Dinosaur Blog

In science last week we made a mixture of a powder and water and then I added a dinosaur in the mixture. The mixture should be thick but mine was to liquidity but we added some more powder to make it less liquidity. When the mixture was hard we tried to hammer it out but it was really hard to get it out. When we got it all out we had a imprint of the dinosaur.

EOTC Week

Last week and this Tuesday the whole year 8's were going to do some activities. The thing I most enjoyed was going to adrenaline forest. It was so much fun but it was scary at times we also ended it with some of my friends playing football.  I found the hardest thing was when I was a the Omaka Scout Camp some of the activities were out of my comfort zone like the slack line and the archery. Some skill I learnt was how to balance on the slack line and how to put on an arrow properly onto the bow at archery. I learnt lots of thing about myself like some things that I didn't want to do but I still tried and was really fun. 

For the first day we went to a Marae and there were people doing speeches for us and then when did Hongi with them. Later we went to a museum and looked at some of the stuff there.

The second day we went to the Omaka scout camp and we were sorted into groups and do activities in them. It was fun but rainy we didn't do any water activities because of the rain .

The third was at the Adrenaline forest and climbed trees. For lunch we had fish and chips. After when went to Spenser Park.

Move To Improve

Here is a video about Move To Improve and we we have learnt. This is a presentation that my group made. I hope you enjoy.
 

Move To Improve

Today we had to draw some exercising fitness stations to put near my school. This is a no budget and we can put anything there. Here are some picture that Kayla drew. 

Summer Learning - About Me

Hello everyone my name is Genica and I am going be doing the summer learning journey. I am here to tell you something about me and what I would get if I won. I am a year 8 and go to Hornby High School and spend time blogging about my school work. My hobbies are playing football, physical sports. If I won I would spend it on sports gear and other stuff related to football. 

Nutrition

Today we watched a video about nutrition and something i learnt was that in the old day when people were get the wheat they put it in a machine and then took the good vitamins and fed them to the cows. I would still like to learnt about how sugar makes you bad and also how to make a good and healthy meal. I was wondering about how much sugar can be in foods and drinks.

My group and I looked at some foods and drinks and saw how much sugar there is. Here are some pictures of them.

We were asked to get a item and see what colours are on the label. We chose Vitamin water and the label colours are red/ orange and white colour and have the logo on there. I think they used those colours because it was the colour of the drink and I think the put the logo on it because it's part of the company.All the pictures that are on there help you to know if what it is. It also says low calories and the favour of it which is peach and pineapple. 

Move to Improve

Today I did dome tests and one was a agility test and a 12 minute run. Here are my scores for both of them.

 Agility test: I am average at this test

Genica

18.63 sec

12 Minute Run: I am excellence at this test

Genica

2000m

Overall I enjoyed doing both of these tests and hope to do more. 

Acrostic poem

 Today we were learning about Acrostic Poems. We could choose any topic about is and mine is about Summer. 

Sun so bright you can only hear water splashing

Using everything you can to keep cool but the sweat still dripping

Magnificent sound of the Sizzling bbq

Moisturising sunscreen against your skin  

Endless fun for everyone

Raging heat, burning your skin

Summer Learning Journey

Today I started to do the Summer Learning Journey. What you do in the Summer learning journey you do research about different types of topics and post them on you blog.  We were told how to register to take part in this and then start on the activities. The first activity was about researching questions about other country's and I did Canada. Here are some facts about Canada that I Researched.

The name of the capital city of Canada is Ottawa.
The population of the capital city is 934,240.
In January, the weather is in the capital city is usually winter.
The capital city is located in the west.
The language most commonly spoken in the capital city are English and French.

After I finished searching for answers I learnt so much about Canada. It was so fun because you learn so much facts about it. I also learnt that when you put main words on what your looking for into Google you should get almost all your information right. 

Maths DLO

In maths I have been learning to calculate the probability of events. I have made a DLO about it that might help you.

Drama

Today Alesha, Kasey, Lorelei, Reige, Kalim and I going to make a dance up. We are hoping this the dance will turn up good and have high hopes for it. Some people is going to dance or play the piano. We are going to do a hip hop style and hope it will  blow to audience away.

Move to improve

Today it was my first time doing passion project and I chosen move to improve.

Why have you chosen this project, and what do you hope to achieve?
I have chosen this project because I want to about types of fitness skills and drills. I want to achieve getting at least get five laps for the 12 minute run.

What are some activities that you would like to do and/or things you would like you learn as part of your passion project
I would like to do anything based of running.

What are your results from the fitness test?

30 metre sprints to 60 metres: I got poor for this.

Genica

5.25 sec

9.49 sec

Horizontal jump: I got poor

Genica

1.8m

2.2m

Vertical jump: I got Poor

Genica

1.50m

Sit & reach test: Excellence

Genica

20.71m

Standing stork test: I'm average for right and under average

Genica

Right: 7.28 Left: 5.57

NCF abdominal conditioning test

Genica

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