3D Shapes

During Maths we have been creating our own 3 Dimensional shapes using sticks and blue tack. I managed to make two different kinds of 3D shapes which was quite fun.

Different Types Of Triangles

Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Writing : Should the Queen's Birthday be Celebrated in New Zealand.

In my opinion, I believe the Queen’s Birthday should no longer be a public holiday in New Zealand. Although this would mean going to work and school instead of relaxing at home, I am sure there could be another holiday that would replace it such as Matariki. I have many reasons why the Queen’s Birthday shouldn’t be celebrated in New Zealand, Here are some of them.

To begin with the Queen is actually the Queen of England not New Zealand. So Having a Public holiday for someone that doesn’t live in New Zealand or is not the Queen of New Zealand just wouldn’t make sense at all. If we were to put Matariki in the place of the Queen’s birthday it would make more sense, because Matariki is a Maori Celebration that is only celebrated in New Zealand.

Another thing is the Queen of England hasn’t really done anything special for New Zealand. So by celebrating her birthday when she hasn’t done anything for us would just be unfair. Instead of wasting our time we can just celebrate matariki because it started of her in New Zealand so by celebrating it in the place of the Queen's birthday would be an excellent idea.

One last reason is that when the queen's birthday occurs no one really has a big celebration for it. Instead people just look forward to having a day of work and school. If Matariki was celebrated instead I think it would be much better because then everyone would be able to get together and celebrate it properly.

For all these reasons, I strongly believe the Queen’s birthday should no longer be celebrated in New Zealand. Having Matariki in its place would be much better for the whole country.

Multiplication Quiz

In this Multiplication Quiz, I was given all sorts of 8 times tables through to 8x9. In my opinion this game was not challenging at all for me because as I was going through each question, I found it very easy to solve and figure out the answer. When I complete this game I managed to get all of the questions correct in 1 minute and 41 seconds. Also the score that I got was 100%.

Maths Cone Crazy

 

Cone Crazy Screenshot

During Maths today, I have completed this game based on multiplication. I had to choose which times tables I wanted to do, and then I had to answer the ones that were given to me in order to put a scoop of ice cream on the cone. I found this game very easy because I am confident and can do my multiplication facts very well. As I finished this game I was able to get all of them correct.

Tercet Poem (Matariki)

During Class today, we were told to write a Tercet poem about Matariki. Writing a Tercet poem for the first time was quite easy, because it only needed three lines. When I completed my poem I thought it sounded pretty good because I added rhyming words in all the three sentences.

Polygons

During Maths today I have been making different types of polygons from stars that are known as the seven stars of Matariki. I found it very fun to complete because I was able to make all sorts of polygons from just the seven stars. When I completed this activity I managed to make 18 different kinds of polygons.