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Why humans are getting dumber

In week 5, all of Kaupeka presented their speeches. I presented mine on Tuesday 21st August. My speech is about humans getting dumber. The length of my speech was 3 minutes and 51 seconds and I was very nervous but I eventually got through it very well even though I messed up quite a lot. Click the link below if you want to watch my speech.


Anna's speech

My opinion on Teacher's Strike

If you didn't know, on the 15th August, all the primary school teachers that are part of the Union went on strike and petitioned because they wanted more pay, less paperwork and to spend more time with their students. Which means that they refused to work on that day! In my opinion, I think their pay is fine and should stay the same but I completely agree that they have way too much paperwork. Overall, I think that the teachers should interact more with their students and get less paper work with the same pay.

What is your opinion on Teacher's Strike?

The Rainbow Tournament

On Sunday, 5th August, my netball team did the Rainbow Tournament at Hagley park. We all dressed up in light blue tutu's with blue ribbon, pink high socks, blue Minnie Mouse ears, gold face paint and a red dot of face paint on our nose. My favourite game was the second game, when I was center because I kept on getting the intercepts and getting the ball. After the third game, we went inside and had lunch.

After having lunch and talking a lot, we submitted our team in the Year 8's costume contest. Their were maybe around 5 or 6 Year 8 teams so that gave us a good chance on winning the contest. When they announced runner up, we were getting quite nervous but they said "St Francis of Assisi" so we got really excited. Our prize was 10 flip out tickets! All of us were shocked because it was such a good prize.

We decided to go to flip out on the 14th September and after Flip out we are going to Cocopellis for dinner. I'll make sure to tell you all about it on one of my blog posts in a couple of weeks so stay tuned!

Have you ever done a special tournament for your sport?

Novel

At the start of this Term, we had to choose a book to read for the rest of the Term. There were 5 options. Oracle, Goodnight Mr Tom, The Drovers Quest, Jenna's Wave and The Greyhound of a girl. I chose the last one, The greyhound of a girl along with Ellen, Joe, Nasili, Alex, Oscar and Ben.


Why did you choose this book?
- I chose this book because I'm interested in books about ghosts and mystery.


Summarise what you have read so far.
-  A 12 year old girl called Mary is best friends with Ava. But sadly, Ava has to move to a different town and Mary becomes really upset. Mary meets a ghost called Tansey, short for Anastasia. But Mary doesn't know that Tansey is a ghost. She though that Tansey is her new next door neighbour, moving into Ava's old apartment. Mary's grandmother, Emer, is in hospital, dying. Tansey and Mary have had a few conversations and finally Mary's mother, Scarlett meets Tansey and is shocked.


Has the book started off how you thought? Why/Why not?
- I thought it was going to be about a greyhound that is the ghost and wants to see their owner one last time before the owner dies but it turns out that it's Mary's great grandmother that is the ghost, trying to talk to Emer, her daughter.


Describe the literacy circle method of reading that we are using this Term.
- In my literacy group, we have a google slide that we share. We have different roles each week. The roles are Discussion Director, Illustrator, Word Master, Summariser, Passage Picker and Connector. Each week we comment our answers/opinions on a slide with questions about the book.


How have you found this so far?
- I think this new way of collaborating is actually quite interesting. I love how each week we get questions and talk to our group about our opinions. I want to work more like this in the future.


What are you looking forward to the most in reading this Term? Why?
- I'm not sure but I am enjoying this new way of reading and collaborating.


What do you think of this new way of reading?

Holidays

In the Term 2 holidays, I didn't really do as much stuff as I did in the last holidays because most of my friends were quite busy. Although I didn't do much, I'm gonna be talking about some of the most enjoyable days of my holidays.

Friday 13th July:
After 4 days of literally nothing, Ellen and I decided to go to Palms mall to catch up on all the drama. First, we met upstairs where the movies are and then once our parents left, we went downstairs and went to each shop, row by row.
We bought a couple of beauty products and some food, and then we sat at a table to relax.

Monday 16th July:
On Monday in the second week of the holidays, I decided to do the kids market so I can get rid of my old toys and make some money. I arrived at the place at 8:00 and we were the first ones to get there. We set our table in one of the best spots. Amber was next to me, selling her old toys. At the end of the day, I made $70.00. i was really exhausted but it was a pretty interesting experience and was definitely worth it.


Thursday 19th July:
 Amber and I decided to go QE2 because the last time we went was when we were 5 years old. We arrived at 6:00 pm and we immediately went to the lazy river. My favourite part f QE2 is definitely the hydro slide. I went on it 6 times with Amber. The first 4 times, we went forward and it was really fun but the 5th time, we accidentally turn around and started to go back wards. That was when we really started to scream. When our 5th turn ended, we couldn't stop talking about how enjoyable it was. So, our 6th turn we purposely turned ourselves around so we went backwards and it was so hilarious. I was screaming that I was having a heart attack and Amber started laughing her head off on how scared I was. We went home at around 7:30 pm. Overall, QE2 was definitely a good experience but I think they should of added more interesting pools like the wave pool, diving boards and a lot more.


What was your most favourite part of the holidays?