My first ever scratch

food

I think that the when we had to prepare and make our food, was a really good because it worked out well and it put people in a situation that they have never been in before, in my mind when I had to cook I was like no way but in the end it turned out really well and everybody in my food group liked the dinner I cooked. It was really hard to keep your mind concentrated  on all the ice schedules for when you need to put things in or take them out

Christchurch tour

In Christchurch my group benj,Samuel and I went to the museum and looked at the 75yr anniversary of air new zealand it was awesome because there are a lot of cool ideas and it seems so cool how you can use virtual realities Which was an amazing experience.  Then we went to the art gallery and art centre the art gallery was a really cool because some things were yet so simple but so artistic like lids off shoe boxes and the art centre had Rutherford  den and a really big court area . We also got to play giant chess it was entertaining but sadly I lost. After that we got to ride on the tram it was great fun because I had never really looked into riding the tram so it was an awesome experience. 

Pick a Path - The Clowns

Omaka is a great place, i really recommend it if you want to be having fun . Take a family, come for a nice relaxing peaceful weekend and to look at some gigantic right down to the smallest eels. The river next to the building is an amazing place to do a lot of activities and to have challenges. Right next to the camp is a five minute walk to a lake which you can go kayaking also you can go paddle boarding. Omaka also has a flying fox and a old obstacle course to have a lot of enjoyment. maka is also a great place to have a walk around a look a nature itself it has a lot of old buildings and has some old brides overall it is amazing.

Explaineverything about ratios

here is Samuel And Hayatos ratios on explaineverything 

speechs

My speech is about Japanese and New Zealand traditions.

I chose this topic because I decided to look four her into both cultures 

I enjoyed doing this because it gave everyone a better understanding about the to different cultures.

                                                             Hawdon hut

Hawdon hut was a blast for me because it was a great adventure and a good experience for me because i haven't done something like that before.At the start i was really nevus crossing the river.
This is when we Arrive 5 hours later
at the hut there were a few downsides like the long drops but the whole walking and river crossing was all worth it when we got there. I enjoyed going because there was a lot to enjoy including the cenary.i didn't enjoy the harsh full walk there and back but over all it was worth it.

I recommend going but take a lot of water and make sure you don't take a lot of things.

Maori week

This is my piece of Maori art with my Mihihttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2fkP5JiFjdTMlh3cHFNRlR6Wm8

Matariki

i found this youtube clip very informative about matariki 

In this clip I found very useful  info here is a reflection

 This is about the legends the gods tells you hat  Matariki means tells you the names of the six sitters and their mother.

WPCA ropes day

Ropes day 

On Friday the 3 of June the year 8s did ropes. I was feeling  really nervous at the starts when I looked at the course we were climbing because I have a great fear of heights. 

The Giant's ladder was one of my favourites but the flying kiwi was the best because you would be so high by the other people from my group would run the opposite way and I would run the other way and then I would fly up into the air and the Giants ladder would be a set of planks above each other and then they would gradually get bigger in the gap that you had to climb.

In the end I found that it would be really fun next time my family and I would go to ropes it would be a blast but first I must come over my fear of heights well I guess that's what makes it a challenge.

Friday club review

                                     Clubs 


On Fridays after lunch our school has started doing clubs ,there are 10 clubs ,I'm in film making. I choose film making because I decided to do something different in stead of my normal interests.


 I expected film making to be a really boring long talking about planning and everything and it turns out it's not that but there is a little prep talk at the begining but then we got to practice and make our mini films right at the start.



I enjoyed doing the mini film because you could play it at slow motion and then fast motion it was really interesting that you had to move everything bit by bit by bit.It took a lot of patients and time to complete small videos but first we had to set the scene. Samuel ,Marcus And I used Lego for our films we made 2 small films,one was 2 seconds and the other was five. It was strange that they were that short because they seemed longer than that.



