Reuben's Blog

Last term I was selected to play for Touch Canterbury in two tournaments one was in Nelson and one was in Christchurch, and last week we went to Nelson it was such a long trip and when I got there me and my dad were an 5 hours early so we went down to the bar and played some pool and I won. After the bar we went back to the camp and by that time I was allowed to get in my cabin. I had Saul, Tyrone and Harrison, after everyone arrived we went to the park that we were playing on and made Touch Canterbury with our body, it look really cool. When we got back we had dinner, that night it was burgers. But after dinner we had to go to bed our cabin was up till 10:30 at night. In the morning we had breakfast and then set off to have a quick warm up at the grounds. There was a lot of teams there some from the West Coast and Nelson. Our first game was again's Marlborough I scored 2 tries and our team won 8 - 2. After Marlborough it was Nelson and we lose 8 - 0 which was sad. But even more sa

Hello, For the past 2 weeks we have been working on an end of year memoir. For me this year it has been a pretty good year for cross country and I can't wait for 2019. I hope you enjoy reading my memoir please leave a comment. My Memoir It all began when I first started school in march 2012, this means I had only had 1 month of school before the school cross country race. Bang, the gun went 25 five year olds ran around the backpaddick twice. I could hear my mum and dad cheering for me, then what do you know I was in front and I could see the finish line in front of me as my mouth got dry and my legs felt like jelly I had won the race. It gave me a feeling that I was good at something and a sense of victory. Cross country running has been something I am really passionate about and good at. I have won my age group school cross country for the last 7 years. It is weird that Mum and Dad are not long distance runners but my great granddad was. So maybe I get distance running

Hello, For the past 3 or 4 weeks of term we have been working on some creative writing. It has been really fun to write. I hope you enjoy because I now I did. Empty Boots All was silent, as I walked through the forest back to my house,  not a breath of wind could be felt or heard. Suddenly I heard something rustling in the leaves so I went over to investigate it was two pairs of black leather boots with colored laces tired at the top. I was just about to take the boots but they moved and took one step away from me and then another it turned into a jog, I started to chase it but it was too fast. We were running for quite a while until the boots stopped in the sunlight I could see the body shape of a person out and then it turned around and looked at me. I was so scare my legs turned to jelly and I started to run the boots started to chase me. I finally got out of the forest but my house was still 400m away I grabbed my bike and rode off. Eventually I got back to my house and sl

Hello, Yesterday Finn, Max and I couched the year 5 and 6 copperheads. We got there a little late and we were getting beaten by a good team. At half time it was about 10 - 0 but with I quick pep talk we were scoring and the final score was I think 6 - 15. I think we did really well and now it was the hard part choosing the player of the day but we gave it to Nelia Penrose for running strait lines. Have you coach touch before ? 

Hello, Yesterday was the teachers strike and my friends and I were going to go to the movies and see Goosebumps. But before that dad said you have to have a hair cut so I went to the hair dressers and saw my cousin there and invited them to the movies but only Flynn could go. We were meeting at the Palms mall I think I got a bit to much food but it was all about the movie. The movie was great but I won't say any spoilers. I had a great time and can't wait to do it again. What did you do on the teachers strike ?

Hello, Today I will be telling you about touch last night. We were vising a team that has not been beaten before and nether had we so it was going to be a great game. As we warmed up we saw the other team but there was only 5 of them and there was 9 of us. We got on to the field but it had to be 6 aside and they only had 5 so we played 5 on 5. It was a fast half but they scored 4 tries and we scored 1. After a quick pep talk we were playing. That half was really slow and we got 1 try. The end result was 4 - 2. Have played touch before ?

Hello, On the 7th of November I competed at the North School Zone Athletics. I competed in 100 meter sprint, relay and high  jump. First was the high jump and I got 6th. Second was the 100 meter sprint  and I got 4th but in the race I stranded my knee. There for I couldn't do the relay and I was so sad. But I just said to myself next year.  Have you ever been to a School Zones before ?

Hello, Today I am going to tell you about school athletics.   It was so cold and it was pouring with rain. In discus I got 3rd place with a throw of 17 metres. In long jump I got 1st place with a jump of 4 metres and 10 centimetres. Now to high jump I got 1 metre 25  centimetres and won. Now this is my favourite event and that is sprints first was 60 I got 1st in my heat and 1st in my final and then it was 100 metres I got 1st in my heat and 1st in my final.  Have you done athletics before ?   

