Tips For Effortless Sport!

Kia Ora Bloggers!

Over the last couple of weeks on Thursday afternoons, me and my hub have been doing sport rotations. These sport rotations consider: Korfball, Lawn Bowls, Cricket and Softball. Here is a quick description of each of those sports.

• Korfball: Korfball is a sport just like Netball and Basketball. You team starts off with the ball and you can do multiple things with the ball. (E.G. Throw, Run, Walk etc..) After a while, the coach changes up the rules and makes it a whole lot more challenging. 
• Lawn Bowls: Lawn Bowls is a sport where you use a ball and roll it down the track to get points. The Lawn Bowls that we are doing isn't like the real one. We did it on concrete. We rolled it into the middle and tried to get our team points, then we went into groups of 3 and went around rotations where we could get points. Finally, we got into another lot of teams (that was different) and had a competition where we had to roll the balls first into the hoops and then be the first team to get that done.
• Cricket: Cricket is like the normal Cricket. We get into teams (Fielding Team and Batting Team) and play agasint each other to win the round.
• Softball: I haven't done Softball yet but will update this blog post when I have! :)

Have you ever played one of these sports before? 

(Photos coming soon!) 

Under The Sea....

Szia Bloggers!
Welcome Back!

We are right now in Week 5 of Term 4 for 2019. (4 weeks to go! :)) Anyway, we have again started workshops and today I will be sharing with you my Create Task from Reading.
So, we got to read a story called "Under The Sea." This is a story about divers putting a camera 23 meters from sea level and capturing features and moments of the animals swimming by. 
Our Create task was to answer the 4 questions given on a document. 
So... down below is my Reading Create Task based on the story "Under The Sea" 

Have you ever read the story "Under The Sea" before? 

What Do You Really Know?

Ciao Bloggers!!

Around 2 weeks ago, we had two people called Emma and Rory come to talk to us (The Year 7&8's) about Puberty and Relationships. (From Attitude)
On the first day we had Rory and he covered the basics of Puberty. Then on the second day, Emma came as well as Rory and we broke off into genders (Girls with Emma, Boys with Rory) to talk about puberty and relationships.

Two important things that I thought were really inportant that Emma spoke about was:

1. Don't be rushed into things that you don't want to be in straight away.
2. Don't be afraid to talk about things like Puberty and Relationships with your parents. 

Have you ever talked about Puberty and\or Relationships before?

Did you think it was a little bit awkard like me? 

Clever Tools To Simplify Your Holidays!

Bonjour Bloggers,

A few weeks ago was the School Hoildays. My whole school got two weeks off which was pretty cool. I didn't do a lot of things but I did have a lot of fun. This is what I did:

Monday: Grocery Shopping
Tuesday: Stay at home day
Wednesday: Morning Tea at the Mall & Bingo with my Mum
Thursday: Walk up the Hill.
Friday: Catch up with my Family for my Aunties Birthday.
Saturday: Chilling
Sunday: Chilling
Monday: Grocery Shopping
Tuesday: Walk around Town
Wednesday: Stay at Home day & Bingo with my Mum.
Thursday: Catch up with Friends
Friday: Catch up with Friends.
Saturday: Chilling
Sunday: Chilling

Bye for now!!

Question: What did you get up to in your Holidays? 

Heart Warming Stories of Camp!

Talofa Bloggers!

In Week 3 of Term 4 2019, the year 7&8 hub went on camp to Wainui. We went on Tuesday 29th October and came back on Friday 1st November 2019. The day all started when we went on the 2 hour bus ride to Wainui which for me took ages! Anyway, when we arrived, we went on this 2 hour hike to our campground. We went up hills, down hills, through forests, through mud, on roads and more. When we finally arrived at the campground, the fun began. We gathered our bags from the bus, went to our cabins and started unpacking. I was in Cabin number 3 with Beccy, Roza, Joanna, Neila, Maia, Harriet and Ella. 

