Memories,leadership and knowledge

It’s almost the end of the year. Next year the year seven’s will step up and be the leaders of the school. I can’t wait! I don’t think I’ll be a prefect but that’s alright. I’m looking forward to next year as well as I will miss this year and especially the memories.

My memories of this year were fun and sad. Ups and downs. This year some of my friends had left and  the upside of this year is that I grew in my maths.


I really enjoy Math as I thought I was good at it. It turned out at the start I wasn’t that great but NOW.... I’ve grew so much. I love math. The one main new thing that I have learnt this year is BEDMAS. BEDMAS stands for Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction.

Improve

This is my first year in intermediate, next year will be my last. Math is my favorite subject. But I wasn’t great at is at the start. It started with Xtra Math and then Math Whizz.  Then I got faster and  faster. I improved and got better at explaining.

If you try and try then I’m sure you’ll get better at whatever you want to improve on.Math, Reading, Writing anything.

Bermuda Triangle

Bermuda triangle... Some of you viewers might have heard that name. Yes the Bermuda Triangle is also known as Devil’s Triangle.

Some articles say devils are at play here. That’s why some people know it as the devils triangle.

As a young teenager I like to read things that have mystery in it. Not been solved and not knowing if it’s true or not. I like those sorts of books/articles.

The ships and boats that have entered the bermuda triangle have never been seen again. People blame Methane Gas that pulls the planes and boats down. So far thats all I know about the bermuda triangle. Next week I’ll find out more and tell you about it.

I Need Candy!!

On one spooky Halloween night were 4 kids, named Jason,Kent, Rita and Sally. Jason dressed up as Dracula and Kent was a ghost,Rita was Mavis the girl vampire and Sally was a angle.

“Ready to get your scare on?” Asked Kent.

“Yea I’m in the mood for scaring ” Replied Rita

Off they went to the first house. Racing up to the door Sally arrived first. When Sally knocked a witched opened the door. They were surprised.

“TRICK OR TREAT” yelled the kids.

The lady was quite. She looked like she was thinking. “Treat.” Her hand went behind the door and she pulled out a large red bowl. She gave them a hand full of lollies each. They were happy to get there first pieces of lollies.


Off to the next house they walked looking at what kind of lollies they had.

“Boo”! Shouted these older kids as they snatched the bags of lollies.
Jason was angry, frustrated and annoyed. They didn’t know what to do! Rita was smart, she wanted to get her candy back but how?



As they were planning to get there candy back they thought of something. They planned to  get what was rightfully theirs. “We need String, and 2 strong posts. Lets spread out and try find the perfect place.”Said Jason

“We could do it at my house” Kent suggested.

Setting up the trap at Kent's house they were ready. Luckily the older guys didn’t know it was kent’s house. BANG!!! came from outside. So running wildly outside Kent, Rita, Tanisha and Jason."Hahaha who laughing now" said Jason.

“Mmmm. nice to finally meet you” said Jason talking to his lollies.

They looked in the bags and saw that the older guys had gotten more lollies. So they had 4 bags and they were all going to share, therefore Rita thought to give the guys 1 bag. She grab a bag and put 3 handfuls of lollies in the bag.She ran outside and handed it to them.

Do It Your-self?

DIY ... For the people that dont know what DIY stands for it means, Do it yourself. Doing things yourself that you don't know how to do, is hard!

Have you seen those dip dye t-shirts? They look really cool to me.  Since this term is all about Toy story I thought I could make a dip dye t-shirt for my cosin.

Some readers might say a t-shirt isn't a toy! Well my cousin is a teenager and teenagers don’t really have toys that they can play with unlike little kids.

I know that this will be a challenge. But I accept that challenge. The budget is under $5 or you could find it at home. The Dye is $2 so I have $3 left. I have made up a list of things I need: Plain White T-shirt, Coat Hanger, Bucket, Hottest tap water, Detergent, Stick or something to mix tops with, Dip Dye~Blue, Gloves, Timer and Salt.

I have sketched out a design on a paper and drew what the finished product should look like. So far I think it looks really

Tyler and I decided to work together on our project. The only difference is that she’s donning shorts. If you would like to visit Tyler's blog and read her post on Dip Dye. Stay tuned as I will do another post on this when I’m finished.
http://pestylerj.blogspot.co.nz/

Halloween

On one spooky Halloween night were 4 kids, named Jason,Kent, Rita and Tanisha. Jason dressed up as Dracula and Kent was a ghost,Rita was Mavis the girl vampire and Tanisha was a angle.

