Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
In the Japanese class, I created an ID card. I used japanese words and sentences and typed them in hirigana. In the red writing, that is my ID card. Take a look…..
Name: わたしわJacqueline Massarany です。
Gender: 女
Age: 十一 さい
Favourite thing: すきなsports わ netball です。
Grade: 六 ねんせい
I like Red Foo: すきなsinger わ Red Fooです。
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
In our first transition day, we went to Queen of Peace. The main things or events that occured was meeting new friends, getting to know what high school is like and we also watched a fish market video. The main purpose of that was how to stay postive, and even though you may not like something, you will always have friends around you, and there is always a way to be positive. The video was also about friendship.
In our second transition, it was at our school. It was a trivia. The main things or events that occured was meeting new friends, testing our brains so they are ready for high school and having fun.
In our third transition, it was again, at our school. The main things or events that occured was meeting new friends, having fun, playing sport, doing art and being able to communicate. We also had pizza after.
After all these transition days, I enjoyed meetingnew friends because it tells me that next year, I dont have to worry about making new friends.
These transition days helped me to prepare for high school by making new friends so next year, I know people and also knowing how high school works, so I am not scared or stressed.
I am feeling very nervous and anxious, but I am also feeling excited. I am most nervous about homework, and not getting it done on time.
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
For maths week 7, we had a range of games. I chose 2 games from 2 categories that I was comfortable with but thought I could get better at. The first one I played was an angle and protractor game. You had to measure the angle accurately with the protractor given, and then write the exact angle in a box. I learnt how to use a protractor accurately. Look at the top of this post for a screenshot called angles maths week 7.
The last game I played was a shapes game. You had a whole range of different shapes, and you had to divide them up into categories. I learnt names of different shapes like scalene and equilateral and stuff. Look at the top of this post for a screenshot called shapes and categories.
Jacqueline 🙂
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
For hw we had to play three games. I played all of them. But there was one that I liked best which was a polygon game. You had 12 shapes and you had to put each shape into a category. The categories were regular polygon, not a polygon, quadrilateral and not quadrilateral. I felt like taking a screenshot of the game so go to the top of this post, click on the link and you will see the game that I played.
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
In class, we have been learning about the 3 triple m’s, which is mean, mode and median, but today, we have mostly focused on the mean. So here is a reflection of what I have learnt and things that are all about ‘the mean’.
1. What is the mean?- The mean is the average. So you get a collection of numbers, add all of them up, and divide that number by the total amount of numbers in the set.
2. How do you find the mean of a data set?- Add up all of the numbers in the data set that you are given and divide this by the total amount of numbers in the set.
Eg: 5, 3 2, 10=20=20 divided by 4, (because there is 4 numbers), =5. So the average is 5.
3. What does the mean of a data set tell us?-The mean of a data set tells us and shows us the average of a data set and shows us one number that represents the whole data set.
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
For maths, we had a range of websites that were maths graph games, and we had to play each one. So I have taken some screenshots, and to look at the screenshots, click on the link at the top of this post.
For the first game, we had to interpret bar graphs, and answer some questions according to the bar graph. In that game, I didn’t really learn one specific thing, but that game helped me to get a better understanding of graphs, how to answer questions from the data in a graph, and to basically see if I was good at maths or not.
In the second game, I had a whole range of questions and data, and I had to choose the correct graph that would best represent the data and information. In that game, it helped me to understand how to represent specific questions in a specific graph.
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
In class, we have been learnng about the boat people, who they are, what they did/do, and some stuff about them. Then we had to answer some questions personally, here they are…..
How do you feel about boat people coming to Australia?
I feel that they should be allowed to come and shouldn’t. They should be, because like jazzy said, we would do the same, and they shouldn’t because you never know what their like and what they can do to people.
How do you feel they should be treated?
They should be treated like how you want to be treated, because they are just like us, but escaping from a bad situation. Even if they are not normal, you still have to treat them with patience and respect.
What is your opinion?
My opinion is that we have to care for them, and help them. If they are thieves, or something, report them to cops but I think that you should treat them with respect?
