Book Review!

The Book of Everything.

Author: Guus Kuijer
Genre: Historical fiction   

Summary:
The version of the book that I read was translated from Dutch. He is special, He is able to picture things that others cant and he documents everything in his book (the book of everything). Its a very good book and I would definitely recommend it for children 11 yrs and up. It takes you through a period of Thomas's life that can really give you a new perspective over what has previously happened.

The summer call writing

Ballast - Maths

Today we were introduced to the ballast problem.
A ballast is actually a weight in the bottom of a ship.
So you need the weight to be balanced to stay afloat if not then you are going to sink so what we had to do is create the same number out of the equations.
The first to boxes you multiply and it equals 10 the other three you add and it equals 10
so the boat stays afloat because it is the same ending number.

Try it out for yourself! Just take away the numbers I put in.

The Blotch problem

This week we were introduced to a new maths pickle activity called Blotch.
I found it a difficult task to complete but at least it was challenging.

I used colored pencils to fill in the squares and the aim was to accurately fill in the canvas.

if you want to try this open the link to try the activity

Here is my attempt: