Dear Mr Claus

Dear Mr Claus,

I am writing this letter to inform you that I do not want chocolate this year. Instead I would prefer 5 kilo grams of candy. It is to my concern that you did not eat my cookies last year. I just wanted to let you know that they are still there.

 Another thing, if you are willing to do this I would like a huge present this year. Maybe a Playstation 4 with lots of games, or an Xbox One with tons of games. No matter which, I do not mind. I think that I deserve one of these because I have been a great boy this year and washed the dishes once.

Also I am wondering now if you would like me to change what I give you to eat. Since last year you didn't eat your high in fat cookies so I was wondering if you wanted something like broccoli or lettuce. Just in case your going on a diet.

 I was also wondering how all your little elves are going I hope they're fine. This time of year gets quite busy for you considering it's the only time you work. Unless you have another job? Oh and how are your reindeer going as well, is Rudolph's nose still shining bright? And is Comet behaving himself? And who is your lead reindeer now? I would like it if you send me your answer by email as it is a modern way of communicating in this age.

Thank you for taking your precious time to read this.

Your sincerely.
Damian

Third world countries

The third world arose during the cold war. Also the second world and first world. These worlds split earth into different country groups depending on the current social, economic and political problems.

Some of the third world countries include:

Africa

Latin America

Asia 

Tanzania

and many more.

Right now New Zealand is a first world country. We are very fortunate to be like this.

One third world country is Afghanistan, it is classified as a third world country because 40% of the country live in poverty with 2/3 of them only have 2 US dollars a day which is 2.42 NZ dollars.                                  

Japan - Kyoto

Kyoto is a city located in Japan with a population of 1.474 million in the 2010 update. It is 827.9 km squared. Kyoto is also the birth place of one of our Japanese students, Masanou. Some of the points of interest in Kyoto are the Kinkaku - Ji, Kiyomizu, Arashiyama, Nijo castle and Fushimi Inari-taisha.

45 minute inquiry

Do you recognize this quote? This piece of writing is a famous piece by William Shakespeare and is in act 2 scene 2 of the play Romeo and Juliet. The piece was made in 1591 - 1595 and made as a play in the 1600's. But this isn't the whole quote the whole quote is "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." This means that a name doesn't matter about anything, because it's not the name it's what they are.William Shakespeare was born in United Kingdom at the location of Stratford- upon -Avon.

When William presented his play to Samuel Pepy his comment was "this is the worst play Iv'e seen in my life." But now it is one of the most popular plays in existents. It consist of 5 acts with a differnet number of scenes in each in act 1 there is 5, 2 has 6, 3 has 5, 4 has 5, and the 5th act has 3 scenes.

The play is about two people who were not aloud to love eachother. But then they decided to get married. But there is no happy ending because the night before the wedding Juliet kills herself. So Romeo couldn't ber it and he killed himself too.

Heres a link about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet

School uniform

1. comfort
2. good value
3. looks good
4. fits both Winter and Summer seasons
5. quality

45 minute inquiry.

This is the port of Tauranga It is 113.4 hectares and includes the logging industrie. The logging industrie takes in 63,000 logs per day and has 186 staff members. Logs are shipped from all around the world and delivered to places around New Zealand, Australia and even Asia. The logs that come into the port mainly come from the heneua forest.

Th logs collected are usually turned into building materials, fences and maintenance. But all the logs that are sent to kaurau get turned into paper or saw dust. The logs usually get to the port by trucks or trains.

To work as a Lumber jack for the port is a payment of 32.000 a year and a lot of hard work. But you could also work as a log truck driver or on the log trains. If you take this job you would more than likely travel around the country or maybe even the world!!

A lot of countries send us there logs to turn into paper, sawdust or building materials. This is because we have quite a big industrie and countries like Asia and Africa do not.

Here is a link about the company:
http://www.c3.co.nz/

vegetable scenery

45 minute inquiry.

Curling is a sport that is consisting of 4 players. Each player has a specific role. There is the two sweepers who use brooms to increase the speed of the curling stone. The curler who can make a path and slowly turn the curling stone. And the pusher who push the curling stone across the surface of the ice. The ice is called the curling sheet.

The aim of this game is to get as much points as you possibly can. To get these points you need to get the curling stone as close as you can to the middle of the house. The house is a big target with a number of layers. Each layer has a different amount of points the closer to the middle of the house you get, the more points you get. 

When you are playing this game you are going head to head with another rival team. Each team takes turn pushing the curling stone until the end comes. The end is after each team has finished pushing their 8 curling stones. There are 8 to 10 ends in a game. 

Curling isn't as easy as it looks though. It takes a lot of stratergising and team work to conquer this game and a lot of skill. In this game you have to get used to the weight of the curling stone (which is mad of granite) and the friction of the ice. It is not the most physical game but it could be tiring.

Curling has been around since the 15 hundreds but it has definitely stepped up since then. Today we use the brooms and a much more modern arena. In the old days they didn't even use a broom.

Here is a link for some more information. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling

Music video venn diagram

Movie Review

1. It needs the names of main actors.
2. A small description of the movie.
3. What the movie is called.
4. Who the director is.
5. Your opinion.


Pacific Rim is an amazing movie with the acting talents of Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day and Ron Perlman. This movie was directed by Guillermo del Toro.

The storyline of the movie is that creatures are breaking through a monster gate in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. So mankind build giant robots to defend Earth. But only certain people can pilot this robot these people need to have the drift. A drift is a special bond between two pilots of the robot. It means that they can sense what each other  are going to do by bonding through memories. Will man kind be able to protect themselves from the monsters??

In my opinion this is a great movie with a mix of giant robots and huge monsters. And I would definitely watch it again.

I recommend this to people who love monsters, giant robots and fighting.

