Month: February 2024

For our special block this week, we did digital art. This digital art was all about myself. The task assigned to me was to make a face silhouette and add everything that I like in. My digital art was a big success. I added all the things I think of and I put them all in. Well I did put all of them in at once but then, tragedy struck! All of my work got deleted so I had to restart. I lost so much progress in the old one, everything was so tiny and the whole head was full! But I got onto making a new one instantly. I completed it so fast. I did half of it that day and then the next day I finished it. There’s a photo in this blog showing my digital art. I really like my art and I’m impressed. But I really miss my old one; It was truly a shame that I couldn’t upload that, that one had over 50 pictures! Although all of that happened physically, in my mind I learnt many skills. I learnt how to effectively use the keynote app and I also had a lot of fun.

Kāhu 2024 has been so good so far. All of the job opportunities for jobs has been so fun. Although there was one downfall. That downfall are clubs being canceled, although the replacement has covered for it and that replacement is fun! Its like tech last year and its really fun. We’ve also made lanterns and thats been a fun experience as well. Two teachers have changed spaces this year and two have replaced them. Miss Bearda is gone to Tuis and Mrs Van tonder replaced her. Another replacement is Miss Wang, She left to another school I think and Miss Smith replaced her. Im really looking forward to camp and all the sports opportunities coming up. Im excited for the fields construction being done so we can play football. We have also done softball trials so far and swimming trials but I didn’t do swimming. Im also excited for the leavers Jerseys in term 1, 2 or 3. Being a year 8 is really fun because of all the fun things you get to do. This year is going to be on of the best years I will have in The Gardens School. Im also excited to spend the year with my friends and class mates. Now Pe will also not be every week as there will be rotations. We will do Pe next week or the week after as not all of the classes do Pe every week. Im also hoping to get Self Directed Learner this year for all of the advantages they get. There is also a new SDL task called Takaro, I think. Its a really fun game that you can play with some of your friends for SDL points. It is a Te Reo Māori task and it falls under the Te Reo Māori section. This years SDL plan looks like its going to be really fun and cool. I like how they have added more tasks onto the SDL plan and I like how the task are actually fun. Im also kind off excited for being a house captain if I get it of course. I am really hoping to get it as I do want a leader ship role in our school. One of my helping classmates so far has been Laiko who is in my class. I help him more but he also helps me when i’m stuck on a questions. This year is going to be a roller coaster, literally! Thats because we will have Rainbows End at the end of this year if we do our jobs properly. The jobs I have applied for is Road Patrol and PE Shed Monitor. I got the Road Patrol job and there announcing the jobs soon so ill know if I am a Pe shed monitor. I am hoping we will get new football goals at the end of the fields construction. Thats the start of the year and thats what we have done so far in this year. Im really looking forward for the future activities and fun we will have this year.