Christmas Tree

Phobias

A phobia is being scared of something that isn't meant to be scary or doesn't harm you.

A fear is being scared of something that is actually scary or something that can harm you.

I have the fear of insects which is called Entomophobia. Meanwhile being scared of only spiders is called Arachnophobia.

There are also quite weird phobias like Russophobia which is the fear of Russians, and Allodoxaphobia which is the fear of opinions and it is quite rare.

Mog's Christmas Disaster.

"Ahh" Mog screamed as he was stumbling on the pots and pans, *sniff* "I smell smoke!". Mog ran over to the table, and jumped up onto it not noticing that he was pulling everything off it. The coffee beans that were heating on the stove started shooting at Mog, "They are coming after me!" I was all a blur for mog. "I need to get out of here!" he says as he walks over the phone pushing "999", the oven pops open and the smoke leaks out of it. "*Huff* *Puff*" as he was catching his breath outside. And right as he went outside, fire fighters came. Mog was feeling better now that they came. But the family was sad that they Christmas was ruined for them, but after the whole neighbourhood heard the news they all came over to their house and helped clean. And they all had Christmas together.

Christmas Blog Post

Dear Journal,

Tonight was very tiring because I and all the other reindeers didn't get anything to eat, and we had to carry Santa all night. He is very heavy because of all the food he eats.

Everyone was so hungry and it made it worse looking at Santa eating what the people left for him. I and the other reindeer could not go any further because we were too tired and that convinced Santa to buy us some carrot treats at McDonald's.

From Rudolph.

Ice Cream

Ice Cream name: Spray and lick? (i'm not sure)
My ice cream is an Ajax Spray and wipe flavor.

Word Association

Glass = Sand

Red = Lightning Mcqueen

Smoke = Fire

Feet = Toes

Peg = Tent

Bed = Matress

Cloud = Sky

Tape = Paper

Wood = Sticks

Ball = Basketball

Book = Reading

Hand = Fingers

Fluffy = Candy Floss

Can = Coca Cola

Phone = Call

Table = Desk

Dirt = Dirty

Handle = Door

Bird = Dove

Tree = Leaves

Swimming/Summer

5 tips to keep safe in the water.

1. Make sure to always put on sunblock.

2. Follow the pool rules.

3. Wear the right togs.

4. Don't swim too far in the ocean.

5. Swim in areas where you are able to breathe easily.

Where is your favourite place to swim?

I like pools rather than the beach because I don't like salty water.

What is your best swimming/summer memory?

I don't have one.

What if.

If kids had tails?

Maybe the tails could sense things or maybe it would just act as an extra limb.

If leaves were fish.

Then it would smell bad everywhere if they rot. Also, you wouldn't need to go fishing.

If toes were teeth.

Then it would be hard to brush your teeth and you would have a hard time eating.

Favourite dish

My favourite breakfast dish is probably Eggs Benedict.

Eggs Benedict is a breakfast dish originated in New York, it has poached eggs on top of buttered English Muffins, with crispy bacon in the middle and is topped off with Hollandaise sauce which is a creamy sauce which consists of melted butter, egg yolks, and vinegar and is especially served with fish. The reason I like this dish is because my mum makes them and in my opinion they are the best ≧◡≦.





My favourite lunch dish would probably be a simple beef burger.
The beef burger would have a mince patty, lettuce, red onion, tomato, cheese and bacon.
I like the beef burger because i'm used to my mums Korean style cooking, and because its different to Korean dishes, so I like it.








My favourite dinner is definitely "삼겹살" which is a South Korean pork "gui" which is a grilled dish.
Korean people eat 삼겹살 in a wrap of lettuce with a Korean dipping sauce called "쌈장", but it can be eaten alone. I like this dish because I am South Korean and we only eat this on some occasions, and I feel like I am in Korea when I eat it (｡◕‿◕｡).

Christmas Shopping

Prize Giving Cancelled.

I think that not having Prize Giving is a negative decision because the students won't have much of a goal to work towards, and I think the parents of the students would be able to see how good they are doing. I think parents will also feel that the school is teaching their students right.

There are some minor positives, like students saying that Prize Giving is boring, and also sort of agree with what they said about them not wanting to rank and sort students. I think that would lead to some kind of argument or hatred towards other kids because someone got an award and they didn't.

