Why You Should Visit The Te Toto Gorge

Only half an hour out of Raglan the Te Toto gorge offers stunning views, coastal air, and even some exercise. The Te Toto Gorge meaning "The Blood" is a huge semicircular cliff carved out by the thrashing of the waves. The reason it is called "The Blood" Gorge is that the Maori people used to throw captured soldiers from the cliff edge to dispose of them. Other than the grim name it is a beautiful spot. With superb views of the water and bush and a 2-hour track to the summit, the Te Toto Gorge is the perfect place to visit if you're holidaying in Raglan.

My Term 3 Reflection 2017

My top 3 highlights for this term were volleyball because my coaches were fun to learn from and volleyball is very fun to play. I also liked playing football with some kids from Moana Iti at lunchtime in the Learning in the Making Conference. My third highlight was learning French on Duolingo Tiny cards because French is fun to speak.

Something that I learned was how to make a metal shoehorn that fully works. Something I would have done differently would be choosing to not do metal tech.

My goal for next term is to achieve my learning languages milestone.

From Left: Charlie and Fraser listen to the instructions while Nathan gets distracted pointing out a butterfly.

My Term 3 Word Art

Pet Day 2017

The big bee's name is BB and she likes to fly and do flips in the air. Her daughter is called Little B and dreams of becoming a profesinal stuntswoman. They are both related to Willibe The Bumbelbee.

Coutinho And Mignolet Heros As Liverpool Beat Leicester 3-2

On Saturday Liverpool recorded a nail-biting 3-2 win over Leicester City. Liverpool had gone without a win for four straight matches and needed a win to pick up crucial momentum. Salah was first to score in the 15th minute with Coutinho scoring a beautiful free kick to make it 2-0. Then Shinji Okazaki made it 2-1 just before halftime. Then Jordan Henderson made it 3-1 shortly followed by Jamie Vardy's goal 3 minutes later. To add to the thrill of the match Jamie Vardy had his penalty saved by Simon Mignolet late in the game to hold on for the win.

My Volleyball Reflection 2017

For the past few weeks, I have been walking down to the college to learn how to play volleyball. After missing the first session because of TV Cross Country I had to learn how to serve, dig and set very quickly. Our teams in volleyball were the same as our learning teams with 1-2 extra players.

I think I showed a lot of Resilience in learning how to dig the ball and not smash a window. I also think that I showed a lot of Connecting at volleyball with my coaches and teammates. Then today we had a tournament where we only lost twice. After the tournament, I got the award for my teams MVP. I do not know what that means but people have told me it means Most Valuable Player which is cool. I really enjoyed doing volleyball and trying out a new sport and I will definitely come back next year.

My Weekly Reflection T3W9

This week I showed Resilience in Volleyball trying to return a serve as it is very hard to do.

This week I showed Being Me by doing French on Duolingo all Thursday as French is such a beautiful language.

This week I showed Creativity on my blog writing about something other than football.

This week I showed Connecting when I taught Marcus some new shoelace untying techniques.

This week I showed curiosity when I researched about football shirts for my IE summary.

The flag of France, the country with the worlds greatest language.

57-0: My Neighbours = Not Happy

On Saturday the All Blacks dealt a crushing win to South Africa by a record margin of 57 points. The All Blacks ran away with it after the first try by Lima Sopoaga provided by a crossfield kick by Arron Smith from the penalty tap. Further points were provided by the wizardry of Beauden Barret and Nehe Milner-Skudder. My neighbours, who were of South African descent were gutted, angry and one even crying. Saturday was a great day for NZ rugby but a horrible one for South Africa.

Liverpool 1-1 Burnley: Maaaaaaaaaaaaah!

On Sunday morning Liverpool had a frustrating 1-1 draw with Burnley. Liverpool needed a win to stay on track but could only manage a draw. Now Liverpool is in 8th place on the table with 8 points and could jump the whole table up to third place. Burnley was first to score with Salah scoring moments later to level it up. After the match, I was seething with frustration and threw a massive tantrum! Liverpool was meant to be good and not draw with Burnley. I must say if Liverpool does not beat Leicester I will pop a few brain cells that's for sure.