TBC orientation day

Today we went to TBC orientation day. At the orientation day we watched all the year 9s do the haka. Then we split off into our class groups. The class groups are the classes that we will be in next year. I got into the accelerant class along with a few class mates. After we found out that we got an envelope and a personality sheet which we had to fill out. Then we went for a walk around the school and went into the GYYT. In there Mr Cook told us we got into accelerant and gave us a bit more information about the school. At the end we all got ice blocks and hopped on the bus to go back to school.

Breakfast comercial

Dystopia a ruined future!

Description of a photo.

Cars packed trying to get out of the area. Trying but for most, failing. This is a common day for all man kind in this generation. This is all because of the infection. At least half the worlds population is now gone, taken those creatures. Skies now as black as coal burnt to a crisp and most the clouds are caused by smoke from destroyed factories. The smell of toxic fumes fills the air and the taste of nuclear power in everyones mouth from the fallen stations. Screams fill the ears of millions of innocent people. Honking cars mute out all other sounds. The air is thick and feels musky. Destroyed buildings and shelters lying on the ground, now useless rubble. 

dialogue

Discussion about your behavior with Ms Campbell.
"How do you think your behavior has this year?"
"Well I have been doing quite a lot of different things this year but I have still managed to catch up to all the school work with a positive attitude."
"Ok well how are you with others?"
"I relate to others quite well and have made a lot of new friends this year."

Discussion with Mrs Mills about the end of year assembly.
"Are you excited for the end of year assembly?"
"Yes I think it would be quite good to see if everything I've done this year has been noticed."
"Well you have put in the effort this year haven't you?"
"Yes It has been a great year and I have enjoyed everything Iv'e done."
"Thats good, well good luck for the end of year assembly"

picnic day questions

10 questions about picnic day.
1. What is the picnic day budget?
2. How many parents do we have for supervision?
3. Are we allowed out of Tauranga?
4. Are we allowed to fundraise for more money?
5. How much people can bring transportation?
6. How long are we aloud out for?
7. Do we need permission from Mr Diver to leave the school site?
8. Does it need to be educational?
9. Are we aloud to wear mufti?
10. What gear do we need to take?

Kenyan High School High Jump - TIS High Jump

athletics records to olympic records

Year 8 boys records
Discus: Kyle Hamilton 38.46
ShotPut: Rikihana Borell 13.32m
100m: Hamish Symes 11.52sec
200m: Hamish Symes 25.05sec
Long jump: Darcy Slattery 5.67m
1500m: Justin Mitchell 4:52.28mins
High jump: Burten McAdam 1.65m


Olympic Records:
Discus: Virjilijus Alekna 69.89m
ShotPut: Ulf Timmermann 22.47m
100m: Usain Bolt 9.63sec
200m: Usain Bolt 19.30sec
Long jump: Bob Beamon 8.90m
1500m Noah Ngeny 3:32.07
High Jump: Carles Austin 2.39m

Year 8 girl records
Discus: Fiona Bennett 25.95m
ShotPut: Khanum Elisaia 11.21m
100m: Mariah Ririnui 12.41sec
200m: Samantha Bitcheno 27.80sec
long jump
1500m
high jump

Waimarino

Waimarino

was awesome

activities were supreme

kayaking was also terrific

although raining half the time

hanging out with friends

and buoyant UFO's 

Waimarino was

wonderful

animal test

On the animal test there are 4 different personalities. Otter, Golden Retriever, Lion, and Beaver. I was pretty well rounded in my scoring, I scored about the same percent for all of them. But the next closest one was Beaver at 26%. 4 of the thing to have a better attitude is to. Dump dumb thoughts, Try something knew, help others, make new friends.

12 hour relay.

12 hours of running sound pretty hard.
But this event you get a rest free card.
after each lap you do you get a break.
Where you could eat chocolate or even a steak.
So it may not sound as hard anymore.
Until you get home and your legs are so sore.
Even if you only run 3 or 4 laps.
You really want to go home and have a long nap.
Now it's all over but it was great fun.
We all go home ans say goodbye to the sun.

The 12 Hour Relay Disaster

The look on Mr Scholes face spelled T for trouble. A young child suddenly flew into the air. Gazeboes were torn out of the ground and throwing high into the sky. I looked up in shock as I realized what had come upon us. A cyclone. A cyclone as big as 500 blue whales was right above me. I realized I was doomed there was no getting out of this one. But then I saw the light. No, not the light when your dead, the light seeping through the rugged cyclone slowly splitting it in half. I saw that I had a glimmer of hope. But then as the light grew even more I realized we were all saved. The cyclone completely vanished and now, we were truly saved. It was really an act of god.

Letter to Mr Diver

Dear Mr Diver.

I am writing this letter to explain why your school should have a pool. My first reason is that it would help a lot with swimming sports. Because most kids don't have a pool at home and are to busy or tired to go to the local pool. So a school pool would be a perfect arrangement. Second of all is that in Summer it gets really hot. And if kids get to hot that could affect how they work and their attitude towards school work. It would be so refreshing to hop into a pool that I wouldn't complain about anything. Plus the teachers can hop in if they want. A pool could be a replacement for some of our PE blocks in the Summer. And could be placed infront of room 41 and 42 once the special school is back up and running. But of course it would have a gate around it. Students could just bring their togs to school but change when they finish swimming. Kids shouldn't be allowed to walk around in there togs at morning tea and lunch.

12 hour relay poem

10 houses

2 competitions

huffing and puffing as you continuously run around the track.

optimistic kids socializing while waiting to run.

uncovered talent found at the talent show.

running until you can't feel your legs.

rotating from activity to activity in the fun run.

energy flowing from every kid you see.

late finishing and tired kids.

adrenaline rushing through my body.

yelling at team mates to go harder and run faster.

letter advice.

I've got some older friends (I'm 13 they are 14/15) who have  invited me to a party on Saturday night at someone's house. I'm pretty sure everyone there will be drinking. I've never had alcohol before. I'm going to tell my parents I'm staying the night at my friends. I feel quite nervous, cos I know it's bad. What should I do?

