Dear Mr Claus

Dear Mr Claus,

I've believed in you my whole life. Lately I've been wondering if your even real. People say that you come down our chimneys, well I don't have a chimney so how do you get in? From now on I'm going to leave my window open so me and Mrs Claus can have a little chat. And apparently you watch us all at night. Do you really watch me? I thought that you can get in trouble with the cops for doing that.

I have a box of cookies that I put out each Christmas they are 13 years old and each christmas eve you only eat half of one. I also leave a Cracked Woody on the table but every christmas morning I see Dad drinking it. Do you even like Woodys or do you like milk? I love Milk.

I have been very good this year and I was wondering if I can have a sit down on your big sack and play with all the fluffy toys. Anyway I've made a massive list of the things I want this year.

XMAS LIST :-)
•Personal butlers, C.Ronaldo, Neymar, L.Messi, John Key, Barack obama and Mrs Claus.
•$100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (In Cash)
•A Mansion (1000000 acres big)
•All the awesome Nike and Adidas football boots in the world.
•Free passes to all the Real Madrid games and VIP access to all home games.
•100 holiday passes.

Yours sincerely

Kyle

Third world

A third world country is a country with the worst records for political rights and civil liberties. They are also countries that suffer extreme poverty and are fighting to survive. Third world countries are usually countries that are still being developed too. Their are 50 countries listed in the united nations, 34 African countries, 10 Asian countries, 5 Pacific islands and one Caribbean nation. Some third world countries are China, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Niger, Mozambique, Chad, Guinea, Afghanistan, Togo, Nepal, Cameroon, Pakistan and a lot more. If you live in a third world country you would only get 1000 dollars a year and thats if your lucky.

Japan

Japan is an island national in East Asia located in the Pacific Ocean. For the last 5 days we've had a Japanese student called Maseno in our class. He's staying with Kodi and his family. Maseno lives in Kyoto with a population of 1.5 million people. Maseno lives Sushi and Corn Flakes. Kyoto is formerly the imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years. Kyoto is home to the headquarters of Nintendo.

45 min inquiry

….a rose by any other name….

A rose by any other name is from William Shakespeare's play romeo and juliet. It was said in act 2 scene 2. A rose by any other name is a quote meaning the names of things do not matter only what things are.

William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is a american romantic comedy that is in english. Shakespeare wrote the play in 1600 6 years before he died. William Shakespeare was born on April 26 1564 and died On the 23 of April 1616. He died at the age of 52 years old.

Juliet was having at agreement with Romeo at the time and then Juliet said "Whats in a name? That we can call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

TIS New Uniform

45 min inquiry

The Port of Tauranga is run by a company called C3. Theirs ruffly about 63000 logs that are processed and about 300 million a year. C3 makes sure that every logs is properly processed and that very one is tracked.

The logging place in the Port of Tauranga is on 10 Rata street. Most of the imports are from forests over New Zealand. They come on logging trucks and trains. Some of the imports come from Asia. They come on big boats and are usually processed hear because we have the equipment needed.

All the logs are stacked in massive triangles for safety reasons and if they were stacked in squares they will all fall down.
CONTINUED....

veggie scene

45 min inquiry

In 2010 the world curling champs were taken place in vancouver. Curling is a sport play on a long sheet of ice. In the end the Canadians won gold, Norway won silver and the Switz toke home the bronze.

Curling is a world wide sport and played in many different countries. In a game of curling their is 2 team, both with 4 players in it. You have to slide in stone across the sheet of ice and try to hit the target area which is made up of 4 rings. Each team has 8 stones and you have to try to get the highest score which is scored on the number of stones nearest to the smallest ring. Who use curling brooms, stones and curling shoes.

Curling was first played in scotland in the late Midlevel times. Its an Olympic sport and was first imtroducted in 1924 and was made official in 2006. its related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard.

Curling

Morning Blog Post

movie reveiw

A review should include.
•Title / Name / Author / Director / Producer
•Plot
•Character/s
•Your opinion / judgement / rating
•Who is the audience

The Hunger Games Catching Fire was released in New Zealand on the 21st of November 2013. Franic Lawrence was the Director and produced by Nina Jacobson.

The Hunger Games Catching Fire is about the 75th Annual Hunger Games. The film starts with Katniss Everdeen arriving back from winning the 74th Hunger Games. She arrives back with Peter Mellark and they have a whole lot of interviews and speeches. Then after all the speeches and interviews they get the news that the 75th annual Hunger Games is going to be reaped upon the winning victors that are still alive in each district. What do you think will happen?

The Hunger Games Catching Fire was a awesome movie in my opinion and its really hard not to give it away to anyone. The audience for this movie would be people who like action and adventure movies and with a bit of a twist. I'll give this movie this movie a rating of 9 1/2 out of 10 for its cool storyline and its wicked twist.

TBC visit

Today all of the year 8 boys went to TBC for there orientation day. We caught the bus to TBC and when we arrived we went straight into the first gym. They did a mean as Haka and then we found out our form classes. I'm with Mr Salmon and so is Conor Wakefield and Zane Prior. TBC likes like a pretty awesome school and I can't for my first day.

BBB

Dystopia: A ruined future

Daily blog post

As we were slowly moving with the traffic if saw a sight that I wasn't familiar with. I could see smoky grey clouds the kept on rising. I was clueless as a snail. The traffic wasn't moving. I toted my horn twice and there was no response. I poked my head out the window for a better look at the road ahead. I saw the smoke all around me and very quickly the thick cloud filled my lungs and I was gasping for air. I quickly jumped back inside and put up my window. I could see nothing.

I heard the wildlife screaming in the distance. I was confused with all the smoke. I unfoged the windscreen and right in front of me was hundreds of factory chimneys. I could slowly hear the chimneys bubbling in the distance. I heard people yelling at each other like the smoke was some sort of drug. The traffic started to move again and I scary sound was getting closer and closer and closer.

As annoying as a buzzing fly savaging for food
As peaceful as a dog dazing in the beaming sun
As lucky as a finding a pot of gold at the rainbows end
As hot as the sand beach on a hot summers day
As industrious as hard working bumble bee finding sweet pollen for its hive
As clueless as a rugby player playing a game of soccer
As brilliant as a professor forming a cure for cancer

Daily Blog Post

1) A discussion with Miss C about your behavior this year.
"How do you think our behavior has been this year?"
"Not to bad I guess, I get work done but its a bit messy and I'm a bit late to class"
"Well, I think I'll give you a 9/10 for this year Kyle"
"Awesome!"
"Your parents will be happy won't they"
"Yeah!"

2) Mrs Mills speaking to students about the year 8 final assembly.
"For the assembly you will need to be prepared"
"Excuse me Mrs Mills, what do we need bring?"
"Nothing really, just your tidy uniform and a good attitude"
"How long does it go for again?"
"About 3 hours so be good"
"Thats so long to be talking for"

3) Mr Scholes questioning you about your academic progress this year
"So Kyle, Do you know what he national standard is for year 8?"
"Yes Mr Scholes its 4p"
"Great, what are you in maths?"

Daily blog post

Dialogue

1. "It's a great morning for a walk isn't it."
"Yes it is love, do you want to get a cup of tea later?"
"Yes that would be lovely wouldn't it."
"Have you heard about the new bowling alley?"
"No, were did you hear about this?"
"It was in the newspaper, have you read todays one yet?"

2. "I've done the washing and dishes,  plus all sorts of stuff."
"That doesn't mean anything."
"Yes it does, I've done heaps of jobs."
"What does that prove dare."
"It proves that I've done more jobs and I want a pay rise."
"Ok then, you get 50c more."

3. "I'm the best."
"No! I'm the best,"
"Well scissors cut paper so I am!"
"Rock smashes scissors though."
"Yes but paper covers rock, so I'm the best!"
"But I'm the best!"

Waimarino Shape Poem

Adrenalin!

Getting Blobbed.

Waimarino Adventure Park.

Completing Numerous Water Activities 

Accelerating Through Rough River Rapids

Diving High, Diving Low

Kayaking In Rain

Jumping Lots

#YOLO

There are 4 different animal groups. There are the Otters, Lions, Beavers and Golden Retrievers. Otters are the fun ones, Lions are the leaders, Beavers are the smart ones and Golden Retrievers are the nice ones. Dave told us 4 messages at the end. They are dump dumb thoughts, make new friends, help others and try new things.

2013 12 Hour Relay Poem

12 Hour Relay! Can't get enough!
2013, was so tough!
The weather was very nice and sunny.
But we still kept on running and running.
At the end of the day the rain came to stay.
And we where all very sore in the morning.

The 12 Hour Relay Disaster

The look on Mr Scholes's face spelled T for trouble. He looked at the drive way and yelled, "Everyone in the class rooms!" Everyone started running to the closest class rooms. I was was trying to see what was happening but then 3 loud gun shots echoed through the field. I ran as fast as I could to the nearest classrooms. The sirens went off and everyone was panicking. I couldn't hear anything and I didn't notice people falling down behind me. I wanted to look back but I knew I couldn't. The temptation was annoying me. My legs stopped and body slowly turned to look at the bloody mess behind me. I hear'd motorbikes speed off in the distance. I ran to the Fraser street exit. My feet skidded across the cold concrete. I saw about 15 fat people on big black motorbikes speed past. They were all holding guns. They all had a badge on their jackets. I couldn't read it but I recognized The white angry bulldog. I raced up the path and jumped in Mr Bibby's brand new Jaguar. I found the keys and slammed my foot on the pedal. I zoomed down the drive way and out onto Fraser street. The pedal was jammed down I couldn't stop. In about 10 seconds I was in Merival. Suddenly I saw a bright light coming towards me. BOOM!!!

