Leilani's Evidence of Learning

Term 1 Last term I was in Felicity's maths group called fluffy. we learnt about fractions, percentages and decimals. I really liked doing Improper fractions to Mixed numbers and Mixed numbers to improper fractions. My challenges in Fluffy were trying to finish my follow ups in the little time we had. I was also a bit of a procrastinator so that had a bit to do with it as well.  My highlights in fluffy was doing improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to improper fractions. Term 2  This term we have been learning about area, perimeter and volume. We have had a lot of maths buddy tasks. It has been a real challenge because there are year 8, 9 and even year 10 stuff but it is still fun even though I don't get it right. We have lately been using SKETCHUP and it is really fun. We are using SKETCHUP to help with our area and perimeter. The challenges I have had in Amy's maths group is the year 9 and 10 stuff we have to do. I am actually surprised that I have go...

Today for Amy's Immersion we were learning about potential and kinetic energy, so she made us make our own roller coaster on  BUILD YOUR OWN ROLLER COASTER!!!  I thought it was going to be a 3D roller coaster and you could decorate it but it wasn't. It was really fun and I really enjoyed it. I failed like 7 times and it was actually quite challenging. I got it in the end though because I read my feedback and then I ended up getting both thumbs up. YAY!!! We made this roller coaster because it links to kinetic energy. If you didn't know, kinetic energy is energy that has force or moved for example a ROLLER COASTER so that is why we did this roller coaster game. What really challenged me was trying to get my roller coaster to be safe and fun at the same time. I really enjoyed getting both thumbs up. It made me really happy.

Term 1 Last term I had Felicity (One of my Learning Advisors) for writing. I was in a big group called Hogwarts literacy. Felicity taught us this thing where we had to read a sentence and we had to say "I think this means" before the sentence and describe the sentence in a shorter version. We also did persuasive writing and information writing. She made us use a spider plan or a hamburger plan . I personally liked the hamburger plan because it made more sense to me. Last term I really enjoyed doing the persuasive writing because we got to do a letter to our parents to persuade them about something. I really like trying to get something off my parents so thats why I really enjoyed it. My challenges last term in Hogwarts was the little time we had to finish our follow ups but it taught me that I don't have time to muck around. Term 2   This term we have been learning about instructional writing, explanation writing and PEEL (Point Evidence Explanation Link) plan...

A few days ago we did an experiment called Elephant's toothpaste. It was really fun. First Nicole put in Green food colouring , dishwashing liquid and this other thing but i can't remember. We also had to put yeast in it aswell . Everything was in a botte and the bottle was in a pot so the toothpaste did not go anywhere. The Elephant's toothpaste came rising out of my groups bottle. It was so cool. My challenges were trying to wash out the pots and stuff because the toothpaste had something in it that could irritate your skin. My favourite part was watching the toothpaste rise