Basketball Competition!

At the start of term 4, on Monday and Tuesday, we had a basketball competition. The competition was held at Pioneer Stadium, we used a van to get there, my teammates who were there were, Gerald, Jullien, Lars, Tobey, Tai, Ryan, Nikora. Jacob, Christian, and me. When we finally arrive at Pioneer, we saw a team about to go in and I couldn't tell what school they were, anyways we went inside and there were a lot of other schools and the people playing were really tall. So I got a little scared because some of them were taller than us and some could even touch the ring. We then changed into our basketball shoes and started warming up. In the first game we won, as well as the second and third games. But then we started getting really tired and we lost the fourth game and the fifth, although I managed to get a draw in the last game. Then our coach who was Tobey's brother told us that we had to win the first game on Tuesday to get to A-Grade. But overall I think we did pretty good on the first day.

On Tuesday we came back and feeling more energized and desperate to win so we can get to A-Grade. We changed and warmed up, afterward, it started. We all really wanted to get to A-Grade but the team we versed was really tall and talented. We thought we lost that game but the people scoring got the score wrong and we managed to win. We were all happy to make it to A-Grade and we still had 4 games to go. But we won 2 games and lost 3 on Tuesday and we got fourth which was really good in A-Grade. Anyways we all had lots of fun during the tournament and I wish that we can have the opportunity again because it was really fun.

Food Technology!

During term 4 we were making different types of food in food tech, we have made quite a lot of dishes such as; burgers, sushi, pizza slices, and other dishes. But today we have made a dish called apple turnovers. An apple turnover is a triangular-shaped dish that has apple inside of it, the apple contains sugar and a little bit of cinnamon. Anyways here are the ingredients needed to make this dish.

Ingredients:

• Sugar
• Cinnamon
• A sheet of puff pastry
• Apple
• Eggs

Steps:

1. The first step is to place the puff pastry to a clean surface and make it a diamond shape facing towards you.
2. Then put the apple almost at the end of the corner, but put just about enough of apple but not too much because it won't close.
3. Sprinkle a little bit of sugar and cinnamon into the apple.
4. Grab the opposite corner of the pastry and place it on top of the other corner.
5. Get a little bit of water and rub water into the ends of the pastry to act as a glue.
6. Grab a fork and use the end of it and squish the ends of the pastry to lock it.
7. Spread the egg wash on top of the pastry and poke a hole with it by using a fork.
8. Place in the oven for about 20 minutes and you can enjoy your apple turnovers. You can also sprinkle some powdered sugar on top of the apple turnovers to make it more delicious. 

Making Our Own Games!

This week on P.E. Hurumanu, we made our own games. There was a total of 6 teams and you had to play each other's games. All of the teams got different equipment each, but the opposite side of your team would have the same equipment as you have. I was in the blue bibs team and the opposite of us was the no bibs teams, we both got the same equipment which was; 2  hula hoops, 2 rackets, 1 tennis ball, and cones. We planned our game, but we found it hard to think of a game. Fortunately, the teachers gave us ideas about what our game could be like.

Our game that we manage to make was like basketball or netball. We didn't use most of our equipment but we also used the tennis ball and some cone. The rules were pretty basic and easy to learn, all you had to do was shoot the tennis ball into the netball hoops, we used netball hoops as the ring for our game but we asked first if we were allowed to use them. That was pretty much our game, it went pretty well when the no bibs played our game. Anyways we played the no bibs game and it was really fun.

Guitars With Mr. Mitchell!

This week on Music, we looked at 3 different types of guitars. We were lucky to have Mr. Mitchell tell us all the different types of guitars. Anyways the first guitar we looked at is an acoustic guitar, the acoustic guitar is harder to play than the electric guitar but it has a good sound to it. The acoustic guitar is also good for starters, it also has a wooden body and metal strings.

The second guitar that we looked at is an electric guitar, the electric guitar doesn't have any soundholes to it, but if you plug it into the amplifier it's very loud. You can also practice the electic guitar even if it's not plugged into an amplifier. The electric guitar has a wooden body and metal strings.

The last guitar that we looked at and probably the most interesting guitar I have ever seen was the travel guitar. It is a very small guitar because it is easy to fit in the plane when you traveling. But the downside to it is that it is almost the same sound as the ukelele.

Anyways that was the 3 guitars we looked at, I hope you enjoyed!

A Little More About Me!

Kamusta, I am Vann from 7/8 AL. This term Miss Birtch will be teaching us every Wednesday in period 5 for an hour. I really look forward to working with Miss Birtch because she also watches our games in basketball during Fridays, and she's also really kind just like our homeroom teacher. Since Miss Birtch will be teaching us every Wednesday, I think that it makes Wednesday something to look forward to. Anyways this is some information that would help Miss Birtch know me a little more.

1. Basketball: I really love playing basketball with my brothers, friends, and other people. Playing basketball or just practicing it makes me happy and it helps me to keep fit and healthy.

2. Biking: Sometimes on the weekends I would go biking to Wycola Park to play basketball, I sometimes also go with my brothers to play but sometimes I don't. Biking also is very healthy for you just like walking but biking is faster than walking and it saves more time to practice basketball.

3. Games: When I have a lot of free time I would play games either on my laptop, phone or the ps4. I would play games with my friends and my brothers, I really enjoy playing games and it makes me happy.

4. Anime: When I also have a lot of free time I would watch anime on my laptop or phone.

Anyways, I really look forward to working with you Miss Birtch every Wednesday!