2020 Tokyo Olympics fan zone

 Kia ora bloggers,

Today, the seniors went to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics fan zone. We left at 9:00 on the bus.

On the way me and my friend were telling jokes to each other, we were very excited. We were talking about how it might be like. My class and half of room 9 were on one bus, the rest of room 9 and the whole of room 8 were on another. We were the 2 groups.

After about 10 minutes, we arrived. The fan zone looked pretty large. We walked into the very big room and sat on this fake grass in front of a stage. On the stage were 2 adult. One of them was Debbie Tanner, she was in the Olympics. She told all of us she had won 20 golden medals. It was very impressive.

Some kids from a different school were there too. We asked question and Debbie answered them. They were very good ones.

After a while, we went to different sides of the large rooms. Haypark went to the fun zone, there wee different kind of games that were in the Olympics. I tried some with my friends, my favourite was probably the kicking game. Someone had to stand in the position and there was a T.V in front of them. They had to kick and the character on the T.V would kick as well. You got 100 points each time you knocked a guy down.

20 minutes after, we swapped around with the other school. We split into groups and played a few games. My favourite was definitely the jumping one. We had to jump and the further we jumped the more points we got. My team got the most at 188.

We kept swapping around till each team did each game. After that we had a photo in front of Eke Tahi, the huge skateboard. After getting some water, Haypark sat down in in front of this very big T.V. A bunch of adults were up on some bleacher looking seats. We were watching the Olympics live.

After another 20 minutes, we had to get up and leave. On the bus, I sat next to my friend.

It was very fun and I hope I go back.

Term 2 Holidays

Heya bloggers,

On the first week of the holiday’s, from Wednesday to Friday, I went to my Auntie’s house. I went there because my brothers stayed over and it was my turn.

My Mum dropped me off. 

When I got there, I put my bag next to the couch. 

My Aunt and I watched youtube for a while. We watched Azzyland. After a while, we had dinner. For dinner we had large fish bites with chips, it was delicious. 

After we finished dinner my Aunt and I watched an anime called Parasyte, we ended up finishing it from episode 13-23. 

Between episodes, my Aunt would make a joke about something, she made me laugh heaps.

It was about 11:00 P.M when we went to sleep. I fell asleep on the couch, so I slept there, my Aunt went to her bedroom. It was really fun and I really enjoyed it.

My Favourite part was when we joked around about things.

Bike training

 Hey bloggers,

This week on Wednesday and Thursday we had bike training. Since I didn't know how to ride a bike I was in the learners part. I have to admit, I was a bit nervous about it, but the coach, coach Jason was really nice. The other coach Lonnie was also very nice. She went with the other kids to play a game.

After we received our bikes, the learners went to the end of one court and the others went to another court to play a game. At first I thought it would be really hard, but it was actually pretty easy. 

We started off with gliding and pushing ourselves, we had to try and stay up. After a while I got the hang of it and started to try and pedal. It was really easy and fun. I started pedalling more and I got better. 

After half an hour I started fully riding the bike. It was great. I rode around the whole court pretty fast. I was going through people and going in circles. 

Coach Jason said that the people who started to petal could go on the grass. Me and my friend Neha went on. It was a bit more hard than the concrete so we went back to it. 

It was nice riding the bike because it was a hot day and when I rode it, it felt cool. After about and hour and a half we stopped. On Thursday we had a different coach. I dont really remember his name but he was a really good teacher. Since there wasn't enough bikes, some kids shared one. I shared with Neha.

The coach gave us challenges like touching our helmet, giving him a high five, standing up etc. I stood up for about 3 seconds. It was kinda hard trying to steer the wheel when I was standing. I accidentally rode the bike off the concrete and onto the grass. It was really fun riding the bike.

Kainga Ora- Subway

 Hiya bloggers,

Today my class was super lucky to receive Subway from Kainga Ora. It was absolutely delicious. I had lettuce, tomato, mayo and chicken. We also received a mini pump water bottle and a chocolate chip cookie.

We won subway due to a servery we took about our neighbourhood. Kainga Ora was really satisfied with our answers. Some of the people that work with Kainga Ora visited our class, we talked about what we would like to see in our neighbourhood. Karla, the girl who came in first, asked us about our neighbourhood. 

We took some photos with them as well. It was really fun. The Subway was really yum. The cookie was really soft and yum.  

Here are some photos that were taken by my teacher. The Subway was really fun and one of the best lunches ever. 

Last rocket launch

 Hey bloggers,

Today was sadly the seniors last wonder project session. It was the best session ever.

Today we had an early morning tea, due to the wonder project starting early. All the seniors gathered in room 8 with the teachers and Colm. We stayed in their for about 5 minutes and talked about who knew the rules and who like the wonder project. 

After we all lined up and went out to Keith Hay Park. For this session we were going to sea whos rockets went the furthest. Flags of different colours were taken to mark the spot a rocket landed. Each class would set off at the same time after a 5 second count down. 

Later, after setting up, the first group's from each class went up. They put in the water and the psi. Everyone counted down from 5 and the groups launched their rockets. They all went pretty fast but the group from my class went the furthest. Each group went up and launched their rockets. They all were great and went pretty far. A coloured flag was placed down to mark the spots. It was very interesting to watch all the rockets fly off high and far. My group did pretty well in the end.

When all the groups had gone, my teacher got a very long measuring tape to see how far each rocket landed. The group with the red flag was the furthest with 37.6 meters. 

I was a bit sad that it was our last session, but I sure am happy it happend.

My boat animation

 Hi Bloggers,

Today my class and I made animations. We made an animation about some sort of transport. I made a boat animation. Here it is so far, im not finished yet. I would love some feedback on how I could make it better.  Hope its not bad :)

The Wonder Project-second test flight

 Kia ora Bloggers,

On Tuesday, 6th of June, the seniors did the second. For the second test flight, we got to shoot the rockets. 

Since we were doing The Wonder Project, we had to be in an open space, so we went out to Keith Hay Park to do our test launches. Each class did their own, so all the seniors weren't together.

Most of the people in my class waited on the concrete while a group from did their test flight. It was very cool watching the rocket shoot off. My teacher would tell us the amount of water and PSI that was put into the bottle before it shot off. The people in my class that were sitting down stared in awe. They would cheer for the group that was shooting the rocket. 

Some groups rockets would go more high than other and some would go more far than others. Groups had to write down the amount of water and PSI that was put into the rocket. Everyone would write it down to see what amount would work the best. 

When it was my group's turn, we put on the vests. The people in my group were Mehdi, Loiloi, Mayank and Amelia. Unfortunately Amelia wasn't at school that day. We each wore a vest, depending on what our job was for the project. I was engineer 1 so I wore a yellow vest. Mehdi was engineer 2 so he wore a blue vest. We both had to water safety glasses.

We did 2 test flights that were successful. The water level for the first one was 350 and the PSI was 30. For the second one we did 350 again and 40 PSI. I think the second was the best out of the 2 because it shot more high and more far. We did a count down from 3 then pressed the handle. It was very cool.

Here are some photos taken during The Wonder Project. 

Hope you like it and have an awesome day.