In conclusion, I think that Prize Giving is a fantastic time for the school to gather and be happy for one another for their achievements.

Athletics Reflection

Athletics day was on Monday, I was really nervous the whole day but I still tried my hardest. Probably the hardest part of the day was the 800m run because I'm not very good at long distance running.

The most exciting part was probably when I and Dylan were in the same race in the 100m sprint, I was also very excited for Charlie when he was doing his High Jump.

I was resilient in the 800m run because I was going to give up after the first lap but I didn't give up.

I hope I do just as well or better in HP.

Career Quest

Private Teacher/Tutor

I would like to be a Private Teacher because I think teaching would be fun, and would not be as busy a full classroom.
Skills - Organised, Concentrated, Kind, Fun

Sports Coach (Basketball)
I would like to be a Sports Coach because I like sports and would like to see how I can improve my team.
Skills - Leader, Concentrated, Fun

Chef
I think that I would want to be a chef because I've always wanted to cook for people and for people to enjoy my cooking.
Skills - Improvisation, Concentration, Knife skills.

The History of eSports

eSports (also known as electronic sports) are playing video games at a more competitive level, the most common games that are played are League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Call of Duty, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite Battle Royale, and StarCraft II.

Tournaments such as the League of Legends World Championships and Dota 2's The International have live broadcasts of the competition and large prize money. The two most popular games right now are the League of Legends and Fortnite, League of legends is a MOBA game (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), and Fortnite is a Battle Royale.

The earliest eSport tournament was held in 1972 at Stanford University for the game Spacewar, the Stanford students were invited to what they called an "Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics",  with the grand prize being a magazine membership.

In around 1990 a lot of games benefited from better internet connectivity (mostly computer games). And also many other games were being played competitively in tournaments.

With the popularity of eSports in South Korea, people made lots of Internet Cafes/LAN gaming centre, known as a PC Bang.

eSports have changed very fast throughout the years, so it is hard to tell how eSports will change now.

Plus Minus Intresting

Plus - I have improved quite a lot on my long distance running for athletics.
Minus - I had trouble running on Tuesday because of my sore legs.
Interesting - I learned that a banana 'tree' is actually not a tree but a bush.

Sparking Curiosity

For the animal I chose the Cheetah, I chose the Cheetah because I wonder if humans can ever run as fast as cheetahs and why cheetahs are much faster than other animals.

Labour Weekend

I predict my labour weekend is going to be really fun because I will be going to Armageddon Expo which is a gaming/technology expedition, and I think it will also help me with my inquiry which is based on Coding and Programming.

I also think that it will be exciting because I will meet my childhood friend Christopher, he is also South Korean. (I first met him when I was year 2)

This weekend I will be focusing on my health, like eating healthy or taking extra care of myself because of athletics day coming up. I will also run around the town to practice my long distance running.

Weekly Reflection

This week I was tired because of all the athletics training and also because I was used to the resting and relaxing from the holidays.

We are training for athletics which is in week 4. I am slowly improving at long distance running, sprints on the other hand I am having trouble with due to the fact that my legs are really sore because of all the sports and physical activities going on now.

The new Chapter Chat book is called "A monster calls" it is about a kid named Connor, he lives with his mum and one night he had a nightmare about a tree monster. It is an interesting book which is pretty different to the books we have read so far for our Chapter Chat.

This week was a mixture of different things I hope next week will be just as good if not, better.

3 Learning Powers/ICARE Words

Connecting - My mum spoke English to the members of the church despite English not being her first language.

Resilience - My dad had trouble with fixing the internet but he didn't give up and he fixed it.

Curiosity - When me and my Mum were stuck in traffic in Auckland, and we were curious of what had happened. (it was a car crash)

Wish/Goal for this term.

My Wish/Goal for this term is to win the best basketball player award in the school at prize giving.

Marama Code

Be Diligent
Be Respectful
Be Kind
Be Helpful

Learning Spaces

We have different learning spaces for different types of learning such as, independent learning in the TMO room and collaborative learning in the Clubroom.

I think learning spaces are important because it might be easier to concentrate in some places more than others. For example, if you are reading a book independently you might want to be in a quiet place, such as the TMO room and if you are having a collaborative meeting you might want to be in the Clubrooms, the Stadium or the Corporate box.

Reflection

I learned the most in Daniel and Marcus' workshop about Fiordlands and the animal life there.

