Production- Practicing and the real shows

2016 YEAR 6 PRODUCTION!!!!
"Next Wednesday and Thursday 124, year 6 students will showcase their production ''Our vision for a Sustainable World." Tickets available!!!!"
OUR VISION FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

This year we have practiced really hard for production. It is sooo fun, but super tiring. We're doing it wearable arts themed. We make the costume, music and dance. This is what the classes will be doing(in order), Room 26 is doing Maui pulls up the North Island, Room 28:) is doing Migration on the Red Crabs and Godwits, Room 27 is doing Rubbish on our Beaches and Room 28 is doing Power and Fair Trade. Practicing was so fun!

Scout camp

Last Friday afternoon my sister and I left in another scouts car to go to a sibling camp. It was a 3  hour drive to get there, but on the way we stopped

 at Subway for a sandwich and dinner. When we were there, a bit late from the 5:00 traffic,  the meeting had already started. When I was listening, I saw my friend Ella, who I did Cubs with but then I moved up to scouts. I also saw my buddy from school, Niamh, a year two up the front. I tried to wave to both of them but they wouldn't look. When the meeting finished, I ran up to Ella and said hi. She recognized me straight away and Niamh did too; she gave me a huge hug! We put our bags away in the dorms (all the girls were in the same one), set up our beds and went back to the dining room to get supper, which was Milo and some cookies. As soon as we'd finished we went to bed. We stayed up nearly all night that adults had to stay

in our room until we were a
sleep.

We woke at around 6:30 in the
morning, got

changed and

 went to have breakfast. We could choose out of, cereal, hash browns, sausages, eggs, fruit and Weetbix. Then we had free time for about half an hour. All four of us girls went to the play on the playground, but it was wood and wet and slippery.  So we went to play on these bars and then Maia (Ella's sister) joined in. Then the bell rang  so we went to flag. When the flag was put up we were put in groups for activities. Annabelle, Ella, Niamh, Maia and I (and some other boys) got put in the same group, which was called the gold miners. We got told to pack our bags for a long hike at Karangahake gorge. We needed a drink bottle, a raincoat, a torch and we packed some extra and secret food for emergencies. We got driven to the gorge and in our groups we slowly left the start and across the first wobbly bridge. We went past the second wobbly bridge and up a hill. It had been about 15 minutes until we were told to get our torches out of our bags because there was a 2 km tunnel in front of us. It was really dark and echo-y in the tunnel. It was sooooo long!! When we finally got out it was so bright. we stopped to have a drink and a little snack-raisins and muesli bars. We went on another bridge but not a long one and went to the riverside and threw some rocks in. Then we went back to the car park for lunch, which was jam, ham and cheese sandwiches(not together). After lunch had finished we went on another long hike on the other side of the mountain. We were so tired when we came back!! The person who took us on the way(Nick) was in charge of us. So he needed to get some groceries, we went with him. After he had finished he bought us ice-creams at a dairy. When we got back, we played on the playground, which was dry. Afterwards it was afternoon tea. We got juice and baked goods. Then we got called in for activities.


First we had flying water bottles, which was when we filled up a large drinking bottle half to the top with water and put it on top of a pump.  We put a peg on it to hold down the pressure and then started pumping. When it got to 40 we pulled off the peg and the water bottle went flying.
 Next was jousting, but instead of horses, we used bikes, and instead of swords, we used bamboo sticks with tennis balls in the end and instead if hitting other people, we used targets that span around and had water on the other side. So if you were to slow, you got soaked!!
Thirdly and also lastly was Burma trail. It was long and I kept crashing into plants. At the end, instead of someone holding a rope, they tied it to a spade and stuck the spade in the ground. I was feeling where the rope was on the spade when BANG!!! Maia had walked straight into me(which was when I figured it was the end).
For the next activity, everyone joined in. It was a water fight. We got really soaked and had to shower afterwards. Then It was free time, but we just played in the dorm. Afterwards it was dinner which was burgers and fries. ( We used 18 kilos of fries, 20 kilos of patties and 100 buns). After wards we had dessert which was baked goods and Milo. Then we had to go to bed, but earlier than last night because we stayed up to long.

In the morning we had some breakfast, which was normal toast, cereal, baked beans, eggs, hash browns and sausages. After breakfast we did the flag and went straight to our activities.
My first one was flying fox. It was really fun but if you didn't duck you hit your head really hard on the tires.
My second activity was orienteering and we went around the campsite looking for things. At the end, my group won and we got lollies.
My third activity was tents. We put up some tents and then we put them down and packed them up. When we had finished, everyone was already eating morning tea, so we joined in. We played on the obstacle course but we got called in to pack our things up.  Annabelle, Ella, Maia, Niamh and I had already packed when we woke up so we just played. After everyone had tidied up we did a rubbish check . After we were sure there was no rubbish left lying, we went to do the flag and were free to go home!!
I said bye to all my friends and was ready for a long trip back home.