Cannabis

This term we have had our Life Ed sessions. One of the topics we are learning about is drugs. Everyone in our class has made a presentation about one individual drug so that we can extend our knowledge. I made my presentation to a class member and they have given me feedback below.

Success Criteria

- confidence when they deliver their presentation

- their knowledge is genuine

- information is in their own words

- no reading off the page, not too much text

- images match content

- visually appealing

- not too long or short

Morning Post

Dear Mr Diver

My name is Kyle and I'm in room 42 Rimu house. I want to change our P.E uniforms and make them cooler and more comfortable. We should change the fabric in our P.E shirts, change the design and I recon we should be able to get out names on the back of them. I think this would be a good idea because they would be more comfortable and better looking.

12 hour relay 2012

1 person runs at a time through the fast track

2 teams per house battling it out

Hours of running in the hot sun

Outstanding 

Up early in the morning 

Running for 12 hours non stop

Running for charity

Everbody eating junk food and lollies

Lying on the ground from exhuastion 

Anybody can buy raffles and food

Yelling and screaming at the runners

trade me

Letter of advice

I've got some older friends (I'm 13, they are 14/15) who have invited me to a party on Saturday night at someone's house. I'm pretty sure everyone there will b drinking. I've never had alcohol before. I'm going to tell me parents that I'm staying the night at my friend's house. I feel quite nervous, cos I know it's bad. What should I do?

I think you should ask them what they would be drinking and find out some details of whats going to be available there. Or you can just tell your parents that you'll be going to a party. If they say no then thats a good thing cos your to young anyway

Life Ed #1

Last week we had our first Life Ed lesson. We learn't about drugs and what they do to you and also how to get out of a bad situation involving drugs. Mike told us about MRJMICE, REACH, WITS, GIB, GAP, Far and long term, short term, todays thinking and future thinking. We watched a clip about 2 men how got involved with drugs. One got involved at the age of 15 and the other at 13. Mike doesn't say not to do drugs he just says Delay the Decision.

R: reson
E: exuse
A: assertive
C: change the subject
H: humor

W: walk away
I: ingore
T: toughen up
S: say no

G:
I:
B:

Homework week 1 term 4

Give advice

I found out my two friends smoke. I'm only 13. I don't know what to do. I am really confused. Please help.

Give Advice!

Hello darling. 

I've reed your letter and I'm pretty shocked. 13 years old! Thats very bad isn't it. But don't worry i'm here to help. What I did when my friends started smoking was try to convince them to see a councilor or talk to a teacher. But what you should do is talk to them. Ask them why they're doing it and tell them that smoking kills and it can cause bad damage to your lungs and brain. But if nothing works them just simply de-friend them and then they'll feel stink.

daily blog post

17 year old, Henry Kwan died on a Thursday after jumping 3 storys of his family's home in sydney. He was high on synthetic LSD when he jumped off. Henrys dad Stephen Kwan said he was please of his sons death which isn't really nice to say but it did raised a lot of awareness. Henry Kwan brought the synthetic drug online and his dads wants to find more ways to stop these substances being freely brought online.

NZ teenage alcohol stats

•New zealand police recorded more people dealing drugs in 2012 than any other year.
•Their where 1,750 drug related offenses in 2012
•1,000 offenses in 2011
•750 in 2010
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class ABC drugs

•What are class A,B and C drugs?
A. A,B and C are illegal drugs that have been classified for how dangerous and bad they are.
•What are some examples of class A drugs?
Ecstasy, LSD, Heroin, Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Magic Mushrooms, Amphetamines (Only when prepared to be injected).
•What are some examples of class B drugs?
Amphetamines, cannabis, Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Pholcodine.
•What are some examples of class C drugs?
Tranquilizers, Some painkillers, Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Ketamine.
•What are the penaltys for possession of class a,b & c drugs?

Symmetry homework wk 9

Formal occastion

In year 6 we had a social dance at Selwyn Ridge school. We did a whole lot f different dances and their were some really cool outfits. The dress theme was masquerade and I had a gold and black mask. I wore a short sleeved shirt with black skinny jeans. Social dances a really fun and the best part about it is getting food.

Friday the 13

Friday the 13th, as known as Black Friday is when a Friday falls on the 13th. Black Friday is really big in America. In America Black Friday is a really big shopping day when all stores have massive sales and every body goes shopping. Friday the 13th comes with lots of superstitions as well. Some superstitions are, a cracked mirror, having a inches left palm, having your umbrella up inside, black cats, the number 13, and lotsmor. Usually superstition is a bad thing but sometimes it's good luck like when a bird poos on you and when your left palm gets inchy it means your going to win lots of money.

