Action World.

On Friday the 6th of December we (the year 7 kids) went to action world (action world is in Henderson). But we had to meet in the street for the roll, I came late because I was looking for everyone but they were gone! Until I saw someone go into room 20 I went in there. When I went inside everyone was inside staring at me. My heart was pumping really hard when I entered. But everything went well after that moment.

Finally we were allowed to go outside and wait for the bus, I think the bus took half an hour to arrive. I was so glad when it arrived. We entered the bus and I sat with Dhara at the back, And Javana and Yixin were behind us. It was really noisy at the back because of the boys were listening music on their speaker. The bus trip took a really long time to get their.

We’re here! Finally! I was soo happy to see action world, it was filled with blow up platforms and some trampolines. When the workers introduced them to us we were split into groups of our class, for example people in room 22 has to be in 1 group.

Our first activity we did was the crazy ladder. I thought it would be easy to go up that ladder but it was very tricky because every time you pass the 6th step it wiggles and flips, which causes you to fall. Our second activity was the jump n slide, this was my favourite activity. I only went on the jumping part but not the slide because I was too scared!  Our third activity was the free climb, Okay this one was my least favourite one because I couldn't even make the first rock! And now the last activity we did was the jungle swings! I was too scared to go on because I thought it was really high, but it wasn't…

After we went on those activities we get to have free time. Most of the time I was recording people, but I had 1 turn on the jump n slide. When I was on the jumping part I was scared because It was very high, but then I decided to jump. When I landed I was stuck in the air pillow.

When we heard the horn we went to the benches and sat down to put on our shoes, miss samuels gave us 1 gummy worm. We went to the bus to go back to school, It took longer than the first trip! But we saw two puppies playing in long grass near the road. Most of the people were sleeping. FInally we were at school eating and playing at lunch time.

My swimming reflection.

During our swimming lessons I learnt how to swim on my back straight

I think I improved back stroke

In the future I need to work on my diving.

School life in Malawi by sapphire and mya

Intro: This week we are comparing our lives with a girl named Omar. She is a primary student who lives in Malawi. We recently watched her video about her life., and her school life at Mwaya.

I think we have differnt school lives, because she wakes up at 6:00 to walk to school. We wake up at 7:00 am and some people go to school at 8:00 or 8:30. She walks 6 kilometers to school on the rocky dusty ground with no shoes., we drive to school.

At her school students are 12-16 years old , everyone has an exam at the end of the year. If they fail they stay at the school until they pass it , If they pass it they move to secondary school. They have 2 breaks at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes.

Some girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm from their mothers, that means they don't have time to study for exams. Its not just the girls its most of the children. They fail because they help their families

Omar's life at home is really frustrating because her mother and father died when she was young.She and her brother and sisters has to sleep on the floor while the grampa sleeps on the only bed because he sick.Omar has to do chores she walks to the well and collects water for her family that is used for bathing,cooking and cleaning

Some students go to the school at night time to study for the exam. When its 9:00 they stop studying and sleep at the school. 

Similarities:

We have comfortable shoes unlike Omar she has bare feet and has to walk on a rocky dusty road . She has to clean her school every time she gets there.

we have the contrast things as Omar here in NZ that we both clean and do chores. But her chores are more difficult than ours. some students study at school unlike people in NZ they can just study at home because they have time.

Similarly to Omar we both sing our own national anthem and we study. We also have chores to do everyday. We also do exams when were in college.

I heard a whisper

“Okay the party is ready, but we need some music” sapphire says to herself, while she was thinking her lights turned off. There was a soft whisper in the kitchen. “you are going to die” “Whos there!” shouted sapphire. Step by step she walked to the kitchen then grabbed her kitchen knife and waved it in the air. Suddenly the power turned on and everything went back to normal.

Two days later.

She was all rolled up in bed, too scared to go anywhere. But she was thinking “Was that all in my head?” “yeah it must of been fake!” she says. Sapphire gets out of bed and does her usual morning routine, she walked slowly to the kitchen. A shiver went down her spine. “Its all in my head” sapphire says while shutting her eyes. She takes a peak. “phew nothings there” she says happily.

Sapphire comes home from work and jumps on her couch. She closed her eyes for a bit then her t.v started turning on and off, she was freaking out. She ran to the door but the door wouldn't open. ”You are going to die” whispers the ghost. “AAAHHHHH” Sapphire screams with horror. Everything started flying in the air, all of her water taps turned on and her lights were going crazy yet no-one heard her scream.

One hour later…

She was lieing of the floor crying with fright. “will it come true?” sapphire says softly. Later on the police came and investigated. “Miss are you alright” a police man says “does it look like i'm all right?!” answers sapphire with rage. “where were you an hour ago!?!!?” Sapphire shouts “We were investigating some donuts at dunkin donuts” the policeman said. After all her anger she calmed down and sipped some water” And she suddenly forgot everything!

One day later sapphire was having a great time after what happen and everything went back to normal… FOR NOW :]

My first day at point england school.

My first day at point england school was a disaster! I was expecting it to go well then… Well I suppose you have to keep on reading to find out what happened..

So on a Thursday I was getting ready to go to school, I was really excited because I thought it would be just like kindergarten. I was walking with my mum to room 4 I saw kids writing in their books, suddenly my mum looked at her watch. OOPS! Looks like I was late! I was sent to a table with my friends from kindergarten and I was talking for the whole time for writing.

So you might be wondering “since when was talking was a disaster?!” Well you have to wait to find out what the disaster is! Ok so i was talking and talking and then things were getting over hand. I was running around the classroom and I was screaming and shouting. Then other kids started running, and then suddenly… I got sent to Mrs jarman's  office. Luckily I didn't know where her office was so i was sent back to room 4, that was the most awkward 2 hours of my life… :)

Lorde

Lorde aka Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Connor is new zealand singer and songwriter. Her song royals was the number 1 hit on the top charts of USA,she even passed Miley Cyrus wrecking ball and Katy Perrys Roar! Oh and did I mention shes 17? Well she just turned 17 last week, her first album was when she was 16. So she went a long way in 1 year! My favourite song is “The love club” From her album The love club.

She has her own unique style, she has a wicked personality and she has amazing hair. I should get some tips! She is my most favorite kiwi singer and i would love to go to a concert of hers. :]

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