Bruce McLaren

This week for reading we are learning about Bruce McLaren. He is a racing car driver. Bruce was born in Auckland in 1937. He lived till he was 32. When Bruce was nine years old he got Perthes Disease. He got taken to Wilson Home for Crippled Children. Perthes Disease left Bruce with a life time limp but he still raced cars. Bruce won lots of local races. In 1958 he got into the Grand Prix. Bruce didn't win but he did earn a scholarship that gave young New Zelanders a chance to drive racing cars in Europe. As part of the scholarship, he was invited to join the famous Cooper racing team in England. When Bruce got to his car company he was given a space to work and a car, but his car didn't work because it was in pieces. Bruce had to make his car. In 1959, Bruce entered the United
States Grand Prix at Sebring, Florida. On the final lap Bruce was in the lead but a french driver was catching him but Bruce still won. Bruce had won the Grand Prix. It was his first try as well. He was 22 years old, the youngest driver ever to win the Grand Prix. It took 44 years for anyone to beat his time. On the 2nd of June 1970 Bruce was practising his driving and he lost control and crashed. He was instantly killed at the age 32.
This is a quote that Bruce said “It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.” This quote means that Bruce had lots of achievements and you don't have to live long if you want to achieve something.
I learnt lots of stuff about Bruce. Like when he was born, when he died, how he was the youngest driver to win the Grand Prix.

Climbing Mt George

On the weekend I climbed Mt George with my Mum, Dad, Finnian, Isla, Lincoln, Sasha and Warrick. It was so much FUN😀😀!!! Have you ever done it?

Origami Cats

These are some instructions on how to make an origami cat. I made Cats with my friend Maya.  It is the face of a cat. You have a piece of paper. It has to be a square not a rectangle. Then you make it into a triangle. You grab the two corners  and fold them up to make the ears. Then the tip of the triangle you fold it over. Then you turn your cat over and draw your cat face on.  I made lots of these they are really fun to make.  Have you ever made one?

My Waka

This is my waka. We had to colour the waka in with water colours. We also had to use our polyline face. If we got to much water on the paper it would rip so we had to be careful.  I found it fun because it was my first time doing water colour at school. We could choose what colour we wanted. I chose red, green, blue, brown, black and skin colour. I had different shades of the colours. My favourite part was the waves and my shirt. The shirt had to be similar to the colour of our school shirts. I like colouring where there are big spaces because it is harder when the lines are close together. When we used the water it was best to use a small brush. You only need to colour the outline of the thing that you are colouring in because the water makes the colour spread. Have you ever done water colour? If you have what did you colour in.

Limericks

These are my limericks. Limericks are like poems. They have 5 sentences. The first two have to rhyme. The next two have to rhyme. The last one has to rhyme with the first two. The rhyming words have to be at the end of the sentences. I found it tricky at first but it got easier the more I did.  Have you ever done a limerick?

My Pepeha

This is my pepeha. A pepeha is not as long as mihi. You would not use your pepeha when you go to a marae. My pepeha has my name, where I am from and where I live now.  I am from Christchurch.  I now live in Hokitika. I learnt how to get a macron. To get a macron you go to insert speical characters and write in macron. Then you chose the letter you need with a macron. Make sure you click where you want you macron to go.  Do you know your pepeha?

Sumopaint Cat

This is my Rainbow Cat.  I made it on sumopaint. On sumopaint you can draw things. I learnt how to make different line sizes. I found it fun because you can draw anything you want. You can change the colour and use different shapes to make different things. Have you ever done sumopaint?               

St Jonn's

Today we had St Jonn's come to school. This photo is of me and Xanthe, Jack R and Sofia. The next photo is of me and Xanthe.   I have got a knife in my leg and Xanthe has bandged me up. I did this to Xanthe as well.  A person from St Jonn's came and told us about what to do in an emergency.  We had to put people in a recovery position.  We got into groups. I had Xanthe, Jack R and Sofia. The person told as that we had to solve a problem.  Somone was going hiking with friends and he fall into a river. The St Jonn's person ask us what we would do. We said we would change his cloth's and make sure he is warm. Then she said that he start's shivering. We said that we would put on more warm cloth's. Then he starts falling over. We said we would call 111. Then he falls over and can't get up. We said we would help him up and wait for help to take him to hospital. I learnt more things about what to do in a emergency. 

My Weekend

On the weekend my Nana and Grandad came over.  We went to Point Elisabeth. We walked the track. I also seen my friends Smonie, Eva, Jola and Carolina there. First we walked up a steep hill and came to a viewing point. Then we carried on walking. We were going to walk to the top. After walking for a while we came to a part where there was netting. The netting was there to stop us going to far over the edge. It looked like there had been a rock fall. There was also a seat. We walked carefully past the seat and netting.  It was nice in the shade. We went across a bridge. Some part's were steeper then other's. Next we came out into the sun. I could tell we were close because I had done it before. We walked and came to a sign. The sign had pictures of seal's and dolphin's. Soon we came to the top. We looked for some dolphin's or seal's but there were none. Mabye next time there will be. We had some lunch and went back down the track.  Have you been on Point Elisabeth track?