My Day At The 2016 N.Y.L.D!

On Tuesday Paige, Jack, Emily, Katie, Tim, Gus and I went to N.Y.L.D (National Young Leaders Day). It was at Horncastle arena. It was all about inspiring speakers. There were five speakers and the first one was my favourite because he was so funny. 

His name was Billy Graham. I think he was all about being different and still being better than everyone else. He said "Listening is key" and "Hard work works". 

The next speaker was James Beck. I think he was all about keeping a good attitude and staying a good person. He was talking lots about character and how your character is going. His quotes were "You don't get to choose what happens to you but you do get to choose your ATTITUDE". 

The next speaker was Brylee mills - she was amazing. She was 6 years old when she was going camping and she said she was five minutes away and she could not wait. Suddenly the van hit some gravel spun off track and tipped. The van fell on her. Her arm was badly injured and local farmers and people going by saw the accident and lifted the van to get her out. Her arm was amputated. She was in hospital and all she said to her parents were " Will I still get a job one day?". She is a dancer with one arm. She said,"Dancing is symmetrical I'm not". Also she said "Life's not meant to be lived alone". 

The next speaker was Emily Muli. She was a singer and she was good. She was talking about the 40 hour famine https://www.worldvision.org.nz/40-hour-famine. She went 40 hours without eating. Her quote was "Stand up for things you believe in". The next speaker was Marina Alefosio. She was a poet. Her poems were so good and inspiring. She asked us to say this "I am courageous audacious vivacious. I am a leader, a believer, a dreamer. I am I will I can". I think that is so cool. 

The next speaker was Johnny. He was a musician and taught music in buses and classes. He had to save money to get all of this and work extremely hard. With enough hard work he managed to pull off being a music teacher. He said it went from just him in the staff to over 35 people. That is cool. His quotes were "Learn how to work hard.". "Everyone has the potential".. "Don't compare yourself to others".. "Save your money". 

At the end of the day James Baxter who is the singer songwriter of the band Avalanche City. There most popular song It either Love Love Love or Inside out. I have never heard a professional singer sing live, It was an amazing atmosphere. Everybody joined in on the singing and waved their phone lights in the crowd, it looked so cool. The NYLD was so cool - I really want to go again next year.

Here are some photos

My N.Z Rugby Hero

This week our reading task is to make a project on our N.Z Hero and present it in a match box. These are all my facts and information. This is my draft - I will print out the real thing next week and put in my matchbox... Enjoy!!th

My 100 WC

This is my 100WC for week 4

“Are we there yet Dad” I said. “Yes we are”. Let’s go in. As I walked into my room something was funny was going on it felt like the house was haunted. Oh well I thought It it probably just the new home. It was a cool house anyway. That night We went outside and there was a campfire that my Dad had set up. My Mum and My sister were around too. I still thought something creepy was going on. I was observing around as the flame flickered and then went out I was so scared that night.

Das Piano

This week our reading task was to complete a set of questions on a book we read called Das Piano. Meaning The Piano in German. This is my work.

My Timetable For Term 2

This term at our school our main value is Enthusiastic Learners. This means we are focusing on sticking to our own timetables. We also need to be good at managing our own work. We are trying to accomplish our goals. This is my timetable. Do you have any tips to manage my time better?

StairWay To The Sky Writing 100WC

This term our class is participating in the 100 Word Challenge. Every week there is a prompt and we have to write exactly 100 words. This is good for me writing because it makes me think carefully about my words and what's important in my writing and what's not. I thought I did well in describing the Stairway to Heaven. Hope you enjoy my story!

I was just on my way home from school when I went around the corner to walk onto kaniere ave and Some random stairway was there. I thought I was dreaming, or I was hallucinating. It was old and mossy but I had not time to wait I have to get up there. I whizzed up there as fast as I could when I got up there I could not see anyone so I decided to have some fun. It was exactly like my suburb - I was eating mcDonalds, driving cars and it was the time of my life.

True of False Writing

Our task on Monday and Tuesday was to write a school holiday story that might be true or it might be false. This is what I did in the holidays. True or False?

In the holidays my friend Jett came to my house, we played soccer and rugby. We fought my brothers on the tramp and then we ran to a BBQ at a rugby mate’s house. The run was fast and refreshing. We played rugby there and then we played XBOX It was fun. We played COD BO3.  ( Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 )

After about 2 hours Jett and I were bored so we ran home fast because it was cold and dark. When we got home the time was about 9:00. Jett and I played on the computer and the Ipad. We played a game called Slither.io and agar.io. It was very fun.

In the game Slither.io you are a snake and you have to eat little coloured orbs to consume mass to get longer. The aim of the game is to get the longest snake. In Agar.io you are a little circle and you have to grow bigger by eating people and coloured pellets. The aim of the game is also the get the biggest circle.

It was about 11:30 P.M. We were both so tired we walked to bed so slowing and tiredly. We played on the Ipad ‘til 12:30 P.M. We watched Youtube videos, it was fun. In the morning when we woke up. It was already 10:00 and we quickly got out of bed and had toast for breakfast. We had brown bread with margarine and marmite. It was about 10:30 we got our shoes on and my mum took us to Timezone.

At Timezone it was double dollars day. Which means if I put $20 on one card I would end up with $40. We earned a total of 740 tickets all together. We got lollies and 2 rugby balls. My favourite game was the pirate ticket spin wheel. You spin a huge wheel that has numbers on it and whatever number you land on is how many tickets you get. It looked like this.Over all I really enjoyed my holidays and My favourite Part was going to Auckland to see my Nana.