Day with mrs Gilmore

Yesterday we had Mrs Glimore I'm our class. She was very fun and half way through the day we went to see Norm Gilmore in the gym. He was talking about animal care and how humans and animals are alike. He was so funny and he liked to say AWESOME! He gave away free prizes. I was unlucky to win one but at the end everyone got a pencil case with a fridge magnet in it. Norm Hewitt was a famous all black and also won dancing with the stars in 2005. Yesterday was fun and very funny.

Homework ict week 6-7

Movie reveiw

The Heat
The Heat is a funny action comedy written by Katie Dippold and directed by Paul Feig. The main actors in this movie are Sandra Bullock as Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Melissa McCarthy from Identity Thief as Det. Shannon Mullins. The Heat is a single American movie and its 117 minutes long.

The Heat is about Special Agent Ashburn getting a promotion but ends up sending her to Boston. She goes to Boston to crack a case but Det. Shannon Mullins in already on it. They end up making an agreement and start working together. The bust lots of people bu their main investigation is finding the owner of a company bu their are already to other DEA agents on it. Later in the movie they get captured but the some people who work for the company kind nap them and then Special Agent Ashburn busts them and so on.

I loved this movie and I think its hilarious but has a good story line to it as well. My favorite parts were when Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Det. Shannon Mullins meet for the first time and when they capture the bad guy at the end.

 I recommend this film for people how like a could actin money but love comedy at the same time. IMOD rated this film 7 out of 10 but I rate it 8.5 out of 10.

Research homework week 6

Practical Task week 6

My path was from the top of my street which is Hawk place, and to the top of Cumberland Crescent. Google maps said it will take 14 minutes to get down their but I did it in 13 minutes and 38 seconds.

Homework self defense video

This is my self defence video on how to flip someone

Limerick

There was an old man who lived in Japan
He drove a van but chopped off his hand
He drove to Tokyo
But slipped on a yoyo
And now he drives a cab.

Spring poem

S- Sun rays peeking through the windows
P- People playing happily in the sun
R- Running kids playing with short layers on
I- Ice-creams and ice blocks everywhere
N- Nice days for weekend sport
G- Growing some new plants

Practical task.

For homework we had to measure the hight of a tree and we weren't aloud to climb it or ask a possum to. So I decided to take a picure of me standing beside it and just photo crop me and duplicate the photos of me till I reached the top of the tree. I'm 1 meter and 50 cm high and it took 5 and a quater of me to get to the top. I did my equation like this. 1.50 x 5 equals 7.5 + 40cm equals 8.9 so the hight of this tree is 8 meteres and 90 centimeters high.

WASHOE the Chimpanzee

Description

This person is a funny little laddie who likes sport and games.
It has Hazel eyes, brown hair and really tanned skin.
Usually it brings lollies to school but really likes the happy ones.
Its about 1.45 tall and slim.

WebCam Toy

Connor and Kodi's big chase.

Yesterday Kodi and Connor went down to the estuary to find the Cookie pad they lost. They went down with Ms Campbell and after a few minutes of their search they saw someone. Their were 3 boys and one of them had a scooter. Ms Campbell asked them what they where doing and why they had a scooter. But then suddenly they sprinted off. Kodi and Connor raced after them and then came to a Blackberry bush. They where all stuck, then one of the boys yelled out "Don't come over here or we'll knock you out." Kodi and Connor walked back up to the school and told Mr Scholes about it.

Poorhudda & Legacy's Big Adventure

Delayed gratification and the Stanford marshmallow test

Homework Practical Task wk 4-5

Inferencing

1)
"Come on Felila," said Suzy, "you're doing great"
"I can't run any more, I'm too tired," moaned Felila.
"Come on, one more lap" Suzy responded
Felila fell on her back, breathing so fast and heavily like she just finished a marathon.
2)
"Russell! What are you eating!" Shouted Russell's mum.
"Ummmm, the food out of my lunch box," said Russell quietly, "It's only a biscuit"
"No! Don't lye Russell, you're eating a full Chicken!" Shouted his mum.
"I was hungry" said Russell desperately trying to get out of trouble.

Inference

1)
"Caine bro, come outside"
"Nah, I'm busy"
"Busy doing what?"
"Homework"
"Not even mate, your playing Mine craft"
"NO! Its Barbies Princess World, get it right, I've been trying to clock it all week!"

2)
"Maia, its time to wake up. Maia!"
"Agh-chu!"
"Oh no Maia do you have a cold?"
"Umm I I, Agh-chu!"
"Alright then stay in bed"

3)
"Come on come on," Josh said worriedly, "Wheres that stupid milk!
"Quickly Josh your gonna miss the bus"

Suborbital Spaceflight Howework week 3-4

Suborbital Spaceflight.

A suborbital spaceflight is a spaceflight when the spacecraft reaches space but then distends from its journey and comes back down. 

For example, an object is launched from Earth and reaches 100 km above sea level and then falls back to Earth, this is called and suborbital spaceflight. Some suborbital spaceflights have been attempted spacecrafts, later intended for orbital spaceflight. Some       vehicles are specifically designed for suborbital spaceflight such        as X-15 and the SpaceShipOne.

X-15

ScapeShipOne

ICT homework wk 3-4

Savant

A Savant is an autistic person who is only good at 1 or 2 things. Theirs only been 52 savants recorded in the world and its extremely rear. Savants can tell what the weather was 100 years ago, calculate big numbers in a second and all sorts of stuff but they usually have a brain of an 8 year old and can't manage them selves properly. But theirs one savant and his name is Daniel Tammet but people call him Brain Man. He's very smart and he can calculate equations and remember really quick. He's said the fist 22, 000 digits of PI in five hour just of the top of his head.

Weekend Poem

Saturday Football Game Poem
Hotspurs Hotspurs had a bad day, we lost to Madrid and went on our way, some guy some guy got punched in the face, he fell on the ground and lost his faith, shot Travis shot Travis you scored 2 goals, but I scored but I scored one glorious goal, top right corner top right corner what a beautiful finish, but we lost 7-3 to a annoying team.

Computers VS Books

Translation App week 2-3

Ven Diagram year 7's vs year 8's

2 days with mrs V

For the last 2 days we had Mrs V in our class. We have Mrs V as our reliever  because Ms Campbell put her back. Mrs V gave use some new coloring sheets word fines and english work sheets every day so we could do them when we came in from lunch and morning tea. Mrs V's worksheet where very fun and enjoyable. We carried on with our narrative writing and did some maths. We did social as normal and zumba and running. I enjoyed Mrs V relieving in our class but im glad that Ms Campbell's back.

week 2-3 XO Laptop

My experience of bullying

I haven't really been bullied before but i've seen it happen. Theirs lots of sittes that involve bullying like Facebook, Twitter, ask.fm and sometimes Youtube. Websites are well know for cyber bullying and other thing like threatening people, being horrible and lots of stupid stuff like little rummors and stuff. Theres been a lot of suicide deaths and attempts because of bullying and I think that all bullying should stop and any body who's caught bullying should be dropped from school or suspended.

For and against.

Football is better than Rugby

For
•Football is a more funner sport to play and not as pushy and ruff.
•Football involves less players than Rugby so you can have more time on the ball.
•Most Football games don't end up in fights but most rugby games do.
Against
•In rugby you dont have springs flying every where.
•You dont have to be as fit to play rugby.
•In a game of rugby it easier to score than in a game of Football

Web 2.0 tool week 1-2

For and Against

Burger King is better than KFC.

For

•Burger King is more fulling and has heartier meals than KFC.

•Burger King's burgers are well made, wrapped up and put in bags, but KFC just cook them up and put them in a box.

•In my opinion Burger King has a big variety of food than KFC.

Against

•KFC is cheaper than Burger King because a burger at Burger King costs around $5-$10 and a big piece of chicken at KFC is around $2-$4.

•Burger King usually has a lot of people ordering at the check out and drive through, and KFC usually does have as much people ordering at the check out and drive through.
•

For and Against

Computer gaming is good for you.

For

•Its fun and keeps you busy when your bored and fills up time.

•Some games give you knowledge and skills for real life. Like Fifa because it will give you more football skills.

•Instead of playing board games when its raining you can play computer games that are more interesting.

Against

•Its a very unsociable activitey

Augmented Reality term 3 week 1-2

Mandarin

On Monday and Wednesday afternoon we do Mandarin lesson with Ms Campbell in room 42. We learn how speak and write the language. Their are 2 languages in Mandarin, Hanzi and Pinyin. Pinyin is the English version and Hanzi is the Chinese symbols. We learn't how to say our phone numbers as well. Did you know that Mandarin have 4 tone marks. The first tone mark is a flat sound. The second tone mark is a low to high sound. The third tone mark is a high to low to high sound and the fourth sound is a high to low sound and it sounds a bit angry. I learn't the numbers 1-10. Mandarin is a really easy language to learn.

Where am I?

I see a clown with a funny nose.

I hear laughter everywhere.

I'm sitting on a hard, cold bench.

I taste candy floss thats melting in my mouth.

I see skinny people in suits flipping around on the floor.

I feel the hard handle of my glow stick.

I see a fat man in a funny hat.

Where am I?

:Circus

My best day of the holidays

The best day of the holidays was when my Grandma and Grandad came back from England. My Grandma and Grandad went over to england for their 50th anniversary. They went for 7 weeks and came back on Friday night. When their plane landed at the airport and they walked of the plane, I got a very big shock. They both walked out holding big bags of stuff. Later that evening they gave the bags to my mum and then she gave them to me. When I got home I opened the bag they gave me and they brought me 2 new pairs of Football boots, one was the new Adidas f50 boot but I didn't get to open the last pair because they where my Christmas present. At the bottom of the bag was a full 2014 Real Madrid home kit as well. I was really exited when I got these because they aren't available in New Zealand.

Production

Yesterday most of our class went to see the matinee at Bay Court. The production was called A Most Triumphant Tale and it was about bands. Their were to bands. One was called One dimension and the other was called Labyrinth. One dimension was the bad band that lip sinked every thing and Labyrinth was the good band that was trying to stop them from ruining music for ever. I had a few of my friends acting and singing in the production. Travis was sing in the choir and then sang a song in one seen. My other friend Ethan was in the One dimension with one of the lead roles. Also Damian and Liam had one of the lead roles as weel. The show was really good and was weel made to. I really enjoyed it.

5 Jokes

1) Whats the difference between a guitar and a fish?

-You cant tuna fish.

2) Did you hear about the hungry clock?

-It went back four seconds.

3) What do you call a fat psychic?

-A four chin teller.

4) How do you make holy water?

-Boil the hell out of it.

5) Did you hear about the movie constipation?

-It never came out.

The very crummy Meter Man

In the summer holidays mum broke her arm at the ice skating place that was in town. A few weeks later my mum went to the hospital to get a new cast. Half way though the proses of her getting a new cast, I looked out the window and saw a little stubby Mater Man walking down the street. I told my mum and I looked again. I was surprised to see him checking out mums car. Mum told me to run out and put some money in the Meter and tell him that see was getting a new cast. I ran out side and asked him how to put money in the Meter but he rejected me and kept on walking. I saw that he had given my mum a ticket. I grabbed the ticket and gave it to my mum in side. She read the ticket and suddenly yelled "40 bucks! Jeez!" I read the ticket my self and it did say $40. After my mum got her new cast we drove down to the Tauranga City council and complained about the ticket that was $40. After a while a man in a suit came up to use and discussed the issue. My mum was so angry about the ticket because usually  the ticket is only $12. In the end my mum still had to pay the $40 but in the future she says she will keep on writing complaints till she doesn't have to pay for it.

My Science Fair

This year for science fair I'm doing a test on what other materials can you use in a cup and string telephone and what ones are the best and have the best clarity, durability and density. I spray painted my board red and blue and I have got purple paper as my background paper. I have 9 tests in my experiment. My first test is paper cup and cotton string, next was paper cup and poly string, then paper cup and fishing line, next was plastic cup and cotton string, then plastic cup and poly string, then plastic cup and fishing line, the tin can and cotton string, next was tin can and poly string and lucky last was tin can and fishing line. I based my test on 3 things. Clarity, durability and density.

CAPTCHA

Captcha is a program that most websites use. Its use is to stop robots spamming blogs and other websites. I have Captcha on my blog, in fact our whole class has it. Captcha uses old books, newspapers and radio broadcasts for its words. It scans the books and other stuff and usually the words come out all weird and strange. About 200 million people solve these words every day. I think Captcha is a good thing to stop bots and other people from spamming. I also thing websites like Facebook  should use it as well.

Cross Country

Yesterday we had our school cross country. The run was 3 km and we ran on grass and road. Last year I came 17th but this year I came 25th. The year 7 girls ran first, then year 7 boys then 8 girls and finally the year 8 boys. The race was though to start with and then it got a bit easier the second lap came around because every one was spread out. I passed a few people and a few people passed me but I tried  my hardest to pass the people who passed me. After the race I went and sat down and asked a few people where they came. Nathan came 8th, Conor came 12th and Lookie came 1st. I wasn't that happy with my placing because I was 7 places slower than my last years place.

Xbox at my mates houses.

I don't really play computer games or xbox games but I play them at my mates house. When I go to their houses We usually chill out and play on the computer and Xbox. When I go to Nathans house we always play Fifa 13. Fifa 13 is the latest football game at the moment. You can design players, make teams and just play as your favorite team. When I go to my cousions house we always play that game called Modern Warfare 3. MW3 is just a normal shooting game where you run around killing people. I like Fifa 13 the best but I hardly ever play it and I dont know as much about it as Nathan.

My Dads Job

My Dad works as a cabinet, kitchen and furniture maker for a company called Creative kitchens and furniture. He leaves home at 7:15am and starts work at 7:30am and comes home at 5:30pm. He makes some cabinets and also some furniture that are more than $10,000. He's been into castles, mansions and celebrates houses just to put in a cabinet or  a dinning table. He's been into the ACDC drummers house to put in a new kitchen. He's been into a Chinese temple thing to put in a few cabinets and a massive front door. He's also been to a house/mansion where the people who lived in it were friends or relatives of Sir Edmond Hillary and had two repliques of the pick axes he used to climb Mount Everest. Their are only 5 people working at his work and hes got 2 bosses and 1 work mate and apparently  the other guy is a try hard who can't make a shelf.

