End Of Year Reflection

End Of Year Reflection

This year has been amazing. I have had such an amazing time at Pompallier Catholic School and I can't wait to start year 8! I am very excited. What I have most enjoyed this year is camp. It was so amazing. I loved the Taupotopoto trip and Cape Reinga and the Sand Dunes. I also loved the Amazing Race, the Last Night Dance, and the Ice Cream too! My other Highlight this year was all my art I had created. My favorite was the clay art because we got to get our hands dirty and we got to have a chance to learn how to mould something that was Kiwiana themed. My other art Highlight was my Sandra Silberzweig art. I got to be very creative and go crazy with all the colors. My goals were great this year and I managed to achieve a few of them. I have mastered Surface Features, and have achieved being Resilient on camp because I had to look after myself and be Resilient, and I also have to keep working on my Basic Facts because I have not mastered them yet. I have had such an amazing year and I really want to thank my teachers for making this year so great and I can't wait to become a year 8. 

By Poppy 

Camp Reflection with 5 Highlights

Crazy Camp Reflection With 5 Highlights By Poppy 

This Years camp was amazing. We had it at Rarawa Camp Ground and it was such a great spot. It was close to the beach as well so when we all wanted to go to the beach we could take a quick 5 minute walk and then we would be there. First we set up the tents and then put all our luggage in (which was quite a mission if you were in my tent) and after that all the fun was just beginning. Here are some of my Highlights and Memorable moments from camp that I will always cherish and love forever!

. The Thunderstorm- This was because we got to stay up until 4am to 6am because it was SOOO loud and we couldn't get to sleep. There was Lightning too. 

. Te Paki Sand Dunes- This is because I faced my fear and went down the steep Dunes and managed to skim across the water and nearly got to the end! 

. Cape Reinga- Because we could see the end of New Zealand and where the two seas meet. There was also an amazing view. 

. The Amazing Survivor Race- Because I made new friends and got to do some challenging activities. 

. Crazy Last Night Party- There was loud music, my favorite songs were playing, we danced, and played spotlight. 



 This is Rarawa beach. We spent most of our time there when it was sunny. It was one of my favorite places!

Blog Post On O'Neil Surfing

Blog Post On O'Neil Surfing 

On Thursday me and the year 6, 7 and 8's went surfing. We went to the Ninety Mile where our Instructors were waiting. We met our Instructors Mark, Jack and E'en. We all got sorted into wet suit's and got a board and then headed off. We had to cross a river that was filled with seaweed and fish and I could feel it tickling my feet and leg's. Before we headed off we were taught how to stand up properly and keep our balance at the same time and also figuring out if you were goofy or normal. I found out I was normal. If you have your right leg at the back you are normal and if you have your left leg at the back you are goofy. After that we got strait in the water and started surfing. I caught some really big waves and started doing the floss and the Shaka on top of them! We stayed in the water for about Half an hour or a little bit more and then we sadly had to get out and go back. I really enjoyed after though because we played in a river and had a really good time. After we went and got ice cream and I got Orange Choc Chip and it was delicious. I will definitely go surfing again and will never forget the O'Neil Surfing experience. 

By Poppy 

Blog Post on Advent

Blog Post On Advent

In School we have been learning about Advent at the moment. I learn't that the word Advent is the Latin word for the word Adventus. What I love about Advent is the Candle Symbols and what they represent. Here is some Information about what Advent is and what the symbols are. 

What is Advent: 

Advent is the waiting and the preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ. It is the first season of the church year leading up to Christmas and the four Sundays. 

What are the symbols:

The Symbols for Advent is 5 candles siting on a wreath. The candles are 3 Purple ones, 1 Pink candle, and 1 White candle. The Purple candles represent, Bethlehem, Prophecy, and Angel. The Pink represents Shepherd and the White represents Christ. They also represent Love, Peace, Joy, Hope and Christ. 

Here are the Candles that represent, Bethlehem, Prophecy, Angel, Shepherd and Christ. 

Blog Post on Poem writing

Blog Post On Poem Writing 

This week has been good so far. We have been learning about Poems at the moment. I have been learning how to write Haiku's and Acrostic Poems and they have been very fun to make up and write. I have written Haiku's about my pets, animals, the beach along with summer. I wrote an Acrostic poem about my Chicken Steve, Writing and Spring. I learn't that a Haiku starts with 5 syllables, then 7 and then 5 again. For example: Summer is coming, we like going to the beach, waves dancing away. I also learn't about the Acrostic poem and how it is one word going down and words beside a letter that explain what the topic is about. For example:

Stinking hot 

Ultimate sun

Miraculous beaches

More swimming 

Entertaining sunsets 

Rock pools galore 

Can't wait to learn more!

By Poppy 

Blog Post on Knots

Blog Post On Knots By Poppy

This week we are learning about knots. I learn't the Figure 8 knot, the Half hitch, Square knot, Sheet knot, the Noose knot and the Slip knot. My favorite knot was the Square knot because it was challenging at first but then it got really easy once I practiced it lots and I even achieved to make a bracelet using the square knot! The hardest knot was probably the Sheet knot and the Noose knot. This was because the instructions were a bit hard to understand at first but once me and Piper read the instructions thoroughly we managed to complete the knot. The reason we are learning all these knots is because of camp so we know what we are more prepared. Can't wait for camp! 

Here is a link to the website we used 

https://www.animatedknots.com/indexbasics.php

See if you can learn the knots i did. 

Google Docs Ninja Challenge 2018

2018 Athletic Zones

2018 Athletic Zones By Poppy 

This week has been great so far. I made it into the Athletic Zones and they were very fun. There was an amazing canteen there and they served awesome food. They did some Hot chips, Hot dogs and M&M's to along with a few Fizzy drinks! The events that I got into were Long Jump, and High Jump. Sadly I did not get into any of the events that I competed in but that was OK. My favorite event was probably the Long Jump because I got to show how fast and far I could jump. My score was around 2 meters I think. After all the events me and my friends went to get some chips and M&M's and they were delicious! While we were eating we were also watching the Shot put and Discuss. All of us cannot wait for next years Athletics. 

Have you ever made it to the zones? 

Blog Post On Saints Day

Blog Post On Saints Day 

Every year on the first of November is Saints Day! This year we dressed up as our favorite Saint and I went as Saint Anastasia. She is one of the most famous female Saints. Saints Day is all about celebrating past and present Saints from all over NZ and the world. Saints day is also called Hallows Day and Feast of all Saints. What I loved about Saints day was going to Church and bringing a photo of one of our family members or friends that have passed on. I really enjoyed dressing up as Anastasia because she wears one of my favorite colours: Blue. I also got to carry a bible around to because Anastasia was carrying one in the photo i saw of her. I can't wait for next years Saints day and I hope we get to dress up like this year!

Have you ever celebrated Saints day! 

By Poppy 

Places in Kaitaia

Places in Kaitaia 

In Kakapo class we have been learning about New Zealand history. We found out that there are so many places in the Far north that are filled with lots of history. At Cape Reinga when people die their spirits go to the tip of New Zealand where the two oceans meet (Tasman and Pacific) You can also feel the spirits there as well. It is also a place that I highly recommend you visit if you ever come here.

A part of our local history is the Kauri Gum Diggers and how they mined up all the gum. If you go to Te Ahu as well you will see a Pou that represents Gum Diggers. They are very special to me because great great great great grandfather was a Gum Digger. 

When we learned about NZ History I liked learning about Young Nicks Head which has heaps of history behind it. It is the place where Captain Cook first sailed to New Zealand.

Our history learning was integrated into our learning contracts - We learned lots.  Whats your favourite place in NZ?

Blog post on Fiords and sounds

Blog Post On Fjords And Sounds 

By Poppy

This week has been great. I have been learning about Fjords and sounds and how many facts there are. It turns out there are heaps! Did you know that Fjord land has the rarest type of coral the black coral. It also the home to marine life such as pods of bottle nose dolphins and fish in the reefs! There is also Milford sound which is home to Kea, Kiwi, and Kakapo! The sounds like Milford sound is like a little inlet and just a little bigger than a bay and a Fjord is a little inlet that was formed by a glacier and it is very steep. We are having so much fun learning about these awesome places and we hope there are many more facts to discover!

What do you know about Fjords  

Blog Post on our survival book 

At the moment we are reading a book called Cuz. It is by a New Zealand author and it is about a boy called River with his cousin Huia. River is fed up because he does not know much Maori but Huia does. River thinks she is a know-it-all. So far they have been on a fishing boat and catching all sorts of fish but then suddenly a gas explosion goes off and Huia's father may have died but they are sure he was dead when the explosion went off. Now they are on a trip to get across the mountains and get home. We are reading this book because of we are going on camp soon and we will be having our survival skills put to the test. We all can not wait for camp and the adventures ahead. 

By Poppy 

Term 3 reflection at PCS

Term 3 Reflection At Pompallier Catholic School

This term has been awesome! My learning goals this term were Basic Facts for Math, Surface features for literacy, and Resilience for personal goals. I think I am ready to move on from Surface Features and resilience because I have practiced resilience through hard math problems and surface features by writing and editing more. I am still going to learn Basic facts at home to get 100 questions right on my basic facts sheet. It will be a huge achievement. 

My highlights this term would have to be cross country because I came first in the year 7 girls school cross country and made it to the inter-schools where I came 3rd in the 11 year old's. After that I made it to Peria where I tied 15th with Chris! My other highlight this term was the Sandra Silberzweig art and learning because it was so much fun doing her art! 

Things I have persevered through this term are definitely the math books that Mrs Cutler gave us. But I finished most of the problems with Caleb. I can not wait for next term and I really hope we are able to do more out-of-school activities and art. 

How has your term been?

By Poppy 

Quality Blog Comment Animation

WALT: teach someone on an animation how to do a quality blog comment. 

I really enjoyed making these animations. The part I enjoyed mostly was just being creative and fiddling around with my favorite animal. The most challenging would be making the speech bubbles because I struggled putting them in the right place! 

Have you ever done an animation?????

By Poppy 

Little Red Robin Hood Show At PCS

Little Red Riding Hood Show At Pompallier Catholic School

At school,  Playhouse Theater came and performed for us. The show was about this King called King George and he wanted all the tax money to build a wall to block off the magical creatures who he thought were dangerous.But when Little Red Robin Hood  hears about all the money being taken she decided to have a bow and arrow contest and if she won she would get all the money and give it back to the poor people and if the King won he would get to imprison Little Red Robin Hood and keep all the money to build a wall. But thankfully she won. My top 3 favorite parts was when Kaden went up and played the air violin and he was supposed to have a sad face but instead he had a happy and sad face and that made him end up with a bright red face! My other part was when these other knights had these horses and their names were Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. I also got to pat them and they were quite squishy. My last favorite part was when Little Red Robin Hood's Grandma was allergic to gluten and she had this sausage role and it had massive amounts of gluten in it and she really wanted to eat so she went and ate it and she was bringing it closer to her mouth and went " CHEW CHEW CHEW" and it did not end well after! I loved Playhouse Theater and I really hope they come back again to Pompallier catholic school. 

By Poppy 

Have you ever seen Playhouse theater perform to you???