Me when I saw the score of the Liverpool game

My Weekly Reflection T3W8

This week I was disappointed when Liverpool was dropped 5-0 by Man City at the Etihad. This caused for some tantrums in my house.

This week I found making a Te Reo Maori poster very fun and I also liked learning what different words meant in Maori.

This week I was tired after coming back from Thames Valley Cross Country all the way in Whitianga. I came 26th so I did pretty well.

This week I gathered some interesting statistics for my IE with the help of a survey on football.

 

What's Happening Outside Of The Premier League?

After looking through some of my posts I found that I haven't been writing about anything other than the Premier League. Then when I took a look at the tables for the other big leagues, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 I was quite surprised at the table positions. One thing to note though is these leagues have only played 3 to 4 games just like the EPL so it's too early to say anything just yet.

The Bundesliga: So far in the German League each team has played 3 games with BVB topping the table with 7 points while their rivals Bayern Munchen are only in 6th. But still with only 3 games played it is too early to say anything just yet.

La Liga: Barcelona tops the table after 3 games in La Liga, while Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are following suite with Bayern in 6th and 7th place. Closely Trailing Barca is Real Sociedad, Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao. Trailing Real is your typical middle of La Liga teams such as Levante, Valencia and Getafe.

Ligue 1: There isn't much to talk about in League 1 with PSG wrecking everyone with their attacking line of Cavani, Di Maria and Neymar.

Serie A: Not much to talk about here either except how tight the top 3 is at the moment. Juventus, Napoli and Inter Milan are all tied on nine points 3 games in. While Milan is in 7th and Salah's old club Roma is lagging behind in 10th place.

Liverpool VS Manchester City: 5-0😨💩😱😭👿

On Saturday at 11:30 pm at night something horrible happened. Liverpool, "The Best Team In The Prem" lost 5-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to Manchester City. The game started on a bad note with the controversial sending off of Sadio Mane after his boot collided with Ederson Santana De Moraes. Then Aguero slotted home a superbly worked goal to make it one nil but worse was yet to come. With goals from Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus made it five and Liverpool dropped to 8th on the table.

The 442oons recreation of the game

My Weekly Reflection T3W7

This week I showed Ressilence in helping the Moana Nui children with their maths as they are not very good at maths.

This week I showed Connecting when I did a Kahoot with the Moana Nui students because I had to tell them how Kahoots worked.

This week I showed Creativity when writing my blog post about international friendly breaks as it is a very original topic.

This week I showed Being Me by passing the ball to my team in the game in PE when other people were hogging the ball.

This week I showed Curiosity when I was researching for my IE on the evolution of football.

How the Moana Students do maths

Best Overhead Kicks Ever

Overhead kicks are where a player jumps into the air and kicks the ball upside down before landing on their back. This takes so much skill to do and if you can do it you're a legend.

Lachian, Regan and Charlie's Character Despriction

Our hero Fishman, looks like a lizard mixed with a man. He looks very cool with his goggles. He smells yucky like a rotten fish. He also has stinky breath. He feels scaly and slippery. He can swim really fast and breathe underwater for ages. He can also breathe on land as he is a part man. He can also knock people out with his stinky breath powers. He lives in a cave half above water and half below it. He eats bugs and rotten fish which gives him stinky breath and is the source of all his power. He wears human clothes to blend in with the normal people. He is friends with the fish and some other people. His arch enemies are sharks, octopuses, and eels because they all eat other fish.

Don't You Just Hate International Friendly Breaks

It seemed Liverpool were finally gaining some momentum at second on the table then we just had to have an international friendly. I was happy having a Liverpool game to watch every weekend but then the Premier League comity just had to ruin it and decide to have an international friendly weekend. I know it is important for teams to compete in international games but the Premier League is so much better. So please, no more international friendlies!!!!!!!!!

Enraged Liverpool fans after they heard of the international break

My Weekly Reflection T3W6

This week I am proud of coming fifth at cross country and qualifying for Hauraki Plains for the third year in a row.

This week I found it funny when Liverpool (My Team) beat Arsenal (Fraser's Team) 4-0 in the Premier League.

Next week I aim to achieve 300 points on the Mangahigh leaderboard.

This week I learned the properties of negative numbers on Mangahigh after I booked into a conference for help.





