Camp Ngaruawahia.

Last week the year 8’s went on camp at Ngaruawahia Christian Youth Camp. Arriving at camp with joy and laughter hoping that it would be fun. The group I was in was Waingaro A, with some of my friends. To start off camp we went on a huuggee hike up through the mountain. It was very tiring, and long. After the long hike, I couldn’t wait to jump in the pool.

The highlight for me would have to be the flying fox. This is a long cable suspended above the ground. Attached to the cable is a place for you to hold on. One end is set high above the other end and when you grab on you slide, quickly, to the other end. At first I was scared but when I tried it I couldn’t wait to go on again. I was scared because I thought I was going to drop in the middle of the lake, luckily I didn’t. I wish to do it again.

The thing I didn’t like at camp was waking up early and going for runs. The first morning we ran, we had to do 3 laps around the campsite. It was very tiring I couldn’t be bothered to do the last one so I walked away. I was happy on the last morning because we didn’t get to go for a run, and we slept in a little longer.

The last day we had to clean our entire cabin and toilets. Time had past it was time to go back home. We were suprised when the teachers told us that we were going to the pools before heading back home. It was a lot of fun, especially the slides. Finally it was time to pack up and head back home. I couldn’t wait to sleep, cause I was really tired.

I was really happy when we got back to school, but sadly I had to wait for my bags because the other bus had broke down. Camp was pretty fun. I hope to go again and have more fun again.

Year 8 camp.

Finally it’s the time for the year 8’s to go on the last camp of the year. The place we are going is Ngaruawahia Youth Christian Camp. I can wait to go, but unfortunately I have already been there so its not a first for me.

I just check the weather for Hamilton and Waikato, and sadly it is going to be rainy this whole week. I'm sure we can still have fun with the weather like this. Even though it might be bad to play in the rain.

Weather for Hamilton/Waikato.

I am still keen on going and hoping that there will no dramas and fights with anyone.  I'm really excited to go because I won't be at school and i’ll just be with my friends. It will only be 3 days but I will still miss my family.

Thanks to Vanila for helping with my work. :D

Tamaki Transition Day.

 It was the time of the year for our year 8’s to go to Tamaki College and look around some of the classes and school. The subjects we went to was Science, English and Music. The dean for the year 9’s Miss George split us up into 3 groups.Then some of the prefects of the school came and took us around the classes.

First we went to Music class. Our teacher was Mr Telefone, he told us to write a rap or song. In that class we got split up as well to write a song. Our group wasn't very successful, it was hard to write it because we didn’t have much ideas for lyrics. We had to include things about our community, school and ourselves. Once our group got up and performed it, we just stood there like we were idiots. Well but it was fun in a way.

After that we had something to eat and then off we went again to our next class English. To be honest it was pretty boring. We had to write a poem about a animal, I picked a leopard. I done anything because there was nothing else to do. After we finished writing our poem we had to record it.

Up next was Science. That was the best of all. We learnt how to make Hokey Pokey out of sugar, golden syrup and baking soda. First we put our bowl of sugar and golden syrup on the Bunsen burner. We had to keep stirring it until it started to boil, then we could add the baking sugar. Once the baking sugar was added it started to rise and change colour. We took it off the burner and ate it, it was burnt at the bottom and you could still taste the baking sugar. It tasted alright, but it tasted yuck as well.

The transition was over. We had to go back to school and do our normal things. But the transition was fun, can’t wait to go to a new school next year.

Australia.

Last week our class had to find a article to read and then make a presentation about the country it was in. The story I read was about Homelessness. It said that Australia has the most homeless people in the world. So that's what we done, hope you enjoy.

Swimming Theory.

Two days ago some of our class went to the netball courts where the swimming pool was. But sadly I didn’t swim, because I didn’t bring my togs. So Mr Harris gave us some work to do. We had to write about being safe in the water if you're in danger.

One thing we had to write about was “Help”. If you fall out of your boat and you're feeling cold. So you have to cross your hands over your chest and then you will be warm. The other thing we wrote about was “Huddle”. Huddle is the thing when you fall out of your boat and your with other people then you have to get into a circle and hug each other. The smallest one of all has to be in the middle so he or she won't freeze to death.

This helped me because if something happens to me like that when i'm out on sea I can just do “The Help and Huddle”. It was great doing this.

Manaiakalani Film Festival.

Once again the Manaiakalani schools have come again for another Film Festival. This year is the 5th annual. We again went to the big screen in Sylvia Park. The intermediate part of our school went to the 2:00 pm session.

We arrived at the cinema with everyone sitting down waiting for the films to start. Once we were all ready cozy in our seat’s they finally played them. Some movies were really entertaining but some were boring as well. Our class entered a movie, it was called “From The Inside”.

My favourite movie was called “The Test”, It was made by some of the students in room 18 at our school. I liked it because it was funny and hilarious. It made me laugh the whole way through. My other favourite was “One Direction, Tamaki College”. It was also funny.

