Cross-country!

On Tuesday, we did cross-country. The year 7 girls went first. The track was 2.7km and we ran on the road, through the reserve and across the field. I got the stitch just after I finished going through the reserve. I came 39th. After training for 4 weeks, I expected to at least come in the top 35. But I am happy that I came 39th because it was out of at least 100 girls.

Electronics!

Mandarin!

Today we learnt about our family tree. We learnt how to say our family's names and how to say other things. Here is my family tree:

Ovenless Awesomeness!

Today in Ovenless Awesomeness we made rocky road.

Rocky Road 

Ingredients
70g butter
1 1/2 Tbsp golden syrup
100g dark chocolate
50g marshmallows
100g biscuits
handful of cranberries

Method
Chop up the marshmallows and cranberries, crush the biscuits and add them together. Melt the chocolate, butter and golden syrup and mix it with the other mixture. Roll it into a log and then put it into the fridge. Yum!😀

No.1 Pet (Snake!)

Persuasive Writing! 

The Number 1 Pet (Snakes!)

Intro: Snakes are evil, wild beasts. No one wants one of them. They are poisonous and deadly! Well what if I told you that most snakes aren't deadly or poisonous and that snakes are actually a common pet to have? Hear us out and you will like snakes after all.

Reason 1: Did you know if you go to special places overseas you can hold snakes? When they are tamed of course! Once they are tamed you could play with them and even dress up your snake. (If your snake likes being dressed up.) Heaps of people hold snakes all the time without having the snake's mouth taped or strapped incase of it biting. Believe it or not people even try teaching snakes tricks. So snakes aren't actually as vicious as you think they are.

Reason 2: Small snakes like the Thread Snake eats the eggs of ants and centipedes. A medium snake like the Tree Boa, eats mostly all insects. Yellow Rat snakes eat rats and mice. All snakes swallow their food whole so forget seeing half a rat left in your house by cat or dog, and say hello to a snake.

Reason 3: Surely you understand the slight annoyance of having chew toys around the place, animal fur over clothing or furniture, but Snakes don't make messes. Snakes are really neat. All you need to do is leave them in their cages or tanks.

Reason 4: Sure snakes need special heating and other things to keep them alive and all, but after you have those things you don't need to worry about them. Just make sure they have water and food - and the cage door shut - and then you're fine.

Conclusion:  You don’t want to spend heaps of money on food, or clean up after your pets when they are finished eating. You want a nice animal that you can dress up and pat, if you don’t wanna mess around your house you need a snake. There is no other animal like a snake on earth so go buy a snake now!!!

By Catherine, Zoe, Caitlin & Bridget

Mandarin lessons

In Mandarin we learnt how to say our own names. Mine is Zuo yi which translates to Zoe. We also learnt about how to greet each other. Here is an example:

Jiāmíng: Nĭ hǎo! = Hello!
Bĭdé = Peter : Nĭ hǎo! nĭ jiào shén me = Hello! What's your name?
Jiāmíng: Wŏ jiào Wáng Jiāmíng. nĭ ne? My name is Jiaming. And you?


And the conversation goes on...

Electronic Tech - Soldering!

 

In Electronic tech we have be soldering. You have to heat a soldering stick onto plastic and put the wires onto it. It was tricky but it got easier on the second try.