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Zespri Challenge

 My class has been doing the Zespri challenge for a few days and most of been enjoying it so far. We go on walks around the block nearly every day and enter our data into the website to unlock new videos. Me and Jess have been doing tennis for a few weeks and that gets us heaps of steps.

It is important for the whole class to enter their steps as data for all of our benefit. We will unlock new videos and soon enough we'll reach the end of our journey. If everyone participates then we can get there faster than if only a few people did it.

You also get bonus points for how much fruit & veg you eat, how little your screen time is, how much water you drink, etc. Even if you only eat one fruit you get bonus points. Some people might like to cheat and say they ate more fruit and vegetables than sugar an snacks. Or maybe they'd say they spent half an hour on their devices when they really spent six hourrs. 

Language Examples

 This a slideshow I made showing a few language examples for probability.

Kaylis Peneha Awarded Steve Adams Basketball Scholarship

Kaylis Peneha has been awarded the Steven Adams basketball scholarship for 5 years. I don't know what that means but I assume it's something good. He had to go through a strict and careful test to get into Scots College. The basketball coach at the college supports Kaylis acknowledging his talent. It was a big surprise when he was given the chance at a scholarship which recognizes one student and assists them through their college years.

Paxmin Raukawa, one of Kaylis's basketball coaches, was very supportive of Kaylis. Kaylis has already been to two Steven Adams traaining camps, particularly New Zealands highest profile professional basketball to ever play in American basketball league. 

Steven Adams, who currently plays in the United States for the Memphis Grizzlies, was enrolled in Scot College and his training camps and scholarships are kind ways of uplifting and helping dreaming youthful basketball players wanting to pursue professional careers in basktetball.

"All of us here at Raukawa basketball are excited for Kaylis and the oppurtunities this scholarship will provide him." Paxmin states. "On top of being really talented, Kaylis is just a really good kid and him and his whanau deserve this." He has said all the club members are pleased for Kaylis.

Lion Dance

 Today our class learned about the Lion dance. We waited for Mrs Nelson-Latu's class to finish with their learning then walked in and met Winsome. He told us to find a partner and I went with Jess.

Jess went to grab a belt from a pile. Later we had to hold onto the belt. to know where to go. Winsome showed us a gong, drum, and symbols. Me, Jess, and some other kids got to go in the suits first.

The first few minutes were fine but then something happened. My back began to cramp up as a result of bendng over for so long. I nearly cried in the suit because of it. I tried to endure it but I couldn't then went to see Whaea. I sat out for the final few minutes.

Winsome told me to lay on my stomach to help my back. It did. By the time I was better the dance was done. The other group began and the real cat Ed came in. He wandered around for a bit then Lilley put him outside. When we were done we thanked Winsome and left. 

Labour Weekend

 I didn't do much on labour weekend if I'm being honest. But on Sunday my mum took me to the public tennis courts to practice. We were both pretty bad. She had bought a racket prior so she could play with me.

Apparently my dad couldn't come because he's 'too good'. Me and mum missed alot but she mised more thn me so that felt good. Once I accidentally hit mum!

At one point I hit is so hard and high that it flew over the fence and onto the road. I convinced mum to get it because I was to scared. She came back and we continued playing. I hit it on the road 2 more times.

Once we were done I realized how much time had past. What I thought had been ten minutes had really been 40! After that we went to the supermarket. I got bored in the car so I learned to juggle. 

The next day we went to the fruit & veg place in Manakau and to see and feed some our horses (Pauanui and Clover). Nui saw us first. She's pregnant with a baby that comes in 2 months or so. Nui called to Clover who came running and nearly ran us over despite her old age. We put down their feed and pat them before leaving. 

My Holiday

 In the holidays I took up a new sport with my friend Jess. We started playing tennis. On the first Tuesday of the holidays we got to tennis at 10:30AM. Me and Jess walked inside the courts and waited for it to start. When it began we got split into groups of -7 and 8-12. Jess is thirteen but she got let in. We started learning how to hold a racket. We also learned how to server, what the names of the lines were, and just a few excersises. My legs hurt really bad the next day. 

The next lesson was in the next week because of the weather. The next lesson we learned a little bit about backhands, but mostly the same material as last lesson. There was a competition to win a free racket but me and Jess lost.

The day after that we had another lesson. This time we had to play in the rain. It was bearable, but soon enough the rain got so bad we had to go inside the club house. Me, Jess and another older girl had to set up a new net inside. The older girl did most of the work but me and Jess helped with the net part. For the rest of the day we just did rallys.

On the final holiday lesson we did a lot of games and rallys. At the end he asked who would be coming for the free term 4 program, Me and Jess and a few others raised there hands (but they weren't there on Tuesday).

The next day I went out with my mum to buy tennis gear. First we went to Rebel Sport to buy some shorts and a racket. We came out with three tennis balls, a racket, and no shorts. Then we went to the warehouse to look a little further. I wandered off to look for a new book in a series I'm collecting (I'm only missing 2 books in the series). 

But there was a problem. The only book they had was a book I already owned. I was standing in an aisle of childrens books and was starting to get embarrased. But then I had idea. I began to check behid the book I had. But to no avail. It was the same book. I was beginning to lose hope. But I perservered. I checked behind the book again. As soon as I did that, my face lit up with joy. It was a book I wasn't aware even existed from the same series. I snatched the book and ran to my mum who was browsing clothes and present my newfound book to her. I said I wanted to spend some of my birthday money. "Are you sure?" She said I nodded. I was ecstatic. After that we went home and finished our holiday.