Testing

This term there's going to be a heap load of testing. The first test was with Mrs Golder where its face to face maths. I was so nervous when she called my name because I knew I wasn't going to do so well which in the end I didn't. I hoped that at least for my writing test I'd do better but I forgot to brainstorm, Arrrghhh! Butterflies fluttered in my stomach as I thought about what my test scores would turn out to be in the other upcoming tests. Very soon I'll end up in College and I really don't want to fail those tests. I guess all I can do now is remember the things I did wrong and continue trying my best at everything I do, knowing that I'll get a good standard in the end.

The Botanical Gardens

Today our whole school went to The Botanical Gardens.
It was so beautiful as our bus pulled into the entrance, everything was just Wow the whole time we walked through the gardens. I loved all the colourful flowers we saw and the ponds were really pretty as well.

 We were stuck in one particular place for ages because we kept missing numbers that we needed for our activity. Things started to get really frustrating because the sun was blazing hot and we were all so tired running back and fourths trying to find a tarata tree. In the end we were all puffed out we had to take a break by the roses.

Finally it was time to go back to school. I reckon everyone was exhausted from our visit at the Botanic Gardens because everyone was falling asleep including me.

Back To School

 I was really excited to come back to school, see all my friends and get back into learning. We didn't go straight into  our classroom because our classroom was not ready due to the Asbestos testing from last term. So our morning was pretty tiring as we had to carry everything back to class. In the end we managed to get our classroom back to normal and are now we are in our normal routine. Assembly was later on and I received two Duffy books which was a nice way to finish the first day off school, even though we still have to do homework.

Skipping Display 2016

Yesterday we had our 2016 skipping display. It started off with the junior and senior skip off to see who can skip the longest. It went on for quite a while but later on Room 9 couldn't jump much longer, leaving Room 12 the champions. Not many parents came to our skipping display so we just showcased our skipping skills in front of Room 11. It was really fun watching everybody show off what they can do with a skipping rope and even though, I was just twisting the ropes I became really tired.

Tamaki Primary

A week ago we were transferred to Tamaki Primary because of Asbestos Testing, ordered by the Ministry of Education.

 We went to Tamaki Primary by bus and was given a classroom to learn in, although we didn't have all our school resources so we had to do with a pen and paper. 

Now we are back in our own school but somehow it still doesn't feel the same. Hopefully on our first day back after the holidays, we will be in our own classroom again and everything will go back to normal, just the way I like it. 

Basketball

A few days ago we had Basketball lessons with a Coach. He taught us different warm ups to get us going. Although I personally thought the warm ups were enough because I was exhausted. We didn't quite get to play a proper game of Basketball because time went by so fast. My favorite warm up was simply bouncing the basketball and walking and taking my time before we had to run again. 

Kahurangi

A few weeks ago a group called Kahurangi - People Of The Pacific, came to our school and performed traditional island dances. They taught us the greetings for the countries they were doing a dance to and told us a bit about each island. The show was really funny especially when the Kahurangi performers asked for volunteers. Mr Sok, Quros and Saluselo had to copy a few steps with the taiaha which was so funny, my face was turning bright red from laughter.