Coding

 

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Formal and informal writing Comic

Last week in english we have been working on identifying informal and formal writing styles and language. Today we started making comics to show the difference between informal and formal writing. This is my comic, I hope you enjoy reading it.

About Me

Kia Ora everybody. My name is Astin and I am a year 10 and I go to Bay of Island college. I am New Zealand Maori. I live near Kawakawa with my Mum and Sister and our two cats Katrina and Mog (cat and kitten). We also have 3 horses called Lulu, Stella and Ebony which hang out in the back paddock. 

This year so far has been a bit messed up but I have tried my best to keep up with all of the schoolwork:) I am good at drawing and science and I enjoy reading and learning about history. Some of my favourite books at the moment are the Divergent Series (Divergent, Insurgent, Alligient) and also books written by Louis Sachar, I have already read Holes and Small Steps and I am currently reading Cardturner. One of my goals  for this year (or what is left of it) is to learn alot especially in math because I want to be an Engineer or an Architect when I am older.    

I am looking foward to the Year 10 Camp an the end of the year because we can go to Urapukapuka and spent a week on the island. It will be fun going with my friends. I hope that it is not cancelled because of coronavirus:)

Katrina 

Lulu

Rabbit Proof Fence

 This term in English we have been studying a film called The Rabbit Proof Fence. The movie was about three Aboriginal girls called Molly, Gracie and Daisy who were taken away from their families during the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations is a period in Australian history when European settlers took Aboriginal children from their families and put them in settlements where they were trained to be assimilated into European society. 

This movie follows their 1,266 km journey back to Jigalong after they escape from the River Moore settlement. 

I think that it is very  incredible the determination and perseverance these girls would have needed to complete their journey from River Moore back to Jigalong.

PST conference

On  the 8th of September (which is just over a month away) the school will be holding the parent student teacher conferences to talk about how well we are doing at school. In preparation of the PST's we have to write what marks we want to get for each subject and how we will achieved it. In all of my subjects I aim to achieve with excellence because it is important to always try your best at everything even if you aren't that good at it.

ENG: In english I am doing OK. Because of the lockdown it was difficult to catch up on all of the work we had.

VAD: It visual arts we have been learning how to draw and shade plants which I am enjoying so far because I like drawing.

SCI: I am doing very well in science and I think the only way for me get better is to do more work at home and revise for my tests.

MAT: I am doing well in maths, and I learn thing pretty fast so it is easy(ish) for me to learn new things.

SST: So far this year I have done OK in social studies. This term I am very proud of the level of work I have achieved.

HPE: I love P.E, it is one of my favourite classes which is why I try every sport even if I am not very good at it.

MOA: In Maori I am doing pretty well so far, although as a shy person, it is hard for me to stand up in front of the class and present things.

Binary

Today in Electronics class, we were learning about binary. Binary is a counting system that only uses two digits, one and two. Binary is also called base 2. We used cards that were black on one side and had the numbers of the 2 times tables on the other. We had to represent numbers that the teacher gave using these cards. After that we used this app to represent numbers in binary. We had to show the numbers 27,15,8 using the app. We also had to show our birth month. Guess which month is my birthday? (it is the last photo)

Microsoft MakeCode - Compass

Last term, before the corona virus lock down, our electrical class were working on our assessed projects. There were three projects to choose from, a compass for the blind, ukulele tuner or design a space invaders game. I choose to make a compass for the blind, by using different pitched bleeping sounds to distinguish between north and south, accurate within 2 degrees. I did try and use a recording to say when the compass was pointing north but the program was unable to record a voice tape.

On the coding program screen, there is a replica of a microbit. when i had finished coding  I used the replica microbit to test my piece of code. I had to make  few adjustment to the pitch of the bleeps and the time between each sound.

I really enjoyed making this piece of code and maybe, if I add more software, then I will be able to make the voice recording work :)

Science Wk 8

This week in  science we have been working on a new topic, forces and motion. We have been learning about the effect of gravity on objects like a pencil. We have also been learning about magnetic forces and by using paper, iron sand and a magnet, we created an experiment to show the force of a magnetic field.

Science - wk3

This week in science we have been establishing our target goals for our topics that we will be covering the term. We also had to explain what  we were going to to do to achieve our set goals. eg, managing self , staying on task.We have also been working on our 'About Me' projects, part of this was to include how we learnt science best; whether it is in a groups our by yourself.In class we have been reviewing the key competencies: Thinking, relating to others, using language, managing self, participating + contributing and how to use them to complete and achieve our goals. We discussed as a class these questions:What is science?what are physics?what is chemistry?what is biology? 

    I am looking forward to science this year :)