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.

term2 week2

This thing is a little alarm to wake you up. When the sun shines on it, it will beep and go around the room beeping. The only way to turn it off is to get out of bed and press a button.

The people that would use this are the people that turn off their alarm and then go back to sleep, or the people that don’t get out of bed.

It runs on solar power and a little bit of electricity which can be charged in the morning when you probably wake up. If you don’t want it waking you up cover it with something.

term 2 week 1

The extension maths room doesn't look that much different but smells really bad.
I learnt that inu is japanese for dog.
And neko is cat in japanese.
Slime and fidget spinners are everywhere around the school.
I learnt if you put hand sanitizer and slime together it makes it stickier.
I now know that fidget cubes are a thing.
I learnt that Dragon Ball is the 3rd most selling manga in the world

Electronics

In an emergency we can be without electricity. The Get Ready Get Thru website says we need a torch and spare batteries. At electronics class I am going to design and make an emergency light for myself

Week 11

I learnt that China has over 100 native animals
I learnt a new game called Kia o Rahi
I learnt that female kiwis are bigger than male kiwis
The meme doge is actually a Shiba Inu
Hugh has new headphones and a mouse
I learnt that Chinas president isn't Chairman Mao.
It's the last day of the term tomorrow
I learnt that China has 1.4 billion people

Week 9

I learnt how to figure out the area of triangles.
I learnt that Mozart was born in Austria 1756.
I found out who my new learning buddy is.
I learnt that if you put your finger on a spinning raw egg it should slowly stop spinning.
If you put your finger on a spinning hard boiled egg, it would immediately.
I learnt that some sharks don't have muscles.
I thought that sharks don't have taste buds but they actually do.

Week 8

I learnt that Sir Edmund Hillary was born in 1919 and he died in 2008.
When you scan a barcode, it doesn't scan the line parts, it scans the colour the lines are printed on.
I learnt that the green part of a usb is called the circuit board.
I learnt how to figure out the area of shapes that have a chunk added to it.
I know who my new learning buddy is.
I didn't know that cats were scared of cucumbers until a couple days ago.
Louie is 11 but I thought he was 12 this year and I didn't know that.
I learnt that lowest common multiple is where you times the 2 numbers together.

Weeek 7

I learnt who my new learning buddy is
The people that helped Sir Edmund Hillary climb the mountain are called Sherpas
I'm in the HB reps for badminton U13 2017
Sharks see black and white instead of colour
In the 1960's North and South Vietnam were fighting each other for land.
It took 3 days for Sir Edmund Hillary to get down the mountain
There's a thing called duck tape and gorilla tape.
Ruby's unicorn grows when it's in water

Week 5

I have learnt...
A bit of the school song, around like 30% ish.

I learnt when the universe started.

How to make things out of plastic and make them super shiny.

Week 4

I learnt a bit more sign language these past couple of weeks.
I've also learnt a bit of Japanese from playing japanese games and watching anime.
(this is still part of the japanese thing)Eg. Fasha = parsley, Yasai = vegetable, Gohan = rice
I've learnt how to do better in badminton.  I have different coaches who teach me different things.
I've learnt most names of people in my classroom and have made some new friends.
In Maths I learnt Multiplying 3 by 2 digit numbers using algorithms.
I enjoyed swimming, especially the swimming sports.
I've learnt how to play prodigy in Maths.
I've also learnt where to aim in badminton for a serve.                                               His name is Malmsteen