I also learned about paper planes and I improved on making them to fly faster.

And the workshop me and Dylan run was about cartoons, I think I could have improved my workshop a lot by adding more information for my audience to learn about and doing something more than just a Kahoot next time.

Weekly Reflection

Plus - I liked playing badminton in the hall this week.

Minus - I didn't like that the grass on the field was too long to play on. But they got mowed today (Friday)

Interesting - It was interesting that its hard to hit the badminton ball hard.

Photo Challenge

Blog Challenge.

What kind of business would I run?
I would run a sports gear company focused more on basketball gear and to support basketball athletes.
I would run this business because I always liked basketball sports gear and would like popular basketball athletes to wear my gear in their games.

Stranded on a Deserted Island.

1. Water because the daily consumption of water of the average male is 2 Litres of water. And I could use the reflection off of the water bottle into the sun and make a quick fire.

2. An axe because you will need to collect some wood for your fire.

3. A Fishing Net because you need to catch fish.

4. A friend because if I had to stay for a long time I would want a friend but it would limit your food supplies more.

5. A bag to store food and clothes. And also if I collect different things that I think might be useful I could store it in the bag.\

I think I would need a lot of Resilience.

Deserted - (A place) Empty of people -Isolated- 

Weekly Reflection

This week was pretty tiring because we had Cross Country on Monday so the rest of the week my legs was kind of sore, then on Tuesday we had basketball, we had to play two games because Ngatea Black didn't have enough people so this week was really tiring.

And on Saturday we are playing Soccer against Mercury Bay over there. Our team is getting better but I don't think we can win the season anymore.

This week I have been Respectful when I helped Dylan with his with his Word Mania, was being Growth Minded when I was having trouble with some mangahigh tasks and I was being Kind to Charlie when he needed a pencil.

Toes

We need our toes because it supports our weight and helps us balance by putting pressure on the surface with our toes.

The most important toes are the big and pinky toes because they provide the most balance for your legs.

Cross country reflection

Plus: I improved from last year

Minus: It started to rain and the mud got even more hard to run in.

Interesting: The killer hill, because I didn't get to do the killer hill last year.

blog mission

Weekly Reflection term 3.

This week I think we focused more on PE and exercise because of cross country, I have improved in distance running since last year.

I have enjoyed playing word mania and trying to beat my previous score of 2344, I am working towards beating Jamie's score of 3000.

On Tuesday we played a basketball game against Ngatea black but since they didn't have enough players we had to spread out the teams, since we are both one school anyways.

This week has been quite different and interesting.

Game Review

Free Rider

Free Rider is a game where you ride your bike across different maps that the community of Free Rider has made. You can set high scores on different maps and can also make a track for others to play.

3 Skills you might learn:

1. Timing Skills
2. Creating/Designing Skills
3. Racing Skills

I like playing Free Rider with my friends on different maps that they created and trying to beat their scores.

I rate this game 5/5

Calvin and Hobbs

Calvin has learnt that he doesn't control the flowers life and that rain exists. Calvin is a very selfish little boy.

Weekly Reflection Wk 1 Term 3

This week was a very big difference from the last term because we have a new chapter chat book named "recruit" It is about a boy named James. On the first day of term 3, we did fun "recruit training", we ran an obstacle course with Miss Williams, we did a follow the leader type game with Miss Darrah and an exercise activity with Miss Coles. My favourite thing I did this week was definitely playing indoor soccer because it's been so long since I have played it, I remember playing indoor soccer last year with Neo. We will also have Cross-country training at the end of Friday. I hope next week we will play indoor soccer again and read more of the Recruit book

Daniel makes 8 three pointers in a row

Daniel has made his personal record of how many three-pointers he can make in a row his last record was 5 but after his practice for his term 3 basketball tournament, he has gotten 8 three-pointers!
He said that on his ninth shot he got distracted by some people walking past. Let's see if can get a higher score than 8.

Me shooting a three.

Week 8 Term 2 Reflection

This week I had lots of fun doing PE, we played a game called sideline soccer. Two teams split up and make four teams and one team of the half plays defense and the other team plays offence and your objective if you are on the offensive side is to get the ball to hit the wall on the other side and the defensive side is trying to stop the ball from hitting the wall. I also really enjoyed art because I moved on from colouring the korus and went to the background. The downside to this week was probably my maths because I am having trouble with that. I really hope next week will be just as exciting as this week and I will try harder and focus next week on my maths

Places I would like to go

Link

(If you cant see)

Week 7 Term 2 2018

This week I have been practising my Football skills because we are playing Paeroa on Saturday. I have really enjoyed playing different games for PE and also doing patterns for art they are really fun.
I also liked soccer because I set up some goals for Charlie. My favourite part of this week was finishing most f my maths.

