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Term 4 Week 5 - Reflections

We have Social Dance every Tuesday, in preparation for the Yr 8 Ball at the end of year, and we've learnt quite a few dances; for example The Maxina and The Snowball Waltz. We had the school gala, which unfortunately I wasn't able to attend. We had The Grandparents Concert, which I took part in as part of The Choir, The Production cast and the Guitar group. We watched WALL.E today, as we're going to do a movie review on it. We're doing Hard Materials for Tech Arts at the moment, and we're making speakers. I don't really think that we've done anything else, but hopefully I'll update again next week. Bye guys

Term 3 Week 4 - Reflections

Hi internet.
So as I told you before, I started a novel analysis on 'To Kill a Mockingbird' last term. I've finished it now, I just keep forgetting to actually hand it in. We did our speeches on Mon. Apparently mine wasn't terrible enough, so now I have to read it again for class finals. And if I get through for that, I get to read it in front of five classes. Fun :'(
So anyway, that's not all. The library just got a lot of new books delivered, and when they were locked up in the library office, I looked at them through the window. There are so many cool books! there are David Walliams books, John Greene books, James Dashner books, and so many others! I was basically fangirling over the books with my face pressed against the glass. they're going to be covered, and we're going to look at them after lunch. I'm going to miss some of Choir so that I can look at them, otherwise all the good books will be gone. God I'm such a nerd :P
The College test is looming. It's only about five weeks away. I really want to do well and get into the accelerate classes. Not much else to tell. I'll see you again next week

Term 3 Week 3 - Reflections

Hi guys. We haven't been doing much this week. We had a Powhiri (welcoming) yesterday, but we had Tech at the same time so we got a choice on whether we wanted to go or not. I didn't go. We were greeting four Chinese students who are learning English. They're staying here for about two weeks and then they're leaving back to China. There are two boys and two girls. The girls are staying with a girl in my class, so we see them a lot. The two Rock Bands performed in a competition, Band Slam. Toxic Rose, one of their bands, placed third in the creative section. They played for the school not long before, and they were really good. The College expo was fun. I've chosen my four subjects, Food, Music, Drama and Special Effects. I really hope I get to do them all. Nothing else really. See you next week

Term 3 Week 2 - Reflections

Hi internet.

This week, I've been quite busy. We had a lot of Cross Country practice. :(

Our Wood Tech teacher has quit, so now our Music Tech teacher has taken his place, and the band and choir teacher is teaching us Music Tech. Music's boring without Mr Graham :(

He's not my guitar teacher anymore either, so now I've got Mr Ellis again. We've been looking at ballads, and now we have to write one. i'm nearly finished mine.

There Was a Girl

There was a girl,

She was so beautiful

She had so many friends

Complements were plentiful

She had the perfect life

Or so it seemed

Nobody noticed the cracks in her mask

Nobody noticed it was all a dream

There was a girl

So broken inside

But she bottled it up

She had to hide

Her weight decreased

Her skin became pale

But nobody noticed

They couldn’t see through her veil

But I could see

I saw how she despised herself

How she pushed others away

How she wanted to end herself

I saw the way her eyes lost their sparkle

How her hair became limp with grease

And of all the questions going through my head,

‘How could they not see?’

There was a girl

She stopped trying

She didn’t try to conceal

When she was crying

They finally noticed

But did they care?

Nobody asked her

When she disappeared where

There was a girl

She stole my heart

But I couldn’t tell her

I thought she would laugh

I should have tried

I should have said

Maybe then she wouldn’t

Have ended up dead

That's my ballad so far. I still think it could be better though. I started a Critical Analysis of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' last term but I didn't finish it, so I need to finish this term. I've just got two more paragraphs to do. Our speeches are due tomorrow. I still need to do another paragraph. I've been putting off doing it. We've got the College Expo today. I've already decided on a few of my extra subjects. I know I want to do Food and Drama, and I'm probably going to do Photography. I don't know about my last one though. Anyway, that's all for this week. Till next time!