Moment In Time

 On our contracts this week we had to right a moment in time based of a video. A moment in time is when we write a little piece of writing based on a picture or video. You can write from a persons point of view, you can do it on whats gonna happen next, you can write it however you'd like. The video that we were writing about was a person sky gliding. Here is my moment in time.

Scared but excited, i'm getting ready to jump. I take a deep breath and go for it. Whoosh, I glide down the mountain and all of my fear suddenly melts away. The wind shoots past my face as I start to speed up. woo hoo! I shouted as I couldn't hold back my excitement. I pull out my parashoot as I safely make it to the end and land.

What the brain does

 The brain is a very important part of the body. It is protected by the skull and is located in the head. The 3 main parts of the brain is the brain stem, the cerebrum and the cerebellum. 

The brain stem is vital to the body. It sends messages without you even realising that controls many different things. Such as making your heart beat, It helps you to breath and helps you to swallow food.

The cerebrum is another important part of the brain. It is also the largest part. It is responsible for letting you see, talk, hear, think, learn and read.

The cerebellum is found behind the top part of the brain stem. It is responsible for coordination, movement and balance.

The brain is a very incredible part of the body. Sending messages to help you move and do things. Helping you to think, learn, see, talk and helps you with coordination and balance.

Recount about my school cross country

Yesterday on Thursday out whole school jumped on to 2 different buses to head to our school cross country. It was held at the Cutler's farm.

I was super nervous that day. When we got there we all went to this area where we were going to be sitting. After that my teacher talked to the whole school about what was going to happen next. Then all the helpers that were going to be on the track, went to their places. 

Once we were all ready, we started. The year eight's went first. By this time I was getting even more nervous because it was getting closer and closer to my race. After the year eight's it was year year sevens then year six's, which is my year level.

We lined up and got shown us the track. we then stretched and the boy's went first. We waited a bit for them and then we lined up. Go! and we were off. The longer I was running the more tired I got. We were running 3 km. The track was mostly dry but there was this one spot where we got wet. I got closer and closer to the end and finished in first place, I was super happy.

After the race I had a drink of water and some food and cheered on the rest of the runners and the other races. My favourite part of cross country was hearing everyone cheer you on and finishing the race.

A peek at my week

    

Words of the week

Words of the week is where we are given 4 different words and have to right a definition, synonym, antonym and a sentence for that word. We do the definition for the meaning of the word. A synonym is a word that means the same. An antonym is a word that means the opposite and for the sentence we try to put the word in to one. Here is my words of the week.

My Holiday Trip

In the holidays me and my family went on a trip. Since we are not allowed to travel out of New Zealand we went on a trip in New Zealand. The places we went to were Auckland, Queenstown and Christchurch. Some of the reasons we chose to go to Queenstown and Christchurch was because me and my brother's had never been to the South Island. We also chose to go to Queenstown because we have never seen snow before and we chose to go to Christchurch to see our cousins that we haven't seen for a long time.

In Auckland we went to the sky tower.  My parents say that we might have already been there before but we couldn't remember anything. When we were going up I was a bit scared because I don't really like going in elevators but it was worth it, cause when we got to the top the view was amazing. You could see so many different things.

I was super excited to go to Queenstown because we got to see the snow and ski. When I first felt the snow it was super cold but nice and soft. Skiing was my favourite it was super fun and I really enjoyed it. We also went in the gondolas one day up to the luge which was super fun but also a bit scary for me. 

We decided to drive to Christchurch from Queenstown, the ride was about 6 hours. When we got to Christchurch I was super excited to see my cousins that I hadn't seen in years. For most of our days in Christchurch we spent time with our family. It was a great trip.

Thinkers Keys

This week one of our tasks on our contracts was to make up our own thinkers keys.  Here is how mine  turned out.

 

What if... the world was always day?

    what are the advantages and 

   disadvantages there would be. 

Advantages                                                                      Disadvantages

 More time to do things                                                            Hard to sleep

 Easier to drive and travel cause it will always be day             Lose track of time easily

                                                                                                 You would never see the stars, moon and the

                                                                                                 night sky.

                                                                   It would mostly be hot    

                               

              The answer is paper 

1. What are book pages made out of?  Paper
2. What is something that tree's make starting with p? Paper
3. What do you print on? Paper 

 

What are 3 things you can't live without

1. Water
2. Oxygen
3. Food