LAST DAY OF ENRICH :(

Today is THE LAST DAY AT ENRICH THIS YEAR I know it's sad but at least I'm at secondary school next year. Anyways today at Enrich we played a Wilson game called All or Nothing Championship. You play by throwing a bean bag into a basket  and standing behind the basket to throw t back to your team if you get it in then you throw it back to your team if you drop it you have to bring the basket  back to the start. We chose our group in my group was Josh Jordan Max Me Riley Izzy Anais and Pippa. The first round was a tie which was disappointing the second one we lost by 5 points the 3rd one we played we won it taking the entire win.

EGG DROP!!!

Today is our 2ND LAST DAY AT ENRICH:( I know its devastating but at least I'm off to secondary school next year :). Anyway today at Enrich we carried on with our must do's and picks after last weeks sickening test with the eyeball. This week I decided to take something a bit more pleasant. So I chose EGG DROP!!! with Alana. It was physics about gravity  and inertia. First we filled up the glass with water and we laid the plastic sign on to the glass then we put toilet roll on top and then put the eggs sideways on the toilet roll then we HIT the plastic away and the egg landed in the glass it was EPIC!!!. We had to do it 3 times for it to be fair. But one that I did shattered because I did it too lightly - it looked like I patted a little kitten Alana said! We had to write the results afterwards. We learnt that when something is in a state of inertia light friction will not affect it and it will fall below into the glass from gravity.

Thinkers Keys

Today at Enrich we did a workshop called Thinkers Key the purpose of it was to make us think outside of the box. We had had to line up on the wood and were split into groups again I was on my own :( but I was with Alana :) we had to start with variations we had to think of other ways to communicate without speaking. The record was 23 but my group managed to steal the lead with 24. After that my group rotated to Katie she was doing the ridiculous key. The ridiculous key is a silly statement but what would be the benefit of it such as 6 year olds being able to drive.

S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Today at Enrich we continued with our Must Dos and Picks. I only had to do  1 must do to complete the must do section of it. I had to do S.C.A.M.P.E.R Environment based with Alana. When Alana started the workshop we watched the HILARIOUS S.C.A.M.P.E.R video. We could not stop laughing once the mayhem was over we had to choose any environment . M y group chose Max's dads brewery but we did not have enough time to finish.  We came up with creative ideas like substituting alcoholic drinks for kid friendly drinks so that children can be entertained there too, or M - mega, make the brewery bigger so that it can produce more beer!

Sea Shepard

Today at Enrich we had a special guest it was JAKE'S DAD  Grant he is from the Sea Shepherd campaign. They are an anti whaling group. He came to talk to us about the Japanese killing whales and throwing them back in the ocean. He talked about how we could help and what he does. Sea Shepherd crew throw stink bombs at the whaling ships because the gas makes the meat go rotten so that all they can do is use them for scientific research.

Passion Time

As you know I have completed my stone carving for passion time so today I got to pick what I wanted to do. I decided to join inventions with Max and Luke. We had to come up with solutions to annoying problems. I came up with the twink pen it would white out the mistakes in your writing so its pretty much a pen with twink on the end of it. I also came up with the zip grip. It is a zip on grip to your rugby ball that has lost it's grip. I could become a millionaire if I keep this up!!!!

Spinning Matchstick Experiment

Today at Enrich we had to do the normal must do's and picks. First we completed one of the must do's called Adora Svitak she is a very talented 12 year old and she stands up for kids dreams. In our own time me Jordan, Max, and Luke attempted to finish one pick called the spinning matchstick experiment. It is very hard to balance the $1.00 coin on the 20 cent coin but edventually we got it and the balloons static electricity moved the matchstick.

Technology Challenge

Hi it's me again, today was the first day at Enrich for term 4. Today we had to do a technology challenge on MacGyver. He was knocked out and when he woke up his feet were cemented into the ground. There was a chisel and a hammer 2.5 m away and a bomb that would explode in 1 minute! We had to make a contraption to grab the chisel and hammer, we used 8 pieces of newspaper 4 paperclips 3 arm lengths of cello-tape and string. We had 15 minutes to do so, my group would have exploded!!!