Ngatea Plastic Bag Free Town.

I think this a good idea and I think this will make a big difference because there won't be as much pollution that affects the animals but also I think that it would be harder for the people just passing by to buy a bag if they don't have one already but I think that it was mostly a good idea to not have them.
But now with things like edible plastic bags coming out, I don't know what is going to happen.

Week 6 Term 2 Reflection

This week was really short for me because on Monday it was the Queens Birthday and I was sick on Tuesday which felt good and bad. I really enjoyed starting My Ie Doc and getting back into doing my IEs. My favourite part of this week was when we started art because we were drawing Korus. I also really liked Soccer training this week because I did quite good. I hope next week will be exciting too.

Letter to Ministry of Education (FAKE)

Daniel Ahn
52 Orchard West Rd
Ngatea 3503
May 31, 2018

Ministry of Education
404 Queen St
Thames 3500


Dear Minister of Education,

I am writing this to persuade you to not cut maths from the schooling curriculum.

Why?, if you cut maths from the subjects all the kids would have no knowledge about maths and won't be able to problem solve mathematics when they are older. They won't have knowledge about numbers and numbers come are very important in life, for example:

• Buying a House
• Buying a Car
• Problem Solving

Every year we have a competition called the EPro8 challenge it is where 12 schools come to participate in a problem solving competition. And by cutting this subject they will have less fun because they wouldn't know how to problem solve and answer the questions.

And imagine if we cut maths from the schooling curriculum, a lot of people would be living on the streets without houses and would be quite literally stupid. Without maths the world with change drastically.

Thank you,
Daniel Ahn

Leadership

If you can't see it 

Link

5 Great Leader

1. LeBron James is a professional basketball player and he leads his team to win.

2. Richie McCaw is a professional rugby player and he saw a film about his life and him leading a lot of people.

3. Stephen Curry is also a professional basketball player and leads his team to win.

4.Lionel Messi is a professional soccer player and he is a very humble leader.

5.Dylan Irwin is just an overall humble leader and just really kind to others.

Definition of leadership

I think leadership means to lead other people to be leaders.

Weekends

In the weekends I played soccer, although we lost I had a lot of fun. After the game Charlie came over to my house to play Fortnite and other games.\

I also played soccer outside a bit because there was no training last thursday because the grass was too wet.

Overall this week was pretty calm.

Leadership

I like "Leadership is more Being than Doing" because I think too that there is a difference between Being a Leader and Doing 

Term 2 Week 3 Reflection

I found this week really different because it was my first time going to NYLD and not doing as much school work.

My favourite speaker at NYLD was Lisa Tamati because she was very resilient in her races and she worked her hardest even after she had failed like 7 times.

I also liked when we played the 'Jumbo Beach Ball' game. It was really exciting to go to NYLD for the first time because my brother went there when he was year 6 and he said that it was so fun.

Soccer

On Saturday we played soccer against Paeroa, we lost both of the games we played but it was only buy 2 goals. The first game we lost  2 - 1 and then on the second game we lost 3 - 1.

I played Striker on the first game and the first half of the 2nd game then I played Goal keeper in the second half, in the game where I played striker I got 1 goal and Charlie got 1 goal.

Summer and Emma got player of the day awards and we all had burgers.

I hope we can win next game against Thames!

Term 2 Week 1 Reflection

This week was really different because of the break time change, It feels like its gotten shorter but I like it because we get another break.

 I like that we got to go to the hall to play basketball. This week was really cold but I still played soccer outside.

Also on Wednesday me, Charlie, Elizabeth and Sophie went to Epro8 at Parawai school, We came 6th but we could have placed 3rd if we screwed in the last screw.

My favourite part was probably when we played basketball in the hall with Miles, Charlie, Dylan and Michael. Also on Thursday we had our first soccer training of this term.

I hope next week will be just as exciting as this week.

Zoomed Animals

Wolf

Chameleon

Frog

Crocodile

Spider