Craft: Easy Oragami Box- Step by Step Tutorial

Hi Guys!!

Today I'm going to be sharing with you an awesome origami box that you can easily make in less than 5 minutes. Lets get Started:

Easy Origami Box:

Step 1: Get your piece of Origami paper  (It doesn't have to actually be origami paper, it could just be a square of card, wrapping paper or something like that.) Put it down so that you can only see the blank white side like this:

Step 2: Fold you piece of Paper into a triangle and crease the fold and Undo.

Step 3:Keep Folding, Creasing and undoing so that you can make your piece of paper look like this  :

Step 4: Fold all the Corners in to the middle so that your paper looks like this:

Step 5: On your piece of paper there will be a straight crease line going through the middle. Fold up the bottom and the top to that line like so:

Step 6: Unfold what you just did in the last step so that it looks like this:

(The white Diamonds will already be there when you unfold it)

Step 7: Pull the flappy corners of the White diamond bits away from each other so that it looks like this:

Step 8: Fold up the bottom and the top to the middle where the 2 triangles meet:

Step 9: Now you will have to fold over the bits marked in red in this Diagram:

Like this:

Step 10: Once you have finished step 9, the middle bit should be a tiny bit puffy:

Step 11:

Now you will want to grab the white bits on the end and bring them up vertically. You should start to see the shape of a box forming:

Step 12:

Now take one of the White bits and gently fold it over the edge and put it inside the box. Do this with both sides:

Your Done!! Now you can fill your box with whatever you want :)

I hope you enjoyed making this! Good bye

Birthday Party Fun

Hello!! The other day I had my 10th Birthday Party, even though my actual birthday was 2 months ago!! My friends were due to arrive at 2:00 in the afternoon. When they all arrived I Opened my Presents. From Lilly I got a Chocolate Fountain, Some Chocolate and a snowflake bracelet. From my friend Lizzy, I got some awesome white Lanterns from Typo and an Strawberry Sorbet EOS. Then, Emily gave me  a mini Sewing Kit, A Keychain and a Smiggle Mood  Bracelet. I was so Happy with all my wonderful presents. Then, Everyone got into the car so that we could go to Dialled indoor trampoline park. Once we got to Dialled, we met up with another one of my friends. Then we headed inside to get ready. Once the clock struck to 5:00 it was our turn. We bounced, flipped and tumbled. It was so much fun! When we finished, we went home and played a party game. It involved us threading donuts onto a string and having to eat them without our hands. We had 4 rounds and  We looked hilarious! I kept dropping mine which luckily I caught. The overall quickest donut eater was my friend Emily who ate her donut of the string in less than 20 seconds! Then we took some pictures of us with some props. Then my dad came with come pizza from Pizza hut, there was 5 pizzas and they were very quickly demolished. Then we had Dessert which was Rainbow Tie-Dye cake, Chocolate fountain (It was SO messy) and Fruit salad. We were meant to have some fruit with it but we were so full of cake and Chocolate fountain and fruit that we couldn't eat it. After that, we set up our beds in the lounge and we got dressed in to our PJ's. It was about 10:00 when we tried to go to bed but most of us ended up staying up till one o'clock in the morning. When we woke up, all of us went to the kitchen to try and make pancakes. We used the actual recipe but then we started adding heaps of random stuff in like sprinkles and food colouring, I think something that we added in made the pancake batter go funny because they came out rubbery and tasted disgusting!!Whoops. Then at 9:30 the parents began arriving. We gave our guests some thank you for coming presents as they left. They all had a Great time! 

 

Here are some photos from my day:

 

 

 

 

Birthday fun!!

      Hello Everyone!!

I hope your having a great day so far!!As you may know,  On Jan 20th I had my Birthday. Here's What I did: So When I Woke up in the Morning( It was Really Early) I immediately followed the scent of Pancakes Downstairs. Once I Got Down My Family Called Happy Birthday! "Yay" I Cheered. Then I sat down at the table and ate heaps!! Then My family gave me my Presents. First, my Sister gave me a Cookie Scented Pocketbac and a Purple cat shirt that she re-designed with cool bits hanging off the bottom. Then, my Dad gave me a blueberry flavoured EOS from America. It smelled so good. I got an Animal Kingdom ( An adult colouring book ) from my mum. Then I had to go to my Holiday Programme. At my Holiday Programme we did some cool Chinese Calligraphy and a Kung-Fu Teacher came in to teach us some Kung Fu. It was really Fun. When I got home My Dad, My Sister and I made our own Ice-Cream Buffet with some Goody-Goody-Gumdrops. Then we all went to the Beach to have fish and Chips on the beach. After that My whole family went to Kiwi-Yo together. I got all of the flavours and topped it off with gazillions of Lollies. Then we went and sat outside to eat it. After that we went home and we had my Birthday Chocolate Cake that my sister made me. It was topped with buttercream and sprinkles and a Happy Birthday Sign. Then my Family Sang happy Birthday. I blew out my Candles and made a wish (I'm not telling you it) Then  I Sadly had to go to bed. In Conclusion, it was an AWESOME day and I liked it heaps!!

