Wednesday 22 November 2017
Tuesday 14 November 2017
The referee is never right...
The Referee is always right, aren’t they? They have to be, right? Referees are not always correct, why… Because we are humans and humans make mistakes, I know you and I have. When the ref makes a wrong call against your team you feel pretty ripped off, but what would you feel like if you were the ref and people were giving you a hard time about it?
I have refereed a heap of mini ball games, Miniball is basketball but downsized, more mini courts, more mini balls and more mini people- only year 3 and 4’s play it. If I had called all the mistakes I had seen, the kids would have only played 2 minutes or so of actual mini ball. So I kind of had to let a few little things slip, but when I do all the other kids start saying “WHAT! He (or she) Travelled, OUR BALL, OUR BALL!!!” Refereeing is a hard job, and it is even harder when people pressure you about it!
This year I played rippa rugby and to be honest our team was really good, but we got totally ripped off in the semi-final! Paroa and Karoro were tied and we had to go into after time, both teams scored 1 try each and karoro had the ball, One boy who had the ball had his shirt over his belt, a rule in rippa rugby was that you have to have your shirt tucked into your belt so the opposition could get to your tags, anyway he had the ball but we couldn’t rip off his tags because his shirt was covering them. He went for the try, HE SCORED! “What!” We said to the ref “How does that count his shirt was over is belt” But no matter how much we argued the referee still counted the try, Karoro School had won and now they're in the finals! In this instance the ref was wrong and he should have been our ball! But remember referees can never be right 100% of the time!
Another time the ref was totally wrong was in 1966 when the referee was refereeing a world cup match, England vs Germany, Germany was up 2-0. Then moments later Frank Lampard of England sent a shot soaring through the air it hit the crossbar and then clearly bouncing over the line before bouncing back out! GGGOOOAAALLL! Or so they thought… The ref did not realise the ball had gone over the line from the angle he saw it, and in those days referees did not rely on cameras to help make the decision although they did have the technology! So to everyone's surprise the referee called play on! The protest from the crowd carried on for the rest of the game! Germany ended up winning 4-1, but who knows what would have happened if the goal had counted? After that match the referee was sacked from the rest of the tournament, although something good did come out of this, this mistake led to goal-line technology and TMOs to help the referees with their calls!
Although Referees cannot always be correct all of the time you have to respect them. When I ref Miniball people come up to me at the end of the game and then thank me, which I really appreciate. Without Referees who knows what could happen at sports matches, fights, no rules, cheating, which would lead to more fights.etc. They may not be right 100% of the time but they are right about 75% of the time. When you play a game always thank the ref for giving up their time to make sure you and your teammates can play a game and have fun!
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Thursday 2 November 2017
Thursday 19 October 2017
Social studie slam- NZ Nuclear Free stance
My Side-David Lange and getting rid of Nuclear sources💣😊
New Zealand is nuclear-free, that means that and nuclear powered weapons, ship and vehicles are not allowed inside the country. This is all thanks to David Lange!
The former 32nd prime minister of New Zealand, David Lange was also the youngest prime minister of the 20th century. He was born in 1842 and became prime minister in 1984 and then he died in
I strongly agree with David Lange by getting rid of all nuclear sources. Imagine if we had nuclear power here! Nuclear power is generated by a man-made product called plutonium. The byproduct of plutonium takes over 80million years to decay!
After the second world war the United States, Along with France and Britain allies infrequently tested nuclear weapons in the Pacific region. This kind of related to the rainbow warrior which is on my blog too.
Surely the rest of the world should become nuclear-free because if they use too much then in 100 years or so the whole earth (Apart from NZ because we are nuclear free! YAY!) and that would not be good!
Cleary David Lange was a good prime minister by ridding New Zealand of all nuclear sources.
Wednesday 18 October 2017
Proposed Hollyford/Haast Road
Sammi- My point of view is the Conservationists/Environmentalists/Tourism Operators/Opposition
The road has the backing of all four west coast councils and a lot of locals but I think the road should not be put in because:
It will cost over 250 million dollars to put in!
Making of the road will destroy some of the animals habitats and maybe hurt the animals!
When the road is finished you will have to pay to go on it!
They will have to build more buildings, hotels.etc. for people to stay at!
They will have to build more buildings, hotels.etc. for people to stay at!
