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

Cricket - Energy \ Beans

Crack! I hit the ball with all of my power, It roles to the boundary line. I  block a ball that seems to come down to me at 100KM per hour. My bat hits it with a crack, I look at the new chery on my bat.

I can just taste the victory salivating  on my tongue.  I get ready to face the 6th ball of the over, I get ready to crack the ball in half. I hit  the ball like a pro, it travels to the long boundary A fielder chasing after it, I ran 2 runs before it hits the boundary.  The 13 overs are up I head off for drinks break.

I  strode back onto the pitch ready to start the 14th over.  

I block the first ball. It rolls straight back to the bowler. He walks back to his marker for his run up. He runs in at full speed, I hit it to a fielder  He thinks it might be his chance to get me out the, good thing is that he dropped it.  

“Last over” the umpire shouts out. I get ready to bash the ball, I hit it, oh no it’s going to hit my other  batsman's foot I yell out “move out of the way” he quickly steps to the side and it speeds to the boundary. I have reached my thirty runs, I have to retire.

The rest of my team-mates make a cricket bat guard of honour for me to walk through. I hold my head high. My team congratulates me and gives me high fives.  

By Joshua  

 

Millau Viaduct

                Millau viaduct

Millau Viaduct is the most amazing bridge in the world. The Millau Viaduct is located in southern France. It was designed by a French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux. He worked closely with British architect Norman Foster.

The bridge was 245 metres long and 2.5 KM. They built the bridge on a 3 percent slope to make the drivers feel more comfortable. At the highest point of the bridge is 343 that is 23 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower.

The bridge opened on the 14 December 2004. I the first year it carried 4,430,000 vehicles. Many more than it had been estimated. The bridge is guaranteed to remain in good condition for 120 years.

By Joshua Heibner

My favourite part of the bridge would be when you look down when you are at the middle.