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Monday, December 12, 2016

last Thursday our school had our annual barn dance for the year eight leavers. We learn dances and dress up like cowgirls and boys. this is one of the dance we learnt.


these are some photos from the night. :)






Thanks everyone for looking at my blog, this will be my last blog post for the year I migth not be here next year but hopefully you will see me again!


Wednesday, November 16, 2016

This term our class has been doing Novel study 

Monday, November 14, 2016

Prototec Results

For the last while our class has been using a site called Prototec almost everyday and we graphed it it is a website that gives you a test on random basic facts at your maths stage. Here is a link so you can try it for yourself.

I like Prototec because it gives you different questions every time so you’re not just memorizing one or two questions.

Here is the graph that I put all my results, I think I did okay!

Please comment.


Monday, October 31, 2016

100WC For This Week

This week for 100wc the prompt,

...As the smoke cleared...

We had to think about :

  • Where is the smoke coming from?
  • What do you see as it clears?
  • Is it good or bad or dangerous?
  • What does it smell like?
This is what I wrote, hope you like it,
please comment.


I had done it! I had won, it was right there in front of me like a trophy glittering on a shelf. I reached out to grab it, its shiny outer, connected with my tender fingers.
“Aaahhh!” I screeched.
It had turned to flames.
It’s dark smoke filled the room like the questions filling my head!

'As the smoke cleared' I saw there was nothing left except…
“A note!” I muttered as a small shred of paper fluttered towards me.

‘You shall never win,'
'D.A.V.’

“NOOOOO!” I shrieked as I dropped to my knees.
“This isn’t over!” I screamed as a tear rolled down my cheek.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Bush Survival DLO

A little while ago our class went on a walk and learnt about surviving in the bush and what to do if you get lost, afterwards we had to make a DLO about what we learnt, this is the video my friends and I made.
Hope you like it, please comment!


Thanks for watching!

Friday, September 16, 2016

My Speech

For the last couple of weeks our school has been writing and practicing our speeches we all got to choose our topics, mine's ‘Why kids shouldn’t have homework.’ since I’m a year seven my speech had to be about 2.50 - 3.00 minutes I think it is about that. Hope you like it, Please comment.



Kids shouldn’t have homework
Have you ever gone home to find that you have a mountain of homework that has slowly piled up till you have way too much to do and it’s all due in tomorrow?! Well, I’m here to persuade all those who like homework that it shouldn’t even have been created.
Do you know that 76% of people think that kids shouldn’t have homework? I mainly think it’s because some people barely have enough time for family and hobbies because they are doing homework and studying.

Last year I didn’t want to come to school because I had either not done my homework or didn’t want more so faked being sick and missed out on heaps of school.
Have you have ever been over to your friends house and been given boatloads of homework and awkwardly had to do it or not do it and get in sooo much trouble when you get back to school?

It's so annoying right? Teachers just don’t get it, and it's even worse when your friend gets in trouble too because you feel like it's all your fault, I hate it when that happens.





Next do you know that kids already spend around six hours at school so don’t need another one or two hours of academic learning do
we?

We are already tired enough and need to rest, relaxation and to spend time with family, play with pets and do special hobbies this is important.

If you don’t have fun then you don’t like to do things as much and if you have homework then you won’t enjoy school as much.
Take me for example: I love school and I don’t have much home work at all, this means I have more time to learn more through experience.




Alfie Kohn, author of ‘The Homework myth: why kids get too much of a bad thing’ looked at the usual reasons why schools give homework: promotes higher achievement, reinforces learning and teaches study skills and responsibility. However, none of these assumptions have actually been proven in research, logic and experience.


Have you ever considered the cost of a homework book? At our school usually if you need a homework book you get them for free and imagine the price of that! Say $3 per book, per person, per year say 150 students for 5 years that’s $2250 for only 150 students. If the school has more students for longer - imagine the price of that?


So if you are  a homework lover or a teacher that gives out heaps of homework then I hope I have changed your  mind and that you will help me make a law against homework. Kids shouldn’t have homework!

Digi Awards

Me and my Friend Nikita made a thing called a digi award, we made a blog called 'A Special Quote'. It has LOTS of quotes, funny ones, keep calm ones, minion ones...
you get the picture. this is the link to 'A Special quote'.


Thanks,
Please Comment.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Friday, August 12, 2016

This is term Threes Timetable for me, I have been away for a while so I haven't put anything on my blog, Anyway you will be able to see what I'm doing at school I fill it out every week.
Thanks,
Please comment. :)

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Our Class Hike

After our hike on monday we had to write a haiku on it this is mine, hope you like it.
please comment,

The Hike

Walking up for hours
Extravagant scenery
Long, fun and tiring

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Rock climbing

The other week we had to go rock climbing and then right a recount about it. This is mine, hope you like it!
Please comment. :)

Windy, freezing, open, GIANT CLIFFS...this is what it was like walking up the side of the hill to get to the place we were rock climbing.

This place was called Cattlestop Crag. Once we got to the CLIFF we were climbing (which by the way is on one of the port hills somewhere) our instructors Josh and Steve taught us how to climb we were off climbing and climbing ropes flying everywhere then about halfway through the day I got chosen to go abseiling and is was amazing it was so fun mainly because I didn’t put it through my mind that I was climbing down a cliff until I Reach the bottom so it was amazing, after that  we were supposed to be focusing on two key values that day, pride and resilience after the abseiling I felt real pride it was so cool.

After that it was pretty much just going home and eating ice also a little bit of reflecting and I wouldn’t change a thing.

Mid Year Reflections!

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Alcatraz

This week for our 100 word challenge our prompt was a photo of a prison cell in alcatraz which is in the U.S.