Last Day Of Enrich

Today is the last day of Enrich for the term I know it's gutting but luckily we finished a lot of fun stuff. Like chess I defended my 7th place spot against Jordan phew.......We also played a Wilson game called "bullseye". But we also had a lot of paperwork like our goal setting for the term and our key competencey. We luckily got some passion time my stone carving is so close to finished Jordan finished his but it snapped in half.

Picadilly Circus

Today at Enrich we played a new Wilson Game called Picadilly Circus. Picadilly Circus is a game that you have to think about strategy. There is one ball in the middle and you have to hand it around the circle but you can't hand it to the person right beside us. The record was 56 seconds  by another class.  Our first 3 turns were all 1.11 minutes, but our 4th was 39 seconds!! Hip hip hooray Thursday!!

Chess

Today at Enrich after the roll we played leader board chess. Before we even started Jake challenged me  I was annoyed but I said "yes".  When the game started after 10 minutes we didn't take out any pieces!!!! Then everybody told us to hurry up, the game finished after about 45 minutes but Jake won by one point. I was so ashamed so I rematched him at lunch and he forfeited so I defended my place in 4th.

Today at Enrich we started the 2nd round of Fibonacci with Alana.  If you don't know what this is it is a complicated system invented by Leonardo Fibonacci it's sequence that goes 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 it you add the previous number with the 2nd previous to get the answer. There are several ideas for how it was invented. Some think that it is cows because of their breeding process the same with rabbits and bees. But there is a method of a snails shell if you draw out the Fibonacci numbers and put curved lines through them it makes a snail shell.

P4C and Debating

Today at enrich we got split into groups for P4C and Debating. I started in P4C, the subject was the Zax from Dr.Zuess. If you haven't heard it, one Zax walks north and the other walks south, they eventually collide and they are so committed to it that they never walk east or west they stay there for 59 years!!!!!.    Anyway the point was, was that a good kind of pride? or not? we decided that the answer was no, do you agree? After that we went to debating, the subject was: Should we get rid of cats on Stewart Island? We were the affirmative side. Altogether it was a dead tie.

P4C and Debating

Today at enrich we started a new Debating topic, it was: should 18 and younger children be able to make a Facebook account? I was on the negative team and the team members were Sarah , Claire , Hamish  , Robert, Conor and I. The other team won because they had more rebuts. Then we switched over to P4c. The topic was could you place your opinion on something you haven't experienced? We decided the answer was yes. Do you agree?

OE-CAKE!

Today I learnt how to make an OE-CAKE. I learnt many combinations Josh learnt how to make acid I learnt how to make glue and make explosions. I made a timer and then destroy it with Joshs acid.

Biology and Dinoscopes

Today at Enrich we got to choose what we wanted to do out of Art Cartooning with Katie, Chemistry with Jenni or Biology and Dinoscopes with Darryn. I obviously chose Biology with Darryn. We got to take super close photos. I took exactly 20 photos. We took some of our skin. It looks so gross and crusty. I took one of my Southland Stags top it looks like fresh blood.

Here is one of my pictures. It is just pen on my skin but it looks like blood! UUGGHH!!!!!!!

Environment

Today at Enrich we decided what we wanted to do to help the environment.  Me, Josh, Jordan and Max wanted to work together and we all wanted to work on Seaward bush.  We are going to create stoat, weasel and rat traps and also hang up bird feeders and walk around to check if we chase anything.  For my high interest station I made a tessellation.

Technology challenge

Today at Enrich we had to start a technology challenge. We had to launch a shuttlecock the furtherest with only 4 rubber bands, 2 straws, 4 tooth picks, a cup, tin foil and cellotape.  We got sorted into teams, my team was Claire ,Connor ,Hamish and Tara.  We had only 20 minutes to complete it, we made a slingshot but at the last minute it collapsed.  The prize was chocolate. 

