Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands has been a really interesting topic for the term. I learnt lots of things like.... how animals adapt, what sorts of animals live on the islands, how the islands formed and it has helped me understand what evolution is. Another thing I would like to learn about the Galapagos Islands is discovering more animals because all the animals we have learnt about so far have been really interesting so I would like to learn about some more of the species the live on the islands.

Responsibilities!!!!

At the beginning of the year we all wrote letters to different teachers to get different responsibilities like first aid, librarians etc. I became a sport leader, so Imogen, Eva and I got given a day to be on which is Wednesday. Every Wednesday we go to morning tea and lunch early to pull out the P.E cart and take care of the sports equipment. I have enjoyed the responsibility and helping kids at break.

Finacial Stuff

Yesterday a guy named Vane came to our school from ASB to talk to us about being wise with our money. He was really funny and he gave us some good tips on how to earn money and be careful with it. We played some fun activities and and did some exercises but mainly he did alot of talking, which was fine because he had really good humor and made us laugh alot. I think i did learn some things about money and eftpos cards and that there are 2 ATMS in Antartica but only one of them works. It was fun!

Mission Fair!

Last Friday was the Mission Fair, I was in a group with all my friends, (there was like 11 of us). I had so much fun and we raised lots of money. At my stall we had lots of activities and food like Jelly, Donuts, Sherbert, Fudge, Waffles and games like Lolly pong, choc coin throw, Hairspray and face paint. The whole thing went really well but one thing I would change would be nothing! Unfortunatley this was my last year doing the mission fair so I'm glad we raised lots of money and had fun doing it.

ANZAC Day

What have I learned???
I have learnt lots of things about WW1 because to begin with I didn't know  that much any way. I mainly learned about how many people lost their lives in Gallipoli, and about the medals the soldiers could earn like the Victoria Cross.

I attended the light show on ANZAC Day but I didn't go to any of the parades. The light show was really cool and lasted about 15 minutes. I also went to the Pulse game and before it began there was someone who played the trumpet, did a speech and ended in a moment of silence. I think it is good how much people do for the soldiers who fought in the war and it is very important that we commemorate their bravery.
 

CAMP!!!

Last week was one of the greatest experiences of my LIFE! We spent five days up in Tongariro on camp. Although it was a long and hard four hour drive to get up there it was worth it. Some of my favourite activities we did was caving and the flying fox. I enjoyed caving because there were lots of challenges like having to squeeze through tight gaps and not getting to scared of being in such a small area. The flying fox was also AMAZING! It went over a massive river  and trees and had an amazing view. I think it was also really good because there were some people in my group who were scared of heights but everyone encouraged them to do it and when they got back up to the top they said it was the best activity. Something that I found easy was high ropes. I first thought that it was going to be kind of difficult but it turned out to be super easy. My proudest moment was probably when I jumped off the super high bridge into the freezing water, and when I canoed to the camp site in the back of the canoe the whole way there. My favourite moments were in the evenings where we just got to hang around the house and do gymnastics on the lawn. I actually did a lot of gym skills outside that I was proud of.

Group work skills

Over the past 3 weeks we have been doing projects in groups. Mr Cunningham put us into groups of 2 or 3 and gave us a country in the cricket world cup to gather information about and put into a poster and a PowerPoint. I was in a group with James and we were studying West Indies. I think we did really well working together because we had the best PowerPoint presentation in the class and our poster looked really well. I prefer working in a group because people have different things they are good at so the quality of work is higher.