Kiwi Kids News

Today I was reading a story on kiwi kids new about spiders being able to hear us humans speaking or making any noise.
This is strange because spiders do not have ears.
scientists were doing studies on where the sound goes and they found the jumping spider has hairs on its back legs that pick up noise. 
The scientists did a distance check and clapped close to a jumping spider in the recording studio and then got further and further away until the scientist was out of the room which is 5 whole meters away from the spider and it still picked up the sound of the clap.

I found this article interesting because this discovery was found by accident! and the story hooked me into reading it. 

Maths Hub Reflection

today in maths hub i was focusing on turning a division problem into a multiplication problem and then working out the problem backwards. I found this task quite easy because i know multiplication and division. here is an example of my working

when your sharing into sets you can change your division problem into something like multiplication problem. (e.g 49 cans of fizzy drink have to go into 7 boxes that would be 7 divided by 49 equals what? you could change that by going 7 times what equals 49 the answer is 7 times 7 equals 49 so 49 cans of fizzy drink in 7 boxes would be 7 cans a box. so 49 divided by 7 equals 7

Kiwi kids news

A diet of hot chips, coke, and little else nearly blinded Australian Cian Moore.
His mum, Kerry Moore, had tried ophthalmologists and pediatricians in an attempt to find the cause of her son’s increasing blindness.
Nobody had an answer.
Cian is now 16 and he is eating better food.
he has been taking medication and his right eye is nearly fully recovered but his left eye is permanently damaged.
And he`s started eating his vegetables!!

I found this artical interesting because i now know what is does to your eyesight if you eat to much unhealthy food and i hope people learn from this artical about eating healthy.

Brain Inquiry

Maths reflection

Improper fractions

Yesterday we were doing improper fractions and what they mean. I have learnt that a improper fraction is when the numerator is bigger than the denominator. (e.g 9/3 is an improper fraction because the numerator is bigger than the denominator.)
What really helped me in maths was working with a partner so I can discuss my learning with my partner. What also really helped me was having fraction pieces made out of paper which helped me make my mixed fractions.
                                                      here is an example of my learning

R.E reflection

In R.E this week we have been learning about the seven sacraments. The seven sacraments are
baptism, eucharist, confirmation, reconciliation, anointing of the sick, marriage, and holy orders.
In class we have been focusing on the two sacraments of healing they are, reconciliation, and anointing of the sick. We have been reading the bible to look at the stories on this one of them is, Jesus heals a deaf and mute man. I found this task quite easy because  
 at this school we believe in Jesus and his miracles.

Maths Reflection

In maths this week we have been mainly doing mental maths for our maths. I think mental maths is a great exercise for my brain because I learn something new each week in mental maths. The second reason I like doing mental maths is because it is never the same it is different every day. For example there are questions like will a circle tessellate the answer is no. The answer to this question is no because because a circle won't fit into another circle without having gaps. A shape that will tessellate is a square because squares can fit into each other without gaps. That is one of the many things I have learn in mental maths.