Tessellations

Today at Enrich we got to decide what we wanted to choose out of  tessellations with Darryn  
art with Katie or the most popular chemistry with Jenny. I chose tesselations. Tesselations are a sort of pattern that is repeated each time. First you must draw a shape that can be joined on with the same shape every time. Then just repeat it until it is big enough. Here is mine.

Last Day Reflection

Hi it's me again. Today at Enrich since it is the last day at Enrich for term two :(  we had to do two reflections today. One was where you think you are for blog posts and managing yourself at doing independent tasks. The other one was a sheet for thinking back on what we have done and learnt this term.

Canstruction

Today at Enrich we continued with our canstruction on the despicable me minion. We learnt exactly how much cans were going to be in it there was 327 cans. We sketched it out on active inspire we needed three colours yellow black and blue. There is 12 rows. Here is my plan and my active inspire sketch of it.

Kowhaiwhai patterns

Today at Enrich we finished of our Kowhaiwhai patterns. A Kowhaiwhai pattern is a Maori type of art. A Kowhaiwhai pattern has to be symmetrical. In a Kowhaiwhai pattern there is only three colours black red and white.To start I had to use a French curve to sketch out the pattern. Then I went over it really hard and then we sat it on a board and did it hard again and it showed up on the board then we painted it and finally I went around it in vivid. I had a great time learning how to make a Kowhaiwhai pattern. Darryn gave me a lot of good advice.

Sketch up

Today for canstruction we started the blueprint for the Highlanders on Sketch up. It was very frustrating to make the cans where they were meant to be which was in a straight line 24 cans across and 16 cans up.  Once I had done that I had to paint it the right colors.

Stone carving

Today in passion time I worked on my carving again and it is really starting to look like a dinosaurs head. I also did a pick about the solar flares and I learnt that the sun spot that makes these flares is 12 times bigger than the whole Earth!!

Passion Project

Today at Enrich we started passion time. Passion time is something that we want to learn more about. My passion is Stone Carving. I made a T rex head but I did not finish it. Bruno made a Smurf  head, Jordan made a koru pattern and Conor made the same thing as Jordan and Hamish also made the same.

Field trip

Today at Enrich we went to the museum. We looked at the wearable arts there was a part that had ultraviolet lights - anything white glowed ! My favourite dress was a Maori leather dress it won the competition. I enjoyed my time while it lasted.

Lying

Today at Enrich we did P4c it was all about lying. We decided that there is no way to justify lying. You also can not lie to yourself. Now I know lying is not necessary. One of the 6 questions was if you would steal a cookie before tea and your mom comes home in a foul mood would you tell her the truth? Or lie and say you hadn't eaten a cookie?  I would tell the truth!

Last Day of Enrich

Today at Enrich we filled in a learning wheel.  This is a sheet that helps you to look back on all the things you have done for the term.  Here is my learning wheel:

Multiple Intelligence test

Today I did a Multiple Intelligence test. It turns out I like nature the best followed by people smart my worst was surprisingly myself smart.

Bio poem

Today I learnt how to make an OE-CAKE. Josh showed me how to make acid. I learnt how to make glue,  I learnt many combinations like explosion. I also did a Bio poem which is my perspective about myself and here it is.

Alice 2.2

Last week we learnt how to create an Alice 2.2. Our subject was the old lady who swallowed a fly. I used a zombie, lady bug, penguin and a cat. I accidentally deleted Alice 2.2 though. Alice 2.2 is a cartoon 3D program which you do computer programming in.

Our trip to town

Two weeks ago we went on a trip to town.We went to learn about perspective.We went to the Water Tower we could see everywhere in Invercargill.  Then we went to the Basilica the dome shaped roof was amazing. Our final stop was the art gallery my favorite was the world war two plane.