Qweenstown ski trip

On the 22nd of August 2017, I left to go on the ski trip with school. I was a tiny bit late but early compared to other people. We then left, went to the airport, flew over to Queenstown. I was in a good seat and managed to take quite nice photos on the plane of the mountains. We landed, went on the shuttle, took a video there and got our rooms and key card. I was a roommate with Troy, Myer and  Barnabas we put our stuff in there and rested for a bit. We then were put into groups and I was in the group that went and rented some ski gear, all I got were ski pants. Then we met up with the other group who got groceries and walked back to the motel. After that some people went out to get Furgburger. We ordered pizza, so we did not have to go anywhere. After we ate we relaxed in our rooms or watched some TV. Then we went to bed. Sadly, our group did not manage to fall asleep until around 10-11pm. On the next day we woke up very excited for our trip. We went to have a shower and then get into our ski pants and jacket. We then went to have breakfast of cereal. I then had to wash my bowl and cutlery. After that we got onto the bus to take us up the mountain. It had some really breathtaking scenery. After we got up there, we had to get our helmet, skis and ski boots and put them on. We then went out for our lessons. I learnt how to go, walk with them and stop. After the lessons I took off my glove and felt the snow. It felt like lukewarm water getting colder. After that I practiced on the beginner slope. It started to get boring after a while. I then tried going up the chairlift and skiing down,but I could not manage it. So I kept on skiing on the beginner slope. Eventually we left at 4:00, after 7 hours of skiing. Then we had dinner. I had Furgburger because I had already had pizza. Reid went and got the food because all of us were so tired or stiff. After that we could shower, relax in our rooms or watch some TV in the TV room. On the next day we put on our gear and went for our lesson. I learnt how to turn and how to stop in ice. I then practiced on the beginner slope. After about an hour, I went up the chairlifts with Max. I managed to ski down the ski slope using everything I had learned without falling over. A few runs later I went up the chairlifts and went down the intermediate slope for the first time. I could do it too without falling over! So then I just kept on going up the chairlifts and going down the slopes. I tried doing the jumps but failed. Overall that was the most fun I had. We then got some sweets before we left on the next day, I got Bertie Botts every flavor beans (they actually taste like vomit, grass, soap and cherry). Then we got on the plane and went home. On the way back I took some more photos and just enjoyed the last trip back to Auckland. When we got back, we went to collect the bags and my mum and sister surprised me and said they were picking me up. Overall, that was the BEST TRIP EVER!

Algebra

In math 2017, I worked on algebra with Daniel and I learnt the rules about Algebra. I could then work out questions like 4(p+5)+25. The answer to that is 1.25. Then I learnt about how to do double brackets. Then I learnt about how I used 2 of the same letters in the same equation, like 4(r+1)=3(r+2.
Overall, I have enjoyed doing algebra with Daniel.

Project

During project in term 3 2017 we had to choose what to do. We chose to do teach-it, and then we had to choose what we were going to do for teach-it. We chose to do a video about quantum theory. Firstly, we had to put down what we were doing and what we needed on a planning template. Then we had to a workshop template about what we were going to do inside the video. After that we had to do a script. (We had done ours a bit earlier but needed to finish it). Then we had to make a sign for a part in our video. After that we had to get a camera to record with. After that we had to record and upload. We got into a breakout space to record with the script and sign. We then started recording at it took us about 7 attempts to get perfect. After that we had to try and upload to a laptop from the camera. First we tried with lucas's computer, but it was taking too long. We then tried on my computer it would not allow it. Then we tried on an Imac and it worked! When we had uploaded the video, we then had a look around the video to see what we could edit with the YouTube editor. What we edited was we made the video less shaky and made it look better. We then made this slide to show what we did and the process.

Cultural studies

In cultural studies, on Monday 31st of July, we did cultural studies with some Japanese students. We watched some Karate, I was late because I was doing community leader duties. After that we got to pick what we learnt. I chose to do yoyo. I have not been very good at using a yoyo and one of the students helped me. Eventually, I was doing it perfectly every 55% of the time. Then I moved on to a Japanese yoyo, where you have to get on the point or either hole, that is a circle that holdes a ball. What you have to do is get it on either of the holes or on the stick. I found it a little bit harder that the yoyo. Overall, I found it very fun

New trust licenses

In term 3, we got new trust licenses since Felicity left. What we do is we have 3 groups the lowest one is called supported, the top one is called trust license, (I think) and the middle one is called no-man's land. I think it is useful to have only one group have a trust license because when you moved up from beginner to restricted, you would have to get a new trust license. Now you either have one or not. What I don't like about it is that it has  barely changed, overall, I am not sure whether it was good to change or not.