Yachting reflection

In week 7 of term three Nga Rakou were lucky enough to go optimist yachting. I have been yachting before so I was pretty confident. On the first day of yachting I was paired up with Brodie. It was a test for me to see if I could sail a yacht and help and teach Brodie at the same time. Brodie was a good partner and became a great sailor in no time. I think that I did a pretty good job on teaching Brodie because he got a little bit stressed when we tipped a little and I calmed him down and told him just to slide forward a bit. On Tuesday I was sick so I didn’t get to go yachting I was really gutted. One time Liam and I went togethe. I learnt that Liam was a great partner and we both got involved heaps. At first I was a little bit scared of capsizing but when me and Liam went really fast around a corner I fell out of the boat and I learnt that it wasn’t that bad and it felt good that I knew that it was ok. After that I wanted to try new things on the yacht and it made yachting even funner. When we got to capsize our yachts I helped some people capsize because they were feeling a bit nervous. When I went with Rogan we communicated really well with each other. One thing I need to work on is to be a bit more confident in myself and my abilities and remember to focus on doing my job as well as helping my partner. Overall Yachting was really fun and a great experience!

Thank you teachers.

Josh and Flynns tutorial

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Soccer skills week 1

This week in soccer skills we practised dribbling. It is with Napier City Rovers and the people who run it are Aaron and Harley. When dribbling you can use the outside, bottom, top and inside of you foot. My best dribbling spot is the top and inside of my foot. When using the bottom of your foot I like to roll my foot over the ball and it will spin back towards me. We also used both of our feet. I can dribble with both of my feet. I like to dribble with my left foot so I can tap the ball ahead and kick it with my right foot. Aaron also told us to mostly keep our head up bust sometimes look at the ball so you don’t lose control of it. I think that I am a pretty good dribbler and I know that because people have told me I have good dribbling skills and that I have good ball control. Soccer skills is really fun but the thing I am looking forward to the most is shooting and defending also some attacking.

Class Item

This is a video of our class item.
I hope that you enjoy!

Octopus on the go!

Stop the video at 40 seconds and read the ending that I made up. Then you can watch the end of the video.


As ollie the octopus slithered along the edge of the truck he could feel his tentacles slipping of the side but he was determined to save his love.Ollie peeped into the van the driver was listening to music and took no notice of Ollie. Then Ollie slipped and landed on the window. The van driver started to wind up his window and that was when he noticed Ollie. He screamed and hit Ollie away,he landed on another van and the van driver threw him back at the van where he had started. It was like a game of octopus table tennis. This was extremely painful for Ollie but he would do anything for his lovely wife.

Then he landed with a splat on the chilly bin that his wife was in.

He looked at the evil driver and he launched himself onto the steering wheel he reached out and started slapping the driver. He lifted him up but Ollie slid out of his hands and landed on his head and was trying to rip his hair out. The driver took both hands off the steering wheel and was trying to pull Ollie off but Ollie was too strong. The drivers van went crashing through markets but the driver managed to get his foot on the brake and the van skidded to a halt right outside of a seafood shop. He ripped Ollie of his head with a bit of his hair coming of as well, then he threw him in the chilly bin.

The driver gave Ollie and his wife Juliet into the chef. The chef opened up the box and looked at the octopi. “Oh man come on they never deliver them dead this company sucks,” he said with a big sigh. He just looked at them “I can’t kill these two they are just too cute,”. Ollie and Juliet were looking at the chef with puppy dog faces. I know what I can do he thought to himself. “How about you two come home with me I have a octopus in my tank the tank is huge it could fit you and three others, oh and by the way my name is Nick your new owner,”. He picked them up and put them back into the chilly bin. A few minutes later they were on the move again but this time it was a peaceful move. When they got let out of the chilly bin into the tank they met an octopus called Tommy. Tommy was a very nice octopus and they all liked each other very much. Everyday Nick feed them and went off to his work. Nick, Tommy, Juliet and Ollie lived a great life together. Well that was until they found out that the tank we were in was a fridge and that in glade rap was a knife. Written on the glad rape was knife for chopping Octopi. Oh no I thought to myself in horror here we go again!

Camp prezies

Our class winning the Sevy Shield

The Sevy shield is a shield that Mr severinsen created. Room 18 had the shield and you have to challenge them to some sort of game and if you win you get the shield. We challenged them to a game of t-ball and we won 21 14. So now we have the shield.

Here it is and now it is ours!

Bush safety

This is some work on Bush safety.

Yesterday a relative of Mrs roil came in and talked to us about bush safety. He told us that before we go out into the bush the first things we need to do is tell someone where we are going and when we will be back and also check your bag to make sure you don’t have any holes in it. In your bag you should have Torch, Water, batteries, lighter, sleeping bag, food, bed roll, Beanie, warm clothes and a tent or some shelter. You also need a first aid kit that should contain stuff for blisters, headaches, cuts, bruises, rashes and insect bites. It is better to go hunting or in the bush with a group so if you get hurt there will be others around. Items you need to access quickly are Drink bottle Raincoat: wet weather gear space to pack in your clothes as you take them off

Gas cooker and cup. If you are in a situation when you are lost you should try and keep warm drink heaps of water be determined to survive and stay put. Try to stay away from these plants stinging needle and the bush lawyer. When you stop for a brake you should put on more clothes to keep warm, find natural shelter and put on a beanie because 60% of your body heat is lost through your head. Group rules are If someone needs to stop we all stop and wait. Keep an eye on each other. If you can’t find or see the group you stay put. I hope that helped you out and gave you some more knowledge on the bush.

The end.

My camp group

My camp group is Flynn,Maggie,Greta,Bhrt and Jack B. All of the groups have 5 or 6 people in them.
right now my group is called the Hawkes bay Saints. I think that at my group will be successful and will work together well. I am looking ford to camp and I think all of my group are looking ford to it as well

Cars that you can truly sink your tenth into.

