Mandarin- making dumplings

Last Wednesday was the day that the school got to experience making dumplings. Seeing as I am part of the fan dance group I got to go behind the scenes of making dumplings and I also got to supervise. honestly it was a very hectic day but was all worth it in the end. I had fun switching jobs between supervising,cooking, taking photos and serving the dumplings. I had so much fun with this event especially because I and the other fan dance members got to stuff our faces full with as many dumplings as we pleased in the end. A huge thanks to tracy for organizing this event and letting me be apart of it!
Here are some photos of the exciting day.

High jump Discription

DESCRIPTION

1   Introduction –      What the text is going to be about –      A short description of the subject –   Can include a definition	I have chosen to do my report on high jump. high jump is a very popular athletics sport and is also quite intense at times. There are loads of different techniques and materials you will need to be able to do high jumping.
2   Body of the report -       Each paragraph begins with a topic sentence which previews the information in the rest of the paragraph -       Sentences after give more details -       Each paragraph should give information about one feature of the subject -       May include technical language	First let’s talk about different warm up techniques. The first warm up you can do to get you ready for high jump is one that helps you to develop a good J (run up/in) first you start in a corner about 8 meters away from the mat. Next you run towards the matt curving into a sort of semicircle. Make sure that when you start take big strides towards the mate and as you get closer run in smaller steps once you are in front of the mat stop. You should be facing the mat side on. Repeat this until you feel comfortable enough with your J to jump, but before you do make sure you practice the next few exercises. This next exercise will help you find out which leg is your dominant leg so then you can jump easier. Stand upright and lean ford, which ever leg you put out to catch yourself will be your dominant leg (the leg you run in with and jump with. This next exercise is called the scissor kick. Stand upright facing the mat side on next to the mat. Make sure the bar is not on the mat/poles. Next kick your dominant leg up off the ground first then lift the other one up. Now try doing this jump onto the mat
3. Repeat the same steps as 2	Ok now that we have the exercises out of the way it’s time for the real deal. Make sure you have stretched your legs before attempting high jump. Highjump is basically when you combine your J and scissor kick together. So start about 8 diagonale metres away from the mat. Now run up in a semicircle motion once you are facing cide on from the mat and about at the middle of it. Now lift Your definite dominant leg up and over the bar.
4. Repeat the same steps as 2	Hopefully you landed on the mat safely now get up off the mat and try again! don’t worry if you didn’t get over without knocking the bar off just keep trying and you will get better. Remember to practise your exercises.
A concluding paragraph -    Can summarise the report	Highjump is a very popular athletics sport and is also quite simple to learn. With the right technique, training, advice and exercises you can be on your way to become a high jump champion. I hope you learnt something about highjump and found this description about it helpful. Remember to practise!

HNI Values

For the past week I have been working on my HNI values work. I knew straight away what I wanted to do for mine. I decided to do a short story for each of the values. The theme was what would our school look like with out the values. Here are photos of my final out come

Term 3 Highlights

This term has been an extremely busy term. There has been so many fun events open for participation such as The social, Eletric extravaganza, the Kapa Haka festival and many more. I have worked hard to achieve many goals of mine and still have more to accomplish before the end of this year. On Friday (the end of term 4) I was very please to find that I had accomplished my goal of getting wild card points.  Here are my favourite highlights of this term.

Maths
I am very proud of the effort I put into my maths learning this term. I have learned more things that will hopefully benefit me later on in life. I still have a few goals for term 4 which I hope to complete but overall am very pleased with all my test results from this term.

The Electric Extravaganza
This term I was able to participate in the Electric extravaganza. It was a very exciting night with my family watching. I participated in the choir and also in the fandance group. This term I and the other fandance members have worked very hard on our new fan dance. I was very excited when I got the chance to have one of the two solo's with another fan dance member Sunshine.

The Social
All of the year 7's have been very busy this term at PE sessions learning the dances for the social. It was a very fun night and I really enjoyed it.  

Puerty
In the past couple of weeks we have been learning about puberty. This has been a very fun learning experience. Of course there was a few awkward moments and LOTS of funny ones too.