Bonjour,
This week has not been fun, apart from Monday.
On Monday 23 leaders from our school went to the National Young Leaders Day in Rotaroa. It was very fun. After arriving in Rotaroa we took our seats, and were ready for the day. We had a notebook on our seats so we could write down notes and quotes. We had about six or seven awesome speakers come to talk about leadership to us, such as: Billy Graham, Brylee Mills, Valentine Taumiti, Pio Terei, Marina Alefosio, and Emily Muli. They were all VERY inspirational, and made us think about what we're doing to influence people as leaders. A cool quote that Brylee Mills said was 'you don't have to be a leader to be a leader', she was very inspirational as she was in a car crash when she was six, but she is still a really great dancer. It was an exciting day, and I'd definitely like to go if I get the chance next week.
On Wednesday, and Thursday I was off school because I was sick with a cold which was very horrible, and I missed a bit of school. On Wednesday the most exciting thing I missed one was some people earned their silver badge!! I really thought I'd be first to get it, but since I missed school on Wednesday I missed out!!! Also on Wednesday I missed teaching the new Jump Jam routine called Freaks. On Thursday I missed band which is sad because I really like playing my instrument and learning new songs, but oh well. Also I missed student assembly which is REALLY gutting because me and Hadlee were supposed to be doing the National Young Leaders Day presentation thing, but since I was sick we couldn't.
On Friday the most EXCITING thing happened, I earned my SILVER BADGE!!! And it's all thanks to Caitlin. I don't know how or what she did, let alone what I did, but I really happy that I got my silver badge!! Thanks Caitlin!
Au Revoir!
A Bientot!
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Week 3 Term 2
Bonjour
This week a lot of pretty exciting stuff happened. I am now TWO signatures away from my silver badge!!!!! I'm soooo excited!!! I would really like to be the first to get it, but another person in my class, Cheng-Yu, is also two signatures away, and he's a head student so it would be really good for him to get it first because he's a role model. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying!! It's going to be quite hard to get because the two we both need are Including Others, and everyone in my class does that automatically, so it's the hardest one for Mrs Crowe to give out. I really hope I can get it, and if I work hard I know I can get it before the end of the term. Everyone's telling me that I should just come up to them at lunch or something and 'include them', but I don't want to get it by telling lies, I want it to be completely truthful.
On Tuesday we had our first session of music for tech arts, it was quite fun because at the start we listened to some Latin music and it was really interesting to learn about. Sadly, just when we were about to go on the keyboard, I had to go and get my second year 8 girls injection. It's quite a painful one, and it aches for a couple of days, but it's okay. The injection is for year 8 girls, and we have to get three this year. The first one was at about the start/middle of term one, and I'm not sure when the last one will be, but I think they have to be reasonably far apart from each other.
On Wednesday and Thursday was band camp. It was the band and quoir students from our school, Cambridge Middle School, and Matamata Intermediate. For most of the two days we practiced lots of songs over and over and over again so we'd learn them for the concert that was on Thursday night. The junior band, the band I'm in, played five songs on the night of the concert, Power Rock, Let's Rock, Hard Rock Blues, Byniup Blues, and a christmas carol, O Come Little Children. It was a really fun experience, and I think that we all learnt a lot about music, and how to play the music properly. I used to think that two lines of music was hard, then I tried page music, and I found that not to difficult, and the two lined was really easy. Some of the girls from the other schools were having a bit of trouble understanding some of the music, so me and my friend Jess helped them because we play clarinet too. I think after we helped them for the the first time they felt comfortable asking us questions. I made a couple of friends which was nice, and they're all really friendly.
Hopefully they had a good time. On the night of the concert, the quoir sang about five songs, I think, the junior band played about five songs, and the senior band was supposed to play ten songs, but ended up playing nine. The song they didn't play was called Mama Mia, and I was really looking forward to it because I like the song, but the drummers couldn't find there music, and so Mrs German quickly changed it so they were playing a different song. It was a bit gutting because everyone was excited about that song, but we all laughed about it in the end. Overall it was a really fun experience, and I hope it's just as fun next year as it as it was this year. Also thanks to all the teachers who came from Cambridge and Matamata, and helped us learn the music better, it really helped.
I had lots of fun with my friends this week, and INCLUDED them lots :)
A Bientot!
This week a lot of pretty exciting stuff happened. I am now TWO signatures away from my silver badge!!!!! I'm soooo excited!!! I would really like to be the first to get it, but another person in my class, Cheng-Yu, is also two signatures away, and he's a head student so it would be really good for him to get it first because he's a role model. But that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying!! It's going to be quite hard to get because the two we both need are Including Others, and everyone in my class does that automatically, so it's the hardest one for Mrs Crowe to give out. I really hope I can get it, and if I work hard I know I can get it before the end of the term. Everyone's telling me that I should just come up to them at lunch or something and 'include them', but I don't want to get it by telling lies, I want it to be completely truthful.
On Tuesday we had our first session of music for tech arts, it was quite fun because at the start we listened to some Latin music and it was really interesting to learn about. Sadly, just when we were about to go on the keyboard, I had to go and get my second year 8 girls injection. It's quite a painful one, and it aches for a couple of days, but it's okay. The injection is for year 8 girls, and we have to get three this year. The first one was at about the start/middle of term one, and I'm not sure when the last one will be, but I think they have to be reasonably far apart from each other.
On Wednesday and Thursday was band camp. It was the band and quoir students from our school, Cambridge Middle School, and Matamata Intermediate. For most of the two days we practiced lots of songs over and over and over again so we'd learn them for the concert that was on Thursday night. The junior band, the band I'm in, played five songs on the night of the concert, Power Rock, Let's Rock, Hard Rock Blues, Byniup Blues, and a christmas carol, O Come Little Children. It was a really fun experience, and I think that we all learnt a lot about music, and how to play the music properly. I used to think that two lines of music was hard, then I tried page music, and I found that not to difficult, and the two lined was really easy. Some of the girls from the other schools were having a bit of trouble understanding some of the music, so me and my friend Jess helped them because we play clarinet too. I think after we helped them for the the first time they felt comfortable asking us questions. I made a couple of friends which was nice, and they're all really friendly.
Hopefully they had a good time. On the night of the concert, the quoir sang about five songs, I think, the junior band played about five songs, and the senior band was supposed to play ten songs, but ended up playing nine. The song they didn't play was called Mama Mia, and I was really looking forward to it because I like the song, but the drummers couldn't find there music, and so Mrs German quickly changed it so they were playing a different song. It was a bit gutting because everyone was excited about that song, but we all laughed about it in the end. Overall it was a really fun experience, and I hope it's just as fun next year as it as it was this year. Also thanks to all the teachers who came from Cambridge and Matamata, and helped us learn the music better, it really helped.
I had lots of fun with my friends this week, and INCLUDED them lots :)
A Bientot!
Friday, May 13, 2016
Week 2 Term 2
Bonjour!
For this exercise we had to flip the stick in front of our face with the ball in it, to learn how to control it and keep it from other players in a games.
For this exercise we had to do what we were doing in the previous exercise except we had to run with the ball around cones.
Once we reach the end of the cones we had to shoot a goal. We could shoot however we wanted. We could do a normal over the shoulder pass, we could do an under the leg shot. Practically anything we wanted.
Big thank you to Dean, our instructor, who made it a really fun session. We all really enjoyed it and I think it inspired most of the students to maybe play next year at college, or later in the year in Term 4.
