Potato Gun Experiment

Today for science we tried to make potato guns. The things you need is strong straws, a potato and skewers.  The first step is to get the  straw then jab it in the potato and twist the straw while it's in the potato. Then you pull it out and hopefully you get some potato in the straw. After you do that you have to do it to the other side. Once you have done that you get the skewer and stick the blunt side of the skewer into one end of the straw and keep pushing the skewer to the other end the straw. If you did it correctly some of the potato should go flying. One of the reasons why it didn't work for some people is because the straw wasn't airtight. I was sad because my straw broke so I couldn't do it. 

Mary Anning's Treasures

Yesterday for reading my group learned about Mary Anning. Mary lived in Lyme Regis and she used help her dad collect fossils. When her dad died she carried on collecting fossils and kept the business running. With the help of her brother she found the Ichthyosaurus which is the ancestor of the dolphin. I enjoyed it and I would love to learn more about fossils.

Why PS4 is better than Xbox

W.A.L.T write a persuasive piece of writing.
Literally all of us want a Xbox or a PS4. Well I am here to tell you why to get a PS4 not a Xbox.

Firstly the price. The Xbox 1 X costs $500 and has 1 terabyte of storage but the PS4 Pro costs $400 and has 1 terabyte of storage. Now the price of Xbox Live and PS Plus. Xbox Live costs $40 for a year and you get free games each month, the network and free things in certain games. PS Plus costs $60 for a year and you get free games each month and free things in certain games. Your probably thinking I should get the Xbox because Xbox Live is cheaper than PS Plus. Still get a PS4 because literally everyone who owns a Xbox will get Xbox Live because they want to be able to play games that use the network but then on PS4 you can get the network free and then get the monthly subscriptions when one of the monthly games is one you want.

Secondly everyone wants to play multiplayer games. On Xbox you have to pay for the network (way to play multiplayer games) but on PS4 it is free. There is PS plus which is basically paying for free games each month and special discounts on games but Xbox Live is that but you also get the network. The PS4 is also better because if you wanted the network but not PS Plus you could but with Xbox you have to get both.

Lastly the controls on Xbox is so annoying. On PS4 the joysticks are in line with each other but on Xbox the joysticks are diagonal. The diagonal controls are bad because it is really uncomfortable. Something that is also annoying on Xbox is that the trigger buttons are really skinny so only your finger tip is on the button but for PS4 the trigger button is bigger so more of your finger can rest on it.

Now you know the price, facts and reasons you must take precaution and know to choose wisely because if you don’t you will regret it for as long as you're psn or Microsoft account lives. So get the PS4.

3D Shapes

Yesterday  for maths we made 3D shapes. The first thing we had to do was fill out a worksheet about the shapes then we got to make them. The shapes were a cube, a square based pyramid, a cone an a pentagonal prism. I made the square based pyramid and the pentagonal prism. This is my square based pyramid.

 I enjoyed making the shapes and can't wait to do it again.

World War 1 Project

Yesterday for reading, the class did a WW1 project. We got into pairs and each person got a souvenir to study. I paired up with Riley and we got a Marlborough High School Roll of Honour and a rugby team photo with dots to tell you what happened to the person. I found it really interesting and can't wait to do it again. The website we used is https://www.walkingwithananzac.co.nz

Bird Beak experiment

Today for science we got to do a bird beak experiment. We got into groups and my group was Setaita, Tupou, Molly H, Otis and me. The first thing We had to do was to predict what would be the easiest to pick up with the different tweezers. After you predicted you got to test the different tweezers with the different things. The things we had to pick up was Skittles, bits of gummy snakes and pieces of ripped up paper. I found it really fun and I can't wait for the next experiment.    

Athletics

Yesterday the whole school went to athletics. The seniors started with the running events and the juniors started with the field events. The first race was the 800 meters and I came 2nd for my age group. My favourite race was the 200 meters because it's not too  long and not too short. The field events for the seniors were Long Jump, Shot put and Discus. I can't wait for athletics next year.

Comics

Last week for writing Mr Drummond came in to teach us how to draw comics. Mr Drummond said not to use characters that are already made up but you could mix 2 together. My comic is called Super Dumpling and I still haven't finished it yet. I loved doing it and hope we can do it again sometime. 

T.I.M.S.S Test

This morning all the Year Fives had do to a text/ questionnaire. It took 3 hours and there was 3 parts to it. We were the first year 5's in the school to do it. The test was on maths and science.  The first 2 part were more of test questions and the 3rd part was more of normal questions. At the end it was cool because we got a free pencil, a free pen and a certificate for doing the test.  

Saint Poster

Last week My class did saint posters. I chose Saint Jerome. It used lots of research. I learned that Saint Jerome is the patron saint of translators, librarians and encylopedists. Some of the other things I learnt was that he was born in Stridon in the year 347 ad. 

Pedes

Over the week we learnt about Pedes. Pedes are our names for certain patterns. The Pedes have rules so you know how many legs you need to add. The picture at the bottom is the first three stages of the big headed pede. The picture on the right is my own creation of Pedes. I enjoyed it and hope I can do it again.