Off they went to the first house. When they knocked, a kind lady gave them a hand full of candy each. Up the stairs of the next house Rita knocked on the door.A squeaky noise came at the back of them... “AHHH!!!” came from Kent in a girly way.

“Boo”! Shouted the older kids as they snatched the bags of lollies.
Jason was angry, frustrated and annoyed. They didn’t know what to do! Rita was smart, she wanted to get her candy back but how?

As they were planning to get there candy back they thought of the greatest plan ever! There plan was the oldest trick in the book, the trip over string trap. So they quickly ran back to Kent’s house. They grabbed the string and they grabbed the duct tape. “But how will we find them?” said Tanisha. While they looked out the window,  surprise, surprise they saw the guys that stole their candy.

Setting up the trap at Kents house they were ready. Luckily the older guys didn’t know it was kent’s house. BANG!!! came from outside kents house so screaming wildly came out Kent, Rita, Tanisha and Jason."Hahaha who laughing now" said Jason. So they quickly went back inside!

So they quickly ran back inside. Trpping out of the bags were their candy

“Mmmm” said Jason.

So they changed back to their  normal clothes and  sat in the living room and ate there chocolate happily!!!

Trouble At The Picnic

On one fine morning  Tui’s family came down to the point to have a picnic with my family. While the adults soaked up the sun, the children run down to the point and started to jump off the big rock, one by one.

Watching them from a distance, I started to walk to the rock when one little boy jumped off. "Who is he?" we asked other He looked about 6-7 years old, Tui and I watched him to make sure he was okay. He floated back up and look at us. "Are you okay?" we asked him. He had a cheeky look on his face, like  one of those boys that are up to no good.

He was still in the water looking up at us."Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Tui inquired. He didn't reply. Tui and I looked at each other "What a strange boy!" She thought out loud. suddenly a strong wave came and nearly swept the boy away. We looked at the adults and they were partying. We could hear the loud music from here.

"They can't hear us from here don't waste your voice"I said

"Hurry up and get out before you get swept out to sea!" Tui said in a concerned voice. Another wave came and he barely stayed put. We saw a big wave coming and it looked like this one would surely  sweep him away. Closer and closer  it came. We didn't know what to do! "What Should we do?" I screamed.


Without thinking Tui and I jumped in to help the boy. When we pulled him back to land the boy looked fine, We couldn't see any bruises or cuts.
"Why didn't you get out of the water when we told you to" Tui said angrily ."What's you're name, where's your mum?"Tui questioned.

We heard a voice in the distance. It was filled with concern and panic. As the woman came near we looked at the boy and immediately made the connection.

“Does this little guy belong to you” I said in a hopeful voice.

"Oh yes, thank you!" She took his hand saying, "Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you!" She sounded happy, angry and relieved all at the same time.

With our good deed done for the day, It was time for Tui and I to have some fun of our own! With our good deed done for the day, It was time for Tui and I to have some fun of our own!

Toy story

The start of the term has arrived with excitement. Not knowing what the topic is left me clueless... “What could it be?” I asked my self.

Walking thru the breeze with Tui we see “Toy story”on a blackboard. “TOY STORY!” I say to her, unsure. We look at each other “Hmmm is it the movie?” She replied. We walked to class and saw Mr barks with blond hair and a sign around his neck saying ”Have you seen barbie?” By the time Tui and I saw that we said out loud “Ken” Barbie's boyfriend.

Our topic “Toy story” isn’t the movie! it is the memories that you had with your toys or the teddy bear that you cuddle at night.

Who Inspires Me?

When you’re little you meet people who inspires you. Like for example some little boys look up to Superman or Spiderman.The whole point of this is who do I look up too, who inspires me to be my best.

Thinking about this is difficult there are a few people who inspire me. My Mum, Dad and other siblings. But thinking about this all, I know that my mother has been there and supports me even tho I make alot and I MEAN ALOT of mistakes.

Have you heard brown brother by Joshua? It’s really inspiring, even tho I’m not brown it is still inspiring.Because of his speech he has been heard throughout New Zealand. If you haven't Watched or heard Brown brother, here is the link.

Thanks to tui for reading this. She is a not a good friend. Please take a look at her blog and comment. Here is the link.

Repost Writing Of Duffy Books!

Here is my 2 book from the greatest club “Buckland's Beach Lions Club”. The books that I have chosen are “Ej12(choc shock)” and “curiosity(killed the cat) ”

Ej12 is written by an author called Susannah Mcfarlane. There is a good team called Shine and the bad group called  SHADOW. Shadow is cooking up a new invention which could put Shine in a real jam. It’s a recipe for disaster!

