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= 2013 = =** [|Click here to share my Current Events learning] **=

__ ** Recount 1: Told by Boysie ** __
Mum went away for the week. Me and Dad were stuck with the horrid cat that Mum bought. She loved it to bits while me and Dad wanted to kill it. But it cost lots of money so we couldn't! We waved Mum good bye with the cat weaving in and out of my legs looking like some kind of princess. Dad went on the farm lots and forced me to stay with the cat. At 5 o'clock in the morning she wakes me up. It was the last day and I was finding it hard to sleep with all of the scratches down my legs. On the fourth day I was chopping up wood for the fire. When suddenly a car screeched out side on the road. I jogged out to see what was going on. To the left, way off the road, an old Hilux was pulling away with a dog yapping it head off on the back. There was a possum of some sort on my right. It was perfectly preserved so I rushed over to see if I could still pluck it. But it wasn't a possum or a hare. It was the skinny cat. It was perfectly preserved. I had nothing to do other than think of ways to run away from home because Mom was going to kill //me.// Suddenly I thought of a magnificent idea. I scooped the cat off the gravel and ran out to the back yard. I dumped the cat on the ground and rushed into the kitchen and threw open the drawer and grabbed a knife and rushed outside. Out side I gutted out the cat and took out all the guts and stuff and stitched the hole up so it was just a pile of skin with a face and a tail. I ran inside and grabbed one of Mum's old gardening hats. I curled the body round the hat and stuck its tail out the back and rested its head on the body. It was now a Davey Crocket hat. Just at that time Mum came in her car up the drive. She stopped and pulled her bags out of the boot "HEEE LLO!!" I called across to her. "Oh hi," she replied back. I walked over to her with the finished hat on my head. "Oh where's the cat?" she asked sarcastically. "Long story" I laughed.

__ ** Camp Cameo 1 ** __
My eyes were fixed on the ground. Dan was on my right and what I saw on my left was horrifying. All of the color left my body and my togs nearly got a skiddy. A massive stingray the size of a pontoon was flying through the water. I was so close I could have stretched out my finger and touched it. I had to act fast or act calmly ... if you knew me well you would know what I'd choose. I darted towards Dan without knowing what he was doing. I should have thought about his knife but it missed me. I sprint swum so fast I would have to have beaten Hannah. Rock had never felt so good as my fingers felt its hard surface...



__**Camp Cameo 2**__
====After that scary experience with the sting ray I was back in the water on another paua diving adventure. I was much harder to get the paua because there was lots of seaweed and I mean lots! I was all around me and the slimy stuff kept on getting stuck on my foot and pulling me back. It was me Charlotte, Cole, Hannah and Dylan. We worked our way though the maze of sea weed with Hannah leading the way I was just looking out for stingrays. After a while it was so freezing that I could barley say a word without p-p-p-pausing. It was so so so cold I had to get out other wise I thought I would get hypothermia...==== =2012= The Titanic media type="custom" key="21494372" .. School Production - 'The Lorax'
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 * My Cameo Writing || My Photo ||

Apiti Show - Naturally Creative
 * [[image:Tom_Apiti_Show_2012.JPG]] || I got better at speaking to others I did not know

We looked at the shapes that make up any picture

We needed to ensure that we cut straight.

We had to get the right ratio of picture, writing and title on our page I looked at the details and the space

I learnt to use a loose hand when sketching

We contributed to our environment even if we didn’t feel like it.

I learnt how to deal with the feelings of winning and losing

I kept on trying

We wrote our goal, how it makes the world better, included a group photo and got everyone to write on it

I used measurement to ensure the shapes and cutting were at the right size

We did a sketched plan first but totally changed it for the final plan ||

=2011= How it works ... I am learning to investigate media type="custom" key="10718608" __**Science Investigation**__ __Investigating__ I listened to Mrs Walker because she is good at science. I was noticing the crystals grow. I experimented with my crystals. I used and gathered materials with Mrs Walker's help. She had the tools and equipment I needed. I got better at using my time well. I am proud of not being behind. I want to get better at looking after my belongings. __Power Point.__ I am proud of my google presentation by using textures and colors as well as pictures to suit my slides. My next step is to use visual impact. I got better at texures and colors. __Presenting__ I got better at talking loudly and clearly and making sure they understood at the Science Expo. I did it quickly and if I mucked up I kept going. I need to get better at organizing a presentation. __Learning__ I learnt that you could feel sounds by feeling. I learnt about bubbles from looking at them as they developed. I learnt about S-tubes on toilets from the Apiti juniors showing me. The fair was effective because we got to do stuff. It is a good way to learn __ 2011 My Learning in the Arts __ This year we performed: ** ‘The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf’ - **** A fractured fairytale. **  The part I liked was the chainsaw scene because it made a great impression. The strategy I used that was helpful when something was difficult was to break the problem into bits that I can sort out. The part I have found most challenging was my spy music because I was being self conscious. The strategies I used to deal with this was to practice so that I felt more confident.
 * ===Final reflection===

Next time I could improve by acting more For our concert next year I would like to do Harry Potter because I like Harry Potter and it's a good movie. || ===Character Photo=== ||
 * ===Reflection after first Show===

In the production I enjoyed my spy scene. I liked the music when I rolled into the lower stage and off the upper stage and speed into the audience. I also enjoyed the chainsaw scene because all of the audience got a big fright. What I could improve on is that I couldn't do my Possum X moves better because I was being a bit self conscious at the start but I got better at it on the week of practice. I got better at it from practice, practice. practice. I could have been a little more drama-ish in my Poppa wolf scene when I was dying. || ===Video reflection after first Show=== media type="file" key="Tom Show 1 Reflection (1).flv" width="360" height="270" || I am the Super spy of my breed. I love danger, gadgets and stealth. My favourite gadget is my samurai sword. I live in trees when I am on long missions but usually I try to sleep more comfortably in the spy HQ. I always look mysterious, covered up ... and of course, furry. My best friend is DEAD. You guessed it ... I'm Possum X. || **__Spy wanted__** Contact Possum at Spy HQ. Just accross from RIDGE ROAD! ENSURE IT IS DARK BEFORE VISITING!! **Possum** ||
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=2010= First was my miniature scene. I had to do it on the ground because all the desks were all filled up. ‘There done” I said. Now my flower arrangement (which I did in a brick) “Put a flower there and one here ... Yup that looks good.” “Done,” I said proudly. "Okay...... I want to see Bolt.” I wandered outside and found Bolt soaking wet in a shed where we put old cupboards and stuff. I had to dry him with a towel and gave him a brush. You could still tell that he was the soaked king but he was good enough.  He wasn't that well behaved at the start but he was quite good in the competition. The other competitors were Travis and Derek. They were very hard actually. They were so hard that they only left me with ribbons. I got first for 'Care and Attention' and third for'Leading' and 'Leading without a lead'. I was still very proud of myself because it was a very close competition.  When I arrived home I was exhausted. But I was very proud of Bolt! ||
 * **Lamb and Calf Day Learning 2010 ** ||
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 * As I arrived at school I rushed into the senior room carrying everything that I needed.

media type="youtube" key="ZLiD4SYbiWw" height="385" width="480" Authentic learning environments, such as our bush, allow for enriched learning opportunities

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Science Fair

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