Weeks 1 & 2 of Term 3

Writing - We completed our persuasive writing task, and our next task is either another persuasive argument or a discussion argument. We learnt about the structures of each argument type. In a persuasive argument, you persuade people to see your point of view, stating only facts about your opinion, but in a discussion argument, you state both sides of the argument, therefore discussing the problem.

Reading - We are doing another short story analysis, and a visual image comparison to the story. We will also do some stuff with a static image. I read a story called 'Lamb To The Slaughter' by Roald Dahl and a story called 'Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. I am going to do the task with the second story.

Maths - We have started doing measurement work. During this, I have learnt how to convert m² into hectares (divide by 10 000), and how to find the area of a circle (1/2 of the circumference times the radius squared).

Tech arts - I made sushi and a muesli bar, and some brownies. The brownies are for our themed cafe. The theme is beach. I am making brownies and I'm using writing icing to draw waves and fish on it. They taste really yum.

Extension art - I have nearly finish my painting of Brendon Urie. It doesn't look very good. When the photo was expanded, his face turned neon pink and purple. It doesn't help that I'm really bad at painting faces.

My birthday - It was my birthday, and I turned 13.

Robotics workshop - I am part of the robotics workshop group this year. I'm still not sure what to expect, but I'm excited. It sounds fun.

WAI maths - Next week six students, including me, will go to a maths problem solving competition. I'll let you know how that goes in my next blog post.

Cross country - We have started cross country training. We are going to leave the school next week and run on the roads.

Inter-house jump-jam - We had inter-house jump-jam on Friday. Puniu (my house) and Mangapiko came first equal, but next week we will find out who got the bonus point.