What you need to do is tell your parents the truth. If they know the truth then they can help. Because drinking at your age is illegal. And if your friends are doing it then it might be a good idea to find some new ones. Remember Don't get pressured into drinking. It's your decision.

Homework term 4 week 1-2

Acting Career:

Why an actor?? 

Acting is a carer that can take you all around the world. But one of the main places that is really big on acting is Hollywood. Plus acting is super fun and you can meet lots of new people. When I did the production this year I came out of it with loads more friends then I had before. Also lots more people will know your name. Thats right you can’t forget about the fame, and the money!!! If you are trying out to be an actor you should keep a stash of money just incase. Because you don’t want any unpaid bills before your carer even begins.

The main rule of been a successful actor.

If you become successful in an acting carer there is one main rule The Director Is God!!! This means that the director always has the final say in any play or film you are working in. And be sure to share his vision in your character. But there will always be a disagreement between the actor and director. So don’t worry if you do because it’s normal.

Drumming Career:

Why a drummer??

Like an actor a drummer also get to travel the world. Most likely if you are more famous. It is also really fun and is great to bond with your band members. Thats another good thing. You hang out a lot with your band members. If you practice a lot (which you should if you want to be successful) then you would be over at your band members house almost every day or every weekend. Also it can help your creativity by making your own songs which could be very famous!! And who doesn’t like a good song to listen to anyway?

Some tips for being a professional drummer.

Tip #1 Be Unique!

Don’t be afraid to be unique. Try to get out there!!

Tip #2 Accept Criticism.

It’s easy to get knocked down these days but try to take criticism as a positive thing.

Tip #3 Set Your Goals!

Try to have a goal. Like how far you want your music carer to go. Because if you don’t know that it will be considerably hard to become successful. 

Ways to say no to drugs.

I can't I'm an undercover cop. I'll have some at home when I'm off-duty.

E- I can't I have trouble swallowing now It's a medical thing but I'm going to the doctors next week.
C- Have you seen how drugs affected that famous actors performance.
R- You know I don't think these will really help me with my basketball trial tomorrow.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Letter advice.

I found out my 2 friends smoke. I'm only 13. I don't know what to do. I am really confused. Please help.

What you should do is tell a parent or teacher about this. Even if they are your friends. Because smoking is illegal until you are 18 and it could cause death at a younger age then non smokers. But remember if they offer you a cigarette try say no and delay the decision to smoke until you are older. Delay the decision means to wait until you are mature enough to decide wether you want to get into this or not.

Teenagers with drug and alcohol

Alac statistics in 2006 prove that around 125,000 teenagers fell into the drinking problem group and 50,000 of that group drink at least once a week with an intention of getting drunk!! More than a quater of teenage males and females said that they have blacked out by drinking too much. One in ten saying that they had been assaulted sexually or physically.

Class A.B&C drugs

Questions and Answers!!!

Class A,B&C drugs are different groups of illegal drugs in the UK. 

Class A drugs are proven to be the most harmful of the drug groups. Some of the drugs in this group are heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and LSD. If you a are found guilty for having class A drugs the consequence could be up to 7 years in jail and be fined. But if you decide to sell class A drugs it could end up a life time of being in prison.

Class B drugs include drugs such as speed, barbiturates and cannabis. Some people think since these drugs are in the B grade it is much less serious then the drugs in the A grade. But they were wrong, if the police find out that people have been using these drugs it could cause Imprisonment for up to 5 years. But if you are found producing and and selling these drugs the consequence is being in prison for 14 years.

Class C drugs this class include tranquilizers, valium and anabolic steroids. But remember just because these drugs are in class C dont think that they are not illegal, because they are. If you are caught using these drugs it could cause 2 years of imprisonment and an unlimited fine. If you are caught producing and selling these it could cause 14 years of imprisonment.

Life Ed poster

Recount of a formal occasion.

I went to a funeral when I was about seven. I can't remember much of it I just remember sitting and listening. I don't remember what I had to were and there are no traditions that I remember either. I didn't even know the guy but my Mum was really close to him.

Homework week 7-8

Homework week 7-8

Black Friday

Black Friday is on Friday the 13th. A big thing on Black Friday is all of the sales. It is also a day of superstition. Some superstition are a black cat crossing your path which could lead to horrible consequences, opening umbrellas indoors which could really hurt someone, a broken mirror which means bad luck for 7 whole years, placing a hat on a bed which means that something horrible will happen to you.

Day with Mrs Gilmore

On Wednesday we had a reliever called Mrs Gilmore. We did all the stuff we usually do in class so it wasn't very different. We did some social dance in first block, Norm Hewitt SPCA talk in second and my band practice in third so I wasn't in class a whole heap.

News item.

Over the weekend three large apes escaped the Christchurch zoo. The zoo zoological manager Rob Hall confirmed that the three apes had escaped and activated the safety procedures. The escape was potentially dangerous so the zoo triggered a full lock down. Within an hour the apes were tranquilized and put back into the safety of their enclosures.

Homework week 6-7

Homework week 6-7

Movie review - Fast and Furious 6

Fast and furious 6 is an action based movie starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock and many more. It is directed by Chris Morgan. Fast and Furious 6 is the sixth edition to the Fast and Furious series.

Did Letty really die? Or has she just disappeared? Letty got amnesia and couldn't remember anything not even her own friends! Now she has joined forces with the bad guys and the ultimate team needs to save them. Dominic Torreto, Tej Parker, Brian O'Connor, Han Seoul-Oh, Mia Torreto and Roman peirce are the ultimate team. But will they save Letty in time? Watch it and find out. 

Limerick

There was a man who was shot dead

they got him right in the head.

Now he is under the ground

Not making the slightest sound,

Well at least thats what the grave keper said.

Spring Poem

Slurping on cold drinks to cool us down.
Picking all the new flowers that grow around your house.
Ripping open a packet of ice blocks.
Inventing things outside and playing with friends.
Nature grows new flowers and plants.
Great time to go outdoors and hang out with friends.

