Athletics recount

Athletic's was a great experience. I was most proud of the throwing thing. Not shotput but the other thing. I just forgot what it was called. 

I'll go back to the start of the day. So I got out of bed and got changed. I was pumped! I went to school and saw everyone in their house colors. 

The first event that I participated in was long jump, and I was alright. The next event was the throwing thing. I came 4th place out of the whole of Hillary girls. Then I  went to sprints which I also came 4th out of my heat. The vortex is too boring to explain but went to shot put then sprints, then finally it was rest time!!!!!! 

This is the start of my story

Tuesday 30th October:

On the night everyone dreads, that one innocent girl made the wrong choice of walking to that one house, on that one street, with that one fence, knocking on that one door. Then Suddenly…

The Day before:

“Mum! Mum! Hurry up. I need to go shopping for my halloween costume. I feel like being a black cat, or a scary clown. Maybe I could be the clown from the horror movie IT. OR…”

“Slow down. We can just go to the shop to find a cheap and stress less outfit for you to throw on. But I’m not buying you anything over $25.00. Do you understand honey bun.” Thea’s mum replied.

“Yea okay then. But can I spend more money if I give you my money to pay for.”

“No. Did you not just hear me. I said no more than $25.00. You need to start listening.”

“FINE!” Yelled Thea as she slammed her bedroom door.

Thea was throwing a hissy fit. She was starting to get annoyed with her mother because she was taking to long just to find the right pair of yeezys.

Finally they got to the store but could find nothing that appealed Thea, so they went to target. All of the carparks were taken up because of all the people wanting to find halloween costumes. It took them 7 minutes of circling around the carpark to find a spot. As soon as Thea and her mother stepped foot into target, Thea saw the costume that she really fancied. It was a massive costume that you put over your head. It was the majestic thing ever. It was a UNICORN!!! Thea ran up to the massive costume. She looked at the price, but fell to her knees. The unicorn costume cost $39.99.

Thea got home and flopped onto her leather couch and started to cry. It was 7:30pm and she had no costume for halloween.

The next day Thea got ready for school. She had black rings underneath her eyes, because she had stayed up all night texting people to ask if they had any left over clothes or costumes, but know one did.

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The Benefits Of A Healthy Body

Mihi:

Tena Koutou Katoa

Ko Sophie Waitoa toku ingoa

Ko Hikurangi te maunga

Ko Waiapu te awa

Ko Horouta te waka

No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katou

Hi. I’m here today to talk to you about the benefits of healthy eating.

Why Is It So Important To Eat Healthy:

It is really important to eat really healthy food and do exercise to stay at a good and healthy weight. This can help to reduce your chances of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Why Is Healthy Food Good For You:

Eating right gives you all the nutrients that your body needs to create new cells, clean toxins and to just function everyday. You need to eat a variety of healthy foods to give you energy including protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins and minerals.

What food should you avoid:

Foods that are very processed and contain lots of preservatives. Food and drinks that are really high in sugar like fizzy drinks and even orange juice. Did you know that a can of coke contains 9 ⅓  teaspoons of sugar in it. Super sweet cereals are full of sugar and should also be avoided. To be honest I would think that most people love coke but it's not really worth it.

What Are The Best Foods To Eat:

Raw natural unprocessed food such as fruit and vegetables. Good protein like fish, meat, and eggs are things that you should consider having regularly. Drinking clean water and milk is also a good thing to have everyday.

How To Keep A Balanced Diet:

The amount of raw sugar that you are meant to have a day is 37 grams. That adds up to about 9 teaspoons, which means we only are allowed to have one can of coke a day, but if you do then that's all the sugar that you are meant to have. That is not including fruit sugar. You should also be having the 5+ a day. That means getting a piece of fruit the size of your hand and having that everyday. If you do the 5+ a day then they need to be all different fruits. That's so that you don’t eat too many of one fruit.

So now you know that next time you see a carrot and a cupcake, go straight for the carrot. Thanks for listening to my speech, and I hope that you learnt something along the way.

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I learnt how much sugar you are meant to have a day. You are only meant to have 9 teaspoons. Did you know that one can of coke contains 9 1/3 teaspoons in it. If you haven't been then you need to do the 5+ a day. If you don't know what that 5+ a day is, it's when you get 5 pieces of fruit and eat it in one day.

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Holidays

This holidays I am going to Lake Waikaremoana. We have a batch up there and a boat to go on. 

The next week I am going to a netball camp.

