My Timetable For Term 2!

This term our school is focusing on being an Enthusiastic Learner. This means this in term 2 we are focusing on sticking to our own timetables. This also means we are becoming good at self managing our own work and learning goals. Here is my timetable for this week. What do you think. Do you have any tips for me to manage my time better?

My True Or False Holiday Story

This is my True Or False holiday story. What you guys have to do is read my story and guess if it's true or false. Hope you enjoy!

In the 2nd week of the school holidays we weren't doing much all week but going to skateparks so Mum Suggested to go to Adrenaline Forest near Spencer Park. Hunter and I were excited because it was the first time for both of us. As we arrived we walked up to the office to pay and then we got our harnesses on and started to practice to clip the hooks on. When we were finished I was pretty confident I could pass one and two but I climbed them anyway.

I finished one pretty easy and thought it was going to be really easy the whole way but when I got to the highest point of to which was 18 metres and I was surprised how high I really was.

When I finished 2 I watched Hunter for a while then when on to 3 which was even higher I met this couple from texas who were on holiday who helped me through 3 which was pretty easy until I got to this obstacle called the balance rope which i got the guy to go first and then I went and it wasn’t hard at all at the end the was this zipline which was roughly 20 metres long which was really fun.

When I got down we started to go out to the car when we saw this little dog which I forgot his name and another dog which I forgot his name as well. We tried to get a photo but It ran away.

William Pike Challenge Launch Night Recount

On Tuesday 9th Of March most of our class’s parents came to school for the William Pike Challenge Launch at about. When we got there we got all the food ready and then we ate. We were still getting our spiders while everyone was eating.

After eating we all went into the whare hui and started listening to his story. He talked about to he climbed Mt Ruapehu with his friend and how he lost his leg. We were listening for about half an hour, I had already heard most of his story so I just listened to him again.

Once he was finished talking he had lots of books and t shirts that we could buy but I didn’t buy any because our class already had 2 or 3. I am looking forward to doing the challenges. We have already done surfing and we will be doing a lot more! I am looking forward to doing the abseiling and the raft building the most  

Top 10 Ways To Look After Your Chromebook

The past few weeks our class has been making short films about how to look after your chromebook. My group was Logan, Shukoor and Tim. Our class came up with a lot of ideas and then we broke them to 10. It is important to look after your chromebook because they are a great learning tool in the classroom. Furthermore you can access  google docs, sides, drawings, sheets and maths whizz. We had a great time making it, there was a lot of bloopers and people talking but we made our way through it and here it is.

First Person point Of View Writing!

                                       ‘Wonder’ First Person Point Of View

Our writing task for the past couple of weeks  has been on a book based on Natalie Merchant’s song, Wonder. The book written by R.J Palacio is written in first person view and has more than one person telling the story.

Example 1

Here is my first person quote, it's is in first person because he said, “Mum kind of stepped out of the way so l had to move forward.”

Example 2

When he started school he said, “I can't say I wanted to go to school.”

Example 3

Talking about Mr Tushman With his mum on tour,“He didn't look like I pictured Though.

I think R.J Palacio uses first person when she tells ‘Wonder’. There are 2/3/4 examples as to why I think this.

In the book ‘Wonder’, Palacio uses the first person point of view to tell the story.

‘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

My Mihi!

In the first two weeks of school, Rimu class learnt how to create and say our mihi in Maori. This is our introduction to our class and community. We also created a ‘visual mihimihi’ to match our mihis. We all had to have 3 parts to our mihi.

1) A self portrait or photo

2) Places of significance

3) Symbols or pictures that represent our culture

Those of us who spoke clearly, confidently with excellent pronunciation with great visuals and layout scored on our rubric. Take a look at my finished mihi and tell us what you think!

Wellington Camp 2015

Monday: On Monday I had to get up at 5:30 to make it to the train on time.  It was so fun on the train, I think we spent most of the time on the back carriage taking photos. We got to Piction we were on a playground for an hour and a bit. On the ferry was really cool, great views. As we got off the ferry we went into a room to get our luggage then we got shuttles to the YHA. We took our bags up to our rooms made our beds then came down stairs for pizza. After that we went to the waterfront. We got back went up to our rooms and it was 10 minutes before it was lights out.

Tuesday: We went to the Museum of City and Sea, Nation Archives, Parliament, St Pauls Cathedral, McDonalds, Circa Theatre, and of course 10 minutes before lights out.

Wednesday: We got to go to National War Memorial Park, Capital E Gaming and Wake Up New Zealand, Subway, Roller Blading and Rock Climbing, And 10 minutes before lights out.

Thursday: Walking up Mt Victoria, Te Papa, Cable car to Observatory, Westpac Stadium, Food Court.

Friday: Weta Workshop, shuttles to airport, Wait 5 HOURS and finally we are home.
It was my best camp ever!