Reading theory

Reading theory, is a new and improved reading site online. On reading theory, you read a text and then you have to answer questions. The questions at the start are easy, but once you get more into the quiz they get harder and harder. Here is a picture of the reading theory site.

Comment

Today, I have chosen to comment on Andy's blog. Here below is a screenshot of my comment to Andy. I hope you enjoy!

Nyld Young Leaders

On tuesday, Kohl-lee, Kohatu, Kaya, Whaea Lucy and I travelled down to auckland with the Hokianga cluester. We had a great trip! The reason we went down to Auckland was because the yearly young leaders festival is down there. We had a great trip, We left Tautoro School at about nine and arrived in Whangarei for a lunch break at about ten. Whangarei was the destination that all the clusters met up, after that we all travelled to Auckland in like a convoy. Our van was in the front, Whaea louise was driving. Whaea Tammy was driving the pakaraka and Okaihau college van and Whaea Taina was driving the Whangarei grove primary school car. We had a few more stops before we got to Auckland. When we got to Auckland, it was about four-ish. We were staying at the Mangere Oak wood lodge. We all settled in and then we went shopping for our dinner and lunch supplies. We were a giant group for just going shopping I reckon. We had to get up at six in the morning so that we could have a hui in Whaea Colleen's Room at seven. After our hui, we got ready to leave to the Vodafone Center. That was were the Young leaders conference was held. We had an amazing day, even though it was six hours long. We even got the opportunity to witness Kings👑 perform. It was ecstatic, one of the songs that he sung for us was 6ix figures. At the end of the day, we got treated with K.F.C in Whangarei. It was a very educational and cheerful two days.  I hope you enjoy!
Here is a picture of us, the young leaders:

Dogs are the best pet!

This morning, our classroom had to write an introduction
about why dogs make the best pets. Here below is my
introduction about dogs... I hope you enjoy!                   

Dogs Make The Best Pet!

I agree and I know for a fact, that dogs make the best pet!
They are active, Caring and certainly a mans best friend.
They make great pets for all people, young and old! Most
dogs are loyal, overprotective and most of all, they stand
firmly to people trying to effect their owner. Dogs are
loving to most pets, likewise not cats. I wouldn’t know what they problem is between cats and dogs, but they are just
awful enemies. I think that dogs would be an amazing pet,
without doubt. Dogs could even make you get fit, protect
you from burglars and or they are just genuinely great pets
for children.

Young leaders programme

For the past few weeks (including the holidays) there has been a programme running called the Young Leaders programme. This programme is for many schools around Northland. Our school clusters are Tautoro School, Opononi Primary, Waima school, Pakaraka school, Kerikeri high school and Totara Grove school (Whangarei) Kohatu, Kaya, Kohl-lee and I are apart of this group, and we are heading to Auckland next Tuesday for the national Young Leaders course/programme. There are going to be a bunch of inspirational speeches given by many people. Trust me, there are going to be thousands of kids there. I am excited but at the same time nervous to be out in a giant crowd amongst a heck of a lot of people. I think that we are going to have a great time in Auckland. I will keep you guys updated!

Reflection

This week has been a mutual week. Not a lot has been going on, it was just like a normal week. Only we didn't know what our process of work was. We were all a bit confused at times. Whaea Mary and Whaea Gaylene have been working hard for us and we now have a stable timetable for each day/week. I have completed my recount for this week about my full on holidays. Whaea Mary said that a few parts of my story sound poetic. I took that as a compliment. I tried to make my recount as exciting as I could which was not easy! But I am finished and I am proud of my writing piece. For maths our Maths group (Porohita) have been working on rounding and compensating. It was very confusing at the start, but when we got used to the flow of the strategy, it became more easy. Te reo, for Te reo we have been going over our Nga Arapu chart. Aka the Maori Alphabet. I enjoyed Te reo because it was very chill and we were just starting to get the flow of our new timetable.

First Recount Of The Year!!

This week, was our first week of school and our task was to write a recount about our holidays that didn't include boring words. I think that I achieved that goal because Whaea Mary said that a few  parts of my story sounded poetic.Here below is a screencastify of me reading my recount and also my story..... I hope you enjoy!

Adrenaline Park

Fog was in the air, and the morning rays of sunshine were blocking
the beautiful views of the mountains beneath the fluffy white clouds.
Amira, Tanner, Mele and I were fired up and ready to have fun! We
were making our way to Adrenaline Park, because it was Amira’s 13th
birthday. It was our first time going to Adrenaline park so we were all
very excited. Adrenaline Park is located in Whangarei, a little while
after Hikurangi.

You wouldn’t expect such an amusing water park located in such a
deserted place, because on your way to Adrenaline Park, you would
find yourself coming across windy roads and a bunch of abandoned
houses. You wouldn’t believe it, but we had to park our car down a
giant hill and walk to the top to see the whole complex. When we
arrived at the top of the hill, Aunty Claire took care of all of the costs,
whilst Tanner, Amira, Mele and I were getting changed. We all stood
on the bank glancing at the shimmering dark lake with fog floating
right above.

Then all of a sudden, one of the workers interrupted us to tell us all
about the safety rules.  After that, we put our Life jackets on and
rushed to the lake. There were so many activities! There was an on
water obstacle course, a giant inflatable trampoline, Basketball activities,
water skiing, slides, a large 40 metre slide, trampolines, Volley-ball,
Kayaking, Paddle boarding and many more fun activities. We started off
with the Obstacle course, that was very very slippery! It was set out
like a giant square. There was slides, monkey bars, swinging ropes, giant
boxing bags and places that you could climb up to witness million dollar
views of all the many activities.

There was not many people, so the obstacle course was easier to
get through and you could complete the activities faster. There were
also many entries…. An entry at Adrenaline Park was a place to get
back on the course if you fell in the water. As the fog started to lift,
you could get the a full view of the lake glistering away. We all swam
back to shore to collect a kayak. I rowed through the fog, looked back
and realised that it made a cleared pathway as I went through. It looked
majestic. As Amira and Mele followed, we rowed all around the obstacle
course were we found ourselves observing the many fails of the people
having a go on the water skiing. It was hilarious!

We then spotted that there was no one using the basketball area,
so we utilized our time wisely and we nominated basketball to be our
next activity. There were two different coloured basketball and there
was a big wooden connect four activity set out. There were six hoops,
and the hoop that you got the ball in, was the place where you started
to try and get 4 in a row. The game was very interesting. After a while,
we discovered that basketball was getting pretty boring….

A moment later, we saw that Aunty Claire had showed up again,
but this time with lunch. It was K.F.C, even though I don’t like chicken,
I had chips and a drink. Right then, one of the workers came over and
asked us if we wanted to go on the 40 metre slide? We weren’t very
enthusiastic about it, but we agreed to give it a go! We were all anxiously
nervous! And our legs were shaking like jelly because the wind was
unbelievable. Tanner trepidatiously went first. Sike! He wanted to go
first and we were to scared to go first anyways. He said that it wasn’t
scary, so I went and I was terrified… I resisted to tell Amira and Mele
so that they could have found out for themselves. Amira went next,
she got to the corner and flipped off her board. It was crack up,
Aunty Claire even got it on tape. We had a few more turns and then
we headed back over to the main office to get changed, so that we
could go to the Pak n save and get some food for our way home. We
had a great day and night.