Description.

I am quite short and have black hair.

I have hazel eyes and always wear a watch.

I am quite sporty.

Who am I?

Short movie

Homework week 4-5

Homework week 4-5

Homework week 4-5

Inference

Felila was exhausted.
Felila collapsed on the ground. She still hadn't finished yet. But she couldn't go on any longer.

Russel was hungry.
Russel's tummy made a sound like a whale. 'But the pantries so far away.' he thought to himself.

Troy was lying.
Troy's pupils grew bigger. He didn't know if he could get away with it this time. But he had to try.

Inference

1. Caine was addicted to computer gaming.

Caine's eyes were bloodshot, he had stayed up all night trying to bet it. Trying to bet the boss on level 1.

2. Maia felt sick.

Oh no, not again. Here it comes. Blargh, vomit splattered all over the couch she had been on all day.

3. Josh was worried about been late for school. 

Josh checked his watch 8:25, come on legs go faster I don't want another growling from Mr Diver.   

Homework week 3-4

Inferences

1. Matthew was lonely

Matthew is a boy who is often by himself he hardly ever smiles no one ever wants to talk to him because he doesn't talk to them back. He always sits at the back of the class and never puts his hand up. He doesn't wear any colorful clothes there always black and white.

2. Kyle was excited about maths

Everyday on maths time Kyle would give an excited screech. He doesn't put his hand up except for at maths time. Everyone likes to copy off him because they think hes the best. He always had his head up high at this time of day. 

3. Connor was terrified of answering the phone

Ring Ring, oh no here we go again. Connor jumped behind the couch and was shivering. Why does it have to ring everyday he said to himself.

Homework week 3-4

Savant

A savant is an autistic person with an amazing ability or abilities that are considered genius. There are only 50 known savants in the world today. One well known savant is Daniel Tammet, Daniel Tammet has an amazing memory and math skills. He has more abilities than disabilities. Daniel Tammet memorized the first 22,000 digits of PI it took him 5 hours to complete this task but he didn't make one mistake. He also went to Iceland and learnt the Icelandic language in only two weeks! The Icelandic language is considered the hardest language to learn because it is so different to the rest of the worlds language.

My weekend poem

In my weekend I played some drums and shot some hoops.

But my weekend wasn't just going in a loop.

I also played some computer games and ate some toast.

I had some nutela on it but I don't mean to boast.

I finished off some work and posted it on my blog.

And played some games with my bro I was not the underdog.

I watched tv for most the day 

And watched a tiger kill a deer and drag it home no matter how much it may weigh.

Venn diagram

Homework week 1-2

Venn DIagram

What we did over the last couple of days.

Over the last couple of days we have had a reliever in our class because our teacher Ms Campbell did something to her back and couldn't walk. So we had Mrs Verster  instead and did some of her worksheets. There were coloring in ones word searches and some writing ones. We did some maths to try to find out the area and perimeter of the middle room table. If we were really good we also got to listen to some music but it was nice calming music. We did some more of our narrative writing and Bridge To Terabithia novel study.

Week 1-2 Homework

For and Against

Is fruit better than vegetables.

For
• Fruit is more common in lunch boxes and to me are tastier than vegetables.
• It's easier to replant fruit because it's easier to get the seeds. That means that you could have your own mandarin tree and not have to buy anymore.

Against
• You can put vegetables in dinners and you can cook them up. You can also do this with fruit but it's more common with veggies.
•

Computers are better for learning

For
• All the tools you need are right infront of you like the dictionary, thesaurus and spell check which can help with your spelling ability.
• You can search up things when you are stuck instead of having to continually bug your teacher with endless questions.
• If you get a job that envolves a computer than you have already learned about how to use them correctly at school and wont have to keep asking for help.

Against
• Your handwriting skills will go down and if you have to right out am essay in the future you wont get very good marks for your handwriting.
• If you use a book it can teach you to self manage yourself with drawing out lines properly and doing your neatest work.
• Using a computer to much could affect your eyes which effects your sight and if you have bad posture it could effect your back in the future.

What annoys me.

What annoys me the most is people who use my stuff without asking. Especially people who don't respect other peoples belongings. But little kids are the worst. I know that they are just trying to have fun but sometimes it really gets on my nerves. My stuff just keeps getting continually broken and when they play on my drums they play nice and loud nonstop for about 5 minutes.  

Week 1-2 homework

Week 1-2 homework.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePl-dC0sIU&safe=active

Is homework good.

For
• It can expand your knowledge in vocabulary, maths and real life situations.
• It helps with catching up to the class if you are out of class a lot doing production, sports, etc.
• It teaches you self management so in the future you will get stuff done instead of just shoving it in a corner
Against
• If you have lots of sports or other things after school and you don't have much time to do homework than you would have to stay up late to finish it and that could affect your performance at school.
• It's mostly boring and some people may not be bothered to do it. To solve this the teacher could try to make it more fun .
• It takes up time that could be used to raise your sport skills or socializing with friends.

Computer gaming is good for people.

For                                                                  

                                                                      

• Socialise with friends or meet new friends.                                                                                                                                              

• It fills in your time if your bored and is an enjoyable pass time.

• Some games are educational e.g maths games or real life war games. Some games teach us how to survive in the wild or how to patch up a wound as well.                                                                                                                                    

Against

• You could damage your eyes.

• You could get fat / overweight

• If you get addicted you could be on it all the time instead of outside with friends. 

Who am I?

I am famous actor and im usually in comedy films.

I am not super fit and have black hair. 

I was born in California.

I was the voice of an important character in Kung-Fu Panda.

My first name rhymes with my last. 

I am fat and were a big red coat around my body.

Were I live is very cold. 

I am the boss in my business and all of my slaves work for me.

My slaves may not be the tallest but man are they always jolly.

My transport that I use is ridiculous 

Where am I?

