Nature Is Speaking Video - I am ice

Term 3 Week 6

This week we had a man called Dan come to talk to us about how to be a good friend and what not to do. He was very humorous and he got lots of laughs. I learnt how to be a good friend and how friendships can be broken.
In maths (algebra), I learnt how to evaluate expressions. You are pretty much just finding out the number that the pronumeral represents to find an answer. For Example:
                                                   A = 5
                                                   B = 17
                                 Find what C = if C=3(A+B) - 5.
Well A = 5 and B = 17, so that turns into C=3(22) - 5. There are no multiplication signs in algebra, so it means 3 x ( 22) - 5. So: 3 x 22=66, then you have to take away 5, so 66 - 5=61. So the answer is 61.

Term 2 Week 8

This week we had to finish our science fair. My question was ' How does the temperature of water affect how fast bread moulds?' I have to confess, I did leave it to the last minute, so I learnt that I should do it earlier next time. I had to spray water of different temperatures on different pieces of bread. The variables were:
Resealable Glad Bags, water, thermometer, Homebrand white bread, ice-cream container, spray bottle and vivid.

I used four pieces of bread, and I didn't put water on 1 piece of bread.

The temperatures were:
Bread 1 - 33.5 5 Squirts

Bread 2 - 14.7 5 Squirts

Bread 3 - 29.8 5 Squirts

Bread 4 - 0 Squirts of water

This is my finished science fair:

Term 2 Week 6

This week we held our inter-house winter games. I played football. In our first game we played Waikato. They were a good side, and they passed well. We scored a quick goal, and about a minute later they bounced back to score as well. I scored our winning goal for us to win a close 2 - 1. In our next game we played Mangapiko. They were a good side too, but they lost control of the ball a lot. We managed to take our opportunities, and Jayden scored one and I scored one for a 2 - 0 win. In our final game we played Puniu. They were quite clumsy with the ball. We counter-attacked on their mistakes and scored three goals, but there could have been a lot more but Punius goal keeper Rory, saved same great shots. We ended up with a 3 - 0 win. We won all our games which gave us some great contributing points towards the house points. Our house ( Waipa ) came out with the win. During this sport I learnt to have great sportsmanship, which I think all of us showed, never give up even if you are losing, and be graceful losers.

Term 2 Week 5

This week we got a new TV in our class. We are getting rid of our whiteboard because we will just use the TV. Cheng-Yu and I made a little whiteboard with a white covering. The whiteboard is for the date and activity's we will do for the day. We had a small piece of polystyrene, and some book covering like sheet of white. We had to carefully stick it on straight. Our first attempt was quite terrible with lots of air bubbles and marks showing up. We decided to have another go on the other side, and that was quite good. It was straight and didn't have many if any air bubbles. I learnt that you should never give up and keep trying - even if it will take long time.
In music I learnt how to make a twelve-bar blues song on the I pad-minis with backing track music. We made them on Garage Band ( a music app ), and I was in a group with Ben and Cheng-Yu. We had to write a blues song and then record it with the music in the background, and then share it with the rest of us. Our blues was called ' The Tripping Over Blues.' It was quite original and got a few laughs when we were presenting it to the others. The other blues were quite good and had some great instruments in the background. Our feedback was that it was quite entertaining, but we probably could have chosen some different instruments. We had a bit to work on but we did quite well for a first try. I learnt how to use backing instruments and record my voice on Garage Band.

WIMS Football

On Tuesday was meant to be the WIMS football day, but it was cancelled because of all the rain, so it was on Thursday. The two teams ( one boys, one girls ), had to be at school at 7:30 to get our tracksuits, and then leave by 7:45 for a 8:45 briefing and a 9:00 start. I went straight to Jansen Park in Hamilton, which was where it was held. The fields were muddy but not to wet. We had our first game at 9:00 against Cambridge. We were both good teams and the scoreline was 0 - 0 at half time. The halves were only 10 minutes long. In the second half the Cambridge forwards slipped past our defence thanks to some great passing. They scored, followed by another one closely after. We managed to score a goal with about three minutes to go, with a pinpoint corner from me, ending up with an own goal from a header from one of Cambridge's players. They scored another quick goal just before full time. The final score was unfortunately 3 - 1 to Cambridge. We had a quick break while the girls were playing. Our next game was against Maeroa. They were a great team as well, hitting the crossbar a few times thanks to some good goal keeping by Quin. They eventually scored, and again in the second half. The final score was another loss: 0 - 2 to Maeroa. We had another break before another game against Rototuna. They weren't as good as the teams we had played before and we should of won. We had quite a few chances in the first half although we couldn't quite score. Rototuna caught us off guard as we were playing most of our players forward and they scored an unlucky goal where Quin slipped in the mud and the ball slipped past into the goal. That gave them the confidence to score another goal. The final score was 2 - 0 to Rototuna. We had a bye, which is where we don't play a game. We had our last pool game against Berkley. They were a very rough team and kept pushing us around. The referee unfortunately didn't call them, so they scored two quick goals to win 2 - 0. We had one last game for 9th and 10th against Morrinsville. They hadn't won a game either, but we had scored a goal and they hadn't scored one. We won 2 - 0. Our goalscorers were me and Thomas. We ended up ninth. The girls came third overall.

Term 2 Week 3

Music
This week for Tech Arts we started music. In music for Yr 8 you learn different things to the Yr 7's. Last year we made a healthy living rap, and played on the keyboards and we even did some dancing. This year though we play guitar, and we play different tunes on the keyboards, and we make our own dance.

Belmont/WIMS Training
I am in the Belmont and WIMS team for football. Belmont is where our school and Belmont school play sports against each other. Belmont school is in Auckland, and some students from our school travel up to Belmont to play, and some students from Belmont school travel down to our school to play. I am fortunate enough to have made it into the team for football. WIMS is when you play against other intermediates around the Waikato. I have made it into that team too, which is on Tuesday next week.