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Christmas Cracker

November19

This image is of a Christmas cracker. A Christmas cracker is when you pair up after you. Christmas lunch and you pull against the cracker and if you pull harder enough you will get a prize. This is really special for me because it helps me show how lucky I am I don’t know how, but just does. And it is the last thing I do until I go and play with my brother and sister and my new toys. It also really special to me because everyone really enjoys and everyone has smile no matter if you got a prize or a not, every was happy. Also it really funny because you sometimes get a funny joke. 

Christmas

November19

Some holidays that my family celebrates are Christmas, Easter, New year’s eve.

My favourite holiday is Christmas because it is our longest holiday, it only goes for 1 day but you get spend so much time with your family, this may sound a bad but Christmas is also really fun because of all presents,  but it is also really important that you go to church, and pay your respects to god and Jesus. On Christmas my family I either goes to Canberra or we stay at home. Last year we went to Canberra. When we go to Canberra we see our big family. 

Why does my family celebrate Christmas? My family celebrates Christmas because we are catholic and we believe in god. 

What is Christmas?  Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’s birthday, we celebrate by getting presents from Santa and we go to church then you have lunch with your family. You unwrap presents under a Christmas tree.

 

 

 

 

 

What is your favourite holiday?

Toonalook Camp

November17

 This week I went to camp with my class, we went toonallook it is near lake entrance also near Painesville.

The trip took was a 3 1/2 hours. When we got there we were hit by an army of misquotes. Our first activity was the photo rally, I went in a trio with my friends christian and Charlie. We got to great start but  then we had our first challenge. We walking around for ages then natural instincts started to kick in, so we decided to ask for some help and the guy said go to the gate were we entered from. So we started our long journey, we finally found it. Then we went back to get a new picture, then we were back on a role then we had a new challenge we were walking everywhere we checked everywhere for were it could be then we were told by the teachers it was the girls close line so went over to the close line though we were doubtful that we weren’t going to find it but we did we were so frustrated.  Next we learnt how to play king ball it was super fun though it was similar to four square. After that the instructors Josh, Jesse, Grace gave us an option to go swimming or to keep playing king ball I decided to keep playing king ball I kind of regret that decision to keep playing. Soon later we had dinner, Trish the chef made some of the most delicious burritos I have ever had. After dinner we played a game called the shoe game Josh said it was played in the olympics but I knew it was it was totally made up. After the shoe game it was time for bed in my cabin I had Jack, Christian, Charlie and my self. The next morning we had breakfast and after breakfast we split up into our activity groups I was in the Jazz’s jelly beans, then we went on a boat tour. After the boat tour we went to have some morning tea we had scones. They were the best. Then we split up into groups our again, my group was doing bike riding, bike riding was a bit of challenge for me because it was really hard going over these sandy parts in trail. After bike riding we had  kayaking was really fun.

 

kayaking was won of my highlights because it was really relaxing and we had such beautiful weather and the water was really refreshing. We also had use a couple of pla ‘s they were communication and collaboration my partner Holly and I had to make sure were we were in time with each other when we were paddling and we had to help each other. After kayaking we had free time we all played king ball when we were playing king ball we had to use collaboration because you had to work with your partner and make sure you know how is hitting the ball. My partner Christian and I both showed resilient when we got out, next time we did better and made sure we didn’t make the same mistake. After king ball we had pack up everything and we went to the camp site were we were going to sleep in a tent. When we got we found out who we were sleeping with I was sleeping with Max, Theodore, then we had learn how to set up the tent then we had to do it, this was a challenge for because I have never set up tent before and had my friends. After that we had dinner, for dinner we had burgers they were delicious. Then we played a game of guess who the Disney character is? This game took a while and to be fair I wasn’t very good at it. After that we went to for a walk, I walked with my friend Christian. Then we went to bed this was my first time sleeping in a tent, I was a bit scared but I knew if I got to sleep I would be fine. The next morning we had toasties, they were really hot and really cheeeeeeeessy. Then we packed up and we had to use some more collaboration because we were  disassembling the tent, then we packed up all our bags and put them in the trailer. Then Jazz’s Jelly Beans took a bus to the ferry. After that we went we took the ferry across to Raymond island. And we waited for the group to get there and got the bikes sorted for our bike ride,  once they arrived we split up into groups and went to our activities, we went bike riding and Kola spotting; we saw so many kolas and they were so cute. After bike riding we ate salad sandwiches.

 

 

 

Then we walked over to a pear to fish. I already knew how to fish but it was so fun and relaxing.

 

 

 

After fishing it was time to go back but this time we got to go back on on speed boat, luckily I got to go on the first trip so I got there before everyone else was and therefore I got to have a nice shower.

 

 

 

Then we had dinner for dinner we had lasagna. After that we went to bed. Tonight no one talked because we were all so tired, well at least I knew I was. 