Mud race in Peria

Mud Race In Peria 

Last Friday I went to the cross country inter schools at Peria. Me and the 11 year old girls were waiting for our turn for a long time. I was racing with some of my friends from my school and some from Kaingaroa like Shay, and Zara. It was finally time to go so we lined up and got ready to go. "Ready, set...." we waited as the man called out. "GO" and we sprinted off. It was not the easiest start at first because everyone tried to push in front but they did not have much luck and ended up getting pushed over so I stayed behind for a while. But as I was going down the hill a huge mud pool was waiting down the bottom for us. I realized I had to suck it up and sprint through the mud. When I got out my legs looked like chocolate fingers! It was pretty hard for the first 2 laps but the last one was brutal. My legs were aching, my shoulders were so sore and I was running out of breath. I caught up to Chris and she was struggling a lot. I held her hand and said " If we can accomplish this race we can accomplish anything we just have to make it to the end." When we crossed that finish line we still held hands and tied for 15th place. I had trouble breathing after because I was sore all over. I knew the first thing I would do when I got in the car would be to take the worlds most relaxing nap!!!

By Poppy 

Have you ever been to inter-schools???????

Extreme Ice Skate

Extreme Ice Skating

On Friday we went ice skating! It was a very wet day so parents ferried us down to Te Ahu where we were waiting for the exiting moment. A couple minutes later everyone one was here and we entered the room that was freezing cold. The boys went first to get their skates on and the girls went a few minutes later. When it was my turn I got a pink helmet, blue/black skates and some grey mittens with a pink and purple pattern on them. The downside of the mittens was that after them was they made my hands go all sweaty!When I got on the ice it was really slippery! It was as slippery as soap. I managed to get the hang of it pretty soon and ended up zooming halfway across the rink but ending up slowing down soon. I ended up falling over at least 4 times though but since the instructor taught us how to get up when you fall over i was able to get up safely. When we got back I was aching everywhere especially in my ankles. I also got a cut on my wrist from the skate but it was very tiny and did not bother me much. That was the best trip ever!

Have you been Ice Skating and if you have how many times have you fallen over?

By Poppy   

This is me ice skating can you see my grey mittens?

Bread Making and learning about yeast!

Bread Making And learning About Yeast 

Last week we learned about how to make bread for science! While we were doing this we also learned at the same time about yeast and how it is a living organism. We put warm water, sugar, flour, salt and cooking oil in to make bread. Yeast loves to eat sugar and in order for it to do that it needs to eat in warm water. When it does this it multiplies and creates more yeast buddies! It will also make the bread rise and make it really yummy and nice to eat so without yeast it would not only taste bad but not rise. I would really like to make bread again because it was so yummy!

Have you ever made bread before?

By Poppy 

Extreme Cross Country

Extreme Cross Country 

It has been very hard for the past couple of weeks because of cross country. A few weeks ago we raced on the cuttlers farm and it was really challenging. We had to run through forests, mud, and up hills. I nearly fainted after because I was so tired! I ended up coming 1 in the year 7 girls! I could not believe that I was going to the inter-schools. A week later it was time to go and race in the most challenging race in my life. We had to run 3ks up hills through muddy puddles and across strait paths in the burning summer sun! When I managed to make it back coming 3rd place. But after I collapsed on the ground for a couple of minutes! I had made it to the finals and I wondered how they would go .... 

Have you ever been to finals?

By Poppy 

Learning New Zealand History

Learning New Zealand History At Te Ahu Museum.

The Te Ahu Museum trip was awesome! I learned so many facts about the far north and NZ history. I learn't about the three anchors and how one was left at sea and two were collected. One is in Te Ahu Museum the other one is Te Papa. I also saw big slabs of kauri gum there was even one that weighed 30 pounds!We also got to sniff some kauri gum tooit smelt timber and dead ants yuck!! If I had the choice to go back to the museum I would totally go because there were so many cool things to learn there. I really hope we go back there for another school trip. Thank you for reading this blog post on Te Ahu Museum. 

What do you know about Te Ahu Museum???

