REM Robot

Last week we made the most simple robot to make but it was NOT simple. We had to find all the pieces to make it!

Today we programmed it to move. We had to go onto MINDSTORMZ to get them to move and it was harder than having to find all the pieces.

In the end we got it moving and I was so excited!!!

Gifted Week!

This week is Gifted week, I'm writing

what giftedness means to me.

Giftedness to me is thinking creatively and working at a higher level than other kids my age.

Enrich isn't like normal school because we have a flexible time table, that's why I am

lucky to go.

Giftedness is having good task commitment to the things that you are passionate about.
I am passionate about writing and art.

Leader-board Chess

This morning the whole class had to do a game of leader-board chess.  I played Jemma.


It was so fun and challenging like a puzzle.


It involves strategy and maths.


I won because I put Jemma in checkmate.


Checkmate is when you make a move and then there is no way your challenger can move his/her king to get away and be safe.

Talent Development!

This term we are doing talent development.
I'm doing ICT/Robots. It is so fun.I have learnt how to use Alice 2.2 and it is amazing.

One thing I have learnt on Alice is now I know how to make things move around and talk.

Now we are going to learn Scratch it is going to be fun as well.
At the end of the term we are going to make a tutorial about one of the things we have learnt!

Joseph Renzulli

Joseph Renzulli is a man that studies giftedness.
He made this three ring model of giftedness.
These three sentences "Above Average Ability, Task commitment and Creativity"  are what Renzulli thought you needed to have to be gifted!
Above Average Ability means you work higher than what you need to so your higher than the rest of your people in your age group.
Creativity means thinking out side of the box.
Task commitment means if you say your going to do something you actually do it.
If you are all of these things Renzulli would think you were gifted!

Speed Thinking Challenge

At the start of the year we did a speed thinking challenge and that is where you have do get an activity done 5 minutes.
It was really hard!!!

One of the challenges was where there was a box that was full of rice and in the rice where different objects.
You had to stick your hand in and then find an object.
Next you had to feel it and write down what it was.

There were all sorts of objects like spoons, shells, blocks and I also think there was a fake worm thing, it was really gross!

There was another puzzle called leap frog puzzle where you had to get frogs onto the other side.
On another one you had a puzzle
and you had to get as much of it done in 5 minutes!

Profiling

Last week I did profiling with Sarah.
It was so fun and sort of confusing at the same time and that is why I liked it.


Profiling is seeing what things are most like you.
There is one section in it where you highlight things that you need as in things you need to learn or develop.


There were things like "to be challenged " and "to take risks"


There is another section and that section was things we do get like "Do we already get encouragement ?"

I really liked it and I would do it again!!!


I learned that I was creative, expressive, honest and I 
also learned that I make good choices!!!!!