Term 4 Goals

My goals for this term are

Overall

To try and make the most of the time I have left at this school. This is the last time that I'm going to experience at Te Awamutu Intermediate so I want to make it a good one.

To focus more on the things I'm good at instead of doing everything.

Academically

To finish my writing on a high standard and take in all I have learnt.

Socially

To enjoy social dance. 

To succeed in all that I do whether it's academic, cultural, music or sport. 

I think all of these things would help become a more manageable, reliable person.

Bay Of Plenty Championships 2017 Swimming Competition

On Thursday, I went down to Tauranga to compete at a Swimming Competition. It was a very big meet with the biggest number of competitors at a swim meet in NZ history. There were around 455 competitors there. The average is around early 300's so it was very tough trying to find space and getting into finals. I did very well in the meet taking a silver in the 100m Fly and 4th in the 50m Fly. I made most of my finals but it was very hard to perform. We also had a record breaking over at the meet from one of the swimmers which was very impressive. I'm only three seconds off one of them but I sill to train a little harder. I made a lot of great friends and I got confronted by a selector for the NZ teams to go international so that was good. I nearly got Personal bests for all my races and I never went majorly over my time. Overall it was a really great weekend with amazing talent exposed.

Term 2 Week 3

I was only here for two days because I had things but I'm still going to talk about what I learnt. On Monday we did Maths and I handed in my speech. I think I will do alright in my speech but I do need to use more expression when I present it. On Tuesday, we had Tech Arts and we wrote our blues song. Ours wasn't that great but we did a very good duo. We also played a game of Kahoot. I learnt how to not rush and put an answer straight away. I also had my SLC that day. It wasn't that bad. That was my week at school.

Term 3 Week 2

On Monday we had Mrs Crowe back. At assembly we had three gold badges given out to three students. On Tuesday we had Tech Arts. We learnt about Reggae music and a lot about Bob Marley. We also learnt how to play Three little birds on the guitar.

We also learnt a keyboard and drum rhythm.

On Wednesday we did Team Cross Country. On Thursday we had the College Exhibition where they came and showed us the things they do. I want to do Music, Graphics, Outdoor Ed, Food. On Friday we had Tech Arts where we learnt about Blues Music and the history behind it. We played some chords on a guitar that were similar to Blues music and we played a game of Kahoot against the class. I got into the Top 5 but that still wasn't enough. On Saturday we played netball against a team that came down from premiere and they won. On Sunday we went to netball tournament and we had so many people against our team. We accidentally hit a lady and we said sorry but she came at us and told us to say sorry. Then this lady said woohh! to us and OMG. What is worng.

Term 3 Week 1

We came back expecting a fresh start and we found out that our teacher wasn't feeling so well and so we had our principal instead. On Tuesday we had our first lesson for Music which was really cool. Last year, I hated music but this year I like it. We also went over Latin music. We learnt a lot about Latin music and where it came from. On Wednesday we did an Australian Maths test. It wasn't that bad but some of the questions I found quite challenging. On Thursday we had band. We still have a lot of work to do. On Friday we had Tech Arts where we learnt about Irish music and what type of style they like. Then we had Maori where we learnt a lot about Kingitanga.

Term 2 Week 9

For the last week or so all that I have been doing is Robotics and finishing off reports. On Tuesday, 16 students went over to a WIMS Basketball competition. I learnt that my mum knows a lot more about basketball than I thought. On Wednesday we had Jump Jam. Since Ms bailey wasn't there we had to do it all by ourselves which was quite hard. I learnt that Capital E down in Wellington actually comes in handy in life. The system that I used their was the exact same thing that was at Jump Jam. I just moved a control and it started working. I was sort of surprised but not.

Term 2 Week 8

This week I actually learnt quite a lot. I learnt that you can read a book in one day and get the book review finished and a new algorithm for robotics.
Since the end of the term was get closer and closer, I decided to do my book review at home because I didn't want to do at school and I hadn't actually read the book. Anyway, I finished it and it's nearly done. I just need to edit it before I hand it in to the teacher.
I also learnt a new algorithm for robotics from a boy in my class named Orion.

So say - Two meter's is one wheel rotation. If you have to go twenty-eight meters, obviously it is going to be fourteen because twenty-eight divided by two is fourteen; however, you can do one divided by two multiplied by twenty-eight and you will get the same result. In a case where say you move seven meters in 1.5 wheel rotations, that is when you can use the algorithm but I try to use my brain instead of cheating. Also in robotics I came around a 90 degree challenge where you have turn 90 degrees. I know it sounds really easy but it isn't. This is the scale

0.65-0.7 rotations
240- degrees

I got it on my third go but it was quite easy.
There is also this Orchard challenge and I found it really hard to do but really easy. The worst thing is that I always forget to save my program so I have to start again. Lucky I have got a good memory.
We also had cafe in Food Technology on Friday. I made a lemon with blueberries on top. I was so scared that it was going to fail but it didn't so I was really happy. I learnt that if you let it cool for 10-20 minutes it will be alright.