On Friday we had our first session of Japanese with the new teacher, Etsuko. She is really friendly, and we learnt quite a lot about Japan for our first lesson. She is a teacher in Japan and she teaches students our age, about 12. Etsuko doesn't speak much English so we had to speak slowly so she'd understand us. She gave us a booklet about Japan, and it had lots of pictures of different places. It even had some pictures of her class room. We saw some pictures of the little year one students, with the older students helping them. All the year one students were wearing bright yellow bucket hats, and we weren't sure why, so we asked Etsuko. She said that the year one student wore those hats because sometimes they cause trouble, they could walk onto the road ad not be seen by a car and get run over. So the yellow hats are a pretty good idea. Etsuko gave us a piece of paper with our booklets, and told us to write down anything we wanted to learn about Japan. It was a really fun session, I can't wait till next Friday to do it again! Special thanks to Etsuko for making it lots of fun.
Au Revoir!
This week has been quite fun!
On Monday we had assembly, but I got my second Honesty and Excellence band! I only need six more signature till my silver badge!! How exciting. I hope I can be the first person to get it, but it doesn't matter if I'm not because I'm just really exciting that I've almost got my silver badge! In second block we had a session of Lacrosse and it was really fun. It was my first time playing the sport and I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed so much in fact, that I joined a college team! We had our first practice on Thursday and it was lots of fun. Some of them are quite experienced and others only started on Thursday, like me! Here are some photos of our Lacrosse session at school:
For this exercise we had to do what we were doing in the previous exercise except we had to run with the ball around cones.Once we reach the end of the cones we had to shoot a goal. We could shoot however we wanted. We could do a normal over the shoulder pass, we could do an under the leg shot. Practically anything we wanted.
Big thank you to Dean, our instructor, who made it a really fun session. We all really enjoyed it and I think it inspired most of the students to maybe play next year at college, or later in the year in Term 4.
On Friday we had our first session of Japanese with the new teacher, Etsuko. She is really friendly, and we learnt quite a lot about Japan for our first lesson. She is a teacher in Japan and she teaches students our age, about 12. Etsuko doesn't speak much English so we had to speak slowly so she'd understand us. She gave us a booklet about Japan, and it had lots of pictures of different places. It even had some pictures of her class room. We saw some pictures of the little year one students, with the older students helping them. All the year one students were wearing bright yellow bucket hats, and we weren't sure why, so we asked Etsuko. She said that the year one student wore those hats because sometimes they cause trouble, they could walk onto the road ad not be seen by a car and get run over. So the yellow hats are a pretty good idea. Etsuko gave us a piece of paper with our booklets, and told us to write down anything we wanted to learn about Japan. It was a really fun session, I can't wait till next Friday to do it again! Special thanks to Etsuko for making it lots of fun.
Au Revoir!
Friday, May 6, 2016
Week 1 Term 2
It's Term 2 already! This year is already off to an incredible start, and I can't wait for more exciting opportunities.
I had the Lit Quiz on Tuesday which was quite an interesting experience, there were some VERY competitive teams there. The Lit Quiz was held at Southwell School, and there was about 45 teams there. Most schools had two teams, but some had one. There were ten different categories and each team chose a category that they wanted to aim for double points in. My team chose books into movies, and it was a good choice. Our other intermediate team chose hero's as their category, but when the questions started I think they realized that it wasn't the kind of hero's they were thinking of.
I trialed for the Jump Jam competition team on Wednesday, which was lots of fun. My friend Caitlyn trial with me, and I think we did pretty well at our audition because I made it into the call backs! I'm really excited for what happens next and hope I can get into the actual team because that would be very exciting! Even if I don't get in I don't mind because I just really like Jump Jam, and we still do Jump Jam every week, and I can also go to fun Jump Jam at lunch times.
On Thursday I had computer coding. In my group it's only girls, and we just started on Thursday. We use a program called Scratch, and it's quite fun to experiment with all the different things you can do. We watched a couple of videos to explain how to do some stuff like making waves move, putting characters in the boat, and making them talk. It was a bit hard at first, but once we got the hang of it it was really fun.
I had the Lit Quiz on Tuesday which was quite an interesting experience, there were some VERY competitive teams there. The Lit Quiz was held at Southwell School, and there was about 45 teams there. Most schools had two teams, but some had one. There were ten different categories and each team chose a category that they wanted to aim for double points in. My team chose books into movies, and it was a good choice. Our other intermediate team chose hero's as their category, but when the questions started I think they realized that it wasn't the kind of hero's they were thinking of.
I trialed for the Jump Jam competition team on Wednesday, which was lots of fun. My friend Caitlyn trial with me, and I think we did pretty well at our audition because I made it into the call backs! I'm really excited for what happens next and hope I can get into the actual team because that would be very exciting! Even if I don't get in I don't mind because I just really like Jump Jam, and we still do Jump Jam every week, and I can also go to fun Jump Jam at lunch times.
On Thursday I had computer coding. In my group it's only girls, and we just started on Thursday. We use a program called Scratch, and it's quite fun to experiment with all the different things you can do. We watched a couple of videos to explain how to do some stuff like making waves move, putting characters in the boat, and making them talk. It was a bit hard at first, but once we got the hang of it it was really fun.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Camp
Last term for the last three days my class, and Room Seven, went to camp. The camp we went to was The Narrows. It was a really amazing camp, and I think everyone could agree that we had a good time.
Wednesday:
We left school at about nine o'clock, and headed for The Narrows. I was nervous, mostly because I, unlike some people, hadn't been there before. When we got there we loaded out our gear and found our cabins. Luckily, I was in a cabin with all my friends which made it a lot more comforting. We sorted out our beds, and then went on to start our first activity. The first activity was orienteering, which we did in pairs, mainly so we could get to know where everything was. After that, we started with some activities. My first activity was Archery, and since it was my first time I had a bit of trouble to start with, but soon got the hang of it so it turned out to be really fun. Second was Trolleys, for this activity we had these trolleys that you used ropes to control, they were SO much fun!! We rolled down the hill and then used the ropes to help us turn around. After that activity we had a quick lunch break, and then headed back for our next activity. Next, my group had the Water Slide!! We wore old clothes, and then slid down a steep hill really fast and it was really fun. The water was really cold though, so by the end of it we had blue lips which was funny. Once we were all showered and dressed we went on to BMX which we did around the old go kart track. It was full of puddles and was really muddy but it was worth it! Lastly, we had Air Riffles. We used these special type of guns and tried to shoot different object that were sitting on this big wooden pellet, like milk bottles, tins, cans, and there was even a spoon hanging from a wire which someone manage to hit! After that we had free time until dinner. After eating lots, we had a short break, and then were allowed to choose if we wanted to watch a movie or do the Burma Trail. After that it was time to get a sleep. Though, I think most of us stayed up till late.
Thursday:
We had some breakfast and then went off to do our last activity. Ours was Go Karts, and for that they had some really cool proper little go karts, that went really fast. One had foot petals for the acceleration/brakes, and the other had levers attached to the steering wheel. The one with the levers was slightly smaller and that was the one that I drove and it went pretty fast. Then we had a quick morning tea snack, and then played some narrows games which were team building activities. Then we had some lunch and free time. Then we did the narrows fire challenge which was a lot trickier then we all expected. First we had to get into teams of three, and then grab a plastic cup. One person stood with the cup between their feet and the other two had to figure out how to collect water from the nearby river using objects around us which took a while. Next we had to build a tower type thing using crates and other objects around us, but it had to be as tall as the adults shoulders, and balance our cup on top. Then we had a piece of metal and a stick and we had to guide it along an ELECTRIC fence but all of us had to be holding on to the stick, if someone lets go then you have to restart. Next we had to stand out side a roped area and try to reach the matches on the other side using thick sticks, pipes, and other objects. Once we had our matches we had to make a fire using twigs and leaves and then cook our afternoon tea over it. My group had trouble getting our fire to stay alight, so we had to use other peoples!! But it was still a fun challenge. Then we had free time, and dinner then a bonfire, where we roasted marshmallows, and sang songs until late.
