BIKING WITH EMMA AT Kaiteriteri

Last week the year seven eights, went with Whaea Jane and Emma to Kaiteriteri to do some mountain biking.

It was very fun. At first I didn't want to go because I don't like biking much and I'm not very good at it, but this was really good!

We did the 10m track three times then had a few rounds on the push corse( which is a small bmx corse with lots of bumps and corns where you can't pedal and you just have to shift your weight and push to move), and worked on some small balance games, we even played biking limbo ( I got in last round) It was really fun.

Emma was great as well really encouraging with everyone, and fun to be with.

After these things we went on the big corse, which varied from intermediate and beginners level of difficulty. At the top of the hill we could all of big kaiteriteri it was amazing ( but very very hot ) so when we got down the hill (super fun just so you know, I love down hill) we all went swimming in our cloths because none had brought togs! :)

I had soooo much fun because it was challenging as well!

I'm going there in the weekend with my family!

So i think even if your not into that sort of stuff give it a go anyway!!!!

:)

(sorry I don't have any photos)

Greymouth

In the second week of the last holidays ,

My family + Aunty, x3 cousins and I went to Greymouth for a holiday.

We stayed at the Greymouth top ten holiday park, for 4 days and 3 nights.

It was really fun!

One night we had hired the spa out an it started to rain so we after the spa we went an jumped in the rain on the "jumping pillow" which is like a giant bouncy castle floor with no walls, it was awesome.

We did lots of different things, like going to shantytown, where we all dressed up in olden day clothes an got some photos taken.On the way back from shantytown we stopped at a little jade factory, it was cool this man Garth Wilson carves all this amazing jewelry, an sculptures they were so beautiful!

We even went to Hokitika an had lunch on the "beach" ( I'd hardly call it a beach more like where the sea meets the land an thats it compared the beaches i know but it was still fun)

It was long journey home but we stopped to see the seal colony an saw the pancake rocks in Punakiaki.

There are lots of photos from different place of me and my cousins!

P.s the toilet one is my mum ( left ) an Aunty ( right )

All together it was a great trip , with loads of fun with the family!

( sorry a bit cheesy)

:)

ROCK-FEST

Yesterday on the 1/11/11 our class band "WET CEMENT" (Leah,Luke,Hannah,Safari,Josie,Lilly-Mae,Hunter,Tom,Izzie,Harriet,Sapphira,Eylish, and I)
Went to Stoke School for a showcase of primary and intermediate school bands called "ROCK-FEST"

It went from 9:30-2:30, so it was a long day but it was great getting to watch all the amazing talent.
Our band was second to last out of thirteen bands.Lots of schools performed and all did amazingly, there were kids from 7-13yrs so there was a big range in ages.
We performed three songs...
"New Divide" by Linkin Park sung by Tom + back up vocals.
"Rolling in the deep" by Adele sung by Lilly-Mae + back up vocals.
"Bang Bang Bang" by Christina Perri sung by me + back up vocals.

I think that we were all very nervous because we only had about 2 weeks to practice an we changed songs a lot , but in the end we all had heaps of fun even if we had the butterflies!

We even got to hear " The Peasants " ( NZ's best secondary school band" sing their new single "let go"+ at the end of the day they did a draw where every school had a number that was put into a hat an the man pulled one out an that person won a black electric guitar thanks to "MUSIC PLANET" an guess what we won!!!!!!!

So all together it was a great day!
Can't wait till next year!!!!!!

R.I.P Sherbet

On Wednesday
Unfortunately my rabbit Sherbet died.
He was really sick though so it was kind of best.
Sherbet had a massive lump on the side of his face were his teeth were growing inwards apparently this is prone to his type of breed ( cashmere mini-lop )
He wasn't eating because of it.
We could have had an operation( very expensive )
but there was little chance of survival anyway because of the anesthetic.
so we chose to leave it an give antibiotics instead, but the didn't work to well.

I miss him heaps i just wish we could have gave him a better life!
R.I.P Sherbet.
:(

P.s the photo is of sleeping on our couch!

chant for your champions

About a week ago, my class and I came up with a rugby chant for a competition called:

Chant for you champions!

This competition was run by the heart foundation.

What you had to do was...

• come up with a chant, song, rap, haka, anything. And it had to support you local rugby team and promote healthy breakfasts, so it had to include the line "breakfast eaters have more fuel for sport and school"
• Next you had to video it and post it youtube

• The school with the most creative, most viewed and best chant could win $1000 dollars for their school + a free breakfast and their chant showing on What Now!

Our chant was supporting our local club "Rangers"

Unfortunately we didn't win.

But it was lots of fun and i had a great time organizing it.

So well done to everyone who entered.

If you want to watch it,

go to youtube and its under mahana, or the Mahana face book has a link!

GO RANGERS!!!!

Parlez vous Francaise 3

Bonjour, with catchy music! Enjoy.
Bonjour, avec une musique entraînante! Enjoy.