Hi today I will be telling you about our shared lunch on Thursday and what our driving question is for PBL. First I will tell you about our driving question it is.  How do we successfully design, build, market and sell a product, that meets the needs of our cultural diverse community? Now for the shared lunch we had these groups base on country around the world. I got New Zealand and then we had to bring food to the shared lunch on Thursday. I think it was great I got to taste heaps of new foods that I didn't even know what was in it. I had to bring Anzac biscuits. Overall it was great. Have you every had a shared lunch before ?

Hello,  For the past 2 weeks we have been doing swimming lessons at Graham Condon for 20mins every day. I am in the second highest group. I really enjoy swimming. In the next few days we are doing water safety and from last we did it you get tipped out of a boat which is my favorite part. Have you done swimming lessons before?

Hello, Today I will be talking to you about my quick recount I hope you like it.  Recount   I was playing squads with my friends on F ortnite and about to get the dub when my mum came in and placed a box in front of me. But I paid no attention to it until mum said aren't you going to open your present ? For me ? I said she then had to take a phone call. I pause the game and opened the box slowly then out of nowhere a dog pop up. I then lifted it up with a smile until I saw that it only had three legs I threw the dog on the ground. But the dog got back up and saw a ball he run over to get it and give it to me but I just kick the ball away and the dog run after it tumbling and turning that made me laugh so I said to my mum I am going outside with the dog. Then we started to play fetch and we have been friends ever since. The End Have you ever written a recount ?

Hello Last Thursday all the A teams went to the Canterbury sports tournament at Hardly park I went with the Soccer team I was so plumbed I just couldn't wait to play. Any way we shortly found out that it was 5 minute half's and a short field that made it hard to kick the ball. But besides it was still really fun and our first team we vised was Marshlands and they are like our rivals but sadly we lost we then went on the win the next 2 games and came 7th. We were so proud of what we did and we can't wait to do it again next year. Did you play in the Canterbury sports tournament ?

Hello !! For the past couple of weeks we have been writing speeches. We had to write are speeches about legacy. After a week of thinking I finally came up with a topic and my topic was how to keep children fit and healthy ? We then had to present in front of the hole home base. I think I did really well and next year I hope we don't do it because I was really nerves.  Have you ever done a speech ?   

Hello, Last Wednesday the teachers went on strike that means no school !!! I think the government should give the teachers more money and less work because they work for ages and if I was them I probably couldn't handle it and quite. So just give them more money and less work. What do you think of this ?

Hi, Today I will be talking to you about rugby on Saturday for the past three or four weeks our team has been unstop a bull and we hope to keep it that way. last Saturday we showed up at the field pretty early and ready to play, today we were vising Burnside a pretty good team. But we still beat them 60 - 12 and now we are in the finals to vs our other Christchurch team and they are very good but the last time we played them we won. So it should be a good match !!! I hope you enjoyed my blog post. Bye Have you ever played rugby ?  

Hello, Today I will be talking to you about how to be a good blogger I hope you enjoy.

Hello At school we did a piece of learning called a literary circle this is when you chose a book and discuss it in a small group.  Trouble in time  1. Why did you choose this book ? It was the only book left.  2.  Summarise what you have read so far ?  Ben really wanted to go to laser force with his friends. But his old git granddad was here so he wasn’t allowed to go. The next morning he went school and when he came back there was a note on the door saying Hi Ben I’m at a bovine meeting with Abby until 5 Dad home late tonight but poppa will mind you love Mum PS Don’t eat all the chocolate cake and no more texting at the table. That night when his granddad went to bed Ben went up to his room and his granddad was there lying on the sofa. 3. Has the book started off how you thought ? No not really because it looked more interning on the cover than in the book. 4. Describe the literary  circle method of reading that we are using ? The literary circle method is to hel

Hi guys, last term we did a piece of learning called a digital project. A digital project is when you transfer a piece of writing into a digital project. I hope you like it. Have you ever done a digital project ?

Hello this week we have been doing a explanation on why Timor Leste need our money ? Here it is. I hope you like it. Timor leste why they need our money? Timor leste is a small country located south of philippines and north of australia. Timor leste as of 2016 has a population of 1.269 million. Timor leste is a 3rd world country in need of our help because they are struggling to development they need our money for shelter, education, food and water. Food The people of Timor leste need our money for food because they have lack of energy for there daily lives because 37.4 percent of the Timor Leste population live under the international poverty line of 1.25$ per day. There for 40 percent of the population is malnourished. They also need our money to grow their own food for some of the food is sourced for Portuguese and Indonesia. Another reason as to why they need our money's is for fishing nets for they have a lack of fishing nets to catch fish. Water The people of Timor Les

Hello everyone I hope you are having a great and today I will show you my blogger profile. I hope you like it. Have you ever made your profile ?

