Nick Willis

Nick Willis!

New Zealand’s very own 1500m champion was born on the  25th of April, 1983.He was raised in Lower Hutt knowing he would always have a spot in his heart for running.He went to Hutt Valley high getting an athletics scholarship for the University of Michigan (U.K).Nick’s brother Steve Willis, is also an amazing runner, they were the only New Zealand brothers to have both broken 4:00mins for the mile.

Nick Willis didn’t just get his Olympic spots handed to him on a plate, he goes for a 10 hour run every week. Unfortunately in 2010 Nick had a fall out because of his knee surgery and not having a strong come back until 2011.His coach Ron Warhust born in 1943 has helped him all the way to the top and getting him to events like the Olympics and the commonwealth games.Ron Warhust is a former American track and field coach.He also was the head coach at the University of Michigan’s men track and field coach team for 8 years!

Nick Willis has won many amazing awards like 1 Olympic silver, 2 Olympic bronze and 1 commonwealth games winner.One of his closest competition is Matthew Ceantrowitz winning gold to Nick at the 2016 Olympics.He’s had plenty of competition being part athletics New Zealand club.Only being 33 years old he still has heaps of time to break records and be New Zealand’s 1500m champion.

Term 2 Proud Moment! 2016

-At lunch times I did inter house competitions.

-I made the winter sevens team for netball.We practised nearly every lunch time.

-Room 10 made Pirongia's got talent doing a dance we found on YouTube.

-I got a merit award from Mrs Cullen for doing well at the Waikato mud run in Hamilton which I came first in.

-Gym sports which I came fourth in.

Inquiry Reflection Term 2 2016

Inquiry Reflection!

This term In inquiry we have been doing lots of learning about Science - Planet Earth and Beyond. My question is: What impact does a tornado have on planet Earth and Jupiter? The answer to my question is easy really, a tornado wrecks heaps more on planet earth than on Jupiter because Earth has heaps of man built stuff where's jupiter just has sand, rocks, and cliffs to destroy.

I have made a model of a tornado. I started off with a large nappy box, then I painted a landscape inside the box, later I added items like houses , horses, trees, and more. My model  hopefully shows the answer to my question because it has a line down the, one side is Wrecked and one side isn’t.I enjoyed making the tornado but didn't really enjoy painting the inside.

I liked doing the rotations and it’s the kind of thing I’d like to do again.

Week 7's Reflection! 2016

                                 Divisible Numbers!

What?This week we have been learning the divisibility rule for 3.

Why?Because it is an easy strategy to use on any sized number.

How?It is actually really easy, so say you have the number 9174 you plus all the numbers together so 9+1+7+4=21.Is 21 one of the 3 time tables (yes).

Week 3's Reading Reflection! 2016

Week 3's Reflection!

What: Inference is when the author doesn't say something

                 with out actually telling you directly.

Why: So that we can understand what the author means

               when they use language features. 

How: -By looking for clues,

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               -By using your own experiences

Swimming Sports! 2016

Swimming Sports !

Thump! Thump! We slowly stroll on the ragged concrete.Splash! The wind wipes Rubi’s auburn hair as she quickly dives into the cool water.The pale tents wave to say good luck as I perch nervously on the edge of the pool.Bang! Goes the clapper fearfully I leap into the pool.The water kiss’s me with those sloppy blue lips.The lane ropes dance gleefully as I smack The wall.Suddenly the water starts clapping as I leap out of the pool.I took one last glance over to see the emerald flags waving goodbye before wandering back to my school house.

If I were a tree

  If I were a tree,

I would stand tall and proud like a peacock.

I would sway happily  as the cool summers breeze refreshes me.

I could beat the ugly auburn leaves until they fall into the shimmering stream.

The wood would slowly shatter unwanting to be firewood.

At night I would see the tree happily staring up at the glistening stars.

Reading Reflection!

                                                 Reading Reflection! 

What: We are doing Summarising

Why:- It makes the story shorter,

              - It helps the reader to see how the information or events are related.

How:- By reading the paragraph(s) very carefully,

             - Find out what is the key sentence and how do you know that.

                                        

                      

Noho

                                                    Noho!

                                                                                           Here we had to carefully fold the emerald                                                                            flax. 

  Here is me Rubi,Sophie and Emily with our Poty-Potyies!                                                                                                                                                                                Here we are practising our Waita! 
     
            Here we are doing carving!

In most of our free time we played! Finally after a long day the                                          delicious pot luck dinner! 

                                             

About Me 2016!

                        About Me 2016!

Hi my names Aylee! My two best friends are Rubi and Charli and my teacher is
awesome Mrs Hobbs! On the weekends I love to spend time with our pony at
my nans or play sport as in netball,athletic's or touch.At school I had always
wanted Mrs Hobbs as my teacher and my favourite subjects would probably 
be PE, Art and Inquiry. I have a family of 4 but mum is due at the end of 
April I kind of want it to be boy but I don't really care. I think I'm up for a cool
                                                 year with Miss Hobbs!