Our Everyday Hero!

Rimu have just finished making their digi awards. Morgan and I chose the Ripple Effect; it was hard to choose an everyday hero but we got there in the end. I learnt how to add music of your own in and cut videos. If I did it again I would make the video a bit longer and put more detail in. Here is mine and Morgan's, hope you enjoy.
Are there any improvements we could've made?
Let us know in the comments :)

School Ski Trip!

On Friday 28th of August, Rimu, Kauri and Totara took a bus up to Mt Hutt Ski Field. The bus ride up there was fine, up until about halfway up the mountain the clutch went and we were stuck on the bus; the driver tried rolling the bus backwards and the putting it into gear but it wouldn't work. Every time we rolled backwards people squealed. About 5 minutes later there were two other buses up the mountain and they were kind enough to take us up the rest of the way. It was a very intense morning.

Once we got up to the ski field we got our gear (boots, skis, poles and helmets) and most of us went for a quick ski down the Magic Carpet (the beginners slope) to refresh our minds on how to ski. The quad is the next level up kind of like intermediate. Also it's very slow going up which is frustrating because all people want to do is get up there and ski.I spent most of my time skiing down the quad with the boys because I couldn't find anyone else.

Friday was a fun day and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Next year when I go skiing I am going to try and go down Summit Six which is the very top slope.

We learned to use Persuasion map as a way of writing a speech.

Facts About Our National Parks!

For last weeks geography we did national parks here are the facts I found.

Egmont: Taranaki is said to have carved out the Wanganui Rivr on a tragic flight home.

Kahurangi: This park is the 2nd largest in New Zealand.

Abel Tasman: Tasman’s log records that a little after night-fall on 18 December 1642 while his ships the Heemskerck and Zeehaen lay at anchor in the bay, four canoes manned by local Maori came to the ships. 

Nelson Lakes: This park has over 10 of New Zealand's lake.

Tongario: This national park is NZ's oldest.

Whanganui: Maori culture is very important there.

Paparoa: The famous Pancake Rocks are located here.

Westland: Between 1864-5 16,000 gold miners came here to mine

Nelson Lakes: Brown Trout fishing here is epic!

Arthur's Pass: This was the first National Park in the South Island.

Mt. Aspiring: This was the filming location for Isengard in The Lord Of The Rings.

Aoraki/Mt. Cook: 19 mountains here that are over 3,000m.

Rakiura: This park covers the majority of Stewart Island.

Fiordland: This park was only established in 1952.