School Camp Captions!

Today we made funny pictures by adding captions to the photos we took during our camp in Hokitika, here are some of mine below. 

Highlights of Camp!

Recently, my class and I went to Hokitika for our class camp. I would like to share my favourite memories from the time we spent there.

Let's start with the first day. We arrived at our campsite and played about for a while. Don't worry that's not the good bit. The good part is where we went to the Industrial Museum. They had lots of cool old stuff there including this awesome train, but when I say train I don't mean any old train with a roof or walls . . .  It was awesome! There was basically this long bench that you sat on like you were riding on horseback and we went through this cool bush track that looped around to back where it started. We also saw these cool old fire engine trucks!

After our time spent at the Industrial Museum, our next voyage was the trip to Lake Kaniere. We started fires, ate smores and went swimming! The water was freezing but it was still super fun. 

Day 2! This had to be the best day of the adventure. It began with the gorge walk. There were soooo many views - especially over the bridges and at the lookout points. All too soon our walk was over though, and now it was time for lunch . . . And the treetop walk! 

I don't think I'd ever been up so high, but it was really awesome to look down at the creeks and nature. There was this tower at stop number six and after embarking up a spiral staircase, you reached the highest spot! It was really amazing - I don't think I'll ever forget it.

After our walk up in the treetops, it was time for our surprise. Our teacher Nic arranged some stuff at this place in Hoki and BAM! We got to go in helicopters! It was my first time in one or even up in the sky for that matter and when our group went up, I was lucky enough to get the front seat! That had to be the coolest part of the trip. 

The third day. It started when we packed up back at camp :(   Time to get back in the cars and go home. But not before stopping back in Greymouth for our swim at the pools! We stayed there for a while, had pizza for lunch and then it really was time to go home. But it was definitely one of the best camps ever!

Mona Lisa Information Report

 In an estimated 1503, the famed Mona Lisa was painted. It’s well known artist Leonardo Da Vinci made the Mona Lisa at 51 years of age, and the portrait took him four years to master and perfect. His model for the painting was actually called Lisa del Giocondo, and the art is thought to have been a celebration for her new home where she lived with her husband, Francesco del Giocondo and in honour of their second born son, although the art 

never was delivered to it’s patron and Leonardo kept it with 

him throughout the rest of his life.

Many years later, in 1911, disaster struck. 

The Mona Lisa had been stolen! Its thief, the Italian artist Vicenzo Peruggia, had hidden out of sight for two years before he was finally captured and the painting returned.

There have now of course, been many reproductions of 

The Mona Lisa, including the one with the mustache at Pompidou, but the real one remains in it’s rightful place at the Louvre Museum in France.

And we hope nobody will dare to raid it.

Article By: Tara Morgan

Art Smart!

For topic each week we get into groups and complete challenges. We always have the same groups and I am with Krystal, Tui, Grace, Jimi, and Leo. This week, along with two other activities, we had art smart. In art smart, we had to individually take photos that involved water in some way. 

Here are some of the photos that I took. 

Would you like to do an activity like this?

Hand Ball!

Over the first week of term two, my class and I have been learning how to play hand ball. It's a mix of basket ball and netball that my teacher, Nic, created. Some of the basic rules in handball is that we can bounce the ball, but only three times before passing to another player. If you don't pass within three seconds, then it's the other teams ball. Like in netball, you can't be in the another players 'bubble' so you have to be a meter away at all times. 

Today I played as a 'centre', so it was my job to move around the other team's players, so my team could pass to me before I passed to another player, like the 'goal attack' so they could shoot. There was also boundaries for each player, as a centre, I was allowed to run anywhere on the court apart from in the goal circles.

Does handball sound like a fun game for your class or friends?

Maybe you could give it a go!

                                           

Goals for Term 2

This term I would like to have my main focus on maths, as it is my weakest subject. So far I can recall almost all of my time tables from 1-11s, so my aim for this term could be to learn the twelve and thirteen time tables and be able to recollect within three seconds, as the rule goes.

I would also like to learn new sports skills, my main sports have always been equestrian (at home) and club hockey. At school each term we usually have a new sport that many of us do not know how to play so we all get a chance to develop a new capability. For example, last term we played softball, and throughout the year before, we played volleyball, rippa rugby, and basket ball. I hope you enjoyed this blog post about my goals for this term.

Do YOU have some goals?

Anzac Day 25/4/21

Anzac Day, set on the 25th of April, is a celebration of lives that were taken in the first world war, over 100 years ago. These days to commemorate Anzac Day you can bake Anzac biscuits, wear a poppy on your shirt or participate in a dawn parade at your local town. The following paragraphs may explain somethings you may not have known about Anzac day. Enjoy!

Why the 25th?

Anzac day is celebrated on the 25th of April because on the morning of April 25th 1915, the Anzacs departed to capture Gallipoli peninsula in order to open  the Dardanelles to the allied navies. Therefore the 25th of April became the day when New Zealanders and Australians recalled on the sacrifice of those who had died in the war. 

Is Anzac Day recognised in all countries?

Anzac day is mainly rejoiced by individuals of Australia and New Zealand, though it can by celebrated by others worldwide.

What does 'Anzac' stand for?

The word Anzac was given to the soldiers from NZ and Australia that fought in ww1, it is short for 'Australia & New Zealand Army Corps'

The History of Anzac Biscuits:

During the first world war in 1910, Anzac biscuits were first created by the wives, girlfriends and mothers of the men at war as they were concerned that they were not able to eat many nutritional foods. They were first named 'Soldiers Biscuits' but after the soldiers landed in Gallipoli in 1915 they were soon changed to the title of Anzac biscuits. You can easily make Anzac biscuits using flour, sugar, coconut, rolled oats, butter, golden syrup or treacle, baking soda and boiling water. For more information on this recipe you can easily search it up or if you have a cook book it is likely to be found in there.