Ako Hiko student led toolkits 2021

 Student Led Toolkits

Hi bloggers and on 20/5/21, we went to the Ako Hiko Student Led Toolkits at Owairaka School.

First we went to learn how to use coding on Minecraft. At the last level of coding, we could make our own Minecraft coding game. I made a weird code that the cows followed me and then they went in my house, luckly I trapped them in my house and when it was night, the cows exploded, fzz... BOOM!, as it exploded, it dropped bricks of my house and destroyed, Ha Ha, very funny, although the house was destroyed.

Second we went to know how to use Webcam Toy which we could make our own photos that looked very weird because there were about 81 different selfies, I made my mouth very enormous. I made myself look like a dog with big cheeks and I even made my photo which I was on fire, also there was a photo with snow falling on me, I enjoyed using all of the different and weird template modes, it was fun.

Finally we went to know how to use Incredibox and basically, you need to give the men some clothings which are naked and also you can record your song as you can add some new skins on the men at the same time. You really should try it, it's so fun and especially, after you save your song you can play it in your drive or play it in your files and you can get the link of your song, geez.. Incredibox is so fun.

I had a lot of fun at Ako Hiko student led toolkits, it's fun, because you get to learn how to use new apps and sites.

Spark Arena

Spark Arena

Hi bloggers and we went to Spark Arena where it would have been a very expensive trip but we were very lucky to go for free!

First, we went to the Happy Place, and when I came there, "OH MY GOSH", I exclaimed. I saw a empty pool but with around 1000 balls in there. I jumped so high some of the guides had to pull me out, Even the teachers jumped in and almost couldn't get out of the balls. We also went inside the room with a lot of tiny bits of papers. I collected 150 of them and threw them around though 20 got stuck on me on the way, fun!. 

Next, we went inside the place called Sounds Fun and we got to play all of the instruments. I played the drums, at first I wasn't so good but at the end, I got all of the beats and it said: are you a machine? which mean't I got 100% of everything. I also went to play the drumpad as well and there were about a lot of colours and different beats, again I was about average but at the end, I also got very good.

Finally, we got to see the Van Gogh Experience, he drew some beautiful flowers, drew a whole landscape and he even drew a bedroom that looked very realistic. He is now a VERY famous artist from the impressionist movement. Wow, I thought and then we went inside the next room which was dark on the way there, later, we saw a slideshow of all the paintings. To say, these paintings were $150,000,000, will you believe it!. The paintings were also flimed on the ground as we sat on it, I felt like I was dreaming though I wasn't, at the end we were given a packed lunch with apple juice, and then went back on the bus back to school at half past twelve.

It was so fun going to Spark Arena especially the Happy Place, Sounds Fun and also especially the Van Gogh experience about his paintings.

Swimming at cameron pools

 Swimming at Cameron Pools

Hi bloggers, we have been swimming at Cameron Pools since week 1. We learn't how to swim freestyle and backstroke, I already knew how to swim. It is also important to know how to swim because we live in a small place near the cape of NZ and 100 people drown a year only by average.

We got inside the pool, it was cold. First, we had to kick on our front and back especially swimming on our sides, even though we had to swim the whole pool once, everybody could do that easily. Next, we had to do it without a board, and we had to swim in a streamline. However, back but they still managed to swim. Finally we could do freestyle and backstroke with our arms, I was OK on my backstroke but I could swim very fast on my freestyle, I actually swam so fast and I also took everybody infront of me. Soon the water was now warm so I stayed inside the water, after we swam, we got out of the pool and got changed as we went back on the bus, going back to our school.

A day in the trenches

 A day in the trenches

Hi bloggers and on 14/4/21, it was the first time this has happened to me, the most epic day, it was raining and even there were wires around the whole classroom. 

Our 1st subject was that we had to enter no man's land is under the trenches, it's like that we were in war. We did our basic facts test under the trenches, my usual score was 98-100% right, I got 99% right, SO CLOSE!, we had to do ANZAC maths under the trenches, we just had 1 more minute left to do our work!!!, meanwhile we had our fruit break for around 10 minutes. 

Our 2nd subject was that we had to write a letter from the trenches about how we feel under the wires and send the letter to our parents or grandparents. I wrote that it was cold and dry at the area we were fighting in, also we had write a poem about anzac day and the fighting war in Gallipoli. 

Our 3rd subject was that we had to go swimming under the freezing water although it was twenty degrees celsius. I swam and then I just got out of the pool straight away, got changed and went back under the trenches. Next we had to draw 12 pictures while we listened to the story, it was like drawing a comic.

Eventually we had to untie the wires but not only that but we also had to be blindfolded, we both were put into partners and we had to take turns being blindfolded and the other person telling us where to go our what to do, it took us to the count of 1000 till we were finally done, that was an epic day!.

Sea week infographic

 Sea week infographic

Hi bloggers and last time we have been doing our sea week infographic. We had to do a infographic about petitions against marine reserves. I had to read the infomation on the website and then drop notes on our activities. I had to do some work on another google slide and a google doc, Also I had to do a poster about the infomation of our sea week infographic and write five interesting facts of petitions against marine reserves.

Netball

 Netball

Hi bloggers and we have been doing netball every wednesday, we have some games and other things, read it.

First we had to play a game of Infinity Tag, everyone was in and we had to tag each other and whoever got tagged is out, if it was a tie, we had to do paper-scissors-rock and whoever lost is out, if the person who tagged you gets tagged, we played and I survived the whole time without even getting out or even tagged. Next we did some warmups then we practised shooting into the hoops and especially dodging other people when they tried to pass over other people. Then we did a practise on a game we were going to play afterwards, it was called the golden child. Finally we played Golden child one team had to get the ball in the hoop and one had to run, the golden child was important. First we had to run before they got the ball in the hoop. A lot-of-people got caught but not me, eventually we won. Next we had to switch places, we didn't stop anybody but only a few runners, soon we had to stop the Golden child, until then just about close to the end, we scored the goal!!!, that was a good game.

BIO POEM/ POETRY SLAM

POETRY SLAM

Hi bloggers and during week 8, we have been doing our poetry slam and I chose to do my bio poem, it took me about a week to finish, I hope you like it. We had to do a template then we had to write it all on a google drawing.