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This is Santa and he is happy but you can’t see his smile. I decided to do santa because I really like christmas because you get presents and all the family always comes to our house to celebrate. And then we have the holidays which means that I can test out everything that I would have got.

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I am santa and Christmas is my favourite time of the year.

My Holidays

                                My Holidays

In the holidays I went to Rotovegas, the whole Thames Valley team went, because we had a tournament there was 2 teams they were called Rata and Kowhai. I was the captain for Kowhai, and Quinn was the captain for Rata. We stayed at the all Season Holiday park the best part about the holiday park was that it had an indoor pool. Now to the hockey, this tournament was over 2 days with about 4 games per day they are 30 minute games and 15 minute halves with a 2 minute break.  We tied our first game against Rotorua Maroon A the final score was 1-1. It was a very tight game because we had no subs so we got tired really quickly. We did 8 games and it will take a while to explain them so I will just tell the most exciting game to you. Well this game was also against Rotorua Maroon A. We were playing for 3rd and 4th at halftime it was 2-1 we were all panting like dogs. But we were in the lead so we were happy so in the last 15 minutes we gave it our all then won 4-2 we happier than anything because we came 3rd. YAY

Cross country 2017

Cross country 2017

NPS Cross country

Goal: To come better than what I got last year, last year I got 5th.

This year for cross country I came 3rd in tie with Jamie. It was much harder this year because I had a later race so the track had a lot of foot holes. We also did a bigger hill and a longer track then to what I have ever had.  This year I have done the fastest race yet, it was also way harder when we had to go through the second creek. This was the hardest because it was quite fast flowing and had some sharp rocks.

HP Cross country

Goal: To make it to Thames Valley Cross Country.

Hauraki Plains Cross Country was a lot harder this year because it was a different course and the hill was very steep. The bad thing was that  I had a cut and it split open and I got a rock stuck in it. I still think I did quite well to come 8th of about 20 kids.

TV Cross country

Goal: To go as fast as I can and get a better place than last year.

I found this track quite hard this year because I am not that good on the flat and it was a flat course so it made hard. Last year there was a little hill but this year there wasn’t so it was quite disappointing because that is when I speed up. And pass the most people,but luckily I am quite good at sprints so I sprinted my heart out at the end.

My dream day of school

In the morning we would do sprinting and long distances races. I would invite Usain Bolt to do the sprinting and Mo Farah to do the long distance. And after we have done some training we would do a range of sports including. Soccer, Rugby, Hockey, Netball and obstacle courses.

Then after morning tea we would go into the hall to have a movie. I would get Mr Singh to help do the movie. Then we would also bring lots of the furniture from Whetu into the hall so nobody is sitting on the ground. Everybody would also be allowed to bring their own food and drinks. And we would invite the Ngatea pizza to come with pizza and watch the movie. But we would also have the Ngatea Sushi shop come and make Sushi for us and we would let them have some Pizza as well. And watch the movie and also for Ngatea pizza they can have some Sushi.

After that there would be lunch but after lunch. We would have a sports tournament.  I would invite The black sticks men team and women's team for hockey. Then for Rugby I would invite the All blacks and Richie Mccaw. For the netball players I would have the Silver ferns. Then last of all for soccer I would have the All whites. But I would also have signatures once there was 15 minutes till home time.

Idrive

      Idrive

This year during idrive I have enjoyed working with different people. Because you find more about them than what you knew before like, you might both have the same interests. Or both have the same talent so that's why I enjoyed it the most. If I was to change anything about a session I would change when I was doing photography, and the ipad crashed. So I would get another ipad with more storage so I could take some more photos. It  was challenging when I was doing photography because it was quite hard  to get the photos on a really good angle. And to get the perfect shoot of certain things. And halfway through the session as I said the Ipad crashed. If i was to introduce a new session it be like movie making. I have done it is like a mini movie about 2 minute to 3 minutes long. At home we use the ipad and use the app  called imovie.

Quotes

       Jack's blog post Quote

The sky has no limits neither do I

Usain bolt wrote this quote.

I like this quote because it’s about people believing in themselves. And stopping when they know they can do it. I also like it because the quote telling you to always believe in yourself. And to have no limitations no matter what you're doing, whether it is to do  with work or sports. So that's why I like this quote.

Champions train, losers complain

I like this quote because it’s about things that won’t come easy. Like life is not easy all the time.  If you want to win something like a race you have to train you can’t just rock up then go home in 1st. You have to dedicate yourself to win. And like if you want to become smarter you got to ask for help do everything to the best ability so yeah.  So that is why I like the quote.

If I won the Lotto

How much money I have so far left 487,326 and that is for savings.

Item  or something                       Why I want it                   Price

House in Ngatea	I would like a house in Ngatea because It is close to a school. It has quite a lot of things like bakeries and gas stations. But it also is close to Thames so I will have everything I need.	455,000
Ford ranger ute	I would like this for my dad because he has wanted a ute for a while and  I would give it to him as a present.	42,140
Family	I would like my family to have this money because of everything they done for me and all the things they've brought me.	$1,000 each 12,000 in Total
To visit my great aunt Sally and Great uncle Ray	Because I have only ever seen them on Skype and I would like to see them. Because they are my only great grandparents or as you would say. Great uncle or Great aunty.	$3,334
Savings	Because I would like to buy things as an Adult.  Like a new house maybe or something like shoes or the new phones.	487,326

The Nationals

     The Nationals

On the 16th of July Mike, Dad and me (Jack)  went to the nationals for Taekwondo. The Nationals is a really big thing because people all over New Zealand come to spar, do patterns or if your over blue belt do specialty and power. Well let me tell you a bit about these categories.

Sparring is when you fight another person for 2 minutes straight. Then you have a 30 second break. And after that break you go for another 2 minutes. Then whoever scores the most points wins, so it is not whoever can hit the hardest. Sparring be quite hard when you the shorter person and you are versing somebody that is taller than you. And it is also quite hard when you're not that light on your feet. Because then it is hard for you to dodge away from the other person. So being light on your feet really helps you.

Now Patterns it quite hard to explain but I will try my best. So for each grade there is a pattern, a pattern is a set of movements that you have to know. There is a different number of movements for each pattern, like one pattern might have 20 movements and the other one might have 16. So that is what a pattern is oh also you need to know your pattern to get higher in the grades.

Now we're onto Specialty well specialty is jumping,  but while you jump you have to kick so you might have to jump over a bar e.g 1.2 metres high or one 2 metres high. But there are other techniques like you jump and kick upwards as high you can instead of vertically jumping into a side piercing kick. And guess what our instructor was a world champion high jumper once. But now he's a bit older and younger people have come and taken his place.  Well now  back onto the topic, you have to be a blue belt and above to do specialty. Otherwise heaps of little kids would just do it. And probably just like run into the pole so that’s is why it is blue belt and above.  And know onto the last one power.  

Well Power is when there is a machine and there are boards  you have to break. The easiest board is white then the red board then the hardest of all of them is Black. I am pretty sure 2 or 3 whiteboards are a red board then I am pretty sure 3 red boards equally a black. I can break a white board quite easily now but 2 is my aim right now. Lots of big kids and people do power because it is quite natural for them because since quite big and strong. But for little kids it is much harder because you might be there age but they are stronger so they might break the boards but you won’t. So it does relie quite a lot on height, weight and strength. So size does matter when it comes to breaking.

What I am proud of this year

     What I am proud of this year

This year I am proud of doing netball because I have never done it before. I’ve found out that I am actually quite good at it as well. I enjoy netball because it is different to most sports like basketball, because in basketball you can run from one end to the other without actually having pass then you can get a goal but in netball you can’t. you have to pass the ball down the court so you can get the goal. And there are lot’s of positions so you have to focus on more than one thing. I’m also  proud of getting into the Epro 8 challenge because only 4 kids get to go from our class. The other 3 kids that are in with me are Cade, Maggie and Emily L. The challenge is on Friday the 9th of June. I have gone to the Epro 8 challenge now and am proud of our team because we got second. It was a really fun experience and if I got the chance to go again I would go.  I’m also getting better at my goal which is full stops and capital letters, the reason I am getting better now is because I do not have more than one goal. And I am really focusing on going back and fixing all of my mistakes and editing all my writing.

2017 me and my buddy

 

Me and my buddy 2017 going to have a great year.