Week 7 Term 1

This week has been really great. As I was one of the luck students who has hosted a Japanese student, I have found out that they are really kind, and they are always looking to help out while still having fun. While my student Mei has been staying with us she has been very polite, and willing to try anything new such as the food, the sports, activities and the games. She has also taught us how to make and cook Japanese food, how to play Japanese games and how to count in Japanese. Mei is really good at speaking and understanding English, so we haven’t had any difficulties communicating with her. While Mei has been staying with us she has been to lots of places that are different to places in Japan, and she has also experienced lots of thing she can’t experience in Japan. The thing she has most enjoyed in New Zealand was going to Taupo. We did lots of thing over that weekend including parasailing and swimming in the lake. She did everything that we did without complaint, so she has made hosting her really easy, and I’m sure that all of the other host families have found out the same things with their Japanese student.I think that it will be sad to say goodbye, so I will try to make the most of the time I have let with her.

We have also done lots of other fun thing this week. On Tuesday we had WIMS (Waikato Intermediate Middle Schools) volleyball. It was really fun, and overall we came sixth, and the boys came first their team was really good. There was also some more exciting things this week I made it into WIMS touch and the literacy quiz. That means that so far I will have five badges WIMS touch, volleyball, swimming, the literacy quiz and the tough guy and gal challenge. As this week has been so successful I am excited to see what next week brings!

Week 6 Term 1

This week has been great. On Tuesday we had boating, and for that we had to go to the school pool and learn about water safety. We learnt lots of important things, and the water safety teachers even manged to make it fun for us. The most exciting thing this week has been the arrival of the Japanese exchange students. They will be staying with us for 12 days, and we are hosting a girl named Mei. She is 15 years old, and she is sort of shy, but I think that after a while she will start to talk more. Her English is really good, and she has already taught us lots of new card games, and I can now use chopsticks thanks to her. I am really excited for another great week, and I am excited to see what else she has to teach us.      

Week 5 Term 1

This week has been great. On Monday we had WIMS (Waikato Intermediate Middle School) Swimming. I raced in three races 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters backstroke and the championship relay I can't really remember, but I think that our relay got 3rd or 4th which is good. There was a lot of swimming this week because that Friday was our school swimming. We are still waiting for the results to see which house won the last time a teacher called out the points Waipa was beating us (Puniu) by three points, but they hadn't added on our points from the house relays and we won three of them and came second in our fourt. Hopefully we cane win because we are sitting last now in the overall points. I can't wait for next week, so I can see if we won or what our place is.