Visiting author

Yesterday we had one of the authors of 'The Mines Afire' come in to talk about the book. Her name is Thelma Eakin. We got to ask her questions about the book and why she decided to write it. She told us that she wanted to write the book because not many people had written a book like it before. She brought in a safety lamp and a little brass man she had been gifted for doing a play. Here is a picture of Thelma.

Brunner Mine Site

On Monday this week our class went out to the Brunner Mine. In class we have been reading a book about what happened when the explosion happened called 'The Mines Afire'. So we decided to go out to the mine to have a look at all of the ruins and historical things that are there. While we were there we did a photo shoot in older clothes. We also got put into groups and had to do a mime. The other groups had to guess what part of the book we were acting out. Here is a picture of the book.

Numeracy Week 8

This week for numeracy we have been working on averages. We had a group of numbers and we had to put them in order (smallest to largest number) Then we had to find the Mode, Range, Median and mean. For example if I had a group of numbers 3,9,6,4,6. First you have to put them in order so it now becomes 3,4,6,6,9.
To find the mode you have to find the most popular number. With those numbers 6 is the most popular number.  To find the range you have to look at the difference between the smallest and biggest number (3&9) So the difference is 6. The median is the middle number which is also 6.  To find the mean you have to add all the numbers and divide your answer by how many numbers there are so 3,4,6,6,9 28 divided by 5. comment below what you get. (it contains decimals). Here is some of my work.

Colour day 2019

Today at our school we are having a colour day to raise money for the families that were affected on Friday of last week. We were asked to wear bright clothes and avoid the colour red. Since I don't own any bright clothes I chose to wear a shirt with a small rainbow on it. Here is some information about today.

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Numeracy Week7

This week for numeracy we have been working on algebraic problems. We had to find out what the shape/letter was in the equation. If the number is right next to the shape/letter it means you have to times it. Kristian and I finished the algebraic  questions so we moved on to finding a rule of a pattern. At first I found both tasks a bit difficult but now I find it rather easy. Here are some photos of my work.

Music Week7

This week for music we had to make a presentation about our favourite song. We had to explain why it was our favourite. Here is my slide

Numeracy

This week for numeracy we have been working on adding and subtracting fractions. Here is my presentation 

Week 5 Science

This week for science we were looking at density. So we put an egg into a cup and filled it up with water. At first it sunk but when we added salt to the water it begun to float. The more salt we added the more it would float. When we add the salt the water becomes more dense causing the egg to float. I think it was a pretty cool experiment.