Friday:
After breakfast we got straight into Paintball! My class went first, and at the start I was really nervous because I'd never done paint balling before. Once we were done I was devastated because it went so quickly and I was having SO much fun! Then we had some morning tea, and the other class went to paintball and we played sport. Once they were back from paintball we had a clean up and got all our gear together. Then we had some lunch, and it was time to go back to school.
I had so much fun at this camp, and I would really like to go again. I was nervous to go there at the start, but then I really didn't want to leave. Thanks to the Narrows staff made us feel at home, especially thanks to the cooks for not making us do the dishes! :)
Wednesday:
We left school at about nine o'clock, and headed for The Narrows. I was nervous, mostly because I, unlike some people, hadn't been there before. When we got there we loaded out our gear and found our cabins. Luckily, I was in a cabin with all my friends which made it a lot more comforting. We sorted out our beds, and then went on to start our first activity. The first activity was orienteering, which we did in pairs, mainly so we could get to know where everything was. After that, we started with some activities. My first activity was Archery, and since it was my first time I had a bit of trouble to start with, but soon got the hang of it so it turned out to be really fun. Second was Trolleys, for this activity we had these trolleys that you used ropes to control, they were SO much fun!! We rolled down the hill and then used the ropes to help us turn around. After that activity we had a quick lunch break, and then headed back for our next activity. Next, my group had the Water Slide!! We wore old clothes, and then slid down a steep hill really fast and it was really fun. The water was really cold though, so by the end of it we had blue lips which was funny. Once we were all showered and dressed we went on to BMX which we did around the old go kart track. It was full of puddles and was really muddy but it was worth it! Lastly, we had Air Riffles. We used these special type of guns and tried to shoot different object that were sitting on this big wooden pellet, like milk bottles, tins, cans, and there was even a spoon hanging from a wire which someone manage to hit! After that we had free time until dinner. After eating lots, we had a short break, and then were allowed to choose if we wanted to watch a movie or do the Burma Trail. After that it was time to get a sleep. Though, I think most of us stayed up till late.
Thursday:
We had some breakfast and then went off to do our last activity. Ours was Go Karts, and for that they had some really cool proper little go karts, that went really fast. One had foot petals for the acceleration/brakes, and the other had levers attached to the steering wheel. The one with the levers was slightly smaller and that was the one that I drove and it went pretty fast. Then we had a quick morning tea snack, and then played some narrows games which were team building activities. Then we had some lunch and free time. Then we did the narrows fire challenge which was a lot trickier then we all expected. First we had to get into teams of three, and then grab a plastic cup. One person stood with the cup between their feet and the other two had to figure out how to collect water from the nearby river using objects around us which took a while. Next we had to build a tower type thing using crates and other objects around us, but it had to be as tall as the adults shoulders, and balance our cup on top. Then we had a piece of metal and a stick and we had to guide it along an ELECTRIC fence but all of us had to be holding on to the stick, if someone lets go then you have to restart. Next we had to stand out side a roped area and try to reach the matches on the other side using thick sticks, pipes, and other objects. Once we had our matches we had to make a fire using twigs and leaves and then cook our afternoon tea over it. My group had trouble getting our fire to stay alight, so we had to use other peoples!! But it was still a fun challenge. Then we had free time, and dinner then a bonfire, where we roasted marshmallows, and sang songs until late.
Friday:
After breakfast we got straight into Paintball! My class went first, and at the start I was really nervous because I'd never done paint balling before. Once we were done I was devastated because it went so quickly and I was having SO much fun! Then we had some morning tea, and the other class went to paintball and we played sport. Once they were back from paintball we had a clean up and got all our gear together. Then we had some lunch, and it was time to go back to school.
I had so much fun at this camp, and I would really like to go again. I was nervous to go there at the start, but then I really didn't want to leave. Thanks to the Narrows staff made us feel at home, especially thanks to the cooks for not making us do the dishes! :)
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