Holidays

Finally time for a Holiday....My family and I had a pretty relaxed holiday because we were all tired of having activities on in the school Term. But when it came I thought hmm what should I do. Most of my Holidays were at home but that didn't mind me, I was chilling and no one was bothering me.

In the first week the younger kids in my family decided to go to the new pool QE2. I enjoyed this because we went at night time when most people have either gone home to bed or just having tea. So there wasn't any line for me to wait in, Yay !!!. On top of that at the end of the week my sister had her Birthday party, so in between the day's we were going around organising and buying food for her party. 

So far in the holidays I was challenged with my sister party although I was trying to relax. The day came for my sister party, I felt pretty relaxed because all we needed to do was clean the house. People started arriving earlier than we expected so I started freaking out because I hadn't finished cleaning or having lunch. So the first they saw as they walked through the door was me eating ( What a great first impression.) I found that this party was pretty cruisey because we just went through the games slowly and  they watched a movie at the end, Easy right. I had a bit of food but after that I was stuffed.

The next was not very enjoyable because I was sick, I found it pretty hard to do anything because I felt useless. From my annoying sickness I had to cancel most of my plans with my friends that week. Although on Friday I did hang out with my friends and watched a movie, I really enjoyed getting out of the house. 

The next day it was my sister's birthday, she ended up waking me up at 6:50 in the morning. "This annoyed me because it's the holidays and I'm waking up earlier than a school day!" Through the day I think that my sister enjoyed herself and I had a lot of fun too. 

What did you do in your holidays? 

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Life Education lessons

On the 2nd of June, my class and I went into a truck for Life education. Our teacher talked to us about what makes a good leader. This made me think, what does make a good leader. The teacher had put a few notes around the classroom, then she talked about what they meant. She asked us which picture described ourselves as people, so we all went to the pictures that described us. I found that I was a Lion because it is a person who loves to lead and who wants to be heard of. This one really spoke to me because it described me perfectly. We then had to talk about what our strengths could do to help in the classroom. This was a really cool session and I can't wait to have my next session and what we are going to learn.

Have you ever thought about what makes a good leader??

Caritas Challenge

On the 18th - 19th of May the Kaupeka hub joined in a worldwide challenge that is run by Caritas. We have been learning about a country that was in need of our help, to help them my hub and I decided to sleep over at school in cardboard boxes. This was very tricky because we were doing it in winter and we had to organise everything.

The start of the day was really interesting, so we all had a big breakfast and we were unable to have morning tea and afternoon tea. This was really cool because I got to feel what it was like for Timor-Leste as they don't have much food to eat in their day. After we went to mass, the teachers brought in a city missioner to talk to us about the people of Christchurch, who don't have homes and who live in their cars. I was really surprised by the amount of people who were living in their cars and who were homeless. I really felt for the people who didn't have homes because they were living in freezing temperatures in winter and they didn't have half the stuff we had for the night. Then we had a mini move it challenge for three hours, we had asked if another school wanted to join us when we did this challenge. They came to our school and joined in for three hours of exercise. This was really cool because we got to have some fun with another school. I really enjoyed this day so far because it had made me realise what it is like in different countries in the day.

What has been challenging for me during the day is the food because I usually have morning tea and afternoon tea in my day. But today we had breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was really hungry in between but I knew that this was for a good cause and I kept telling myself that I shouldn't have any food and finish the challenge properly. Since I was hungry now I was getting really anxious because I was scared about the stomach cramps that night.

The connections I have made from this experience is that Timor-Leste doesn't have very much food and water. This was a struggle for me with food but I always had to remember that they don't have very much and I was doing this for them.

From today, it made me think about them and how I could help them in long term. I thought that I could give them some money to help them and give them some cans of food. I think that this will help their families and those who need help.

At the start of this challenge I had no idea what other people in the world were going through. But as this challenge went on I learnt what people lived in and how they cooked and ate food. This challenge really spoke to me through out the day and night, it really made me think about the world and what people lived like.

Have you ever had this feeling about people in the world?

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Saturday Netball

On Saturday my team and I had a netball game. I thought that we were not going to play very well because we had just had the Caritas challenge that night and we had like no sleep. It made it even more difficult that we were versing a very hard team because we were in the top grade. We all got there early because we had to warm up before the game and wake up. We ran up and down the court a few times and we did some drills before the game. It was really annoying that one of our players was away so I had to play the whole game centre. It was really tiring the first quarter because my legs felt like jelly and I couldn't feel them. In the first quarter we did horrible and we were losing 10 - 2. In the end of the game we lost 17 - 14. It was a really good improvement and I was really proud of my team because we were all tired. I was quite happy that I played my best and in the end we had two player of the days and I think that they deserved it.

Have you ever done something when you were really tired??

Maths challenge

This Term my teachers had a new idea to put my classes into maths groups. In my group my teacher challenged us to create a mini golf hole that when you hit the ball, you would always get a hole in 1. This challenge was really interesting because I have no idea how to make a golf hole and what to do it about. So this really tested my imagination, I had no idea what to do or how to do it. So one of our partners had to go on a trip to mitre ten mega to learn about the money side of things and how to do it. My partner went to mitre ten and asked a lot of questions so that we knew what we were doing. She wrote down what they said so that she wasn't going to forget .When we finish our plans and prototype, 3 pairs will be picked and those three holes will be made. I can't wait for the end result because it is interesting to see what people end up with and how they do it.

Have your teachers ever challenge you to do something??