Vote Education Developers!

For the last few weeks everyone has been deciding on who to vote for, and on Saturday the 26th of November they started to give out voting papers for people to vote. People voted for who they wanted to run New Zealand as we live in a democratic society, so we are run by democrats. If I were apart of Party for people to vote for this would be my billboard and my Party name would be EDUCATION DEVELOPERS! Take a look at this.

Pt England Athletics Day!!!

"Oh No!" I said to my friend, " I forgot we had athletics today." She just laughed at me. Luckily I was able to get ready for it and let it just move to my head that I have to do athletics today.

I thought I shouldn't be nervous because I was going to present to people and that is way more nerve racking!

Once I had finished presenting, it was like athletics wouldn't phase me........ I thought wrong! I just remembered that I really DISLIKE running and things. The only thing I really liked out of everything was; High Jump and Javelin.

Running was a bit more fun then any other time I have ever run competitively! During the heat which was the first round of the running I fell over but got back up and got to start the run again. I kinda felt sorry for the rest of the girls that were running with me because they had to start again, luckily they got to have a rest before we restarted. I came 1st equal and then in the final I came 4 I think. Anyway I thought that Athletics day was awesome and can’t wait to do it again!

Pt England Athletics Day!!!

"Oh No!" I said to my friend, " I forgot we had athletics today." She just laughed at me. Luckily I was able to get ready for it and let it just move to my head that I have to do athletics today.

I thought I shouldn't be nervous because I was going to present to people and that is way more nerve racking!

Once I had finished presenting, it was like athletics wouldn't phase me........ I thought wrong! I just remembered that I really DISLIKE running and things. The only thing I really liked out of everything was; High Jump and Javelin.

Running was a bit more fun then any other time I have ever run competitively! During the heat which was the first round of the running I fell over but got back up and got to start the run again. I kinda felt sorry for the rest of the girls that were running with me because they had to start again, luckily they got to have a rest before we restarted. I came 1st equal and then in the final I came 4 I think. Anyway I thought that Athletics day was awesome and can’t wait to do it again!

Camp Bentzon, What A Great Way To End A Year!!!

The Wonderful Ferry ride.

“Oh my gosh, that was such a long bus ride!” I said to Brooklyn. “I know aye.” She replied to me yawning. We had just been on a bus for about 1 and a half hours to get to Sand Spit. That ride wasn’t the best I’d ever had, in fact it was one of the worst! It was so long and very stuffy also I was soo hungry, but luckily we were able to have morning tea...........FINALLY!

Once everyone had finished there food we all had to help and load everything onto the ferry. And when I say everything I mean everything! We had to load things from bags and sleeping gear to things the were needed in the kitchen, and I am sure our cook, Mr Coop brought a whole restaurant! Just kidding. But it sure was hard work loading them all up.

We got everything onto the Ferry quite quickly. Therefore we had a bit of a treat, which was to sit up on the top deck. It was cool; sitting with some of the boys and my best friend, singing school songs together, the highlight of my day. Unfortunately it was soon over and we had to unpack everything again. NO!

Camp on Kawau!!!

In 1 more week, we will be going onto a ferry making our way to the wonderful Island of Kawau. I think that this will be a great experiance, for all of the year 6 children to learn about being green, and also respecting the earth, the adults, and each other. I can’t wait!

Camp Benzon is on an island just 8 kilo metres from the mainland. You have to catch a ferry to get there though.

I am so excited to go to Kawau Island. Even just looking at the photographs of the venue makes me want to go there as soon as possilble, especially because there are so many cool things to do there like; Kayaking, Burma trails, absailing the confidence and even more!!!

I really look forward to jumping off the wharf, as it will be a great thing to do and it brings back very cool memories from being with my family. Also I can do it with my family at school. This will be the highlight of the camp for me.

But I think that not getting to sleep fast with my friends will be a challenge, because your with your friends of coarse or people that you get along with well. I just hope we don’t get in trouble, becasue that will be a shame!

I am so looking forward to this special camp, and I hope that I can learn a lot from this experiance. Starting to pack is easy, it is just the what we are supposed to bring that is getting annoying! But I still can’t wait. C’mon year 6 camp, I am ready for you.

Tennis Coaching

“Yes” I said as we were walking up to a mini net and some tennis rackets. I was very excited, because my class was going to have tennis coaching coached by Marcel, he was here to teach all of us how to play tennis, as it was his profession.

I have played tennis before, with my Dad and Brother, so I kind of knew what I was doing …. but still had to make sure that I listened, just to be sure because Marcel was teaching us how to grip the racket, and hit with a forehand. It was a bit tricky but I got there. Though my defeat over trickery made something mad, and the bad luck was forming faster and faster.

Room 17 was listening attentively as Marcel said “Okay know everybody find a partner and we are going to play a little game that will help your tennis skills” We all listened. I was with Brooklyn my best friend. I thought that she would be very easy to get out and drop the ball, forgetting that she had been playing tennis for 2 years now. Of coarse I lost and looked like I couldn’t hit the ball but I got over it, though at the time, it was so embarrassing.

I was getting better and better and by the start of the second activity I was sure my luck would come again. In my group and still very excited about my luck, I saw what we were about to do. We had to have a rally with people in our group that we were placed in, one by one. Who ever got the other person out was the King or Queen until he or she was beaten. I thought that I would never be Queen, but to my surprise I was TWICE. I liked this part the best!

I had fun at tennis coaching but was nackered at the end. It was a bit hard and I can’t wait till next time. Lets see if I improve.

Ice-Cream Comets!!!

When I walked into class on Monday morning, I saw that there were Ice Cream cones on top of the tray area and thought, What might we be doing today? Little did I know, I was going to make Comets with my class, and room 16. I just could not wait.

After Lunch, we started to get ready for the scientific delicacy! Miss Garden was talking about how we were going to do this. “ You will have 1 scoop of Ice-cream. Then it will be in your hands, and you are going to run outside to Mr Somerville and get some dust, to roll your scoop of Ice cream in.” We had a choice between Vanilla Ice cream and Chocolate Ice cream. (I chose Chocolate like a lot of other people) Once she thought we were settled we got stuck in!

I didn’t think that the Ice Cream was going to be that cold………. but I was so wrong. IT WAS FREEZING. I could only just handle it, luckily I could run to get it over and done with. Though, to be honest, when I got to Mr S, I think I was rolling the dust which were crushed biscuits, and hundreds and thousands used to represent the rocks on a comet, over my Ice cream so fast, that most of it fell to the ground. “Whoops” I said.

Once I had put the tail on my comet,(Which was the Ice Cream cone) I was eating my very, very delicious Ice cream comet with all of my friends. We were kind of getting distracted because of the boys that were being very silly! But it was still very Yummy and no one could distract us from that.

I had a lot of fun making the Ice Cream comets, even though they made a huge mess. But maybe one day we could do something like this again, except even bigger and better. Just kidding.

A big thank you to my teachers, you have me want to learn more about this term’s topic!