Community service

Larest  Saturday I did 6 hours of community service for Rangiora pony club. I had to oil the jumps, pouting up the show jumps, filling in rabbit holes,and help a old lady. when we had finished we ate pizza and fizzy if was Delicious. My mum came to get me and I want home.

Rakahuri Rage

On Sunday  March 12th  rakahuri Rage  began. It was at The rangiora racetrack and a part of the Ashley River tracks. It was a very  hot and sunny day and i was already sweating and i hadn't even started . My team consisted of Lachlan, Jack and  I. When the race started everyone was doing a countdown, THREE…. TWO….  ONE ! and they were off!

Jack was off first then Lachlan second then me third. Jack had to do an extra two km at the start for an unknown reason, he was back in 25 minutes or so. Then lachlan went. Jack  was telling me about this exhilarating feeling of getting so much air over this jump and he made me want to do it so bad i couldn't wait much longer. Finally Lachlan got back. Then he touched my hand I took off. I was focused on doing that jump.

I flew  across the paddock  which was heading to the trees. I was going so fast that I didn't see the dip in the track, my front wheel went straight into it and the seat went straight into my crutch. Ouch! I scurried on, the pain shot through my body. Then I saw  it, the jump! I slowly picked up more and more speed and I launch myself over the jump

And when I hit the jump it felt like I was in slow motion. While I was flying through the air the bars started to twist and disaster struck as I nose dived into the hard rocky ground. Down came the bike, landing on  my body, crushing by face while I was skidding across the ground. I got back up in pain. It felt like someone had just hit me in the face with a baseball bat. I picked up my bike in disbelief and slowly start pedalling and got back to tag Jack.

I dropped my bike and hit the bean bag by the tent.  I felt that I did a big fail. We came 2nd out of the north  Canterbury kids section.

Jam Tins

This term as part of our New Zealanders at war topic Hugh and I have researched Jam Tin Bombs. We were interested in this because we wanted to know how they developed them. We liked that they made the most of what they had around them, very clever. Kiwi Ingenuity!

Capacity Explain everything

Over the past couple of weeks we have been focussing on measurement. The teachers gave us either Capacity, length or Mass. I was given Capacity and also given a class mate to work with. Look below and you will see what my buddy and I have created. It's just a little clip, Hope you enjoy.

 

Horrible Histories - Savage Stone Age

I found out yesterday how Stone Age people cook wild beast  win the animal they put it on a fire and all the hairs. They pulled it off the fire and gutted it .The meat was still often raw. This was in the chapter about Foul Food.

MY hexagon

THIS is my hexagon, Team east  is studying the treaty of waitangi i did whaling.

hawdon hut

On the 11 Feb all the year 8's met at school early to load our gear into the vans. We meet William Pike which was cool and got on our way to go to the Hawdon hut.

The trip there dragged on a bit but we made it fun by talking about if it was going to be hard or easy.
When we got there army guys were training in the field near the car park. They were doing push ups, burpees and running.

We had a quick bite to eat for morning tea and then divided up the food evenly among everyone for the tramp, then we walked through the trees to the start of the tramp.
To start with we crossed a river, we had to link arms as we walked through the water to help support each other so we didn't fall over. If someone stumbled the person next to us could help us up.

We walked for around 15 minutes until we came to a fence. Mr Priddy then told us a story about a couple of people who crossed this river at this same spot when it was in flood. They tied themselves together for safety but when one slipped they got swept down stream and their rope got caught on the fence pole and they drowned.

We kept on walking after this for about an hour and then Mr Priddy decided we should stop for lunch. It was a really hot day and everyone had drunk their water so when we headed on our way again we got really really thirsty. After about 30 minutes walking we could see a stream ahead and everyone sprinted to get a drink of water - it was REALLY refreshing! It then took another 30 minutes to get to the Hawdon hut - FINALLY!