Snail race (maths probability)

Snail races probability game

the snail race is a probability where you have twelve snails and two dice. lets just say you roll a five and a two that makes a seven so snail number seven get to go up once. The worst snail you could get was number one since you can't get a one on two dice, the best snail you could get was number seven since there are three of ways of getting a seven.
the results on our game were:
ben: snail number 5 : 5 points: 5 matthew: 3 - 7 cath: 1 - 8
matthew: 7 - 5 luukas: 9 - 3 lulu: 6 - 1
after doing the race our teacher told us a trick to what snail wins the most

these are all the possible outcomes for rolling 2 dice, and it turns out that we were wrong,we thought that 6,7,8 were the best ones to role, but really 7 was the best, thanks to that table.

My family tree ( Mandarin )

Today our Mandarin teacher Tracy taught us what our family names are. Im Wo, my mum is ma ma and my dad is ba ba. My mums brother is Jiu Jiu and her sister is a yi. My dads brother, shu shu. My mums dad, wai gong, her mum, wai po. My dads mum nai nai, his dad ye ye. I drew part of my family tree too, here it is.

mandarin activity 2

Today our Chinese teacher Tracy taught us more words in Chinese, such as...

A conversation

Jiaming: Ni hao!
Bide: Ni hao! Ni jiao shen me
Jiaming: Wo jiao wang jiaming. Ni ne?
Bide: Wo jiao bide. Wo shi xin xi lan ren.

In Chinese New Zealand is Xin xi lan. And now I know lots more Chinese.

picasso art

my class, room 20, have been doing some picasso art. picasso was a famous artist who pushed the limits by making self-portraits unrealistic and full of colour.  To start of out picasso art we needed a head shape, some eyes, a nose, a mouth and a hat or necklace if we wanted. no blank spots should be left once you are done and don't forget to use bright colours for your art to stand out.

picasso has taught us that there are no rules to art. later in the year 1973 he had die on the 8th of april at age 91. but he left his art behind which made a dot of colour in the world. he has inspired many people to get into drawing and painting.  

Revaluation tour

today our school had been told to go to the hall to see the revolution tour. The revolution tour are a group of amazing people who go to lots of different places to show everyone to believe there's things that we can change in the world, and that we can change that we can stop all the bad things in the world by being happy, being nice to others and all that good stuff. blake showed us a phrase that inspired when he was small and that phrase was, I see you my friend. it means so much to have had someone to say that it makes you feel like there's someone looking out for you, it makes you feel like you need to make a change, be a better person help others and make the world a better place. I see you my friend.

The Creature From Below

The creature from below

My names james and i'm a forest kid. I live in a tree house, I have a metal arm, Which I built myself~

I also live in the middle of the jungle and

have a lot of friends, (also known as twigs). To be honest, I don't really have much of anything.

One day I was going to have lunch when I realised I didn't have any food or water. So the obvious thing to do would be getting out and finding food but james was lazy and fell asleep instead.

Later he woke up to take a look outside. its getting dark. He thought to himself *growl* and i'm starving! I should have gotten out side while I had the chance, oh well, maybe I can get back home before dark. So he got his fishing rod and went out in search of food. *yawn*  I feel like the old steam is getting further away everyday. Oh never mind it's right there. Hmm looks different. A lot different… he sat by a tree for a while he waited for a fish to catch on to his hook, but later went past like a snail. And that's when he heard something make a noise, verr-roomp-ishhh. Yay! A fish! But there was no pull. Fishy?

He looked to the right to see where the fish was. No fish. To the left. And that's when he saw…

a jungle creature! It arose from the swamp with water gushing out of itself. It looked like a tree type of robot thing. verr-roomp-ishhh. A glimpse of light shot out of something in the creature's hand. Again it made the noise. Then a boom of black smoke shot across the forest. I quickly shoved my arm over my eyes and when I turned to take a look all I saw was the swamp water being dirty and gooey.

I had no idea what to do. Was the creature friendly or was it here to destroy the forest. I peeked around the tree and saw a strange hole, but, it was two dimensional? As a smart kid I thought I knew everything! Until this… I guess is I can't be smartest, I can be the bravest!

I faced the creatures back. “Hey! Monster!”. It faced me. Eyes of fire, smile of none. I trembled in fear. That's when I realised. I shouldn't have done that… The creature walked towards me. “GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT”. I started to run. It was dark now.  I ran back into the woods knowing I would lose it. That's when it became foggy. I lost my direction. Where has my home gone? Where have I gone? I should just give up… I slowed down and dropped to the ground then began to cry, so hungry, cold, tired. But I... I… can't give up! I stood up, my legs wobbling, scratches down my arm and leg. I stood.

*drip*drip*I looked above me only the monsters eyes staring at me. I started running again. Thoughts rushed through my head. Why didn't the monster eat me when It had the chance? What seat? All . I looked back to see where the monster was. SMACK! I rubbed I cheek and took a look at what was infront of me. My house! I ran inside and had a sit down on the couch *pop* Ha? I grabbed something underneath me. Chips! I started up my everyday thing again. And everything was back to normal apart from learning something new.

That there might be some hard times where you think you're through, And believe me you can get scared, but you need to stand and get past the storm until the sun shines through. And that's how everything turned out ok for me.

A Fairytale ending

Fairytale ending

“Grrr… Why is the forest so big!”. Jessica yelled angry. “I can never be alone here all the ants are so wanting to be my boyfriends! I'm talking to you to thomas!”. Jessica walked on, and then she fell. Ahhhh! “Like omg where am I”. she pushed away the leaves and found a house. “I'm like totes going to crash this party”. She ran over to the strange house in the middle of the forest. Without opening her eyes, she broke through the front door and started raving to the old people music. “I'm so amazing like, omg!”. She chucked tea on the someone in front of her. “Did you do that child?. The creepy old woman said. “Eww your ugly im out. And that was the end of Jessica.