Sign language/Finger Spelling

This is my video that I made for new Zealand Sign language Week.I am spelling my name in sign language. My name is Jack.My name has four letters.

My Birthday Party!

On Friday the 13th of May I had my birthday party.

I had it at wave rave at the lido aquatic centre.It was so fun there was foam,inflatables,and lollies,

I got out of the car and helped my mum carry some things I picked up the birthday cake.I wanted to eat it so bad the smell of the velvet cake I imagined the taste in my mouth yum yum!

The sliding doors opened I felt and urge of excitement ruining through my veins we proceeded towards the counter and paid.We found our table and set up. Finally my friends were all here Dom,Tyler B,Ben,Hyacinthe,Terado,We decided that we should go in spa first usually its 16 year olds only but because it is wave rave they let you in if you are ten and up.We all stepped into the spa I was so relaxed and tired.A couple of minutes later my friends had the idea that we should go on the gigantic inflatable I did not agree with that idea because I was so relaxed and comfortable the spa was so hypnotic.But I had not tried the inflatable so I got out and went.

It was my turn finally the life guard said go and I sprinted to the first obstacle climbed up it and jumped down and slid.Then the second obstacle was a weaving through the giant inflatable pillars the last obstacle I climbed all the way up looked down it was a jump into the water. I did a huge jump into the water and watched my friends do it and cheered them on.

All of my friends and me entered a competition that you had to have both hands behind you back and there was a chocolate fish on a string and who ever ate it first wins. The prize was a mini nerf gun.Terado came first we all rushed over to congratulate him.

We had some more party food but then eventually it was time for my friends to go home unfortunately we were all very tired because it was nine o'clock at night.I said by to all my friends and then helped my mum pack up all the leftover pizza and lollies and then drove of.

I can't wait till my next birthday.

This is like the inflatable that I went on.

Traditional Teaching Style CSI

TTS means Traditional Teaching Style. It was a block where we were taught in a traditional teaching style. We were sitting in named desks, with straight backs and weren’t allowed to talk. The work was all out of textbooks and we even had to do dictionary skills.

TTS was to show us how school used to be and to build our knowledge of student agency.

A CSI is thinking tool that we use after an event to show our thinking about what happened. C stands for Colour, the colour you think of when thinking about the event. S stands for Symbol, the symbol you think of when thinking about the event. I stands for Image, the image you think of when thinking about the event.

This is the CSI I did after TTS and it shows my thinking about what happened.

This is the CSI I did about learning in GRi11, and it shows how I think about it.

My Pick a Path

This is my pick a path it is basically a survival story in witch you choose how you want the story to end.Good luck!

Sports Rotations

At our school we have sports rotations. Sports rotations is a block where we learn different sports from coaches (professional and student coaches). It is on Tuesday afternoons and it includes soccer, golf, hockey, badminton, tennis, circuits, touch, table tennis, basketball and games.

My favourite sport in sports rotation is badminton. It is awesome when you have a long rally with the other player. It also awesome when it gets competitive and the other team member does tricks to get you out. Badminton is coached by Joonoh and Anneka. I have learnt so much from them about badminton and how to play the game.

I wish we had cricket for a sports rotation we did have it once. I have got a plan of how it would be set up. There would be a bat on one side with a tee and on the other side a ball. You would hit the ball off the tee to your partner and repeat 30 times, that way every kid would get a long go. They could also practice throwing, balling and catching.

My Term Holidays.

In my term holidays I went to my holiday programme and and there we do really fun stuff like sports stars.Sports stars is when in the afternoon the supervisors set up an obstacle course that we have to get through.We do two activities a day and they are action packed.The last day that I came we had van rely.Van rely is when there are 5 or 6 vans and they do a scavenger hunt. We have a list per van and we have to get all the items on the list.Who ever gets back first wins everyone wants to win so we take risks so we can get ahead.

We all had the idea that when the supervisor said go that we would drive on the grass onto the road"..3...2...1 GO!" the supervisor said."Full speed ahead!" I said we drove over the grass we all clapped in excitement.We were in second place now we all were excited that we were second we though that we should do the easy things first and then do the other ones last. finally we had finished our list and were racing back to the programme. We were pulling in to the car park....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! we were last but how? Wait a minute they are only four vans here we were weren't at lest we were not last. we got out into the hall they said "ha ha your last!" we explained that there were only four vans and we were the forth one we settled down and played a game.

