Week 7

This week we had a photographer come in and take photos of the band, and classrooms for our new school website. It was the queens birthday this weekend, so we had Monday off school (yay!!!). I learnt about the weather in french (how to talk and speak about the weather in french, that is!). We also went over weekdays and counting too 30. I don't know if this is the correct spelling, but here it goes: Lundi, mundi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche. Those were the weekdays. Today, Wednesday, we had our first meeting for the people in  the gym festival. We had to do some skills that would determine what group we were put in. It was really easy stuff, even the highest group, twisters, was easy!! The hardest things to do in the twisters, (which I am in) is a handstand forward roll, backwards roll, and a round-off off the beam. We are doing jump jam today, which will be fun. I hope we do 'Like the ceiling can't hold us' song, which is one of my favourites. Tomorrow we are having student assembly, which I am sure will be a lot better than work!!! At tech arts I made nachos, which were REALLY YUM!!! I also made apricot danish For maths we have moved onto geometry, and have revised circumference of circles, shapes, area, and I have learnt about volume and how to find it. For writing I have finished my NZ roads persuasive, and have started my argument. I think I am going to do 'Is Traditional or Modern Medicine More Effective?'. I am quite passionate about plants and all the health benefits they have to offer, so I think it will be good. For reading, I read the book ' The Giver' and am starting to do a book analysis on it. It was a really good book, and I recommend it to anyone who is a competent reader. Here is the blurb I have writen.

The Giver is set in a tightly controlled society, told by a young teenage boy, Jonas. In this community, there is no war, hunger, suffering, music, colours, or memories from the past. All decisions in the town are made by ‘The Elders’, right down to who you marry, what job you do, and what children you will be given. Everyone is happy with this way of life, and they passively accept all the rules and customs. But, when Jonas turns twelve, the job he is given at the big Ceremony of Twelve, changes his whole aspect on life, and the community. He is given , is ‘The Receiver of Memory, which is the most respected job.