My class had to do a dogo news summary and here is mine about cars made out of chocolate and food like that.

Who Lots of cars made out of yum food

What Cars made out of food including chocolate gumballs melted chocolate

Where All over the world

How One of the cars was covered in melted chocolate.

I think that People who are creative and like some

Character inference chart

Excuses for forgetting my togs

Physic animals

Title: Spain or netherlands ask these physic animals.

Who Paul the octopus and Mani the parakeet.

What An octopus and a parakeet choosing the fifa world cup scores.

Where Paul was in germany.

Why I think it is to show how smart some animals are.

How  For Paul the put to boxes in front of him with the flags of the teams playing on them and he would hop into the teams box who he thought would win. Mani picked up a card with the flag of the team on the card.

I think that everyone who likes animals and soccer would be interested.

5 Things my teacher should know about me

Letter To Myself in 20 years.

Dear Josh
This letter is from yourself at the age of ten. This is what I wanted my life to be like at the age of ten. I hope you are a professional football player with the latest nike mold boots and the latest adidas sprig boots. I wish that you will meet ossie adillias,Gareth Bale and the best young talent Harry kane. Josh I hope you will play for tottenham hotspur and if you have good for you! It would be great if you would help everyone in need that you possibly can. Do people still call you Littleping? Are you a chef? I hope you are I want to be a dessert chef or play for the black sox or Tottenham,and the all whites. That would be awesome. My best friend is Brody is he still my best friend? I hope that you will live in London  Right next to white hart lane.This would be an awesome life. Do you live live in a mansion with a big pool and another spa pool with bubbles. Do you have a big back yard. I hope you did breed different types of animals together and the first animal I you breed was crossed between a snail and a polar bear and I you called it Littleping. Do you have a Lamborghini or a ferrari. This Is me and my best friend Brody. Do we still look the same?
I hope you have visited Parris Rio Moscow Perth Gold coast Shanghai and all of Japan.

Yours sincerely Josh Little 12th of the 12th 2012

Kids 4 Kids show

Today the seniors at Parkvale school went to the opera house. It was our rehearsal for the Kids 4 Kids show. The Kids 4 Kids show is a singing concert for world vision. The hosts were Dayna and and the co host was Callum. Chris from the funky monkeys played the piano and conducted us. We sung 18 songs they were all pretty fun. My favourite song was probably candy man or the New Zealand ad medley. It was very fun and I am not nervous for to tonight's performance. I can't wait!

Ticket Booth

As I stare at the booth I see people turning invisible and others just walk away. I can’t decide would it be cool being invisible I really don’t know. I decide that I will just flip a coin on it. Heads I get the ticket tails I don’t. I flip the coin as I see it spin what will it land on what will happen. The coin hits the ground, I look straight at it it landed on...Heads!. What am i in for. I buy the ticket. “Excuse me sir can you see me?,” I say “Um no, no I can’t,” he replied. I wonder if this will be any good at all. As I walk through town I walk into Rebel sports and ask the man serving me “are these the boots with the control grip,”. But all I see is a man run and scream “ahhhhhhhhhhh who said that i’m leaving this place,”. I just don’t think being invisible is going to be very fun at all I think to myself. I walk home and sit down on the couch. I click my fingers for my cat to come to me. I also call his name. He looks very worried and scared I see him run off. IS he scared as well being invisible is dumb. I quickly run back to the ticket booth.”Do you have any tickets to turn me back to normal,” I say to the man at the ticket booth. He replies by saying “no sorry mate,”. It looks like I will be stuck like this forever I think to myself. I wish that coin had landed on tails. I walk back to myself thinking about that dumb coin not landing on tails. Man this is going to be very tough being invisible.



This is writing we had to do about if we would be invisible or if we wouldn't.
To check out Sarahs writing.Click this. To check out the writing on Matt H's blog Click here

Bike Reflection

Bike safety has started and we have been doing it for nearly two weeks. I have got a lot better at signalling. I need to work on looking behind me. I really enjoy bike safety. I wish it would never stop. I hope the teachers think I can go on the road. I think I am pretty safe.

I can Animate

Hit for a six

                Hit for a six

We’re about to start the game. It is the world cup final. New Zealand had smashed Pakistan in the semi final. Also Australia had beat england by four runs.  The players run onto the field. New Zealand against Australia.
I am the first ball for the game. I see Michael Clarke and Shane Watson on the back of their shirts. They step into their crease.
Daniel Vic Tore is the first bowler. He is one of the most talkative in the team I am always training with him. He picks me up with a strong grip almost as strong as the worlds strongest man. Runs up to the crease and bowls me,ouch I bounce on the ground. “Hit me with your best shot,” I scream. Whack Clarke hits me. “Fire away,” I say painfully. “I believe I can fly ,” then Bam I hit the billboards. ‘Michael Jackson ow”.

I look at the big screen there I am on tv I think its a tv anyway. I wish my mum was here so I could scream look mum i’m on tv. I am back on the pitch. I get bowled once again out I hit the wickets. Man that actually really hurt I think the players don’t like me they are picking on me.

NZ is batting now up first is Ross Taylor and Daniel Vettori. I get bowled up up up and away that was a good hit from Ross Taylor. I keep going then whack I think I just broke someones finger. I see the man run off in pain. “Oops,” I say.
Now it is even. The last bowl of the game I get bowled Brendon Mccullum smashes it NZ need a six to win. I’m going going gone for a six NZ win hooray. I see the NZ players running around screaming. Daniel lifts the cup yay. I am trying to celebrate with the players because I am from NZ. This has been a good day other than the pain. I’m going to have a lot of bruises in the morning.

The end.