Learning Reflections- term 2 week 1

Week 1

Term 1 couldn't possibly go so fast. There's going to be so many exiting things this term. Science Fair, for one. My topic is 'Which fizzy drink, out of Sprite, Coke, or Fanta, does the most damage to your teeth?'

For Extension Writing, we have to write a 500 word story. I have a horror story based on a thought blossomed from a friend's nightmare. It may be a bit too gruesome and violent, and it is very creepy. Our Extension Writing teacher, Mrs Shaw, found some tips online for writing, from a good author. I really liked his metaphor; 'A piece of writing is like a rose bush- it grows healthier after you prune the unnecessary parts.' I think that's very clever.

This term, we have a program where we can write up our own timetables for the day. I think this will benefit our learning a lot. If I had my way, I would do silent reading and writing all day.

For maths, we are working on decimals and fractions. Lately I have done converting fractions into recurring decimals. Some decimals take ages to recur, and some only have one digit. For example, one third is 0.33333 and so on, and one seventeenth is 0.0588235294117647 repeated forever.