Reflection for 2011

Hi Jake,

You seem to be really enjoying the maths we have been doing this term.  You have picked up the idea of scaling things quite well.  Do you think we have scaled our band rotunda well enough to fit our puppets? We'll soon find out!

Enjoy your last couple of weeks for the year

Alana

Maths talent development

Today I went to Maths talent development. We talked about making a rotunda puppet theatre so Enrich kids can make puppet shows instead of making a rotunda for preschool kids. We were measuring how big our puppet theatre was going to be. I was measuring the stairs.

Bullying workshop

Today I did a workshop about bullying. We talked about what to do when you are getting bullied.
Here are some ideas that we came up with for what to do when you are getting bullied.

Say "stop, it is not okay" in a strong, clear voice (shout if you need to)
Walk away
Get a teacher
Go play with some one else
Do something else to cheer you up

If I see someone being bullied I stand up for them and tell the bully to stop.
We talked about why people bully. Some people are lonely and some are jealous and that is why they bully others so that they can try and feel better. 

Maths talent development and debating

Today we were learning how to increase and decrease 2D objects using ratios and grid paper. We increased a picture of a house. I made my house five times larger than the normal house. I also did an extra workshop for debating. My team had to debate on why families should only have one car. Some of our examples were.
Because it costs too much.
Because it is polluting the air.
So families can travel together.
My team won in the debate.

Cartooning

Today was week one and I did a pick workshop called cartooning. For cartooning we watched a video clip of someone using a photo and drawing a cartoon picture of that photo. We were taught to draw the eyes and mouth on the bottom half of the face. Then we got to copy off a cartoon picture of an All Blacks rugby player. I drew Dan Carter into a cartoon, it was hard because the teeth were hard to draw.