We had to think about:

Why would you be put in this cell?
How does it feel to be locked up?
Is it possible to escape? 
Could you think of a plan?
What is special about Alcatraz?

This is my 100wc (word challenge):

Lying staring at the blank white ceiling of my cell, the word repeating in my head 'Escape, Escape!'

"How can I Escape!" bounces through my thoughts.
I heard the waves crashing on the rocks behind me.
‘Escape!'

It gave me a fright when my cell door clicked open I had forgotten it was the inspection, it was now or never, I had to Escape...

Cold refreshing air filled my lungs it was like it was my first time breathing, sailing across the lake. It was as if I could fly,
but then it dawned on me;

Now, I was wanted.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Rimu News

Last monday our class went to the air force museum to learn about WW1 and the ANZACs. When we came back we had to make a movie or recount to show we understand what we were talking about at the museum. This is our video


Tuesday, June 14, 2016

These are my Ingrid Visser fact cards for my HERO project

For the last little while our class has been chooseing a HERO and making fact cards to put in a decorated match-box.
hope you enjoy mine.
What she has done
Ingrid Visser is the only researcher specializing in orca in New Zealand waters.
Her research officially started in 1992 when she left to start on her life-long dream to study the orca. Since then she’s worked with orca not only around New Zealand, but also in Antarctica, Argentina and Papua New Guinea.
While travelling aboard eco-tourism ships or on private expeditions, she has also contributed to orca research projects in the Kamchatka region of Russia; Washington, Alaska and British Colombia off North America as well as Iceland.
Ingrid Visser’s research does not receive Government or University funding, but is run through the nonprofit, Orca Research Trust, a New Zealand registered Charity.
Who she is
Both her parents were Dutch immigrants who came to New Zealand in the 1950s. They were both nationalized as New Zealanders after she was born. Her mother is deceased and her father resides in New Zealand. She has one younger sister (Monique) also born in New Zealand, currently residing in Auckland, New Zealand.
Between June 1982 and November 1986 Visser sailed with her parents and sister aboard a 17.3 m (57 ft) yacht,[1] around the world. The trip covered over 50,000 nautical miles (93,000 km) and visited more than 40 countries.
Education
Visser has three university degrees: a Bachelor of Science (Massey University), a Master’s of Science, and a Doctorate of Philosophy (both Auckland University).Ingrid Visser has been working with orca since 1992 and completed her PhD in 2000, on the first ever scientific study of orca in New Zealand waters.
Publications
Visser has set up the Orca Research Trust, the Antarctic Killer Whale Identification Catalogue and was a co-founder of the Punta Norte Orca Research non-profit organisations all focusing on orca research. She also set up Adopt an Orca to facilitate fund raising and public awareness.
Visser has written an autobiography (“Swimming with Orca” – a finalist in the Environmental category of the prestigious New Zealand Montana Book Awards) and two children’s books (“I love killer whales” & “The Orca”).
The latter has been translated into Māori and is currently in press as a bilingual English/Spanish publication.
Visser works as a guide on a variety of eco-tourism adventures, from swimming with whales to visiting Antarctica. She is a public speaker and has been described as “a marine version of Jane Goodall,” where her passion for the protection of orcas and their fragile habitats, as well as rescuing many stranded whales are clearly illustrated in her photographs.


Friday, May 27, 2016

Amazing Race Padlet

This is my Amazing Race padlet where I put all my country facts,
please comment.


Monday, May 23, 2016

ANZAC study 2016

For the first part of this term our focas for reading has been WW1, this is my ANZAC work slide show

Thursday, May 12, 2016

My timetable for term 2 week 2

This term (term 2) our school value we are focusing on is Enthusiastic learners, our class is also trying to be more of a self managing class.
This is my timetable, if you have any pointers please feel free to comment.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Check out my Mum and I surfing the waves at Sumner Beach!




True or False

Can you tell whether this story is
True or false

On the last weekend of the school holidays my family, my brother’s friend Saxon and I went over to our bach in Purau Bay, and it was very exciting.

Koby and Saxon went kayaking a lot and liked playing in the water,  while I more liked to go up in the top bunk bed to read, whereas Koby and Saxon more liked to use their mattresses to make a slide down from the top bunk! (luckily we were sleeping in separate rooms!)

Through the entire weekend including the trip to our bach I finished an entire Harry Potter book (Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets), I just finished to end on the trip back.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

My point of view writing

This week our class had to write a short essay on the book ‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio and on what person he wrote it in. (e.g. first person, second person.)
We had to find 3 examples and quotes to back up what we said in our essay. I really like the book 'Wonder' and can’t wait to read more. Here is my short essay.



Wonder’ is a story about a boy who feels ordinary on the inside, but he is always reminded of how different he is by how people respond when they see him. This is R.J Palacio’s first novel and it is written in the 1 person.  


I think ‘Wonder’ is written in the first person because it says ‘I’ instead of ‘he’.
“Mom!” I said, pulling my backpack away from her. I walked in front of her through the crowd.”                                         
Also I think it’s written in first person because the things in his head are written in the book as if we are the ones thinking and feeling.                                             
“I thought about that Darth Sidious comment. By now it felt like that had happened a hundred years ago.”               
Furthermore I think It’s written in first person because it is written in the emotion that he is feeling                 
“Charlotte. Mom, I said everyone was nice already.”
These are all reasons that is why I think ‘Wonder’ By R.J. palacio is written in the first person.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

My Mihi

For the past two weeks Rimu class have been writing and recording their mihis. We had three things that had to be included:


  1. A drawing or photo of ourselves
  1. Places of significance to us
  1. Images or drawings to do with your culture

We have to score ourselves using a rubric, I think I will score high. I hope you like it.