The Year Of The Netbook

This year I have really loved having a Netbook to work on because another thing I have loved about this device is that we can Play computer games on our netbooks.


As much as I have loved having a Netbook there are some things that I haven’t liked about netbooks is that there can be a long amount of time to wait for my netbook to be repaired. Another thing things that I dislike about netbooks is because the internet sometimes loads slow and takes a long time to connect.

The advantages about having a netbook is because we can search things online and can work faster with our netbooks because we can go on our Wireless WI-FI and work on our google docs. We never have to wait for any multi-media machines to be available becuse we have our netbooks.


The hardest thing to do on my netbook wad doing tests more than two times
The greatest challenge for me is recrafting my writing
From time to time I always finish my Term Tasks
Most of the time I try finish my work so I dont have to do it anymore


If the netbook scheme failed and we had to go back on pen and paper, our work would be difficult because we have to write but with our netbooks, we don’t have to put our hands in pain because we can type

All Blacks Triumphant Victory

Its the build up towards the France and All Blacks game. As I was watching the French highlights through out this tournament I knew that this game was not going to be a thrashing. But I had a change of mind when the All Blacks vicious tournament highlights of them destroying their oppenents with scores such as 87-0. Whatever the score was 1 team is going to come out with a smile of victory, the other will be crying there eyes out. The question is who will win?

It’s 8:55 pm as I was anxiously waiting for the Rugby World Cup Final. I was getting apprehensive about the match. So to get it off my mind I wondered what I could do while I was waiting,but before I could my Mum yelled out “Matthew the games just about to begin”. So I raced to the TV ready for an action pack adventure match for the Webb Ellis Trophy.

1st half kick off began with the French, All Blacks had first possesion and used it very well. They kept attacking the French line up with all they could. They secured lineouts, protected the ruck areas and mauled into the scrums. Within 15 minutes of the game Tony Woodcock squeezes inbetween the French player and dived for the try but sadly Weepu could not convert the goal but the score is laid at 5-0. This tough competition kept up untill the first half. Sadly the French did’nt have the drive to score against the All Blacks and the score stayed at 5-0.

I think the star for halftime is French captain Thierry Dusatoir. He has great breaks, secure rucks and I think he has lifted up the French player morales and lets see if they have a trick or two up their sleeve and they could win this thing. I wondered what the coaches would be saying to their teams.

Its the 2nd half and French have used the ball well using their bulked up bodies to get to the halfway line. Driving after driving,colliding after colliding the French had stepped their game up a notch and were hauled up just before their tryline. What ever they did they could not seem to get passed until the 47th minute came and Theirry Dusatoir took his game and raised to legendary mode as he crossed the line for France’s first try of the RWC final. And Trinh Duc converted the goal. But later in the match Stephen Donald was lined up for a penalty goal. He had a lot rushing through his head because if he missed his team would have been disappointed in him because he would have pretty much lost the match but if he got it in the All Blacks would have secured the World Cup trophy. So he took a deep breath, kicked it and ITS IN the score was now 8-7 with the All Blacks in the lead. Time was up France couldn’t come back NZ had won.

With the well deserved win that the All Blacks snatched up its time for the cup to be lifted by our captain fantastic Richie Mccaw. With former legendary All Black players each coming to line up VIP people also came such as John Key coming up to congratulate our All Black champions. But the time everyone has been waiting for. The cup was in front of Richie, he shook John Keys hand and up went the trophy. Not a single spectator left Eden Park because this was a special event. Well Done Boys, lets see if you they can win the 2015 world cup in England

MI Quiz

When I took the MI test the results say that I have inter and intrapersonal skills. Which means I am people smart and myself smart. Interpersonal means that I can communicate well with others and intrapersonal means that I know myself well

One Day Of Fun

One day the teachers decided that it was time to have fun. So the year 7 and 8’s headed down to the bottom field and had a full on hour and a half of joy and excitement. Everyone had fun playing different activities and even some brain teasing events which were hilarious. My two all round highlight reels of the day, one of them was with Ms Tito. The other one was with Mrs Lagitupu.

Ms Lagitupu’s game was ball tiggy but this was a team game.The aim of this challenge was to grab a ball and throw it getting the members of the other team. You are not allowed to run with the ball but you can run to another spot without the ball. You can’t throw it at the person, you have to tag them with the ball. Also you’re not allowed to run out of the area you have to stay within the four cones placed in each corner. We also wore bands to represent our colours and we were red.

With the rules out of the way it was time to play. My strategic plan was to sprint around in a circle that way it would be harder to seal me in a trap. It was working but I got tired, I knew I couldn’t stop. Suddenly they got me in a trap of three people they were about to get me out but I scrambled to one side which got me out of the trap I was nearly encased in. Our team was running and there were three of us in, the rest of the team were out smarted and our team were the victors of the game. We congratulated our foes and headed to the next game.

Ms Titos event was very hard because the aim of this game was to catapult the ball off the sling shot and try get it to land into the hoops. If you got one into the blue hoops you get 20 pts and if you got it in the purple hoop which was the farest you would get 40. If you get it in the pink hoop which was the exceedingly far one of all the hoops you got 50 pts. There was a prize that the class with the most points got to have a water balloon fight

After many people tried so hard to get it they flunked and became a spectator but now I knew I had to step my game up. I schemed an intelligent plan in my head, hoping it would land exactly in the hoop. I wished myself ”Good Luck”.So I catapulted it and....it missed by a mile. Time had passed and it was yet to be conquered and I wondered who won the competition, I knew it certainly wasn't our class

Those were my favourite activities of the day. They were really exciting games and they gave me an adrenaline rush which got me hyped up about it. I cant wait to do something like that again. But maybe we could do something more sporty and different like play bull rush with the tags.

Our Place Our Term

Favourites

I love it when the try line is in sight
I love the sound of the crowd going wild
I love the feel of an intense foot race
I love the taste of glory at the end of the game
I love the smell of money that I hope to earn

What we learned in AFL

What room 20 learned in AFL today was how to catch AFL style. We learned three new techniques of catching. The first catch we learned was the chest mark where you join your arms together and scoop up the ball. The second was the high mark where you put your hands up high and make a W shape with your thumbs touching each other. The third catch we learnt was the specky and that was short for spectacular catch. How to perform the specky is easy, first you jump up in to the air doing a springbok with one knee and hold out your arms to catch it(like picture to the right).

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