Earthquake Madness!

Tap, tap, rattle, rattle. I was tossing and turning in bed trying to get to sleep when I heard rattling and tapping noises. I thought that is was my dad because he constantly rattles the windows by snoring. Then Mother Nature gave me a wakeup call…  at 12.02 at night!!! (Way past my bedtime). I heard rumbling noises as my bunk started shaking “Shoot the cat!” I shouted “IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE!!!”

The shaking continued as I half expected the house to fall down on us as my sister Emma, my little and big brothers Paul and Marc and my Mum ran downstairs to the doorway while my dad and I ran to my room's doorway. I suddenly felt sick as the shaking and rolling continued for about 5 minutes, my Mum not making it any better by shouting out to see if we were alright. The rolling stopped and my dad and I ran downstairs and asked “are you alright”, then I noticed Marc, he looked on the verge of tears as he cuddled his favourite soft toy ‘Red draggie’ (A red dragon soft toy) I asked if he was feeling good and he answered “Yes,”. While all this was happening mum was checking GeoNet seeing how strong the earthquake was and where it was “Gosh! A 7.8 that is whopping big one,” “Actually I think it's the biggest one in a few years,” my big brother Paul replied in a scientific voice. “Uhhh guys can we focus on the task at hand” Emma said “Yeah for once I agree with Emma, where are we going to get some light” I wondered suddenly realising that there WAS no light! “Hey what about FOOD” Marc said emphasising the last word. “Okay guys get shoes and a jacket and let's go outside,” Mum said. So we all went and got shoes and a jacket then I realised that I wasn’t wearing my glasses so I walked upstairs to get them and also something I hadn’t used in a long time, my soft toy dog (Which when I was little I called Doggie) and cuddled it to my chest feeling its soft fur brushing against my face. “Pippa where are you” my Mum called up and I ran downstairs still clutching my toy.

My dad had gotten torches and gave one to each of us Paul, Mum, Himself, Marc, Emma and I so we went outside for a while felt a few aftershocks and mum said “I think it's alright now we can go inside” so we all went inside and I caught a glimpse of Mums phone she was texting people to see if they were alright then my eyes caught a peep at the time 12.39 at night! “Well obviously we are not going to get back to sleep easily so why don’t we do something else” Paul said breaking the silence “Well I could read a book” I said “I just wanna cuddle to sleep with mummy” Marc said. So we all went of to get things to do while Paul successfully tried to connect to the radio with his phone. I got my book (Percy Jackson- The Mark of Athena) and plonked myself down on the couch and started reading, time passed by quickly and at some point I went to sleep and dad must of carried me up the stairs into my bed because the next morning I woke up safely in bed cuddling Doggie, the house still intact. That was my story of the earthquake madness.

Earliest Memorys

My earliest memory at CSNS is when I walked through the door holding my mum’s hand and we lined up to meet the teacher to find out where I would be sitting . Mum spoke to the teacher. She said the normal welcoming to the class and  hoped I would have a great time in Team 21. She continued talking to the teacher while I scouted out for a group of girls I could join, no luck. Then I saw them. Eva, Maddy and Emma who have been my friends ever since.

I am a successful CSNS kid because I fluently use the attributes of a College Street kid as part of my everyday life and I’m open to new ideas and I am always trying out new things. I’m most proud of all my academic achievements at CSNS and my learning at College Street. The things I will miss most about College Street are the hilarious teachers and all the wonderful learning experiences that come with them. In the future I would like to be a professional ballroom dancer by night and a teacher by day at CSNS.

School Olympic Day

In CSNS for every Olympics Event we draw a country and a class out of a hat and whatever country that class gets they have to support that country. My class, LAVA got Italy so I’m going to tell you about Italy.

Italy has been doing well in the Rio Olympics and has won 18 medals in total and is currently coming 8th overall. Italy has over 300 athletes competing in the Olympics. It has a population of 60 million and has won 6 gold medals, 7 silver and 5 bronze in this year’s Olympics.

Although Italy's flag is Green, White and Red they actually wear blue for the Olympics, because Italian sports teams play in blue shirts rather than the colours of their national flag which is a custom relating back to the country's pre-republican days. Blue was the official colour of the Royal House of Savoy and this is a tribute to the Italian monarchy which survives today.

I hope you know a bit more about Italy.

Dance NZ Made

On Monday 6th of September Emma, Gihara, Lola, Ava, Ivy, Lara, Kristy, Ella, Eva, Sienna, Sophie, Liam, Sa, Yutong and I went to the Regent to perform in Dance NZ Made with teacher supervision from Miss Blewit and Miss Granger We arrived at school at 8.10 in the morning and organized ourselves into car groups and then we were off to the Regent. 10 minutes later we were at the Regent and we started some dance workshops run by Dean McKerras, Louise and Emma we started with Deans workshop then did one with Emma and then one with Louise. After what felt like YEARS we went up to our dressing room and started to get ready. We put on our black leggings and singlets and put on stage make-up. Then after a couple more hours we went onstage. It was a great experience <PK

Rose City

On the 27th of August I participated in the Dancesport Spectacular…  ROSE CITY!. It is a dance competition for New Zealand. I was competing for Shirley Wall Academy Of Dance and was very hyped up and excited about competing but it was still very nerve wracking.

My first dancing event was number 7.

“Pippa it’s time to go to the marshalling area,”my mum said.

“Sure,” I replied.  I climbed over the seats with my dance partner Max and made my way to the marshalling area.

“Ready to take the dance is Event no. 7 Juvenile Level 2 Latin,” announced the organiser. We made our way to the dance floor.

“Ok contestants time for… the Jive.” The jive music started.

“Not this one again,” I thought to myself. The song was Elvis Presley, Blue Suede Shoes and I’ve heard it so many times before that it annoyed me.

We started jiving to the music and 45 seconds later the music stopped. Max spun me out and he bowed while I curtsied and we exited the dance floor with huge smiles on our faces. We walked over to our family sitting at the table and sat down, satisfied with our performance. Our teacher Mrs Langely was watching and she thought we looked sensational!!

Kahoot About Recycling Tips

After you have watched this video-Click Me then test your mind on this kahoot-Kahoot

TinkerCad In LAVA

In LAVA we have been doing scale drawings in 3D. We had to measure the length and width of the doors, windows and other features of our animal shelters. Then we had to figure out our scale. After we had finished our 3D scale drawings we used a new app called TinkerCad. TinkerCad is a app that you can use to make 3D shapes or 3D scale drawings. Everyone read a tutorial and learnt how to use this app.