My reflection

	Name:   Nick                             Date:1.12.11
Look back What did you do? What could you improve?	Last term I made a documentary on the ILT and what they provide. This term I made a scale model of the band rotunda out of paper. I think that I could improve on my time management at the start of the year. I could also improve on working as a group because sometimes I took over.
Questions What questions have you answered? What questions do you still have?	At Enrich I learnt how to build and use a mindstorm. I would like to learn how to use I can animate.
Pull it apart What factors contributed to your learning? What challenged you?	Resources and people that think alike contribute to my learning.What challenged me was the higher standard of work you have to put out.
Make connections What did you learn to do better? What sort of thinking helped you?	I learnt to use computers better than when I started and creative thinking and flexible thinking helped me.
Make judgements My progress was...	My progress was learning how to use certain equipment and Enrich boosted the subjects that I am good at.

Maths

At the moment I am building a scale model of the queens park band rotunda. I am making it out of paper and it is 65 times smaller than the actual band rotunda so the scale is 0.015:1. It is really difficult to scale down the model 65 times smaller then they are because it's not an even number like 10,20,30 etc.                                                 (Not my model)

Habits of mind

Today at Enrich I did a workshop called habits of mind with Alana and I did a puppet show with Caleb on managing impulsivity. When we did the play we had to state if managing impulsivity was a person where he would live,what he would eat,what actions would they do and what words it uses.I used six small animal finger  puppets and Caleb used one big hand puppet that was a wolf. If we presented it again I would like to speak louder and more clearly.

Scaling down the band rotunda

Today at Enrich I started to build a 20:1 model of the Queens Park band rotunda using popsicle sticks and pipe cleaners. I only got up to building the steps of the band rotunda and it is more complicated than I thought building a scale model of something because you have to measure it then you have to divide it by a certain number. The tallest step was 29 popsicle sticks high (when they were stacked flat)! I think the hardest part of the band rotunda was making the circle that the popsicle sticks were on by using pii.

Debating

Today at Enrich I did a workshop called debating. I was on the team called affirmative and we were debating about how having one car is better than two or three. One of our reasons was pollution and one of our other reasons is the cost of running it and repair time. My team won 11-6 and I scored one of our teams points. You got a point for a good rebut or a good statement.
Please tell me your opinion about whether having one car is better than two cars in a family.

Can-struction

Today I walked down to the museum and looked at the can-struction that Enrich spent the last term building.  There was three designs, a kiwi, a rugby ball and a hamburger. My favourite can-struction was the rugby ball made out of black and white food cans because it represented the rugby world cup. The kiwi took the longest time to build because it was the most complicated and the rugby ball took the least amount of time to build because it was the least complicated.  

Inside Stadium Southland!

Today I went to stadium southland to film inside the velodrome. When we got inside I did a few laps of the track and it is amazing! The whole track is so level and smooth! It looks like you are going to hit a bump and crash, but you can't because the track is designed so well! If you get the chance you should definitely do a few laps round the stadium.