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Monday 30 June 2014

Swimming Recount

I carefully run out of the changing room conscious about not falling onto the slippery ground. I looked like a human like octopus frantically waving my arms about in the air trying to keep my balance. I quickly jumped into the shower. It was like pouring lava on my body, the water was roasting hot. I sprinted out of the shower before I became a roasted chicken for the dogs and carefully jogged my way back to the others. I rested myself alongside my fellow classmates on a wooden bench beside the pool and patiently waited for the instructor to arrive.

Eventually she makes her way to us. We get split into two groups, the confident swimmers (advanced level) and the unconfident swimmers (the easy level). I was in the advanced level group which was group 1. We followed behind her to the pools. We lined ourselves on the edge of the pool with our legs kicking the warm water.

“Okay, everyone into the pool”she instructed. We quickly dipped ourselves into the water then lined up. I was first in line. I grabbed a board then got ready for more instructions. “Lets start with freestyle, try not to touch the ground.” she screams. I dipped my face into the water with my legs kicking wildly. I turned my head sideways gasping for air. Water then begin filling my stomach as I accidentally drank the water. I still swim my hardest. When I reach to the end of the pools, I thought to myself this was going to be a hard 30-minutes.

As the day goes to an end. We walked back to school with thunderous rain slamming into our faces and clothes. I’ve got to say, this was the perfect way to end this fine day.

Henry - 6 Thinking Hats Event : Haircut issue goes to court

Tuesday 3 June 2014

Mult/Div Consolidation

Hex/Oct

1. George was driving to Lake Taupo from Auckland. Lake Taupo is 407 kms away from Auckland and he had to do the trip three times a week for work. Assuming there are 4 weeks in a month. How many kms did he drive in total in 1 month?
4884

2. Janine had 17 jars of jelly beans each with with 364 jelly beans inside. How many jelly beans did she have in total?
6188

3. The temperature on Mercury is 206 degrees celsius. However the sun is 14 x that temperature. How hot is the sun?
2884

4. Jake had $675 to go shopping for his birthday. He shared his birthday money between himself and 2 of his friends, how much money did each of them get?
$225

5. Mike had 275mls of milk in his carton. He drank this amount of milk 3 times a week. How much milk does Mike drink in one week? 275mls
What about two weeks? 550
A month? 1100
One year? 13200


6. Jane bought two new pairs of shoes every 3 months. How many pairs of shoes did she have after one year?
8

7. How many pairs did she have after 10 years?
80

9. The class table was 600cm. The table was shared between 12 students. How many cm of the table did each student have to use?
50

10. Michael knew that to qualify for the running championships he would need to beat 13.2 seconds to run 150 meters.
Michael ran everyday for one year. How many meters did he run in total? 158.4
What about only six months? 79.2

11. Jane knew that he parents would deposit $1.50 per day in to her bank account. How much money was in her account after 3 years? $54

What about 12 years? $216