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Tuesday 27 October 2015

Maths - Term 4 Week 2


(1) From Auckland to Waitangi is 229 kilometres. We left Auckland at 9.39 am and arrived at Waitangi at 3.31 pm. Remember we also made three stops before we arrived at Waitangi.
How do the stops we made affect the travel time?
(ANSWER) The stops we made affected the travel time because wherever we stopped we spent a few minutes to roam around, so that made our travel longer.

(2) What is your estimate for the average speed the bus was travelling?
(ANSWER) 85km

(3) If the average speed of the bus is 80 km/h, what time would we have arrived at Waitangi if we didn’t make any stops?
(ANSWER & STRATEGY)
STOP 1: 45 minutes
STOP 2: 30 minutes  (add these times up) = 1 hour and 40 minutes
STOP 3: 25 minutes

Time we arrived at school: 3:31pm - 1 hour = 2:31pm - 31 minutes = 2:00pm = 9 minutes = 1:51pm

(4) The hairdresser has 4.5 litres of dye left. Each tint uses 0.375 millilitres of dye. How many tints can the hairdresser do?

KEYS:
Hairdresser has 4.5 litres left of dye
Each tint uses 0.375 litres of dye

STRATEGY:
0.375ml x 2 tints = 0.750ml
0.375ml x 4 tints = 1.500L

0.375ml x 8 tints = 3.000L     (add the answers)
0.375ml x 4 tints = 1.500L     (add the tints)
3.000L + 1.500L = 4.500L = 4.5 litres
8 tints + 4 tints = 12 tints (ANSWER)

(5) Three boys share two pizzas equally. Eight girls share six pizzas equally. Who gets more pizza, one of the boys or one of the girls?
BOYS: None because they shared it EQUALLY
GIRLS: None because they shared it EQUALLY

(6) Bas needs to buy 114 cans of soft drink. How many 6-packs should he get?

STRATEGY & ANSWER:
6 x 10 = 60
6 x 20 = 120  (Subtract 1 away from 20 to make 19 because 120 is 6 more than 114)
6 x 1 = 6, so, 120 - 6 = 114
20 - 1 = 19 sets of 6-packs (ANSWER)

(7) In 1912 the world record time for the 100 metre sprint was 10.6 seconds. It is now 9.69 seconds. By how much has the record changed?

STRATEGY & ANSWER:
9.69 + 0.31 = 10.0   (add 0.31 & 0.6)
10.0 + 0.6 = 10.6
0.31 + 0.6 = 0.91 seconds

MAINTENANCE:
⅗ + 4 ⅘ = 5 2/5

6/8 - ⅜ = 3/8

23.3 + 2.89 = 26.19

0.008 + 0.07 = 0.078

3.42 + 8.97 = 12.39

Duffy Assembly


Duffy Assembly

On Friday 23rd October 2015, Glenbrae School had Duffy Assembly. It started after morning tea. I was so excited for the assembly to start. When everyone was assembled to the hall, the Junior classes and some of the Senior classes sat on the floor, and Rooms 9 and 10 sat on  the seats.

Before  the show started, the entertainers discussed 3 simple rules.
Rule 1: We were allowed to call out the answers
Rule 2: Our bottoms had to touch the floors or the seats during the show at all times
Rule 3: When they did the X sign. that meant that everyone had to quiet down

Soon the show started. It was about a girl who didn't like reading books. She found it boring to go to the library and read books, she would rather watch television or play games. She was failing in her grades  at school. One day, she met a  boy named Duffy, she saw him in the library, she asked him why he liked going to the library. Duffy said that he liked to imagine and dream, but the girl didn't bother to listen, so Duffy took her  to the library and asked her  some questions like 'What she likes', 'What her favourites things are' or 'What she admires'. Sooner or later, she started to read books and fairytale stories, she even started to dream and imagine. She kept visiting the library  from day after day, she asked her mum if she can get a  library card so that she can issue out some books to read. Her mother wasn't really a fan of reading, until Duffy found her a book about fishing. Once she got  her library card she started issuing out books, she kept reading, imagining and dreaming, then her grades were improving in her school work. From that day onwards, she kept dreaming and imagining by reading.

The show was hilarious  One thing I learnt is to never give up, keep imagining and dreaming by reading a lot of books.

Kiwican


Kiwican Reflection

On Friday 23rd October 2015, Rooms 10 and 9 had Kiwican straight after the Duffy Assembly. Our teachers were Miss Tuia and Mr Numia as usual. Our new theme is Respect and our new  topic is Respecting Ourselves.

We  talked  about  our  Personal  Strengths and how  everyone is  different, not everyone is the same. We had a warm up game. We were divided into 2 groups. One person goes inside the circle and says something that they think they  are good at, and the ones  that think that they  are good at it too runs around the circle. Whoever is the last person to reach there spot  has to be inside the circle and then  it is there  turn to say something  that  they think they are  good at.

After that we played a game, when  someone calls out a fruit, we had to jump away  from the taggers, but we were only allowed to jump once. If the person calling out  the fruit names calls out  something that is not a fruit, and we jump then we are out.

We played until it was time for the points. Both  classes got  23 out of 25.

Technology Reflection


Technology Reflection

On Friday 23rd October 2015, the year 7 and 8 students had technology at Tamaki College. The year 8's had Graphics and Mr Pineda was our teacher. Class started at 8:45am and ended at 10:30am.

