Sorry guyz! July 3, 2008
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Hey, sorry guyz, but I have now got a new blog which will have all the same stuff as this. The only difference is that it’s a different website. I hope you take a look at it. You can see my new blog here.
Welcome Back! June 19, 2008
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On May the 18th my dad went to India to see my cousin’s wedding which was on the 30th of May. My parents own an Indian Restaurant in town and they both run it. Since my dad wasn’t here to help my mum I had to help my mum run it, and that was tough because we were really busy, but we managed our best. My job was to take all of the orders and my mum had to cook/make the food. Every night once we got home I was really tired, especially because it was really late at night. My brother and I really missed my dad then. Anyway, my dad got back last week so that was good. We had to go down to the Auckland Airport to get him. The next day my uncle came back from India, so we had to go back to the Auckland Airport again to pick him up. His flight was at 11:00pm at night! We were tired. I am really happy that my dad is back now and he even bought a movie of the wedding which we’ve watched. It’s awesome!
St Trinians! May 16, 2008
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In the holidays my friend and I went to the movies and we saw St Trinians. The movie was so awesome that I wanted to see it again! But the sad bit is I missed the first half an hour of the movie because they had printed the wrong time on the piece of paper that I had. The movie actually started at 11:00am but on my piece of paper it said11:30am, so that was my lowlight. Anyway, I’m telling you now, you have to see the movie, it’s fantastic. It’s action packed, with a few funny bits in it along with sad bits, for example, when the actor tries to shake the dog off his shoe. He kicks his feet around everywhere, and then the dog finally lets go of his shoe, and then goes flying out the window into a machine thing which kills the poor dog. But it was a bit funny.
Now let’s get to the point. This movie is about a girls only school which is very, very different to other schools. They don’t do much learning. All they ever do is gossip around and do all sorts of crazy things. They can do whatever they want. The Head Mistress of the school has loaned a lot of money from the bank, and she isn’t able to pay them back. So the bank manager tells her if she doesn’t pay the money by the end of the week, they will close the school down. The Head Girl of the school finds out about this and tells the rest of the girls. They then try to figure out a way which can help Camilla the Head Mistress pay back the bank.
Somewhere in a museum there is an English Quiz going on between lots of different schools. Also in that same museum there is a very famous and expensive painting. The plan for the girls is to make it into the final of the competition and while they are competing in the final, the rest of the girls are to steel the painting without anyone knowing about it. The girls enter the Quiz, and compete against the other schools. Finally the time comes. They make it into the final. While the girls are competing in the final the rest of the girls go and steel the very famous and expensive painting, with the Head Girl leading the way. In the end it is a success. They steel the painting just in time before the quiz is finished, but wait. There is more good news, the girls competing in the quiz were the overall champions! This made the girls even happier. Once the girls arrived back at the school they give the painting to a very greedy man, who was willing to pay the girls an amount of money, that was even more than they need to pay back the bank. On that same day everyone find out that the painting was missing. They knew that someone had stolen it. The girls sneakily steal the painting back from the greedy man and return it to the museum. It turned out that in the end there was a happy ending after all!
Once again I think that this is a great movie and you have to see it no matter what!
ANZAC Day May 14, 2008
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In our class we have been studying about ANZAC Day. First we had to choose an essential question, then normal questions we wanted to know about. Then we answered those questions by using the internet. After our research we were in groups of four and we had to create a brochure, then a multimedia, and we also had to make our own postcards about ANZAC Day. So here is my multimedia about ANZAC Day. I hope you enjoy it.
Download Video: Posted by lynnec at TeacherTube.com.
Yay!!! May 4, 2008
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Right now you are probably wondering why I’m so happy. Well here it is. My class won the inter class Softball shield! Every year in the first term of school each class has a softball team. All of the classes play each other, and in the end there are only two classes left. This term there was Room1 and our class, and we won the final. Last year it was Room 10 who won. Well I think it was anyway. Most of us thought that Room 15 would win this year because they are the all boys class, but they didn’t win. At Student Assembly Mitchell who is a part of our class softball team went up on the stage to claim our shield. We also got a certificate. Hopefully our class will also win inter class softball next year. So good luck to the future Room 3 students! And well done to everyone in our class who took a part in our softball team, even if it was once. Congratulations guys!
Camp! May 4, 2008
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A couple of weeks ago my class and Room 7 went on camp. We went to Ohope which I think is about 2 hours from Te Awamutu. First of all we arrived at school, and when everyone was here we departed for our stay at Ohope. On our way there we stopped at Lake Okataina for lunch. The wind was so cold there. It was freezing! Once we arrived at Ohope Christian Camp we got our cabins all sorted out. Then we went to the Whakatane Aquatics Centre where the Hydroslide was booked. After that we came back to our camp, had dinner and went to bed.
Day 1
The next day our class went to the High Ropes and The Amazing Maize ‘n’ Maize. When we were at the High Ropes it was really fun but scary too! To start with we all had to get into groups and do some trust activities. Some of the trust activities included us jumping onto platforms by swinging to each one with a rope, and we couldn’t touch the ground. Another one of them was that we had to get into pairs and one of us had to wear a blindfold and follow the instructions that our partner told us. After a few more activities we were finally able to go onto the High Ropes. The High Ropes were really high up from the ground and looked scary. There were a lot of different types of challenges on the High Ropes. The challenge I did was that I had two ropes to hold onto one on each side of me and I had to walk on a really thin rope. I was going really slowly, because I was scared if I fell off. But we were all wearing a harness so I had nothing to worry about. I also had to walk backwards on the rope. Once I had finished doing my challenge I was really happy. I knew I had achieved something big. I’ve never done anything like it in my life before. Next we went to the Amazing Maize ‘n’ Maze. That was fun. At the Amazing Maize ‘n’ Maze we all had to stay in our transport groups and we all got a piece of paper which had questions on it. In the Maze we had to find the right answer that went with the right question. Along with that we also had to find some kiwiana pictures. At the Amazing Maize ‘n’ Maze there was also a Haunted House which we were trying to find. When we found it there wasn’t much there except for a window that you had to lift up and you could see that there were chopped up pieces of a human there. But the good thing is they weren’t real. The first team to answer all of the questions and get all of the pictures right won. Unfortunately it wasn’t us. It was the boys who won. We had to surrender because Kaitlyn said she couldn’t be bothered doing it because someone had already won. In the end we eventually found our way back out of the maze. At the end of the day we went back home and then we went to the Whakatane Aquatics Centre. When we arrived back at home we had dinner and went straight to bed.
Day 2
On day 2 Room 3 and Room 7 swapped activities. Room 7 went to the High Ropes and the Amazing Maize ‘n’ Maze. And Room 3 went Kayaking, Fishing, and went to Shelly Bay. Originally I was in Kaitlyn’s group but then I had to go into Holly’s group for one of the activities because I couldn’t go kayaking with my group, because there was one kayak less. So I went fishing and I caught two fish I think. At first I felt a fish pull on my line so I pulled it up, but guess what! The fish was on my hook then it fell off and went to Briar’s hook so she caught the fish. A while later I felt another fish pull on my line so I pulled it up, and this time the fish ate my bait and accidentally got hooked onto Lizzie’s hook as well as mine, and then it went off mine and stayed on Lizzie’s hook, so she caught that fish. I was a bit upset about it but I didn’t mind. Finally I caught a fish which was a bit like the one Holly caught. I was so happy. Later I caught another fish which was big. After that I got back with my original group and then we went to Shelly Bay. That was SO TIRING! There were three hundred and someting steps which was a lot. We had to walk round to the other side of the beach and walk back which makes six hundred and something steps. After a long and tiring walk I finally got to go Kayaking with Mrs Crowe’s group. I had never been kayaking before and that was my first time. To start with I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it but in the end I did. My arms were really sore and I wanted to stop. But I didn’t. Instead I kept going and I did the best that I could, which I think was really good for my first time. At last we all got back to Ohope Christian Camp.Then we all got ready to go to the Awakeri Hot Pools. I really liked it there. The water was so warm, I didn’t feel like getting out. At the Awakeri Hot Pools Room 7 and our class had a barbeque there. That was yum. For those of us who wanted to have dessert when we got back were allowed to. All of us were so tired that we went straight to our cabins and went to sleep.
Day 3
Finally the time had come. Everyone had to pack their bags and get ready to go back home. On the way back home we stopped at Te Puke where we had lunch. Some of us had money and we were allowed to buy our lunch then. Most of us bought Subway and so did I. It was a long trip back home and we all had lots of fun. When we arrived back at school we unloaded all our gear and collected. Then we headed back home.
I had a great time at camp! One of my lowlights would have to be the walk to Shelly Bay. I was really tired. My highlights would have to be the High Ropes and The Amazing Maize ‘n’ Maze. I also really liked the Awakeri Hot Pools. Our camp to Ohope would have to be one of the best camps I’ve ever been on.