The film Festival was really fun. I enjoyed myself a lot. Our movie was alright, but not all that. (If you get me). Well I hope that next year will be better and alot more fun.

For more movies click "here".

True-School Graffiti.

James was a normal boy who minded his own business and did everything by himself. He never liked doing what the other boys do. There was a new boy who came to school, he looked like a new guy. But then Jason got to know him, he wasn't a very nice person. He was just like the others, but he was very funny thats why Jason liked him.

One time they got into to trouble for spraying Dereks shoes with spray paint. They were in big trouble, so they got detention every Saturday. The Saturdays were fun because they got to do graffiti work. They became very interested in graffiti art work, so they kept getting detentions.

Months pass by, they were becoming artists. But they didn't like getting detention because they had other consequences as well. They stopped getting detention and just drew in their books and stuff. One day the principal asked them if they could decorate the school hall. The detentions were worth it, they loved doing graffiti art.

Imaginative story.

Our Balloon Experiment.

Today in class we have done some experiments on balloons. It has been a fun experience. Our teacher bought some balloons, skewers and a bottle of dish washing liquid to school to help us with experiments.

Our first experiment was to try and put a skewer through our the balloon with out it popping. We dipped the skewer into the dish washing liquid and then put it through the balloon. My first try was all right, it went through one end but then popped when it got to the other. I had many try but didn't succeed, that was pretty sad.

Our next one was to try fill the bottle with a balloon, We had to put the balloon on top of the bottle and then blow into until it was filled. I had a go at it but it was to hard, but then our teacher Mr Harris poked some holes into to it and it was much easier. But we still couldn't fill it up.

That was all the experiments we done. But then at then end we just played with the balloons. Thanks Mr Harris for the fun.

Ella and Daniel.

There was a girl named Ella, she had been bullied at her previous school and so she wanted to move. Her parents agreed to do this. When she walked into the school gates of her new school, people started staring at her. Some were jealous because they saw that the head boy was looking as well.

School was kind of the same as the other one, but she had friends who would stick up for her. There was a rumour that the head boy Daniel, had liked her. The other girls heard about it, and so they thought of plans to make her go away. They would bully her, ask for fights, and threaten her, but nothing stopped her from going away. Her and Daniel started becoming closer, and so they got more frustrated.

Daniel and Ella were finally going out. That was it, the girls wanted her out. They made school hell for her. But she didn’t care, Daniel would always take care of it. A little while later, she didn’t want him doing that any more she wanted to face her own fights. During lunch she went straight up to them, and said that nothing is going to make her go away and if they carried on with that she would call the police. Weeks had pass by, she noticed that the girls had stopped. Nothing came between her and Daniel any more.

School felt peaceful for her when they had stopped. She loved her new school, her friends, and obviously Daniel. She didn’t want to move any more, she loved it here.

Nice Day For The Beach.

I was looking outside the window and said to myself “Wow, its a nice day to go to the beach”. Firstly I had to ask my parents if I could go and they said Yes! I called up my friends and asked if they wanted to come. Obviously they all did. I couldn’t wait, it was so hot, I just wanted to have a day out.

Once we arrived we dropped everything and ran straight to the Ocean. Ahhh was what I felt once I jumped into the cool nice water. Going out was the last thing I wanted to do, but I wanted to play a game. I asked them if they wanted to,  we ended up playing touch. I didn’t mind, unless we got to play something.

So we went out and played on the grass. I was running for the try line but then I tripped up. I think I sprained my ankle, it was hurting. My friends helped me up. They laid me down on a chair, I told them I was alright and they could go.

My friends started to play Volley, because touch was getting boring. I was pretty upset because I didn’t want to miss out on the fun. But I had to sit down and relax my foot. Hours later my foot started to hurt, I didn’t know why. So I called up dad and told him to come pick me up. I was gutted because I didn’t get stay and play with my friends.

It was something worse than a sprained ankle, but i didn’t know what it was. So my dad took me straight to the hospital. Today ended up being one of the worst days of my life so far. I didn’t want to be in a hospital for my holidays, I wanted to be with my friends.

Free Speech.

This week I have been learning  "Russia and Saudi Arabia may block YouTube". This happened because the American's put up a video which offended the Islam people. They went to the streets and set fire to house, buildings and cars.

The film triggered them to protest against US embassies and other targets in the Middle East and around the world. The American's refused to take the video down, that's why they have been attacking them.

Roller coaster Ride.

In our class we have been writing narratives. This is one I have written.
<--- Here's a comic strip I have drawn.

Goodnight I said to my mum. I took off my robe and wore the best clothes I had and waited for my friends to call. We were going to the theme park, it was dark and freezing cold. They called me up and told me to meet them outside. I crept out the window and got into the car. And off we went, to the theme park.