The other book I have is Curiosity killed the cat. My friends Tui and Ramona have the same books.  It’s really interesting.

Thank you to Tui for reading my writing. I appreciate your comments. But a big thank you to Buckland's Beach Lions Club.



Here is the Duffy book song. We sing sometimes:
I'm going to read my way around the world
Jump on a dream and go real far
I'm a Duffy kid so I'm a star
And I read about it

And when I tell my story, then I know I'll have the words
And when I tell my story, then I know I will be heard.

Chorus:
Going to read it. Read about it.
I'm a Duffy kid and so proud of it
You can do it. Nothing to it.
I can help you if you want me to.
Tall as a Totara Duffy Kids will read around the world


If you want to know what makes things go
If you want to know how the flowers grow
If you want to learn how to be the best you can
You just read about it.

And when I tell my story, then I know I have the words.
And when I tell my story, then I know I will be heard.

Chorus:
Going to read it. Read about it.
I'm a Duffy kid and so proud of it
You can do it. Nothing to it.
I can help you if you want me to.
Tall as a Totara Duffy Kids will read around the world


Chorus:
Going to read it. Read about it.
I'm a Duffy kid and so proud of it
You can do it. Nothing to it.
I can help you if you want me to.
Tall as a Totara Duffy Kids will read around the world

Duffy Books!!!

Here is my 2 book from the greatest club “Buckland's Beach Lions Club”. The books that I have chosen are “Ej12(choc shock)” and “curiosity(killed the cat) ”

Ej12 is written by an author called Susannah Mcfarlane. There is a good team called Shine and the bad group called  SHADOW. Shadow is cooking up a new invention which could put Shine in a real jam. It’s a recipe for disaster!

The other book I have is Curiosity killed the cat. My friends Tui and Ramona have the same books. Curiosity killed the cat

Thank you to Tui for reading my writing. I appreciate your comments. But a big thank you to Buckland's Beach Lions Club.

Having Trouble Writing (Take 2)

Writing... ERR! Writing is so hard sometimes! One week you're full of  great ideas and the next, you're all out. This week, I was at a loss, so I said to myself,  “Why not write about the fact, that I don’t have a clue what to write about?


Don’t you hate it when you need ideas and you have none. You’re waiting, waiting and by the time you have an idea, it’s the day befor you post!  Well you're not alone.


Sometimes my friends have trouble writing. Sometimes they write about their friends and family, that’s great but  I need more inspiration. Well eggless enuf to write 4 to 5 paragraph.


Even teachers  have trouble thinking about what to  writing about. “How do you know that” you might ask... Well, just ask Mr Barks, my teacher.  He has trouble find out what to write, He told me himself!


With all my gratitude I would like to thank  Tui for reading my writing.
Please visit her blog and read some stories that she wrote. Click on this link if you would like to go to here blog.

Having trouble writing

Writing... ERR! Writing is so hard sometimes. One week you're full of  great ideas and the next, you're all out. So I thought to myself why not write about not having any ideas.

Don’t you hate it when you need ideas and then you forget every one of them? Well, you're not alone that happened to me this week! Yes it’s true even teachers  have trouble thinking about writing.

Sometimes my friends have trouble writing. Sometimes they  just write about their friends and family, I like that idea!  I need some solid good paragraph to go with it.

Thank you to Tui for reading this. She is a really good friend. Please look at her blog,here is  the link.

The improved version of "is the world really going to end"

Is the world going to end this year? That is a hard question to answer, isn’t it. Well I guess it’s basicly yes or no, but do you have the proof to prove it? For my writing I will search the internet to find out “is the World going to end?”

Who should I believe? Is it or is it not.  There is one site in particular that says the world is going to end.  It hooked me in like this “Apparently, the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. Yes, you read correctly” and so on, it goes on to saying you should prepare and do the things that you wanted to do but were too scared.

But before you leave, listen to what else I found on the world not ending. We as the people of Earth don’t know how and when the world is going to end. So the Earth may one day end but surely not now.

Wow! There are many good reasons not to believe the world is going to end, but there is also a reason why the Earth  may not end. After all the information I’ve read, my conclusion and my thoughts are the world is “not going to end”.

There is one special thanks I’d like to make, and that is to Tui for reading this. She believes that the world is not going to end.  Here is a link to here blog please read some of her post as well.

Is the world really going to end?

Is the world going to end this year? That is a hard question to answer, isn’t it. Well I guess it’s basicly yes or no, but do you have the proof to prove it? For my writing I will search the web to find out “is the World going to end?”

