Monthly Archives: March 2018

Guided Reading Week 9 – Australian Population Future

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1. What are some of the benefits of population growth?
The benefits of the population growth is good for some people because Australia could have more business, money and jobs we also can have more houses and a fewer more cars built.
2. What are some of the challenges of population growth?
The challenges of the population growth is that they have to build more houses and fix the roads also they will need more cars but if there is more cars that means there will be either car crashes or traffic jams the people also have to build schools bigger.
3. Do you think Australia’s population should grow or stay the same size? Explain your answer.
In my opinion I think Australia’s population should stay the same size because that will mean we don’t need any more cars to make the air dirty and more houses.

Numeracy Reflection Week 8

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My goals in numeracy this year is to get better at reading six digit number and to get better at knowing all my multiples really well I also want to know more about what numeracy means. I also want to learn more about rounding money and I also want to learn about arrays.

Guided Reading Week 8 – Plastic Free Boy

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1. How is plastic pollution  having a negative impact on animals and our environment?
The reason why plastic pollution is having a negative impact on animals is that the animals think that the plastic is food for example a turtle thinks that a plastic bag is jelly-fish but really it is a plastic bag, no one can eat plastic because you can’t digest plastic.
2. How many tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean?
Every year more than eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean and it can be a problem to marine life.
3. What can you do to help the environment?
What I can do to help environment is I have to stop using plastic straws because plastic straws they can only use it once and then you have to throw it away and I can also help the environment by recycling stuff for example I put paper in the paper bin and I put any cardboard in the mixed recycle bin and I put my fruit scraps in the compost bin.

Numeracy Reflection Wk 7

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I like working in a group in numeracy because if a person is really clever at math they can teach you more math and also because they can help you if your really stuck at a question they can help you solve it one at a time and help you understand the questions so then you can understand the questions more. I like working in a group because if someone is stuck I like to help them with what they are stuck at so that they could understand it more and then they could understand more math and get better at it.

Guided Reading Week 7 – Dingos

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1. Explain some difference between dingoes and dogs.
The difference between dingoes and dogs are that dogs bark and dingoes growl to communicate to each other. The other difference is that dogs can be kept as domestic dogs which means that they can be kept as pets.
2. Why are dingoes sometimes a ‘pest’ for  some farmers?
The reason why dingoes are a pest for farmers is that because they attack the live stock which the farmers keep with them so then the farmers need to put traps out so the dingoes don’t attack the sheep anymore.
3. What Australian state do you NOT find dingoes in
The state in Australia that you can’t find dingoes is Tasmania.

Investigation Reflection Week 6

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1. Today in investigations I made fruit kebabs with my friend Mary & Shanelle.

How to make fruit kebabs

You will need:

1 x banana

1 x box of strawberries

1 x box of kiwi-berries

1 x bag of grapes

1 x packet of skewers

 

Recipe

First you put on 2 grapes make sure to leave a thumb space. Then put on a banana and after put on a strawberry and a kiwi-berry.

Next week I will make another recipe.

Here is the evidence of me making fruit skewers.

Guided Reading Week 5 – Eyes

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1. Who studies eyes?
a.  Ophthalmologist
b.  Orthodontist
c.  Ornithologist
An ophthalmologists studies eyes.
Briefly explain how monocular vision works.
Vision works when the light comes through the cornea at the front and is focused on the lens on the back of the eye. In your eyes there are a special layer of nerves cells that detect light in your eye called the retina from the retina the brain works out what we are seeing. Some people have problems and they have a problem called long sighted or short sighted. Long sighted means that you can’t see things close up for example if your reading a book you can’t see the words close up. Short sighted is the opposite of long sighted short sighted means that you can’t see things far away.

4RG Fishing Excursion

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Yesterday my class and I went on a fishing excursion at West Lakes Shore.

When I was at school me and my class had to wait for the bus, the bus was supposed to be there at 9am but it was 30mins late. At school we were waiting at the front office while we were waiting, Mrs Giannakakis took 3 photos of me and my class. When it was 9:30 the bus finally arrived.

When I got on the bus I sat next to my friend named Mary, sadly there wasn’t 3 seats so my other friend Emily sat behind us but Emily got to sit next to the teacher. It took 30mins to get to West Lakes Shore.

When me and my class were at West Lakes Shore we met Mr McCarthy and Jason. Mr McCarthy told me and my class to sit down so he could explain the instructions. Me, Emily and Mary were in a group of 3 so we had to take it in turns, me and my friends didn’t catch any fish and whenever it was my friends or my turn the bait always came off.

When it was recess one of my friends had to reel the fishing rod up. When it was recess I sat on the grass and ate my recess. When some of my classmates were finished they climbed up a tree which was near the grass but then teacher told them to get off.

After recess Mr McCarthy asked who wanted to fish with the floaters. Some people wanted to do it but me and my friends wanted to improve our fishing skills. Mary and Emily went together but I was fishing solo.

When it was time to stop fishing and it was nearly lunch me and my class were playing on the playground. I climbed rocks and I went on the swing and after I was climbing a tree. When it was time to stop playing me and my class went to have lunch.

After lunch me and my class kept on fishing. I didn’t catch any fish but as we were about to pack up my friend Emily caught a fish, Mrs Giannakakis said it was by far the biggest fish caught. Everyone sat down on the grass and then we thanked Jason for his help.

When it was the ride home I sat next to my friend Emily. The bus ride home was 30mins. I wanted to sleep but it was too noisy so I stayed awake.

When me and my class were at school again we got to have ice blocks. After when I finished my ice block I got to do anything I wanted, I wanted to draw so I did. When it was home-time I said goodbye to my friends and I told my dad all about my day.

 

 

Investigations week 5

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1. Today in investigations I made ice Popsicle with my friends (Mary & Emily) I made the first batch.  The ingredients I used were frozen strawberries, honey, A2 milk and lemon juice. The first step was to put in the frozen strawberries then I had to put in the milk but I had to put it up to the line where it said max, then I put a touch of lemon juice and then some honey after I poured in the containers and the teacher had to put it in the freezer so me and my friends could eat it.

2. Today I learnt how to make an ice Popsicle.

3. Next time I will write what was wrong with the ice Popsicle and what worked.