Tough kids

Hi, welcome back to my blog. Today I will be telling you about Tough kids. Wednesday of term 4 week 6 my hub and the year 3,4 hub did Tough kids. It was soooooo fun. When I got off the bus I was over whelmed by the amount of effort that went into the event and by the amount of kids that had dressed up and where doing the run.  The obstacles along the run where fun to do as well. The first one was a bunch of tiers that you had to climb over, then it was a ramp made out of foam that you and to go up and jump down from.  The next obstacle was a big tree stump in the road that you had to climb up and over, then there was a bouncy castle that you had to go through, then there was a mase where you had to step over or go under ropes and over a fence. We then did the mud obstacles. The first obstacle that we did that had mud was a net. You had to craw under it in the mud. Then you ran for a bit before having to crawl under a bridge. ( In mud ). You then ran over the bridge to get to the first water obstacle. It was very fun. There was a roped of area where you had to wade through the water. Me and my friend where so conscious of getting wet but by the second time we did the obstacle ( we had to do it twice ) we where soaked. Then finely we got to the water slide. Because me and my friend did not want to get any more wet then we already where we tried to skip it, but the fire men sprayed us with a hose until we did it. There was also a bouncy castle obstacle coarse but it was too crowed so we had to skip it.  By the end of the run I was tired and was quite proud of my self when I got back to school. I really hope that I get to do it again .  Have you done this event or something like this before or are you going to?

Reading Task

Hi, today I will be showing you my reading task. For this task we had to skim through the book first to see what it was about and then write down the information that we already knew about the topic. then we read the book and write down some points that we did not know. Finely we wrote down what our new ides where on the topic.

That was my reading task. Have you done something like this?

France

Hi, for the last 3 weeks and this week my hub have been writing information reports on different country's. we have organised what info we would have to have in each paragraphs. I will now share with you what I am putting in my information report.

Intro

Population : 65,182,396

It has grown by 0.3 percent from 2017 -2018

It is growing at a steady pace but the pace of growth is slower than in previous years.

Flag: blue white and red equal strips.

Location: the countries that border it are Spain, Switzerland, Belgium and it is near the medatrainin Sea

Capital 

Paris is the city that has lots of famous landmarks

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History- Key influences main events: 

1789: The French Revolution- During the French Revolution the French citizens redesigned the political landscape, 843: 

Signing of the Treaty of Verdun - the treaty of Verdun was a treaty partitioning the Carolingian empire  among the three surviving sons of the emperor Louis I , 1461-1483: 

The Reign of Louis XI- He continued the work of his father, Charles VII, in strengthening and unifying France.

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Religion: Catholicism

France is one of the main principle Catholic countries

 45% of people in France claim to be Christian most of them are Catholic.

Politics: 

They vote for a president every 5 years.

Potential candidates must secure 500 signatures from elected officials, such as mayors,
to secure a spot on the ballot.

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Education: subjects taught at primary school: French, history, geography and civic studies; mathematics, science and technology; physical education and sport, arts and crafts, and music.

Ecoamany:

France is one of the major economic powers of the world.

It is ranked among countries like the United States, Japan, Germany and Italy

Jobs: there is a wide range of jobs in France such as Marketing Managers

Or Airplane Pilots.

All the jobs in France are good paying jobs and you can make a living of them

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Celebrations:

Mid-February: Nice Carnival. There are 15 days (and nights)
of carnival parades with amazing decorated floats and humongous paper-mache figurines.
During the Flower Parade, beautifully dressed characters throw a huge number of flowers into the crowd
and more than 1,000 dancers and musicians from around the world perform at the carnival.

Food

Herb Buttered Snails (Escargots au Beurre Persillé)  These are from Burgundy in France. They are cooked with a butter parsley cream. They are presented in there shells and you eat them with a little skewer.

Breton Buckwheat Pancakes (Galettes Bretonnes)  you can find these almost everywhere in France. Traditional fillings like ham, cheese, and eggs or andouille and onions are usually used but people have become more creative over time. 

Attractions:

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is one of the world's most Iconic landmarks.

It was originally hated by critics but now has earned the title: The iron lady.

