Holidays

On the first day of the holidays I went to kyanas for 4 days we made a huge fort in her lounge. That was where we slept. While I was there we went uptown And skating and we played mine-craft. Later that week I went to my cousins, Sharnahs to hangout with her and her baby, Navarah. That night we all went to our nanas house and stayed the night so my nana could look after Navarah while we went to the dentist.

The next week I had swimming training on Tuesday and Thursday for a competition I had coming up in the weekend. On the Friday of that week I went with Sharnah, my nana, my sister and Navarah to Paraparaumu pools. It was Navarahs first time! It was so much fun.

The next day, I had to wake up early so me and my mum could go to my competition. When we got there I had to warm up for my heats. My first heat was 50m fly which I came 1st in and  my next one was 50m fr which I came 1st in. The next day I had 50m back which I came 2nd in and then I had 100m fr which I came second in.


I had a great break spending time with my friends and family!

Matariki

I Knew that Matariki was the beginning of the Maori new year. Matariki is a cluster of 9 bright shining stars, named Waiti, Waita, waipuna-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, ururangi, Pahutakawa and Hiwaiterangi.


Matariki rises in the north east. It appears in the sky from june 25th - june 28th. It isn't the same date every year it changes. If you look up in the sky with a telescope you can see hundreds of stars but if you look up with the naked eye you can only see a bright shining cluster of about 7-9 stars.


Matariki is a special time to remember those who have passed on.In the olden days, when our tupuna looked up in the sky and saw that Matariki wasn't there they started harvesting and preserving food and crops for the winter and their whanau.

I think Matariki is very special cause it reminds me of my ancestors. Everybodys gets together and sing songs.

Flying our Rockets

On May 30th, me and my class flew our bottle rockets. Which was just a bottle no fins no nose cone just the bottle itself. This was just to test out how far it went and what modifications we could do!

We used 55 psi and 200ml of water.  The weather was good but its just the wind. The wind was going south. So our rocket turned and it slowed down. I think the weight of the water probably weighed the rocket down causing it to not go far. Our rocket went very high but I think it could go higher and further. Next time we do it I think we have to put less water!

Teachers striking day!

Why did I have a day off on strike day? The reasoning the teachers went on strike is because the teachers all over NZ were getting to much work to do! And they had to work after hours like at home or in the weekend. 

For the hours that they worked they did not get payed extra for working at home. They went striking to get us a better education. So they could have less workloads and they can focus more on things in class and let us learn more!

Definitely agree on the reason why they went on strike. I also think that it is good for them to go on strike not only cause we get a day off but because they are trying to get less work, so they can actually have time in the classroom to help all the students who need help.

Revolution tour

I wasn't at the show yesterday but I heard things about it! They did a lot of things like singing, dancing ,jokes and reading stories.

The main person was named Ben, I heard he was really funny.  He told lots of jokes and  stories. his quote was "we make a living by what we get! we make a life by what we give" ( Winston.S. Churchill). I think it means like do what you want to be done to you. For example if your nice to people they might do it back but don't expect anything in return.

My school holiday

These holidays I had a lot of fun with my friends and cousin. The first week of holidays I went to the pools with some of my friends and cousin the whole week. We also put up a tent and stayed in it over night (it was freezing!!!).

For Easter I went to crystals bend for a walk with my aunty and uncle and my cousins. Me, my uncle and cousin jumped into the freezing cold water!!! but after I got five buks so it was algoods. Then we got home and  had a Easter egg hunt with my cousins, Wikitoria and Raukawa. We took like half an hour to find them.

 On the first weekend of holidays my mum took me, my sisters and Kyana Masterton for the day.We went shopping and had lunch. After that we went to this hot air balloon show at  night. My cousins met  up with us there.

On the second week of holidays I hung out with Kyana and stayed at her house and she stayed at my house.So we just rotated houses basically! Then on Friday I went up to see my baby cousin, Navarah and my nan and other cousins.

I had a great holiday with my friends and family!!

Science Fair Roadshow

Last week the science roadshow came to Otaki College. They talked about a lot of different things about science. And things to do with gravity.

There was a lot of experiments that they brought. My favourite one was the bed of nails. Basically there was a whole bunch of nails in a wooden board. You could lay down on it and it wouldn't  hurt. I didn't try it but my friends did!

There was another one I liked which was a thing that you could whisper in and the other one on the other side could hear everything you said even though they were far away from each other. They looked like big blue satellites. It was really cool I liked looking at all the experiments.