Winiata’s Blog

This is my second weekly diary (which is a little late). 

Yes!! I’m finally a House Captain for my school. It’s going to be a great year indeed.  

Yesterday, I went into town with my friends after school. We went to McDonalds (a well known fast food restaurant in New Zealand), the Warehouse (another well known
New Zealand shop), and other shops. We had a great time (and at the end, I was the only one with money!)  

Anyway, today we’ve done heaps of outside work even though it rained! Working in the rain!  And, I had to do a whole garden by myself while my brother just sat around and did nothing. It almost broke my back! 

Well . . . . . . . . . .  goodbye!

Last Friday there was a championship swimming event at our school. Only the confident swimmers attended. We did loads of different heats. I swam the easy ones first - 25m freestyle, 25m backstroke, and 25m breaststroke. Then came the harder ones – 25m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and the big one, 100m freestyle. I did the best in freestyle where I either got 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd.It was a good day and I felt good that I did it.

I aim to improve in tech arts (music, art, food, sewing, wood work and especially science). I aim to be a good role model as a House captain.  Also, I want toI aim to improve on my instrument ( tenor saxophone) by doing practice 4 x a week. I aim to try my best in sports. Also, I want to be better in Cross Country by getting fit.I aim to extend on my kapahaka experience by attending every Noho (live in) and joining in every event and competition they attend. I aim to work well with others (Term 1 work group) and by myself. I aim to get my work finished early so I won’t have to worry about anything for the rest of the week. I aim to improve in my ICT skills (multi-media experience, typing, and computers) by practising at home on my computer. I aim to write a interesting post on my blog every week and write a constructive comment on someone’s blog.I aim to improve with my reading, which means going to the town library every fortnight and reading a book each week. 

This is my first weekly diary as on of my goals this year. In my school, I’m now a year 8 which means it’s my last year in the school. All of last years year 8s are gone, and we’ve got new kids. The problem is trying to remember their names.  Anyway, my mum said I have to do the most I can while I still can. I’ve already started in getting jobs in and around the school. I’ve got to work as hard as I can, so I can get ahead. At home, I’m setting my own personal goals. About a week ago, I wanted to do a double-flip on the trampoline, and I accomplished it pretty fast. Also, I aimed to do an aerial, and I finished that last night. What I’m looking at now is a back-flip. So I’m pretty proud of what I’ve already done on that tramp.  As you can see, I’m starting my ‘everyday writing’, and I hope I can keep it going for the rest of the year.