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artwork and creations,
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A good start
Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Shane made this necklace and the box for it in Design
Technology. He has been working on it for most of the term. He completed it in
class today and was pleased with the result, especially because he got a merit
for it. It’s the first merit he has received for something at high school.
He also brought home his graduation report today. At his school they are updated each term on
where they stand in terms of passing or failing. They evaluate each of his
classes by grading them with a percentage, and then their overall average
percentage indicates whether they will graduate the year or not. Minimum level
of achievement for graduation is 65%. Shane is currently sitting at 95% and is
achieving at 100% for all his subjects except English and Maths (94% so still
excellent), and Social Studies (75% - and we had only just discussed this class
last night and come up with a plan to improve for next term).
So he is doing well, and has made a good start to the school
year.
J
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school
My Term One Project - Rhys Darby
{Click photo to enlarge}
Each term for Social Studies, Shane has to do a project on any subject of his choice, and can submit this project in any form he wants. For Term 1 he has chosen to do an informational poster on one of his favourite people - Rhys Darby. Shane wants to be a comedian when he grows up, so he has really enjoyed learning about Rhys Darby's journey to fame. He said many times "We're so similar!"
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photo challenge
Photo A Day - Day 4 - Someone who makes me happy
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
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events,
family time,
Shane writes
Christchurch Trip
The day after Shane got back from School Camp we were off to
Christchurch for a week for Aunty Karla and Uncle Iain’s wedding. We had a
great time and the trip was filled to the brim with heaps of fun and great
memories.
Here’s a few photos {click to enlarge}:
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| Stopped for a break in driving | Throwing stones across the river |
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| Auryn became Shane's wee shadow |
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| Carving it up on the dance floor with Josh |
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| A special dance with Nana |
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| First time on a scooter | Waiau |
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| Hanmer Springs |
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| Hanmer Springs hot pools |
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| Ahhhh soooo chillaxxxed |
Shane writes:
My favourite part of
all will have to be us going to Hanmer Springs. Although I felt bad for Mum and
Aunty Nellie that they couldn’t go in I still had so much fun. The thing that I
will never forget there would be when Neihana almost threw up in the sulphur
pools. The thing I enjoyed most would be the diving with Neihana and trying to
convince some random that we spoke a different language. (It worked.) the thing
I was most disappointed about was not being able to eat all my fish ‘n’ chips. I
don’t know why I was but yeah. The thing I hated was losing Neihana’s necklace
because he went mad at me and once I found it he wouldn’t stop going on. The thing
I hated most about going to Hanmer Springs was having to leave because I had so
much fun there.
Thank you Uncle
Charlie and Aunty Nellie for paying for us. I can’t believe you spent that much
on us.
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School Camp
From the 19th – 21st March, just
before we went on our family trip to Christchurch, Shane went with his class to
Mavora Lakes. He had an awesome time and they had three days of fantastic
weather, which was great because they were camping in tents.
Building up to the camp, other students who had gone before
him had told him it was a boring camp, so he wasn’t really looking forward to
it all that much. But he came home on Wednesday saying that he’d had a great
time. He thinks the kids who found it boring were probably not into tramping. Shane’s
always loved tramping. He was born in the right country, because NZ has so many
amazing bush walks, and Mavora did not let him down.
One of the highlights of the trip that he talks about was
the walk that some of them did around the lakes and up to the peak of the
mountain. It took 6 hours to get to the top, and only about 15 minutes “Scree-running”
back down again! Shane said it was tough and exhausting, but he was glad that
when he was given the choice to go on the walk or stay back at camp, he chose
to do the walk. And the views from the top were breathtaking (as you’ll see in
the photos below) and well worth the effort. I was proud of him for choosing to
go on the walk. He came home covered in scrapes and bruises from the
scree-running, but he also had a sense of achievement, and the way he talked
about the climb I just knew he’d experienced something truly special. The kids
who chose to stay back at camp went rafting, which he got to do anyway.
During the trip, Shane used some of the photography skills
he learned in a course he did last year. He came home with so many amazing
photos it was impossible to choose which ones to share, so we have put them
together in a slideshow.
Enjoy J
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photo challenge
Shane has decided that just for fun, he is going to participate in Fat Mum Slim's Photo A Day Challenge for the month of April.
Here is the list of prompts for April:
April Photo Challenge
Shane has decided that just for fun, he is going to participate in Fat Mum Slim's Photo A Day Challenge for the month of April.
Here is the list of prompts for April:
Feel free to join in via facebook, twitter or wherever else you feel like sharing! And if you do join in, leave a comment with the link to your photos so we can have a look.
J
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