Term 1 Week 5 Still 2017

This week was in my opinion a short week. Even though school is getting a lot faster, a lot of things happened and I learned from them.

We had a guest speaker that was actually (the woodworks teacher) Mr Graham's nephew, who happens to be a boxer. He told us the basics to boxing, the training, all the skills that go in to it, and his experiences. I learnt that boxing isn't just punching someone in the snot-box, it's also about the skills and training and listening, which my mum says I need to work on. My jersey in tech arts just keeps getting better. All I need now is the hood, the sleeves and to tidy it up at the end. I can't wait to wear it in the winter.

I also entered a writing competition and I am already finished my first draft, even though it is meant to be handed in by April 1. It is amazing what you can come up with in your imagination when you put your mind to it. Friday was Inter-House Swimming Sports. I am a horrible swimmer, like worse than horrible. I am like an underwater snail that doesn't stick to walls, I float and I don't eat fish poo. Although I am bad, I tried my hardest and gave everything a go. Surprisingly, I didn't come last at anything, except my house Mangapiko came last at the whole thing. I think that we can make a great comeback in Summer Games though, even though it is in Autumn.

That was my week. I can't wait until week 6 because our exchange student from Makuhari, Japan is coming and there is so much that we want to show him. Also there is other things happening in week 6 so hit me with your best shot week 6. Until then. Seeya.  

Term 1 Week 4 2017!

This week was mixed for me. It was quite interesting is all I can say. I will summarize what has happened and what I have learnt.

At the morning assembly, we found out who the rest of the student council is. I did not get the role of Mangapiko house captain, nor any other house captain, but the people who did deserved that and I just have to accept that. My jersey is just getting better and better. Because my design for my jersey is so big and time consuming, it still has not been finished, but now all I need is to stitch my front star to my jersey.    

We did some more PAT tests and I did alright. I could of done better. I still think it's because of holiday brain though. We learnt about how to play our pieces better and now I know how to play Yankee Doodle. Mum is gonna be so annoyed at some point. At Friday sport in scatter ball, my team got 37 and in hash cricket, 56 in one innings.

That was my week that I can clearly remember. Dang it holiday brain! Thank you for reading about my week and I would sure like to hear about yours. See ya.

2017! Term 1 Week 3

This year has gone extremely fast, like faster then regular. I am still settling in to be a year 8. Now I am one of the big people and it is still strange to live by.

Anyway. Back on topic. Week 3 has already come to pass and I have learnt a lot already. At the assembly we learnt the placing of Inter-House Minor Games and my house Mangapiko came 2nd. While at tech arts in fabric I learnt how to sew, steam and stitch much better than I used to . Then in the next session we cut out our templates for our jersey that we are making. I am making a Captain America hoodie. I did try out for rock band the week before but I didn't get in but my brother made call backs, so he had to practise a song. We both learnt to sing the particular song he sang for auditions. We practised a new piece in band and jazz band. It was pretty cool. At choir we learnt another new song that we have to sing very high for. Somewhere over the rainbow.  We have a new time for French and we had a revision. It had been so long that I only got 8 out of 20. Talk about holiday brain.

So that was my week in a short reflection. I hope that your week was alright as well. I also hope you like reading my blog and I can't wait for week 4.

Term 2 Week 9 ALMOST THE HOLIDAYS!

I can't believe that it is almost the holidays. This term has gone so fast.

I got into the finals for Science Fair and my brother got 2nd for his category. I didn't get a placing but "Go Ethan." There are some things that I have to tweak and I might go to the Waikato Finals. We started Music this week and we learnt some notes on the ukulele and the keyboard. We got to compose some music on the keyboard and play 'Hey Soul Sister" by train on the ukulele. It was fun. We also had Belmont Intermediate come to have a sports exchange. Te Awamutu Intermediate had people go up there too. It sucks that the weather was terrible. We also played soccer in the A.L.C. Sadly not as good as this.
Epic Bicycle Kick by Zlatan Ibrahimović  But it was fun, with bruises.

TERM 2 WEEK 8!

I know I have'n't been posting any blog posts lately but other things got in the way.

Last week (week 7) I got to compete against St Patrick's school in indoor bowls and Kaia & I ended up getting 2nd in the tournament, because we were in pairs. Then I was going to go to a competition in Hamilton but Gymsport Festival is on the same day and I committed to that first so I can't do indoor bowls.

Monday morning (after interval) we played volleyball and I found it really fun. You have to work as a team and use all your players if you want to succeed. 

In Tech Arts on Tuesday we made paper planes and Kaleb taught me how to make a really cool plane. Turns out, I already knew how to make it, I just forgot how to. It was our 2nd to last session. 

Thursday we had our WIMS Music day and Ethan, Angel and I represented choir. The songs we sung were Skyfall, Shut up and dance and Hello/One call away. It was a hard days work, but it was fun. We also had Junior TALOS choir again and I really enjoyed it, again. We learnt some more games and a couple of new songs for our production.

Friday was our last session in Science and we had to make an octagonal pyramid out of scissors, 40 straws and tape. It was fun. We did'nt finish because we ran out of straws. The hard bit was it was an octagonal pyramid. Like this.
made ofNext we have Music.

Term 2 Week 6 This year is going so fast.

There was no school on Monday because it was Queens Birthday. It's not her actual birthday, but it's when everyone celebrates it.
At Science, on Tuesday, we finished our marble runs. I was certain that ours would come last because when we timed ours it was 5 seconds, but Patrick & Max's marble roll faltered so the time was 0 seconds. 

This week we finally got to try out Indoor Bowls. I learnt that there is a flatter side & a rounder side. The flatter side goes on the inside and the rounder on the outside, so that when you roll, you aim for close to the outside to curl inside. I was pretty good so I get to trial for a competition. That was also really fun.

Again Thursday is music day. I learnt that I am getting really good. I am also going to WIMS Music Day on the 23rd, representing choir with my brother and someone else. I also learnt some new songs in Choir, like "We Go Together" and "River of Dreams." We go together is a song from "Grease" which has a lot of made up words like rama-lama-lama and chang-chang-changity-chang-cha-chang.

This week I've been inside at lunchtimes so I learnt to get my work in on time or suffer the consequences.

On Wednesday afternoon we finally had our Winter Games.
I learnt how to play Karatu Ball Tag.
It's really fun.  

Term 2 Week 5

Mrs Crowe wasn't here on Monday or Tuesday so we had relievers.

On Monday we had assembly, which was boring, but after interval we were meant to have volleyball at 11;00, yet Mr McCabe talked to us about the problems of the world and how we don't care and we're greedy creatures. Because of that I did'nt get much work done.

Also it was the first time I got to go back to tumbling at gymnastics. I managed to get back in to gym pretty well.

On Tuesday we had science and because Ethan & I weren't here last Friday, we were far behind in our marble run. We had to create a marble run using the following. 2 pieces of big card, 1 marble, tape, scissors and pencil. Ethan and I are like 1/4 (quarter) way finished.

After school I had my saxophone lesson. I'm doing a lot better at my alto saxophone.

On Wednesday, Mrs Crowe returned from her teaching course, was way behind with my work. So I had to stay in at lunch.

On Thursday, well, it's basically my musical day now. In the morning I have Senior Band. I learnt some new pieces such as: Royals, Riptide, Hawaii Five-Oh and Lady Madonna. After interval I have Jazz Band and I got a solo in Moves like Jagger by Maroon Five. After that it's school singing. Then after lunch I have choir. We basically just practiced some songs because Whaea Rangi wasn't here today.

And that was my week.