Room 15s Camp Day Two

I woke up on Wednesday morning wondering what the next exciting thing was. I pounced out of bed and threw my clothes on then headed outside to see who else was awake. The first thing that hit my eyes was everybody else up before me. So I got packed and before I knew it it was time to go to the Kairau geothermal park.  We all climbed onto the bus and left. Finally after I thought the trip was never going to end we were there.

We all peacefully walked of the bus then...
Pooooof we were all blown away by the disgusting smell that came rushing up our nostrils. We all blocked our noses and hoped for the best. After a quiet walk around we came across a bubbling mud pool that looked like a fluffy hot chocolate. It was so smelly I couldn't stay for very long so we all left.

Once we were on the bus we looked at our timetable and saw that we were of to the gondola and luge. WOOHOO is all that I heard come out of everyone's mouth. Once we had arrived we walked to the top and had something to eat we got straight into it. First we had to do the beginners course. I thought that the beginners course was actually the hardest compared to the advanced course, but they were all fun.

Finally it was lunch time so we went to our next stop to have lunch which was Paradise Valley Lion Park. First we all enjoyed our delicious tender bread rolls which we had made ourselves earlier that morning, then we split into groups and started looking around. Once we had had a satisfying look around we watched the lions get feed. The menu for today was stinky revolting horse meat. Surprisingly the lions loved it.We patted some cute little lion cubs it was very exciting.                  

Finally the thing we had all been waiting for, swimming time. We all whipped of our clothes and flew into the deep blue water. First I swam right to the bottom pulled Casey right to the bottom. The rest of the time we were all swimming around and chilling out.

At last we were back at camp. I was so hungry that I could eat a horse, so I whizzed to the dining room and scoffed back a feast. As time went on we watched a film called the Muppets and then floated to bed.

Room 15s Camp Day one

My eyes flew open it was Tuesday. I got up packed and zoomed to school were all of my friends were waiting for me to arrive. As soon as I arrived it was time to leave. We all pounced onto the bus in excitement so we hit the road.

At the beginning it seemed like the trip was going to last forever. But suddenly we hit Raetihi. We all flew out the door for the fresh crisp air. After we had all got heaps of fresh air we sat down for morning tea. Last toilet stop till Taupo yelled Mrs Larsen so we scadattled over to the toilet then climbed back on the bus.

 On the way to Taupo it felt like time was zooming by and what felt like ten minutes turned out to be and hour. With another 30 minutes flying by we were already there. MMMMMMMMM lunch time I had a giant sandwich filled with juicy salad. We had a little play around at a park in town, then we hit the road again.

We travelled and travelled and finally hit Rotorua. All of us were suddenly hit with a fart bomb so we all yelled out pooh Costello. So we went to our first activity the duck tour. When we arrived there we all got given these horrible but fantastic duck Quakers. So we all quaked half of the tour away. We went to all sorts of lakes and hideous smelly mud pits. One of the best things about the tour was that the tour guide was hilarious. But all good things must come to an end, so we went back to the beginning and left for the place we were staying Keswick Christian Camp Dom, Dom, Dom.

 Finally we arrived after the long tiring day. Of course being boys we were hungry so we went to the dining room and had a delicious, juicy, scrumshes dinner. Afterwards we had showers got in our pyjamas and headed over to the room where we watched the brilliant movie School of Rock. We all wriggled into our spots and fastened our eyes to the movie screen and  zipped our lips. Minute after minute the movie played and in what felt like ten minutes the movie was finished. That was the end of that exciting day.  

School Athletics

On Tuesday we had our Senior School Athletics. We did heaps of activities like high jump, long jump and sprints. I was in the 10/11 year old boys group. First we started off at high jump. The bar ended up going so high that no one could jump it. After that we went to sprints. Mr Waite did it in heats but after that he did some funny races like... slowest from each class and who had the most girlfriends in each class. For the rest of the day we rotated among all of the activities and had a lot of fun.

Contract

Contract

Number 2.

Write down 5 things that a co2 car and dog have in common.

1: They are both fast.

2: They have colours and patterns on them.

3: They are fun to play with.

4: They are both fuelled by something.

5: They both make noises.

Contract

For contact we were set to the task of making a wordle of what we would feel like if we won a co2 car final. This is mine.

Week 3 Reflection

WHAT: This week we had bike safety with Constable Val. We all got sent home with a piece of paper to check if our bike is road worthy along with our helmets. The next day we took our bikes out to do a course, the course was to do with U turns, rail road tracks and zig zagging. This week we have also been going swimming. The first day I forgot my togs so I swam in my boxer shorts. Today we also all brought in our projects. Some were good and some were to an appalling standard. For our habit of mind taking responsible risks I think that I took no risks at all this week. For my behaviour goal not to put my nose into other peoples business I failed epicly because it was to tempting to listen into other peoples conversations.

SO WHAT: This week I learnt that my bike is not road worthy yet. I also learnt that some animations are done with code.

NOW WHAT: My goal is to be king of the den. Next week I want to do a BP TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE!

Co2 Powered Sniper Rifle

For contact we designed something new that used co2 to power it. I made a sniper rifle that uses co2 tanks to propel the missile. When you pull the bolt action reload pole backwards it pulls the popper and slide plus the spring backwards then once that is done the trigger release wire connects to the trigger. When you pull the trigger it tilts on a 45 degree angle which releases the popper and slide which pops the co2 and propels the missile. The missile is the co2 tank and the warhead as shown in the picture above.

Risky Character

For inquiry we have been learning about taking responsible risks. For our activity were set to the task of finding a book we have read. We then picked a character and found a risk that they have taken. After that we decided if it is a responsible risk. My character is Fantastic Mr Fox. He stole chickens for the fun of it. This is a irresponsible risk because he didn't need the chickens.