#DoTheSprinkler

Sprinkler, shuffle, turn round on one foot, jump, do the worm/caterpillar, finish by sliding on the floor. That is the... GRi11 DANCE OFF!!!!!!!!! We had a GRi11 Dance Off yesterday on the 27th of October. We had to get into groups of four with a mixture of boys and girls. I was with, Tiaki, Josh and Ben H. Well, we had three minutes to come up with a dance. We had things prepared to do and they were pretty cool! Tiaki and I were going to cartwheel on while Ben and Josh shuffle on. Then we would do a sorta lunge and come back up, then the other way and turn around on one foot, hopping.

After the short three minutes Mr R called us to come around the circle in the middle of the Hall. Jaweria, Isabella, Odn and Aaron's group was first and they were versing Alyssa, Sophie, Jacob K and Sam B's group. Jaweria's group won.

We went third and were versing... hmmm, I can't remember. When we saw the circle we had to dance in, we abandoned all our previous ideas of cartwheeling and things. The song started and we were going to do the sorta lunge thing at the chorus. So while we waited for the chorus we did the sprinkler. Then the chorus came. "3, 2, 1." Tiaki whispered and we started the lunge thing. The other team just stared at us and kept shuffling and doing the sprinkler. I think we did about 8 before the song ended. We just stood there when the song ended and listened as the audience cheered. It was a close one though but we won. WOOH!

 But that's all we've got for now, so see ya!

The Learning Pit!

Term 4. The last Term. This Term our unit is about... EVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!! On Tuesday, we had a challenge to make a balloon powered car. All we got was a piece of paper with our materials on it. I was in a group with, Jaweria, Isabella, Tiaki and Holly. We made ours but it failed. F.A.I.L. First Attempt In Learning. That's when we learnt about the Learning Pit. Have you ever felt excited then your mood goes down as you learn more about a challenge? "Wooh! This is gonna be easy!" You say at the start. "This is hard. I wanna give up!" This is what you are saying when you are in the middle. "I could maybe put this here next time I do this. Hmmmm, now I know what to do." Is what you will be saying at the end. So yeah that's it for now. I will give you more detail as we delve deeper into the Term. After all, it is only the end of Week 1 today!

Trip to Malaysia, Thailand and Australia in the holidays!

Hey guys! It's now Term 4, the last term! In the Term 3 holidays I went to Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. Kuala Lumpur, Phuket and Sydney. It was very hot there and in Phuket it was polluted. At a show in Phuket called 'Siam Niramit' was very cool. There were 3,000 people in the audience and my sister, Tayler, was the only person picked to go on stage. She humiliated herself. *facepalm* After she finished her embarrassing performance, we watched the rest of the show and it was awesome. There was an actual river on stage! Our resort in Phuket was really nice. There was this massive pool and we also got breakfast every morning. We stayed there for a week. On Saturday we left to the airport and flew to Kuala Lumpur. It's the capital of Malaysia. It was very hazy there and our apartment was on the top floor. 30th floor to be exact. Eeek! So high! That apartment was very flash. 3 days there. The flight to Australia from Kuala Lumpur was 8 hours long. Sydney was like home, New Zealand. We went there for my Aunty's birthday and my Mum's birthday. My Auntie is now 50 and my Mum is now 45, although, as I joke about it, Mum is 57 because she looks so old to me. Hehe! In Sydney we also went to the aquarium, zoo and wax museum. Aquarium was awesome. Zoo was amazing. But the wax museum bet them. They made famous people out of wax and the looked so real that you would think they were standing beside you. Too real, creepy real. So, I met the Queen and took a selfie with her. I don't know why she stays in the same position. How does she stand like that and stay there? Hmmm, maybe because she's made out of wax. Also met Barack Obama. Took lots of pictures of them. Went on the ET bike. My favourite was Taylor Swift because she is my favourite singer. Oh and yeah at all places I bought tons of stuff. I bought the most but spent the least. Oooh at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur there was 12 FLOORS. Nooooo too much shopping for me. 600 shops???!?!?!? Oh come on. And one whole floor was a theme park. It was awesome! Went on the rollercoaster 4 times. I LOVED MY HOLIDAY!!


 Wax Museum, Madame Tussauds:

 Sydney Zoo:

 Sydney Aquarium: