On Thursday 20th June a huge storm destroyed Wellington. Alot of people had no roofs and no electricity for the night. It was really strong that it knocked over a 40-50 year old tree. The tree fell on a metal fence.Luckily nobody got hurt.
Happy Birthday! In the holidays on the 14th July it was my birthday.I got a watch, a new lunch box, a bedside cabinet and a lot more.On the 17th Ihad a sleepover.Tamaki , Chloe and Hannah came.We played all sorts of games that Mum had planned.We watched 3 movies and stayed up really late.I had to go to bed really early.It was awesome and next time I'm going to ask Mum for another sleepover.
On the 14th of July it will be my birthday.My sister keeps singing happy birthday.It's cute when she sings.I'm having a sleepover and I am inviting Chloe, Tamaki and Hannah.I can't wait until its my birthday!We are also going to Hammer Springs.
On Saturday afternoon the family and I were all going to Christchurch for a special visit. Mum had applied to adopt a dog from K9 Rescue. When we got to the foster home we saw a black puppy, but that wasn't it. Finally bounding round the corner of the home, came a 10 month old Labrador cross with German shepherd, puppy named Dougie. The whole family including me thought it was going to be a bit smaller, but it wasn't. He was HUGE!
Dougie is yellowish and a light brown. Mum and Dad couldn't see any German Shepherd in him. They thought he was more Great Dane mix. Samara gets a bit scared if he gets too close as his head comes to her face. We were taking him home on that day , I thought they had to come to our home first to check if its suitable for him, but Mum had sent photos of our house. I was so excited that we could take Dougie sooner rather than later.
It was pretty good to get him really early. Mum and Dad always said that we can only get a dog once Samara was older. I think I am very lucky and this dog some how clicked with Mum. Dougie is perfect for our family and we are perfect for him!!
Splash Splash! On Tuesday 18th,Arrowsmith syndicate started swimming lessons at the Ashburton Community Pool because it was to teach us how to swim.It was also to help us in case some kids don't do any swimming, and then they will get a 2 week opportunity.I noticed that when I do after School swimming I have the 2 Mattews and now I still have them.They can be pretty annoying.This Term I want to improve on my 2 lengths of freestyle because on my 2nd length I get tierd and I nearly stop.
In Term 2 Arrow smith started to get home work. There was a grid that we had to finish in 2 weeks, but you don't have to do all of the boxes. You at least need to do the boxes that are shaded. If you do 1 box + the shaded boxes, you get a C which means you get 1 star. If you do 5-7 boxes, you get a B which means 2 stars, and if you do 8-9 boxes you get an A which is 3 stars. I usually finish all of my home work in a week. The first time we shared with the class and Miss Taylor graded my home work I got a B. On my 2nd go I got an A, so hopefully I will keep getting A's and also keep improving. Miss Taylor gives me pretty good comment, so I think I'm doing well myself.
In Term 2 Room 8 started AVAILLL.We watched 6 movies and had to do an activity in each part of the movie.My favourite movie was Nim's Island because I have never watched it before and it is a secretive movie.It was about a girl who was trying to save her own Island.
On Friday 31 May Arrowsmith syndicate had a gutter board Handel The Jandle Challenge.There were 3 groups.When it came down to the finals there were 7 from room8 and 7 from room7.Room8 started to lose until the the the bell rang.Everyone from room7 started coming out.It wasn't a good day for room9 because they were hardly in the finals.At last, Edmond from room7 and Bobby from room8 were facing off to win for there class.In the end Edmond did a great big jumbo and Bobby couldn't get it.Everyone from room8 was cheering for Bobby.I think he did pretty well.
On Tuesday 7th Tinwald School went to the hall for our over all topic for this year.The topic was called Life Is A Challenge.We were split into groups from A-E. Everyone wanted to have Mc Donalds when they saw it, but there was only 10 boxs.Lucky for A's because they got to have it.B, C and D's got to have something to eat except for E's and I was in that group.We just got a chunk of wood.I felt so annoyed that I didn't get anything but luckly Mum puts treats in my luch box.I learnt that other people around the world don't get as much food as we do so we should be greatfull for what we get.
On Wednesday 27th of March room8 were playing a game called magic carpet at Mt Hutt Retreat.They had to try and turn the tarpaulin over without coming off. In this class challenge, we had to talk to each other of some ideas we had.It came down to the finals when we split into 2 teams and versed each other.It was a tricky game but we did it in the end.