Me

C lever and creative
A dventurous and brave
S porty and fit
E nergetic and bubbly
Y oung and free

Some of my favourite things to do include gymnastics, soccer, BMX, swimming, and playing with animals. My favourite foods are pineapple, watermelon, fish pie, chocolate and ambrosia. My favourite colour is turquoise. I have a brother and a sister called Coby and Greer who are twins. They are seven. My dad lives in Australia along with his side of my family. I shifted up to the Waikato three years ago, from Methven (a little ski town) after the Christchurch earthquake. I am 12 years old.

Week 6

This week I finished my sweatshirt at tech arts. It is blue and grey, with a pocket, a hood and a 7 on the back. We had production auditions, and I got into the call backs. tomorrow I will sing 'Don't go breaking my heart' in front of the rest of the 30 or so people that got called back. I'm really proud that I got call back, and I hope to get a main part (preferably without singing)! The top writers have to do a report on either Gallipoli or the Holocaust. I chose to do it on the holocaust. We had mufti day on Wednesday, and we went for a swim on Tuesday which will most likely be our last for the term. I learnt about integers during maths. I learnt that when the signs (positive or negative) are the same the answer is positive. If the signs are different the answer is negative.

Holocaust facts

*11 million people were killed during the holocaust decade
*6 million of the dead were Jews
*It was from 1933 to 1945
*Nazis killed 2/3 of the Jews living in Europe
*Nazis killed 1/3 of all the Jews in the world
*The term "Holocaust," originally from the Greek word "holokauston" which means "sacrifice by   fire,"
*There was 3 types of camps. concentration, death, and transit
*Hitler never visited a single concentration camp
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RIP

S oft uneven ears, one up one down
I  rresistably cuddly
D reamily fluffy pom-pom tail

RIP Sid- I love you

Week 5

We haven't done much this week. We had swimming sports on Friday, but that was the only big event of the week. I came 1st in non-champ breaststroke, 3rd in doggy paddle, and 2nd in freestyle. I did softball on Wednesday at lunchtime; our team won 18-6. I wrote student lead conference, and 3 portrait poems

Week 4

This week I have learnt and done a number of things. On Monday there was swimming heats, for those who were competent swimmers, to see who would be in the championship races on Friday. We have had lots of tests, around four so far.For maths I learnt about multiples, factors, primes and prime factors. I also learn about powers. it has been self managing, meaning we can choose some of the subjects we need to work on. We have not been given any reading tasks, but have had free writing a couple of times. We have been given lots of newsletters this week, mostly camp stuff, like a itinerary list and timetable. but there was a production letter. I can't wait until auditions start, then rehearsals. I haven't decided yet if I am going to join Jazz band, but I am leaning towards doing so. We had a fire drill on Wednesday afternoon, just as I was halfway through this actually!!! We got told that passion hour is going to continue next term. I think I will continue to do it about plants, or learn about what a doctor or vet does.

SCIENCE FAIR

For the science fair this year, I decided to do something with the earth/soil, and the creatures living in it. In the end, my question was 'What is the correlation between worm and grass grub ratios in thriving and less thriving grass? To figure this out, I dug up patches of soil and recorded how many worms and grass grubs there were, and the condition of the grass. When I studied my results, I found that in less thriving grass, there were more grass grubs and less worms, whereas thriving grass had more worms and less grass grubs. I then set to work on printing off all my information and the scientific method. My last step was to place everything on my board. As easy as it sounds, it took me a long time. I had to back every single sheet of paper with two colors, then make sure they were straight and even on the board, and make room for photos. Then I was finally done, and I fell straight asleep.

On Tuesday the 24th it was time to show everyone what I had done. All my hard work was for this. As I placed my board on one of the long tables, I felt a huge surge of pride. I had created this, and it looked amazing. Now it was up to the judges to decide if it was going to get a placing or not. When I placed my board on the table, there was only our classrooms displays there, so it was an amazing sight to see it transformed.

On Thursday, the judging was over, and we were allowed to go and see all the displays. As I walked into the hall, my mouth actually fell open. It was absolutely stunning. The hall had been transformed into a river of colors and boards. Later, we learnt that there was 280 entries! When I walked down all the rows, my head started to feel like it was going to explode with all the topics and information! Then I was walking down my isle. I couldn't find mine because it wasn't where I had placed it. Then I realized why. At the front of the table my one was there with a big sheet saying ' Casey Vincent - 2nd! ' I felt so happy that I had won. It had been a great Science Fair.