Snake swallows Tongs !

A vet named Aaron Rouse was feeding his pet python Winston a rat with some BBQ tongs when the python grabbed hold of the tongs, Aaron tried to get them out of the snakes mouth but the hungry python would not let go so Aaron left the snake in its cage for a while but when he came back the snake had swallowed the tongs whole ! . Aaron was very surprised to see that the snake had swallowed the BBQ tongs whole . He ended up preforming surgery on the snake to get the tongs out . So in the end Winston was unharmed and Aaron had learnt a very important lesson : do not feed a snake with barbecue tongs .

This is the x-ray of the snake after it had swallowed the tongs

Mothers day event

Last week at my school we had a mothers day event . To start off we did a quiz about mothers day and then we watched a video about why we love mums . After that I took my mum to the little pampering station that the teachers had set up and I painted her nails , but then I ended up removing he nail paint because I did a very sloppy job . When I finished removing the paint I took my mum to get some cheese and crackers but then she had to go back to work so my friend Abby and I painted each others nails but Abby painted my whole thumb ! . After that Me and my friend Sophie joined in with Abby and her mum and we all played cards together . I had a great time .

Luge

Luge

Me mum and Max had just hopped of the shotover jet , it was so cool and thrilling .

We nearly crashed a few times but I think the driver did that on purpose to thrill us .

After we we hopped of , some friends of ours meet us at the shotover shop , Their names were Fin, Jack, Emma, Kurstan and Bart . We all decided that we would then go and do the luge so we drove to the gondolas . After we finally found a park we purchased our tickets and lined up for the gondola . When we got to the front of the line we realised that the gondolas could only fit four people so they were tiny compared to the ones in Rotorua .

After the awesome ride up we hopped off and had some lunch at the cafe which was at the top . Just after we had something to eat and talked for a while we lined up for the luge , we all had to ride on the beginners track , Stella wanted to ride with mum so I rode in my own luge . Mum and Stella were going so slow, so I passed them easily and speed down to the end where Max and Dad were waiting for us . To get back up to the top we had to go up on the chairlifts so I went with dad , on the way up I noticed a camera that takes photos of you that you can buy , Dad pulled the finger at the camera and I smiled at it .

We finally got to the top again I lined up for the expert track I was scared and excited in a way . After the long wait we got to the front of the line so I hopped on one of the carts and started going and at the very start the was a small drop and my cart rolled down it and started speeding up , I felt like I was going so fast until Dad came speeding round the corner behind me and easily passed me with Max following just behind . The next time I saw Max and Dad was at the very end , but I just kept going and I bumped into Max and then he got angry at me but luckily it was the end so he couldn’t bump me back . I rushed back to the chairlift with Dad again , I was so ready to have another go .

The End

My writing

The Jump

This was it . I finally had the courage to do it so I quietly jumped into the back of the line .

The line slowly moved forward and I was getting nearer to the front “ maybe I should back out ”

a little voice in my head said but before I could change my mind one the instructors clipped me into the harness and told me to start climbing . I began to slowly climb up , I was gaining speed now nothing could stop me now I thought . That was until I looked down , “ right up you come ”

said the instructor . I was up . . .

I couldn't believe it . I had just climbed a 10 metre pole ! It felt so good to know , but I still had to jump so I stood in the position I had to and the instructor clipped me onto another rope and told me to stand by him . I was so nervous ! The instructor told me I could do it the easy way or the hard way . The easy way, I jump . The hard way , he pushes me . He told me he was going to count from three and on three I jump ( or get pushed ) . 3 . . . 2 . . .  1  , I jumped .

I felt like I was free falling , my stomach just dropped and I kept on falling . After what felt like forever the rope tightened and I swung up away from the pole and then back towards the pole , I thought I was going to hit it so I closed my eyes and braced myself but I narrowly missed the pole and swung back away from the pole again .

After continuously swinging back and forth (while my stomach felt like it was still dropping). The other instructor held up a pole sort of thing with a handle on the end for me to grab . So I grabbed it and he slowed me right down so I was just hanging there and he wheeled a ladder underneath me so I climbed down and he unclipped me . I had actually done it . It felt so good .

The End

Reading

I have made a list of all the things normally read in one day .

•  I read all the signs on the way to school .
•  I also sometimes read my book on the way to school .
• When I get to school I check my mi plan (which is my timetable) and I read what is on there.
• I read my book club book ( bubblegum babes )
• I do some of our earning tasks , which includes reading what we have to do
• I read on the way home from school

I think it is important that everyone learns to read so that they can understand everything and of course it means you can read books and blog posts like this one . That is why it is important to learn to read .

Marble Track

Me and and my friend Abby made a marble track  it was hard because the marble kept stopping in the middle of the track , and sometimes some pieces would fall apart . We had to work together to keep it from falling apart . When we were nearly done the first marble track we went to add the last few pieces and the whole thing broke which was kind of gutting but then we made a whole new one which was much taller than the other one so we took some photos




Abby also has a blog so check it out at http://npsabbya.blogspot.co.nz/

My anzac video

This week we had to make a anzac presentation and a creation , I worked really hard to make my presentation and I did lots of research but then when I finished I didn't know what to do for my creation so I decided to to a stop motion lego video .