I am in a place where people are normally shouting and cheering.

All different ages of people compete in this place.

It has been renamed once.

Famous sport players have competed inside it.

You can buy food while you watch or wait for a game.

It has a lot of courts but one court can be used for lots of different games.

My holiday

In the holidays I didn't do very much but I did do some fun things. When the holidays started I was basically on my computer the whole time then my Mum made me ring up a friend and ask them to come over so I rang my friend Ben. Him and his brother came over (because my brother is friends with his) and we went straight on the computers again. We watched a movie at the movies called Pacific Rim and it was awesome. Then we went to miniput at Memorial Park Ben won and my brother lost. We played on the playground a bit after that and then got picked up. I ended up getting sick just before they left so we watched Fast And Furious 6 and Ben and his brother went home. Then on the Saturday my brother got his friend Neeson over. Then we all played computer. We all went and watched the Lone Ranger at the movies which was funny and cool. Then we went home and played computer. In the second week of the holidays my brother and I went over to Bens house. We went up to the swings for a bit but then we came back and played Black Ops 2 while Cody and Daniel (Our brothers) played on the computer. We would switch over every 2 hours so then Ben and I would be on the computer and Cody and Daniel would play Black Ops. We kept swapping over until it was lunch time.  

Term2 Overveiw

In this term there has been lots of awesome and exciting events like the production, cross country and our class camp. Our class camp was on the first week back and we went to Nguamuwahine for a week. Then in term 8 was the whole school cross country. The cross country is 3 kilometres long and in the middle of winter. Running isn't my strongest physical activity so I came 105th out of 300. But my highlight by far was definitely the production. For the production I ended up getting the main part so I had to practice most days. I had 2 weeks out of class in week 8 and 9 and I loved preforming on stage.

I've already said my highlight which was the production but my lowlight was. Well honestly I don't really have a lowlight, this term has been awesome. The only thing I didn't really enjoy the cross country because it was tiring.

Homework Activity

A7 Complete 3 Icas choices.

This year I have decided to do 3 Icas tests. So far I have only finished one Icas choice which was computer skills. I have not got the results back yet but im not sure I did too well. I have also chosen English and Maths which are both in term three. Last year I got credit for my maths test and im hoping to get higher than that this year. I did quite bad in computer skills last year too. I have not tried english yet though.

Homework Activity.

E6: Join a production and attend every rehearsal.

This year Tauranga Intermediate School has made a production based on the movie Bill and Teds excellent adventure. It's called A Most Triumphant Tale and I got chosen for the lead role. There are three lead roles Phil (me), Ed (Liam) and Starman (Matthew). It's about a band called Labyrinth who enter a band battle and try to beat their rivals One Dimension. But then all of Labyrinths band members leave except for the drummer and the bass player (Phil and Ed). Then Starman comes from the future in his Time Traveller Express or the Phone Box Thingy. They travel through time to get some new band members like Jimi Hendrix and Mozart but they make some accidental stops along the way. But will they get some amazing musicians and beat One Dimension or will they run out of time?

Ive had to rehearse most days in block one and two but over the last two weeks I was in the hall all the time. But on the second week I was up at Bay Court the whole time. We did two Matinees and three night shows. There were a few technical difficulties at the beginning but our final show only had one or two which is much better than the rest. I was surprised that I didn't feel that nervous and was looking forward to getting on stage even if I did have to wear make up.

Homework activity

G2 Create a 3 course formal meal for your family

Today I decided to make a 3 course meal for my family. I started off with the soup for this I had to cut up different vegetables like carrots, onions and some other ones. I was going to put in bacon hock but we got a pork one and those don't work so we didn't use it. Ones I chopped everything up I put it in the crockpot put in the soup mix and filled it with water then turned it on and let it cook all day. Then for main I made a quiche that I learnt from food teach. And finally dessert was a chocolate pie with ice cream. I didn't make the chocolate pie. I had to double the ingredients for the quiche.

Homework Activities

Physical Activity and the Outdoors
P7: Design your own activity

This year I have made it into the A team for Basketball and the AIMS team at Tauranga Intermediate School. The AIMS Games hasn't started yet but so far my team has won every game but has had three byes. One because of Queens Birthday one because the opposing team forfeited and another because theres and odd number in our grade (the A grade). Here is a table of results (my teams T.I.S Thunder and read across).We have only played two out of the possible five games so far because of the byes.

AIMS is a sporting international competition with all different types of sports. It has Hockey, Netball, Basketball and loads more. It's a really fun competition that takes place in term three. It's held every year and so far Tauranga Intermediate School has won it every single year and I think it's been going on for 8 years and if not more.

Homework Activities

Service in your school or community
S1: Improve your leadership skills, act as a class leader or school councilor for the whole year.

This year I have been chosen as one of  the Rimu House Leaders. To be chosen as one of the house leaders I had to make a speech and present it infront of the whole house at our House Hui. This year our house has three house leaders Jessica, Lachlan and I. There is normally only two House Leaders but the teachers couldn't decide between Lachlan and I.

As House Leader I must attend all the School Council meetings and camps (if possible). I also get a badge to prove that I am the House Leader. At the leadership camp my school (Tauranga Intermediate) was joined by Mount Intermediate, Otumoetai Intermediate and Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy at Tauranga Boys College. We learnt lots of different leadership skills like how to shake someones hand, how to present a speech and talk and how to work in a team. Most School Council meetings are on Wednesday at two o'clock but are occasionally postponed till later in the week.  

Computer Game I Have Played.

1 computer game I have played is called Little Inferno. Little Inferno is a game mainly for pyromaniacs but the best part about it is you get to burn the Terms & Conditions. It's not one of those games with scores or a time limit and it's actually got a story line. You get letters from people and lots of different combos you can get by burning stuff. The aim of the game is to basically burn all of your stuff to keep warm but there is a surprise ending. It is set inside a house and is made by Tomorrow Corporation. It may sound a bit boring but it's actually really addicting. The main character is you and your fire place and also your neighbor

My Mum & Dads work.

