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Art and Reflections...

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Hey guys,  Happy Tuesday! I only have two more days of school left of this term after today! What am I going to do with myself for two whole weeks?! Also do you guys think I should keep blogging over the holidays? Like maybe once or twice a week? Let me know in the comments. Anyway, here's my day... 8:15  Yoga - choose one of Adrienne’s beginner yoga sessions.  Really try and listen and do the breathing etc. as she describes. Fall into the moment and enjoy the luxury of a peaceful, empty house! 9am  Maths 45 minutes ; Times tables revision 3, 4, 6 and 7 10am  Morning Tea 10:15  Art! The next lesson in the program 11:30  (ish) Journalling … write a short, reflective, informal paragraph about the origins of Yoga. Where does it originate? Why is it beneficial as a form of meditative exercise?  How do you personally feel while doing yoga? Do you find it relaxing? Painful? Boring? Fun? Is it something you t...

Science and Yoga...

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Hey  everyone! Happy Monday!  Welcome back from the weekend, I hope you all had a great one. On Saturday my Mum and I had a day to ourselves because the other kids were with their dad's. We went to the hairdressers, had coffee out and watched a movie. It was a great day. Yesterday we spent the day at Burleigh Heads swimming and eating pizza. I also got my second ear piercings done!  Starbucks coffee on Saturday My two piercings!! My Indigo girl and I Anyway, here's my day today... 9am  Maths - 1 hour. Work swiftly and thoroughly in maths this week. 10am  Morning tea break 10:15  Revision of the poem (presenting this  off by heart  later this week) 10:30  French - 5 new words / phrases plus revision of all material covered so far. Also, practice the speech for French Day next term. 11am  Geography. - Revise the map of France, including cities, mountains and rivers...

Library day...

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Another day, another post... Today is Thursday and I spent the day at the library. It is still raining heavily and some places are beginning to flood. I loved sitting in the library listening to the rain while I do my schoolwork. Here's what the view looked like.  Loving this rain! Anyway... Here's my day:  9 (ish) Maths 1 hour + 15 minutes times tables revision 8, 9, 12 (there will be a full times tables test next week - last week of term) Morning Tea break 10:30  English - complete and tidy up / proofread bonus chapter. It will be marked over the weekend. 11:30  French - revise current words and begin to write the speech to present to the family.  It should ideally go for 3-4 minutes. 12pm  Lunch and break 12:45  Science - NEW UNIT - Farming and Permaculture Undertake a research study into traditional and contemporary farming / gardening methods. To begin with, do some general research...

Lots of French and a bit of Art...

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Hey everyone, happy Tuesday!  Today was a French kind of day. Looking at lots of language and culture things at the moment. I just found out today that next term I will be presenting a speech to my family members including my grandparents. I will also have to prepare a typical French meal and decorate as if it was a  French  restaurant. I am really looking forward to this but am a bit nervous because I have a lot to learn before then! Here's my day... 9am  Maths 45 minutes ; times tables revision 4, 6, 12 10am  Morning Tea and break 10:15  - French revision and new words for the week. Next term there will be a presentation with a French speech to some family members, so continue to add a few more phrases. Things such as “Thank you for coming” and “This is my home”, or “Let us eat” (these phrases may sound mysterious, but it will make sense once the next French unit is started) 11am  - Art - next lesson in the program...

Art, art and more art...

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Hello everyone!  Today is a Wednesday and the next episode of Riverdale comes out today after a month's break so I am hyped! Anyone else excited?? Today it poured all day and it was cold! I had to pull out some warmer clothes  which was awesome because I love cold weather. Here's my day... 9am  Maths 1 hour 10am  Morning tea break 15 minutes 10:15am  Art - Next lesson in the program When finished make another large Waldorf rainbow star 12pm  Lunch and break 12:45  History - Write the paper on The Help 1:30pm  History - 30-45 minutes - Continue writing the essay on French history and culture. Look at having this completed by  Friday For art today I looked at Outer Space drawings using oil pastels on black paper. It had a really great effect! Here are my two finished pieces:  An Outer Space artwork Camping under a night sky I really  love the mo...

Rainy Library and coffee morning...

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Hey guys,  Yesterday I actually had a day off which is why I didn't post. It is now Tuesday here and it has been raining for the last 48 hours. I spent this morning at the library, doing school, reading books and drinking coffee. It was the perfect morning. Here's the rest of my day... 8:30  ish - LIBRARY 8:45  Maths - 1 hour Morning tea break - 15 mins 10am  History - Continue reading ‘The Help’ - 1 hour (ish) Start working on the informative paper on 'The Help' and the message is sends.  Home - Lunch - break 45 minutes 1pm  - French - new words + revision of old ones.  Also, find  2 short phrases  rather than single words, and add these to the repertoire. There will be a revision test  on Friday . 1:30pm  - Making Waldorf rainbow stars  Today was a relatively easy and fun day but I still got a lot done. Here's a photo of the rainbow star I made this afternoon:  ...

Our own Commonwealth Games...

Hey guys,  Today is Friday!!! So I only had a short day with a free afternoon! And then Youth Group tonight which was awesome! Here's my day... 9am  Maths 45 mins ; Times Tables revision 15 mins - 8, 9 and 12 10am  Morning Tea 10:15  - History - Continue researching and working on the French essay 11am  - English - Continue reading The Help 12pm  - Lunch and break time Afternoon Activities - Resume - there is a great Template in Word. Also, look up online ‘Australian resume - current’ and make sure everything on there is included.  Art activity with Indigo - edible finger paint.  That was my day and then I had youth group tonight which was really fun. We had our own mind Commonwealth Games with different activities. They were all with a twist though. For example the '100 metre sprints' was that we had to reach 100 metres (or as close to as possible) using just items we had on us includin...

The Help and possible Mission trip...

Hey  everyone!  Sorry these next two posts will be a bit late. This is Thursday's post and today is Sunday here, but I'll just post as if today is Thursday. So "today's" schedule is below... 9am  Maths - Just 30 minutes, continuing with the program and preparing for tutoring later this morning. 9:30am  - History - have a break from French History research, and begin Task 4 of the Civil War Unit - reading The Help 10:30am  - Morning tea and break Get ready for Tutor 11am  - Maths Tutor 12pm  - Lunch and break 12:30pm  - French - continue with learning the new words, remembering there will be a revision test on Friday. Also, look through the new French library books. 1pm  - Write a persuasive text about why I want to go to Vanuatu on a mission trip with some family friends.  1:30pm  - Organise a social event for the coming weekend or next week. This may be with an old friend,...

Swimming and Speech Presentation...

Hey guys,  Today was swimming, so I am TIRED... But that does tie in with getting new library books, so that works out great for me. Got lots of new reading material. The library recently restocked the teen section, so I am on a roll. Here's my day... 8:30 ish get picked up Swimming 45 minutes 10am  - Baby Rhyme Time / Book return / Book collect etc. Home 11ish ; Morning Tea 11:30  - Maths 1 hour 12:30  - Lunch and break time 1:15  - History - continue working on French essay.  Also, look over the presentation so it's ready for tonight. 2pm  - Watch the following videos on French culture and history. Take notes. Include anything interesting / confusing that was discovered.  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=z89fac5Z250 https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=JGDcDICQswg So yeah that was my day today. I did my history presentation this evening and it all went well. Apart from the fact that the ...