2019 Camp at Whangarei.

2019 Camp at Whangarei......

This year in 2019 we were doing a camp at Whangarei. Since I am a year 8 this was my last camp, which was quite sad but I was still excited. We started off with a very long 2 hour bus trip (which felt like 4 hours) but I had lots of company from my bus buddy Tiana. We read books the whole way basically. 

We finally got there at a Top 10 Holiday Park which was quite snug. My tent group: Me (Poppy), Manali, Tiana, Isabel, and Isobel, had a bit of a challenge when we got there and that was putting the tent up, but it was very funny though watching ourselves put it up. Then we went on a little bush walk (but we were only there for a short while because we had to go to Flip out). Then we went to Flip out and we had so much fun there. I managed to do quite a few new tricks on the trampolines! Then we went back to the camp site and had Hamburgers for dinner.

The next day we were scheduled to go to Adventure Forest but it turns out that the wind was way to strong to climb any of the trees. Even one of the branches fell on one of the cars. Luckily the teachers had a plan if something like this was going to happen and it was all of us going to the pools! It was so much fun! My friends and I made an enormous whirlpool and the current was so strong that we did not even have to swim! We had to get out a few hours later and then we were scheduled to go Bowling! It was very competitive. It was my first time bowling and it turned out that I was not that bad at it!

The next day, the year 5 and 6's went Kayaking and the year 7 and 8's went to Poor Knights for Snorkeling. It turns out that I only went Paddle boarding and Kayaking but it was very enjoyable to do as it was my first time Paddle boarding. When we had to go back on the boat the skipper took us through the caves and told us the history of the islands. We went through the caves and we sung a waiata. It was very loud. We had the best sleep after that though! 

Unfortunately though, we had to go home on Thursday but while we were driving on the way home, we stopped at the Glow Worm caves. They were very beautiful and I managed to remember the name of the rocks: Stalactites, and Stalagmites, and Limestone. I managed to learn lots about the History of the caves as well and they were very interesting. After we walked through the caves, we had to walk through the bush and that was very tiring. Before we got back on the bus our teachers announced the winners of the tent inspection and our tent won! The bus ride home was a bit rough though as everyone started throwing up in the Mangamuka's. We got back to school though, tired, worn out and ready for a holiday!

I would like to thank all of the teachers that helped us on camp and prepared it for us. We will never know how much effort you had put into our camp. A special thanks to the parents as well as this camp would not have been possible without you. Thanks for an amazing camp Pompallier, it was amazing!

By Poppy. 

Seesaw Task! Do I believe in myself????

Seesaw Task's: Do I believe in Myself?????

In Te Kahu, we were assigned Seesaw Task's. One of these tasks we about how much we believe in ourselves. This was a really great task for me to do because it made me think about all my achievements in life, and it brought back a lot of memories for me. I would love to do another Seesaw task like this again as it was very good for my Growth Mindset as well. 

By Poppy.

Have you ever done a Seesaw task before, and if you have, what was it about?

Origami Galore!!!

Origami Galore!!! 

Last week in out Literacy contract we were learning how to make Origami! We had to choose out of: Snapper Puppet, Chicken, Dragon, Boat, Fish, Christmas tree, Water bomb, Penguin, Heart, Box with lid, Fox, Butterfly, and a Ninja Star. For this task I chose to do the Snapper Puppet because I thought it would look really cool and I had also never made it before so I was able to learn something new. The learning behind this was all of us learning Algorithms as we folded away our creations. This task was so much fun and I named my little Snapper: Snappy! I would love to do this again because I learn't a lot and it has inspired me to do more Origami in the future. 

This is what my puppet looked like!

Have you ever made something like this before?????

By Poppy :)

RWC Italy!

Rugby World Cup: Italy!!! :)

I think we all know that the Rugby World Cup is on at the moment and in our class we were given a task to study a specific country that we wanted to look into. It took me a really long time to decide which country that I wanted to and then I decided Italy. I decided Italy because I have always wanted to go to Italy, mainly because I really love the food that they have there. For our study we had to look into our country's: History, Economy, Religion, Language, Natural Features, Politics, Food (my favorite thing that I studied), Sport, Geography, and Culture. For my finished product, I decided to publish it on a brochure. The most challenging thing that was on there was outlining all of the writing because, to get better results, I had to outline it all and it was so long. This task was so much fun and I would love to do something like this again! :)

What do you know about Italy???

By Poppy :)

             

Month of the Rosary

Month of the Rosary

This year in the month of October, our whole school will be praying the Rosary. The Rosary is known as one of the most beautiful prayers ever, and we pray it on a beaded necklace called Rosary Beads. It is where we reflect and pray to Jesus and Mary. We keep track of what we are praying about by using Mysteries. Mysteries are not like those crime fighting problem- solving things, Mysteries are stories involving special events that happened in Jesus and Mary's life. They are things that deserve to be mentioned in the Rosary. There are 4 special Mysteries and they are: The Joyful Mysteries, The Sorrowful Mysteries, The Glorious Mysteries, and The Luminous Mysteries, or the Mysteries of Light. What I enjoy about praying the Rosary is that it is very relaxing and I enjoy praying it. I cant wait for our next session with the Rosary. 

Have you ever prayed the Rosary?

By Poppy

 My Holiday!!!!

This was what happened to me on my holiday. My Holiday was so much fun, and I really enjoyed it. here are my reasons why. 

By Poppy

Math Art: Snowflakes!

Math Art: Snowflakes!

This week in Te Kahu we had to do some Math Art which was creating a Snowflake. It was very challenging because we had to use compasses and I do not really know how to use them yet. It was really fun as well because we had to create our own pattern which was very fun because I got to be creative. I really love snowflakes as well because winter is one of my favorite seasons. The math behind this task was the lines of symmetry which was very helpful for my math. I would really like to do this task again for our Math. Feel free to comment on my Blog and I will try to reply to most of my comments. Thank you very much!

By Poppy