2016 Graduation

Last night, the year 8 students at Glen Innes school had their graduation. During graduation, we took plenty of photos and had a lot of fun. We also got given a very powerful and inspiring speech by Sione Taufa, the only pacific islander in his department of his university. Near the end of Sione Taufa speech, he gave us some advise and that was to "Dream big and embrace the struggle." I enjoyed graduation last night, and hope to never forget what Sione said.

Joseph Parkers Win

Congratulations Joseph Parker for the amazing win Saturday night! You have truly proved us that you are a boxing champion. I wish you all the best for the future upcoming fights that you have ahead of you. You got this Joseph!

I can't imagine life without...

These are 16 things that I can't imagine my life without. I really enjoyed doing this for writing because I got to get creative with this. The only thing that I didn't like about this, was that the pictures wouldn't fit exactly how I wanted them to.

Figure me out

Milkshake Enlarging

Last week, I have been learning about enlargement. To show that I had an understanding of it, we had to enlarge a picture out on the courts.  Before I could go outside and draw my picture,  there were a couple of steps that I had to follow and complete. First, I had to select a picture that I wanted and paste it in a google drawing. I choose a milkshake. Then I had to find a grid to put on top of my milkshake so that I could enlargen it easier. After that, I had to work out what my scale factor would be. Mine was 1 cm represented 25 cm.

Once I had finished those steps, I had to get a measuring tape and use the cm side to precisely draw my grid outside, and start drawing my milkshake. To make sure that I drew my milkshake accurately, I counted the squares. I found this a bit challenging because I couldn’t draw the milkshake correctly, and my grids lines weren’t straight.

Enlargement in Geometry

WALT: Enlargen pictures

This morning, I had to enlargen a lion by 2 scale factors. To make it easier for me, I had to count the squares that the lion's body was on and then draw it onto the grid.  I found this activity fun but at the same time a bit challenging because I had to try and make sure that the lion was drawn exactly where it was supposed to be. Next time, I’d like to enlargen a more complex picture.

What's My Why?

These are my goals that I want to achieve.