Athletics

Today was athletics day for the school, the Hillary boys started with vortex throw this morning. Everyone had a throw and got points for their house even if they didn't try. I got 2 or 3 points for throwing the ball thing but I'm not really sure if it is a ball or not. The second event for us was the 100m sprint. I think I placed 2nd equal with Mika in room 20 but Caleb in room 19 beat us both by a bit but it didn't matter because it wasn't the championships. We had a rest for our third part in the cycle so we did nothing for half an hour. For our fourth event we did high jump and I only passed 1.2 meters but Tyler passed 1.39 meters. Our 5th event was long jump but i didn't even know it was our actual jump so I did bad. Our second to last event was discus, my score was 13 meters and something. Our last event was the 200m sprints and I came first in my race against the other people.

new learning

Halloween story thing

The day of halloween happened with all the decorations, lights, pumpkins and all of the things you would put up on halloween. All around the neighbourhood there are lights, skeletons, decorated houses and free candy. Everyone’s preparing for the swarm of kids coming around to raid their candy.

Kids love free candy from strangers in the neighbourhood because that’s a thing. People come in, ask for lollies, leave and repeat the cycle until they’ve been to all the houses in the area. There are kids running down the street in costumes with their candy baskets filled with lollies, sugar and more sugar. It’s all a surprise to see what they get when they ask.

It’s time for the kids to raid the candy from every house in the area. There are kids dressed up as anything you can think of. Zombies, mummies, ghosts or whatever they want to wear to halloween. Candy is being given out to the kids like it’s some sort of halloween charity and it kind of is. It’s been going for a long time and kids are still outside for candy.

After a couple hours, none of the people in the houses have much candy left to give out anymore. The kids have all gone back to their houses, the lights are turned off, decorations are down. It’s quiet now in the neighbourhood and barely anyone is on the street. The only people on the street are the people that are taking decorations down. The night is over now.

learning week 2 term 4

I learnt that you have to hold the shot put close to your neck when you put it or it's a foul.
I learnt that there are over 200 thousand files on the police reports.
I learnt that the 3 forensics things to solve crimes like fingerprints, actions and DNA.
I learnt that 3 of Hugh's mum, dad and step dad are all police officer.
I learnt that fingerprints go away when water is put over them.
I learnt that fingers contain oils and everyone's is different
I learnt that the shot put balls are 3 kilograms each.
I learnt how to identify obtuse and acute triangles.

learning term 4 week 1

I learnt that hercules beetle can hold up to 850 times its body weight.
I learnt that this week is Chinese language week.
I learnt how to make different shapes of dumplings in the hall.
I learnt that there was an old debating chamber in Parliament.
I learnt that last week was 100 years when NZ fought in Passchendaele.
I learnt that you can touch molten led for a second if you dip your hand in cold water.
I learnt that my goal for writing is to be more creative with my writing.

learning term 3 week 7

I learnt how to multiply and divide fractions with different denominators.
I learnt that salt makes ice much colder.
I learnt how to play handball with HNI rules.
I learnt that all the atoms in the world with no empty space would only be as big as a sugar cube.
I learnt that plasma makes light when the atoms are ripped off.
I learnt that rolling sushi with a mat is harder to roll.
I learnt that we would be dead without honeybees.

term 3 holiday nationals

I had nationals starting on the same week school finished for the term like every other year playing badminton for the under 13 team. My team played in division 1 first but due to our losses against Northland Tigers and Waikato, we got moved down to division 2. On Monday we only had 1 tie at 12:30 so our team went to the movies to see Diary Of The Wimpy Kid. We played Canterbury and lost 5-3. On Tuesday it was a surprise because we played Hawke's Bay 2 but we ended up winning. On the last day we only played 1 tie against Manawatu 2 and we won 8-0 but the games were kind of close. My sister Linda was playing under 17 so I had to wait for ages until she finished. When she finished we were waiting my mum was in Ashurst getting bubble tea. By the time she came, prizegiving was about to start. That was what happened over 4 days in Palmerston North

term 2 week 3

I learnt that borax makes slime less sticky.
I found out that Hugh got a Toshiba computer.
I learnt that computer keys are harder to put in than taking them out.
I saw that Google made a smart car that drives on it's own.
I learnt that NYLD was on monday.
I learnt that Darryl Alexander was a deaf All Black.
I just found out that Sophie is allergic to tuna.