Cross Country

As the year 8 girls lined up on the start line, I felt a rush of nerves flow through my body. My heart was pumping as I anxiously awaited to hear that torturous gun. When Mr Scott finally shot the gun, there was a huge scramble to get to the start of the course. Everyone was pushing and shoving. When everyone found their feet, we were off. Grace zoomed to the front, leading the pack. Some people made the mistake of starting fast and dropping back due to exhaustion. Coming through into the finish line was such a relief. I was knackered. For me, cross country is quite a challenge.Although I did beat my last years placing, I felt if I had put 100% effort into it, I could have possibly done better. With all my training lading up to the day from Mr Short, I was extremely disappointed.
While the year 8 boys raced, we rested up on the grass bank at Bleidslode Park. After the results and certificates were handed out, we walked back to school.
Most students had full participation and tried their best. The best of luck to the Zone Cross Country Team.

Acheivments (to date)

Above is table, with my Acheivments to date in 2009 as a Year 8

ICT Evaluation Rubric- Skilled

Exposition Evaluation Rubric

Exposition Evaluation Rubric.

ICT Evaluation Rubric- Proficent

This is a graphic of my ICT Evaluation Rubric

Science Fair Rubric

Category: Research Science Board
Title/Topic: Animation
Buddies: Tegan Hunter and Bailee Graham
Overall Score: 80/100 Acheived with Merit
Learnt: We learnt we need to work well as a team to acheive to a high standard. We also learnt that we need to plan out what we are doing, before going ahead with the idea.
Changes: Change of topic, Optical Illussions to Animation.
Decision Making: We had to decide on the colour palette and what graphics we wished to print, which was quite difficult to all agree on the same thing.
There is the School Science Fair in the Hall running through week 3- Same time as the Three Way Confrences.

Science Roadshow

On Monday 20th July, the Fonterra Science Roadshow set up in our school hall, for their annual Science Show. The Rpadshow runs through a 3 day preiod, Monday-Wednesday. Schools from as far as Hunua come to our school to view the shoes and try out the experiments. Room 23 were chosen to see the show on Monday. Firstly we watched a show about matter (stuff), energy and life. We then got to walk around the hall, trying out their experiments and gadgets. Lastly we watched a show about Sound Waves, and how they travel through the air.
It was an awesome show and the experiments were enjoyable.