I was really having fun. Until we went onto the rollercoaster. Only a few of us went on the ride started I was scared to death, I didn’t want to go on I regretted it from the beginning. I was screaming loud, tears were coming down my face. The loop was coming up, I just wanted to go off. I was screaming out “Nooo”. When we got up to the loop, the ride had stopped.

We were all scared, they couldn’t make the ride go again. News reporters had come with their cameras and stuff. I wondered if my mum was watching this. All of a sudden out of nowhere came a man who came and saved us. He brang us down one by one, but no one knew who he was. Some of us got interviewed from the News Reporter, I was one of them.

That was the end of it. We all went home, I snuck back into my room. My mum was standing there, she looked mad at me. All of sudden she ran up to me and hugged me. She was happy that I was safe, she wanted to look for the dude to thank him. But in a way she was angry at me as well for sneaking out. She saw me on the news. I was happy to be home, she told me to ask her first instead of sneaking home.

Thanks to Jaylee for helping me :)

The Photo of my Cat.

Trying to catch my cat as it is playing everywhere wondering if he would stop. Finally it stopped I went to go and grab it but it started to bite and scratch me. I scream oouuuccchhh, and let it go. “Ugh this is going to be a long day” I said.

As I tried to find him, I hear him crying. He was stuck in the basket, I took him out and tried to take the photo. But he was too fast and ran off. Can’t believe he was so energetic, nah he probably didn't want to take the photo. I was taking lots of photos of him, but he just wouldn’t stay still.

The time had past, I just wanted a photo of him. He was still jumping around, I couldn’t catch him. I noticed him walking over to the kitchen, I think he was hungry? So I went over and fed him, once he finished he went over to the couch. He went and lied down, he had finished playing. He finally fell asleep and thats when I took the photo.

Hey guy, this story is imaginative but yeah hoped you like my imagination :))

Guess Who ?

I wear a red and blue uniform. I can go from here to there everywhere. I'm a super hero, I live in the city called New York. I have 3 movie's and in one movie my enemy has a black uniform and is EVIL. Can you guess who I am ?

Smoking Not Our Future !

In our class we have been learning about smoking and what it can cause to your body. Here is something that you should know, so you know the effects it can cause to your body.

Dangers of Smoking

Most people know that smoking can cause bad effects to your body. Taking risk’s can be a good and a bad thing. But in smoking its a different story, because you can die.

Smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and other illnesses. Nicotine is an addictive drug, it tricks the brain to thinking that it feels good. Many people say that it is better to not smoke at all. Smokers are more higher at risk of death than non smokers, because it can cause health problems.

70% of people know that they are at risk but still smoke, as the nicotine changes the way you feel. Smoking can sometimes shorten your life up to 10 years. Men are 23 times likely to get lung cancer, and women are 13 times. The risk can be really bad, even if you know what consequences it holds.
I believe that smoking is bad for you. But you can’t judge anyone about it because its their body. My opinion is to not start smoking at all, because its hard to stop and a huge risk.

Thanks to Vanila for helping me (:

A Summary of Jesse Owens !

There had been a lot of competitors in the Olympics, Jesse owens was one of the greatest olympians of all. Jesse beat all the odds, but hitler didn’t want Jesse Owens to be in the Olympics because he was Nigro.

Owen was the seventh child of eleven siblings. He was born in a small part of Alabama, even though he was born there he mostly grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Jesse’s real name was James Cleveland but his teacher couldn’t understand him because of his accent, so she started calling him Jesse. One day of school he was playing on the playground and the junior high coach took him off the playground and set him for work and the running track.

In 1936 Jesse arrived at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. Even though Hitler’s Germans hated him he fought hard and won a total of 4 gold medals. Jesse was a man of great strength.

His coach Charles Riley had changed his life and history. He had attributed his all of his Olympic success to him. He had made another world record in the relay, it wa his last event in the Olympics. He went out with pride and success.

Jesse Owens was a great man. He is someone which people can look up to him as a hero and a role model.

Another medal :)

This is ANOTHER GOLD medal I got for doing my homework. This was also given to me by my teacher Mr Harris. The more medals I get the more better chance that I will receive for the CHAMPIONSHIP !

My Gold Medal again !

This is another GOLD medal that I got for doing my work in class. This was given to me by my teacher Mr Harris. I hope to get more in the future.

Making Decisions

Our task is to write something about making decisions and which way we choose them whether they're wrong or right.

Lately I've been making my own decisions. Making decisions are hard, it can affect the people are us. Sometimes people get pressure to make decisions even though they know its wrong. Decisions can lead you to astray, because that’s how life is.

The past weeks we have been going to the Life Education caravan, where we have been learning to make decisions. We watched a few videos which show us people making choices on their own, and whether there right or wrong.

Sometimes I make the right choices, but not very often. But now i'm going to try STOP THINK before I make my decisions.


Thanks to Vanila for checking my work.