I have been reading a very large book that is for mostly older people. I am half way through and quite proud of that achievement! The book is called 'Mortal Instruments City Of Bones' Here is a photo. 

This image is from http://lololovesfilms.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/365-days-of-moviepass-review-movie-28.html 

Today I earnt my silver certificate with the help of my mum, she helped me with my shading equivalent fractions and also my fractions of a selection! 

~Ashleigh 

This morning I woke up and got my silver certificate, but I kept on playing and became the top NZ student and thought to myself where will I be on the top 100 students (worldwide)? So I checked I was 19th so I earned heaps more points and became 2nd!

At the moment I have 7893 points!

~Ashleigh 

Updated Forest Guardian

I stood in the lone hallways of Watercress Elementary School. I was already dreading the first day but my mum insisted on dragging me down there to poke around while she signed the paperwork. So I decided to go exploring in the forest next to the school a bit, I know that's not what mum meant but still what's the harm?

I slumped down a path I found near the back of the gate to the school. Then I climbed up and over a fallen oak tree, and found myself facing the dense, dark forest. I took a deep breath and started walking. The fog, mist and dew only made the journey harder, and soon enough I found myself lost deep in the middle of the woods.

For a while I alternated between a steady jog and quick walking. After about half an hour I realised That it was no use, I was going in circles anyway. I collapsed down on a sodden log and screamed out for help till it felt like my throat would catch fire.

Almost instantly I heard a melody so sweet I thought I was dreaming. I looked ahead of me and to my surprise. A figure emerged from the mist.

I could tell it was a female, she had bright honey golden coloured hair that was wavy, and in some places fell down to her knees. Woven into her hair were yellow leaves with traces of pink. And parts of berry bushes were neatly arranged in her fringe covering half of her eyebrow.

Her ears were long and pointed and she wore a long dress that dragged along the ground behind her. It had silver specks and pink strips in places, and at the back there were white velvety streaks.

Her cheeks were a pale pink colour and her beauty would have won 1,000 pageants. But above everything the thing that amazed me the most was her wings, a light peach colour at the top toning down to a shower of rose coloured sparkles.

She held her head high and gushed out "Follow". Two minutes I opened my eyes and I was standing by the car waiting for my mum. I guess I had just had my first encounter with a Fairy, I sure will be asking about that in my next class (once I got past my case of shyness of course!).

Monday 9 September 2013

Today during maths and morning tea I did some new maths problems. Personally I think that I picked it up quite fast, considering that I had never heard or used this tactic before. Anyway here are a few of the 14 I did that I feel particularly proud of.

1. 14 x 5 = 70

1. Split the 14 into 10 and 4

2. 10 x 5 = 50

3. 4 x 5 = 20

4. 50 + 20 = 70

2. 36 x 4 =144

1. Split the 36 into 30 and 6

2. 30 x 4 = 120

3. 6 x 4 = 24

4. 120 + 24 = 144

3. 57 x 8 = 456

1. Split the 57 into 50 and 7

2. 50 x 8 = 400

3. 8 x 7 = 56

4. 400 + 56 = 456

4. 29 x 8 = 172

1. Split the 29 into 20 and 9

2. 20 x 8 = 160

3. 9 x 8 = 72

4. 160 + 72 = 172

5. 91 x 3 =

1. Split the 91 into 90 and 1

2. 90 x 3 = 270

3. 1 x 3 = 3

4. 270 + 3 = 273

All and all I feel amazed at my change of attitude. I got 14\14! I am very proud and impressed with myself.

-Ashleigh

          

                                      

Balanced Argument on Blogs and Stuff

A great thing about google gmail is the fact that you can be in contact with your friends and teacher constantly.In knowledge net people weren’t in contact at all, well not really.

But a downside to blogger is that not that many anonymous people comment anyway. Anyway on Knowledge net nobody except the teachers could comment anyway!

On google drive you can make folders, documents, presentations, spreadsheets, forms and drawings! And in Knowledge net you had to do all of that separately!

However on blogger a little issue is the fact that you can’t edit and customise your blog that much, I mean last time I didn’t get a chance to because time was up. So I think that we should be able to change, edit and customize things whenever.

On the other hand gmail is great because you can attach files using drive, for example just then I sent Mrs Graham a screenshot  of a maths problem I did.

Something that gets me down is the fact that on google the HTML codes are very confusing, and blogger doesn’t automatically correct the size of the picture you are putting onto your blog.

But all and all I think every child in Elm Park School should have their very own google account, including gmail, drive blogger and much more!

-Ashleigh

This piece of writing is called a balanced argument, in which you alternate between good and bad points of something using sentence starters. At school I have finished two whole other arguments! And I’m telling you they aren’t so easy.

 

Have you ever fallen overboard at night?

Eyes adjusting,

Body plunging,

Courage crumbling

Wear safety gear!

Have you ever been stranded on an island?

Ocean scanning,

Mosquitoes irritating,

Sun scalding

Get help!

Have you ever been threatened by a man holding a stick?

Legs weakening,

Heart thrashing,

Eyes popping

Snap out of it!

Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish in deep water?

Skin burning,

Wound throbbing,

Body aching

Stay afloat!

Have you ever walked through a dark forest, possibly alone?

Eyes spying,

Shadows stirring,

Creatures roaring

Run!

Reflection

This work I have been doing is called a have you ever  poem. It is linked to a book our class has been reading called Kensukes Kingdom, by Michal Morpurgo. I have had lots of fun writing these poems and I will definitely do some at home for fun! :)

- Ashleigh