Mr Pineda showed us a video of how to print our shirts, but we didn't bring a shirt because we went camp, so we are printing our shirts next technology. He instructed us to find a photo from the internet and copy it onto a clear piece of paper. We had to make sure that the drawing was easy to craft out for our shirts, because the drawing that we chose is our stencil. I chose a Lion's head as my stencil because Lions are one of my favourite animals. Some of us students were listening to music on our netbooks while we were drawing, because it helped us concentrate.

Throughout the session, all we did was draw our stencils.

Weekly Quiz - Term 4 Week 2


Weekly Quiz

1. Why has New Zealander Chris Cairns been in
the news?
•a. HE IS A PAST FAMOUS NZ CRICKET PLAYER WHO HAS
 BEEN ACCUSED FOR MATCH FIXING
•b. he is an actor who has just been given the lead
   role in the next Mission Impossible movie
•c. he is an author who has just won a prestigious
 international literature award

2. Last week, European and Russian space
agencies have announced plans for manned
missions to ....?
• a. Mars
 • b. Venus
  • c.THE MOON

3. Which of the following is being described as
“plasticy”, “crispy” and “slippery”?
• a. the new uniform for the Rio Olympics
• b. THE NEW BANKNOTES
• c. a dead python that was found under a
passenger’s seat on a Air New Zealand
flight

4. From November 30, New Zealand adult
passports will be valid for 10 years instead of
the current five years. Do New Zealanders
need a passport for domestic (national) flights?
• a. Yes
• b. NO
• c. Only if flying from one island to another


5. What is the name of the famous car race that
Craig Lowndes won recently along with his
Kiwi co-driver Steven Richards?
• a. Caulfield Cup
• b. BATHURST 1000
• c. Monaco Grand Prix

6. What happened to a caravan in a Cromwell
camping ground last week?
• a. A BULLET FROM A HUNTER WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH THE CARAVAN
• b. the caravan was tipped over by a mini
tornado
• c. the caravan caught fire after being hit by
lightning

7. What was found last week in a Canterbury
river?
• a. a previously undiscovered breed of
freshwater fish
• b. a diamond ring worth $100,000
• c. ILLEGALLY DUMPED TOXIC SUBSTANCES

8. Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence is
claiming the film industry is sexist because of
the inequality in pay between female actors
and male actors. In which of the following films
did Jennifer Lawrence NOT appear?
• a. the Hunger Games films
• b. X Men: Apocalypse
 • c. INSURGENT

9. True or false, the Finance Minister has
announced the government’s finances are in
surplus (the government is spending less than
they are receiving in taxes and earnings) this
year?
TRUE

10. True or false, the controversial Kiwi novel Into
the River, which was previously taken off New
Zealand bookstore shelves has been classified
as Restricted 18?
FALSE

11. Why was a Danish Zoo in the news last week?
• a. it has been temporarily shut down as
multiple animals have died from an
unexplained illness
• b. THE ZOO  PERFORMED A PUBLIC DISSECTION OF A LION CUB IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
• c. vandals broke in to the zoo and left three
enclosures open allowing animals to
escape

12. What was found in a muesli bar manufactured
by Tasti last week?
• a. a cockroach
• b. a $2 coin
• c. A SHARP PIECE OF PLASTIC

13. A fireworks company has been ordered to pay
more than $90,000 to spectators injured at an
event last year. At what event did the accident
happen?
• a. AN ALL BLACK BLEDISlOE CUP MATCH
• b. a Justin Bieber concert
• c. a Vodafone Warriors game

14. A 62-year-old Australian man lost for six days
in the Outback has been found alive, surviving
without water and by eating ...?
• a. lizards
• b. snakes
• c. ANTS

15. Which New Zealand city is also known as the
Garden City?
• a. CHRISTCHURCH
• b. Hamilton
• c. Auckland


VISUAL QUIZ:

1. AUSTRALIA
2. KISS
3. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
4. IRELAND
5. AARON SMITH








Tuesday 20 October 2015

Duffy Assembly


Duffy Assembly

On Thursday 10th September 2015, Glenbrae school had a Duffy assembly in the hall. Our guest was Myron Simpson and he is a cyclist.

Myron Simpson started riding his bike when he was 3 years old. He moved on to racing on the road a few years later. He had been to 25 countries, in 2007 he came second place and won the silver medal in Mexico at the Omnium Events. He has been representing New Zealand since he started biking.

He came to assembly with some of his gears for some students to try on. He came in with his bike, shoes, suit and his helmet. All of these gears were designed to be aerodynamic which means that it is supposed to make him cut through the wind and help him ride faster. His bike was made out of carbon fibre and he got it from France. His helmet was painted by his uncle, on top it had the New Zealand flag and on the sides it had the silver ferns symbol and a kiwi riding a bike with flames following from behind. His current team is Team Budget Forklifts, his discipline is track and road and his role is being a rider.
Image result for aerodynamic helmetImage result for world's most aerodynamic bikeImage result for aerodynamic shoesImage result for aerodynamic suitImage result for myron simpson

Myron Simpson said that vehicles are only supposed to go 40 kilometres per hour when they are around schools. The fastest that he could go was 110 kilometres per hour, faster than a car could go in the motorway. He talked to us about how reading is important and his experiences on being a cyclist. After a few minutes, he asked us some questions, he picked 4 students to try on his gears. Danny wore his medal, Honey wore his helmet, Mateaki wore his shoes and Sioeli wore his suit and got to hop onto his bike. When he finished, I got up and said thank you to him for sharing his experiences on being a cyclist and how important reading was.

I learnt to never give up, try my best and keep on reading to achieve my goals.