Novel Study "Enemy at the Gate"

This term Blake, Nikita and I had to read and answer questions on a New Zealand novel called, "Enemy at the Gate". It made me think about and appreciate how much better our medication is these days. Also, I thought back then that young girls really needed someone to look up to - women that took risks and went on adventures.

Wellington Camp

In week 7 Rimu class went to Wellington camp. My favourite thing was the rock climbing and roller skating.
This is us getting our rollerblades.








My least favourite thing was waiting in the airport for the plane because it got delayed and cancelled so much we ended up waiting 6 hours.








And because we wouldn't stop talking Miss Blair drugged us with lavender smelling stuff. This is a picture of it.

Genius Hour Project - The Difference Between the NZ and Australia's ODI Cricket Teams.

This term Rimu class have been working on a project of there choice. I chose to do a cricket based project because I am into cricket. This is what I did.

My New Zealand Artist Video

This term Rimu class have been working on NZ artists. We all chose an artist to do a presentation on and then paint on a canvas. I chose Grahame Sydney to do mine on. I chose him because he paints Central Otago and makes it look like a photo. I think that learning about NZ artists is important because we need to learn about different ways in the industry. Here is my presentation on powtoon.

100wc - Week 4

This week's prompt was this picture.

Last Nights Curry

Jack was at a curry party. For four hours Jack had pretty much been eating curry nonstop. He particularly liked the chocolate and potato curry with a side of chocolate cherry coke mixed with vodka. Jack was surprised when he got invited to this party because he didn't have any real friends. So he was making the most of it. At 1:27am he decided to go home. He said bye to his "friends" and left. He was a bit drunk, falling into the party hosts garden. BOOM! He exploded and got covered in chocolate and potato curry. 

100wc

This is my 100wc.

Bad Smell

John woke up. AAHHHHHH! The massive spider that lived under the floorboards  was on his face. John waved his arms around and knocked over a jar. A mysterious smell wafted out. It felt like everything at once, heaven to hell, happy to sad. John got out of bed and went to look for a brush and shovel to clean it up. Once he found the brush and shovel he went back to clean it up but it was gone. Suddenly not caring John went to look for a knife. Pop went the toster and he started to spread the marg.

100WC

This is my hundred word challenge this week. Hope you enjoy.

Little Beauty

Jono and Ben were taking some friends to buy a car. They drove round to their friends house where they all got in Jonos rattley old car. Driving round town they stopped at McDonalds to full up. Then they started driving towards the used car place. On the way Jono drove over a pothole and because the car had no doors Ben fell out. After they had picked Ben up the rest of the ride was uneventful. When the got to the car yard there was a nice old car parked out front. It immediately caught Jonos eye. "WOW".

Holidays

In the holidays I went and did a few things but now I am only going to talk about 2. First up skiing at Mt Hutt. So on the first Monday of the school holidays we went skiing. I managed to ski the top towers for the first time. I also managed to do my first front flip(on accident). 

Here is what it looks like.

The run starts at the top and finishes about where the chair lift pole is.

We also went biking at Mclanes island on the first Thursday, where most of my family did the 20km loop with Blake. It wasn't that hard but we had to get home for lunch.

YMS Year 8 Timetable

This term Rimu has been learning to manage their own time. This is my personalised timetable.

My 100wc - Josh

Last week Rimu signed up to Night Zookeeper. We wrote a story about a weird sculpture that looked like a head with upside down legs on top. This is my story.

My Speech

This term Rimu class has been writing speeches. I wrote my speech on Living Life to its fullest. I chose this topic because I like outdoor activities. I think that this is important because being happy is important. I thought that I started well. If I did it again i would not list it 1,2,3.

Here is my speech when I presented it to my class. Enjoy!

Blog Comments

 Blake and I made a quality blog comment video, this is it.

Writing a Quality Blog Comment

This is how you write a quality blog comment. Before you have proofread it.

My DigiAwards

This term Blake, Logan and I have entered a DigiAwards competition. In this competition I found having the recycling bin our hero was the hardest. I learnt that you don't muck around with your finished project and get it deleted. If I  did it again I would have edited it better. We chose the movie making category and this is what we made. 

I hope you enjoy!

Yaldhurst School Ski Trip

Yaldhurst School Ski Trip

On Friday the 28th of August Yaldhurst Model School took a day off school to go to Mt Hutt ski field. In the morning there was no wind or sun. But soon after the wind got up. Even though it wasn't a perfect day we still had a heap of fun.

The best bit was the last run of the day when I took Logan and Blake down the Terrain Park. It was all good until the after the jumps when Blake was like "Ahhh no way I'm doing that!" Logan just went straight ahead and followed me. At the end there was another slightly steep bit and it was funny to see Blake just bomb it.

Thanks for reading this. And here is a photo unfortunately I am somewhere else. 

The End

In class speech project

In class rimu are learning how to make speeches. this is our storyboard.

On Wednesday the Friday sport teams went to Weedons school for the annual Weedons challenge. This year Weedons won the cup. We drew the hockey 3-3 but lost everything else. Despite the losses we still had a great day.

Yesterday, on Thursday 23rd July, we returned to our third term of manual at Lincoln Primary. This term I am in Hard Materials and my teacher is Mr Bowers.

This is my group drawing our plan for our speakers.

 This is my drawing.

Genius hour update.

Term Two Goal Reflection

Salmon In Rimu

Yesterday we took all the unhatched salmon eggs out of the tank.
                                                                                                                      This is us taking them out.

Genius Hour Pitch

This is my lunch today.

Today I will eat cake, mandarin (s), and 2-4 sandwiches depending on how hungry I am,

100wc #35

Normally I  like drugs, not the illegal kind but the doctors ones. But damn I hate seasickness drugs they taste fine but they make your tongue go all tingly. Today I am going on a Great Barrier Reef trip. I was all excited until they told me I could get sick, I hate being sick it gets stuck in your throat and stinks. Ben was a 17 year old boy expected to do well in school, this was his annual break to australia. The rolling of the boat made Ben feel sick, he threw up over his clothes and seat.

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So as she lifted the lid a thousand different smells wafted out and took control of her brain. Mind control was something Anna was not particularly good at. So as the putrid and wonderful smell slowly worked its way through Anna's head shutting down everything, she slowly fell unconscious. This smell moved quickly through the town knocking every living thing out. Over in the U.S the scientists were working quickly to figure out what this smell is. The president was moved to an underground bunker. Over in england the weird smell was quickly working on the next big city.

Swimming

The lunch time swim is part of Rimu's normal routine. Every day the year 7/8 go swimming for 25 mins.

We have competitions to see who can dive the furthest, do the biggest splash and shoulder wars. Asher and I  are the best at shoulder wars and I don't have a bad splash. Some people say our pool is cold but most days it's just refreshing. 

This is our class in week 5 

Every year Yaldhurst school has a pajama relay. This year Logan Jack Blake and I used the school rugby gear. That was a mistake, it turned out to be really heavy and hard to put on. We only just managed to finish. We also have a swimming sports, I came 3rd equal.

                                                      

                                                  This is Blake jumping in with the gear on.

What Does It Mean To Be Healthy?

Being healthy to me means having as little sugar as possible and going outside and exercising. To be healthy I am going to try and exercise more and try cut down on my junk food.

Another healthy idea is to have a good nights sleep and a big healthy breakfast full of fruit and grains to start the day of well. Being healthy makes you happy.

      Now why is sugar bad for you?

1. Sugar can suppress your immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause juvenile delinquency in children.
4. Sugar eaten during pregnancy and lactation can influence muscle force production in offspring, which can affect an individual’s ability to exercise.
5. Sugar in soda, when consumed by children, results in the children drinking less milk.
6. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses and return them to fasting levels slower in oral contraceptive users.
7. Sugar can increase reactive oxygen species, which can damage cells and tissues.
8. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, inability to concentrate and crankiness in children.
9. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.

There are many more reasons at http://nancyappleton.com/141-reasons-sugar-ruins-your-health/

100 WC Week #33

With the wind on this back James was carving down the mountain, snow flicking up of his twin tip skis. James was proud of himself these days, being #1 in New Zealand for slalom. Having fun with the ferocious wind pushing him between the flags was what he was born for. Lately there was one problem with Mt Hutt’s slalom course, it didn't give you long to stop. But having as much fun as he was he forgot that he needed to stop quickly. This time he wasn't going to hold back, tucking down into a ball. What a mistake.

Maths whizz buddies for today.

Lots of fun to teach with these kids. 

Connor

"I like my buddie coming over."

Rawriri

"I thought it was fun."

Funny videos all the way!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMxnknKnE98

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