My daily argument at home

"Have you done the dishwasher yet?" Asked mum.

"Oh, no I forgot," I said, "I'll do it now."

"Can you please shut all the windows to." mum replied.

"Ok, I'll do it after I do the dishes." I said with no enthusiasm.

"Thank you, now you can have some chocolate." Mum said happily.

indoor football game Tawa v Rimu

Yesterday at morning tea our house Rimu had an indoor football catch up game. We played Tawa because the game that we where aspost to play got rained off. The game started off well but it was very competitive the whole way through. There was a few chances for us and them but the half time result was nil all. At half time Mr Mossop made a few subs. We started the second half not so great because we kept on kicking the ball above our heads so they got lots of free kicks and they managed to score off one. We had the same amount of free kicks as well but I think the ref was a bit bias because when ever we had a free kick he'd pull it up for kicking it high but it only hit the cross bar and thats no high. THe end result was 1 nil to them.

My Football game against Mount Madrid

On Saturday I played my Football game against Mount Madrid. They looked very competitive when we did the tose. I won the tose and chose to stay the way we where facing so they got to kick off. We didn't have a good start and they managed to score in the first 5 minutes, but luckily Travis managed to sneak one in straight after we kicked off. It was 1-1 for a while but then we had a quick counter and I managed to get one in. About 10 minutes later they had an attack and they one guy ran to the penalty shot and then got passed to but he was offside and the lines-men was standing on half way talking and laughing to someone so our whole team when up to our ref Steve and complained about the lines-men but Steve just said "If you say one more word i'll send you off!" Soon after that it was nearly half time so we all went up for a big attack and then we set Zach up and he score just before half time. We kicked off the second half and had lots of attacks but we kept on missing. Travis scored again but this time 2 people hand balled it to try to stop it from going in. THe end result was 4-2 to us.

My idiom

1.The lights are on but nobody's home.

2.This saying is to describe a person who is their with you but isn't saying anything and is blank.

3."They really don't know the answer." Whispered  Chon Chon.
"The lights are on but nobody's home." Mumbled Bon Bon

4.My mum always says, don't get your knickers in a knot. She says that when I get annoyed or angry.

My conversation

"Hey, what you up to?" Asked Bon Bon.

"Nothing, what about you?" Replied Chon Chon.

"Nothing much, just won the Lotto Chon Chon." Bon Bon bragged.

"Congratulations, are you gonna give me some?" Said Chon Chon.

"No way, its all mine mate!" Yelled Bon Bon.

"oh, rats fulla." Chon Chon sighed.

"Don't be a doof Chon Chon!" Bon Bon Yelled, "I only won 9000 million dollars."

"What!" Chon Chon screamed, "9000 million dollars!"

"Yeah, it's not that much Chon Chon" mentioned Bon Bon.

"Bon Bon mate, you got to be kidding me!" Howled Chon Chon, "did you really win 9000 million dollars Bon Bon!"

"No Chon Chon I didn't win 9000 million dollars." Said Bon Bon

"oh what a relief," replied Chon Chon, "I really thought you won 9000 million dollars for a moment."

"Hahaha Chon Chon, your an egg," Bon Bon laughed, "I won 9001 million dollars!"

Physical Activity and the Outdoors

Rimu Homework Challenge #6

P5. Complete in a sport for an entire season

Football

I've been playing Football for 6 years now and this year is my 7th season. When I first started kicking a Soccer ball around I was 4 years old. I played it in my back yard and at the park with my Dad and he tort me the rules of Football and some skills as well.

 Two years later my dad signed me up for saturday morning Football at Blue Rovers. I played mini grade for one year and my team was called the Sharks. Our kit was green shirts, blue shorts, blue socks with a white stripe at the top and some normal sand shoes. I can't remember much about that grade but we managed to come 2nd in the mini grade league. At the end of this season I got a Participation certificate, Coaches award and a fun team photo.

The next year it was 2007 and I was in 7th grade. Again our team name was the Sharks and this time we wore black and red shirts and the same shorts and socks but this year was the start of boot grade. That year we came 2nd again but to a team called Bluebottles. The Bluebottles had some of the best players in that team such as Ollie Valentine who is in the U13 Man City squad. That year I didn't win anything but I got the average Participation certificate and the shinny team photo.

2008, the year that we played different clubs around the bay such as Papamoa, Te Puke and so on. That year I got put in Reserve 2A grade. That was the year that we played in all Blue with numbers and everything. Our team was called Blue Rovers Typhoons and we came 3rd in the league. I played centre defense in that season and scored a few goals as well. THat year was the same as the year before, just the average Participation certificate and the shinny new team photo.

2009, this was the year I decided to move football clubs. I was deciding between Waipuna FC witch was just across the road or Mount. I decided to go to Waipuna to play with some friends from school and managed to drag a couple mates from Blue Rovers with me. I got put in the reserve team with a few mates and I scored 8 goals in the season. If I can remember correctly we came 4th in the league and that year I got player of the year for my team plus the Participation certificate and a team photo.

