Swimming lessons

So we had swimming lessons through week 5 and week 6 and if you read my "Its a hard knock life" then you'll know that I missed through Tuesday through Friday which really bummed me out, but im going to tell you about it!

So on the first day we were asked which isle to go in and I went in the first one because im not that dedicated to swimming and I liked it so much because I like to have fun time in swimming but I had to miss 5 days of it, my favourite swimming technique is Breaststroke, what is yours?

Its a hard knock life.

So 2 weeks ago I got a blister on the back of my thigh I thought nothing of it and I simply put a plaster on it and that Monday we went to Q E II  for swimming lessons and I though nothing of it while I was swimming but what I did notice was the once small blister had somewhat exploded on the back of my thigh and over time it had grown bigger and other little ones had appeared in different places on the back of my thigh. A few days had past and it was a nightmare I had to sit on the edges of seats I had to sleep on my stomach and It got worse as each day I went into the pool for swimming lessons but on the second week on Wednesday I went to the doctor about it and it turns out I have a skin infection and its contagious so I had to not go to swimming for everyone's sake and mine too.

So I missed out on 3 days of swimming, It was a bummer because I liked swimming! and I had to stay at school and do work so it was pretty boring but Jordan was there and we just talked about how we want the Razer Black widow chroma V2 Mercury and Ethan the FRIES so yeah and I still have it today and the medicine I had to take tasted like crap it was so bad but hey if its gonna help the infection i'll take it!

Have you had anything like this?

My $4200 Gaming Setup

So I am an Avid gamer and my setup is $4200 and I wanted to tell you about it! (I Realise that people might think im try to "flex" but I just think im lucky to have this at age 12)

The first part of my setup was my main PC I got in 2017 because when I got Overwatch my PC then couldn't run it, so the next day (April 15) my dad got me a 2.5 Grand PC that could run it like beast I have 0 idea whats in it but its good because I can run 300 FPS on the highest graphics so that means I can play to the best potential experience with gaming.

The second part that I got was my 35" Curve $400 Monitor from AOC Agon, Now a funny kinda not funny story about how I got this was my dad gave me a 32" Samsung monitor I had it for 2 months.. then I threw my mouse at it... breaking it so I ran up to my room into my bed I heard dad come home then about 1 minute later him running up the stairs to lecture me on how what I did was really really REALLY stupid so yeah I was banned from my PC for 2 weeks spending most of my time in my room watching Youtube on my chromebook, and I have had my AOC Agon monitor for 9 months and I can light it up with its built in lights on the front and the back I have it as green because its my favourite colour.

I Have 2 Monitors and my other one came free because my dads work were giving away some of their monitors and my dad took one (they were all free $$) and it is a 24" dell monitor doesn't do anything special but its handy for when I want to go on google but not exit out of my tab

Now quick break from  the setup to tell you that at this point I had gotten my own room in the house for my PC because I had been playing in my lounge at my house and I have been there for maybe 6-7 Months I think.

Okay the third part to my setup is my mouse pad (This is gonna be alot shorter than the other ones) my mouse pad isn't special in an aesthetic way its no cool Razer firefly or Logitech powerplay but its a 500mm x 1000mm $50 playmax mouse pad which is so good for movements I can fit my keyboard and my Mouse and still have a gargantuan amount of space left.

The fourth part to my setup is my Keyboard which is the Blackwidow stealth chroma v2 from Razer clocking in at $300 Making my setup now costing $3200 this keyboard also comes with a rest pad I saw this in I think November and I really wanted it by my dad said "No, you can have it for christmas" So I waited that agonising  Month and 25 Days for my keyboard and when it arrived and I loved it and I have customised so many times its alot of fun ti play around with and the quality is great I totally recommend this keyboard.

The fifth part to my setup is my $200 Mamba wireless mouse from Razer this mouse is so comfy to play with and you can change your DPI on the go! the maximum DPI it can go up to is 16000! it is a really good mouse but the downside to it is that you have to charge it and I forget to charge it alot so alot of times in the middle of a game ill have to plug it in most of the time taking me about 10 seconds but even though its not alot of time sometimes it can cost me a battle with the enemy team, but I have gotten better with it by having a sticky note on my desk saying when I get off to charge my mouse it also doesn't help that my cord is in my PC which is below me so it's kind of odd for me to move it around since its stronger on one side and weaker on the other.

And the sixth and final part to my setup is my $750 green and black gaming chair with a built-in footrest and an adjustable backrest (If it wasn't obvious already my main setup colours is green and black) and its really comfortable and also it has adjustable arm-rests for your own preferences for you to do your best with this chair and comfort this chair Although it is pretty hard to move it back and fourth with the footrest out.

So! thats my $4200 gaming setup hope you enjoyed reading this and I'll see you next time!
If you have a setup whats your favourite part?

Overwatch

So I play a game called Overwatch and its a FPS Class based shooter game that blew up and has 65+ million players! and in Overwatch there is a mode called competitive but ill call it 'comp' for short so in comp I placed diamond for season 14 and on Sunday I drop into platinum and I was really sad because there is only 3 days left to get back into diamond and im 100 points away from getting into diamond I joke with my friends about it saying "Platinum Portrait in Platinum?? Its your destiny!" I Laugh but inside im saying "I Just want my rank back" so yeah 3 days left to go!

If you play Overwatch what is your rank?

The Market Day

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
T for Technology
E for Engineering
A for the Arts
and M for Maths
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because we talked more and we had more experience from making the chair we also helped each other more.

In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

My team made pot plants but most of them were kinda flopped over and really long

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was I guess I learned how to make plants.

Next time I would advertise more because we had alot of plants leftover

T4 Assembly

On Friday last week we had our Assembly and I was one of the main people talking at the front as you could see if you were their , About the Market day my team is making pot plants for 2.50 and Market day (If you didn't know) Market day is December 4th


We have about 100 Pot plants to be soled and also all the Money
Goes to Charity so if all 100 (Rough Estimate) are soled then That'll
Be $250! so come on down and find us at the Market

So if your garden is looking dull come to  mjus!

PBL Term 3

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;

What is the significance in the 21st Century of our Cultural stories?

First we brainstormed what culture is and came up with lots of ideas. Culture is Tradition

Then we thought about our own culture and talked to our parents about our traditions and heritage. I wrote a post about my family and things we like to do.

In Literacy we read and discussed myths and legends from around the world then we concentrated on Maori legends. I read Maui and the Giant Fish and How Maui caught the sun.

We made a performance about the story Battle of the Mountains. Some students wrote the script, some of making all the artwork, some worked hard on organising the music and others took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance and drama.

students took on the job of playing the Main parts, Some students wrote the script
some of making all the artwork,

Photo:

Reflection:

For our production I contributed by Painting one of the Backdrop pieces and being an dancing bush

I think the show might impact on others by telling them they story of Battle of the Mountains

What I learned about working with others was that everyone can do different and amazing things!