Made awards

This year a group of people are doing the MADE awards. The MADE awards is a documentary competition for students to enter. We have a secret topic. I am sorry we can’t tell you our topic otherwise it could be used elsewhere. We had a meeting with Mr O'Neill to talk about all our script writing and our idea’s. It was a good session and we got lots of new knowledge.Hopefully we can start filming soon. You can check out the website here http://www.madeawards.com/

Anzac

In the terrible time world war one was. Over  37 million people got sent to fight in the war. Nurses were also sent over to help the soldiers. On Christmas Day they stopped fighting to show some respect. Soldiers were sent mail but lots of it got put back in the mail sack.Around 16 million people got killed and 20 million got wounded. In New Zealand we have a day called Anzac Day. It is on the 25 April. The day of Anzac Day was picked from when the soldiers landed in Gillpoli. There is a parade that goes on Anzac Day and all The Soldiers that survived march but also there family members wore medals to remember them. This year is was 100 years since they landed in Gillipoli. I have made a mind Mup about the war so you can see that underneath this writing.

Word Cloud

I have made a word cloud from our camp. You can also read the story in the post below

Camp 2015

The last 3 days we have been at camp at Totara Springs. On the first day we had a tour and did Top Town.  We did a rotation.They were mostly Team Building activity's.Later on we did river side activity's.The activity's were Kayaking,Water slide,Beach volleyball and the water hole.I first went to the water hole and jumped of the bridge and hit the ice cold water it started doing freestyle to he ladder I was scared an eel was chasing me. I went to the water slide next. I fell into the water i was eager to get another turn. Next Kayaking I kept on crashing into the side but I got there in the end. We had dinner then did a Burma Trail. I got a bruise on my knee I was so scared. We slowly drifted to sleep. We woke up and had breakfast. There was Jet planes up for grabs for who had the tidiest cabin. We got the jet planes. After that we did a rotation.My group did rock climbing first and it was very hard and you had to be careful. We went back to have morning tea then went to the Go Karts. I almost went off the track but I stayed on. After that we went to the Gym and did Crate Climb. I got 11 crate on but I got so scared. The record at Totara springs is 32 and it touched the roof. Paige got 19 and got half way.We had a Lunch break then got into the Flying fox. It was amazing but I backed out a couple times but got there in the end. Then we did abseiling it was scary but really fun. Then we had afternoon tea. We were lucky enough to get to go in the Hot Pool. Then we had a delicious Dinner. Later on in the night we went eeling. We sadly didn't catch an eel. We made Damper it was really yum. After that we made S'mores. They are Marshmallows roasted on the camp fire and stuck in between two Biscuits but we put ours in Chocolate Thins. We went back to our cabins and fell asleep. That morning we had Pancakes and they were yum. We had to pack up our cabins. We got to do BMX Dodge Ball and Human sized Foosball. Then we went on the Hydro Slide. The Hydro Slide is 128 meters long it is the second biggest in the southern Hemisphere. Once we had done that we went into the Hot Pool.We had a delicious Lunch. After that we had to pack the cars and head back to school.

Weekly Reflection

Yesterday we played Cricket and Baseball because of the Cricket world cup semifinals.First we played cricket.We had to play in our House colors.The house colour’s are Pataki (Yellow) Weka (Green) Kapui (Red) Orewa (Blue).I am in Pataki and we had to vs Orewa. We won by 1 point and in Baseball we won by a mile. I  had lots of fun and go a really good hit.

I also got into Jrock. It is a production that Primary and High Schools can enter.It is a competitive compettion but we don’t get juged. It is in Hamilton at the Claudelands Arena.I am like a clown but not.I am in a videogame and I dance and then slowly start to die then come back alive the get shot and die.It is really cool plus we get too work together and learn cool new dance moves.

Thames Valley Triathlon

This week I competed at the Thames Valley Triathlon it was over in Cooks Beach. I competed in a group with Hayley and Elaina. We competed well. I had to do the swim in the sea. I thought the caps of the people were shark fins and they were chasing me but they weren't. I was the 5th out of the water and I ran out and tagged Elaina's hand she ran off to her bike and started. Hayley sprinted the 2km run.I said that's Hayley and her mum said it can't be.I said it is Hayley with the blue shoes and the black and white top. It was Hayley! She came just behind people who left 5 minutes before her.We finished it all together.We got 14th overall and 3rd in groups we did well.

Weekly Reflection

Plus -My plus this week was that our Art group got our pole undercoated and Painted!! My other plus for the week is my cloze because I only had to do one fix up and also my crossword because there was no fix ups!

Minus- This week my minus was my Sra because I had to fix it up because it was really challenging.

Interesting- Today we went swimming and we had to score the balls into the bin Girls vs Boys.Sadly the boys one but girls are still the best aren't they??They won by 7 points and we only got 7.

Goal-My goal for next week is to work harder on my SRA so I don't have to fix it up and I am able to tick it off my to do list.

Hauraki Plains Swimming

This week we had Hauraki Plains swimming sports.The top 3 from each age from the school swimming sports got in.I got in for Freestyle and Breaststroke.I did the long distance swimming.That is 2 & 3 lengths.There was some pretty tough competitors but at least I gave it a shot.The top 3 from each stroke got into Thames Valley. Its is such a shame that I didn't get into Thames Valley.But there is always next year.

Weekly reflection week 5

Plus        My plus this week is my Sra because I didn't have to do a single fix up.
Plus         My other plus is Swimming sports because I got into Hauraki Plains
Minus      My minus is my Cloze because I had to fix it up 3 times.
Interesting  This week we had some Fijians come to our school and sing us some song's they were great.
Goal       My goal for next week is to be careful and think through the cloze so I don't have to spend too                     much time on my cloze.

My Snapper

Today I went fishing with my family up at kereta boat ramp.I caught a Snapper 62 cm and weighing 8 and a half pound.I winded it in on my own at first I thought it was hooked on the mussel rope but really I had a really lazy fish.We had to net him otherwise my line would snap.I caught him on a manky old pilchard.

Weekly Reflection Term 1 Week 4

                                           Alyson’s weekly reflection

Week 4   

20.02.15

Plus	-This week My plus was Swimming because I am now able to glide better with my freestyle. -My other plus this week was my SRA because I only had to fix up 3 questions.
Minus	-My minus this week was my Cloze because I had to fix it up 3 times
Interesting/action	-Is my Timetable becuse we are learning to do it differently from last year.
Goal	-My goal for next week is to focus on my Cloze.

Weet-bix TRYathalon

On sunday I went to the Weetbix TRYathlon at Hamilton. I did it within 30 minutes. I had to swim 100 meters, bike 4km and run 1.5 km. I got to have a photo with Sarah Walker! I was really happy. I am so happy that I finished.

Weekly reflection Term 1 Week 3

Term 1 Week 3

13.2.15

Plus	-My plus this week was my Book club because I got it all done on time. -My other plus this week was my cloze because I got it done even though it was really hard.
Minus	-My minus this week is my Sra because I had to fix it up but it was difficult.
Intersting/Action	-My interesting this week was my book that I have been reading called "The year my life broke" and Telling Lies they are really good books.

Whetu

We have just gone back to school and we have 2 new teachers in our syndicate.Mrs Heaven And Mrs Taaffe.We have a whole lot of new kids.We've been reading a book called "The day my father became a bush".we are now reading Conrad Cooper's Last Stand.I am excited to read it.