Mesut Ozil is left speechless after his team's demolition at Anfield

The Liverpool Beach Ball Conspiracy

Liverpool Vs Arsenal: 4-0!!!🤣😝

Liverpool has crushed Arsenal at Anfield 4-0 to jump up to 2nd on the Premier League Table 2 points behind leaders Man UTD. Former England international and Man UTD midfielder Gary Nevvile slammed the combination Ozil and Walcott calling them pathetic and recognized their inability to track back. Liverpool's goals came from strikers Mane and Firmino to seal a hilarious win at home for Liverpool.

442oons take on Liverpool's crushing win

My Weekly Reflection T3W5

This week,

I Laughed when Stoke beat Arsenal 1-0 in the weekend,

I am proud of having 241 points on Mangahigh,

Next week I would like to achieve a bronze in the Mangahigh medal week,

My highlight was the domain run because it was nice and muddy,

Next week I need to improve on the length of my blog posts.


Two Stoke fans fall down the stadium steps while celebrating their win over Arsenal

The Art Of Goalkeeping

Liverpool Record First Win Of The Season: Then Arsenal, Well...

Liverpool has recorded their first win of their league campaign with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. Striker Sadio Mane scored the winner late in the game to snatch the win for Liverpool.

Meanwhile, Arsenal has lost to Stoke 1-0 to the controversy of an offside goal from Stoke. This loss has no doubt awakened some demons from last season inside coach Arsene Wenger.

My Weekly Reflection T3W4

This Week,

I need to improve on getting to conferences on time as I have been five minutes late to my conferences this week.

Next week I need to improve on medaling on Mangahigh. I still attempted the tasks though.

This week I have achieved 200 points on Mangahigh!!!!

Next week I would like to achieve 250 points on Mangahigh.

Next week I would like to complete and medal on all my Mangahigh tasks.

I found challenging this week was my percentage tasks on Mangahigh because they were quite complicated.

My Poem Writing

Here is my poem, do you like it?

There he charged alone,

With a cry low and loud,

There he heard a groan,

And saw a blood red cloud.

There he rode outnumbered,

By odds of ten to one,

His men lay dead in the fields,

Shot down by the enemy's guns.

But still, he rode on,

Under heavy fire,

The battle was not yet won,

Till then he would not retire.

Out flanked by the enemy’s power,

Surrounded on all sides,

But still, he would not cower,

Neither he would hide.

His brave horse's mane crested with red,

All his comrades lay still,

Their hearts stopped by lead.

The bullet came flying,

Colliding with his head,

There he lay dying,

Dying an honorable death.

Years later when the fields had regrown,

The people found a body,

The body of Sir Bowen

Hauraki Plains Pythons: Can They Still Win The League

After recording a win and a loss against the fifth placed Whenuakite Whenuakiwis the Hauraki Plains Pythons still have a chance of winning the Thames Valley 13th Grade A competition. They are in fourth place seven points behind leaders Mercury Bay Rising. With three more games left to play, they must pick up a lot of wins (preferably six wins) to be in with a chance to win it.

The goal I scored a hat-trick in (with my left foot)                          

It Has Begun

The Premier League has started with a bang with some interesting results.

Arsenal beat 2015 champions Leicester City 4-3 to kick off the new season in style. Arsenal clinched the win in the last few minutes with a headed goal from French striker Oliver Giroud.

Chelsea was slightly less fortunate with a 2-3 defeat to Burnely. The English champions were brought down to nine men and were bewildered by two goals from Sam Vokes.

Liverpool survived a 3-3 draw with Watford to finish the round ninth on the table. Hopefully, Liverpool can climb up the table and win the league this year. I also hope Phil Coutinho does not go to Barca as he is one of the reasons why Liverpool wins the games that they do.

Manchester United thrashed West Ham 4-0 with the help of a brace from new signing Romelu Lakaku. I personally think that Man United had the right idea signing Lakaku as he has made an instant impact to the club.

Tottenham also had a win and so did Everton and their new signing Wayne (Wazzer) Rooney.


Wazzer Rooney sporting his new Everton shirt

My Weekly Reflection T3W3

Next week I need to improve on doing more Read Theory as I only did a few tasks on there this week.

This week I have achieved being top of the leader board on Mangahigh, Yay!

