Home Learning Challenge ( Excellence week 5, blog post 15)

Family outing to Botanic Gardens.

Budget $25

12.00pm	Arrive at Botanic Gardens	Walk around and look at the plants and garden
12.30pm	Explore the treacher hunt
1.00pm	Have a picnic at the park	Play on the playground
2.00pm	Go home	Talk about day

Canterburys (Excellence week 5, blog post 14)

Today I couldn't go to Technology because I was at Canterburys for netball. I showed Community by taking part in the team and doing my best when I was challenged. I showed the learner quality of communicating by talking with my team to make a game plan.

Canterburys (Excellence week 5, blog post 13)

Today I couldn't do my PALs job because I was at Canterburys for netball. But I showed excellence at Canterburys for trying my best and playing hard. We had 7 games and we won 5 of them a drew 2, but something weird happened and somehow we didn't get to go to semis. I showed the learner quality of communicating by talking to my team and making a plan.

Arts

Home Learning Challenge R2 (Excellence week 4, blog post 12)

Today I baked some cookies for my neighbor. They had M&M's on them.

Pals (Excellence week 4, blog post 11)

Today Maddy L and I had PALs. We did Jump Jam in the hall. The big screen wouldn't turn on so I held a game of Simon says while we waited for it to turn on. I showed Community by giving up my lunch time to make sure the little kids had something to do. I showed the learner quality of communicating by talking with the kids to make sure they didn't go crazy. 

Technology (Excellence week 4, blog post 10)

Today the year 7/8s had technology at Lincoln. It was the start of our new pentad, this pentad I'm now doing cooking. Today in cooking we made hotdog traps. They tasty delicious. I showed respect by listening to the steps and the teacher. I showed the learner quality of belonging to the new cooking class.

Home Learning Challenge (Excellence week 3, blog post 9)

Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland New Zealand in July 1919. He was a famous mountaineer in New Zealand. In 1953 he went Nepal and set up base camp on the bottom of Mt Everest. Him and several other mountaineers with their Sherpa's, Sir Ed's Sherpa was Tenzing. They set out on 28th of May, their Sherpa's carried 15KG packs to the summit of Mt Everest.

They only spent 15 minutes on the top. Once at the bottom the Queen gave him the coronation medal and knighted him.

Hillary climbed 10 other peaks in the Himalayas and reached the south pole on a trans-antarctic expedition his group was the first to reach the pole using motor vehicles.

In 2008 he died at the age of 88

Pals (Excellence week 3, blog post 8)

Today Maddy L and I had PALs. We couldn't find the sound box so we went to the hall and played octopus until Mr Muller came over with it. I showed active thinking by being flexible by changing it up so the little kids wouldn't get bored while waiting. I showed the learner quality of trustworthy by being trustworthy to show up to my job duty.

Technology (Excellence week 3, blog post 7)

Today the yr 7/8s had Technology at Lincoln Primary. This pentad I'm doing design, it was our last time doing design because next pentad were doing cooking. Today I got my 3D printed design. I made a turtle and a key ring. At Chinese we learnt how to say dates and we did a test I got 10/10.  I showed respect by listening to the Chinese teachers. I showed the learner quality of Collaborating with Anneke to make our pillow. 

Technology (Excellence week 2, blog post 6)

Today the yr 7/8s had Technology at Lincoln Primary. This pentad I'm doing design. Today I made a new basketball because my one last week broke. I also got my hair tie and sewed bells onto it, so when ever my head shakes you hear bells. In Chinese we learnt birthday months and how to sing happy birthday. I showed respect by listening to the Chinese teachers. I showed the learner quality of questioning by asking for help with Chinese so I could sing the song.

Pals (Excellence week 2, blog post 5)

Today Maddy L and I had PALs. We had to swap days because this term I have to got to Te Hapua on a Friday. We did Jump Jam but the laptop wasn't working so me and Maddy were flexible and started a game of Simon says while we waited for Jump Jam to load. I showed active thinking by being flexible by changing it up so the little kids wouldn't get bored while waiting. I showed the learner quality of resilience by when some of the little kids weren't listening I keeped going and didn't give up.

Multiplicative Strategies

Use a range of multiplicative strategies when operating on whole numbers

I can apply the strategy to problem solving questions

The escape

A prisoner sits in his cell planning his escape. The prisoner is kept in by 5 laser beams, which operate along a corridor. Each laser is switched off at a specific time interval for just long enough to allow a person to walk through. The time between being switched off for each laser is shown below:

• Laser One = every 3 minutes
• Laser Two = every 2 minutes
• Laser Three = every 5 minutes  
• Laser Four = every 4 minutes  
• Laser Five = every 1 minutes

The guard patrols and checks the prisoner each time all the laser beams are off simultaneously. Because each laser only switches off for a short time the prisoner knows he can only get past one laser at a time. He has to get past the five lasers from 1 to 5 in order. Laser One is at the entrance of the prisoner’s cell and laser Five is at the door to the outside. He also knows that if he spends longer than 4 minutes 12 seconds in the corridor an alarm will go off.

Can the prisoner escape without the alarm in the corridor going off?

Yes

If he can escape, how many minutes should he wait before passing Laser One?

3 minutes

How much time will he have after passing Laser Five before the guard raises the alarm? 21 minutes

L1	3	6	9	12	15	18
L2	2	4	6	8	10	12
L3	5	10	15	20	25	30
L4	4	8	12	16	20	24
L5	1	2	3	4	5	6
	L1 3 minutes	L2 4 minutes	L3 5 minutes	L4 8 minutes	L5 1 minute	=21 minutes