In 2010 I made it into the Waipuna 10th grade Prem team. I played striker that season and scored 11 goals and trilled for reps but got rejected. We were one of the best teams in our league coming 3rd 2 points behind Nathans Papamoa team. We entered 3 tournaments . We entered the Papamoa mid season tourney and came 3rd in a penalty shoot out. We also entered the 10th grade Blue Rovers tourney and came runners up in a game against Cambridge. We entered the Waipuna 10th grade tourney as well and came first in a game that we won 5 nil but the week before that I fell of a 3 meter high bridge on to flat concrete and landed on my knee with my bike on my back, I was on crutches for 3 weeks.

In 2011 I was in the prem team again. That year I scored 13 goals 2 more goals than my previous record, 11. I played skriker again for the season but that year we played on a bigger field with bigger goals. We entered 3 tournaments again. Our first one was the Papamoa mid season tourney. We came second in the tournament against Three Kings United in a penalty shoot out. We lost 5-4. Our second tourney was the Blue Rovers Vincent Green tourney. We came third in that tournament in a shoot out as well. Our other tourney we went to was the New Zealand nationals. That was a tourney where anyone could enter but you had to be on of the top teams of your region. We where lucky to even get in the tourney. It was held in Taupo and it was very cold. We managed to make it in the plate final against and Auckland team. We lost that final 5-3. I scored a easy chip, Logan scored a wicked free kick and Skilly scored another awesome free kick. That final was one of the most intense games i've ever played. Their were probably 20 free kicks, 2 penalties and a few scraps as well. My dad got a yellow card from the ref for saying a very naughty word even though he is our coach.

Last year was my first season in 12 and 13th grade. We played against 12 and 13 year olds. We got put in the 2 div because of 3 of our top players left of go play at a different club. I scored 13 goals again that season. We won the league and never lost one game. 

This year i'm still in 12 and 13th grade. I've scored 6 goals so far and many more are coming my way. We are in 1st div this year and we've played our first game but lost 11-1 for so random reason. I'm also in the coerver elite squad and the new U13 Otumoetai federation sunday league team. I play center forward most games and I also play the odd centre mid as well. I play left and right mid on sunday for Otumoetai and sometimes play striker for the last 10 minutes.

Do dogs see other colors apart from black and white

Dogs see in black and white but they see in color too. They can not recognize the colors red, orange, yellow and green. They can see different shades of blue and they can tell apart different shades of grey that are not recognized by people.

Why is the sky blue

The sky is blue in the day because the molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When the sun sets when see red and orange because the blue light has been scatters away from the line of sight.

My 10 questions

1) Why is the sky blue if space is black?
2) I wonder if the sky is blue in other planets?
3) Why do I have hairy legs?
4) I wonder why we have 5 days at school?
5) Why do dogs see in black and white?
6) How come chocolate is so yum?
7) I wonder why girls have long hair and boys have short?
8) Why do people talk?
9) How come people understand what we say?
10) Does hight affect hair growth

The graveyard visit

Last week room 42 visited the 16th Avenue Cemetery. We went to the Cemetery to get started on a new statistics thing we are doing with maths. We went in pairs to the Cemetery and along the way we learn't a bit about different Cemetery's around New Zealand and Ms Campbell told us about Tapu Noa. I was Nathan's partner and when we arrived at the Cemetery we walked around looking at all the different types of graves and how old people where. We soon saw Steff and Travis and walked around to try find anyone who died over 100 tears old. Me and Nathan got a bit carried away with the 100 year old person and started doing our statistics question. Our question was what was the most common month that people died in. When Ms Campbell called us back we had to wash our hand with water to wash off the Tapu Noa witch is the spirits of the Cemetery's.

Giving

Rimu Homework Challenge #5

G2: Give to your family: Prepare 3 formal three course meals, including the menu, cooking and presenting, Photos of the meal and feedback from your guests.

Kyle's 3 course meal #1

ENTREE

For my entree I dipped 4 pieces of bread into a bowl full of beated eggs. Then I quickly flopped them onto the pan to cook. Then I cut of all of the fatty bits of the bacon and placed them in the oven to grill. After the french toast and bacon was ready I quickly made up some Raro and poured it into some glasses.

MAIN

For my main meal I got a packet of pasta into a big bowl. Next I made up the cheesy sauce and cooked it in a pot till it was ready. Then I got a few pieces of bacon a chopped them up into little squares and grills them to. After all that I mixed them all together in the bowl that the pasta was in and wrapped tin foil around it and cooked it in the oven.

Dessert

For my dessert I made a yummy batch of chocolate chipped banana muffins. I simply followed the recipe in my mum's baking book and left it in the oven of about 20 minutes to bake.