Kate Sheppard

Kate Sheppard on our New Zealand $10 note

This week we have been learning about Parliament and Election and their functions. but today we had a brief discussion about Kate Sheppard. for our follow up activity. To me she sounded really interesting Kate is on our $10 note and her campaigns made New Zealand the first country in the world to let woman vote in 1893. For most other countries, (including Britain and the United States) eventually let woman vote after world war 1.     

  

    

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READING

In our intermediate classes we've been set with different reading challenges for each term. This time they are the 10 book challenge, 20 book challenge, the random book challenge, series challenge, classical challenge, space challenge and the family challenge, i'm five more books away for the 10 book challenge and have done a few other challenges as-well. 

    


















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SPORT

My favorite sport is swimming. Because it is so fun and at training we do some pretty cool stuff like relays at the end of the session, or swims, pulls and kicks, all sorts. Any two sessions are never the same. Also at Tawa (the swim squad i swim in) and (the best squad) definitely not (Karori pirates) We do lots of regular swim meets. 

It is soooooooo much fun, i really enjoy it and nights of training does get payed of cause every swim meet pretty much i get a pb (personal best time) and is cool seeing how much you improve.

Overall swimming is one of the best things that ever happened to me. sometimes i would wonder where i would be if i didn't do swimming. 

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PRODUCTION

I'm so excited for our school production, every day it gets closer and closer to the big day. But there's so many things to do in the time. like, our costume for the space cantina scene some people have been chosen from rm 11 and 12  to be apart of the big scene. We have to make cool alien costumes for the accession, and to LEARN MY LINES!!! 

But I only have to learn a couple of lines so I've got that all sorted with, and also there's the dance. I love being in that dance, its so fun dancing with my friends and all that and were only half way through just another half to go!   

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Inspirational Songs

Inspirational Songs

My Inspirational song is Roar 

The reason why I chose this song is that it is a really good reminder to stand strong and don't let anyone hold you down  

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)

Already brushing off the dust 

And that no matter how much you've been beaten or struck down, you should just get up stand tall, hold your head up high and stand your ground!

     ....And as for the Chorus 

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter- The Killer instinct 

Dancing through the fire- The confidence!      'Cause I am a champion,-The attitude!

and you're gonna hear me roar-Watch out here I come!!!

     ...And some of the verses 

Now I'm floating like a butterfly- Gracious winner! (don't boast)                                                                                                 

Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes- Did myself proud!

I went from zero, to my own hero- Did myself proud! 




So If you are struck down or or frustrated in your race or competition pick yourself up up and listen to this song!!!  

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, your hear that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up
Get ready 'cause I had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar!

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar!

Now I'm floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up (hey!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, your hear that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up
Get ready 'cause I've had enough
I see it all, I see it now

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar!

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar!

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar!

Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
'Cause I am a champion, 

and you're gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar!

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar!

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're gonna hear me roar!

Read more: Katy Perry - Roar Lyrics | MetroLyrics 



















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Egypt ART

This is one of my Egyptian art that rm 11 and 12 did. I think it's really cool and fun to make because we had to go through all these stages of making like the tea staining stage where we tea stained the background, then there was a stage where we then found a picture to copy from and to then do practice sketches in our sketch book before going onto our good copy. when that was all done we then went over everything in sharpie, before we died it with die. Also not to mention I finished first in our class and took to weeks to make. I love art!!! 

In this art I chose Anubis as you can see, God of the death was what he was worshiped for. Priests would dress up in Anubis when they mummified important people like pharaohs and kings as they warped them up and put special oils on to help preserve the body 






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Egypt

Egypt more than 3000 thousand years ago, which started out as upper and lower Egypt but then united by the first pharaoh. But what's more, this advanced civilization built to the skies and and worked hard  for the pharaohs to create constructions far from our imagination. Like the most recognizable sculptures such as the Sphinx and the pyramids of giza, are few of what these advanced Egyptians built.
What I mostly learned from was doing my double page spread which some people may think I'm crazy but I actually like doing stuff like that. It was so fun and it made me improve on my Egyptian Knowledge and my Knowledge on word and page layout and the cool art and group activities we did. I just learned heaps like Baboons were trained to climb fig trees to help with the harvests, (They had Baboons in the desert!)       Young boys were paid to be scarecrows! Frightening birds with loud noises and sling shots, the whole purpose of mummification was to preserve the dead person's body, and even the great sphinx was once beautifully coloured with bright reds and blues etc.      
   




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