My goal for next time is to make  race car theme on a race course witch is going to be longer than the other videos. I'm also looking forward to clubs on Fridays.

The boy in the striped pyjamas

Blurb: lines may divide us, but hope will unite us

Nine year old boy Bruno knows nothing of the final Solution and the Holocaust. he is oblivious to the appaling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. all he knows is the he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who ,like the other people there ,wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.

Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by terrible process.

The books Author: John Boyne

My silent reading book z rex

 Z REX

 The book is really interesting when you get towards the middle 

Blurb: you are a 13 year old boy on the run a massive,man-eating dinosaur is after you evil scientists want you both dead 
theres only one way out.you and the monster have to work together

maths

 last term we were an expert at mass this is an explain everything to educate kids around the world about mass.

                                   Hawdon hut

Hawdon hut was a blast when we got there of course but first let me tell you about the journey.I was so nervus when we got to the parking lot because i had never done such a long tramp with a massive pack on my back i thought my estimate to how heavy it is  23kg

Mass

In maths we have been focusing on measurement. This is mine:

Rakahuri Rage - Sunday 21st March

                           Rakahuri Rage

Rakahuri rage was really awesome, at first I felt like I was going to collapse because i was so thirsty but then I realised that it wasn't so bad but I felt like a deep fried chip in the weather it was so hot that I drank 7 bottles. The most fun that I had there was when you got to go over the
bumps and go up all the hills because going over the hills were a challenge so every time I had another lap I would try and conquer those hills but there was one hill where I keep crashing into a tree before the hill but luckily the tree had foam protection so we wouldn't hurt ourselves but I'm pretty sure I was the only one out of the year 8s that crashed so it was a bit embarrassing but at least I didn't get hurt.



My team was called black bolt and Riley and Benj were in my team Riley went first because he's a better biker than Benj and I, the thing that was a bit funny that everytime we go and tag the other member we would forget to pull the brakes and we would always crash into each other.
I did three laps my times were 37 mins,39 mins but I don't know my last one so those are my times but at the end when I wasn't aloud to bike but I really wanted to go for another lap but at least at the end of the day we all got a free burger or sausage from the Hellers people.



Most of the track was forest but I didn't mind that so much because that was where you got to cool down because there was shade but as soon as you get into the sun you start to boil so much that you wish you were in a swimming race not a biking race. I was proud of Samuel because he was the third person but he had to go for a fourth lap where everyone else that was third only Did three it was also 7.2 km long but the people that went first had an extra 2kms the course was right next to the race track.

                           Rakahuri Rage

Rakahuri rage was really awesome at first I felt like I was going to collapse because i was so thirsty but then I realised that it wasn't so bad but I felt like a deep fried chip in the weather it was so hot that I drank 7 bottles. The most fun that I had there was when you got to go over the
bumps and go up all the hills because going over the hills were a challenge so every time I had another lap I would try and conquer those hills but there was one hill where I keep crashing into a tree before the hill but luckily the tree had foam protection so we wouldn't hurt ourselves but I'm pretty sure I was the only one out of the year 8s that crashed so it was a bit embarrassing but at least I didn't get hurt.



My team was called black bolt and Riley and Benj were in my team Riley went first because he's a better biker than Benj and I, the thing that was a bit funny that everytime we go and tag the other member we would forget to pull the brakes and we would always crash into each other.
I did three laps my times were 37 mins,39 mins but I don't know my last one so those are my times but at the end when I wasn't aloud to bike but I really wanted to go for another lap but at least at the end of the day we all got a free burger or sausage from the Hellers people.



Most of the track was forest but I didn't mind that so much because that was where you got to cool down because there was shade but as soon as you get into the sun you start to boil so much that you wish you were in a swimming race not a biking race. I was proud of Samuel because he was the third person but he had to go for a fourth lap where everyone else that was third only Did three it was also 7.2 km long but the people that went first had an extra 2kms the course was right next to the race track.

Here is the map: