Winter Learning Journey

For activity one on the winter learning journey, I had to chose of the sports the Greeks did in their Olympics. I chose running. I chose it because I like to run and do things like fun run's and cross country's. Out of the three types of Olympic running I would like to do the dolichos (Run 20 lengths of the stadium) because I am better at long distance running. 

Spark Leadership Visit

Yesterday, LS2 got a visit from a woman called Lynne Le Gros. She worked for Spark (The company that used to be called telecom) and she told us about the Sir Peter Blake Trust. When Sir Peter Blake was sadly killed, his family created a trust for New Zealand kids to become leaders. We also got a free bag, notepad, pen and cap from Spark.

Orienteering Reflection

Today the year seven and eight's had their final session of orienteering. This time, we combined the two year groups instead of one at a time. We could chose to work by ourselves or work with other people. I worked with Lyndon and AJ. Our final time was 14 minutes and 25 seconds.

Get Wise

Today the year seven's received a visit from a man from ASB. He was talking to us about saving some of our money and spending some on ourselves. It was very interesting and I learnt a lot. We also learnt 3 ways a person my age can earn money (Chores, Neighborhood work and Sell/Trade). 

Life Education

Today the year seven's went to life education. We learnt about making decisions. We watched a video where a girl made a decision to hang out with her friends rather than waiting for her sister. It was very cool even though we didn't meet Harold.  

Reading Comprehension Games

Today LS2 played some reading comprehension games. I played a Author's purpose one. This picture is what PIE (Persuade, Inform and Entertain) means. PIE is the author's purpose.      

Life Education

Today the year 7's went to life education. The teacher there from life education is Nicole. We met Bob who showed us inside the human body. We also learnt about the body system, the nervous system and the circulatory system. We learnt that the brain sends signals to our body when we want to do something. We also played a game where we had to clap the exact number of time that Nicole said. It might seem easy, but it was actually kind of hard. The year 7's had a great time visiting the life education caravan.