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Sewing Elective

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This week Lily and I have been running or first ever class workshop. In room 21 we have these things named workshops. It is where you find a pair to do it with, then you and your partner gather together to figure out what to have a workshop about. Once you have found what you would like to do a workshop about, you email Mrs August your idea. This is the exciting part, once she has given the thumbs up then you may start to plan about who, what, when, and how. 

Lily and I went through that whole process. After we finished planning we found a pizza recipe and copied it. The first recipe didn't work so we got Lily's dad's pizza recipe. YAY!! It finally worked. The pizza dough finally lifted out of the bowl.

The room 21 people that were in our workshop did really well in making the pizza dough, and so far Alex Murray has the biggest pizza dough so far.

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This week a few people in my class including me have started planning and writing some of the best stories in the world. I'm just joking but it does feel like it. So this year or term some of the top writers in my class have entered into a writing competition for year 7 & 8. I find that writing lets out all of your emotions, that one of the reasons that I love writing. The competition rules are that you have to write a story about New Zealand, but it can be made up, then you can only write up to 500 to 600 words. If you win 1st place then you get $250.00 and your book copy-write and in a school journal. If you think that you are a great writer then I recommend this writing competition for you. It is called the "Elise Locke writing competition" 

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Monday: I was so excited because of all the student leaders in the school, including me, got the opportunity to travel down to Palmerston north to attend the National Young Leaders Day (NYLD). There were very inspirational people that got to talk. There was a lady that talked about saving our wildlife in the rivers by getting rid of all the rubbish that is polluting them.

Tuesday: On Tuesday we had tech in the morning. I am in science tech with Mrs.Hawtin, but on Tuesday we had Mrs.Lovit as a fill in. All we did was researching. 

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What I have Done This Week

Monday: We had our first tech of the term. My new tech group is Science. On the first day, we made rockets. We made them out of magazines and foam things for the top of the rocket. 

Tuesday: We had another day at tech where we flew our rockets and measured how high and also how far they flew. My best was 31m long, but we couldn't measure how high it went.

Wednesday: We had P.E and we played the best game ever... Dodge Ball!!! I was a judge and it was the best thing ever.

Thursday: Wiki and I got to be runners for basically the whole day. We ran from class to class taking messages or notes. It was so fun. 

Friday:

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This is my inquiry on how to do cat's purr.  

Poppy the Egg

Poppy the Egg

This week two pupils in my class (room 21) sent out a notice about eggs. Who would expect to get a notice about an egg at this time in the year? I did because the holidays are coming up, in two weeks, and guess what, those holidays are called... The Easter Holidays. 

I have a shoe box that I transformed into a secure home for Poppy. I made it out of some bits and bobs from my old mini play house.

As I think that you already know Mum and Dad, I have an egg named Poppy, who loves to read Harry Potter, eat donuts, and sleep all day.

Room 21 have been enjoying doing this because it is a competition to see whose egg can last the longest. I don't think that I mentioned that before.

I know that some people will be thinking "oh you can just hard boil the egg" but you can't because we have a method to our madness. All we do is we spin the egg on the floor (not carpet) and then you stop it with your finger, and then you take your finger off and you see if it is still spinning, and if it is then it is a raw egg because the yolk is still spinning around inside. 

Year 7 Choir

Choir

This week we got told who got into the choir for the year 7 and I was one of the lucky people that got into it. We started after morning tea and I had no clue what to expected. I walked in sat down then we started. All of the songs I had never heard before but now I know one of them by memory. All of the songs are really high so you have to lift your eyebrows as high as you can. (If you lift your eyebrows up when you are singing then your voice will rise)🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

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Writing

This week I found out that I need to use language features to improve my writing to get to level five. 

I have been practising my writing levels so that I can be better when I am older because I am desperate to be an author. 

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Music

I have learnt heaps about famous composer in the music world and there music.

Learning for this week.

Learning this week

This week Wiki and I learnt how to write and address a letter properly, also the person that we wrote to was the Queen. 
We have been doing an inquiry called Turangawaewae. That means a place to stand. 
Our question was about 'Why can't the whole world be like Singapore because they are a tidy and a rubbish free community.  

Electronics and Technology

Electronics 

In Electronics I have been making my very own Portable Emergency Light. 

My emergency light needed to be portable, durable and bright. 

I used a 9-volt battery and corflute folded into a triangle to protect the circuit.

My Very Own Goals.

Mathematics

In Room 21 we have our very own learning goals. We had the task to try to learn them. My mathematics goal was to learn to read and write numbers up to a million. I have also been learning to read and write decimals. I thought that it would be a good idea to go home and learn them. 

Writing

In Room 21 we have our very own writing goals. My writing task was using 'speech marks' correctly. I have the best teacher ever (Mrs.August) that now I have to take the task to try to improve.

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