Cross Country🏃

Kia Ora,

Last Friday, the Years 4 to 8 students did the senior cross-country track which was 1 kilometer long. Year 4 students ran one lap, while the Year 5 and 6 students completed two laps for a total of 2 kilometers. To wrap up the event, the Year 7 and 8 students pushed their limits by completing three laps, covering a total distance of 3 kilometers.

Before each group of year grades set off we did a warm up with Miss Kenny, which helped us calm down and be prepared. Surprisingly, I wasn’t as nervous as usual I was actually a bit excited. We lined up and Mr Grey got his 2 big wooden blocks out and slammed them together making a big bang, that was our que to start running.

As we set off I felt way much faster and better than I did last year. In the end I placed 2nd which I was really proud of because I didn’t stop once and finished strong. But maybe next time I could have started sprinting earlier on the last lap.

Do you enjoy cross country?

What part of the cross country course is your favorite?

               

The intermediates start of Dancing Like The Stars 🪩 🌟

Bonjour,

The lucky intermediates have gotten the opportunity to compete in a dance competition called Dancing Like The Stars! For dancing like the stars we will be circus dancing which made us all lit up in excitement with loads of ideas coming to mind.

On the first 2 days of term 2 we walked from school all the way to New Brighton Circus to practice and try little stunts. Which was really fun but difficult because of me and my buddies height difference. Our instructors are Lisa and Chris, they’ve taught us tricks we can do with poi, how to pick up a diabolo along with making it spin really fast and how to catch it, and lastly some hula hoop tricks.

So far I’ve really enjoyed everything, and I think our dance is going to come out great !

What type of dance do you enjoy?

Surfing in New Brighton 🏄

Last week the intermediates got an exciting opportunity to go Surfing in New Brighton!

Everyone came to school in their winter sports uniform ready to catch some waves, you could see the excitement gushing through the wind. At 9 : 30 that was our time to go we were all so eager we had no patience, we had finally exited school and made our way to the beach. As we were walking we took some pictures and stopped to look at some art.

It was finally time! We had all arrived safely at the beach, right on time. The air was chilly, and sand whipped through the wind, while the sun hid behind the clouds. As usual we had 4 lovely instructors teach us how to surf, what to do if we were in danger, and safety rules.

Then we all quickly got changed into our togs and swimsuits, then dashed off racing into the water to catch as many waves as we could before it was time to leave.

Can you stand while surfing?

 

 

Glentui Camp 🏕

This year the intermediates went to Glentui for school camp we left on Monday and camp back on Wednesday. Camp this year came in hot.

My car group was great we were blasting the best music ever. And  no one was complaining about their groups, Ana aka Leishas Mum was one of the parents who drove us to Glentui and back. She was really nice and brought us Muffins we could eat on the ride. I also got put in a cabin with my friends, Despina, Leisha, Kiara, and Lilia luckily there were 4 bunk beds which meant there were no fights over who had the top bunk.

That was just the morning, but the afternoon worked its butt off to make my experience at Glentui Meadows fun, exciting, and unforgettable. After setting up our cabins, we had lunch. Not long after, the Year 7s went outside to do archery, while the Year 8s were split into two groups and competed to see which team could build the best shelter using ropes, tarp, sticks, a bin, and rocks. After we finished and packed everything away, it was finally our turn to do archery. It was really fun people were aiming for who could shoot their arrow the furthest and who could actually hit the barrel.

After a bit of practice, Mr Gray started picking people one by one to wear a basket and walk around the barrels while everyone else tried to shoot them with arrows. Of course, I was one of the unlucky ones and before I knew it, I got nailed right in the face! Luckily, the basket saved me from any real pain, though my heart was still racing. Later, we got the chance to play archery tag or have some free time. My friends and I immediately jumped into the archery tag, and it was wild! Every second was intense you had to dodge arrows, try to hit others, or even catch a full arrow to score points. It felt like a battle straight out of an action movie!

Now this is the part everyone was waiting for, we got to swim while it was raining !!! I could already feel the coldness in the air.

Once our 10 minutes of swimming had finished, we had Afternoon Tea with fruits and biscuits. After that, we enjoyed plenty of free time. My friends and I used the time to tidy up our cabins, play harmless pranks on the boys and girls, and run around, having a blast.

Despite the rain over the first two days, we all still had such a great time !

If you could choose one place to go to for school camp, where would you go?

SLJ Kick Start Post – Mysterious Creatures 🦕

Bonjour 🍁,Today I completed another activity from the Summer Learning Journey called Mysterious Creatures 🦕. For this activity, I created my very own dinosaur. Because the task was fairly easy, I let my little sister design the dinosaur, while I wrote a short paragraph describing it.

