Megan+Br's+Goals

16th november 09
These past 5 weeks I have been focusing mostly on my maths. This week in maths I have learned how to find rules and how to simplify expressions by getting rid of the brackets.I have picked this up quite quickly and have enjoyed learning it.

In english this week I have been trying to decide what to write my 500 word short story about. In the end I decided to do it on Bridie and Kara. In the story they find out about balet lessons and are keen to start learning and they enter in a concert.

Now for tech arts the year 8's are doing science. We are looking at gas liquids and solids.

In guitar this week we are making our own songs. I am having trouble deciding what to do my song about. I am really enjoying guitar and I am learning something new every week. Band is still going good and I am also learning new things all the time with flute.

We have just started social dance which I enjoy but I wish we did it with other classes too. I am really looking forward to the year 8 ball.

For my last 5 weeks I realy need to concentrate on my maths for college and also my english.

30th October 09
This week I have learned how to find rules and shortcuts to patterns. I have also learned how to read a graph and find out what is it meaning. I had to also find out how many different ways that I could put BGROin different orders. I found out there was 24 different ways.

In English this week I have been doing short stories. I am up to the fourth activity and I am enjoying writting the stories. I now have to write a 500 word story.

This week in tech arts I finally finished my jersey. I am happy with my finished product. I also had time to make a soccer ball which turned out to be a 'star ball' because I sewed it together wrong. I also made a frog and a teddy bear.

In band this week we had a long practise for our north cross week next week. We learned some new songs like The yellow submarine, Candy Man and G-force. In guitar we practised picking. Next week we have a exam that we have to play a picking piece by ourself. I am really enjoying guitar.

The past few weeks we have been doing the end of year testing and I have improved A LOT since thet start of the year. I moved in math from a stanine 5 to a stanine 8! In reading I went from a stanine 6 to a stanine 9! I am reallt happy with my results.

Term 4 goals...
This term the things I want to achieve before I leave are...

I can achieve this by practising my jumping, running etc... not only at school but at home.
 * To do well in Athletics,

I can achieve this by practising my pieces at home and go over and over the bits im not sure about.
 * To do well in my flute exam and my guitar exam.

I can achieve this by working hard in class and handing in all my work. I could also use mathletics at home more so I can keep up with work at school.
 * To learn as much math and english as I can so I can remember them for college.**

18 September 09`
This week I have learned how to draw a shape from the top, front and side plan views. I have also learned how to name angles like acute and obtuse.I found this quite easy but next time I would take more time to keep my math book tidy.

In tech arts this week I traced my jersey amrns, front, back, hood and pocket and cut them out. My jersey is going to be purple with a pink hood and pink pocket. It will have shmegle on the front with a butterfly. Shmegle is a nickname I have had since Iwas little.

In guitar this week it was my second lesson, It is really fun and it is a good break from flute for me. I think I am moving up a class already!

Band went well this week and we are all improving so much with our instruments. Now I am practising hard for flute competitons in the holidays that I am involved in.

This morning I did the college tests to see what classes I will be in next year. Unfortunatly I didn't finish my english test but I finished my math test. I found the math test quite hard but all I can do now is wait for the results.

Yesterday I was involved in the year 8 speech finals but I didn't get a placing but it was a good experiance anyway.

11 September 09
This week I have learned to Enlarge shapes to a smaller or bigger scale. I found this quite easy but I had a little bit of trouble making things perfectly enlarged. Next time I enlarge shapes I am going to take my time to make them tidyer.

Another thing I have learned is how to draw 3D shapes and 2D shapes. Drawing 3D shapes was quite hard at first but I am now getting the hang of it.

I learned how to reflect and rotate different shapes. I found reflecting very easy but I sometimes got the rotating round the wrong way. I still need to work on making sure I hahve reflected and rotated the right way round.

This week in Tech arts I have been learning how to sew and design things for my jersey. The sewing machine got on my nerves a little bit because things were not going the way I had planned but know I think I am at the stage where I can start my jersey. When I was designing what I was wanting to put on my jersy I got a bit confused because I had so many ideas but know I have chosen what I am going to put on and I am happy with what I decided to do.

This week I started learning the guitar. I had my first ever lesson on thurday morning and I felt that it went really well. I am picking things up really well and the teacher said I will be ready to move up classes very fast. It's a really fun activity to do. Also in band this week I think I am improving every time I play in my flute.

My group for Inquiry did the question What affects your brain power. This was quite an easy topic to do but I found out a lot of new topics. Our group worked really well together and most of us put in a lot of time.

1. To get at least a 10 for the beep test, I can do this by training and pushing myself to the limit. 2. To improve in my maths mostly on measurement, I will do this by using Mathletics more often and doing our math homework. 3. To improve in my flute and to do well in competitions, I can do this by practising lots at home and making sure I get every little bit right.