swimming sense poem

Swimming

I feel a cold breeze as I

stand in the wind and the

excitement as a plunge into the water,

and the freezing water dripping down my

legs as I hop out of the pool.

I taste the week taste of chlorine

and the air blowing in my mouth.

I see other contestants

standing, waiting

almost as nervous as I am.

I hear the splashing

sound of the water as my

hand slams down on the clear liquid

and the water goes through my fingers.

I smell the faint smell of the chocolatey

hot chocolate and cookies just

waiting for me to eat them.

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Optimist yachting knots

Knots

For optimist yachting we have to rig the yacht. While we are rigging the yacht we have to tie knots. The types of knots are the bowline and figure of eight. This is what they look like. The top one is figure of eight and the bottom is the bowline. 

Calender art 

For our calender art this year we coloured in one or more mandalas. We also could shrink them to make them both a bit different. The we glued them onto a sheet then if we wanted to we could draw some zentangle around it this is what my one turned out like.

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My voki

Shape making

For maths we have been learning about shapes and we had to make shapes out of sticks and play doh. We had to stick the sticks together with the play doh and then we made 3D shapes if we wanted to. This is a 2D shape and it is called a square. 

Snowflake poem

Snowflake

Twas raining and then hailing to show,

That it was winter,

The forecast lady said it was snowing,

I said I don’t believe her,

Then I saw the images on the television,

I can’t believe my eyes,

it really is snowing!  

My poem

We learnt about all the different types of poems and we got to pick one and write that type of poem about a subject. I chose to do an acrostic poem. I did it about New Zealand. This is my poem.

My poem

Nature

Energetic people

wonderful outdoors

Zebra's don't live here 

Exiting adventure

All blacks rugby team 

Life lives here 

Amazing places

Napier (art Deco point)Danniverk 

NYLD trip

NYLD trip

As a leader I got to go down to Palmerston North to see a concert that had lots of inspirational speakers such as, William Pike, Marcus Winter, Jamie Mcdell, Chris Jupp, Sariyah Paitia And Phoenix. William Pike talked to us about how you should never give up. William lost one of his legs when he was walking up Mt ruapahu and the volcano erupted and his leg got wedged under a pile of snow and it was so bad he had to get it cut off. Marcus winter was another speaker there and he taught us that you can make a really cool picture out of your life. Jamie Mcdell taught us that you don't have to take advise from people you don't know and you can just take advise from people you care about. She also sung two songs for us and they were called crash and life in sunshine. Chris Jupp told us that you can change the world whatever age you are. Chris used to run the forty hour famine for his school.

#Stitched Dot Art

Stitched Dot Art 

Room 13 made some really cool pieces of art and they are called stitched dot art. The first thing we did was colour a piece of cardboard and then wait for it to dry. Then once it is dry you do another colour on top of that. Then while it is wet get something sharp and draw some patterns. Then splat neon paint on top of all of this. Then wait for it to dry and once it is dry you have finished doing the background of your stitched dot art! But you still have to do the stitching. For the stitching you need to get a cut out circle with 16 lines around the outside evenly spaced apart. Then you trace around the circle onto the background ant draw the lines as well. Then get a needle and poke holes in where you put the lines on the outside of the circle. Then choose the pattern you want to do for your art. Once you have done that you need to choose the colours you want to use. Then you stitch the pattern into your background. When you finish doing that then you have FINISHED!!!!!!!! Now you have an amazing piece of art.  

Biking day

With only two of us left in the box

And limited amount of space,

I'm only focusing on controlling my vehicle,

Nervous by the noise,

Almost putting my feet down,

I remember the rules and how much I want to win,

I slowly keep circling my opponent,

Then I look up,

Only to see that my opponent is struggling,

I try to keep balance,

I calm down quickly,

Push,

Brake,

Slows,

Then through a patch of surprise I swerved.

The vehicle

Moves from side to side,

Swerves,

Wobbles,

Wiggles,

Turns,

Worry’s,

Plays it coy

Until every face is open mouthed--

And then

                     And then

                                   And then,

Right before FALL,

I win.

The House Was Unusual Enough

My Poem

The house was usual enough; it had

A river, a WRAF, a swan, a swing

Swinging in the breeze, and even a path

I never went down. My sister, my friend and I

Did what friends do - swam in the freezing cold

River, made huts and sandcastles, ran from the tagger

When we played tag, stomped like trolls holding our

Tablets under our arms when we woke up,

Tilted the kettle to make our milo

Doing nothing important.

My sugar skull art

This is my sugar skull art we did in class.

Optimist Yachting Conversation

Conversation

“Have you ever done this before?” Said Annabel as we arrived at pandora pond.

“Nope I am really nervous.” I said shivering with fear.

“I’m so excited.” Annabel Shouted as the wind howled very loudly.

“Yeah this is going to be fun.” We said at the same time.

“ok so you do the knot and I will put the centre board in.” Annabel said acting as though she was really organized.

“ok.” I answered.  

“I hope we don’t fall out of the yacht.” Annabel said.

“Yeah I don’t want to die.” I said feeling the adrenaline rushing through me as we entered the water.

As we exit the pond Annabel said “I feel sick.”

“That was fun.” I shouted as happy as I could be.

As we go back to school Annabel vomits and after all that she gets to go home early.

The end!!!

quick write-light

It is a dark and cloudy day a stranger walks from behind with his bike and suddenly stops to take a look at the scenery. It seems like it has been raining here and the reflection of the man in the puddles is just a squiggly line when he walks over and away from it. The railings are long and cold dripping with water. The mud on the field is squishy and gooey. Trees are waving side to side with the rhythm of the wind. The only thought that runs through my mind is where will the man go next?

Zoo Argument

Zoo argument

We have been learning about arguments and this is one of them

For Zoos	Against Zoos
Some endangered animals need looking after	Animals should be able to roam free
People can go to the zoo to see animals they might not see every day	Baby animals should learn how to live in the wild so when they get let into the wild they know what to do

I am against zoos.

I am against zoos because animals should be able to roam free and baby animals should learn how to live in the wild so that when they get released they know what to do. Think about it would you really like to be trapped in a cage with no space to walk around or have any fun. If lions are tamed is that really good they would not really be lions because they would not act like one.

scary story

It was the first night of camp I went to brush my teeth and it turned out that I was the only person in the bathroom I started to freak out. Then I realized that I forgot to bring my torch because it was light when I went to the bathroom. I walked slowly out of the bathroom and it was freezing cold outside. When I got back to the cabin no one was there… DUN DUN DUN. I quickly checked all the beds still no sight of anyone. The moment I walked into the other room in the cabin I saw a bump in the blanket I swept up  the blanket and saw Henrietta and Lissie lying in the bed covered in blood then I remembered it was dinner time so I went down to the tent and saw everyone sitting down at the tables eating dinner. I screamed “Lissie and Henni are dead.” suddenly I woke up luckily it was all just a nightmare. But you never know there might be a MONSTER under your bed.

the end!

My First Flip On The Tramp

AHHHHHHH!!! I have no idea why I even thought I could do this I can feel the fresh air pushing against my face. I can see the black base of the

tramp just staring at me. I look as if I am a mad penguin trying to fly. “you can land this Anja you can land this.” I say to myself but I know that it is a lie.

I am coming around…… and I am there yay I just mastered my first flip. (not really I face planted at the end.) I will try again and I will do it right that time. OR ELSE…….