Fibonacci

  One of my classes in Campion that I chose was Maths in Nature. I chose this class because wanted to combine something I LOVED(art) and one I didn't love so much(maths). 

Fibonacci is a mathematical sequence that is infinite - spiral. Before Maths in Nature, I had already come across Fibonacci in a book called "The Miscalculations of Lightning" by Stacey McAnulty. It's about a girl who got struck by lightning and is a math genius. 

In the end, it talks about Pi and Fibonacci. 

This is the sequence of Fibonacci: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89... and on and on. You get the sequence by adding the last 2 numbers. 

Weekly Highlights

 Now that I am in Campion, we are going to do Weekly Highlights.
Weekly highlights are when we review this week and this is Week #1.

This week I was proud of catching up on my numeracy homework on Education Perfect - we were doing BEDMAS order of operations (brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction.) 

My highlight of this week drawing in maths in nature.
The tricky part of the week was sowing everything right in Fashion through the Decades.

Some evidence to show that I am a self-manager is that I ALWAYS catch up on my school/homework.

Some sporting events I participated in and signed up for were netball, dancing, gymnastics, surf live-saving, waka ama, and much much more. And, finally, I joined the Caritas Group.

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 Kia Ora everyone! 
Ko Titirangi Te Maunga
Ko Waimata Te Awa
Ko Saint Mary's Star of the sea Te Marae
No Turanganui-a-kiwa ahau
Ko Campion College toku Kura
Ko Jun Toku Papa
Ko Maria Toku Mama
Ko Catalina ahau
Hi everybody! My name is Catalina and I am year 7 from Campion College in Gisborne, New Zealand.
My Parents are Filipino but I was born in Gisborne. I've got one younger brother and another younger sister who are still in Primary school (St Mary's). 
My Goals this year for 2021 for extra-curricular, like dance (hip-hop, jazz, ballet), and gymnastics, is to enter more competitions since last year (due to COVID) most of my competitions were cancelled. I also hope to audition for the musical Annie that's going to be in Gisborne.
My hobby is art. Mostly I paint with media like watercolour, acrylic, and a paint pen called Posca.
When I paint with watercolour I use aqua brushes. It's like normal brushes with a water compartment so you don't dip the brush in the water anymore. For Christmas, I got a limited edition Schmincke watercolour set.
I love painting Monstera plants.

What Christmas Means to me

 We wrote to the Gisborne Herald for a competition for children to writes 2 or more sentences about what Christmas means to them.

We wrote how its about when Jesus was born and how its better to give than receive.

What Christmas Means to Me…

Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ the Son of God when he was born on the 25th of December around 4 BC.  God sent Jesus down, His only son so he could teach everybody that by loving one another here on earth you would have eternal life in heaven with God forever and ever. Christmas also is a time for giving. When you get presents on Christmas, sure you get new things! But you get an even better feeling inside when you give presents. When I give my family presents I think of how happy it makes them. Merry Christmas!

Catalina 

St Mary’s School

Catalina's Goal Setting Term 1 Update

 We updated our goals from Term 1 in Term 4.

I have achieved my Religious, Social, and Learning disposition goals. I need to work on my academic goal which using maths in everyday life.

Ice Candles

 Yesterday we made ice candles. You can make ice candles too. 

All you need is:

Old candles that you don't need to use anymore.

Ice

Empty cardboard milk cartons

Oil

Tall candle

Firstly, we cut open the top of the milk cartons. Next we rubbed oil all over inside of it so it would be easy to get the candle out.

Secondly, we placed the tall candle in the middle of the milk carton. Around it we filled it up with ice.

Next we poured melted wax into our milk carton. Then we waited overnight for the wax to dry.

Lastly, we ripped the carton around the candle and the  melted ice poured out of the crevases and holes.

Tips

*Make sure you rub the oil all around the carton.

*Double check you have enough wax to make the candle.

Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter.

I found it easy to do the November selfies because I just needed to find a photo from November.

I found it tricky to find a math word problem.