Term 1 Reflection

This term (term 1) has gone really fast. It feels like the year only just started yesterday. I have done so this term. My highlight of it was school camp.

On Tuesday we had a double lesson of tech arts. We also had a lesson on Wednesday and one on Friday. We learnt about solids liquids and gases. We also made soap. I have really enjoyed tech arts this term. I have made a Jersey, beanie and slippers in soft materials. I have learnt lots in science so far. I have done lots of things including making slime and soap. I have learnt things about observations.

In sport I haven't really achieved much but I did make it into the tough guy and girl challenge. We have done lots of training for this. Every Friday sport I have spent training so I really can't wait for the event in Term 2.

In class one of my big achievements was getting class Councillor. I am really proud of my test results as well. We have recently finished number and I only had one thing to work on according to the test and that is estimation, which I made a really dumb mistake on, so if I had been concentrating I probably would have got it right. I haven't been late handing in any work so I am also happy with that.

I have put my name down to do staff room/dishes and chromebook monitor, I am happy with how both these jobs are going, I haven't forgotten to do them very often. I have learn't all the year 7's names and know a little bit about them. At the start of the year they were complete strangers to me.

Wellington - Camp

Last week I went on camp. I don't really have a favorite part of camp.

Some of my favorite things from camp are; Weta workshop, H20 extreme, ONTV, The Zoo, Media Lab. At weta we were shown some things out of movies such as, one of the guns from district 9 and a range of things from the hobbit and lord of the rings. H20 extreme is a water place. I spent most of the time there one the three hydro slides. The was also a wave pool which was lots of fun. At ONTV we made a short news video called "Once Upon A Crime". I was the director. At Media Lab I made a VR (virtual reality) world with Emma. That was a lot of fun, our world was a desert with some mountains. We made this world using some software called Unity. At the zoo we had a short lesson about adaptations which are thing that animals have changed about themselves to be better suited to the wild. After that we walked around the zoo in our parent groups. I really enjoyed the zoo. One of my favorite animals at the zoo was the otters. I also liked the capybaras, the monkeys and the chimps.

We also went to Zealandea which is a sanctuary for birds. We wandered around the sanctuary in three groups. I really seeing watching the Tuatara. At the holocaust centre we learnt things about the holocaust. We also heard a story from a child survivor named Vera.

Overall I really enjoyed Wellington camp. The camp that we stayed at was nice. I am a vegetarian so I didn't eat the food that the adults made I just took m own food. There was a jumping mat that looked a little bit like a giant pillow. I did a couple of front flips, but I didn't land any of them. There was also a trampoline and a playground. There was a volleyball net but I didn't use it. The bus driver, Gale, was very nice. I am very thankful for all the parents and Mrs Crowe for everything they did.