To design our dinosaur we used a website called Create Your Own Dinosaur, here is a link to the website we used if you would like to have a look – LINKK.

How would you design your Dinosaur differently, and what would its name be?

Here is our dinosaur design ⬇

If you’re wondering why we named our dinosaur Banoffee Pie, it’s because we were eating homemade banoffee pie at the time and couldn’t think of any other names.

SLJ – Make a cartoon Megalodon, or an extinct animal of your choice !!

Talofa 👋,

Today I completed a Step It Up activity called Make a Cartoon Megalodon, or an extinct animal of my choice. Before starting this activity, I looked through a slideshow that told me short facts about five interesting extinct animals which was really cool and interesting.

Here a link to the slideshow if you would like to have look – LINK

For this activity I had to upload an image of a Mammoth ( The Extinct Animal I Chose ) and then use the polyline tool in Google Drawings to carefully outline it. After outlining my image, I added colour to create a cartoon-style design.

What’s the first extinct animal you think of when you hear the word extinct ?

I found this activity calming and not as hard as I expected it to be. This is my cartoon version of The Mammoth ⬇

SLJ Kick Start Post – Guardians of the wild 🌊 🐬

Kia Ora, 

Today I completed another activity from the Summer Learning Journey called Guardians of the Wild. For this activity, I had to read about endangered animals and species from New Zealand. After choosing one, I had to turn it into a Pokemon card and then write facts about it onto a separate template. Out of all my options I chose The Maui Dolphin.

Learning about the Maui Dolphin was really interesting, this activity wasn’t too hard but it did take some time. This is my custom Pokemon Card & my facts about Maui Dolphins I hope you like it byeeee !! What is your favorite animal ?

My Maui Dolphin Pokemon Card !!

Maui Dolphin Facts –

SLJ Kick Start Post – Mosha’s Special Leg 🐘 🎨

Fakaalofa Atu 👋

Today I did my first activity from the summer learning journey ! For this activity I had to create a new prosthetic leg for Mosha the elephant .

Poor Mosha the elephant has been through so much, when Mosha the elephant was 7 months she stood on a landmine. Her front leg was destroyed and people thought she would never survive, but luckily for Mosha a group of people worked together to create a new leg for her . Mosha is a famous elephant from Thailand she was the world’s first to receive a prosthetic leg after losing her front leg to a landmine as a calf. We love you Mosha 🩷 !!

Since Google drawings didn’t have any of the images and things I wanted I took a screenshot of the template and uploaded it onto Canva and started using elements from there. Then when I was finished I took a screenshot of my design on Canva then uploaded it back onto the original template. This activity wasn’t boring or hard it was really simple. My prosthetic leg includes a bit of colour, 2 bandaids, and since Christmas is coming up I added some Christmas lights I know my design is pretty basic but I hope you like it ! :))

How would you design a prosthetic leg for Mosha differently ?

Wellington year 7 planning poster

Next year the year 7s who are becoming year 8s are getting the opportunity to go to Wellington for a fun 1 day trip.

To prepare for our trip so we didn’t have much to do our Teacher Mr Grey gave us a task to fill in a poster with a buddy of the activities we wanted to do, how we would fundraise for our trip, and what transport we will be taking. My friend Kiara and I worked together to create this poster !

Have you been to Wellington ?

 

Market Day 🛍

On November 12, NBC hosted a Market Day. Where students and parents brought stalls for $10s and sold things they either didn’t need or brought. But for a parent to buy a stall they had to pay $20s !

There were games hosted by Carys, Nixon, Khorvez, Rose, Stella, Indigo, Mitchell, and Violet. And maybe some other year 8s. Rose and her friends game was my favourite, we got given beanbags and had to knock down these wooden faces, except I was playing for fun because I didn’t have money on me at the time.

Then there was a bake sale. There were cupcakes, cookies, and cake being sold by Cyrenna, Pixie-Rose, and Summer ! Across from the bake sale and next to the bake sale was a sausage sizzle and a ice cream stand.

I ended up spending $5.50 cents which was less than I thought I would. There were heaps of stalls with all kinds of things such as –

Candy, Books, Stuffed Animals, Earings, 3D Printed Fidgets, Jibets, Key Chains, Plants, House Stuff, Food and a lot more stuff !! My siblings ended up spending a lot more than $50, well mostly my Sister.

Did you buy a stall, if you did how much money did you earn ?