100WC

100 Word Challenge

One day I was walking back from school and I found big stairs leading into the sky, it was very shiny.

So I decided to climb the stairs up into the puffy clouds, when I reached the top, I saw a herd of pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows, behind the golden gates. A few moments later I traveled over to the golden gates and pushed them open and walked through to see a giant crummy structure in the shape of a donut, It was called donut palace, so I walked in and he said I donut care, “ok bye”

My TimeTable for Term 2

This term our school value we are focusing on is being an Enthusiastic Learner. This means in Term 3 I will be focusing on sticking to my own timetable. This also means that we are getting better at self managing our learning and we will be better with using our time. This is important because later on in life we will hopefully be better at using our time better. What do you think? Any tips?

Surfing Video And Surfing Poem

On Monday 21st March the Year 7/8s from Rimu Class went surfing for the day at Sumner Beach. I found standing up on the surfboard was quite hard to do, but when I got use to it, it was quite easy.  Here is my senses poem about my surfing.

I could smell the strong salty air.

I could smell the strong salty water

I could hear the the seagulls chirping for more food.

I could hear the surfboards crashing onto the waves like the sound of an elephant stomping its feet.

I felt light when I took my wetsuit off.

I could feel the waves coming over top of me.

I could see the waves crashing down onto the shore.

I could see seagulls flying high and low.

I could taste the salty water in my mouth.

I could taste the water as if it was french fries.

I could surf the biggest waves.

It felt like I could do anything on the water.

Here is a video of me surfing, I hope you enjoy.

William Pike Challenge Award

On Tuesday the 16th of March we were cooking for the William PIke Challenge Award. Hunter and I cooked tomato soup, I did most of the hard work.  The rest of the class got to make what they wanted to make.

When the class was cooking Hunter and I were in the staff room making our tomato soup for the William Pike Challenge.

For the William Pike Challenge I am looking forward to surfing, rock climbing, port hills hike, Arthurs Pass, cave stream and abseiling and raft building, I am looking forward to these activities because they will be great opportunities for me and my class.

‘Wonder’ - First person point of view

Our writing task last week was to write a short essay explaining what point of view R.J Palacio used when writing ‘Wonder’. We also had to find examples from the text; also I found quotes to back up what we thought. It had to have an introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion. I am really interested in what the characters have to say about August.

I can’t wait to read more. We also had to write a conclusion

‘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 they see him. This is R.J Palacio’s first novel and it is written in the first person.

     

Firstly I think It’s in first person because he says,

‘I know I’m not an ordinary 10 year old kid.’

Secondly I think It’s in first person because he says,

‘I’ve never been to a real school before.

Thirdly I think It’s in first person because he says,

‘I can’t say I didn’t always want to go to school’ because that wouldn’t be exactly true.’

Therefore In ‘Wonder’, Palacio uses the first person point of view to tell the story. The book ‘Wonder’ is written in first person.

 

Check out my Mihi!

In the first two weeks of school, Rimu class learnt how to create and say our mihi in Māori. This is our introduction to our class and community. We also created a ‘visual mihimihi’ artwork to accompany our speeches. Each visual mihimihi had to have 3 parts to it:

1. A picture.
2. Images that represent our culture.
3. Places of significance to us.

Those of us who spoke clearly, confidently with excellent pronunciation with great visuals and layout

scored well on our rubric. Take a look at my finished mihi and tell us what you think about it.

           

My School camp to Wellington

On Monday the 23rd at 7:00am we set off to Picton on the train. It was a really fun train ride. When we arrived at Picton we played the pole game. After waiting one hour for the ferry, we waited in line for 40 minutes. On the ferry we played lots of games like minions and some card games. 3 hours later we arrived at Wellington harbour. I had to wait for my bag for a long 10 minutes. Then we made our way to the YHA. We had pizza for tea. On Tuesday we had McDonalds for tea. On Wednesday we had Subway for tea. On Thursday we went to the food court for tea. On Friday we went to Weta Workshop and then went to the airport. We got ready to fly back to Christchurch but the wind was not being helpful so we had 2 flights cancelled and 3 flights delayed, all together we had to wait 7 hours at the Wellington airport! We landed back at Christchurch at 6:45pm. Here is a picture of me and my friend Jesse in front of the Beehive.