swimming lessons

Last week we were doing swimming lessons at the start we did a swimming test to see what group we were in I got in the 3 best group but I was OK with it because I was with my friends. I already new that at the last free days it would be fun but It was 7 days till we got to do it. We got buddies my baddie was Josh he was a year 1 on on the last Thursday I got anther baddie named Harry and then the day after I got anther baddie named Ethan. I learned some stuff and I improved in my breath stroke. It was really Fun can not wait to do it next year.

biography

This is my biography hope you enjoy 

biography

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary was born on 20 July 1919 in Auckland around one year after ww1 stopped, also known as arm asset day. He had a brother a sister and a mum and a dad. He went to the University of Auckland and spent two years there. He also went to Auckland grammar school and Tuakau Primary School. After that he got a Job as a beekeeper for 7 years. Sir Edmund hillary married Mary Rose in 1953. Mary rose died in 1975 in a plane crash while landing in the Himalayas.  He then went on to marry June Mulgrew in 1989.

In 1939 he climbed his first mountain Mt Olivier. Then in 1947 he climbed Mt Cook the highest mountain in nz. And then he climbed Mt Everest the highest mountain in the world on the 29 of May 1953. In 1961 sir edmund hillary attempted to climb Mt Makalu without oxygen. In 1953 he took an expedition to the south pole. They were the first to do so overland since Scott in 1912, and the first to reach it in motor vehicles. In Between the 1950 and 1960 he climbed more than ten mountains in the himalayas he went to Switzerland to climb in the alps. He also went to the north pole with neil armstrong in 1958.

In 1954 his son was born and in 1955 his daughter was born and last but not least his 2nd daughter was born in 1959. Their names were Sarah Hillary, Peter Hillary and Belinda Hillary. In 1990 Sir Edmund Hillary's son climbed Mt Everest. Sadly, Sir Edmund Hillary's second daughter Belinda Hillary died age 26 on 31 May 1975 in a plane crash.


 In 1953 he was knighted by the queen so he became Sir Edmund Hillary.  In 2007 he flew to Antarctica and in 2008 he tragically died aged 88. And he is now on the 5 dollar note (unless your not nz). Fun fact my great great aunty Mary O’connell was the first New zealander to met Sir Edmund Hillary at base camp after he climbed Mt Everest when she was working as a nurse in Nepal and my grandad has a photo of Mary with Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir John hunt in 1953.

2019

Hello and welcome back to my blog today I want to talk about 2019. So it is 2019 now and I am a year 7 a lot of stuff has changed like school has gotten way harder but i'm getting used to it now. We have this new google sheet called task completion and we got year 8 buddies to sign of stuff that we competed. And now on wet days the teacher picks some people to be wet day monitor so they go to a diffract hub and help out I have not been yet tho but I am quiet existed. its actually raining while I writing this so I could be one today!

PBL

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
T for Technology
E for Engineering
A for the Arts
and M for Maths
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because we had more experience.
In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

My team made this… an undertale eye spy.

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was… we did well with making the eye spy. Because it had undertale in it and we love undertale
Next time I would… put up more posters earlier. Because we didn't get as much customers.

little red riding hood

this is the story of little red riding hood!!!
this is revolting rhymes what is different you ask well at the end little red has a pistil!

PBL

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;

What is the significance in the 21st Century of our Cultural stories?

First we brainstormed what culture is and came up with lots of ideas. Culture is different backgrounds

Then we thought about our own culture and talked to our parents about our traditions and heritage.
I wrote a post about my family and things we like to do.

In Literacy we read and discussed myths and legends from around the world then we
concentrated on Maori legends. I read robin hood  I have written my own legend called the face of death.

We made a performance about the story Battle of the Mountains. Some students wrote
the script, some students took on the job of making all the artwork, some worked hard on
organising the music and others took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance and drama.

Photo:

Reflection: I really liked it next time I think I will do better.

For our production I contributed by being a dancing bush and painting the set

I think the show might impact on others by how much effort we put in the dancing

What I learned about working with others was to help others and contribute to stuff

battle of the mountains poster for play

this is battle of the mountains poster that I made
I did it because we want more people to come and see are play.
do you like it?