Last week we did Cybersmart. It is all about staying safe on the internet and last week we did what is a purpose of a blog. We had to copy and paste a slide and screenshot other people's blogs into these categories - Teaching others, Getting feedback and To Publish. Here it is on slide 7.    What is the purpose behind publishing your blog posts?

Hello, Today I am going to tell you about Life Ed with Harold the giraffe. Our instructor was Susan and she made us do these really fun games and how to be a better leader. To become a leader is to stand up for yourself and others. Also listen to other peoples ideas and use a strong voice. The whole school got to see Harold and got to learn lots of cool stuff along the way. I really enjoyed seeing Harold and I hope to see him next year. Have you ever seen Harold?

Hi guys today I will show you why instructions writing of how to make a mug cake. If anyone out there doesn't know what a mug cake is well it is a chocolate cake in a mug here are my instructions. Mug cake Instructions Ingredients: One egg ¼ of a cup of sugar 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa Materials: A fork A spoon A mug A microwave Instructions: Crack a egg into the mug Mix with the fork till the egg is all yellow Add a ¼ of a cup of sugar Add 1-2 tablespoons of cocoa depending how chocolaty you want it Mix till it is like a liquid   Place the mug into the microwave for 60 - 90 seconds but check every now and then Add chocolate chips if you want Enjoy I hope you learned how to make a mug cake. If you want you should try it because it was really good. Have you ever tasted a mug cake if you have tell me in the comments did you like it ? 

In term 2 week 3 our hub did the Caritas Challenge. The Caritas Challenge involves picking either the sweat it challenge, move it challenge or the live it challenge. The sweat it challenge is when you people bring in used toys and sell them on a market day. Live it challenge is when you live like the people in Timor Leste that includes staying over night and the move it challenge is when nonstop sport for a certain number of hours. Our hub picked the live it challenge and to make the day more exciting we also did a mini sweat it challenge and a mini move it challenge. We then got put into groups to organise what we were going to do during in these challenges. I got put in the mini sweat it. First our group made a time for the market to begin on day we were doing the live it challenge. Then we got our school to bring in any second hand toys, books and games to sell on the market. Some of us got to stay and help with the market but I didn't because I had my sisters Netball that I ha

Do you now what the wahine disaster is about ? Well that's what I am going to share with you now it has been my recount and I know term 1 is over but but I still have't showed what I did so sit back and read away PS: I hope you like it and had a great holiday. The Wahine Story “Robertson Gordon”!!! I repeat “Robertson Gordon”!!! ‘The seas are getting really rough out there’, said the harbour master, you should  either turn back or risk it and  push on to Wellington”.  It was the 10th of April 1968 and the ferry was travelling from Christchurch to Wellington their were two storms raging and they were going to meet.  One storm was coming  from the North and one from the South Island. Robertson Gordon ( Captain/me  ) said “thanks but we will risk it.” I knew I should had pulled the boat around but I chose not to. Getting to Wellington that was my plan and the ferry engine started and the people were so excited that's why I didn’t want to turn around. As we went past

This Term we have been doing a science project with or without a buddy. I chose with a buddy and that was Logan because I think we work really well together. This week we have been focusing on our background research and hypothesis and that's what I am going to be sharing with you. Hypothesis It will affect its travel because the wings of a plane play a big role in aerodynamics and its travel of a plane. The different wing span will make the paper airplane go further because the air will keep it going. Background research The way that a paper airplane works is that while the plane is flying forward, air moving over and on the bottom of the wings providing lift. If the wings are longer it fly better because the wings providing air through longer wings will keep it going. Paper Airplane I hope you learned a lot about my background. Have you been doing a science project if you have what is your question ?    

On the second week of term 2 some year 7 to 8 students got to go out to a teacher's conference this was called voice and choice. That is when some students go to a teacher's conference and speak about what goes on your school but the students say what goes on not the teachers. So me and Trent had to come up with a speech to say to the other teachers that were there. We all got a topic to speak about and a buddy to come up with what we presented ( mine was Trent ). There was a number of topics and our topic was science. This term we get to come up with our own science project and we get to go with a buddy. Mine is Logan and our project is "how does the shape of a paper plane's wings affect its travel distance?" This is mine and Trent's speech. Hi my name is Reuben and this is Trent and we will be sharing with you what it is like in science for the Kaupeka hub for kids. Last term we started to do some science we got to chose out of chemistry, Biology and ph

