Rippa rugby

Report for Rippa rugby

Yesterday Parkvale school entered two Rippa rugby teams, I was in the A team. In our first game we faced Irongate and they were up 2-0 at the end of the first half then we picked our game up and drew four all. After that game we were off and we started to have big wins like 10-0 in tries. It all came down to the semi finals. We faced the Parkvale B team, that was a challenge. At full time we thought it was 3-2 to The A team but one of Sam's tries was dissallowed and that made it two all. We go into golden point so the first team to score wins. I could feel the tension building up and then Daniel makes a break through and scores that means that Parkvale A goes into the finals. We run out onto the field and start to play. Te Mata score a few tries but then the ball gets passed along the line and then to me. I dive over the line and put the ball down. That makes it 2-3. Time flies and Te Mata score a few more tries and then we do, the whistle blows and the finals are over. The score was 5-3.





Reflection for Rippa rugby
∙ Something I was pleased with was that I got lots of rips
...because I saved tries
∙ I really enjoyed learning not to run backwards
...because you can't see what's happening
∙ Something I found hard was keeping up with the fast people in my team
∙ Something that made me think was what way to run
...because there could be a gap that I missed
∙ Something I want to get better at is making sure of the rip.


Here is a photo of me

Camp reflection

Reflection for Camp
My goal for camp was to hold a weta.
... I achieved running up the pipe line.
Something I was pleased with was that I did the rope challenge in the last cave.

…because it was really fun.

I really enjoyed learning that a kiwi makes a clicking noise with its beak.

…because it is angry.

Something I found hard was turning one way in a double kayak.

Something that made me think was some of the questions in the quiz.

…because some of them I never would of heard of.

· My top 5 favourite things about camp were:
Favourite Things. Reason Why
1.Caving. because we got really muddy
2.Kayaking. because I got really wet
3.Pipe line. because it was challenging
4.confidence course. because it was fun and hard
5.rock hopping. because we got to climb up big rocks


This is my favourite photo

Caving

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• uses the senses (look, feel, hear, taste, smell)
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humour, feelings, exaggeration)

I walk into the dark, caves mouth that looks like a monster. I walk through the cave with freezing water up to my ankles. I walk onto the sloppy mud, My shoes are drenched and it feels like I am walking on jelly. I walk up some rocks that looks like stairs. I grip onto the rail and then onto the rope. The rope had lots of grip and felt rough. I slowly slide down the rope, bouncing off of each rock as I go. I look up at Jason to get my photo taken. I see the bright flash that looks like stars when it flashes.

 I touch down on the bottom like I am landing on the moon. I let go of the rope and it hits the rocks and I see the next person coming down. I jump over the jagged rocks and catch up to the other kids in front of me. I look in front of them to see what's up ahead. Then I see it. Another cave. I wait my turn in line and eventually I make it to the front. I get down on my hands and knees and start to crawl through.

I end up in a room I see flickers of light from the torches.

I climb up a pile of rocks and I look down a hole, Wow! That goes down a long way. I head back to the entrance of the room. I get down again and slide through a tight gap in the wall. I get scratches on my body. I make it out  and I get my photo. We walk to the start of the cave and we look at the glow worms. They look really cool. The cave had finished but to hear a few screams we decided to scare some people. I get up on the side of the cave and then, Ahhh!!!  

 

Lonely Ghost Storybird

Here is a Storybird that I created It is called the lonely ghost

Rock Hopping

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader.

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• uses the senses (look, feel, hear, taste, smell)
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humour, feelings, exaggeration)

Rock hopping

I jump. I land it. I slip. Ooch! I landed on my butt. I head over to another rock, then Mr M goes sprinting up beside me and then running up the triangular shape rock. He makes it. I take a run up, I get halfway up the rock then my footing comes loose. I slide down like a sled racing down a mountain. I try again but I slip before I even get up. I skip that rock and head onto the next rock. I climb successfully up a rock. I then jump off and land on another rock and slip up. I find a rock that has holes that looks like stairs in it. I climb it with ease. I get down on my bum and slide down the steep rock. I start to run because Liam called me, I try to figure out where the voice is coming from. 

I end up on a big grassy, mossy rock. I see a little twig and stick  hut. I crawl in through the entrance, Liam says “Sup Josh” and I reply “Sup Liam”. He hands me a stick and says “this is your weapon". He says "roll out" and then he runs out of the hut and throws his stick (Grenade) into the lake. Boom! (Splash) Target hit and he runs back into the hut and says “Take cover.” We hear Mr M calling us in and says have a biscuit and a piece of apple. Liam grabs a biscuit and says “I've got my salami slice (biscuit)". We stumble back to our cars, we are all exhausted. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Pyjama Time

At Camp Kaitawa Henry, Liam, Samuel and I made a trailer called Pyjama time. We made it in the morning when we got up and woke everyone else up with the noise. Please leave a comment :)




Pyjama Time from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

May reflection

For term 2 Interviews we had to fill out a presentation. Here is my one.

Small Stellated Dodecahedron

On the Weekend me and my dad made a Small Stellated Dodecahedron out of stainless steel
Here are a few photos and a trailer that I made.



The Birth of a Stellated Dodecahedron from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

The stainless version

The paper and stainless Dodecahedron

Bottle Nose Dolphin

For reading we read a book called Whales, We had to research a whale (and dolphin)
Here is my presentation.


 

Key events in my life

Here is a timeline of the key events in my life so far.

Rock climbing

Today room 16 went rock climbing at Karamu High School with the year 12's
In my group we had Elijah, Dylan and I, our buddies were William and Gemma
Here is a reflection.

                Reflection for rock climbing

· Something I was pleased with was that I climbed up the wall in 23 seconds.

                           

· I really enjoyed learning how to climb a rock climbing wall

                 

…because I have never been rock climbing before.

· Something I found hard was gripping my hands on the small blocks.

· Something that made me think was what block to move my foot to.

                

…because I slipped when I put my foot on the wrong block

· Something I want to get better at is climbing the wall without slipping

         (What can I do about it?)

Here are some photos of me

 

Friend

               Friend

If you want to be a friend just wait and see here's some tips for you and me.

There's one thing about you that will always be true I’ll be your friend forever with you.

a friend is someone who cares for you even when you're feeling blue.

We laugh so hard and we play all day I hope one day we'll make it all the way.

By Joshua Heibner