Wellington School Camp

On our first day we visited Zealandia which is a urban bird sanctuary I learnt a lot about birds and their calls I also learnt that kaka's are not decedents from the kea. We also visited the New Zealand Holocaust center I learnt a lot about the tragic period of time we call the Holocaust, we also got the chance to hear a story from one of the Holocaust survivors who worked at the museum. Then we went to Weta Workshop and learned about props and how they make them and all the effort off set that goes into the films that we know and love. Then the next day we visited the Space Place there we learnt a lot about the creation of our planet.
We also visited parliament we met Andrew Little and had ago in a mock debate chamber then we had a walk around the building. After that we went to the Wahini Disaster Museum we we learnt a lot about how and when the tragedy occurred. The next day we visited a place called Capital E where we did two different workshops. Group ones first workshop was called OnTV the layout of OnTV room was set up like a proper TV studio we were all given jobs such as interviewers fairy tale characters that were interviewed and presenters these were just the ones in front of the camera I was given the job of studio director so I was in charge of the studio then there was the director who was incharge of the whole thing you can watch the final result here --->   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z3pkrNt2yU this was definitely my favorite thing on camp. Our second work shop was in the media lab part of the building here we got to make our own virtual reality world. afterwards we all got view our own and other peoples creations. On our final full day we visited the Ellington so where we saw many different animals some of which I had never seen before after we had finished our look around the zoo we had something to eat at the cafe and some of us purchased a gift from the gift shop. Then we headed of for a marine reserve there we did some snorkeling we saw amazing fish and felt some freezing cold water. After that we headed back to the camp where we got ready for the long trip home. Next day we woke got our stuff on the bus and headed home.

this week I have learnt 

in week 9 we did 

Week Five

in week five I have learnt how to make a hood for a hoodie in sewing I also learnt how to make a pocket. I also revised on how to use fractions in maths we also competed on Friday in our school swimming competition where we competed in many races such as backstroke, freestyle and even a bomb competition. I have also started a explanation on why I think the Colosseum is a wonder of the world and I have learnt a lot about the architectural side of the massive build. I have also learnt about how to round decimals and other numbers. 

first week of 2017

we have recently started school again yesterday we had a pophiri to invite all the new year sevens into our school. It was nice to see students from our previous schools. I hope all the new year sevens enjoy their time here at school.

week 8

on Monday i learnt how to pop the ball up in volley ball i also learnt about semi colons and where the right places are to put them. Then on Tuesday we made paper airplanes in science we also learnt how to make this special cream to put on your shoes it makes them water proof you can test it by putting it on your hands.

On Thursday I learnt about multiplying and dividing decimals I also learnt that when dividing decimals you have to use something called a reciprocal then you just use multiplication. Lastly on Friday in science we had to make a octagonal pyramid that was 1 meter high and was free standing I learnt that it had to the right amount of weight other wise it fell down.

week 6

It has been a fun week we have been learning to use ratio in maths i figured out that it just fractions but wrote in a different way. In science Will and I have been making a marble to learn about forces we had to try and make our marble run have an average of 20 seconds our average was 14 seconds we learnt that when you give one force too much power the object rolls to fast or stays still. We also learnt about Isaac newton and how he called everything objects and if it was moving it was in motion and if it were still it was at rest. we also had winter sports i chose football as my sport we won each of our rounds 2-1 against Waikato 2-0 against Puniu and 2-0 against Mangapiko our house won winter sports. Go Waipa!!!!!