Term 1 Reflections

This term was my first term at intermediate, this was a time to do all the testing that was required, to settle in and get to know everybody.  I think I have settled in pretty well, I have made lots of new friends and learned lots of new things.  This term we had a disco, lots of assemblies, our first camp and I achieved my first shine band for respect.  Our first tech art subject was music.  We learnt how to read notes, play some tunes on the keyboard some notes on the ukulele, play the drums and compose our own song.  We have learned lots in maths, writhing and reading.  I have auditioned for production, but I am not a callback.  Now our tech art subject is art, we have made koru designs out of clay, first we had to think of a design and sketch it out, next we moulded it out of clay, then we sent them of to be fired.  After that we made triangles and blended with pastel, we put a koru design on one of them and put news paper print on the other.  Now we are making koru designs that resemble our family.  This term I have been playing the flute, I really enjoy it and will carry on next term.  I also contribute to the school symphonic band.  This term was really good let's hope next term is just as good.

Wellington

Last week we were in Wellington.  We had a lot of once in a life time experiences, we got to touch some things that were used in real movies at Weta Workshops. We learnt how they designed, molded and painted the props for many movies.  We got to speak to someone that experienced the Holocaust at The Holocaust center. Her name was Vera, she was a child when the Holocaust began.  Her family suddenly started disappearing one day, until she was taken too.  We did a play called Once upon a crime in the ONTV studio at capital E.  We also learnt how to make apps there, one was called Hello Purr.  We went to a water park at Upper Hutt called H2o xtreme, there are water slides and a wave pool.  We went snorkeling at a reserve in Island bay, we had to wear wet suits, hoods and flippers.  At Parliament we met Andrew Little, learned what speakers do and what everybody's jobs are.