By Poppy 

learning Blog Post extravaganza

Learning Blog Post Extravaganza 

I have enjoyed the past 2 in a half weeks of term 3 so far. My goals are still Resilience, Basic Facts, and Surface Features. I am looking forward to moving on with my goals and achieving them very soon. Literacy has been great. I have achieved finishing 2 contracts in a row now. I am really pleased I don't have to take my book home and work over the weekend. We have been researching Sandra Silberzweig too in literacy and we have found out some very interesting facts too. Math has been amazing as well. We are learning about Area and Perimeter. It is sort of challenging but fun at the same time. I am hoping to master Basic Facts by the end of this term too. Can't wait for next week!!!!!

By Poppy 

How has your week been??????????

Sandra Silberzweig

Sandra Silberzweig 

One thing I learn't recently was my Sandra Silberzweig art. I learn't a lot of facts about her including where she lived which was in Toronto Canada. We decided to make some art inspired by her. What i learn't whille I was doing it was warm and cold colours . I also learn't abstract and contrast colours. This piece of art has inspired me to keep going on art and go wild with my imagination. I cant wait for my next piece of art at my school.

By Poppy 

Do You Know Anything About Sandra Silberzweig???????????

Extreme Math's Reflection Term 2

My Extreme Math's Reflection Term 2 

My Math's this term went really well. What I learned that was new was Angles and Parallel lines. It was very easy to learn. I learned what objects have a 90 degree angle's, like the top of a chair, or a table. It also has the same occur with shapes like a square but not a circle. My Math's goals this term were Basic Facts and I think I am doing alright but I think I need a little more work on them just to get better at it. I need to work on my 7x 8x and 4x. I am hoping to get them done by the end of term 3. My highlight in Math's was my Tessellation because it was challenging but fun. I really liked the pattern as well. I can't wait for next term. 

By Poppy 

What do you know about angles?

Last week of term 2 blog post

MY BLOG POST FOR TERM 2 

My term at Pompallier has been amazing. One of my highlights was my Netball tournament. It was so cool playing Netball again. Another was science we learn't about Chemistry and it was so much fun. We learn't about heat and cooling along with mixing. One of my challenges were Math's because a lot of the tasks were hard but I persevered through it and managed to work through all of it. My goals this year were Resilience, Basic Facts and Surface features. I have mastered Resilience and I am able to work through challenges easily with this ability. Surface features are alright but I might need to learn more about them before I have mastered them. I need a lot more work on Basic Facts so me and my family are going to work on that more now. Next term I would like to work on more writing to improve on my surface features and I hope I can achieve that soon. Can't wait for next Term!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Poppy Ujdur 

Kia ora everyone 
Today I went to a Matariki lesson with a woman called Whaea Ali.  We all had such fun. We made balm out of eucalyptus and Lavender along with coconut oil. It did not take long to make. It only toke like 5 minutes to make. You need to use a pot that you are really not going to use again in your life (You might have an old one maybe that you are not going to use again) and you put the coconut oil in and stir. Then the Lavender or eucalyptus oil, you put one or two drops in depending on how much you are having. It will harden eventually and you could before it hardens pour it in a little pot or cup and wait for it to harden. Next we made Matariki stars out of string and they were sometimes easy. We made one with either nine or eight stars and they looked very cool. It was my highlight of the day!!!!

By Poppy 









This is me with the 9 stars on string!!!!!!!!

What do you know about the balm and Matariki? 

Ancient ANZAC Letter

W.A.L.T: Write an ANZAC Letter about a soldiers life in war. 

In our class we had to write an ANZAC Letter home to a family. It had to be about what a soldier in war would be thinking, feeling and how he would keep all his information safe from the enemy. It was very fun trying to make it I found some bits a little bit hard but I managed to get through it. I may have wrote about a rat crawling all over a soldiers head and eating all the lice YUCK! My letter looks very good and I hope you like it 

BY POPPY UJDUR

Dear Family
Galipolli is very muddy the trenches I am siting in right now as I am writing this and it feels like I am swimming in a swamp. My ears are ringing as the bombs fly over me whistling. I am starving and I cant remember the last time I ate. Me and my friends are completely squashed in the strechers and we are cold.