Inquiry - Antler Cafe Questionnaire

Hey Bloggers!

In our class we have been doing a rubbish/ocean pollution project, and we have been researching things like: 'How many sea creatures die each year from ocean pollution', and other questions and answers related to pollution and rubbish. 

My friend and I (Grace), thought it might be a good idea to go down to a cafe just down the road from our school, and do a questionnaire. We thought it would be a good idea because we wanted to see how much rubbish an average cafe uses, and if they use Eco products. 

If you would like to see the questions and answers, click on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yHoFSY3fc5SZWbZdZI-stTOYMQcfKL4-TYLDYqO_kGM/edit

Please suggest any questions down in the comments, we can go back and ask them and tell you what the answers were!

Thanks,

Ariana

Geometry and Measurement - Maths

Hi Bloggers!
For the past couple of weeks I have been working on Geometry and Measurement, so things like working out angles, converting weights etc.

I thought I would share what I've done with you guys since I don't really share slides much.
I have been working on a google slide specially made for my maths group, with questions, videos, and more.

Here is the slide I have been working on:



I have not yet finished this slide, but you guys can take a look of what I have done, and give me any tips to make my work easier.

What I have found difficult so far is figuring out angles of a triangle and working out a perimeter of a shape, but with the help of my friend/s, I was soon able to figure it out and I found it much easier.

What do you do while you're doing maths in your class? Do you find a teacher to help you, or do you prefer 'C 3 B4 Me'? I usually go find help from people in my maths group first, and if they're not sure either, I go to the teacher for help.

If you have any suggestions, please comment below!
Thanks, Ariana.

Refugee - The Book

I think it's safe to say that our whole class was upset at reading the end of our class book, - Refugee, by Alan Gratz.

The book is about three refugees, and their story. All of their stories tie together somehow, and they all know each other (you will find out how in the end).

Here are the character's names:
Isabel
Mahmoud
Josef
 As I said before, they are all refugees, and they are all trying to escape from the country they are in.
My favourite character was Isabel, (part of the reason was because she was the only girl, and that made me relate to her even more) and her story was very intense. Here is the thing I liked best about her story:

When she was trying to cross countries on a handmade boat, she had a pregnant mother, and it made the story much more intense, since you never knew when her mother was suddenly about to go into labour!

I found the story very interesting, and all of the chapters made me want to keep reading. 

I definitely recommend this book, you should read it!

Anne Frank - The Diary of A Young Girl

Hi Bloggers!

For Term 4 our class have started a new Novel Study. Each reading group was assigned a book to study. My Group (Camp Half Blood), has been given a book called "Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl". 

It is about a 13 year old girl who has to hide in a Secret Annexe, because they are afraid of the Germans raiding their home, killing them, or sending them to a concentration camp. Interestingly, this book is based on Anne's diary that she was writing in while she was in hiding. I find it much easier to relate this way because I know these were real words coming from a real girl. 

While I am reading, I can imagine her sitting, writing her diary, and it makes me enjoy this book much better than I thought I would. 

Two years later (1942, two years after she had been in hiding), Anne and her family were found by Germans in the Annexe and Anne was sent to a concentration camp and eventually killed. 

Anne Frank's diary was placed into this book after two workers found her notebook in the Annexe she had been hiding in. This book was then returned to her Father, Otto H. Frank, and he made Anne's wishes come true by publishing the book after it being proven to be a real diary from that time. 

I haven't finished reading the book yet, it explains this information at the start of the book to give us an understanding while we are reading it. Throughout reading the book, we are required to do a Novel Study and complete a series of questions on a Google Slides set up for us kindly by our teachers.

In our Novel Study we also are able to do things like story webs, and we are also able to present our activities in creative ways like using Prezi, PiktoChart, and other DLO Sites. This helps us be excited to express our learning and I think it will affect the quality of our work in a good way. 

To give you a better understanding of the book, here is the blurb:

The Diary Of a Young Girl

remains the single most poignant true-life story to emerge from the Second World War. 

In July 1942 Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back on an Amsterdam Warehouse. Anne was thirteen when the family went into the Secret Annexe and, over the next two years, she vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such confined quarters, the constant threat of discovering, the hunger and fear. Her diary ends abruptly when, in August, 1944, she and her family were finally discovered by the Nazis. 

Anne Frank died in March 1945, aged fifteen, in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. 

This book provides a deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of Anne Frank - an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teenage girl. 

Here is a picture of the front cover of the book. 

I definitely recommend this book to you, it is very interesting, and a great book to keep you occupied.
Have you read this book before?
Please feel free to comment any advice below, Bye Bloggers!