Who should I believe? Is it or is it not,  there is one site in particular that says the world is going to end.  It hooked me in like this “Apparently, the world is going to end on December 21st, 2012. Yes, you read correctly” and so on, it goes on to saying you should prepare and do the things that you wanted to but were too scared to do.

But before you leave, listen to what else I found on the world not ending. We as the people of Earth don’t know how and when the world is going to end. So the Earth may one day end but surely not now.

Wow! There many good reasons not to believe the world is going to end, but there is also a reason why the Earth  may not end. After all the information I’ve read my conclusion and my thoughts are the world is not going to end.

There is one special thanks I’d like to make and that is to Tui for reading this. She believes that the world is not going to end. Here is a link to here blog please read some of her post.

Why Australia?

Australia... Why are so much people going to Ossy! If you don’t know how far New Zealand to Australia is... Well we say we're just across the ditch from each other.

The reason why I’m talking about Ozzy is because two of my closes friends Ramona and Ngametua are leaving to go on an adventure (Without me)!  I wish I could go with you!


Luckily I still have this year to hang out with you. Have fun in the sun and may all the luck be in your way. Being an Australian must be fun, that’s why alot of New Zealanders are there. Enjoy your chance and your new beginning.


Thanks Tui for reading my Writing even thoe  I only wrote 4 paragraph instead of 5!
Your a true friend.

Carly Rae Jepsen

Rising stars are common these days! One Direction, Cher Lloyd just to name a few! But the one star that I absolutely adore is Carly Rae Jepsen!

She is my favorite artist at the moment! My favorite song that she sings is Curiosity.The reason why I like this song is because of the story that it tells. It's about her not going to put up with that other person and she is sick of love! So if are wondering what the pink writing is below it's the lyrics.

Break a bone

Got me on my knees

You break my heart

Just to watch it bleed

I'm sick with love

Sick like a disease

Don't call me up

Just so I can please you

I can't stand the way you're smiling

I can't stand the way I'm lying

I know, I know, I know you got the key

And you know, you know, you know that it's for me

It's not up to you, you know it's up to me but

Curiosity will never let me go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Uh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Will never let me go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Uh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Look at me

Left here in the corner

Stupid girl

I really tried to warn her

Walked the streets all night

Until you came around

Knew that you would come

Before you ever even made a sound

I know, I know, I know you got the key

And you know, you know, you know that it's for me

It's not up to you, you know it's up to me but

Curiosity will never let me go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Uh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Will never let me go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Uh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

So don't break me tonight

This is crazy love

And you know I'm gonna follow you home

Through the rain

Cause I need your love

Yes I need your love

Cause I need your love and you know I'm going to follow you...

I know, I know, I know you got the key

And you know, you know, you know that it's for me

Well I think that we should try it out to see yeah

Curiosity

So don't break me tonight

This is crazy love

And you know I'm gonna follow you home

Through the rain

Cause I need your love

Yes I need your love

So don't break (don't break) me tonight (me tonight)

This is crazy love

And you know I'm gonna follow you home

Through the rain

Cause I need your love

Yes I need your love

Will never let me go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Uh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Will never let me go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Uh oh Curiosity will never let me go

I found these lyrics on lyricsfreak.com to vist there website click on this link. When you click on that link you can listen to music and see that same lyrics or look for your favourite song lyrics.

Our little secret!

Do you like my title “Our little secret?” The whole point of our little secret  is... “YOU DON’T TELL ANYONE!” It’s only our little secret!

When is your birthday? Do you like celebrating your birthday? Does that give you enough clues to guess what our secret is.Well if you didn’t get the clues, my I mean our secret is my birthday is coming up! I know it is not a big deal but I would like to keep it a secret. Some people like celebrating their birthday, but at school I don’t!

Yes, I know some of you might be saying “why don’t you like celebrating your birthday at school.” Well I will answer that question, it’s not really that I hate having my birthday at school I just don’t like everyone saying “HAPPY BIRTHDAY.”

But I love celebrating my birthday at home with family and friends! This year Tui and Rita are invited to spend the day full of activities and fun. My birthday is August the 16th but I’m going to celebrate it on the 18th of August instead.

Thanks to the intelligent Tui for reading this, and  who is coming to my birthday. She is truly helpful! If you would like to read some pieces from her blog just click on this link.

New Zealand and there medals

There they are... Walking down with the New Zealand flag! Representing our country walking tall with their heads up high. I am so proud to be a New Zealander!

