This is me signing my name in sign language.
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday, May 16, 2016
An unexpected start to the day.
On Tuesday 10th of May 2016, my class arrived at school just like on a normal school day.
When I got a clear view of the classroom, I knew that this was NOT going to be a normal day!
The classroom looked totally different. The desks were in rows, there were chalkboards, text books, name tags stuck on the desks, and we had to sit boy, girl, boy, girl. The teachers were dressed in strange clothes, well, strange clothes to us. It was just like old fashioned school!
Learning wasn't even learning, all we had to do was copy things out of text books!
I think the worst part was morning tea. Firstly, we could only choose one thing from our lunch box, and the teachers would tell us when to bite and when to chew.
Once we had finished our food, we had to march around the quad, and when we could actually play, the teachers told us what to play, who to play with and what to play.
when the whole thing was over, I was so relieved that I didn't get a smack on the bum!
When I got a clear view of the classroom, I knew that this was NOT going to be a normal day!
The classroom looked totally different. The desks were in rows, there were chalkboards, text books, name tags stuck on the desks, and we had to sit boy, girl, boy, girl. The teachers were dressed in strange clothes, well, strange clothes to us. It was just like old fashioned school!
Learning wasn't even learning, all we had to do was copy things out of text books!
I think the worst part was morning tea. Firstly, we could only choose one thing from our lunch box, and the teachers would tell us when to bite and when to chew.
Once we had finished our food, we had to march around the quad, and when we could actually play, the teachers told us what to play, who to play with and what to play.
when the whole thing was over, I was so relieved that I didn't get a smack on the bum!
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Fight for life.
My pick a path story.
Last week GRI11 2.0 (GRI11 2.0 is my class name) had to make a pick a path story. me and one of my best friends Nada worked on this together. A pick a path story is a story where the reader picks what happens. Use the buttons to create your on story. Me and Nada hope you like this story!
Monday, May 2, 2016
My holiday surprise.
"Dorothy, come down right now!!" yelled mum.
I would have liked to stay in my room to finish making my bed and putting some clothes away, (don't think I'm weird because I like tidying my room) but I knew I had to do as mum said.
I strolled down the golden stairs to see mum. I did think that I was going to get in to trouble, but as I walked into the kitchen, expecting to be yelled at, it turned out that mum had a huge smile on her face.
" I just got a call from the Lido, ( I normally have swimming lessons in the holidays) they said that you moved up into Bronze! As soon as I heard this, I did a happy dance. I couldn't believe that I had actually moved up into bronze.
"Do you know what that means Dorothy?" asked mum.
"No" I replied with confusion with a little frown on my face.
"Now you can finally swim to the end of the pool!" cried mum with excitement.
On the second week of the holidays I started swimming on bronze.
It was so tiring but then mum reminded me that the first days of bronze were always hard so I keeped on going until Friday.
I would have liked to stay in my room to finish making my bed and putting some clothes away, (don't think I'm weird because I like tidying my room) but I knew I had to do as mum said.
I strolled down the golden stairs to see mum. I did think that I was going to get in to trouble, but as I walked into the kitchen, expecting to be yelled at, it turned out that mum had a huge smile on her face.
" I just got a call from the Lido, ( I normally have swimming lessons in the holidays) they said that you moved up into Bronze! As soon as I heard this, I did a happy dance. I couldn't believe that I had actually moved up into bronze.
"Do you know what that means Dorothy?" asked mum.
"No" I replied with confusion with a little frown on my face.
"Now you can finally swim to the end of the pool!" cried mum with excitement.
On the second week of the holidays I started swimming on bronze.
It was so tiring but then mum reminded me that the first days of bronze were always hard so I keeped on going until Friday.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
The school Disco
"Mum we are almost there" I said excitedly in the car, mum was taking me to my first ever school disco. At the school disco there is always a theme:
This time the theme was... 'Your Favorite Rock Star'. I don't have a favorite rock star, so I just dressed up as some crazy person. I dressed in a pinky orange sparkly dress, black shiny leggings and sparkly shoes. As mum pulled over to park, one of my best friends, Holly G, and her friend Alex L, were walking to the disco. Holly saw me and waited for me to get out of the car. Once we got to the hall I was ready for 1 hour of party rocking. I danced my socks off (even though I wasn't wearing any socks) and I sertanly blew of mr. R's socks because I won a bag of lollies. By the end of the disco I was so tired and I can't wait for the next school disco.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Over coming my fear of deep water.
I had made the inter school triathlon team for C.S.N.S. I was very nervous to compete as I am not confident at swimming. However, I can run and bike like the wind so with some encouragement I decided to give it a go.
BOOM! I splashed into the Freyberg pool, I was finally on the last stage of the triathlon. As my head went under the water, I got a bit of a shock. The water was so deep and I am kind of scared of really deep water.
By the third lap I was out of fuel but then I heard one of my best friends, Holly, yell "GO DOROTHY!!!". As soon as I heard this, I powered to the end of the race as fast as my legs could take me.
When I left the pool I felt like I had let the team down, because by the end of the run I was in the top 10, by the end of the bike I was in 15th place and over all I came 35.
Sad and unhappy I left the pool, I had never felt so bad in my life. Tears rolled down my rosey red cheeks.
Holly rushed over to see me. She saw that I was sad so she comforted me. She gave me a big crunchy chocolate bar, and a piece of bubble gum.
But no matter how hard everyone tried, nothing, and no one was going cheer me up, even Holly.
Eventually, after a few weeks, I felt proud that I had done it. I now want to take more risks and do things that scare me.
BOOM! I splashed into the Freyberg pool, I was finally on the last stage of the triathlon. As my head went under the water, I got a bit of a shock. The water was so deep and I am kind of scared of really deep water.
By the third lap I was out of fuel but then I heard one of my best friends, Holly, yell "GO DOROTHY!!!". As soon as I heard this, I powered to the end of the race as fast as my legs could take me.
When I left the pool I felt like I had let the team down, because by the end of the run I was in the top 10, by the end of the bike I was in 15th place and over all I came 35.
Sad and unhappy I left the pool, I had never felt so bad in my life. Tears rolled down my rosey red cheeks.
Holly rushed over to see me. She saw that I was sad so she comforted me. She gave me a big crunchy chocolate bar, and a piece of bubble gum.
But no matter how hard everyone tried, nothing, and no one was going cheer me up, even Holly.
Eventually, after a few weeks, I felt proud that I had done it. I now want to take more risks and do things that scare me.
Monday, March 14, 2016
My favorite space to learn in Gri11 2.0 is.......
In GRi11 2.0 my favorite spaces to learn are the hideout and the hub. The hideout is a silent room. If you need to catch up on some work, or you just can't concentrate with people around you then the hideout is the place for you! The hub is the main classroom it is like a mixture of a physical room, a relaxation room, a social room, and an inspiration room. There are two social rooms. They are called the hall of fame and the hangout.
Me (Dorothy) working in the hub
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