Online School - Term 2 - Day 8

Howdy Folks!

Today's second blog post is actually about today's work, I did three activities; two Friday tasks and math task. 

The first task I did was a piece of ANZAC Day craft; where I made milk bottle lanterns. First I cut up two milk bottles in half and threw away the part with the handle. Next, I sketched out a poppy onto a piece of paper and taped it to the inside of one of the milk bottle sides. Then I went over it with a sharpie on the outside. Then I painted it red and green and waited for it to dry. While it dried I drew the other design and painted it in as well. Then all I had to do was BluTack a tea light inside and make the other one. Next time I would melt down the edges of the bottle because it is pretty sharp. Here is a photo of them unlit because I'm waiting until ANZAC day to light them.

The next task I did was to make some emoji sayings, this was quite straight-forward; all I had to do was to research some common phrases and make them in emojis. Here is my slide, try and figure them out!

The last task I completed was the build your own android task. If you look at my previous post I explain the task, but here is my completed android with a full description.

That's it for today folks!

See you later!

Online School - Term 2 - Day 7

Hello Readers,

Today I have to do two blog posts again because I keep forgetting to blog! So this blog post is Thursday's work.

My first task was to describe what it meant to have brains. I tried to find a quote that really described what I wrote and I think I achieved that goal. 

My second task was to make a little android using Tinkercad. All we had to do was make an android then describe how we did it using terms like reflection, translation, resizing, and reflection. I made my android but I haven't finished my description yet; this is a two-day task. 

That's all for this blog post, what do you think I should name my android?

See you later for today's work!

Online School - Term 2 - Day 6

Hello Readers, 

My tasks today were awesome and didn't take very long to complete.

My first was a literacy task where we had to write what courage meant to us. I used a quote from Coraline to help get my point across, here is my slide.

My other task was a math task where we made a scale model of a landmark. Yesterday I did the planning and calculations for my model and today I had to make it using Tinkercad. Yesterday was definitely more fun because I got to figure out all the maths which I found enjoyable but today I had less fun because Tinkercad is not my favorite site to use by far. Here is my model. 

My last task was very fun because I got to draw. During the quarantine, I have been trying to fill up my wall with drawings of all my favorite characters from things. A few of these include Rory Gilmore, Effie Trinket, Eleanor Shellshrop, Mycroft Holmes, Princess Leia, Doctor Strange, Kermit, Squidward, Mike Wasowski, Bulbasaur, Diana Barry, Cruella De Vil, Demogorgon, Eleven, one of my best friends Kasey, and more. For the activity, I drew the Tinman from The Wizard of Oz. I tried to draw a heart-shaped indent where his heart would be. Here it is. 

That's all for today! Comment if you want to see a photo of my wall!

See you later!!

Online School - Term 2 - Day 5

Hello Readers,

Today my tasks were pretty difficult, especially the literacy one because it made me think deeply.

My first task was a literacy task where we had to write down what heart meant to us. This was because we were learning about Tinman and his story. This was hard to do because it was a fairly open-ended question but it was fun to dive deeper into the story. Here is what I put.

My other task was a math task where we had to make a scale model of a famous world landmark using Tinkercad. This task was split into two parts; one today and one tomorrow. Today all we had to do was research the dimensions of our landmark and then write down the dimensions of what our scale model would be and find the scale factor. I am using Big Ben and my scale factor was 300. Come back tomorrow to see my model!

That's it for today! What does having heart mean to you?

See you later!

Online School - Term 2 - Day 4

Hello Readers, 

Today's second blog post is actually today's work, which includes one math and one literacy task.

The first task I completed was a literacy task where we summarised chapters 1-4 of The Wizard of Oz. I'm going to do one of these every week so sorry for any spoilers. 
Here is mine.

My second task was for maths and I made a house using Tinkercad. This fairly easy because I already knew how to calculate area and volume but Tinkercad is really difficult to use due to strange controls and a lack of user-friendly buttons, so I hope in the future we don't have to use it again. But other than that this task was pretty simple, here it is. 

That's it for today folks! Have you read The Wizard Oz?

See you later!

School from Home - Term 2 - Day 3

Hello Readers,

Today I'm doing two blog posts because I forgot to blog on Friday. We had three tasks; one maths and 2 literacy.

The first task I did was my maths task where we had to calculate the area of our 2m social distancing bubble and find out what fits in it. Then I made a poster on Canva to share my work. Here it is. 

The second task I did was a Wizard of Oz-inspired artwork. I started by sketching out Dorothy's shoes and dress. Then I colored it using watercolor pencils and brushed water over it so it spread. After it had dried I outlined my drawing using a pen. It was my first time using watercolor so it isn't exactly how I wanted it to be but it still looks kind of cool. I also didn't have any watercolor paper so it went all wrinkly, but here it is.

My last task was a literacy task where we had to design our own witch. We had to write a detailed backstory for the witch and then draw them. My witch is called Zara the Zebra Witch and I was inspired by my blanket because it has lots of zebras on it. I drew Cruella de Vil a few days ago so I traced that drawing because my image of Zara in my mind reminded me of her, but I made sure to change it up so that they looked Here it is.

That's all for today, who is your favorite Wizard of Oz character, mines the Scarecrow.

See you next time!

School from Home - Term 2 - Day 2

Hello Readers,

Today I only had 2 activities; one literacy and one maths. They were both pretty fun but the maths on took a lot of time due to the number of conversions I had to do.

The first task we were set was to research some movies/books that were similar to The Wizard of Oz and explain why. I chose Coraline and Alice in Wonderland because I found many similarities for both. I decorated my slides with pictures of the stories I chose so that my slide would look nicer and more colorful. Here is a photo of my slide.

The other task today was a maths task where we had to find objects around our house and estimate how long/heavy/how much they would hold and take photos next we converted the measurement. Here is my work.

That's all for today! What movie/book do you think is most similar to The Wizard of Oz?

See you next time!

School from Home - Term 2 - Day 1

Hello Readers,

The holidays are over but we are still stuck in quarantine. Today's blog post is everything I have done for school today. This includes 2 literacy tasks and one math task.

The first task is a literacy activity where we had to make a timetable for the week. I made mine with Canva and used some of the little pictures it gives you to make an underwater theme because that would make the activity more fun. I also made it very specific so that I knew exactly when to do each task. Here it is.

The next literacy task we had to do was to explain what the land of Oz would be to us. We could use pictures and words to describe how we imagined Oz. This term we are reading The Wizard of Oz and will later write an essay on it. My magical land is very strange but it is how I imagined it would look like. Here it is.

The last task is a numeracy task about the properties of shapes. We had to hunt around our house for objects then take a photo of them in order of least complex to most complex then write why we chose this order. After that, we had to take photos of the shapes individually and label their edges, faces, and vertices using google drawing. Here is mine. 

That concludes this blog post for today, what have you been you to in the holidays?

See you tomorrow!