A great time with my Dad

Hello everybody it is Henry here and I'm here to tell you about a good time with a grandparent or other family member. Today I'll be telling you a time with my Dad when I caught my first ever fish.



The time when I caught my first ever fish was about three years ago on Petone Wharf around 11:00 AM.




It all started when my Dad, Mother and sister all went out to Petone so the girls could go shopping and have a look round the shops. But my Dad and I would go to Petone wharf and do some fishing with a hand-line we had got in Taupo a few weeks before. When we started fishing my dad and I actually started fishing from the beach which we found out was pretty much impossible because when we casted it out it went no where. After about 5 casts we decided this would be the last one and on that one my Dad casted out and I accidently let go of the handle and rest of the line so it went flying into the sea. And with no thought at all I rushed into the sea with my clothes on and everything and chased after the line. When I got back to my Dad I was dripping wet and getting cold so luckily we had a towel in the boot of the car  to dry me off with. When we got to the wharf, my Dad baited the hook and threw it out into the sea. I would slowly bring the line in and throw it back out into the sea. After around ten times of doing this I saw my mother and sister coming down the wharf to let us know they were ready to go home. I asked Dad if I could put the line out one last time. So we did. As Dad and I were tidying up our gear the fishing line jolted. It suddenly jolted for a second time and then tightened up. I then slowly brought the line and on the hook to my surprise was a bright orange fish called a gurnard. I couldn't believe my luck!





As we were driving home we decided to pop into my grandparents house to show them the fish I had caught and to also give it to them to have for dinner. That evening Granny rang me how yummy the Gurnard was.





That's my blog post for this week come back next time for another one of my posts!!!!!

What I did in the holidays!!!!!!!!!

Hello people reading this it's Henry here, and I'm here to tell you about my holiday two weeks ago. In the first week I went up to Raumati with my Mother Suzie and my Sister Charlotte to visit my Grandfather Tom. While I was up there I had to do plenty of shopping with my mum and sister which was so boring. But when we got back I  played some tennis with Charlotte because my Grandfather has a tennis court on his property. A couple of days later I went horse riding and it was really fun.

The next week I really just hang around home but my uncle Tim and my cousin Clementine came down from Auckland to visit us. While they were down here my Mum, Charlotte and I took Clementine and Granny to the Cable Car museum and we also went on the cable car. When we got back from the cable car I stayed at Granny's place with Clementine and Charlotte so we could watch the rugby (Argentina vs All Blacks) that night with my Uncle and Granny.

That's my blog post for this week come back next time.

P.S  What is your favourite Day of the week and why.




Sports at Nairnville

Every Thursday Room 11 goes down to Nairnville to do sport for an hour and there are usually two or three instructors telling us what to do. The first half of the term we did gymnastics and skills for gymnastics which was really boring (no offense to people who liked doing it). After gymnastics we did Rippa Rugby and Soccer for two weeks which I thought was so much better than doing gym. 

The sport I enjoyed the most was Rippa Rugby because I do rugby as a sport in the weekend and it is a very energetic sport. I also like rugby because people have parts to play so the team all works out and that helps us win games.

I didn't learn many skills in gymnastics because I'm not interested in it and that makes it boring and not very interesting. But I did learn more skills in rugby and soccer about short and quick pass', team work and to trust the players in your team. But in soccer I learnt a bit more about defence and attacking the ball.

Some other sports I would like to do next time would be AFL, NFL, cricket, basketball, nukenball and many more.    

German!!!

Hallo  (Hello)

Guten Morgan (Good Morning)

Guten Tag (Good Afternoon)

 

This Term the Year Seven and Eights have been learning how to speak German and a bit about Germany's (Deutschland) history. German has been very interesting and I have enjoyed it a lot. To learn how to speak German we have watched a video series called Ja! But you say it like ya. We have learnt how to say days of the week, months, numbers, greetings, countries and much more. I probably would keep learning German at college if they teach it or I might do French at college. But it all depends on when I'm Year Eight because I'm only a Year Seven. Learning how to speak German might be useful if I ever go to Germany, because I would be able to communicate to locals and understand what their saying. 

How the EPIC thingy works and what it means!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HHHHYYYYPPPPEEEE!!!!

In this blog post I will tell you about St Benedict's school values. These values are Empathy, Perseverance, Integrity and Creativity.

E= Empathy

P= Perseverance

I= Integrity
C= Creativity   

 These are four very important words in our school ( St Benedict's ). Creativity and Perseverance are my two values I think I have because I always persevere in sports when I'm injured or I have a goal I want to achieve.  Creativity is also another value I have because I love doing art and creating things at home. The values I find hard are Empathy and Integrity but I find Empathy the hardest.     

Book Review HHHHYYYYPPPPEEEE!!!!

A book I have read lately is Scorpion Sting by Justin D'ath who was born in New Zealand but lives in Aussie. This book is one of 12 books in the series Extreme Adventure. The boy in the books is called Sam Fox who was caving with his elder brother Ben who is a caving and safety expert. The adventure starts when Ben gets injured ( but actually a massive rock lands on him).The plot on this book is that Sam has to find help in the Australian outback to rescue his injured brother so he decides to drive the Jeep to get help.  But Sam runs into a lot of trouble on the way to help. The dumbest thing he did was when he thought that the Australian Army that was training in the desert was a terrorist group working under cover. So he try's to also tell people there's a terrorist group in the outback.

A funny quote from this book is said when his brother Ben is being rescued the Australian Army, Air Force and Navy came to help him. " Did you think the Titanic needed helping again. I would recommend this book to children 7 - 13 years old.










 

EVOLUTION, ADAPTATION AND THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS HHHHYYYYPPPPEEEE!!!!

Galapagos Islands

For the last half term, the three intermediate classes have been learning about the Galapagos Islands, Evolution and Adaptation. Also how animals got to the Galapagos Islands and evolved or adapted to the environment. But before that,how the Islands got created. The Islands got created by explosions under the sea and the explosions pushed up hot molten rock. When the Islands got old they start falling under their own weight because the earths core couldn't support it and it will start collapsing. and also in the future. 

Some interesting things I have learnt about the Galapagos Islands is that the Marine Iguana use to be a Land animal but is now a animal that can swim in the sea and breath on land. Also the Giant Tortoise is one of the biggest animals in the Islands. Another amazing thing is that there is a finch that can use a stick to lure grubs out of a tree.

The next topic I would like to learn about would be Planes and aerodynamics or Cars and the history of Cars. Also transport before Cars were invented.