The next we woke up super early to see this spectacular sunrise. I had never seen a sunrise before so this was so cool. After that we all went back to bed but I don’t think many of us got back to sleep. When it was time to wake we went go have some breakfast this morning we got to have some hash browns with scrambled eggs. Yummmmy! After breakfast it was time for the day Toona Challenge. First we went down to beach to do activity then some people from had run a hoopla hoop to were the bike riders were.  First there was the the slow race I wasn’t in that but I was in the fast race, I started of slow but then I caught up and I was coming second but then I fell over. After that we played dead fish I pretended that I was sleeping. After we found out who won the toona challenge, unfortunately the Jazz’s Jelly Beans didn’t win but that’s okay, after that we had lunch unfortunately I can’t remember what we had for lunch. After that it was time for the bus ride I slept for most of it. When I got my bags I found my Mum I was so happy.

 

 

 

 

 

Do you like camp?

 

My Avatar

October13

This week in school we made an avatar as part of the blog challenge.

 

My hair is blonde because it is blonde in real life, my eyes are hazel because in real life my eyes are hazel. My background and t-shirt is blue because my favourite colour is blue. Something interesting about me is that love sport and I like running and maths.

Sovereign Hill Reflection

August1

Sovereign Hill was an amazing experience, we got to spend time with our friends and to get to know people better and spending time with people in your cabin.

When we got to Ballarat we didn’t go straight to Sovereign hill, we went to the MADE  museum and we got to learn more about the Eureka stockade. We even got to see the original southern cross that Henry Charles Ross designed . After that we headed off to Sovereign Hill!

 

 

When we arrived at Sovereign Hill we quickly ate our lunch then we had to go to a mine tour. The mine tour was really cool and bit dark.  There was one part when there was a water fall, it was such beautiful sight. We got to learn how people dig for gold and on another mine tour learnt a story about two Chinese miners. After the mine tour we had time to explore and “try to pan for gold”,  do some research about our diorama, and work out our wish list so we could  buy things the next day. 

The next morning came by really quickly and we had a competition to see who had the neatest cabin. A bit later it was time go to school, and time travel back in time to the 1850’s. It was scary at first and cold but it was ok. Firstly we got learn how to write like they did back in the 1850’s.  We also got to learn our sixteen times tables. Dressing up was really fun even though it was cold. It was cool becoming part of the museum or becoming part of Australia’s history. The next day at school was a lot more fun because we got learn how to gold pan and we went to the gold smelting factory. It is basically when you melt gold. A girl in my class called Tilly got to hold the piece of gold. Fun fact it was worth $200,000 OMG! So cool. One of my highlights at school was pretending to get hit by the cane and learning our sixteen times tables. 

 

 

Things you should definitely do when you going to Sovereign Hill are the fowling

  • Go gold panning  
  • Visit the confectionary factory because you get free lollies
  • Also buy some raspberry drops

There’s so much more should do. 

Overall camp was really fun, spending time friends, learning what school was about back in the 1850’s. Also competing for the tidiest cabin.

 If you had 25$ what would you spend it on?

The year 5 market reflection

June16

The year 5 market  

                                                                            The big day

The year 5 market was out of this world. My group started off a bit rough but in the end  we made profit of $331.75 and sold out of all our products. Our products were the following

  1. Obeezs were a big seller
  2. Squishes 
  3. Bracelets
  4. Rubik’s cube challenge.

Leading up to the market day we had to make ads. To complete these ads to a high standard we had show collaboration, communication,  imagination. We also had to complete a financial plan. On market day it was super exciting. On market day you had to require patience communication towards your peers and your customers and collaboration. James came for the first time ever and the ceo of the J.M.B foundation also came. If I was going to do something similar to this I would make or buy products organise the group so we can start working on the things that really matter, the last thing that I would also do would make posters for the day because lots of kids fought they could buy the Rubik’s cube which was super frustrating. Another highlight was myself getting 19 seconds on the Rubik’s cube challenge.

                                                                         Highlights 

 Something that I really enjoyed was doing the financial plan. I liked because I got to work on excel and we got learn how to put in a  formula which was really cool. Also bought something from my sisters stall which was amazing, from my sisters stall I bought a pencil holder that my Mum made I also bought a pom pom which my brother made. Also my Mum bought  something from our group.

 

                                                                         Positive learner attributes

Some positive learner attribute that I believe I showed are 

  1. Communication, I showed this when I was explaining our products to the customers also when asking  peers who is on break and what do they want me to do on the scene Collaboration, I showed this learner attribute when helping my team with the financial plan.
  2. Imagination, I showed this as group when we were making a tv ad. 

                                                                     Challenges 

Some challenges as group was our collaboration was our collaboration it a long time to over come this, then we started to put our personal feelings aside.

                                                                             Growth

Growth as person I think I really improved on reflecting each week. And setting goals for myself. 

Also I started to contribute to the group like completing the financial starting make some products for the group.

Term 1 summary

April2

Term 1

I made so many good friends this year in the class and outside the classroom.This term was really fun. Some highlights were meeting new friends I also really enjoyed doing APS we swimming first then we did bike Ed and bike riding, then we did triathlon finally rock climbing. In maths we got to learn about decimals and fractions though I already new how to do fractions. I also learnt how to do algebra. For decimals I used the algorithm and the lattice.

A challenge this year has been writing persuasive  text it was fun but challenging.

For next term I would like to improve on

1. Being more organised

2. Taking my time doing my assignments

3. Trying do my work to the best of my ability.

I settled in really well. I’m really looking forward for term 2. I hope everyone has a nice holiday.

 

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