Quick Writes

 Ok you guys know I have to do work at school and if you don't I don't know. But there is a specific type of work that I have not talked about on my blog, I mean I probably have but imma tell you more about it because why not. Every week we have a big batch of new priorities to finish here is what they are 2x word work, 4x quickwrites, 1x Blog post (which I am doing now) and 4 progressions of maths whizz every week. I've already talked about maths whizz so yeah. So at the start of every week we have a meeting about what we are gonna do this week etc and we all grab our writing books and we take key points of the video we watch. So we watch this video and it gives us a topic to write about and 4 main things to talk about. The 4 this week was: why is littering so bad, who do you think is responsible for picking up litter, and why, where would you like to organise a litter pick up in your local area, why and how could people be encouraged to litter less in your local area. We also have to write 50 words in each one so thats 200+ a week.

Automata

 So we did this thing it's called an automata it's a thing you twist and it moves. Me, Tay and Finn mad e a dropdown rollercoaster that was to hard so we made one of those UFO ones where it spins around and in the end we made some flying pancakes. With maple syrup dripping on top of them not real maple syrup it's a paper cutout. Also I didn't do a blog post last week. This picture here is our automata. The amazing flying pancakes we called it as you can see the spoon dripping with maple syrup and the cardboard pancakes and the sky in the background.

Maths Whizz

 Ok this Blog post is gonna be about a new maths website called maths whizz. It's basically you get credits when you complete a maths question and you use said credits to buy pets, customize your avatar and lots more. It's better than e-ako (the old free maths website we used to use) and it's really fun and we have to do atleast 30 minutes every day. The picture I know you are looking at right now is my avatar yes it's blue and has green hair and sunglasses that reflect the thing I am not looking at. I can't be bothered writing lots of paragraghs like I normally do because I have other priorities to attend to so yeah.

Makey Makey LTP

Ok I know in my last Blog post I said I've only done planet construction, but it’s a new week and I have now done Makey Makey. This Blog post will not make sense if you haven’t read my last one so yeah. Anyway at first I thought Makey Makey was confusing, but it’s honestly easy. In Makey Makey there's these things called Beat bots ( I don’t know if that's the pronunciation but anyway) they are these little bots that there are buttons on and you can make it roll away sort of. But anyway Beat bots aren’t the main part of Makey Makey.

So there’s this board that you plug into your computer and it has little buttons, I guess you could call them but if you plug some wires into those buttons. Then plug the other end of the wire into some play-dough you can tap the play-dough and it acts as if you were tapping the buttons. It’s really cool and you can play pac-man with play-dough, I guess it counts as with play-dough. So on a scale of 1-10 I would rate Makey Makey a decent 8 It’s pretty fun and interesting.

Learning Through Play

So we now do this thing in Term 3 called learning through play, it is basically just well learning through play. There are 4 different options: there is Makey Makey, Junky Monkey, Planet construction and Cardboard Nation. I’ve only done the room 1 activity which is Planet Construction. It's  like blocks and building stuff. Anyway it’s pretty fun and I really like the one I’ve done the blocks and connectivity (is that a word). It’s like connecting stuff to make cool things and yeah.

LTP (Learning Through Play) is after lunch every Monday and Tuesday so it’s not every day.

I don’t really know what to write but imma keep going. There are a maximum of 27 kids at every station and if you pick makey makey on Monday you have to do it on Tuesday you can change every week. When I heard we were gonna do LTP I did NOT know what to do I just followed everyone else not gonna lie. On the first LTP it wasn’t really an actual session of LTP it was more of an introduction to every station.

 Cardboard Nation is where you get some cardboard and make it into something, something like that. Planet Construction is the only one I can say a lot about because it’s the only one I’ve done. Planet Construction is like blocks and connecting things and making other things. I don’t know how to describe it but it’s fun. Ok Junky Monkey, again I haven’t been there I’ll get round to it. But it’s basically just taking things apart and things with a motor like those windup car toys you would get with a happy meal or something. Makey Makey sounds fun. It's like wiring I guess for the third time I haven't been there but it sounds fun

First Day Back at Term 3

Okay Term 3 it’s really hard to go back to school and wake up at 7:00 instead of 10:00 and get
used to school after having a break. Just all the differences of a school day and a holiday day.
So anyway school, no waking up and gaming just waking up and getting ready for school.
I personally don’t like school, well not don’t like it, it’s probably just me rather wanting to stay
home instead of go somewhere. Is it just me or does going places not interest me like I'd rather
stay home than go out somewhere. Also on the first day at school when it’s a new Term or year there
are a lot of differences for example more work, different things at different times etc.
Waking up and just  forgetting that there is school today and then you realise there is school today
is one of the worst feelings ever. I can imagine school is like the work for kids except no
money is gained in the process you only gain knowledge and lose money.

The first day of school is always the hardest because you just get really lazy after having a two
week break. So I come to school early to get like an hour of play before the actual learning bit
starts just to like I don’t know but something. Ok here is something on the first day of the Term/ Year
the first day always goes the slowest and then it gets slightly faster. Some days the day goes really
fast and others it goes slow and some days it’s normal and I don’t know if it’s just time or something
you did or if it’s random or how you are feeling or something. Anyway here is a random fact for no
reason: there are a lot of emotions. Ok back to the first day of Term 3, on my first day of school ever
like my first day ever going to school I thought school was just like a place where you make friends
and do a bit of learning and stuff, I mean school is kinda that but like I don’t know what I expected
but school is way harder as you get older. I know teachers try to keep your work balanced and
make it not too hard for you not too easy for you but just right.

This has been a really long Blog but imma do another paragraph because why not. From the start
of the day to morning tea is probably the hardest bit because it is the longest and then morning
tea to the end of the day is really easy. I think it’s because I'm used to work after that couple of hours.
The more years you have been in school is the better because work isn’t so hard to understand
and everything. We had like an eight week break off school in term 1 because of the virus and
everything, that’s probably how I got to Term 3 so quick. Also that eight week lockdown break is
longer than the end of the year holidays. We have the holidays at the end of the year is 6
weeks and the lockdown break is 8 weeks. Ok this has been a really long Blog so imma end it.

Just Dance Peformance

So we did this thing where we get up in front of the class and do a Just Dance performance
with dress ups on and you can pick with a group of 4, 2 or 3. We have to practice and
try get it perfect. It’s not really a competition, it's more of a fun activity for the last week of the term.

So Me, Taika, Reef and Momo are doing Waka Waka with Reef dressing up with a red ladybug shirt
and a red tutu. I am wearing a black tutu with black shorts, Taika is wearing a sorta pink tutu. Momo
is wearing a tie and high visibility vest.

You get points for performance, synchronisation, teamwork and costume. It doesn’t look that fun
when you're up on the stage, but when I was up there I couldn’t stop laughing
I don’t know why but yeah. Anyway it was a really fun thing to do at the
end of the term and I really liked it.