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Term 1 is almost over and I haven't set any goals on this blog I will be setting myself some goals for this year. Goal one, to get better at maths by going to more maths workshops and making sure they are the right ones by checking with a teacher. What I enjoyed this term so far is Tech because you get to work on a different task every week. To be a better at reading by reading more at home. I would also like to try another sport and one sport I would really like to learn is water polo or netball and I am doing that with mate Max. My last goal is to be a better leader in our school because being a year 7 is a big step up from year 6 and I would just like to be a better person in the playground for the younger kids. I hope you liked my blog. Have you set your goals for this year ? If you haven't you should make some goals. Tell me in the comments below. Bye

On Wednesday the 28th of March 2018 the Saint Francis A cricket team went to Cobham to play the Cobham A team. I was a reserve and so was Sam T and Matthew H. We got to school, everyone in our team brought their gear and were ready. We still stayed at school for a bit and then at ten past ten we headed out. We got into the van and headed to play Cobham. Once we got there nearly the whole of Cobham was there. I started to get nervous because this was my first ever real game of cricket. Will was captain so he went to go and decide who was going to bat first or bowl. Will won the toss and he decided to bowl first. We all ran onto the field and Cobham got ready to bat. Will and Josh were going to be the first ones to bowl, it was about 20 minutes in and we got our first wicket because Trent caught him out. We all ran of to Trent to congratulate him, after that we all went out to the same spots as last time. 20 minutes later I put my hands out and caught the ball and they all ran over to me

Last Friday our hub and some parents went to Lyttelton to walk the Bridle Path as well as Ferrymead to experience what it was like back in the 1950s. What were the differences and similarities of the time you experienced at Ferrymead to now? What I noticed is that the differences were there was less technology so most things were made by hand and it was harder to make food. The children had lots more jobs and chores to do before and after school. The clothing they wore was long, itchy and thin. At school they had very strict rules and if you broke them the teachers would gave you the strap! They had no computers but they had paper and pencils.  From your experiences what do you think life was like at home in the era of your event? It was hard because not many people had that much money to pay for school, food, water, a house and many more things and only the rich could afford a TV and other technology expenses.  How do you think the early settlers felt climbing the bridle path with

Queenstown!!! On the last day of school Max, Sam and I went down to Queenstown together. After we packed our bags we went to pick up two people in my team Col and McKenzie. We went to the airport and met the team. We went inside and got our bags checked and then Sam and me saw Max and we ran to him to say hi. Turns out we were going on the same flight and then we got on the plane and I played some games on my iPad. We finally touched down in Queenstown and we had to go straight to the weigh in. After that was all done we went to the camp that we were staying in and there were about 6 teams that was in the Queenstown tournament. As soon as we got our bags in the room and got our beds set up, our whole team played a big game of infected. Sam and I were sure that someone was missing and sure enough Josh P was in bed feeling so sick. I gave him my iPad to play on and then we kept checking on him while we played infected. In the morning we had to get up at about 7:00 o'clock because

The Duathlon For today's blog post I have deiced to write about the Duathlon. On 7th of March Tuesday 2018, I was getting ready to run a Duathlon. I was so pumped. I said to myself I have to win. I heard the gun shot but it was not my race. It was my sisters, she was going well but she was last on the first lap. I was saying she was going to get wasted but as she was coming around on the second lap she was 4th. Then when she got onto the bike she caught one person and she was 3rd. In the end she got 3rd. Now it was the race that mattered the most, it was my race. I was ready and my Dad was watching from the sideline the gun shot I sprinted the first 200 meters and then found my pace. I was in front of the pack by just a fingernail. It was me and Ethan B the whole time until we came to the bike part and he passed me. I fell behind but on the last lap I caught him. After that I still had 1km of running and I ran and ran because I didn't want Ethan B to pass me. I finely finish

Over the past 3 or 4 weeks we have been sharing treasures and this time it was my turn. For my treasure I had a picture of my Great Grandad He was born in Waimate and died when he was 93. I was just 9 years old. Great Grandad went to the 2nd World War and his dad went to the 1st World War.  He fought in the Pacific Island war alongside his friends and his brother. He went to war when he was only 16 but he was supposed to be 18. He was away for about 18 months. When he came back his mum was so happy to see him and I was so lucky to get to spend time with him and listen to his stories. My second treasure was my green stone fish hook. T his is special to me because this was handed down to my dad as a wedding present. From his WHANGAI WHANAU ( this means adopted parents ). Now Dad has passed it down to me. The fish hook symbolises Maori determination, peace, and good health. My last treasure is my very first rugby trophy. I got player of the day on our last game of the season and then got