The Olympic that's what I’m talking about! Yes, yes, yes I know I talked about the olympics alot! But I can’t help it this term is all about the London Olympics.

You may know Valerie Adams... But did you know that she may have missed the chance of winning a medal! Well it’s true, imagine that, the World defending champion not even qualifying. Lucky since she was the defending champ she was able to participate. She won a silver medals.


What about our New Zealand Rowing team! They did pretty good they ended up having 3 Golds and 2 Bronze.  They tried hard and they got reward to, with gold and bronze.

Thanks to http://www.london2012.com/ for the informatshion and facts. Go and see for yourself and you could see the latest medals and the country what has the most medals.

Fencing

This term is all about the london olympics! We were given the task to write about one Olympic sport that were not really familiar with, and get to know more about  the sport. I have decided that I would like to know more about... FENCING.

I am going to make a promise to you, and I will keep it. Each week for this term, I will learn about one particular sport from the London Olympics and I will tell you what I learnt. I will start this week.


Fencing was first introduced in the London Olympics, the year of 1896. This sport is divided into three  Foil, Sabre and  Épée. In each division you are allowed to hit in certain places and in some places you hit you will be. Were you can see the orange is where you’re allowed to hit. If it is not orange you CAN NOT HIT THERE! But this is only Épée.This is Foil. Can you see where your aloud to hit?This is Sabre you can only hit the upper part of the body. Including the head and arms.



Thanks to Tui for reading this, we found alot of new things about Fencing. Do you remember when fencing was first introduced? I had a lot of fun finding these facts and sharing them with you. Make sure to look at Tui’s Blog about her finding more facts about fencing.

Goals for Go for Gold

“Go for Gold” is our motto this term. A motto is a phrase of a short sentence.   What do you think go for gold means? Well, I think it’s another way of saying “If you work hard you can be the best you can be.”

We were given a task to find out what we're not really good at,  or what we want to improve in.  We have to do it physically not mentally so... I have taken the challenge to learn how to play (drum roll please) Tennis! Yes, I have picked Tennis because I've never played this sport before and I really want to get better at playing it, plus it looks really cool to play.

How I will achieve this goal. Well I will do a test at the start to see if I can hit the ball correctly and see how good I’m playing.  By Practising I will eventfully be perfect.

Thanks to Ramona for reading my work, and helping me with my mistakes. I would also like to thank tui.

Term 2 London Olympic

The start of the term 3 is here and as always we have an immersion assembly. This term we are learning about The London Olympics! You may have read some of my other posts and are saying "why are you talking about the London Olympics again."

Well as we know the London Olympics are coming soon, I can’t hardly wait. Before 1896 Women were not allowed to compete in the olympics, they weren’t even allowed to watch the event! In 1900 was the first ever olympics that Women were allowed to compete in. This year's Olympics are really special because this year Women are allowed to compete in every event.

My favourite sport that I’m looking forward to, are: Tennis and Archery. Why did I only say those two, because they're my top two favourite events in the Olympics.  I like Tennis because it is a hard sport and it takes a lot of strength and practice. Also the reason why I like Archery is because of the concentration, the arrow and the bow.

So this term is all about the London Olympics and our motto is "Go for Gold." We were given the task to find something that we want to improve in. My choice  is to learn how to play tennis. Do you have a goal or something you want to achieve?



A big thank you to Tui for reading this and for helping me with my spelling mistakes.
She was a big help and she said "I love your vocabulary." That's good because I'm not that good when it comes to vocabulary. Have you ever been to London?

My christmas suprise

Christmas morning, waking up. One present in particular was from my mum to my dad and I. Feeling the parcel “What is it?” I said to myself! Mum made us guess what we thought it was, we couldn't guess, so I carefully started to open it and...

It was a baby top! “Why did you give us this mum” I froze and looked at her. “you’re going to be a big sister!” Said my Mum in a calm voice. I could feel a big smile coming across my face. “What is it ”I said loudly. But we didn’t know then.

“I was right.” Why did I say I was right? Well, when we went to the baby scan my Mum asked if we could guess if baby was a Boy or a Girl. Only I guessed correctly!
Which name do you prefer Jaxson or Toran? That should tell you what gender the baby is but if you don’t know, it’s a boy!

My Mum is 39 weeks and that is close to giving birth. He is due on July the 7th, the day after my cousins birthday and a month before I turn twelve. I can’t wait for him to come, I hope he doesn't keep us waiting too long. I think I would be a lovely big sister.
He could come any minute. We already decorated his room and it looks fantastic, if I may say so myself. We have packed the bags, and the car seat. We are ready for whenever he decides to come.