Christmas Activities

For christmas we did some christmas activities. They were for maths. The one I did was about fractions. We had to find equivalent fractions and which ever one was equivalent is a different colours. These were fun. I can't wait to do more.

Making Sherbet

In class we made sherbet. The ingredients were baking soda, citric acid, tartaric acid and delicious sweet icing sugar. Miss Drummond came around and firstly gave us icing sugar. Then we got to try it and it was so good. Next she gave us baking soda which was disgusting on it's own. After that she gave us citric acid and tartaric acid which was really bitter and sour. After Mrs Drummond gave us all of the ingredients we added the same amount of everything and then tried it. We all agreed that it needed more sugar and less citric acid. This science experiment was so fun. I hope we do some more science experiments by the end of year. 

Spud Guns

In class we made spud guns. Spud guns are straws that have potato in them. We firstly had to stab one side of the straw into the potato and then we did the other side. We then got a skewer and pushed one side with the potato in it. It usually shoots the other bit of potato out but ours didn't work. We tried to get it to work but the potato didn't come out. It was fun to try this experiment. Next time we try I hope it works. 

Persuasive Writing

In writing class we all made persuasive piece. Here is mine.

Why School Should Start Later In The Day

Imagine your alarm not going off in the morning. You look at the time, you’re late for school. You have to scurry to school to get there on time. Well, I don’t think that kids should have to scurry in the morning. I think that school starting time should be delayed.

Firstly, think of all that pressure. Most people in the world have to rush to school in the morning but if school time got delayed, that would not be a problem. You wouldn’t have to miss breakfast or worry about your hair. You would be able to do it all.

Now for the second reason. I’m sure your parents despise being late for work. If school started later your parents would surely be in the office in a jiffy. They would even have time to slumber in the morning. I know you hate that beam of light shining through the curtains in the morning. So if mum and dad were having a snooze in the morning, you could also be that person who presses snooze on their alarm.

Now, for the last but certainly the most worthy, teachers. School begins at about 8:30 which means teachers have to wake up around 6:30 to 7. So they wake up pretty early every morning. If schools pushed back to about 9:30 to 10 they would only have to wake up at 8:30. So sleep-in on a school day, you can tick that off your wish list teachers.

Now you must agree that schools should start later. It’s just cruel to make teachers and parents wake up early in the morning. Kids should most definitely not have to rush either. Now you must agree with me that school should start later in the day.