 

Christmas Holidays

Hello Everyone!!

Sorry for not posting during the Holidays!! I was super Busy!!

I woke up early on Christmas morning at about 6:30- Even my Sister wasn't up! I really wanted to race downstairs and rip open all my presents but I knew I had to wait for my sister. Then, about 20 long minutes later my sister Annabelle woke up and we both rushed to wake up our parents so that we could open our presents🎁🎁. When I walked into the lounge I could see that our Santa sacks were full to the very top. Mum and dad said we could start opening our presents so we did. I was so excited.

First, I looked in my Santa sack, and I got lots of fabric, Secret Garden, Colouring pencils, sewing scissors and a painting set. I was so happy because I had wanted all of these for ages!! Then I opened the presents from my sister, I got a fluro Pink T-shirt, an ice-block mould and a Makeup bag with Lip scrub inside it. My Parents gave me some cool T-Shirts, My cousin gave me a game of twister, and my grandparents gave me a colossal box of ferrero rocher. Then I opened my presents from my friend Lilly and I got a Bunch of Balloons! Then I gave my family my presents. First, I gave my Mum  6 coasters that I made with a vintage rose pattern on them, I also gave her a homemade cushin in the shape of a star. Then I gave my dad a cushin shaped as a star and tic-tacs and m'n'ms. I immediately started playing with my awesome presents and I had loads of fun( There should be some pictures below)

This is the Christmas tree

These are some of my many presents that I received

This is my sister attempting to beat me at Twister!! ( She Did😖)


At about 10 o'clock on Christmas day, my whole family left to stay at a friends batch in Omaha. It was about an 1 1/2 hour drive before we got there. When we arrived our family friends greeted us with a splash of water because we had arrived in the midst of a water fight. We headed inside and unpacked our belongings. Me and my sister were staying in a room with 4 bunk beds with our family friend and our parents stayed in the guest room. We played on the trampoline and went to the beach to make sand castles. Then for dinner the dads all fired up the barbecue with delicious meat and vegetables and then the kids helped prepare the dessert of cake and ice-cream. After we were all 100% full, we got into our PJ's and went to bed.

The next morning we all woke at the crack of dawn. We had a quick bacon and eggs for breakfast before we got dressed in to our wetsuits! We were so excited because we would be going on a Jet ski that our family friend owned. We had to walk down the beach to get to the loading dock but on the way down the beach we saw a pod of dolphins!! They were joyously jumping up and down and playing with each other.  By the time the Dolphins had gone, we had reached where the jet ski was and had put down our stuff. Then we got our life jackets on so that in case we fell off we wouldn't drown.
My sister, Annabelle and I went together on the first round. We ended up going 80 kilometres per hour, speeding through the water. My hair was whipping my fast but I just laughed. It was so much fun!!Then we came back to shore and played in the sand. Then my family and my family friends all had goes. After we finished with the Jet ski we went boogie boarding and surfing. The waves weren't great but we still tried.
Here are a few pictures from our day:

After that we went back to the batch to have lunch. After lunch, The Kids built a ginormous hut in the bedroom. We layered the floor with duvets and Pillows which we planned to sleep in that night. Then all us kids went for a bike ride to the playground and tennis courts where we played Tennis for a little while, It was Me and my Sister Vs My Family Friends, Me and my sister one because we had played tennis for longer. Then we played on the Playground and played there until Dinner Time. Dinner was Super Delicious!! After Dinner all the Girls put on a Show with Dancing, Singing, Magic and More!! Then it was time for us to brush our teeth and go to bed in our cozy hut  .

The Next morning we woke up so early. We played on the Tramp until the adults came and then we had breakfast. My family started packing our stuff as we were going away that day. We put it in the car and then said our goodbyes and went on the 1 hr and 30 minute trip back home.

In Conclusion, I highly Recommend EVERYTHING that I did at the Batch and I had the best time Ever. I hope all you guys had a Very Merry Christmas Too!!

Love♥♥,

    Livi

P.S  Sorry It's Late but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my Bestest Friend Ever, Hannah. I hope your having  a great time in the Netherlands. I miss you SOOOOO Much.

BFF's Forever, Livi

What did I do to my finger?????

  I was in Omaha...


"Lunchtime!!!!"
We ran inside to eat, we were STARVING!! The food was  was delicious. At the table all the kids talked and played. After lunch my sister and I ran straight to the tramp. My sister helped me do flic flacs and back flips . We kept jumping. Then once when I did a flip I suddenly landed on my pinky finger. It was excruciating pain but we kept bouncing. Then it started swelling up so I went inside. The adults looked at it and gave me some Ice and a tea towel to keep around my finger.


I sprained it!!!:(