Calf Club

Yesterday I competed in the Ngatea Primary Schools calf club! I took my lamb Vanilla and got 2nd in leading, then took out reserve champion for leading. And I also got a merit for my obstacle course! Since this is my last year I have decided to go through and compete in the HP Group Day, and I might possibly do the HP Show..... But that depends on how well I go at Group Day.

Year Eight Testing

Today all the year eights had to sit three tests in a row! Our first test was a maths test that we had to complete in 45 minutes, Our second test was a reading test that we had 25 minutes for, and our third test was a vocabulary test that we had another 25 minutes to complete it. We had to complete these tests because all of us are going to collage next year, and the tests are just to give the teachers some ideas for what classes we might need to be in. Now all of us just have to wait and see what classes we are going to be in! 

Goals for this term

This term I would like to achieve my 'Be Published' Milestone. If I want to achieve this milestone, I will have to enter myself into the Upstart magazine over and over again until some sort of my learning gets published.

My second goal for the term is to try get 90-ish out of 100 in my basic facts test. To achieve this goal I will have to work hard on my times and divides. 

My third goal for this term is to go through to Hauriki Plains Athletics. To achieve this I will have to do lots of running and practice jumping over high things - For high jump.

Volley Ball

Over the past term Marama have been walking down to the collage to learn volley ball skills from older year elevens. We had to learn the spike, serve, dig and set. After a couple of weeks practicing different ways to hit the ball, we all had to participate in a torment! We had to VS all the other seven teams then whoever came out with the most points won the competition! The team I was in came first equal with another team, and after the competition had finished, each person in our team got a certificate and two Fredos for participating! I enjoyed learning the volley ball skills and am proud of my team for coming first equal!

Term 3 Highlights & Evaluation

Last term all Marama students had to complete either a short film or a presentation of their highlights, and also evaluation on their year. This is my Term 3 Highlights and Evaluation short video.

Lino Cut/Print Evaluation

Over the past four weeks Marama have been cutting out lino prints and then stamping them with ink. You had to do a practice then you got to pick your size of lino. Next you had to sketch a self portrait then start cutting out with a lino cutter. I enjoyed this piece of art because cutting the lino was fun, and also printing and experimenting with different colors was fun. Next time I would like to cut out a background onto my lino to show more detail. Here's a picture of my lino cut and lino print:

 

Milestones

Today I achieved my blogging milestone, I had to check that my blog had two posts a week, that it had pictures/movies on it, and that it had to have weekly reflections on it! I also had to have some sort of feedback from family/Friends, so I got my Mum to take a look at my blog at tell me what she thought of it. Secondly I got my Digital Design Milestone because I made a 40 second ad about 'Spray on shoes' To get that Milestone I had to have made/create something digital and edit it using a computer! Also a couple of weeks ago I completed my Oral Presentation Milestone, because I shared my speech with my writing group, and that counts as a mini audience. Last term I achieved my perfuming arts Milestone by performing J-Rock! In total I have four Milestones and have five left to complete! My goals for next term are to achieve my 'Be Published' Milestone and my 'Careers Pathway' Milestone. The way I ma going to complete these two Milestones are by entering work/art into the Upstart Magazine, and to complete my Careers Pathway Milestone I am going to try get some sort of work experience down in the junior of school - (Because I want to be a teacher) I'm hoping to achieve my other Milestones too in my spare time in school.