I hopped into the car after a long game of touch for the school. We were heading for Lake Arapuni. I got changed into my togs and after the long ride, Dad stopped the boat on the ramp so Mum and I could get in and ski until the darkness of night falls. The water [...]
The Hatchet
The Hatchet Author: Gary Paulsen Number of Pages: 153 Duration to Read: About 3 weeks Genre: Adventure Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books The Hatchet is a book about a thirteen year old boy called Brian Robeson, who is flying over the Canadian Wilderness to see his Dad. Just when he thinks it is all going to [...]
Term 1 Week 8
This week I have nearly completed all my English, I only need to do one crossword and then I am finished. I have only got three more exercises until I have finished all my independent work for maths. I am currently working on Integers. I am good at multiplying them because if it is a negative [...]
Term 1 Week 7
This week has been chaotic. I have been reminded how to do some of the Jump Jam routines, and been to a meeting about the boy’s team for nationals. We had Food Technology on Tuesday and that was the last lesson, so we had to invite people and give them an entrée, main and dessert. Beef [...]
Ouch, My Foot!!
“Oh the little general has the run away, is he going to make the length of the field for a magnificent try?”Curt was the commentator, “Ouch that’s got to hurt” There I was lying on the ground, my leg felt like it had been stabbed with a million knives. My big cousin, Cameron stood there [...]
Week 6 Term 1
This week I learned/Remembered You have to have a note if you are leaving early,so the teacher is sure that you are leaving with permission, How many things the Head Students have to do in a year and what the responsibilities are, That what the role of Head Student means to me,and what it could [...]
Personal Narrative
First Up I found my self walking out to the middle of the spacious, green field for my first innings of cricket. My coach followed me out for a bit to settle my nerves. All she said was these simple words: “Hit that rosy red ball over the boundary.” The first ball I faced I [...]
Term 1 Week 5
This week I have learned/remembered: I have remembered how to round big numbers and estimate the answers, I have already earned two badges, they are Cricket and Touch. We have our first game of cricket for the school tomorrow vs my old school, St.Pats. If we win we stay in the competition but if we [...]
Term 1 Week 4
This week I have learned/remembered: I have remembered how to make a sentence more exciting, I have learned that for 1 significant figure it has to be 1 figure then the rest zeros, I have learned how to do significant figures, I have been told I am House Captain for Waikato, I have learned how to make foccacia [...]
Term 1 Week 3
This week I have learned/remembered: I have learned how to make Peach Danish and tomorrow I will find out how to make cream puffs. I have learned that the scooper in the flour bucket at Tech Arts isn’t 1 cup. I have kind of learned how to write in standard form, but I haven’t quite [...]
