matariki.

Matariki is on the 25th of June and it also signals the Māori New Year.

It is a time of renewal and celebration in New Zealand

that begins with the rising of the Matariki star cluster.

Why do we celebrate Matariki?

We celebrate Matariki for a signal of the Maori new year,

and it also is a stunning sight,

according to stardome observatory just after sunset is the best time to go outside and see the stars.

How do we celebrate Matariki?

Cook traditional Maori vegetables for a healthy kai for your family,

explore the outdoors,

And most importantly get involved.

basketball challenge

this weeks basketball challenge was the wrap challenge and I had a go and got 30.
Try it, and see what you can get.

reflection on the past year.

What was my most successful moment

Getting into the A grade for west coast basketball.

 A Lesson I have learnt 

How to make banana choc chip muffins.

What is your family's best milestone

Moving house

How has my last year been?

My last year has been amazing because we had a William pike challenge,

West coast basketball and even moving houses.

individual anzac writing.

The engine roars, as we approach the beach the bullets fly past the carrier when all of a sudden the ramp falls down and I jump off the side waist-deep in the sea,   with my best friend to my side with blood streaming down his face I try and stop the bleeding but it's too late He's dead. I get behind cover and try and take a shot but the machine gun shoots my helmet right off, I flank around and get a shot, but there were enemy soldiers watching it so I sneak across and get my bayonet and charge and get one, so I have a shot on the machine gunner and “Boom” we push forward we have the high ground and we continue to push forward and get to there trenches and It's empty they have retreated and we take control of Gallipoli.

three wishes

                                         Geronimo stilton

 Geronimo stilton,  geronimo is a rodent that lives in a city called New Mouse City.

He is the publisher of the newspaper company, The Rodent's Gazette.

Geronimo likes to spend his time reading books and enjoys peace and quiet. he is always ready to jump into action.

If he had three wishes I think they would be…

1- unlimited supply of books

2- a new suit

3- his own library

                                  Trap stilton

Trap Stilton is Geronimo Stilton's cousin. He is a joker who likes to play tricks and jokes on Geronimo. 

1- a huge piece of cheese

2- a joke book

3- not to be called a swiss cheese head

floor plan of my room.

My dad and I have made a floor plan of my room for a school project. I enjoyed doing this because my dad taught me a technique and It works really well.

Anzac writing

Anzac day is a day to remember Australians and New Zealanders who served in all wars.
Dawn services, commemorative marches and remembrance services take place on 25th of April every year which is the anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.

 Three things that surprised me about Anzac day.

1- The first dawn service on ANZAC Day was in 1923. Although there were commemorative services the first official dawn service was held on 1923.

2- The ANZACs were all volunteers.
 Everyone over eighteen had to go to war or else you would go to military jail.

3- More than 11,000 ANZACs died at Gallipoli and more than 23,500 were wounded.
 Australia had 5482 killed in action, 2012 died of wounds, 665 died of disease, total deaths 8159. 17,924 were wounded. 8556 New Zealanders served in the war, and 2721 died, 4752 were wounded, a total of 7473 casualties.

Three facts I’ve found more about.

1- There were 2000 men killed or wounded on the first day of the Gallipoli campaign.

2- after an 8-month long campaign the British and French forces had suffered 44,000 deaths, the Turkish had at least 85,000 deaths.

3- Gallipoli was the first major amphibious operation in modern warfare ever! The Anzacs landed on the Ottoman held peninsula in the Dardanelles straits with disastrous consequences for the allies.

spinning wheel

https://we.tl/b-5iEyRB4eg

Yesterday I and my dad made these spinning wheels to show how light can change how we see
colours. RGB is called an additive colour system because the combinations of red, green and blue light create the colours that we see by stimulating the cone cells simultaneously in our eyes. We have shown how red and green can look yellow when spun quickly and how blue and yellow can look white. This is different to when mixing paint of the same colours. We used a fidget spinner to help it spin faster.

basketball challenge

I have been set with a basketball challenge that we can do over the lockdown in this video I scored 40 wraps in 30 seconds I will continue this challenge and hope to better my score.

baking at home.

During lockdown, me and my mum have been baking at home.

 This time we made banana choc chip muffins,

 I enjoyed doing these because after they're done they are so good.

Something I thought was challenging was making sure I made the muffins all the same size.

quick write

Ding’’ the doorbell rings, I go to answer it, but an elephant charges through the door and says “hello hows your day”. I'm speechless an elephant that can talk. I say, did you book a room? But I think to myself why would an elephant book a room, when suddenly “yes I did for eight people thanks, number 4.





we had been sent an image, we had to write for 20 minutes about the image and this is what I wrote.