And that was my holidays.

Swimming Sports 2016

It was swimming sports for 2016 it was the day I had been dreading.

I was never really good at swimming in my opinion.
It was really awesome to see my friends swim My favourite race had to be the one with  Cole and Ian and Lachlan.They all chose to dive Mr Smith hit the clappers together and they were of .Cole was taking the lead closely behind Ian, and behind Ian, Lachlan, it was neck and neck between Cole and Ian it was like two cats fighting over a ball of string. Everyone was shouting and jumping in excitement I was not cheering for Cole or Ian I was cheering for Lachlan even though he was not winning I was good that he was giving it a go. Personally myself I could not swim a medley.Cole was on his last lap it was free style this was going to be a close finish.Cole came first Takahe was cheering because Cole was in that team Lachlan was finished everyone was cheering for him even though he came last.


Now it was my turn flutter board was my specialty I was racing Van Oliver we had to start in the pool 3...2...1.... bang Mr Smith clapped the clappers and the race started I was taking the lead! I can't believe it I was first but Van was close behind in fact now he was be side me I slowed down a bit because I was tired but forgot that Van was  beside me now he was first I was  sad because there was now way I was going to catch up but I was quite happy that I was second though I finished second and Oliver finished third and Van finish first.

After we had finished all of our races we did for fun some relays. They sorted us into our houses Takahe,Tui,Weka,Kea. The girls were down the other side of the pool and the boys were on the opposite end. I was third in the Takahe line.It was my turn I was confident but I had done it before so I was not so scared. I jumped on to the giant surf board and a was off I kicked as hard as I could. I was on the other side and was cheering on the other people on.Final the last person was going across to the other side we won yay! I was so happy we all hopped out of the pool.

Swimming sport was so awesome I can't wait till next year!!

Swimming sports was awesome!!

   

WeetBix Tryathlon

On Thursday the 24th of March 2016 I completed the WeetBix Tryathlon at Ongley In Palmerston North. If you did not know what a Weetbix Tryathlon is it is a huge event that runs all around New Zealand. It is a swim, a bike,and a run.This event is sponsored by THE HITS ( radio station) ,Asics (makes sports shoes),Anchor(milk),Haier(makes kitchen appliances).

Unfortunately the rain was not in our favor but after a while it started to settle and the Tryathlon was awesome.

My favorite part about the Triathlon was the run.Because you felt a awesome sensation in your legs for the first time in forever I didn't feel tired at all and I did I kept pushing myself.

My least favorite part was the swim because when I started I had a plan that I was going to do backstroke but then it all turned to custard. I got about halfway and then I realized that I was getting tired so I asked for a flutter board and looked up and turned my whole body around. To look up and caught my breath and then I started to kick again. After I got to the end I hopped out of the pool.

After the try I hung out with my mates Jaykib Dun and Jack Bassett we went to all the stalls and all the tents. I got a snow cone and some slap bands that had the name of the sponsor Anchor and some other stuff too.

I can't wait till the next WeetBix Tryathlon next year,

Me(left) and Hyacinthe(right)

HURRICANES!!!!

                         HURRICANES!!!!

Yesterday the Hurricanes came to our school and hung out with us for a block. It was so amazing!
It felt like it was not real, like I was on tv.We were sitting in the hall, the whole school was there when finally Mr R announced that we needed to give a huge cheer for the Hurricanes! I felt a wave of excitement as they were entering the hall. People cheered in excitement.A couple of minutes later the Rippa team where having a game green bibs vs the yellow bibs and the hurricanes were coaching them! then after the rippa team had there games the Hurricanes did some jump jam with us.

Why were the Hurricanes here?
The Hurricanes were here because a little girl in the junior syndicate entered us in the competition after the Hurricanes did some stuff with the girls class they did some spelling and reading with the class. I was a little bit jealous.     

Click here to check out our Hurricanes video

My Favourite Place to Sit

This is my favourite place to learn in GRi11 2.0.
Its a good place to work if you want to fire through your fast track