Minecraft in Schools

When kids play games in school it sounds like it would be the most coolest afternoon ever. More schools are using Minecraft to help students learn. Over 200 schools in the UK are using it!

Minecraft is a game of blocks and you have to build homes, giant buildings and even your own islands to protect yourself from the dangers of the night. Some students play the game and then they write stories based off their experience of the game. Teachers using the game say it can help get kids who don’t like books to do more reading and writing. They can learn about history by building copies of ancient buildings, and learn maths by figuring out exactly what they need to build them.

Is your school using games, especially Minecraft, during lessons?

I really wish mine was.=)

My Awesome Sleepover

I went to Don’s house in the weekend to play with Don,Pita and Siaosi. When I got there on Saturday we started to make rubber band bracelets. After that we decided to go to the internet cafe. We got hungry there so Don and I combined our money to get cookies. When we got home we had a pillow fight.

We got bored so we went off to the park and we played soccer with Ngamanu. When it was dark we went back home and we had to stay downstairs. We had a rubber band war by shooting rubber bands at each other until we ran out of bands and then we went to sleep.

That was a fun sleepover at my friend’s house.

Tech Timeline 18/6/14

10:30 am

Today will hopefully be the day I will get to draw down my final design and cut the MDF. Sanding the pendant will be the longest job and the most difficult.

11:40 am

I just got Mr Grundy to take me to the saw machine so I could cut the MDF. When I cut it I sort of messed it up.Then Zin way told me what to do when I was finished.

12:15 pm

I have just finished and I gave it to Mr Grundy to pour the pewter in. Sadly he said that he wouldn't have it ready until next week. Other than that I am so proud and excited.

Baby Assaulting

On Sunday a man aged 32 will appear on Monday in court over assaulting a baby.This was in Hamilton and the baby was eight-months-old. Police say the man they arrested is from a property in York Street, Hamilton East, where emergency services were called to about 11.30am. The baby was urgently taken to Waikato Hospital by the ambulance in a serious to critical condition and his mum went too.

Netball Training

Thursday was our first netball lesson and it was awesome. First off we started doing a warm up by jogging,skipping and even sidestepping from a line to the fence.Then we tried passing high(overhead) and low(fire) to a partner.

The object of the game was to get your partners ankle with the ball. We then played a game that included skill and precision. There was a person holding a hoop and someone else behind them to stop the ball. We  tried to aim and throw the ball through the hoop.If the ball touched the hoop then it didn't count!

The person behind the hoop threw it back to the next person. First the hoop was on the ground then it was up to their chest and after that it was up above their heads. We won all of them.

My Secret Passcode

I am excited about getting a new password for my school Google account but I haven’t sorted out what it should be. It is really important because if any one knows it they can hack my stuff and delete my work or even add things I don’t want. I really want to be cyber safe and I don’t want to get cyber bullied so I have to do it. Hopefully someone won’t find out what my password is because that is a major worry for my parents and me.

The Unveiling

It was cloudy on Saturday morning and I was just about to watch some cartoons. Mum woke up and told me to get ready. I had a shower and got my good clothes ready. Dad woke up and told me to have breakfast. My brother got  up and we got dressed. .A few minutes later we had to go pick up my older brother and sister in the city. When we got there it was about 1:11 and it had already started.The first thing I noticed was that my cousins were there so I greeted them. It took about an hour for the service and finished around 2:03.

The headstone was read by my aunty and almost everybody cried.