Social Studies: Haast to Milford Sound Road

Say I lived next to the Hollyford River and suddenly… A road is built right next to me and the noise of the traffic keeps me up ‘till midnight. The pollution in the air smells terrible. Cows near a river means pollution, more tourism means pollution (We exhale Carbon Dioxide) and littering, more cars mean more pollution. Untouched land is going to be ruined and animals will be forced back by the barrier of new civilization. Get my point? Building the road is a terrible idea.

Social Studies: The Rainbow Warrior Bombing

“3, 2, 1! Fire in the hole!” (Massive bomb noise that cannot be computed). Another Nuclear bomb was set off in the atoll. That was when the Rainbow Warrior sailed in. “Ce bateau n'arrêtera pas de protester/That boat won't stop protesting” So spies set a couple of limpet mines on their boat. “KABOOM!” There goes the generator. “BANG!” There goes the motor. The Rainbow Warrior docked at Auckland and sunk beneath the waves. What went wrong was that somebody died… oops. And then we were arrested and convicted of manslaughter. Yay.

Social Studies: 1981 Springbok Protest

The time has come to… Watch The Springboks VS The All Blacks. This game is gonna be awesome. NOT.  Smoke bombs were dropped and bats were raised. I mean come on NZ, you don’t need to be split in half any more than you are now. People just wanted to watch a rugby game. But nooo. The whole thing turned into a bloodbath, people got injured and died. There were over 150 000 people who got charged with offences in the protest. After rampaging for fifty-six days through July, August and September in 1981 it finally stopped. But the rift between NZ and SA was never healed. At least I can go back to watching my rugby in peace. And maybe from the couch, not the stadium.

Memes that reflect on the Election.

WPCA Challenge 5: Skiing at Temple Basin

On Monday morning we went to temple basin to go skiing. I went snowboarding instead and by the end of the two days we were there I managed to learn how to control it. overall I liked the trip and can't wait for next year.

My opinion on School.

I think that you don't need to go to school, (It's really just another way for your parents to get rid of you during the day) because you don't always do your best thinking at school, normally you're too focused on one thing or another. Say you were doing maths, you have to figure out really hard equations but your brain gears just are not working, so you can't think about anything but maths.

Albert Einstien was considered stupid at his school, but what the teachers didn't know was that great ideas were bubbling up inside that massive brain of his and they were so complicated that he couldn't properly compute his ideas into words. Then, later in his life, he became a great scientist and school didn't really help with any of this.

I mean, sure, you need to learn how to read. From when you are four you should be encouraged to read at least half an hour a day, that way you learn new words and that means more words to speak! Excellent (Practice hand writing at home in your spare time, as technology is taking over the world!).

My point is that most of the greatest people were considered as failures at school and came out on top as the best, E.g. Mark Zuckerberg, Steven Speilberg, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney and lots more.

(If your Mum forces you to go to school, she probably knows best or wants to get rid of you for the day. I had to put that in there).

My weeks reflection

So this week we had the cross country, Steve Gurney visited (famous athlete) and gave us his story, an electronics guy called Andrew, He taught me how to use a Raspberry Pi computer and how to make an alarm off monitoring heat. I came second in the cross country, Steve Gurney tried to bite Daniels leg off and Andrew made an alarm. So that is my interesting week folks!

Cross Country

Yesterday we had the cross country. The year 7s, including Me, ran a lap of the motocross track the then around the block another lap of the motocross track. Lastly, there was a lap of the field then finish. I came Second place behind a Lochie (he's really fast). I was sooooo tired after. And that is my reflection on cross country.

MihiMihi

Tēnā koutou katoa,

Ko Te Aro te maunga – My mountain

Ko New River te awa – My river

Ko Paroa  taku kura – My school

Ko Michael toku matua – My Dad

 

Ko Christina toku whaea – My Mum

Ko Walter rāua ko Peter toku koro – My Grandpa’s

Ko Margret rāua ko Diane toku kuia – My Grandmother’s

Nō Taylorville ahau – I am from

Kei te noho ahau ki Camerons i te wai Pounamu - I am living

Ko Jack taku ingoa – My name

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greetings to us all.

Fractions And Decimals To Percentages W/Mate

Mass Conversions W/Riley

What Would Happen If Jupiter Exploded

Rotational Symmetry W/Konnah

Cave Stream Reflection

Why does the water have to be so cold, I mean it's like being in a freezer for forty-five minutes to an hour and a half (with about three five minute breaks). Cave stream, the cave with cold water, was one of my highlights for the start of the year 2017 (my favourite trip had to be wellington). It was a warm summer's day and we were about to go caving (I'll skip the boring bits) I got into my wetsuit and had a snack while I waited for Mr S-W to lead us down to the cave.

Eventually, we headed down to the entrance of the cave. Mr S-W gave us a safety briefing and then we headed into the icy water of cave stream, following behind me was ollie, Konnah and Quinn. But ollie, Konnah and Me got distracted by some side caves and then we ended up at the end of the group (we eventually made it to the front).

As we came to a stop at the way out, I was the first one up the ladder. One of the parents said that I could have a swim in the freezing river so I did as I waited for some of my friends to come up. Also, the rocks in the river were very slimy and I slipped and got freezing water down my back. Then we had a twenty-minute play in the river and headed up to the car to get changed and go.

My experience with cave stream was phenomenal (more like phenomenally freezing). My message to the people that go to cave stream: bring the right gear like a wetsuit, headtorch and spare batteries, last but not least, your family! Have fun down in the cold water guys!