Later on we started our first activity for the afternoon. Before we went on Camp, we were put into activity groups which we would do all the activites with. In my activity group was: Myself, Beccy, Harriet, Olivia, Isabella, Dylan, Sam, Finn, Andres and Leo. This was a great activity group! Anyway, the activites that each group would have a go at were:

• Coasteering
• Kayaking-Singles and Doubles
• School Led Orinteering
• School Led Activity
• High Ropes
• Raft Building
• Outdoor Living
• Search and Rescue
• Archery

Down below is the timetable of what activties my group did on which day: (In Order)

Tuesday: Coasteering

Wednesday: High Ropes, Archery, Kayaking 

Thursday: Outdoor Living, School Led Orinteering, School Led Activity

Friday: Search and Rescue, Raft Building 

On Thursday Night, we had some down time to write a reflection on Camp that was based on 4  Questions. Those 4 Questions were:

• Favourite\Enjoyable Part?
• Grateful For?
• Challenging Moments?
• Learnt?

Down below is my reflection on those 4 Questions above: 

1. Favourite\Enjoyable Moment?

My Favourite\Enjoyable Moment on Camp was getting to have a go at new and exciting activities as well as having a great time in my bunk room\cabin with my friends. 

2. Grateful For?

I am Grateful for being able to go on this amazing trip, having an amazing time, getting to have a go at new activites, exploring new things and more.

3. Challenging Moments?

For me their were quite a few challegning moments but I managed to get through them all. Some of them were: Being afraid of heights when on the High Ropes, Missing my Family, Getting restriced on some activites and more. 

4. Learnt?

I learnt that being away from home is a big challenge, how to belay on the High Ropes, How to shoot in Archery, Learning about the different trees, bushes, plants etc.. on Outdoor Living and lots more. 

Have you ever been on Camp before? If so, where have you been? 

(Photos of us at Camp Coming Soon!)

Map of Wainui!

How To Quickly Make Cupcakes!!

Ola Bloggers!

Over the last few days, me and my hub have been writing Recipes based on different Countries. On the first day of term 4, we got given the chance to pick a Country out of a hat. Then, we had to make a dish from that Country and bring it to our shared lunch which is happening tomorrow. (Friday 25th October 2019) The Country that I picked out of the hat was: Mexico! I did quite a bit of research on this country and in the end, found a Recipe on how to make "Churro Cupcakes!"
Down below is my Recipe on how to make "Churro Cupcakes!" 
Enjoy!!

  Churro Cupcakes:

Ingredients: 

(For the Base)

2 1\2 Cups. All Purpose Flour

1 Tsp. Baking Powder

1\2 Tsp. Baking Soda

1\2 Tsp. Salt

3 Large Eggs

2 Cups. Granulated Sugar

1 Cup. Canola Oil

2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

(For the Icing)

2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

100g Butter

6 Cups. Powdered Sugar

2 Tsp. Cinnamon

250g. Cream Cheese

Equipment:

Medium Bowl

3 Large Bowls

3 Wooden Spoons

Regular Size Muffin Tins (Add up to 24) 

Piping Bag

Electric Mixer 

Instructions:

Step 1: Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large mixing bowl, then set
aside. 

Step 2: In a large bowl, beat the egg and sugar until thickened. 

Step 3: Next add the oil and vanilla extract to the egg and sugar mixture. 

Step 4: Then mix until blended.

Step 5: Add the flour mixture, then mix the batter until smooth.

Step 6: Pour into regular size muffin Tins (That add up to 24). 

Step 7: Bake for around 18-23 mins and on the heat of 350 Fahrenheit. 

Step 8: Cool Completely. 

Step 9: Prepare frosting by combining butter, cream cheese and vanilla extract in a large
bowl.
Beat on low speed for around 1 min. 

Step 10: Add the powdered sugar and cinnamon. 

Step 11: Mix with the electric mixer until smooth, then beat on medium speed for around
1-2 mins or until mixture is light. 

Step 12: Grab a spoon and spoon the mixture into a piping bag.

Step 13: Then frost cupcakes as desired.

Step 14: Once done, sprinkle with cinnamon and\or sugar and then enjoy!

Little Known Ways To Connect!

Aloha everyone!

In the first week back of Term 4, we got straight into our Workshops. (Reading, Writing and Maths etc..) For my Reading Workshop, our task was to read a story that was given and pick out the Similarities and Differences we had within the book.
Down below is my Reading Create Task.

Have you ever done something like this before?