2015 Moments

Hello!                                                                   Welcome everybody to another weekly blog post! This weeks bird call comes from the Welcome swallow, a native bird found in lowland farmland with small streams or drains, or in wetland areas where they are mostly seen on the wing catching small insects. 

So welcome guys lets get strait into things, firstly my favorite moments. . . so without further ado lets jump into some of my favorite highlights of 2015.

                        

                    

1. Camp                                            I have to say camp was probably the biggest if not the biggest highlight for this year, 2015. It was amazing! The people, the friends the memories, and the activities. Which boosted my confidence levels, and made me loose my fear of claustrophobianess. . .  (Is that word) claustrophobia A.K.A a person who dreads confined spaces. Loosing my fear during caving, especially trying to move around in that murky cave system and trying to fit through those tight spaces. But other activities are just as amazing for instance, bridge-jumping, kayaking, high ropes. . . etc. 

2. Cake Decorating

OMG This was so much fun! (Another great highlight to put on the list) To be honest. . . (no offence Catherine or Ethan) but I kinda thought it would fail a bit, and in a way it did a bit, just look at that icing on the side! (not to mention we destroyed half of the cake in the process.

         Vs

But besides that doesn't it look a lot like the cake im pretty proud of that for me, (putting my artistic skills aside her), that is an achievement right here (insert claps and cheers here:)

Next up. . . where do I think the big day out will be held. . .

Geez this is a tough one every time you predict something it is like the exact opposite of the destination you were thinking that we were going too. . . making this whole 'Choosing' thing near impossible. well if I had to choose lets start off with listing the destinations from previous years.

-Zealandia

-The pool

-Zealandia

-ummmmm. . .

-Zealandia

-Don't remember

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia

-Zealandia. . . 

I feel like every year we go to something like zealandia. . . Geez why am I complaining!!! Best place in Wellington!! Although to be honest, I think its probably down between the zoo (because of the new section open and everything) and te papa, and probebly my favorite big day out outing, would be the time we were at nga manu or something like that... is that how you spell it? Anyway It was so cool with all the bird aviaries, and bush walks and nature stuff so cool!

Anyways thats all for this week, this is Ty Ty for another blog post stay tuned for next week! Bye Bye now!

Goodbye

College...

Arggggggg college, don't get me wrong i am looking forward to it but it's just the fact that's it's quite literally round the corner and everyday it sits there in my mind not a stressful feeling, or a happy one, nor either a sad feeling, I just don't know how to describe it really. . . I'm just sorta concerned a bit that's all, I seriously don't know why I feel this way cause pretty much everyone who's gonna be there next year I know. . . Oh well Lets get into this weeks post shall we?

'Keee-aa' 'Keee-aa' 

Hey

Hello and welcome everybody to another weekly blog post this weeks bird call comes from the both playful and destructive kea, the world's only alpine parrot with beautiful scarlet underwings which are revealed during flight. Kea are even rated as one of the most intelligent bird in the world. 

Anyway onto this weeks blog post. . . College just think within just a few months I'll be knee deep with homework per day, completely bombarded with tests, *sigh* and all tests are pretty much the same. . . spend all night cramming info into your head. . . and then it turns out there's questions in that test that you've never learnt about yet! Or those stupid multi question tests where you take a loooooong time sussing out the question and spend majority of the test figuring out the answer and then it turns out your 'answer' isn't one of the options. Geez why can't google sit with me during those 

moments. . . am I right! 

Oh man that reminds me Electricity test tomorrow!!!

It isn't all that bad though, 

      

Lets look on the bright side of things at least im not moving on completely alone, in fact i'm going going to college with pretty much all the year 8 boys! F.Y.I I'm going to St. Patrick's If I haven't told you yet. Also the subjects I'm tacking next year i'm quite looking forward too like Economics, Business studies, and graphics. . . plus all the compulsory subjects of course.

So yeah there's mixed emotions about going to college next year, this is Ty Ty for another blog post stay tuned for next week! Bye Bye now!

Goodbye

Book Week

Hey!! Welcome back guys to another weekly blog post! So lets get strait into it! Oh right bird call . . . jokes this weeks bird call comes from the shining cuckoo, a native species of cuckoo which migrates to the Solomon Islands to escape the New Zealand winter. A slim, sparrow sized bird with a metallic green and bronze tone. (They have just arrived back to New Zealand, and I can even hear them in the mornings when I wake up!)  Another interesting fact about these birds id that it doesn't build its own nest nor does it raises it's young, usually laying its eggs in the nest of a grey warbler, and the poor grey warbler treats the chick as its on, even though its way bigger than the warbler itself.  

Alright so lets get back into this blog post for real now. . .  

This weeks topic is . . 

What are my favorite book week events?  well first up on our list is the 

Golden Ticket hunt! 

Probably my favorite one, if I don't say so myself. . . So the intermediate teachers goes of and hides this 'Golden Ticket' around the school and we had to try and find them with the clues the teachers have posted on the blog. Whoever lays their hands upon the ticket first wins! (You know. . . trying to recreate the book scene: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Some people went hard out, sitting down on the PCs creating shifts constantly pressing the F5 button just waiting for the next clue to arrive. But when it does appear on the screen there's a mad rush as everyone storms out of the door, trying to find the Golden Ticket. Chairs toppled over, books 

wiped clean off the desks, and bodies pushing 

and shoving trying to be the first to get a gimps of the Ticket.  

But I eventually found one!

The guy in the middle is like me trying to get the Ticket. . .

Book Character day & Book Quiz! 

For the book Character day I went as Obi wan kenobi. (A Star wars character) and the Quiz actually went alright so there was a quiz that was held in the library, there were 4 rounds, the first round was year 1&2's next was year 3&4's then 5&6's and lastly 7&8's and the house captains chose only four people from each year to represent their year and 

their house my house (Evens) 

ummmm . . . well . . . did alright. . .

 but we didn't win and we weren't 

last. . . I think 

Kate De Goldi

On Tuesday, during book week still within the book theme, a special guest came in to talk to us, a special someone called kate de gold, a well known author who has written many great books. So she came in and talked her books giving many great advice and tips and how she thinks up of book ideas and the process of which the ideas go through for those future writers out there. And also Kate De Goldi talked about her life, and how she grew up which I thought was every cool and interesting.  

Thanks guys for reading this weeks blog post. . . stay tuned for next weeks post bye!!!

Goodbye

AFL 

Hey

Welcome back guys to another weekly blog post, and this weeks bird call comes from the saddleback, a poor flyer but has strong legs to help it cling onto trees. 

There's a video to the left show casing its call. 

This weeks blog topic however is about 

What we were like trying to receive the ball

AFL. . .  yea well not really a fan. I pritty much suck, whenever I try to kick the ball to Catherine, it would go strait over her head and almost landing smack bang on to someone else head. . . no offence but Catherine isn't much better. when she kicked it it would go everywhere but towards me, so we spent the 

whole kicking session running after the ball. 

anyway the skills and tips and stuff that i have learned was to 

1) Hold the ball facing down

2) Laces away from faces

3) Point your toes when kicking

 

Goodbye