Sherbet Experiment

Today for science we got to make Sherbet. The ingredients were Icing Sugar, Baking Soda, Citric Acid and tartaric acid. Mrs Drummond made us taste each ingredients by itself and the only thing that tasted nice was the Icing Sugar but I still wouldn't go around eating Icing Sugar. It was hard to get it just right because my group all had different tastes they liked. I loved doing it and I can't wait to do another experiment. 

Graduation Mass

Yesterday the whole school had to go to mass because it was the Graduation mass. It was mainly about the year 6's but it was also about going to the next year level. The year 6's had a big part in it because they had to make a dance and some of they had to do special things in the mass. I liked it because the year 6's gave the year 5's a leadership candle. The candle was blue with a green ribbon on it. I can't wait for next year when i'm year 6 and get to do the dance.

Topic Passport

Over the term we have been learning about New Zealand bands. We had to do activities from a passport. The passport has 6 different categories and you have to do at least one activity from each category. The goal is to get 200 points and the activities you can do gives you 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50. Right now I have 165 and need to do 1 more category. If you're wondering why I have 165 not 160 or 170 it's because you can get bonus points if you work really hard on it but you can also get minus points if it's not a high enough standard. My favourite activity I did was the design your own album cover for a real album. I chose the album cool bananas by DD Smash. I have loved doing it and I can't wait to do it again next year.

  

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.