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=Reminders (PLEASE READ!)=
 * Goals are due tomorrow (Tuesday) for those who didn't complete them in class today (Monday)
 * Bring your portfolios back to school as they have been looked at by your parents and the parent portfolio review sheet has bee completed. Due date for these is this Friday.
 * Bring your sports shoes for the road race training run at 12pm each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

=Task One: Speeches= We will be discussing requirements and tips for your speech in class this week, as well as beginning to write them. You will need to spend some time on these for homework.

=Task Two: Mathematics: Fractions, decimals and percentages= Download, print off and complete this revision sheet related to what we have been doing in class

=Task Three: Calculate your own ecological footprint= http://www.earthday.net/footprint/ a. Click on the link above to calculate your ecological footprint and get an idea of how many planets you need to support your lifestyle. Select your country as Australia, then NSW for the state when it asks you (it is the closest to New Zealand). You may not know exact amounts for the answers, but you could talk to your parents to make a guess. Print the page with your results on and stick it on your book

b. Reflective writing: Answer these questions: 1. Which productive area of the Earth do you rely on most for your lifestyle? Why do you think this is? 2. In the pie graph, state why you think the largest sector is that large and what you could do to make it smaller (in the column graph)