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Shoe Tower

Today we had Karena and Tracey in class while Mr. Edwards (formal teacher) was out of the classroom. We have sooo much fun when Karena is here because we always do physical activities that don't involve our chromebooks, which is a good thing since we're ALWAYS on it.
Todays challenge was to make a tower using out shoes.  My group didn't win but it was a really funny and heart stopping activity. What my group found challenging was balancing the shoes on top of each other and figuring out how we could use EVERY part of the shoe to help our shoe tower( including the shoe laces etc). What we did extremely well in was deciding which shoes should be at the bottom, and which would work best at the top. I was honestly really impressed with the creativity of my group and also the respect when bringing up their ideas to contribute in making the tower. We had so much fun.
 

Mangahigh

This Week, we did Mangahigh.
I was learning to calculate the missing angles using angles already provided by Mangahigh.
What I really enjoyed about it was trying to get a gold medal as a result. I also really enjoyed getting all the questions correct. What I learnt from today was what and acute angle was.

Figurative Writing

Writing was so fun this week!
We were learning how to use figurative language in our writing. I learnt four words:
- Hyperbole: Over exaggeration
- Simile: Comparing two things
- Metaphor: A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else
- Personification: Giving objects human characteristics
We are learning to use this type of language in our 'pick-a-path' stories that we are writing.
My story is about a mystery baby. YOU control it's life, and everything that happens is unexpected.
I couldn't decide if I wanted my story to be horror or happy so I decided to mix it. It depends on what YOU want to happen. The ideas about what happens in my story has been inspired by a few videos that I watched on The Literacy Shed. I have so much fun writing my story. I feel like a GOD deciding what happens to someones life!!

ASB School Trip - Escape Room

On Wednesday 16th of August, 6 students from Wesley Intermediate were selected to take part in a group to participate in the Escape room challenge. The cool thing was there was a prize for the first, second and third place. The activity was based on how to get out of debt, and what kind of occasion are worth borrowing money, leaving you with debt to pay back. I had so much fun and can't stop wishing I could go back and try out one of the other rooms. Our challenge was to help 'grandma' escape from debt. We decide to use her talent (baking the best cookies in the world) to earn money We managed to 'escape' from debt by helping 'grandma' start up a cookie store. That way she is able to have money for herself and also enough to pay back the money she used to start the cookie shop in the first place. We made it out in 74 minutes and 30 seconds. My favourite part of the escape room was walking through the closet. It reminded me of a Narnia. We had to work out how many cookies grandma had to make to pay back the debt and how much profit she would make by selling one of her famous, delicious cookies. Thanks to Mrs Brink for driving us there and back (and allowing us to eat by her classroom when we got back) and for looking after us the whole time. It was lots of fun.