Boy fall's into a gorilla enclosure. Argument.

On the 29th of May 2016, a 4-year-old boy fall's into a gorilla enclosure and they had to shoot the gorilla to save the child. But I think that it was the parents fault, reason being that the parents were not watching their child and they should have been keeping an eye on their 4-year-old boy. But I also think that it was the zoo's fault as well because they should have made the barrier higher so that children could not fall in.  So please do check out this video, to see what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfuz7cTDNeI

West Coast Cross Counrty

I was so happy I was going back to West Coast Cross Country but sad as well because it was my last year doing it at Paroa. I was feeling good about myself now that was finally allowed to run again because I had an ankle problem and I haven't run for at least 8 months and it was hard because I loved to run bur I had to make it though and now I'm back to running. When we arrived and it was time for the year 8 girls to race I was ready. Take you mark... get set... GO!! I ran as fast as I could to past lots of people before we got into the tight part of the race. One lap to go and I was in 2nd, I could see the finish line up ahead and sprinted as fast as I could, but when I looked at the number on the card they gave me it had a 2 on it. I saw that a girl that had finished first, I was a bit sad but I still knew I was going to the Canterbury Cross Country.

Paroa School Cross Country

19.5.16

All of the School Cross Country's are all a great chance to have a go. On the day of the Paroa Cross Country, I nervous all day until I found out that being nervous was a good thing. It meant that you were ready to try your best and this actually mattered to you. When we got to the starting line I was ready to go. Take you make.. get set... GO!! and we were off and racing, down on the cycle track to 4 Jays I could see Alyssa behind me. I started off running quite fast then slowed down, then got back up to speed, as I ran off the cycle trail and onto the field my heart was beating fast and my legs hurt so much but I powered on. I could see Alyssa just coming into the field. I turned the corner the finish line straight in front of me, I sprinted for the line and made it. I was 1st, I was so happy with myself.

Year 8 Challenges #1- Cave Stream

I had been waiting since last year for this challenge to happen and now that the day of going to cave stream is finally here I can’t wait to go. When we got down to the cave we got ready for the cold water that awaited as.

After getting changed, Mr. S-W told us some of the history behind crave streams like how the mayor used it as a burial place for dead people, how all the rock inside cave stream is call “ Limestone” and how limestone was created by ancient organisms and rock formed over millions of years .

Went we got to the mouth of the cave I was so surprised at how big the cave really was. As we started to walk down the first part of the cave. I put my feet into the water. That was super cold but definitely not as cold as I had imagined.

I started to walk down the cave taking videos as I go. I was about half way through the cave when we all stopped to sit on the sides of the cave. We sat there and listened to the sounds that the water made when I rushed over the rocks and trickled down stream.

Then we set off again pulling our feet though the strong water. When we got to the end, I carefully did the part where you have to climb up the rungs of a ladder, then crawl down holding a chan to give you support.

When I made I out of the cave I just wanted to go and do it all again. It was such a great experience. Definitely going again. :) :) :) :)

GIF Maker Animator

We have been doing post-it note Art and now that we have finished we have created it with a GIF Animation Site and are posting to our blogs so here mine.

Post-it note Sketches

So we have been doing post-it notes sketches. Where you draw a Cartoon Charters face on a post-it note and if you want you can colour in. Then you put it in front of someone's face and it looks like they are now the Cartoon Charter. Here are some of mine.

Today's Run

Today we did the usually run to Four J's and back. When I started the running it was barely raining just a big patch of clouds in the sky so just right for a run. This run is 2.6km so it doable. Before we left Mr. S-W told us to run as FAR as we could. When I started the run I knew I was going to run all the way to Four J's and back. When I got to half way I knew I could do more so I turned around sharply and run back to school. Finally, I made it back and sat down to catch my breath. To me, I reckon that I had a great run.

Introducing Room 8