Week 1 Term 3

So far the first week back at school has been good. In tech arts we have moved onto fabric. We have only had one lesson, but in that time I hand sewed a soft green and black ball about the size of a tennis ball. To make it we had to cut out our pattern on the two colours we had chosen then place them togeather to make a T shape. Next we had to had sew them togeather starting at the top, and going black to green, black to green until it looked like a half circle thats when cut the the string so we could replace it with more string. We carried on sewing until there was three finger before the end. After we had done all that we turned our fabric in side out, stuffed it. Finally using invisable stitches we sewed up the last bit, and we were done. Yesterday we had french, and we had to do maths in french! The questions were easy it was more the spelling of the french numbers that made it hard. This term in week five is our school cross country we have been training every day at school, and today we are training with a few other classes. I think that this term will be exciting because we have lots of upcomming events. I am going on the one week ski trip with about 40 other students from our school, and I am also going to aims with my netball team. Aims is this competition that our school is part of it is held at Tauranga, and lots of other schools travel there to compete against one another. Another event that this term brings is speeches. I already have my speech topic and I have started writing it. Over all I think that I have a pretty good year ahead of me. 

   

Week 9 Term 2

This week I have learnt a lot of things such as... how to use commas and FANBOYS properly. At the start of the year I thought that you only put a comma if you wanted to join two sentences together, but it turns out that you only put a comma in your work if you are adding extra information than you would put a comma before and after the extra information. You would also use a comma if you are listing things, or before you use a FANBOY. In writing we have been doing a novel analysis I have just finished mine, and have now moved onto writing my student conference that is coming up. In maths I can now find the area of composite shapes which is really very easy now that I know how to do it. How to find the area of a composite shapes e.g. to work out how to find the area of a composite shape you first find the area of the shape if it was whole shape. Next turn the smaller thing in a shape of some kind. Then find the area of the smaller shape. Now take the area of the two shapes away from each other, and you will have your answer. I have also learnt how to convert metric measurement, and to find the volume of some 3D shapes. This week our school has been preforming a production I haven't seen it, but I'm going to watch it tomorrow!! I am really excited because it sounds really cool, and lots of my friends are in it. Overall this week has been a very busy week, and I have learnt a lot of new things.      

Week 7 Term 2

This week is going to be very busy as we had a maths test a few days ago, and we had our ICAS science test yesterday. Every Wednesday we have jump jam, but this Wednesday when we were doing jump jam our teacher filmed us, and put the video on YouTube it was so embarrassing!! This weekend I have my second netball rep torment I am really nervous, and excited. It was going to be in Auckland, but they changed it to some other place. Every year our school has a production this year the production is called The Battle of the Bands. I don't really know what its about, but I'm guessing something to do with bands battling. A lot of people are involved in the production, and next week everybody in the production gets a week off school to practice!! I really want to watch the production because the way that they set up the hall looks awesome. Coming up in week 10 is Belmont and I am in the traveling Belmont team. That means that my whole team has to travel to Belmont and verse other teams up there. When we go up to Belmont each person in the team has to be billeted by a random family. Normally it is one person to a house, but luckily I am allowed to stay with someone else!               

Week 6 Term 2

Last week in teach arts we finished  doing art and moved on to design that includes wood work and plastic. Our teacher is Mr Monk he is really funny. We got to make spinning tops my one was a bit big, but it still works. On Friday we can cut our names out of wood. In maths we were doing fractions, decimals and percentages now we are moving on to area and perimeter we have just done the test and I think we are going to have to do a lot of work on it. We have been doing report writing and note taking. Our first piece of writing was about penguins, and for our next piece of writing we had to draw out a slip of paper that had our topic on it. I got Tuatara. I have nearly finished my note taking. Recently I have handed in my Belmont letter that will be posted to my host family so they sort of know a little bit about me before I get there.          

Week 5 Term 2

I have been sick most of this week, but hopefully I will be going back to school tomorrow I hate being stuck at home with nothing to do. I missed my last art lesson and I am no ware near finishing luckily we have a awesome art teacher and she said we can come in at lunchtime and finish off our art work. On Sunday it was my birthday and we went to inflatable world it's really fun there and I loved it. Everything is blown up there is a huge sumo ring where you put on these really big sumo suits and try and bowl each other over. There was lots of other great activities, but this was my favorite. My cousion, Summer, gave me my favorite present she had painted me this awesome picture of an extinct laughing owl I love it!! I had a fantastic time and I am totally going back.

Week 4 Term2

Yesterday I had a photo with Barbara Kuriger the MP for King Country/Taranaki and the Minister of Education Hekia Parata, while they were visiting the retirement village that my Dad and his brothers own. She did a speech and the residents had time to ask questions I think she was really nice and bubble.

This week has been really exciting because I made the Belmont netball team, the Aims netball team and the rep netball team. Belmont is a place in Auckland and our school dose a sporting exchange with another school up there that means that I will be going to Auckland and staying a few nights with a random family!! Aims Games is also another sporting event, but you don't stay with a family you just stay with your team in a cabin. Rep netball is a Te awamutu representative team and we have our first torment next weekend. I am really nervous, but I am also really excited I really love netball and I can't wait to verse  teams from other places!   

We video

I have learnt how to use a app called we-video it's really cool and I have created a practise called adorable kittens!

To use we-video all you have to do is...

• Download we-video 
• Find some pictures or video clips
• Press the upload button and then upload your photos and/or videos 
• Arrange your photos or videos in the order that you like 
• If you wanted to you could add sub titles 
• When you are finished press the publish button and your video will be complete 

This is my guide to using we video I hope this will help you in the future if you decide to use we video