One Square Metre

The class made a 10,000cm square because we are working on area. Some of us didn't think that it would be 10,000 square cm blocks. We also had a black piece of paper which is 30cm x 30cm and the area of it was 900 square cm.

Castles Completed

Both teams worked feverishly to complete their castles, and here are the finished products. After our accurate measuring, we worked out the area of the square towers using the formula for finding area. Area = length x width.

The formula for finding the area of the whole circular castle is pi x radius squared.

And the winner is.....to be announced soon.

Netball game

On Thursday at netball practice, I was chosen to play G.A 'goal attack for Saturday's game.

Before the game on Saturday Mum made me shoot 100 hoops but I didn't get them all in.

We played against Broadgreen Intermediate . I was really nervous. The final score was 10 all.

I shot nine of the ten goals which was pretty good.

Our team is called Mapuana, we have players from Mapua and Mahana.

When I got home Dad said I did well and it must have been "because I did all that practice".

Boys vs Girls - the battle is on!

The Battle is On to Construct the Most Accurate Castle. 
Accurate measurement is the main purpose of this exercise, so careful adherence to the instructions is paramount. Here are the beginning stages in progress!
Watch this space!!!!

Book review - Mud Sweat and Tears

This book is an autobiography by Bear Grylls.

It goes through his childhood and what it's like to fail in the SAS and how to be resilient and to keep going. Also about his family in the Isle of White and growing up abseiling and hiking. It a great book for people who like to watch Bear Grylls and want to learn more about his life. I would recommend it for aged 9 to 14 and I rate it a 10 out of 10

Book reveiw - The Hunting of the Last Dragon

The Hunting of the Last Dragon- Sherryl Jordan

All of the villages believed the very last dragon had been dead for years. But has it really been killed?

An ordinary boy called Jude lived a ordinary life with his family in the small village of Doran, until one day his village was destroyed by a fire breathing dragon. The fire left their village smoldering away with nothing anyone could do about it. The tragedy of the fire devastated Jude, so he set out on on a mission to kill the dragon and save the other villages.

I would rate this book 10/10.

I would recommend this book to anyone aged 9-13.

I loved the book because I never new what to expect next and the book really got me hooked even at the start.