Katie's 100WC

Here is our weekly writing competition - the 100WC! I need to work on my puncutation and my paragraphing so I look forard to  improving these each week. Enjoy!

There is was an infinaty of white marbel stairs, so I thought. I started walking I looked up just to see a spec of white. I kept walking until I came to a feild of clouds. 

A feild of clouds that I thought I would fall through, I stepped on the feild just to find that I fell through like I thought. But I fell to the middle of stairway to the Sky but how?

I kept walkng for about forever, I had finally reached to top! I was so excited! I was over the moon... Litteraly and it was amazing I could see everything from here!

True or false?

The Horror Maze, Dun Dun Duuuunnnnnn!!!

Last Friday (29th of April) Emily and I went to the horror maze, it was pitch black when Lu drove us to the horror maze. Emily and I walked up to the entrance which was a little ticket booth with a creepy sign saying Entrance in neon lights with light and the ticket man was a clown and he popped up and we gave him our tickets.

We went in and started walking like really old Grandma’s (because we were scared). There were lots of bushes filled with horror maze actors. All of a sudden an actor grabbed onto Emily’s leg, and away Emily's arm went, strait into the actors nose even though it says no abuse to  the actors.

We kept walking then some actor popped out of the bushes with a chainsaw came out and chased us! Then we kept walking like we were really old Grandma’s again, then Emily and I saw a little girl in the middle of the pathway she was wearing a white dress and crying blood. We tried to help her as she creepily turned around, we slowly walked towards her then bent down then she grabbed our arms and tried to throw us to the ground, but landed on a mat. 

When we turned around to see if she was there she was gone, disappeared, vanished, not there! We were scared like really scared. We carried on walking then a clown was following us just following us he grabbed onto our arms and whispered something. 

Who knows what he said though he sounded like he was creepy kooky. We heard a woman’s voice saying

“Follow the lighted pathway”

So we followed it and we were finally finished. All we wanted to do is go home and watch my little pony!

That’s my true or false story!

Top 10 ways to look after your Chromebook!

In Rimu class our technology teacher Mark has put us up to making an iMovie about top 10 ways to look after your Chromebook. We have been learning about how to look after our Chromebooks.

Here is a short film for how to look after your Chromebook.

Katie surfing!

About 2 weeks ago the Year 7/8's went surfing for our William Pike Challenge award. It was kinda easy I think but it took a little while to catch a wave and the you only had a few seconds to get up, I enjoyes it and it was fun. There were lots of crabs in the sand but some of them were just shells. I liked my two Instructors, Tully and Donna. They were really nice and funny (and secretly my favourite instructors). I enjoyed surfing and wearing the wetsuits i think. Here is my surfing senses poem :)

I feel the waves coming up to the shore and the sand under my feet, and the water going up my nose when I fall off my board.

I taste the salty water in my mouth when I get pushed over by a big wave.

I see the waves crashing and then coming up to shore with the foamy stuff.

I touch the cold salty water.

I hear the waves crashing, dogs barking and people on the beach laughing.

William Pike Challenge

William Pike Challenge

On the 28th February Rimu Year ⅞’s had meet the teacher night, the students spent all day preparing food and cooking. Then we came back at about 5:30 then while the parents looked at our blogs and talked about our new classroom while Rimu set all the food out and heated what we needed to heat up. ` William Pike came to talk about how he lost his leg and the ‘William Pike Challenge’. The Year ⅞’s and their parents sat in the Wharehui while he presented his presentation.

William Pike presented his 40 minute presentation and talked about how he lost his leg and got trapped in Mt Ruapehu hut and had hyperthermia! He went up there with his friend James, after climbing the mountain for a few hours William let James lead the way for a few hours but when they got to the top they couldn’t find the hut! William thought That James had led them to some random place but luckily they found it, it was just covered in a huge pile of snow. So they had to dig the snow out of the doorway. That night a huge storm happened the door of the hut flew open and came off its hinges, then William woke up and jumped behind the door trying to see what has had happened but it was pitch black outside. And that's when all the snow and mud came into the hut and William was trapped under snow and mud. And that's when James woke up and tried to dig his way through the snow to get Williams leg free but, it was no use. Then James went to the cabin on the other side of where they were sleeping to get some warm clothes but it was so muddy and snowy he couldn't find anything but luckily he found his boots! And he walked down the mountain and after a 40 minute walk he found someone in a big truck thing and the lights lit him up like a flashlight. James explained that his friend is trapped up a 40 minute walk so he lead him to where the hut is and they got helicopters and ambulances to help Willam and take him to hospital. It was an exciting story to listen to.

For the William Pike Challenge we will be doing Outdoor activities, community service, a sport or a hobby, interacting with positive role models. Maintain active and healthy lifestyle, have courage, teamwork, resilience, compassion, pride, enthusiasm and confidence. Take every opportunity you have to step up and be a leader. And so the ‘William Pike Challenge’ Begins!

Wonder - First Person Point Of View

Wonder - First person point of view

Last week Rimu class have been writing a short essay about first person point of view.

I think R.J Palacio uses 1st person when she tells ‘Wonder’. There are three examples as to why I think this.

The story is written in first person because at the start of the book she used,

“I know I’m not an ordinary ten-year-old kid.”

Next, August is describing himself when he is introducing himself to the reader, for example,

“If I found a magic lamp and I could have one wish, I would wish that I had a normal face that no one ever noticed at all.”

Then, Palacio continues to use the first person point of view to tell the story by using the words ‘Me’ and ‘I’ for example,

“I like it when mum tells the story, it makes me laugh so much.”

Therefore you can clearly see why I think wonder is written in first person.

In the first two weeks of school, Rimu class has been learning and creating a visual mihi and learn how to say our mihi in Māori. This is our introduction to our class and community. Each visual mihi has 3 parts to it.

1. A self portrait or a photo
2. Places of significance to us
3. Symbols or pictures the represent our culture

The mihi was fun and difficult to make.