Mixed Numerals And Improper Fractions Conversion

Today as an extra task from the teacher Jeremiah, Miki and I were tasked with creating a DLO that explained how to convert mixed numerals into improper fractions. We also needed to add in a picture of the game that we were playing because for the game you need to convert mixed numerals into improper fractions. If you'd like to test your own skill with converting the two then play this game But remember to simplify.

Three Exponents Questions - Maths

 

Our maths session today was used to revise our knowledge of exponents and to introduce it to some students who were previously in Learning Space One. Exponents or powers is a shortened version of writing a whole equation. For example, 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 but to simplify it you can write 4 with a little three in the top right corner. I found this activity easy as it was really easy to get used to and I did it last year. I completed the question sheet relatively fast and I really enjoyed doing this work. For this activity we put a DLO together to explain how we answered three of the exponent questions. I worked with Jeremiah and Miki

Inter-School Rugby

Last week the yr 7/8 rugby team participated in the inter-school, along with yr 5/6 rippa and barbarian teams. In our first match we sadly lost but after that we went on to win every single match after that, once, we even won 11-2 against Saint Pius X. We all had fun whilst playing and we managed to come second. At the end of the day everyone was tired and wanted to sleep.

Virtual Reality Learning

Last week a group of researchers from the Augmented Human Lab in the University of Auckland came to use LS2 for their research with VR (Virtual Reality). The first test that we needed to do was read some small letters on one of the boards, the next test was for balance, we needed to walk in a straight line as fast as we could. After that another test was for eyesight, for it we needed to wear some special glasses and then look at a special book, if you didn't have the glasses on then you wouldn't see anything, but if you did, rough shape outlines showed up. The examiner would then point to a spot on the book and we would be told to say what we saw. Another part of the research was when they showed us a video and we then needed to answer a sheet related to it. They showed us two videos, on of them showed the very first Panmure bridge's construction and the other showed the way of transportation before the bridge. After that our task was to then re-do the sheet to see if we did any better.

Orchestra Trip

Today most of LS2 went on a trip to the Auckland Town Hall to watch an orchestra as well as a dance, the whole trip was funded by Kiwi Kapers. Whilst there we listened to three different music pieces, for the last one a group of dancers from Saint Kentigern's. I liked how the music went high and low and was also pretty loud so we could hear it well. Some of the instruments that were used are the: Flute, clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, drums, cymbals and the triangle.

Sensory Verbs

Today for writing our first task was to create go onto a site and then answer some questions on sensory verbs, I answered all of the questions correctly because all I needed to do was select the correct sense for the situation. If you'd like to try the test yourself here's the link. The test uses all of the senses which are; taste, sight, smell, hearing and touch. Our other task was to go through a list of sentences and place a colon in the spot that we thought it should be, I managed to put the colons in all of the right places. After that, the second part of the task was to illustrate one of the sentences.

Novel Study - Billionaire Boy

This term for reading Mrs Anderson has made reading fun for our group by introducing a novel study, for it we needed to partner up and in those partners our task was to read the same book or books by the same author and then complete tasks. This was a great opportunity for people who don't like reading to love reading. This is a fun reading task because we get to work in partners. I'm working with Ofa and together we  chose the book Billionaire Boy. We decided to choose this book because there were two copies for us. This book talks about a boy name Joe Spud who's the richest 12 year old in the world. Joe Spud is spoilt by his rich dad who owns a toilet-paper making company. He's gotten anything he's every wanted like more than 400 pairs of Nike trainers and a roller coaster in the back garden. We're still reading so we'll need to finish the book for the ending.