what I was doing but soon I started to get the hang of it.

Finally it was time for us to head out into the water I was excited but extremely nervous at the same time
the first thing I had to was get one of the people from my group out onto the water,
I tiptoed into the water hoping it wouldn’t be cold but I was wrong the water was absolutely freezing,
I tried to get out of sailing when it was my turn but it was no use.
I hopped into our boat and got prepared to hit the water,
before I knew I was out in the middle of lake and needed to turn but I didn’t swap sides quick enough
so my boat began tip I had fling myself into the middle of the boat so it wouldn't capsize
I screamed my head for about 10 minutes until an instructor came to my rescue.
Once I had made it to the shore I decide I did not want to ever do that again!

I felt the excitement leave my body and be replaced with fear would have to sail at least twice today!
Luckily I would be with an instructor this time. Mrs Taylor ended up giving me her phone to take some
pictures of the class sailing which I enjoyed because I have been getting into photography. Sadly it  
was my turn I stepped into the boat expecting I would capsize and drown but of course that didn’t
Happen!
I sailed a lot better than last expect for getting stuck in the trees while I was coming into shore
but otherwise it wasn’t to bad.
I was proud of myself for giving it another go but decide sailing definitely was not my strong suit!

Finally it was time to get changed and pack our bags and head back to school.
Once I had got changed into my warm close it was time for me to pack my bags up and get into the bus.
Once I had almost packed everything I realized I didn’t have my lunch box I searched my bags and my
friends but I couldn’t find it. I got into the bus without my lunch box.
The teacher then told us to check our backpacks for my lunch box.
My best friend Julia had grabbed it by accident because we both have the same lunch box!

Finally we arrived at school and packed up our things and went home.
I really enjoyed sailing apart from almost dying and being tried for the rest of the day
but otherwise it was pretty fun. And I hope I get to do it next year but maybe I need to learn how to
turn better so I don’t almost capsize! I also learnt that sailing is not my strong suit yet and that
I shouldn't give up so quickly.

Mrs Spragg and Hannah are Coming Back!

This week is the last week without Mrs Spragg and Hannah, if you haven't seen their blog they went on an amazing trip all around the world for 3 months! Link to their blog Hannah and Mrs Spragg came in to vist the class on wednesday with present for the year 8's and a few year 7's since Hannah missed my 14th Birthday she bought me a eiffel tower and and Mockingjay keychain because I'm obsessed with hunger games series. I'm so happy Hannah's coming back so I can blab on about the Harry potter series with her. Did your teacher ever go on holiday? comment down below if they did! Please give me some feedback on my post.

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Photos for Mrs Spraggs blog

Easttle-T4 |2018|

Why Sport is more important than music

This week Rimu did their Easttle writing test I had to write about Why music is better than sport you had the pick to agree with the statement or disagree. I decided to disagree, I found this E-asttle difficult because I felt I couldn't be as creative as I wanted to be I'm not that good at persuasive writing. Have you done a E-asttle? Comment down below if you have! Please give me some feedback on this post

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Hi My name is Bree and I’m going to explain to you why I disagree with the statement that Music is more important than sport.  Even though I love listing to music I strongly believe that sport is more important than music and it needs to be encouraged by parents and schools so that kids will have a healthy body and mindset and will perform better at school and everyday activities.

Sport is known to be a coping method for anxiety or depression 96% percent out of hundred patients from St Gorge
Hospital struggling with anxiety or depression have proven this.  
Sports will ensure you have a healthy mindset and body and you will have more energy throughout the day.
Kids and teenagers also need to be off their technology more and need to be more active instead of being cooped up
inside on their phones or tablets.

Since many primary and high schools are providing technology for education purpose children need to have more exercise and
schools could do that by having a longer P.E session. Teachers should also have to participate in P.E
so they have a good mindset for when they are in class.

Sports also allows you to be creative for example dance because you can express yourself but still be healthy at
the same time but many other sports can help you express yourself. Sports can also help you have a good career for example
you could be a famous athlete or be a famous fitness blogger.
There are too many other careers sports can give you but you don’t have to be good at sports to enjoy it.

In conclusion it must be obvious that sport is more important than music. Sports helps you with anxiety or depression it also ensures that you will have a good mindset and a healthy body. You can also get amazing opportunities from sport which can help with a career. Sports is more important than music.

