The Dunker

Missing the target three times in a row wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. It was time for both teams to swap over. When it was my turn to be the dunkee, I felt a bit nervous while climbing up the little ladder. I was sitting above a tank of cold water waiting for someone to hit the target. Then finaly Tevita hit it. It was like a surprise falling down because you wouldn't have known when a person had hit the target. When I got out I wasn't really cold but I was really excited to go again. Out of the whole game I never got someone dunked but it was heaps of fun. This was one of my best camp Kindness highlight.

Hard Material at Tech

Walking into Mr Grundy's class made me feel like I was in college. Everyone had taken a seat. The class was very different. Instead of chairs we sat on stools at a big table with only four sides to sit on. The class wasn't the same as our regular classes.

Mr Grundy gave us a sheet of safety rules. We had to tick the boxes safe or not safe. This was so no one would get hurt while building or making something. The material that we use is wood. But before building we have to design.

Pakiri Beach

Running along white sand towards rough waves was really cool. But jumping into it was more fun. We were at Pakiri Beach jumping and swimming with big waves.It was me and my cousins. We were looking for a good spot where there were neat waves.

Camp Bentzon

One of my highlight for the camp at Kawau island for year 6 2009, Camp Bentzon was Mr Coop's food. Every day he would bake a whole lot of buns. It would be nice and hot , freshly baked and its taste would be yum . My favourite food that was made by Mr Coop was very delicous and it was Lasagne. For lunch we would have Hot dogs or Burgers.

At Camp Bentzon there are 4  groups . The 4 groups are called different names like Katz, Kawau, Bentzon and Mansion. In the groups there are A's and B's , Katz A & Katz B, Kawau A & Kawau B, Bentzon A & Bentzon B, Mansion A & Mansion B.The team I was in was Kawau B.

My Blog Wordle

In extension Mrs Burt showed us how to use "Wordle". Wordle is a website that shows you how many words you have. It also shows how much you have used it by how big it is. You can change the colour and also change the fonts.

Video Conference With Hamish Campbell

                    
On Wednesday the 5th of August at 9'am the extension group had a video conference with Hamish Campbell and also Diana-Grace. Hamish Campbell is a very famous Geologists in New Zealand. The reason for this conference is for us to learn about the Fiordland earthquake and more.

 Hamish taught us a lot of interesting facts. There are a few that I remember. He told us that there are 2 kinds of plates called the "Pacific Plate " and " Australian Plate ". The earthquake was called Dusky Sound. 

 He explained to us how the earthquake happened. The 2 plates hit each other and pushed against the other one. It was meant to crash but instead the Pacific plate slid 5 meters under. The earthquake lasted for only 30 seconds.

He also told us about the earthquake that happened in 1976 in Tangshan, China. It only lasted for 15 seconds and was very huge. There was a big amount of people that had died during the earthquake. 242,000 people had died in a building.

 Thanks to Diana-Grace and Hamish Campbell for sharing very interesting facts about the Fiordland earthquake and also thanks to Te Papa museum.

  

My Report About Red Admiral Butterflies

Australian butterflies are often blown out to sea. They nearly always die because they sometimes fail because they don't reach the land.

     There are other kinds of butterflies, like the red admiral butterfly. The red admiral butterfly is not only native to New Zealand. It is also found nowhere else naturally. The red admiral caterpillar also takes advantage of the toxic ongaonga. The food ongaonga is a vicious stinging plant that has been known to kill people and even horses. The brightly coloured stripes on the adult upper wings are another self-protecting feature.