My Dad is an electrician. He sometimes goes overseas for his work to hes gone to Australia and the South Island so far. He gets his own car and phone and I'm pretty sure they pay for gas aswel. He normally goes overseas for two-three weeks.
My Mum works with all the disabled kids at an Intermediate age and sometimes at Highschool. She is just relieving for now but she is going to get a job 3 days a week soon. I know most of the people she looks after and I know she loves her job because she comes home happy to talk about her day everyday. But at her last job in Minnows she had a angry boss.

Production

On week 9 of this term (term 2) I will be staring in the Tauranga Intermediate School production. I have got the main part so does Liam and Matthew. The production is called Phil and Ed's Most Triumphant Tale and I am Phil. The production is about two boys who go back in time to save future of music forever. They need some new band members and collected some of the most famous electric guitarist, keyboardist and also have some accidental stop through time like visiting the Swan Lake and the first meeting of John Lennon and Paul Mccartney. It's a great production full of music and adventure and an epic band battle between the lip syncs and the real musicians. Whoever wins this decides the fate of music future FOREVER...

My Weekend

In the weekend I was on the computer for most of the first half of it but I also went to Fraser Cove. I was looking for some computer games but all of them were for windows except for Sims but I didn't want that one. So I just didn't buy anything there. Then we had to go grocery shopping but me and my brother hate grocery shopping. So mum said we could just go to Dominoes and buy a pizza and wait for her in there. It was really good because first of all I didn't have to go shopping and second I got a pizza and it was only $4.99.

Then on Sunday I wasn't aloud on the computer because I was on it to much. So I just ended up working on my War hammer I ended up finishing 2 of them and almost finishing 2 more. Then at 1:00 I had to go to production we ran through most of the scenes in both acts. I can basically do all of it without my script but I sometimes stuff up. Then when I came back home I basically worked on War hammer and watched TV.

Idioms

Like a chicken with it's head cut off.
It means to be in a frenzied matter and run around crazily.
Because when you chop of a chickens head it still runs around with no sense of where it's going for a little bit.
You may use this when someone is running around the house and has no care for where there going you could say.
Your like a chicken with it's head cut off

Someone Different

I have a different friend called John (different in a good way.) He does dancing and hes very good at it he has won loads of trophies and I mean heaps. I reckon hes one more than fifteen or even twenty. He does lots of different types of dancing I don't know them all though. He can also do the splits. He is also into gaming he plays Assassins Creed and lots of different active type games. He is always super hypo and can never sit still. He wants to go outside quite a lot and go down to the stream. But he normally wants to play his Wii U. He has a good sense of humour because he always wants to wear this horse head and do face swaps on his Ipod. He has really blond hair almost white.

Charging Laptops In Rimu House

If Rimu students charge there laptop at school it will waste electricity which means it will waste money.  If Rimu students just charge it at home it will save the school money. If there are lots of cords all over the place then people could trip over them and injure themselves or break something. If you bring your charger to school everyday along with your other everyday items it could increase the chance of back problems. If you just charge them at home then you wouldn't have to bring them to school. If you do that every night than you will get into the pattern of it and hopefully don't forget again. I think people shouldn't charge there laptops at school because it's just a waste of school money that could be used for other things.

My weekend

In the weekend I felt excited when I heard that I had a production rehearsal on Sunday. I felt annoyed that I had to wake up early to go there but rehearsals are really fun. I was there from 10:00 to 2:30 with an hour break in-between during that hour break I played this volleyball kind of game but you have to use a hackie sack. Since Liam and I are both leads we were in every single scene in act two plus we had our band rehearsal after that for a little bit. It sounded fine but Jess and Mrs Story told us to animate ourselves more. I felt a bit nervous doing that because there were about 8 people watching us and I didn't want anyone to laugh. Since I am the drummer in the band it's a bit hard to but Mrs Story said that all the boys were fine so that s good for Finlay Liam and I but Kayliegh and Emily had to animate themselves a bit more. I felt relieved that I didn't have to act it out anymore than I already was.

I wonder why

I wonder if there are more undiscovered planets we haven't found?

I wonder how scabs form?
When you get a cut and blood comes out cells in your body called platelets band together and create the scab. The scab protects the wound so it can't get infected or worse. It also stops more blood from coming out.

I wonder how the universe was created?

I wonder if there are any unknown life forms on different planets?

Visit to room 43

Room 43 is a class at Tauranga Intermediate School but it's no ordinary class. This class teaches all the special needs kids. The old class they were in burned down and they moved into a temporary class right outside mine. When they moved in my class and the class next to mine decided visit them. There is a really cool guy in there called Bobby and he showed us around. He said that we could ditch class and visit his whenever we want.

Graveyard Visit

Last week my class and I went to the 16th Avenue Cemetery. We went to the 16th Avenue Cemetery because of our statistics. For our statistics we had to find a question like what was the most common name in the 1900. The question my buddy and I came up with was if people lived longer in the modern  days then the olden days. There were lots of graves there and some were really flash and it was really sad to see a grave with an 8 year old in it. When we left the cemetery we washed our hands so we could cleanse ourselves from the spirit we get from the cemetery. Our whole class were respective to the graves but there was one person with some dogs there and she was playing fetch with them. Then one of her dogs decided to take a dump in there and pee on the grave.    

How to be me in the morning.

These are the steps of what I do in the morning.

1. Wake up still as tired as you were that night.
2. Spend another 5 minutes in bed then get up because you hear you'r mum screaming GET OUT OF BED!!!
3. Eat breakfast normally 6 or 8 Weetbix with loads of sugar.
4. Brush your teeth (It's optional).
5. Put on deodorant and get dressed in the same boring school clothes.
6. Pack your bag (laptop and lunchbox or anything else you need that day such as script or leaders book)
7. Hop in car and listing to ZM until you FINALLY get to school.
8. Sit down on your chair and update your blog for the morning for example this post.