 

African cats+ the suitor art gallery

On Friday my family and my friend went to see the movie African cats, and look around the suter art gallery!

AFRICAN CATS:

African cats was amazing!

I loved it how it just focused on the two different cat families not a whole bunch.

The main characters were... ( the cheetah family) Sita and her cubs, ( the lions) A lioness from the river pride and her cub Mara, Fang ( the river prides leader, male ), Callie and his four sons ( the north prides leaders).

This is an amazing story, I think it is really great how they gave the animals names it made them more real and interesting.

Even though this is rated G I think that its probably not good for younger kids, me and my friend had our eyes covered a lot.

African cats, is very intense, but it makes you realize what they have to go through and how tough it must be!

I really in joyed this movie.

I really in courage you to go and see African Cats!

THE SUTER ART GALLERY:

At the suter they had an amazing exhibition on, all about human hair through history, Featuring a lady called "Victoria Mclntosh" And how she expresses her feeling through art and hair!

Victoria was adopted.

She has always felt like she doesn't fit in with her family, because she has

auburn hair and her family doesn't.

Since Victoria doesn't know anything about her history what she does is finds things in op shops or vintage stores and she collects them things people no longer want, with a hidden history.

What she does with these is amazing she creates them into her own by threading or attaching her hair into them, and turning them into art.

This collection of art work she has called " My invented history"

One of the pieces was an old christening gown, victoria has made buttons out of her hair , and threaded her hair around the sleeves and neck line, it looks amazing yet so simple.

But its good to know that she still loves her family very much and is very happy with them!

I think she is amazing!

I also learned some other interesting facts!

Did you know?

.In the olden days they made cufflinks out of a loved ones hair!

.In the olden days they would use the hair from a girls first hair cut, for her first china doll!

(eww)

If you don't know what to do, one weekend try looking around the suitor or going to african cats

trust me its well worth it!

Sherbets new hutch

Recently My Grandad, my mum, and I made my rabbit Sherbet a garden/hutch in our back yard!

It took us about three days or so to complete!

I am normally not a gardening type but this was actually really fun!

It is roughly six meters long and 2 meters wide, very big for one little rabbit!

First we chose the area and then marked out the size, next we cleared the space.

I was in charge of the rock garden in the center Miki my sister helped me move the rocks (they were very heavy) the agapanthus was already there so we just worked around it, My little sister Millie planted a small tree in there as well!

Then we spread the gravel around, Sherbet is very fluffy and he sometimes gets dags on his feet from the mud so the gravel will hopefully prevent his hutch from getting too wet!

Next we cemented the posts in and attached the chicken wire to the wooden frame.

For the roof we stretched grape netting over the top, we left a corner free so we can get in and out to give Sherbet his food.

This was a very cool project for the holidays and was great fun!

Sherbet loves his new home!

Taylor's skiing trip!

On Wednesday my family+my cousins,

went to Rainbow ski field for the day!

It was very fun.

It took about two and a half hours to get there but it was definitely worth it!

I have only been skiing twice before and once when I was very little, so I am a bit new to it!

We went on the beginners course.

Holding on to the tow rope that pulls you up hurts your hands and it cut through my gloves but it didn't matter!

After I had gotten used to skiing my mum and I went up the poma, though when I got to the top it was much stepper than it looked from the bottom!

At first I was nervous , mum helped me (she is really good at skiing) as soon as I had gone about one meter I fell and tumbled over and over for about two meters down the hill!, mum helped me get up and I just kept on going it was sooooooooooo FUN!

Once I had been down a couple of times mum taught me how to turn and controls the skis properly!

I spent the rest of the day going up and down the poma, its really fun getting pulled up!

Yes I fall over lots but it was mostly on the beginners when I was using the tow rope.

I got better and better as the day went on.

I love skiing and I had a great time, we all did!

the best part was having mum skiing too because she normally wouldn't have joined in , just helped millie and watched us, I know she had fun too!

Next time i want to try snow boarding!!

:)

The Snake's Adventure

This is our snake's adventure. It took us half a day to make it.

woolaston talk

On Friday Scott Ingram from woollaston estate came and talked
to our school about his job.
it very interesting i never knew that woollaston estate sold wine in so many places!!
He talked to us about costs of making wine and how much
it sells for!
wine is very expenceive!

Getting some use out of the unicycles.

We went to Mahana school to interview some people
about the unicycles!!

Interviewer~ so how long did it take you to get as good as you are now?

Hannah.T~ not long ,about a month.

interviewer~ so do you have any tips for other riders?

Taylor.P~ yep,to start off maybe hold on to a fence or pole to get your balance
and getting used to the feeling if you have not ridden before.

Hannah.T~ another tip from me after you have been holding on to the fence
it is also good to try just pushing of with your own steam!!

Taylors class studied Ancient Greece this term and the term ended in a culminating day with all the year four classes showing off their work.