Last term week 2 we started our Road to Paris with Rm 6. Road to Paris is a exercise routine that you do every day.You count how many laps you have done and you times it and it will show you how many Kilometres you have done.You can also do sports and do the maths from how long you did it for. After we got everyone’s meters, we added them up and put it on the Road to Paris website which told us how far we were to Paris.Finally today we made it after lunch.We were doing Rippa Rugby and we added it which was 9.76 km. I felt so relieved that we were finally going to stop running but I was also happy that we made it.
My Time tables
On Tuesday I figured out that I only had my nine time tables to do. I also had to finish off my little diploma and my big diploma.While I was doing my nine time tables it was harder then I thought it would be.I started off from the top 9×1 to the bottom 12×9. Then I moved on to mix.I had to do it three times in order to get a trophy.When I completed my mixed time table all I had to do was finish the diploma.I had to do 24 questions for me to finish and I did it.Then I felt like I was all done until I remembered that I had my little and big diploma to do.
I started with my little diploma which had 1,2,3,4,5 and 10 time tables.I had five minutes to complete it.I knew that it would be easy and it was.I had completed my little diploma.Now my big diploma.It had 6,7,8,9,11 and 12 time tables.I knew it would be challenging but luckily there is a seven minute timer.I would be able to do it in three minutes.I started it and when I completed it I found out that I did it in four minutes. I am so proud of myself that I had completed my time tables.
New Zealand Sign Language
Yesterday on the 16th of May I did a Cybersmart that was teaching me how to do sign language.There was a video of a lady showing us what I was going to be doing and what I will be learning.I went onto my Cybersmart learning site and made a copy of a slide.I scrolled down and it showed me a picture of hands doing the alphabet in sign language.I learnt how to do all the vowels and how to do my own name.
Then on the next slide there was a women who showed me how to say” Hello my name is” and then we would look at the alphabet and sign language our name.I was kind of hard for me because some letters in my name were hard to do.It took me two minutes and then I completed it.
I was able to say something in sign language.I was amazed that I could do it because I never thought that I could.Some of my other friends were doing it as well so I decided to help them get it right.I made a screen cast of me doing sign language.I put it on my slide and was proud of my self for learning something really amazing that I never knew before.I also could not wait to learn way more.
Road to Paris
On Monday the 6th we started our laps for road to Paris.We thought it was going to be very hard but we did it anyway.We first measured the length and the width of the court so we knew how many laps we could times it by.We got 92.We ran around our court and it was so tiring.We found out that 11 laps equalled to 1 km.
The first day I wanted to do 11 laps but the next day I would try doing 21 laps.After we ran our laps we went inside our classroom and used our chrome books for a calculator. I did 11 times 92 which equalled 1012m. I was really proud of myself because two days after that I did 61 laps.I did some at home and added it with the ones I did with the class.I could not wait for the next day to see how many laps I can do.
My Calander for 2025
On Thursday we started our practice drawing for our calendars 2025.I thought I could draw the whole class room and then do us learning our prime maths.As I started drawing I wanted to get every detail in the classroom like our sink and the posters on the walls.
It was hard because people kept on walking in my way while I was trying to draw my picture.In the end it looked really good but the only problem was is that I had to draw it on an A 3 paper.Before I was drawing it on my scrap book but I thought to myself this will be easy.I copied my drawing onto my A 3 paper then all I had to do was colour it.I have not finished but I am happy with what I have.
Cricket tournament
On Tuesday we were all excited because we had a Cricket tournament. When the morning tea bell rang we all ran to go get changed into our P.E. gear. Some people wore their house colours while others wore their normal P.E. gear. He told us who was the first teams playing and then told the rest of the teams to go to the sidelines and wait our turn.
We were all cheering especially when Coach Lucas hit the ball up the fence and then it got stuck.Then at the end of the game it was my teams turn,Rimu. We were fielding first which went really well and the batting went super well. After that we said goodbye to Coach Lucas because he was leaving to England.We found out that the next week on Wednesday we were going to continue our cricket tournament.
Image of God
Last week on Monday my teacher Mr Bell told us to draw an image of God from the bible.I was going to draw Jesus but I wanted to do something different because most people were doing it so I decided that I was going to do the burning bush.I started out by drawing the bush.I had to make sure that there was no leaves because it was burning.I then drew the fire which was really cool.I used some felts to lighten it up and then it was ready.I gave it to my teacher and he told me to put it on his desk.I had so much fun drawing it.
St Patrick’s Day
On the 15th of March we were celebrating St Patrick’s day. We were suppose to be playing games but it was raining so we postponed the games to the 18th which was a Monday.
When the bell rang I was feeling nervous because I was doing the Introduction. We walked up to Mass and as we were walking I kept on practising so I would not make a mistake. When we arrived at church I got even more nervous. I sat down in my own seat and then it was time for me to go up. It was amazing and after I read I went down to sing with the choir.
After mass I got to see my Dad and my oldest brother.When we came back to class Mr Bell gave us a task board on our chromebooks. It was so fun because it had crosswords and videos showing St Patrick’s life. Then the bell rang and we all went out to play. After school we could not wait until Monday.
On Monday we all came back to school and some people like me brought our P.E. gear. At morning tea we quickly changed into our P.E. gear and ran out to play. Then when the bell rang we all sat down under the canopy. We waited for Mrs Bullot and she came. Mrs Foden had a wig on that was the colour green. Mrs Bullot put us all into teams but sadly I forgot what my team was. We played games like cricket and the potato race. We also had the sack race and a basketball game. The last game we had was scatter ball with Mr Bell.
After that Mrs Bullot counted up the points and sadly we did not win, but who cares because a few minutes later Mrs Bullot came with boxes of FruJu Ice blocks. We enjoyed it so much. Then came lunch time, I had a sandwich. After lunch we got to finish of the movie that we had on Friday.It was called spirited away.It was an Anime movie. It was so fun it made me filled with joy.
Sir Peter Blake
Sir Peter Bake is very famous because he won every significant blue water race on the planet. Competing in ocean races, he clocked up as many sea miles as any sailor in history, with some epic victories. Sir Peter was very good at sharing to the other guys and letting them make decisions and being part of decision-making on the boat. His team won the America’s Cup for New Zealand for the first time in 1995 and again in 2000.
Sir Peter Blake was born on the first of October 1948 in Auckland.Sir peter Blake went to Antarctica because he wanted to look at the impacts of climate change, and then to the Amazon to look at the impacts of deforestation. Sir Peter Blake sadly died because he was shot by pirates.He died on the 5 of December 2001 age 53 in Macapa, State of Ampa, Brazil.Thanks to him other people have started the Blake foundation and that is to dedicated to continuing his environmental leadership legacy.