My weekend

Surprisingly my Mum let me go on the computer most of the weekend. Even my science fair involved using my laptop. I had to see if ergonomics effects the comfort and the skill level that you play. Even though I was on the computer most of the time I still got outside... For a bit. I was shooting hoops in my basketball hoop. I was normally shooting off the trampoline but mostly just practicing shoots and lay ups. To tell the truth I basically finished my whole science fair in one day all thats left to do is the editing and the conclusion. I had to make it a quite simple science fair because I have a really busy term this term with Production and Basketball.

Teenager Problems.

The problems that teenagers face.

Under age drinking at least 50% of all teenagers have had one beer under age
Smoking cigarets only 8% of teenagers smoke daily.
Using up the internet the average amount spent on media a day for teenagers is 10 hours and 15 minutes
Drugs 51% of teenagers have used tobacco
           41% have used cannabis
Depression It is estimated 8% of teenagers in New Zealand face it.

Extinct Animals - Megalodon

The Megalodon which in Greek means big tooth is an extinct shark species that was alive approximately 1.5 to 28 million years ago. Remains of the sharks fossils say that it was at least 15.9 - 20.3 metres. Scientist say that the Megalodon looked just like a bigger and beefier version of the Great White Shark.  The Megalodons teeth were also 7 inches long and had the most powerful bite of any other creature that roamed the planet. These massive beast's feasted on giant whales and may have disabled them by bitting of there fins.

Periodic Table

I found out that the Periodic Table is a table of all the elements on earth it has 118 elements so far. All the elements have special numbers for how many protons they have (these are called atomic numbers) and one or two letters that is basically just a shorter name. There are 18 different group in the Periodic Table. The Periodic Table is similar to Minecraft it has all the elements and helps to see what two or three elements make another element. The creator of this amazing table was named Dmitri Mendeleev.

Science Discovery Of Coca Cola

John Pemberton was looking for a cure for headaches. He kept mixing a lot of ingredients together. But the recipe is guarded and most of the public dont know it. Coca Cola only took 8 years of being sold in drug stores before it was popular enough to be sold in bottles. Coca Cola was just an accidentally discovery while trying to discover a treatment for headaches. Coca Cola is the most successful food / drink invention

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a great physicist from America. He gained world wide fame with amazing theories related to reality. He was born on the 14th of March 1879 in Germany and died on 1955. Albert new geometry when he was only 12 years old! He didn't talk much but as a teenager he had intrest in nature and enjoyed complicated arithmetic problems. His theory was E=mc2

E=energy
m=mass
c=speed of light

Friction Test

At Tauriko Primary School my class and I decided to do a friction test. We tested many things such as riding bikes in sand, sliding down slides on different things and toy cars on different substances. First we decided to test the bikes. For that we had to ride through sand bark etc and see how far the bike got. I forgot the measurements but I know that the bark one won. Next we did the toy car test we had a ramp with sandpaper on it and a ramp with no sandpaper on it both at the same hight. We tested how much slower the sandpaper made the car I forgot how much but it was still a cool test. Then we went to memorial park and tested the slide. We had a sack and normal clothes and timed how fast we went down the slide. We did it a few times and the sack ended up going faster then the normal clothes.

Rimu House Camp

I'm proud that for the clash of camp activity I got chosen for leaf identification which is like a scavenger hunt. There was 5 things that I had to find which was a Rimu leaf (coincidently I was already holding one when they told me), a skeleton leaf, some lichen, a river stone the size of $1 coin and a kidney fern. I was the first one in the bush and the first one out.   

It made me laugh when Mrs Shepard told me to dance on the beam. The beam is basically just a log in the air attached to the high ropes. When I danced I decided to do the robot and the bird is the word dance (Peter Griffen style). Then I had to jump off.

Believe it or not when I was sound asleep I was woken up by someone sleep screaming "NO NO NO!" then a BANG and an "ow." And it turns out my friend Ben fell off his bed in his sleep. He was in the top bunk and fell onto concrete floor and only got a bump on his head.

 

Physical activities and the outdoors.

P5 Compete in a sport for an entire season

Throughout term 1 I competed in social volley ball. My team and I played every thursday either at lunch or after school. The people who were in my team were Ben, Milly, Caitlin and I. We only lost one game out of about 8. None of us really played before but we knew each other really well and had fun. We ended up winning the whole tournament and the sports coordinator said that we were decent players and should try out for the league teams. For the finals we versed a team from Rata I forgot what their team name was though. But our teams name was the flags I don't know why we were called the flags it was just the first thing that popped into our heads. When we won we got chocolate, drinks and lollie pops.
All in all it was an awesome time and it was really really fun.

Amazing Google Glasses.

Google has created new futuristic glasses that lets you see websites take photos and videos. Google says that wearing this will be just like watching a 25 inch screen tv. The don't have headphones or anything they send vibrations into the little bone in your ear. The glasses project light directly infront of you so you see a slightly transparent screen.

News Type: International

Opinion: This is an awesome idea I want a pair.

Giant Snails Swamp Florida

In the last few weeks over 1000 snails have been spotted or caught. The snails can grow as big as a rat and can destroy building by chewing through the plasticine. It is known to attack over 500 different plants. Florida may be as badly hit as the Caribbean islands if were not careful.

News Type: International

Opinion: This is not good snails were already pests but now there bigger!

Mother assaults police with quiche.

A New South Wales, mother assaulted a police officer with a quiche. The reasoning for it was because the police gave her a ticket for violence according to ABC but it turns out that it wasn't meant for her. So the mother rammed the police officer with a pram and chucked a quiche at him over the rage. So now we know the most effective weapon against police is… Quiche

Breakers win third straight title.

