Spelling Results Term 1

 One thing that I've done well this term in my spelling is getting my spelling words right and getting 10/10 every week and I'm proud of myself, we have even been learning to spell words in te reo. 

One of the things I would like to improve next term is my sentences, and hopefully get into the top 3 for sentences most weeks. And maybe get first. I would be happy if I got that.

Sailing Experience

Little red and yellow sail boats floated across the ocean all kept together with a piece of rope.  They were all being towed by a boat with a motor that rippled across the water. Once we got to a decent spot on the ocean they'd let us go so that we could actually sail. One by one the boats were untied by the rope that kept them together, one would be in charge of the direction would go and the other one was leading the sail and choosing how fast or slow the boat would go. They then emptied rubbish bags of coloured plastic balls and rubber ducks on the surface. The children scurried after to get as much as they could, it was like when a pinata breaks, everyone fights over what had been dropped on to the surface. Once all was collected they would flip your boat and show you how to get it back up. The little red and yellow boats were once again towed and returned to the shallow and pushed back up on the sand.

One of the activities was a thinking puzzle game and a bit of a competition, you would try and make a boat that would fit as much stones as it could possibly could without it sinking. Simply the one that had the most, won. You would have to make a boat made out of tinfoil, put it on the water to see if it could float by itself, and then keep adding as much stones as you could until it's reached it's limit. Try and see among your friends who can fit the most in the tinfoil boats.

I had a good day, my favourite part was sailing and being flipped off the boats because the water was warm.  Although I thought I saw something that looked like a stingray or shark and then turned out it was a sail of someone else's boat. The on land activities were fun.  

Goal Setting Term One

1. To work on multiplying and dividing decimals (Stretch Goal) Find out the best way possible to find the answer. Get someone to write or ask questions about the topic and see how many I can get right. I would try and get at least 20min.

2. Build more of a complex vocab (Stretch Goal) Use references ( People that have a better writing skill than me) and try and get ideas for vocab for a type of story. I would try maybe every 2nd week.

3. To be better in my descriptive writing (Strength Goal) I would try and write in my spare time and use references to gain different ideas to use in my writing. I would use 30 minutes at least every second week.

4. Be able to draw more realistically (Home Goal) Give more time to my art in my free time and use references to get better in drawing different body parts.