Next week I would like to achieve at least 25% fluency for my French on Duolingo so I can speak, write and read French better than before.

Next week I would like to complete another milestone preferably the Learning Languages milestone. But the question is, is it possible?

Something new I would like to try is doing the song lyric category on WRITE Bingo because it sounds like fun.

Something new I learned this week was that getting gold on Mangahigh is not actually that hard.

I found Mangahigh challenging this week because I had a very hard task on triple ratios.

I really enjoyed Mangahigh because now I am top of the class and I have 137 points.

If I could change something that happened this week I would come second on Mangahigh so I still have someone to beat.

Something I found interesting was researching for my Arsenal blog post as some of the stats I found were mind blowing.

This week I discovered how to use ratios and now I find them very easy to do.

My accomplishments this week are completing 3 blog posts, my word of the week and getting 1st on Mangahigh.

My next step in Mangahigh is reaching 200 points on the leader board.

This week I learned that rugby can cause very serious injuries and is far too dangerous for the players.

The Evolution Of Football

Football, the world's favorite game. Created in the early 19th century by the English it soon grew into the most popular sport in the world. But how has it evolved from then to now?

Firstly we need to take a look at the players from then to now, take Pele and Ronaldo (Cristiano) for example, two incredibly different physics.   

Pele is more of a slim speedster who relies more on aspects such as ball control more than physical strength. Then we have Ronaldo who is a lot bulkier and taller and can use his physical ability to score more types of goals than players of Pele’s time.

Next, we need to take a look at how football was broadcast to a wider audience over the years. Before tv’s most people not at the game would listen to the commentaries over the radio. Then when tv came along more and more people were able to watch football from almost anywhere in the world.

And finally, we take a look at how the ball that the players kick has evolved. The earliest balls were made of pig skin which was blown up by people, not pumps. Then when pumps were invented they started making balls with leather and then slowly evolved them into perfectly rounded balls made of vulcanized rubber. So from the 1500’s to 2017, a lot has changed in the game the world loves so much.

Ibrahimovic's 42 Yard Bicycle Kick: A Football Flashback

On the night of November 14th, 2012 Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a spectacular bicycle kick against England from 30 yards out. But how did he do it? He did a @*^%%$^ backflip while kicking the ball into the goal from 30 yards out. And the technique to score a goal like that is so hard to master. But Zlatan's secret would be the fact that he is a former black belt and has an extremely tall and muscular build.

What Are Liverpool's Chances Of Winning The League This Year?

With this year's Premier League season fast approaching I can't just help but wonder what my boys in Red's chances are of winning the league this time around.

They are looking promising in their preseason games with wins against Atheltic Bilbao, Bayern Munich, Leicester City, Crystal Palace, Hertha BSC and Tranmere Rovers which is pretty impressive. But how does their line up compare to the other premier league teams?

They have a few very good players in their squad such as Firmino, Lallana, Mingolet, and Coutinho while also playing very well in the pre season so I think they should have a good chance of winning this year.

Liverpool Fans Excited For The New Season

10 Reasons Why Arsenal Are Getting Worse By The Minute

1. Their fan base at Arsenal fan tv are unloyal and even have ranted about how the coach (Wenger) should leave.
2. They finished the league in sixth place last year which means they will not compete in the Champions League.
3. Their 2016/17 league form has led to protests to give Wenger the sack. These protests have all used the phrase Wenger Out as their main slogan.
4. Their two best players Mesut (Big Eyes) Ozil and Alexis Sanchez want to leave the club which shows how terrible it must be.
5. Wenger has been coach for 21 years and surely now a change is needed. Arsenal needs someone fresh and a different style of football to play.
6. After years of dominating North, London Tottenham has finally gained the upper hand which proves Arsenal are in a slow decline in form.
7. They copied Chelsea’s 3 at the back which proves Wenger Can’t think for himself about tactics.
8. They were absolutely wrecked in the Champions League by Bayern Munchen which means it may have been a good thing for them not to qualify for the 2017/18 Champions League because they wouldn’t have won anything anyway.
9. They were beaten by Crystal Palace!!! And if you think that's bad they lost 3-0 which proves they can’t even beat the easy teams.
10. Their coach needs plastic surgery because he has a lot of wrinkles.

Arsenal's Wrinkly Coach