Art Evaluation

In term one I did some art .The teacher traced the shadow of my head from the side and once she had traced it I went over the outline with vivid . After I did the outline I drew things in the middle of the shadow , the things I was meant to draw was things going on inside my head and then I coloured it in this is what it looked like

Holidays

During the holidays me and my family flew down to Queenstown for four nights we got to do heaps of cool things. We arrived at the airport and hopped into our rental car , it was a blue Holden commodore . We arrived at our hotel at about four thirty and unpacked and watched some TV then we went to dinner .
These are some of the things we did over the next few days

• We went on the shot over jet   
•  We went to puzzle world in Wanaka
•  We went up the gondola did the luge .
•  We went to arrow town and panned for gold in the river
•  We went to a place called oddesy , which is a place that has a whole lot different rooms like a room full of yoga balls and a mirror room and also a pitch black room .

After we enjoyed our time in Queenstown we drove to mount cook village and we stayed there one night . before dinner we went for a walk to see a glacier and when we were walking back to the car it started snowing . Then we went out to dinner and then found a place to stay and went to bed . The next day we hopped in the car and went for a drive to see the mountains , we stopped on the side of the road to take photos and then we took of to Christchurch . After a long , long  ,long drive from Mount Cook to Christchurch we eventually found somewhere to stay  and went out for dinner then went back to the motel and went to bed . We got up the next day and went for a drive around Christchurch it was quite sad to see all the ruined buildings . After that we drove to the airport to leave . I had a great time in The south Island .

Easter eggs

This week my group designed virtual eater eggs with the computer teacher to celebrate Easter .
This is what mine looked like . . .

Tech

For Tech I was in cooking for five weeks , we made

• cheese and bacon on toast with a berry and banana smoothie .
• mini pizza's with pita pockets as the base .  
•  Vanilla Biscuits with icing sugar .
• French toast with golden syrup . 
• Vanilla Cupcakes with icing .

My favourite was French toast with golden syrup . We dipped a piece of bread in a mix of egg vanilla essence then we put the bread on the pan to cook then after it was cooked on both sides we served them with golden syrup , yoghurt and banana . I thought I t was delicious .

Now I am moving to fabrics and materials , I think we are making Frisbee .

I really enjoyed cooking and I think I might choose it for my Impact .

Leadership Hero

Never give up

A time when I have never given up is when I was in Pauanui And we were going biscuiting , My brother went on the biscuit and I was watching him on it and it looked like a lot of fun so I built up the courage to have a turn . Dad stopped the boat so I could hop on the biscuit so I hoped on and dad started to accelerate the boat and we sped up and It became harder to stay on and my hands were getting sore but I was determined to stay on and then dad did a corner and we swung right round .
I still managed to hold on .
I never gave up .

After school

After school on Wednesday and Thursdays I have swimming club , there is three groups and I am in the middle one . Usually on a Wednesday it is normal practise when we get tips and feedback on our swimming and on Thursdays it is points night when all the groups come together and there is a whole lot of different races you can enter , at points night you get points for the prizegiving at the end . On the last two nights it is club champs which is when there is two nights of racing , and I am proud of myself because I entered the 7 lengths freestyle which was kind of hard , and next week it is fun night and prizegiving which is always cool .

Hauraki plains swimming

This week on Monday a group of students from Ngatea primary School went to Hauraki plains swimming sports , I was lucky enough to be one of them I was going for 1 length freestyle and 2 lengths backstroke  I did not make it in to Thames valley but I tried hard . Before Hauraki plains swimming we practised at school which was good but I still didn't get in to Thames valley but that's all right.

Swimming sports

On Monday it was our school swimming sports I entered 4 races , they were

1 length and 2 lengths free style and 1 length and 2 lengths back stroke .

here is my word cloud about swimming sports .

Happiness

I think the thing that makes me happy is when I help someone or make them feel good about them self  . It feels good to hear people encouraging you so I think it is nice to encourage them when times are tough . I also get happy when I get to go on holiday at the beach , I love playing in the waves and jumping of the wharf and spending time with my family , all these things make me feel incredibly happy and I like to feel that way all the time because you only get one life and I want to spend mine being happy and doing cool things.

cool quote

I was looking at some quotes and I saw this one and I thought it was really cool and it has a really good message . It proves that you don't have to be perfect to do really well in everything . And I think being unique is probably better than being perfect .


                                                                                                                                                                 

This one is already on my blog , I think it is a really happy quote and it is one that gives you a nice feeling , it proves that you can have bad times when the smile disappears from your face but the smile will always always come back :-) 

Holiday recount

These holidays I went to Pauanui which is a beach up the coromandel

we got to do all sorts of cool things like jumping of the wharf and biscuiting

one of my favourite things to do was go down to the beach and have a good time jumping and playing in the waves with my cousins and friends .

I also enjoyed going down to the waterhole and jumping of the rock and

having picnics and going for long bike rides and having bakery for lunch

and cruising down the waterways in the boat . I had a great time these summer holidays .

Marama

My fist impression of marama was good I thought it was really cool and I was glad to be back at school and I was ready for a new year . In marama the teachers always make the work we do fun , we have much more choice and freedom in marama which is cool .
My goal for this year is to probably learn to manage my time much better because I am not very good at doing that , so that something I want to be able to do by the end of this year .
I am also looking forward to camp , It is in Taupo and I really like going to Taupo because there is lots to do there and it is an opportunity to try doing something new .