Athletics Day |Recount|

For the last few weeks rimu has been writing recounts. I really enjoyed writing this recount about Athletics because it went really well. The hardest thing for me was making the recount interesting because I usually write narratives. What's your favourite genre to write? Comment it down below. Please give me some feedback on my recount, the program I used was Flipsnack. Have you done Athletics yet? Comment down below if you have! 

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Chemicals Inquiry |Update|

A few weeks I did a blog post about my Chemicals Inquiry so I have decided to update you guys on how it's going. So far Julia and I are starting to get ready to present our notes and improve them, But first we have to interview an expert in the community about our subject Julia and I are thinking about calling or visiting the 1080 factory so we can find out about the chemical and why they use it. Julia and I are struggling to think of a way to present our inquiry. Do you know any good websites we could use? If you do comment them down below. Please give me some feedback on my post.

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Notes

Maths Slide (Geometry & Measurement)

Geometry & Measurement

For the last few weeks Rimu has been working on Geometry and Measurement. The whole class had to do a slide on it. So far I'm on slide sixteen. The hardest thing on the slide for me was time because I struggle a lot with time but I manage to finish most of the time slide. My favourite thing to do on the Geometry and Measurement is reading co-ordinates because it was fun to decode the message.  We have to finish the slide by Thursday I'm really excited to find out what we are doing next for maths and if we will have to do it on a slide or not. What's your favourite maths subject? Comment down below what it is! Also, do you enjoy maths or not? Comment down below your answer. Please give me some feedback on this post also if you know any strategies to help me with time please comment them down below. Thank you for reading my post.

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Athletics Training

Athletics Training

This week Rimu have started training for Athletics day. We are doing Sprints, High Jump, Long Jump, Shotput, Discus, Relays. I'm most excited for Sprints because last year I came first for my age group. What is your favourite activity to do in Athletics? Comment down below. This year I hope to do better in long jump because last year I didn't do very well. I'm also really excited for athletics day because I'm a house leader this year so that means I get to help out more this year. Please give me so feedback on my post.  

 | Fun Fact |
Sprinting is by far my favourite because I enjoy running.

Beginning of Novel Study-T4 (The Diary of a Young Girl)

This Week Rimu has Started term 4 novel study my group got the book "A Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Marie Frank. So Fair I'm on the third activity which I have to study the author  I'm halfway through. Have you read A Diary of a Young Girl? Comment down below if you have. So far I'm really enjoying the book. I have made a small presentation please give me some feedback on my post. Thanks for reading my post please leave a comment blog you later.
Anne Frank on Biteable.

Chemicals Inquiry

For the last few weeks Rimu has been doing an inquiry Julia and I choose to do one on Chemicals. We have been taking notes so we can write a paragraph on it. We are planning to interview a few people that work for the 1080 company.
Chemicals on Biteable.

Flipsnack Narrative

This week I had to do a writing pre-test and post-test. We had to publish the story in a creative way I choose to use a program called Flipsnack which is really good for creating books and presentations, have you ever used Flipsnack? Comment down below if you have. Please leave me some feedback on my post. Please use leave a comment :)

Student Summit

Yesterday I went to the Student Summit, I really enjoyed learning new about new websites and apps.
I made this short video with a website called Flipsnack which I learnt about at the Student Summit. Comment down below if you have used Flipsnack. Thanks for reading my blog! :)

Student Summit

Tomorrow some of Rimu's students will be representing Yaldhurst Model school at the Student Summit.  My Group will be presenting a program called Biteable witch you use to present work. I'm really thankful I got to do Biteable because I use the program for most of my presentations. My Group decided it would be best to put our Biteables onto a slide so that we could access all of them at once. Have you ever done a student summit? Comment down below if you have. Please leave me some feedback on my Presentation. :) Thanks for reading my blog please leave a comment.

How to Photoshop on Pizap

A few weeks ago I learned how to photoshop using the app Pizap. Today I will be showing you how to photoshop using Pizap. I love using photoshop for school and personal use. Please leave me some feedback on my post. I hope this post helps you :)

My speech

My Speech

School trip

ECO Trip.

Tiny houses

This week was maths week we made tiny houses. I made this video using an app called biteable comment down below if you like it. Please leave some feedback about my post. I hope you enjoyed reading my post.
Tiny House on Biteable.

William pike challenge

William pike challenge on Biteable.

Subtracting decimals

Subtracting decimals

I made this video using Biteble. I hope this video helps you with your math. Please leave some feedback about my video. Thanks for watching my video :)
Subtracting decimals on Biteable.

End of Term 2!

End of Term Reflection

What worked well this term? What I’m proud of?  

How have I shown my YMS Hero qualities?

Are there some things that haven't gone well for me?

Why?

What challenged me and how did I work through the challenge?

What will be my focus next term?

I’m really proud of how I have done in my maths and how I finished prob this term and how I have done it winter sports coaching the yr 5,6 team.

I think I have shown my hero qualities this term really well.
I know that because I got 60,80 hero card this term and I have managed my work really well this term. I think I was in the learning pit a lot which
I didn’t really like being in but I have started being ok with being in the learning pit.
Maths really challenged me this term and it still does I think I have got a lot better at maths and I’m starting to have more of a can do attitude.
My focus for next term is to learn to be ok with being in the learning pit and not giving up.

Maths

maths on Biteable.

Poetry Anthology.

Last term we made Poetry Anthologies. We had to write many different styles of writing. My favorite style was haiku have you ever made a Poetry Anthology? Comment down below if you have. Here is what you need to write a haiku.

 .First line 5 syllables 
 .Second line 7 syllables
 .Third line 5 syllables

Thank you for reading my blog please leave some feedback about my Poetry Anthology. 

YMS Newspaper!

This week we have been creating newspaper. We used some of our newspaper reports that we have been writing for the last few weeks. I used My Gruffalo and Hunger games newspaper report for my newspaper. I used Google docs to make my newspaper. Have you ever made a newspaper?

Comment down below if you have! Comment down below any feedback that you for my newspaper. 

I really enjoyed making my newspaper but I found it really hard to find the layout that I wanted for my newspaper.

Some of the things a newspaper report needs

1. Heading
2. Picture with a caption
3. A good title
4. Quotes
5. conclusion
6. Third person and past tense
7. Subheading
8. Direct and reported speech
9. Byline
10. Name of the newspaper


Thank you for reading my blog!

Measurement

This week have been learning about measurement. Here is a quick video that I made on biteable
Measurement on Biteable.

Me and Hannah's writing blog!

A few days ago me and my friend Hannah made a story blog to publish our writing on,since writing is one of our favorite subjects at school. We used a website called Wix to make our writing blog. I hope you enjoy the short video of our writing blog.

Pop art

This week we have been learning about pop art and Roy Lichtenstein and many other artist. We had to do three pieces of done this week. I really enjoyed this week and finding more about pop art. Comment down below if you have done pop art! Fun fact: Roy Lichtenstein was thought of the worst artist in the U.S but eventually that changed.

Mirages

This week for my follow up work on mirages I made a video on how mirages work. I used a website called Biteable that make really cool animated videos. Have you heard of mirages? comment down below if you have! Looking forward to reading your comments hope this post helped you! :)

Hooked on books week!!!!!

Hooked on book week

This week was book week. On Monday when came into class there was box wrapped in silver wrapping paper with a red bow. The teacher had a box of names and picked one out of it and said that the person could open it. When we finally got it open it had a book called The honest truth.

For the rest of the week we had a new book and sometimes we have clues on how to find out what the book was. We also did art and actives on the book of the day. I really enjoyed this book week and I am looking forward to next terms book week. Have you ever done book week at your school? Comment down below if you have! Looking forward to reading all of your comments! Thanks for reading my post.

Fractions DLO

This week we are learning about Fractions. Me and my friend Piper worked together on this slide I hope this helps you with your maths. Make sure to check out the last slide with some maths games. I hope you enjoyed my post please leave a comment

May the fourth be with you!

Today was star wars dress up day because it is May 4th. I am not really a star wars fan so I just wore black but otherwise today has been really fun. Are you a star wars fan? Comment if you are!

We made some paper character mine failed so I sort of gave up but it was still fun to watch everyone else make there's. It was so funny when we all walked into school and all the teachers were dressed up.  I have really enjoyed today and hope we can have another dress up day.

There's a boy in the girls bathroom

For the last few weeks we have been doing a novel study on There's boy in the girls bathroom. I really enjoyed doing this the last doing this novel study because it's a really good book. Have you read the book There's a boy in the girls bathroom? Comment if you have! Thank you for reading my blog post

About me

Last week we started creating a slide about us I really enjoyed this project because I like expressing myself I really hope you enjoyed my post please comment.

Quality blogging

Today we learnt about quality blogging and what makes a good blog post. We had to write examples  of what types of post and expectations of blogging. I really enjoyed getting to look at other people blog post to look a their strengths and weakness in blogging. I think that this will really help me with my blogging.