Kia Ora,

In writing we had to make up our own mythical creature, after watching the movie water horse we had some ideas what what to do. I wrote a three paragraph story not to long, that describes my own mythical creature. It is supposed to be like a dragon but with really soft fur and feathers, I’ll describe more in the story.

In NBC school we have the luckiest opportunities with Duffy. We got to choose some books and we got them delivered to us. The books I received were the worst week ever book, and the avatar the last airbender Aang’s unfreezing day book. I am so thankful for them! thank you scholastic and avonhead rotary for making this chance happen. Here is a picture of me reading them, Have you ever seen them or read them before?

Loch Ness monsters are Mythical animals created by Scotland. It is said for it to be dinosaur like creature, except it is more like a sea monster. Our task at school was to create a descriptive story about this monster. This was a quick easy task to do, so Mr Gray said we have to add a picture we created by ourselves. I have created  a story about them click the LINK to check it out. If you saw a loch Ness monster what would you do ??

Kia Ora, this week’s blog post is a catch up on my other  blog post. I mist a few things out so here’s what else we did. For two weeks every year we do swimming lessons, These are cool opportunities for us to have. In the first week it’s more about swimming like freestyle, backstroke, doggy paddle, stroking, tumble turns and a few more things. In the second week we would focus on safety, on boats or in water. On  Monday and Tuesday we get all ready in our life jackets, we do things like huddles, sunflowers, trains extra. On Wednesday and Thursday we get on boats and learn how to get on and off of the boat, and also throw out string and water bags to people acting to drown and pull with all your might to bring them in. Friday though is different from all, friday means you can wear you pyjamas into the swimming pool, this is what I did today. Did you know swimming in your PJs are hard! This was really fun and adventurous I can’t wait till next year!!!

Do you not what to do when you are creating a huddle ?

Every now and then NBC school has a special guest come in to tell us about their journey and duffy books. We are all really lucky for this chance to see new things and new people. This time on the 25/ 3/ 25 DJ Danny Ill came to our school!!! DJ Danny Ill is a great man with a good taste of music. He says his brother and himself have very creative brains, which is really good for DJs. DJ Danny Ill has performed with Lauryn hill, at the crusaders games, Warriors games, and much more.

I am personally a big fan of Lauryn Hill so I was very engaged when he said this. DJ Danny Ill went to Arinui primary school and another school in Hornby. Danny has lived his dream and is doing great. Have you heard of DJ Danny Ill before? and if so what is your fav remix from him?

For two weeks every year NBC has a possibility to go to QEll for some swimming lessons, so far we have completed 1 week of swimming lessons. We learnt freestyle, backstroke, doggy paddle, stroking, tumble turns and a few more things. My instructor’s name is Saskia, she is so kind and friendly, se also came to NBC school and was my friend lilias buddy. We are so lucky to have these chances, thank you family members and teacher s for coming and supporting us, and instructors from QEll we appreciate all your support. THANK YOU. If you haven’t seen the QEll pools here’s a link to check it out . Have you been swimming at QEll before or had swimming lessons?

SURFING !!! on the 21st of march 2025, Yr 7 and 8s got the opportunity to go down to new brighton beach and have a go at surfing. Surfing was a new thing for a lot of people, including me. We learnt how to stand up on a surf board, how to paddle / when to paddle, going from chicken to seal to surfer. Many things! Our awesome instructors were very kind and helpful, there names were Tom, Troy, Rosa and James. This was an amazing experience and chance for NBC school, Being there today made me feel like “I AM A SURFER” But even though I still can’t surf, it made me feel really great. Have you ever been surfing or boogie boarding?

Hanmer Springs is a beautiful place to go to camp. The Yr 7/8s were lucky enough to get to go for school camp. Camp is so exciting every year it comes around! This was a very thrilling Monday morning. I was in a car with Leah and her mum, Sonia, also Lilia, Brenna and Ameo. It was a really chill time in the car and we were all really relaxed. 

Once we arrived we saw the beautiful sun shining upon us delightfully. Me and my friends sat underneath a strong thick tree for some shade, and we ate our lunch. We got to go find our cabins and get unpacked. Not to long after we went on a slippery walk to the dog stream. It was a challenge for most people. It was uphill and hard work! I thought we were finished but it turned out to be another walk called the waterfall track, I have done the waterfall track before and it was hard. By then we were all pretty exhausted, we didnt even make it to the waterfall! We didn’t go to the waterfall because our teacher ( Mr Gray ) said not to, and to go back. To be honest I think Mr gray was too tired to keep on walking : ) 

I’m pretty sure everybody has heard of the Hanmer Springs pools, but if you haven’t, here is a link. My class and I got to go to the pools on Monday. We had so much fun in the sun. We started in the hot pools. It was so nice! Then we moved on to the hydro slide, and ended up in the swimming pool, and came back to the hot pools. Whaea Kay gave us her marshmallow, it was so kind of her and they were delicious!

The cabins included 5 beds, two bunk beds and one double bed, I got the double bed! It also had a mirror, coat hangers, a mattress and a pillow. They were very exiting!!!

Activities: We did mountain biking ( one of my favourites ) tree climbing, swimming, orienteering, board games, creative challenges, talent shows ( also a fav ) So many things to do in three days. They were all exhausting but also really fun. If I had a chance to go back I would!

I would like to thank Mr Gray and Whaea Kay for being in charge of this all, and also all the parent helpers who  decided to give their time so we could have a great time.  I would also like to thank the veggies direct staff crew for giving us all the food we needed and Couplands for giving us those delicious great pies. I really enjoyed this new experience, Camping is one of my favourite things to do, how about you what is you scale of camp in from one to ten, one being the lowest and 10 being the highest.

Camp is a thing we do every year from yr 5 to yr 8 and it is the most exiting part of the year! School  camp is in 3 more days and we are creating what our school camp would be if we got to choose what we would do, and where it will be. I did a story with 5 paragraphs, the story  had to have 4 things for it, Accommodation, food, activities, and how we will earn the money. Activities like this embrace my imagination  and make me feel like I can do whatever I desire. I understand if you don´t want to read it all it is quite long but I would really appreciate hearing back from you and hearing how I can improve on my learning.

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In our writing work today we had to write out our expectations of a class camp trip. My idea is pretty hard to imagine because it would be very expensive, but everywhere is expensive these days so why not. This took about an hour to write because I had to find some true facts and look on google to find good info in there. I won’t make this blog post too long because you have a lot of reading to do on the explanation writing. Where would you go on a class camp of your choice?

Link to writing