Term+1+Reflection


 * __ TERM 1 __**

On the **first day of school** I met Mr Kemperman my homeroom teacher for the year. When I got in the classroom I was really nervous. There were so many new kids in the class I barely new anyone. But a few days later I had met all the new people. So I knew everyone and I could speak confidently to them.

Later in the term we had **house standards**. When we got there we were separated into house groups. Year 5 and 6 Battye house was at shot-put first. The longest throw was Joel Laycock I was not very good in this event. In the discus Joel Laycock and Will Pay threw the furthest. Again I was not very good in this event. Later on we did the long jump. On my first jump I jumped on my left leg and I tripped on the sand and fell and almost hit the pole. After lunch it was the high jump. I jumped 1 metre 25 cm and so I got 5 stars in the event. After the high jump it was the 800m. I got 3 minutes 12 seconds. After this event it was finial event the 100/200 metres. In the 100 metres I got 16. 02 seconds but I slowed down at the end because I had a massive cramp in my chest and my bone was sticking out of my chest. In the 200 m I got 34 seconds I did okay in this event. Over all I didn’t have my best day.

** Cardinia Shire ** In the middle of term 1 Jai, Peter, Ryan and I went to the Cardinia Shire to learn about how to be a leader. When we got there we were 5 minutes late. We had to mark on a board of the world with a pin where our backgrounds were from. Once we finished this we got split into different groups. I was in the dark green group with 5 other people. After this we had to play a few games to get to know people. Once we finished playing these, we had to answer four questions that the teachers had made up. Some of the questions were what makes a good leader and a bad leader. While we were doing this we had the Cardinia Shire Mayor come in and speak. He spoke about trying your best. We also had an Immigrate from England come in a speak about his journey to Australia and how it was very hard to get to Australia.

When they finished speaking we all ate lunch. There were wraps and sandwiches. The wraps were really nice I had two. Once we all finished our lunch we had a woman come in and teach us some art. She was a famous artist. We all had to draw where our backgrounds where based. Mine was of England so I drew a castle. When we finished these we decided it was time to leave. So we packed our bags and left.

**__ TERM 2 __** This term has been a real blast. We have done so much in so little time and that is because all the teachers push us to our limits to finish our work. Now for a student that is a bad thing but now we are up to date with all are work. So I bet the teachers are feeling very pleased with themselves. In the start of term 2 we got started on an assignment. It was about scientific Principles like gravity, aero dynamics, physics and robotics and finally speeds. I did mine on speed and I had to create 2 big questions for causation and function. Then when I decided they were good questions I tested them with the five wh)ys questions to see if they were stable questions and not just one answer questions. As it turned out I could think of lots of five wh)ys questions so my big questions were awesome. Towards the end of term 2 I and a couple of other boys in year 5 and 6 got selected to compete in the District Cross Country. It was held at Akonah Park in Beaconsfield and only the top 10 place getters out of about 100 kids would get in. I was in the 12 year old boy’s race. That was at the end of the day so I had to wait around forever so it was so boring. But when it was time for my race I was so nervous because every single person who had completed the track had come back really muddy and they were disgusting. When I started the race mud flicked up in my face and it was __SO__! Disgusting. When I started sprinting I broke away from the pack and I was in the top 3 therefore I was happy at the moment. But then this freak kid ran past we as fast a lightening and was coming first by far. After this I was fourth for a long time bit then I tripped on some mud and fell over and after this I was 15th A long the way I over took 7 places to be 8th So over all it was ok.
 * U.O.I Assignment **
 * __ Cross Country __**