Vaisakhi May 4, 2008
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Who knows what Vaiskahi is? Well for those of you who don’t, I’ll tell you. Vaisakhi is an Indian Celebration which is celebrated on the 13th of April. We always celebrate Vaisakhi at the Gurdwara. For those of you who don’t what the Gurdwara is it’s like a church. When we went to the Gurdwara on the 13th of April there were heaps of people! There were drinks and lollies, and there was also lots of food there. I really enjoyed myself. At about 2:00pm we started to have games which included, running races, Musical Chairs, and some other games as well as Indian Games, but I don’t remember the names of them. All of the children that wanted to participate in the running races were seperated into their age groups. When that had finished happening we started to race. My brother took part and he came first! He is really sporty. When I did my running race I was so nervous, because I know I’m not very sporty. But guess what. I came first! I felt so happy! At the end of all of the races my little brrother and I got gold medals as well as the other runners who came first. The people who came second got silver medals and the people who came third got bronze medals. The rest of the kids got free drinks and lollies. I’m really looking forward to next year, because we will have Vaisakhi again. I might even come first again. Wish me luck!
Guess what!!!!! March 30, 2008
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Guess what!!!!!? I got Head Student for our school! I can’t believe it! I am so excited! Tomorrow is our first Monday morning assembly with the three Head Students sitting up on the stage with Mr McCabe. This year there were 9 or 10 people who applied for the role as Head Student. Only House Captains and Class Councillors are allowed to apply for this role, and I am a House Captain so I went for it. There were meant to be only two Head Students this year, but the decision was too hard for our principal Mr McCabe to decide our Head Students, so we have three this year, and I am one of them. The other two Head Students are Ella and Angus. They are both Class Councillors. Ella is the Class Councillor of Room 6, and Angus is the Class Councillor of Room 8. I am looking forward to working with Ella and Angus, and I now Angus pretty well, as he was in my class in 2006. I am sure I will get along with these two people, as I know them really well. Also, now I will be up on stage when we have a Student Assembly. Whoever wanted to apply for the role as Head Student had to write a letter in to Mr McCabe. The letter had to say, why they wanted to be a Head Student, why Mr McCabe should make them a Head Student, what they would do for the school as Head Student, and quite a few other things. Then he would have an interview with each and every one of us. In the interview he asked us some questions. The first question he asked was, “Tell me about yourself”. I didn’t have any trouble with any of the questions, and I think I was the third to last person to have my interview. Anyway, I’m really proud of myself, and I am sure that I will do a great job for my school as Head Student for 2008!
Punjabi March 27, 2008
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On Sunday I went to the Gurdwara in Hamilton. A Gurdwara is like a church, but Indians go there. Even though I was born in New Zealand, when my mum, dad, little brother and I went, we decided, that my little brother and I should go to to Punjabi School. So we did. That was our first day there, and it was great! But I don’t think my brother enjoyed it as much as I did. Punjabi school is every Sunday, and it starts at 11:00am and finishes at 12:30pm. At Punjabi School, we learn how to write in Punjabi. On our first day there, my little brother and I learnt the Indian alphabet. The Indian alphabet has 35 letters in it, whereas the English alphabet has 26. I can speak in the Punjabi language, as it was the first language I ever learnt. But I can’t read or write in the Punjab language, but I am learning how to, and I am very excited. I have never learnt how to read or write in Punjabi, and on that first day that I did, I learnt how to say the whole alphabet! I am really proud of myself! Our teacher said that she was really impressed with me, and that I was the first person ever that she had taught, who learnt the whole Punjabi alphabet in one day! She also said that I am a very quick learner. I was really happy when she said that. I can only remember how to write the first few letters in order of the Punjabi alphabet. I also know a few more, but I don’t remember what one is what, and what order they can go in. Our Punjabi teacher also gives us homework to do. We have to finish it by the end of the week. This week the homework that I have to do, is I have to write the Punjabi alphabet in my book over and over again, so I can remember how to write each letter in order. I have written it 3 times so far, and I might write it a few more times. I know I still have long way to go, but I am going to try my best every time, and my goal is that I should be able to read and write in Punjabi by the next time I go to India.
What would you call it, Tagging, Grafitti or Art? March 22, 2008
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There has been a lot of Tagging and Graffiti in New Zealand. Some people do it on walls, some people do it on others property, like on their fence, and there are lots of other places where Tagging and Graffiti is done. If you don’t know what tagging or Graffiti is, well here are some pictures to show you.
Looking at the pictures above, do you think this is called Tagging, Graffiti or Art?
I think it depends on what it’s like, like if it’s a picture or not, or if it’s just someone being silly. I think this should be stopped, and the government should do something about it, and they already are which is good. People are painting over walls and fences with Graffiti, and Tagging on them. I think this is a really good thing to do, and buying spray-paints should be banned. What do you think?
