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 Technology - This term at technology I made a plastic bag caddie I successfully made a bird puppet it was fun I learnt that there are different types of wood like ply wood, hard wood, soft wood etc I learnt that you have to listen to the instructions or you would mess up

Ecological Buildings - At term for ecological buildings we had to look on images for an ecological building then we had to do an presentation with a buddy on a building we choose in the school and I learnt that it is very hard to find ecological things to put in building.

Add/Sub - In maths this term we did addition and subtraction we had to find different strategies to work out the question I found out that is easier to turn a subtraction question into an addition question in addition I learnt that it is good to use partitioning for big numbers.

Cross Country - This term we had cross country I came ninth out of 13 year 7 girls it was a very hard track it was all bumpy and it had very steep hills then the top 10 or top 12 from every group made it into the inter school and that one was even harder that the Bartons.

Descriptive Writing - This term for description writing we had to write an autumn poem we went out for a walk and found some good ideas to get us stared then we started writing once we done that we used a autumn picture off the internet and we use that as our background then we got a text box and wrote in it but you had to see the writing I was very please with my poem.

Te Reo - In Te Reo this term we had to learn the months of the year and the days of the week,greetings it was really hard pronouncing the months of the year but I had fun learning the greetings, days of the week and months of the year but I still had fun learning some new things in Te Reo.

Fitness - In fitness this term we did lots of relays like sprinting,hopping,skipping,long strides,mini steps,ballet,spider crawl, backwards running and more then we had a beep test and I had fun doing all the relays I learnt that you have to be cheerful for your team and you have to work with your team to succeed.

Performances - For the performances we went and watch some performances like the Kuranui road show, environmentally friendly show and more I learnt that we are polluting the world more than animals.

Performing Arts - In the performing arts we are doing drama and garageband we are trying to make some music to flow with our autumn poems it is fun because we get to try and make soothing,relaxing music to o with our poem.

Speeches - For our speeches we got to choose our topic and we and 9 weeks to get information and it had to be between 2 1/2 minutes or 3 minutes and it was fun and I was a bit nervous but then I got over it and I was fine after I had finished it was cool because everyone had other interesting topics.

Science Fair - For the science fair we got to choose our topic some of us made salt or sugar crystal and we got a board to put all of our information on it was fun I found out that catnip is a distant relation to Marijuana then after the science fair we got our results back and I could have done better with my science fair points but I had fun making the science fair.

Tree Planting - In this term we did some tree planting around the new creek it was really fun because people got there hands dirty ad everyone was helping people who hadn’t finished.

Matariki Day - On Matariki day we came to the school early in the morning to celebrate the day the the 7 stars come out and shine.

Basic Facts Challenge - At the beginning of the year we did a basic facts challenge I didn’t do very well then we did the same test again and I improved my score.