I know the road will be put in to help our country with tourism but the drive to Milford sound also has a lot of nice views and when you finally get there it makes it more special thinking that the long drive was worth it.
I agree with this point of view its not just for Social Studies Slam!
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Social studies slam- the rainbow warrior
Social studies slam - Greenpeace perspective
Greenpeace is an environmental organisation that protests against nuclear bombing and other environmental issues. Greenpeace did not agree with the nuclear bomb testing happening on Mururoa atoll, an atoll is a small island made of the magma of a volcano. The Mururoa atoll was very close to New Zealand. So a boat called the rainbow warrior was a protester boat that sailed very close to the bomb testing site so the French could not bomb! There were reporters and lots of photographers on the boat and sent the videos of the French bombing and sending them around the world to make France look bad! The mururoa atoll was actually in French Polynesia land but it was very close to New Zealand but not only NZ was harmed by these bombs several Pacific islands food sources were being harmed! The Greenpeace association had succeeded by preventing these bombs, or so they thought… The french actuality bombed the rainbow warrior while it was in the Auckland harbour! Two of the crew died and Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart who bombed the boat were arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison, HOORAY!!! But don’t get too excited, 3 years later they were snuck out and taken back to France.
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Friday 22 September 2017
Thursday 21 September 2017
Wednesday 20 September 2017
Tuesday 19 September 2017
Monday 18 September 2017
Friday 15 September 2017
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Choose 3 numbers that add up to 17
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| It never said you could not use 2-digit numbers! |
Choose 3 numbers that add up to 17
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Matchstick maths starter!
Before
This is five squares because of the four obvious squares in the middle and the one surrounding the others/the big one
Monday 11 September 2017
Friday 8 September 2017
yAY! CliCk oN ThE LInK DoWN BeLoW!
Hiiiiiiii could you please do this quiz to determine how annoying you are --> CLICK HERE!!!
Monday 28 August 2017
Saturday 26 August 2017
First Aid DRS ABCD- By Sammi and Caitlan
We had a course at school ran by St John and they taught us all of this, including the CPR, so thank you St John for showing us this!
Friday 28 July 2017
HOW TO GET TOWED BY A SCOOTER ON A RIP SURF! (WITH SAMMI AND MIA)
HOW TO GET TOWED BY A SCOOTER ON A RIP SURF!
(WITH SAMMI AND MIA)
WHAT YOU NEED: A scooter, A rip surf and 2 crazy people a helmet each.
Thursday 6 July 2017
Please check it out!
Hello everyone! Mia, Sahara and I have created a google site on spiders! Please check it out and we would appreciate it if you gave us some feedback! Click here to go to the website!
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Sunday 2 July 2017
Tuesday 20 June 2017
Wednesday 14 June 2017
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Boomwriter chapter two
BOOMWRITER CHAPTER 2 ( MY DOODLE LIVES)
I bound out of the bathroom and around the corner, concerned what the doodle will do next.
Hold on where did he go, all I know is that he was going to find Carter Johnson. Him and his gang hang out underneath the bleachers. I am making my way down to the sports field, I hear two more voices scream and screech at me from inside my bag.
“Help, Help”
“Get us out”
“Oh no Not more” I say.
Suddenly my bag bursts open, I slowly reach inside grabbing my doodle book and open it exposing three more doodles.
“Oy, dummy” wailed one of the doodles
“why did you leave us in there so long” complained the other one.
“Oh I’m sorry” I say in a sarcastic voice. The doodles peel of the page. There was a police officer, a ballerina, wait hold on a ballerina when did I draw her.
“ you drew me in first grade, remember to impress that little girl, ummm, rosy, yeah that was her name.”
“Whatever” I reply
RING! RING! The bell rings so I start pacing back to class. The doodles following behind me. Finally I am back in class, uh oh, Carter and his mates are in there. Carter walks over to me his fist clenched and his teeth bared like a wild dog! “Why don’t pick on someone your own size! So what if I’m fat, wear glasses and a nerd It does not mean I’m weak!” I say with an attitude “ OOOOOOH! Rager!”Carter taunts. I suddenly throw a punch Carter, He falls over and hits his noggin on the desk!
