Joshua T @ Ngatea Primary School

Learning In The Making Conference On week one Friday Term 4, I participated in the Learning In The Making Conference. I really enjoyed the day! THE MAD SCIENTIST RETURNS!!! My first workshop was The Mad Scientist Returns! We had to try get a balloon as far as we could go along a line of fishing line. I worked with Daniel and the materials we had to use were: A straw, tape, and a balloon. TEAM CHALLENGE!!! My second workshop was Team Challenge! What we had to do was use communication and teamwork. We had to get to our number that were on these pads. GODS EYE!!! In this workshop we used different colours of wool and wrapped it around sticks in the shape of a t. I really enjoyed this workshop! ELECTRONICS In my last workshop we used the power source of a battery to make a light buzz! When we finished that we played a few games of Ball Rush and Eye Murderer. This was my favourite workshop!

“SIX!!!” In the holidays I went to the Sangha Cricket Academy in Te Puna and there were nine of us at the academy. We practised catching, bowling, driving, and I think I am the best at bowling. The academy had one big pitch where you could pull a net to split it into 2 pitches. We got drinks and free lunch. One night my Dad, brothers and I stayed the night at the academy. My favourite part was bowling because I got 2 wickets. Also in the holidays I went to the movies with Cooper and we watched Pete’s Dragon, it was really cool. Then we went to the wharf to have lunch and we had hot chips for lunch. Once we had lunch we went to the Thames Mining School. We looked at different rocks and we had a tour of the museum. I found it interesting. After that we went to the park to play. I had lots of fun in the holidays!