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.