Louvre Museum

In the former royal palace of French Kings, the Louvre is a magnificent museum that ranks
among the top European collections of fine arts.

Prehistoric Cave Paintings in Lascaux

Visitors can discover the fascinating world of prehistoric art in Lascaux, the best example of stone age
art in the world. 

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Dance: 

Ballet - stated in Italy in the fifteenth century and came to France were it was further developed into a concert dance and now has its own vocabulary based on French words.

Branle

The simplest of the dances was the branle, which was originally as a circle or line dance of kicking or gliding steps often used  at weddings or popular festivities. 

Galliards

 are festive dances that normally come right after the slow pavanes. In this dance, both the man and the woman perform four little kicks, followed by one bigger hop

Sport:

 Football

Football is most definitely the most important, most watched, and most played sport in the country. 
Local teams are quite competitive with the rivalries running deep and being taken extremely seriously.  

Cycling

Most people are familiar with the Tour de France.  It is the country's most important cycling race.
The three-week long race takes a different route over France each year and is followed by crowds from
different countries. It attracts the biggest names in cycling and  is one of the greatest achievements a
road cyclist can dream of.

That was my plan of my report. Have you done anything like this.

  

Reading Task

Hi, welcome to my blog. Today I will be sharing with you my reading task from week 5. Please enjoy.

That was my reading task. Have you done something like this before?

how to make Zimtsterne

Hi, today I will be sharing with you my recipe for how to make Zimtsterne a traditional German cookie that is used at Christmas. Enjoy

That was my recipe. Do you think that you can make the cookies?

Attitude

Hi, welcome back to my blog.  Today I will be telling you about Attitude!!!!

Attitude came to  talk to us about puberty - and the effects it has our bodies as we get toward being a teenager.  For example we may get pimples on our faces and mood swings which are triggered by hormones.  A girls body will change and they will grow breasts, pubic hair and get their period.  A boys body changes and they get a deeper voice, pubic hair and they will become more muscular.   Something else I learned is that in puberty you will have a lot of growth spurts - first your hands and feet grow, the the rest of your body.The guy form attitude was quite funny and made a lot of jokes which helped the lesson be less awkward.  This is the logo from Attitude

Hope you enjoyed my blog post. Have you heard of Attitude?

Camp Term 4

Hi, welcome to my blog. Today I will be sharing with you my experience from camp. We went to Wainui camp YMCA Powell village, week 3 of term 4 and it was so fun. The activities we did were: Coastairing, Kayaking, High Ropes, Outdoor Living,  Search and Rescue , Archery, Orienteering and School Led Actives.

My favourite part of the trip was spending time with my friends outside of school and getting to try out things that I had never done before. I really enjoyed all the activities but my favourite was kayaking even though the water was freezing, and I was dying to get warm again. My second  favourite would have to be the rest of them because they where all so fun to do, and I hope I get the chance to do them again.

Something I learnt was that a lot things may seen easy but they can be almost impossible. I found this out on the high ropes when I tried to climb a large wooden ladder with the gaps in between the rungs  getting bigger and bigger, and it got harder and harder to climb. I also found this out belaying at high ropes because it is quite hard to always keep tension on the rope without giving the climber a wedge.  So next time I will definitely pay more attention to the rope and how much tension I am putting on the rope.

Something that I found challenging was sleeping because I kept getting woken up at 4:00 and 4:53 so I found it hard to get back to sleep. It was also hard to get to sleep in the first place because most people were talking. I  found Archery challenging as well because it was very hard to even hit the target and most of the time I had terrible aim and my arrow plunged into the hay. I think that I need a lot more practise in Archery.

Something I am grateful for is the camp instructors and parents volunteering so that we could have a safe and enjoyable camp. I am also grateful for the experiences that I could have and that my school can help us to have good experiences . I am truly thankful that I could go to camp .  I really hope that in the future I can go to Wainui YMCA camp again and have as much fun as I had this time.

Wainui YMCA Powell village


Have you gone to camp before and if so how was it? If not would you like to go? Why? Why not? Please let me know in a comment.
Bye.