The New Zealand Breakers have won the Australian Basketball League. The game was close the whole way but an 11-0 score in the second half classified their win. The game was held in the Perth Arena early in the morning. The Breakers won the game 70-66 against the Perth Wildcats the Breakers main rivals.  The player Dillon Boucher was over the moon with this win because sadly he will be retiring. But players Cedric Jackson and Thomas Ambercrombie are aiming for the NBA.

News type: National

Opinion: This is great I am a huge fan of the Breakers.

Excellence In The Arts

                                           E6: Join a band and attend every rehearsal.
I never intended on being in a blues band but I got the lead part in the production and I have to be a drummer in there. So Jess (the person who brings the bands together) got me and the other lead role person Liam (who plays the bass) and got us both in the band along with four singers and two electric guitarists. The songs that I learned were Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley), Back To Black (Amy Winehouse), Let Me Down Easy (Instrumental), Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison),  Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin), Superstition (Steve wonders) and some 12 bar blues which is just instrumental. Plus I only had three weeks to learn all these songs! So with only three weeks I had to work hard, I had to skip some class time to learn song and I didn't even have a music sheet to learn them off.  Liam and I had some lessons together because neither of us knew any of the songs. And I practiced hardcore at home. When the day finally came to preform infront of a live audience at the Historic Village I had 100 butterflies flying around in my tummy. But when I got up on stage they all went away and I was focused on not mucking up. But of course since it was my first time I had a few mistakes but nothing major. My best songs that I played turned out to be Superstition and Piece of my heart. Plus the last time I played Blue Suede Shoes we go the crowd cheering. We had two sets of this each an hour long and I met lots of new cool friends in the band like George, Ethan and Liam.

Homework Expectations

Amount

We think that 30-45 minutes every weeknight is a reasonable expectation for homework. Per week that equals approximately 2.5 hours per week of homework.

2 terms = 20 weeks. Every homework task should take you 5 hours to do.

Quality

You need to work on each homework task for at least 2.5 to 5 hours. It should like it was done by a year 8 student. The product you make (if relevant) should look good quality.

Blog Post

- must be at least 2 paragraphs

- has to be punctuated correctly, spell checked and no errors

- you must include which category and task number in your post title so Miss C can sign you off.

Gigantic dinosaur park to open in australia.

An Australian billionaire is making a dinosaur park and its going to be the worlds biggest with 150 robotic dinosaurs! The park is already home to a Tyrannosaurus rex and an Omeisaurus but soon the park will be home to much more. The biggest dinosaur thats coming is the Mamenchisauraus thats 20m in length and 7m in hight. They will be displayed in a woodland scene and the dinosaurs will come to life.

News type: International

Opinion: I'ts a great idea it would be awesome to see a park full of dinosaurs!

Cat video festival returns to America

A second world wide cat video festival is taking place this August. Last years festival was a big hit with over 10,000 people attracted. People who come are invited to vote for their favorite cat video and the one with the most votes get played on the big screen. The festival will start off in Minnesota and then spread around the world.

News Type: International

Opinion: This is a great idea I love watching funny cat video's.

The Breakers win there first game of the finals.

The NZ Breakers have won their 1st set of the Australian Basketball League finals. The Breakers had an amazing second half when Daryl Corletto was on fire scoring goals like there was no tomorrow.  The final score was 79-67 to the Breakers with Daryl Corletto scoring 19 points. Now the Breakers head to Perth for a second set of the finals and if they win this the would have won the competition three times in a row.



News type: National.

Opinion: I think that the NZ Breakers will win the game and claim the title a third time in a row.

Student led conferences

Rimu House Swimming Sports.

At the start of the day our house walked down to Memorial Pools. It took us a while but, when we finally got there we had to get changed and sit on the grand stand. The first event was 25m freestyle there weren't enough lanes so Ben and I had to share a lane. I ended up coming first and Ben was second. I joined every event after that which included 25m backstroke 2nd place, 25m breast stroke 2nd place, 25m doggy paddle 1st equal (with Hoani the fastest swimmer there), 50m freestyle 2nd place, underwater also 2nd place and dolphin dive 1st place. I got a placing in everything all firsts and seconds. I was also in the class relay and our class came first in that as well. But when it was my go I slipped and failed diving because you had to quickly slip on a band around your wrist and go. Then we had to walk all the way back (which really hurt my shoulders because I was carrying my bag) and it also took ages which was really annoying. But when we got back I found out that our class was victorious for the relay!

All in all it was a great day.   

Excellence In The Arts.

E5: Improve your confidence and skills: Prepare and present a speech on the topic of your choice in front of the Rimu house hui.

House Leader Speech

 Why I Deserve To Be House Leader 

Friends, Teachers and all those in between I stand before you today as a member of the all mighty Rimu house. It is my pleasure to bring to you the reason why I desire to be your house leader. I was class leader last year and it seems like a natural progression to strive for house leader. 

I would be a great house leader because my Mum said so haha nah just kidding. I am pretty well rounded. I am good at academics, sports, music oh but not all music I’m not very good at singing at least my Dad doesn’t think so. And neither does my cat. But i’m good at drums well I should be i’ve been playing for 4 years. I am also social so I can get along with anyone. I am really into sports especially basketball and surfing.

I also enjoy a bit of fun and don’t mind making a fool of myself.

And last but definitely not least I will strive for the STARS and make sure that our house is the best at following them by been a great example and role model myself.

 For example safety is important for me and I want everyone to be safe so if you don’t please tell me and I can deal with it. And I am a team player and don’t want anyone left out of anything and even a leader needs to understand it’s not just about leading it’s about been part of a team. I also want everyone to achieve in whatever they do whether it be academics, sports music or whatever floats your boat so if theres something I can help with I will be there. I will respect everyone's opinions and ideas and make sure you get a say in things. And last but not least sense of humour as you know I like to have a laugh and I want this year to be a funny but sensible to, just remember the calm too crazy to calm rule.   

So vote for me Damian Torwick for house leader and I will make sure that you have an AWESOME year.