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
For homework this week, we have to play a chance game. I couldn’t take a picture of one of the games that I played, so I created a table, and did it in word. Click on the link to view. 12 chip dice game
My questions:
Is there a number that is being rolled constantly?
Well, sort of, if you click on the link, you will see that 11 was rolled the most. I rolled 11 3 times, and so did my mum. I am sure as to why 11 was occurring the most, but I guess it was just lucky.
Is there a number that isn’t being rolled very often?
Well, again, if you click on the link, you will see that 2 and 3 weren’t being rolled a lot, both my mum and I only rolled it once. Obviously, none of us rolled a one because you cant roll 2 dice, and get two numbers that equal one, and there isn’t a dice with a zero on it.
Have you changed the position of the counters?
Yes, I moved them around because as you know, 2 and 3 weren’t being rolled a lot, and 11 was being rolled heaps, so I put none on 2 and 3, and I put 4 on 11. It worked. I haven’t put the other games that I played don my blog, but when I played the other games, 11 and 9 were being rolled a lot, and 2,3 and 10 weren’t really being rolled at all.
Explain the game, and what you were required to do
Well, first of all, you had to get a partner. Then you get 2 a4 pieces of paper, divide that into 12 boxes, and write a number in each box between 1-12. Then, you have to get some sort of 12 counters, and once you have them, place the counters where ever you want, you can have none in one box and more then 1 in one box if you like. After that’s all set up, one person rolls the dice. Add your two numbers that you rolled together. So, say if you get a 2 and 2, that equals 4, you take a counter off the 4 box if you have one on there. You continue this method until one person has removed all the counters of the page. But, you have to record. So draw a Tally. In that tally, you must have the number, the tally, the total, the experimental probability and the theoretical probability. If you click on the link, you will see how you have to draw it out. 🙂
What strategies did you use at the start of the game
Well, one strategy that I used at the start of the game, was not putting any counters in the 1 box, because you cant roll 2 dice that equal a 1.
Did you change your strategy as you repeated the game?
No because obviously, you still cant roll a 1 no matter how many times you played. But I figured out a new strategy, which was to put less counters in the box that wasn’t being rolled out.
What numbers did you place the least most counters on? Why? Did this change as you played more games?
Well, at the start, I didn’t really know hat numbers weren’t going to be rolled out apart from one. But as I played more games, I realised that 2,3 and 10 were hardly coming up at all, so I put less counters on them, one game, I even put no counters on each of them and it turned all right, to be honest. Sorry you cant see the other games.
What did you notice about the chance of rolling certain numbers? Are there numbers that are most likely to occur then others?
I noticed that the chance of rolling a 11 often was highly likely and I noticed that rolling a 2, 3 and a 10 very often was highly unlikely. So 11 was almost certain that it would be rolled more often if I played even more games.
Dear Mum, Dad and Miss Hinds,
In my independent learning journal, I have a chance worksheet. I have done that so now I am just answering some questions. Here they are.
Explain what is meant by theoretical probability?
Theoretical probability is/means the probability that a certain outcome will occur. To find the theoretical probability you have to divide and times by 100. So if my fraction was 5 over 32, 5/32, I would do 5 divided by 32. and times that answer by 100. That answer equals 15.62.
Explain what would happen after each trial if the block was not put back in the box.
Well, if each block was taken out after each trial, there will be a less number of blocks, so there is a more equal chance for each coloured block to occur the most. But because Miss Hinds put the block back in, she was most likely pulling out the same block more then once. So what I think will happen is that each coloured block has more of a chance of winning or coming closer to the winning block because Miss Hinds takes the blocks out.
What do you notice about the chance of pulling a red block out of the box? Has it changed?
I notice that the red has occurred the most. It has changed because this time round, red didn’t occur the most, yellow did. I hope I answered this question right, didn’t really understand what it was asking but this is what I did.
Is this a independent or a dependent chance experiment?
This is an independent experiment because the recent block that was pulled out did not affect the other blocks and there outcome. I hope this is right, but if its not, well, I had a go, :).