Prototec Maths Tests

This week I completed 6 different prototec tests. 3 were all just questions and the other 3 were timed multiplication questions. Here are the results from the tests.

Art Technology - First Technology class for 2014

This week, Rimu house has had its first for 2014 technology rotation. Our house is split up into 7 groups, 4 Year 8s and 3 groups of Year 7s. This week, my group, 8B has started off with Art Technology.  There are two art teachers, we had Mrs Balme and we had Mr Roy last year.

Day One: Printmaking with Polystyrene
We first started with print making using ink and polystyrene squares. First, we had to use a visual frame to capture some of the items of Gate Pa sitting on the table in front of us. We first had to draw it on the cover of our art files and then copy it into a polystyrene square. After that, we used rollers and rolled ink across the polystyrene. Once that was done, we firmly placed them onto a piece of paper and used a dry roller to put the ink onto this piece of paper. It turned out with a great result.

Day Two: Printmaking with Wood squares
Today, we pretty much did the same as yesterday but instead, with a block of wood. To start with, we looked at some pictures of things and items from the war of Gate Pa. We then drew them inside our art folder. Jordan and I were the first to be ready and we worked together to make a good result. Once we had copied it onto our block of wood, we carved one small bit of our artwork. We then used the rollers to roll yellow paint across the wood. Mrs Balme taught us that when rolling across the paint trays, listen for a sort of velcro sound. We then did the same drill as yesterday, stick the block of wood face down, roll it onto the paper but instead of on the top, we reversed and flipped the paper over to roll it. Then lastly, we unstick the block of wood. We did 4 limited edition copies and after that, Jordan and I helped pack up and get other people done.

Day Three: 3rd Colour Print on our wood block
Today, we made our 2nd and 3rd colour prints overtop of our first limited copy. My first one kind of slipped off the page but otherwise the rest looked alright.

Day Four: New Artwork
Today, we first started with out fourth and final colour print onto our paper. Then we started a different piece of artwe made a new piece of artwork (picture below). We painted our wood blocks white and made a cool piece of artwork. Today was our last day and we had to say goodbye to Mrs Balme
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Possum Pests

Why don’t we want to see these animals in the NZ bush?

Possums are huge pests in New Zealand. They are one of the reasons our beloved Kiwis are going nearly extinct. Possums eat the berries necessary for birds. They also destroy our native trees/shrubs. Over 30 million possums live in New Zealand bush. Possums were first shipped over here in 1837 from Australia. These pests much through over 9000t of leaves, berries and fruit every night. In Australia, possums are protected there.

Valentines Day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.



American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

   Why are these people carrying this Banner?

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 from William Hobson, James Busby and nearly 530 - 540 Maoris/ Maori Chiefs. Hone Heke was the first to sign the treaty. The Treaty of Waitangi was an treaty signed for peace between the Britians and the Maoris. James Busby was a Britain Man staying in New Zealand. The treaty was signed in the North Island. It has been a national holiday since 1974 but only in New Zealand not in any other countries. The people above in the photo are walking the streets, honouring the Treaty of Waitangi.

HOMEWORK CHALLENGE: Designing my own Challenge under Service in School and Community

Hello,

I have completed another one of my Homework Challenges. I designed my own challenge under Service in School and Community. I went to my Nana's Resthome, Cedar Manor. I went upstairs with her and helped her and other elderly with their games of Housie. Every Friday they all pay $2 and the winner of each game gets $2 back. So it depends on how many turn up as to how many games are played. I helped call out the numbers and also helped out the elderly with their bingo cards as some of them had trouble hearing.

It really is just a fun time when they can all meet, have a friendly game of housie and chat and catch up with the news and keep in touch.

Unfortunately, I could only get one photo of the "Manor Lounge" sign where we all played.

HOMEWORK CHALLENGE: Completing a Maths Grid in Under 5 Minutes

Hello Everybody,

Over the first term I completed a randomised grid in under 5 minutes. The first few times I did it, it felt tough but as I kept going I slowly increased. The first time I tried I couldn't even complete the grid but then on my last one, I got 100% correct in under 3:25 minutes. Soon I will be trying it under 2 minutes and hoping for the best. In Term 3 I will upload a photo of this test if I get around to it (:

For now, here are some of the scanned tests: