egg - scarlett

olympics - gymnastics

shawn jonson-floor
anastasia liukin -beam

the ancient greeks used to believe that gymnastics was the perfect symmetry of  the mind and body it has been going since the 19th century


Nadia comaneci  was a Romanian gymnast who mad gymnastics popular. She was the first ever gymnast to get a perfect score of 10/10. After that gymnastics became very popular in many countries. China, USA, UK and Eastern European countries have been the most successful in gaining medals at the Olympics

The disciplines in the womans gymnastics are Bar,Vault, Beam, floor and uneven bars ,

the disciplines in mens gymnastics are rings, vault, parallel, floor and pommel horse


At the moment Judges have predicted that Simone biles  is the best gymnast in the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LzYjEsu-w

below is a video of the evaloution of gymnastics

project documentation

27.7.16

Last term we started a new project based on technology, art and music, basing on these we need to make something that fit in the common to solve some of our problems. First we got into groups that matched our interests and then come up some ideas that might work.  Our group was making the lap desk. Then the teachers choose some good ideas that might work for the common, after the teachers have choosed we had a chance to change groups, so I went to the picnic blankets group. Today we started to plan out the calendar and timeline that has when all the meetings will and when/what is going to be finished.

28.7.16

Today we didn’t do much, I started to design some patterns for the picnic blankets and the rest of our group was planning the calendar and writing the survey. We shared our work and and next step with the Korean students it was hard to communicate but we managed to do it. It was a really fun time sharing with them.

29.7.16

Today we finished the draft for the survey. Then Nicola and Mea went around the school to see if they liked it but the information wasn’t enough so they came back with nothing. It was good that we got the draft done, next time we could get the real one finished.

1.8.16

Today we did some of our designs for the picnic blankets,we came up with about 5-6 designs  and some of them seemed realistic and some did not, and we had a new person joining our group today it was Luna. The designs were really hard to make because we have to see if it is makeable and will everyone like this, I think this is a great challenge for our group .

5.8.16

Today we have started looking over the results from the survey and analysing our results and figuring out what we were going to do from what we had so far. We started working on our shopping list and what we needed to buy for this, it was kind of hard to know what to buy since our group hasn't fully got our plan on how we are actually going to make our picnic blankets and what we are going to use. Below is our survey results so far

project documentation

Today the teachers have organized the groups that is going to shopping on different day in this week. We will be getting lots of fluffy fabric for the background colour of the blanket and felt for the designs on the blanket. Jorja is middle of making the designs for the blanket. Our goal for tomorrow is to round up all the thing we need to get finished and start making some designs that can make.

Making crème brûlée

On Saturday we went to Albany mall. We were in a cooking shop and we  decided to get a new blow torch (because our old one broke in the earthquake). So we bought that and when got home we thought we could  make a creme brulee  using our new torch (on Sunday when we had more time) . On Sunday morning after we had breakfast Dad and I started looking for recipes,We found a Jamie Oliver one that seemed good,also knowing that Jamie Oliver is a highly recommended good cook. 

We then had to get all of the ingredients ready to start making the crème brûlée. On Saturday we had gone to the supermarket and bought some thickened cream because we know that you need that in all creme brulee. After we got all the ingredients ready we started following the recipe to make the creme part of the Brulee .after we had done that we had to put it in the oven and let it cook. Once it had cooked we had to cool it in the fridge for a while and later on that night we got the raw sugar and sprinkled that over the top of the creme  and used our new blow torch to create the Brulee, this is the melted sugar topping.

just letting you know it was so delicious and I loved it so much I could eat a whole tub of it probably not in one-night but over time!

Recipe-http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/recipe-detail/2069/

Maths buddy,Place value of decimals

In Maths buddy I have been working on Place value of decimals, I have been getting really good at them,I need to go on to the next step up on a more advanced level in place value of decimals.

Mothers day poem

My Mothers day poem

My mums name is Sarah she is a teacher at Hobsonville Point Primary school she is very good at her job .Mum loved my poem she loved how it was funny and enjoyable .

Gold coast trip 2016 application

Photo made my Kayla

The Gold Coast trip was an idea that Grace, Kayla, Nelle and I came up with and now it is going ahead. I did get a "yes" to my application, which I am very excited about.

Personal Information

Name: Mea Birch

Age: 12

Address: 9 Graceview Way

School History:

Discovery 1-Christchurch

Marina View-Auckland

Hobsonville Point Primary

Hobbies and Interests:

Dance-Ballet

Music

Photography

Cooking

Surfing

Trash 2 Fashion

Languages

Current Leadership Roles in the School:

Disco

Cafe

Helping out in LC1 and LC2

Starting to tour visitors

Helping at the kindy

Spins

Lunch duty in cafe and PE shed

Why me:

• I am already a leader in the school
• I have been attending SPIN class at the secondary school- have demonstrated the dispositions to do this
• I am a foundation student, I was the second person enrolled at the school.
• Always a volunteer to help others and school activities
• I was one of the original group of people proposing the trip to the Gold Coast
• I am supportive of all others and do not judge, but support.

What would i get out of this?

I would love this opportunity and it would be an amazing experience. It would be good for me to challenge myself in different areas and situations. It would be really fun to meet new people and see new things. It would also help me improve my teamwork skills/ team building and grow my leadership.

Reference:

Mea Birch has worked with me in several of my classes in 2015 and 2016  and as a performer in the HPSS stage challenge 2015. I have found Mea to be very enthusiastic  and keen at all times. Mea takes on board constructive advice as well as confidently offering her own ideas and suggestions. Mea always turns up for lessons on time and is well organised with the appropriate gear. Mea is both responsible and supportive of her peers. I very strongly recommend giving Me the opportunity to be a part of the upcoming school trip in 2016. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,

Sophie (Dance teacher at highschool)

Thank you for considering my application

Blog comments for Amys reading workshop

For my reading workshop I have to read blogs and give responsive feedback to the students 

MY comment on Irina's blog (LINK)

Irinas blog was quite easy to give feedback on because it had lots of detail in it and i found it really good.

My comment on Jorja's blog (LINK)

Jorjas blog was also easy to write because there wsent much on ti so i just had to say what really needed to be there .

My comment on Kayla's blog (LINK)

Kaylas blog was a bit harder to write about because she has alot on there and it had alo of detail but it was really good .

SPINS T1

S P I N S

We leave school to walk to the high school about 9am we arrive between 9:05-9:10. Our first class is drama with Leigh she will usually talk for a bit before we will play a game to warm up sometimes we will have to write a reflection from our last class eg.we had Auckland theatre company come in and do a performance for us to do a show and teach us a bit more about drama.We would next do some more drama based activities to increase our knowledge in that area.we will finish off the class with some (funny) videos also and the game then it is morning tea.

Our second activity is kappa haka we will either head down to the primary or stay at the secondary depends on where it is,we will practice the songs and actions also we will also sometimes learn some new songs.

Our third class is dance choreography our teacher is called Sophie.We will start off by either watching a video or writing something that Sophie will give us then we will get into our groups and we will start choreographing our dances but we will have talked about what our dance theme is going to be and talk about choreographic devices and different ways of choreographing a dance, we

the sis halves finished because it was a while ago