Rubric / End of term reflection

 This term my modules were Blast off and Amazing adaptations. In Blast off I have enjoyed working with my buddy and building catapults and rube goldberg machines. The rube gold berg machines were really hard to make because the dominos that we used were too small so we had to change them to jengas. In amazing adaptations we were writing reports on amazing animals. My report is about the fennec fox and I have finished it but I just need to add some things to make it sound really good. In literacy we are watching movies and doing little tasks that go with the movie, the movie that my group is watching is: Horton hears a who. In Numeracy we are doing algebra and simplifying equations, its a little bit hard and I needed help with simplifying algebra equations but otherwise I think i'm doing ok in numeracy. In Te Whare we are learning about saints that went on journeys like Moses, Abraham and Sarah, Saint Paul and Jesus. 

This year the yr7s and yr8s are going on a ski trip. I am going to try and pack my own bag without my Mum helping me. I am really looking forward to skiing in the cold, icy snow.

Catapults poster

This week for blast off we did a competition for our catapults. My group got 3rd place for our catapult going further than the others. We had to design a catapult that went far and it was a strong structure. Then we had to design a poster with information on selling the catapult. 

Rube goldberg machine.

 In the past few weeks in blast off we have been making Rube goldberg machines. Rube goldberg machines are complex machines doing simple tasks, these tasks could be: putting a ball in a bucket, put a bottle in a bin, ring a bell, switch off a light or some other tasks. Our task was to get a ball in a cup, we used: jenga, tennis ball, glue stick, car, tracks, marble, roll of tape, domino lid and dominos. Together we made this machine:

And here is our final design: