Rimu Swimming Sports 2013

At the start of the day we walked down to Memorial Pools for our Rimu House swimming sports. We left at 8:50. Room 41 was in the front followed by room 42. Then the year sevens followed on. When we reached the pools we headed to the changing rooms, when we got out we were lectured by the teachers on how to line up for our events. I competed in 5 of the events and placed in 4, I competed in 25m freestyle, 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke, 25m doggie paddle and underwater. In the events we received ice cream sticks in different colours depending on our placing... I received one second and 3 thirds. The highlight of my day was competing with my friends and talking about who was going to win before the race. I enjoyed 25m freestyle because it is the only event that I am good at. A memory I would keep of swimming sports is hanging out with my friends when we weren't competing.

Homework Challenge G2

Create 3 three course meals

Number One: Tropical Sunset

Entree

Main

Dessert

Feedback From Guests: 

Karen: Flynn put a lot of thought into not only creating a well planned menu, but also the presentation and atmosphere of the dinner.  The prawns for entree were beautiful, and the fish for main was delicious.  The surprise for the evening for me was how beautifully passionfruit sauce combines with jelly - divine!  Flynn paid special attention to the wellbeing and enjoyment of his guests, often checking to see that everything was to our taste, and ensuring we always had something to drink.  Well done Flynn, what an enjoyable evening - can't wait for the next one!

Bruce: The dipping sauces with the prawns were yum!  I especially liked the way the prawns went with the spicy lime relish.  The fish was cooked beautifully and I could have eaten the whole bowl of jelly with that passionfruit sauce!  Great service and presentation - well done dude!!

The Little Tent That Cried Poem

 3 Things I Have Learned - I learned about the water cycle. -I learned how to make an animated keynote. - I learned how to add voiceover on iMovie.
2  Benefits Of Working With My Partner - Working with my partner, he has been a pleasure to work with, he was very knowledgeable in this topic. His Name Was Jesse. - Jesse has also helped me along the way to success.
1 Difficulty That I Overcame - Together we were stuck on some questions, but we had persistence and kept trying.

Chosen Homework Activities

My 10 chosen homework activities:


G1. Give to children in need: Participate in the 20 Hour famine. Raise a
minimum of $40.00
G2. Give to your family: Prepare 3 formal three course meals, including the
menu, cooking and presenting, photographs of the meal and feedback from
your guests.


P3. Explore the outdoors: With a family member or family friend
complete an 8 hour or overnight tramp.
P5. Compete in a sport for an entire season


E1. Learn an instrument or craft or join a dance school/team during the year
E2. Create an original artwork using recycled materials


A1. Improve your maths ability: Complete a random 10 x 10 grid in
under 2 min

A5. Improve your study skills: Research Rimu- where do you find it? Why is
it important to Māori? What uses does it have? Why is Rimu the best tree in
the school?


S3. Become a tech angel and provide technical support for other students/
teachers in another school
S6. Design your own challenge

Homework Challenge E1

Learn An Instrument

Keyboard

Summary: I have been playing keyboard and having lessons since term three in 2012, I have set a goal for myself of completing the second book in the series. I practice every night for 20 minutes and have my lessons on Tuesdays. I am currently on the first book, 10 pages away from the final piece.

What Is A Keyboard?
A keyboard is  basically like a piano except for the fact that it is electronic. Keyboards are slightly smaller in length. They also have different features, you can choose from a range of beats and instruments. My keyboard has mini lessons, it teaches you timing, what keys to play, when to play the various keys and then you play it all together.

Why I Would Recommend This Instrument?
I would recommend keyboard because it teaches you how to read music. Once you can read music you can play mostly any notes in front of you. You learn lots about musical history and as you progress you will learn some famous songs. You can also buy sheet music for newer songs, once you have learned them you can play them different tempo/style. Those are the various reasons why I like keyboard.

Honors Badge:
I have earned two quarters of my Honors Badge from keyboard, without this I would not have been able to hand my sheet in.

Homework Challenge P5

Complete A Sport For One Season P5

Athletics

 Overall: I have competed in athletics for 3 years now and have won various awards. I have earned over 30 first place ribbons, over 30 second place ribbons and 20 or more thirds and fourths. I have received 3 trophies(one of which is not in the photo as I have recently earned it.) I have won 7 medals(2 club champs placing, 3 WBOP Games bronze medals and one North Island Colgate Games bronze.) 

WBOP Champs: At the 2011 Waikato Bay Of Plenty Champs I picked up 2 bronze medals, one for discus with a throw of 19.67m and one in long jump with a jump of around 3.60m - 3.80m. My other WBOP medal was from a club relay in 2012 when I was ten, coming into the last straight we were fifth, the baton was handed to me and off I went pushing us into 3rd for the bronze medal.

 Colgate Games Relay Description: In the 2012 Colgate Games my relay team won bronze again, however this race was harder because it was a national competition. We were lucky as we had not enough teams to make a race so everyone went through to the final. The next day we had our finals, this time I was running the third leg of the race."My Corner". We had the home advantage as the event was held at the Tauranga Domain. All of the parents of the Greerton athletes were screaming their hearts out. I passed it to one of my best friends  at the time for the final leg. He sped out into the lead but slipped on the slightly wet suface and slowed down, luckily he managed to keep up the pace and finish third. On the final day of the event my team mates and I gathered in the Greerton tent for the briefing before we received our medals. We heard over the speaker"10 year old boys 4x100m sprint relay medal winners please gather at the official tent immediately. We stepped up on the podium and everyone cheered, especially my mum.

What Is The Colgate Games? The Colgate games is a national competition where athletes aged 7-14 years compete in a three day athletics competition. Each competitor can only compete in 4 events, you can choose which events you want to compete in. Each year the competition is held in different locations, last year it was held in Tauranga.

Last Season: In the 2012-2013 season I earned one medal for third in overal club points, I received a certificate with all the events that I placed in at club champs and also a trophy for club representative(go to 7 or more ribbon days.)

My First Month At School In 2013

This year I am in room 42 with Miss Campbell as my teacher.

We have started maths early this year in the second week, I have learned BEDMAS (Brackets.Exponents.Division.Multiplication.Addition.Subtraction), the Pythagorus Theorem, Square roots and lots more... At this point in time we have not started reading, but we have found out our groups, like last year I have made it into the top group for both subjects. Writing has also begun, we have read the story All Summer In A Day. From this we have had follow up activities such as a summarise, prologue and a visualise. Into sports, I have not yet trialled for any sports but I am planning to trial for the aims games for football. I am also going to try referee some sports if the opportunity pops up. In cultural, this year I am continuing keyboard. I have almost finished the first book and am really trying to get to the second by the end of the year. At the moment I am not in any cultural activities but I want to join some. By the end of the year I have set a goal to achieve my Honors Badge and acquire at least one bar. 

By Flynn