Camp Trip

Talofa bloggers! Right now you are going to read about an amazing trip. It was our Senior, School camp. During it we went to a lot of incredible places.

First of all, I have to start off with all the struggle finding gear. We went to many different places, getting all the bits and pieces for camp. Somehow I stuck with the colour purple. There was a lot of things to get, I couldn't believe I got so much things for only 3-4 days. I was feeling so excited, but nervous. I really missed my family when I went. The bus ride was fun and took really long. For me it did. 

It was so exciting getting on the bus rides because I didn't know where our school was going. It was quite calming and tiring when we were packing. We did a lot of things before coming to the Lodge. Tuesday was a big day, meaning the other days ,might be as tiring as that one. It was real fun getting to have a night with school friends. The different places we went to was INCREDIBLE. One of my favourite places was the Hamilton Gardens. It was so beautiful. Another was Huka Falls. The water was a lovely blue but it flowing wildly. There were many other places such as: Mt Ruapehu, AC Baths, The Crossing Backpackers/Lodge and the Edmund Hillary walkway. Anyways, the lodge was big, and had a lot of hallways. When you first come in there would be a hallway to your left, then after a couple of more step there be a hallway to your right. If you are wondering, your walking in a hallway. The one on the left was the one where most of the teachers and parents slept. The one on your right is where all the girls slept. A few rooms after you'd find the hallway with all the boys cabins. My room number was No. 29. 

The best place out of all was Mt Ruapehu. There was snow everywhere you looked. The boots were really heavy and it was hard to walk around in them. Inside the cafes it was warm but it felt to warm because I was in so much layers on. During our time at the slopes, we went sledding. After we went all the way down there was like a escalator that leads back up. They call it the Magic Carpet. It was really fun on the slopes and I enjoyed it lots. 

Check out 2 of the slideshows that I did.

I hope you enjoyed reading and got all the information about camp. 

See you later bloggers.

Camp Emotions

Mt Ruapehu Emotions

Hi bloggers! Today my blog post is gonna be all about my camp feelings. So, on Tuesday the 20th of August is the day we are going to camp! We come back on Friday the 24th of August. 

Right now I feel so excited because I'm going to be skiing at Mt Ruapehu. I've never skied before but I've touched snow. I also feel really nervous. It's because I'm gonna be away from my family for 3 nights and 4 days. That would be the longest time I've been away. Worries are also added to that list. I'm worried that I will keep slipping on the mountain or get hurt. We are going to many places too. One place that would really push me to my limits are the mountains. I've always wanted to ski before. My brother has. But I'm too scared to ski because I always think I'd let go of the pole or I don't have enough layers on so I would get really cold. I have a few things that I would gain from going on camp. I might gain confidence in going places without people from my family. I usually go with at least 1 or 2 family members. I'm pretty sure I'd gain trust. I'd trust my friends to keep up with me or my leaders to help me understand what we have to do. I'd also trust the teachers or members from the Crossing Backpackers.  I really think I'd feel exhausted after camp. I'd feel relieved too and happy. Happy to see my family. And that's all my feelings gone, into this blog post. 

I hope you enjoyed reading. Bye

Student Led Tool kits

Talofa lava bloggers! Today, I'm going to talk about something I did on Tuesday, the 28th of May. I got chosen to go with a bunch of other students to the Student Led Tool kits. Well, if you're wanting to know what Student Led Tool kits is, I'll tell you. First of all, the Student Led Tool Kits I went to was only for students from an Ako Hiko School (but not the whole entire school went). Student Led Tool kits is a lot of fun! The activities they prepared for us were amazing. There were heaps of activities such as: how to make your own Kahoot's, droning, making movies and animations, doing art on Google drawings and some more.

There were 3 sessions. Each session had 4-6 activities. In the first session, I finally got to know how to make my own Kahoot. My Kahoot was about animals because I know a few facts about animals. For my second session, I did the same activity! But I really liked it because I got to do another one. For my last activity in session 3, I got to make an animation or movie. We had to make a video and a slide show. We had to link the video onto the slideshow. I had an awesome day. Take a look at the photos down at the bottom. 

Some people on their chrome books

Zoe and Chimay working together

Bye bye bloggers!!!

Narrative Term 1-2

Talofa people, I am going to present my narrative that I wrote. It isn't completed but I will add the end of the story another day. If you don't know what a narrative is, I can tell you. A narrative is like a fairy tale or a story you would write. I think my narrative has a lot of describing words and a lot of verbs in it. I hope you enjoy reading my narrative.

Click here for Narrative

Gumboot Friday

Gumboot Friday

Malo ele lei bloggers. On Friday we had Gumboot Friday. Teachers wore gumboots and students too wore gumboots to school. On that day we made some cards with little quotes about Mental health. Mental health is like brain stuff. It is mostly about your brain thinking. Mental health might also mean what they think about themselves. Little quotes were written on the cards. We were hoping it will brighten up their day. The quotes were about them being happy or them being who they are. There were some quotes that said Be happy, be positive, be you and some quotes that said Do what makes you feel happy. The quotes were written by the Senior Block. On Tuesday we started to walk across the streets and just post them into random mail boxes. 

Before we did all of this, 30 students got to write down what their opinion was for New Zealand. There were about 12 options to choose from. The 12 options were about what they think New Zealand should work on. One option was about Mental health. A couple of students circled Mental health. They had to write down why they chose it and what they might do to help the option they chose to improve. One of the students wrote We could write some cards and put them in random mailboxes down the street. The teachers read it and thought it might be a fantastic idea to do. So that is how this all happened.

This relates to our inquiry topic. The topic is “HAURO” which means WELL BEING in English. I felt really good and kind when I started to put them in the mail boxes. Over 1 million dollars was raised in New Zealand. One day we got an email from a lady with a son. She said a big thank you for the card. She also said that her son read it, it had completely changed him. Just to let you know, little things can be huge. 

Blog you guys later!!!

The Special Assembly

Hello bloggers. Today I am going to talk about a special assembly that was held at our school. We did this because we wanted to show how sorry we were because there was an incident at Christchurch. Each class needed to make a card to school's and communities to show that we are sorry. We planted a kowhai tree near the shade house to remember what happened. The Principle chose some kids from different country's and different cultures to fill up the hole that was dug for the Kowhai tree. In the hall we had a 

moment of silence and every teacher looked own at the floor while closing there eyes. I felt sorry for the schools and the police having to risk not getting shot. We are posting the cards to Christchurch with little messages in them. Here are some photo's of The Special Assembly.

   

                            

                                                                                                             

My Getting to know you form

Talofa lava everyone! The Middle School and Senior School have had a fabulous
start to the year because we have been going to Cameron Pools to learn how to swim when
you are at the beach or in the pool and it is deep. I am going to show you my Getting to know you form.
You would be reading the things I like,dislike,my family background and some more other things
I would like to share with you. If you see the word : Getting to know you form underneath this
paragraph there would be lots of information about me and my family. You could make a Getting to know you
form whenever you like because it is very easy.
I really liked writing about the things I liked and disliked because I have a lot of things to say about those.
I enjoyed writing the paragraph about what I want people to know about me because not many people know these things
about me.

Getting to know you form

↑Click on word above↑