“ Brayden, what the heck are you doing!” The teacher bellowed
“How dare you be so rude and why would you hurt poor Carter, To the principal's office NOW!”
I slowly walk off the classroom, making my way to Mrs Graylings office. Out of the corner of my eye I see a black and white figure emerge from a locker and jump on Carter's shoulder.
“Ahhhhhhh” Carter screamed. I turned around to see my doodle spanking Carter Johnson with his skateboard. “Wait” I thought to myself “I can make drawings come to life, hey this could be handy!”
“Brayden, Brayden BRAYDEN!” Mrs Grayling bellowed.
I forgot that I was standing in the middle of the Principal's office
“Oh sorry Miss”
“I hear you have been starting fights in class”
“But, I…” But Mrs Grayling interrupted.
“ Between you and me” She started whispering
“ I don’t like that Carter guy either”
She got louder “ You are free to go”
She ended the conversation with a cheeky wink.
“Bye” I muttered back.
Tuesday 30 May 2017
Tuesday 23 May 2017
Cross country 2017
Yesterday we had cross country. Sahara came first in my race, my friend mia came fifth but she fell in cow poo on the motor cross track. The juniors did really well in their race too. TBC...
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Tuesday 2 May 2017
Thursday 13 April 2017
The school logo/ Room 7 stencil art!
Mia has one to on her blog, so go check out her blog too. CLICK HERE!
Wednesday 29 March 2017
Tuesday 28 March 2017
Thursday 23 March 2017
THE DEVILISH ANGEL! BY SAMMI AND MIA!
THE DEVILISH ANGEL
The last thing I saw was my alarm clock flashing 12:07 before she pushed her long rotting nails through my chest, her other hand muffling my screams. I sat bolt upright, relieved it was only a dream, but as I saw my alarm clock it read 12:06 and I heard my closet door creak open. Soon enough the clock struck 12:07 and the door opened almost completely and standing there was a shadowy figure almost like an angel but with a devilish and heartless smile. She glared at me with cold, snake-like eyes. As she limped into my room she dragged a dead body. I screamed in horror as I realized who it was, My brother was staring back blankly at me with blood streaming out of his eyes and mouth. The intimidating figure stood over me glaring at me with the devilish smile whispering “ Goodnight, Lochie, or should I say GOOD BYE!” I live alone so I reached for my phone to ring my girlfriend Ashley but the witch-like creature grabbed my hand with her long bony fingers and she heaved my arm away from the phone and she let out an ear-piercing scream. She leaned closer and I could feel her cold breath on my face so I run downstairs straight to my basement to escape through my underground tunnels “Oh wait I forgot to dig them!” I rush back up the stairs but blocking them is the creature again staring at me with those cold white snake like eyes. There are windows on the wall by the stairs I try and open it and it works and surprisingly the creature abandoned trying to stop me so I quickly jumped out and made my way to Ashley's place which is only a few blocks away. As I run down the street I didn’t look behind me, which was a mistake. The witch was right behind me the whole time following my every move.
I was in Ashley’s bed- room discussing what had happened. Half way through the story I glanced out the window and what I saw was terrifying, the witch-like creature was pacing along Ashley's front yard I tried to warn Ashley what was happening, but she didn’t seem interested and just wanted to get back to bed. Suddenly the creature disappeared from the yard, unaware that the creature was standing directly behind us. I turned around to warn Ashley but I turned around just in time to see the devilish creature suck herself into Ashley. I tried to run away but Ashley grabbed me round the neck stopping me from going but also stopping me from breathing. And at that moment Ashley pulled out a steak knife and slit my neck. Deeper and deeper the knife went until it was too late… Lochie was gone. Still to this day police still don't know who or what had killed Lochie and Ashley and what still scares them is that the devilish Angel is still out there. An evil cackle filled the house that night. Still to this day police and detectives don’t know who or what killed those two innocent people and what still worries them is that the DEVILISH ANGEL is still out there and may be planning her next murder…
To be continued
Tuesday 21 March 2017
Turing fractions into Decimals Part 1
Thanks for watching. Go check out the others blogs.
Sahara aka Mr Tweedledee blog
Lochie's blog
Mia's blog
Monday 20 March 2017
Loupe.com
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| I made this using a cool website called Loupe.com With this website, I can use it for a lot of cool designs with my work and also its a lot of fun! |
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