The Elections and Parliament!

The elections are coming up and we've started learning about not just the elections, but our parliament. It's a very interesting topic and I know a bit about the elections, government and parliament  from many news segments and from the 2011 elections.

Things I know already include:

-  National and Labour are the two biggest parties in NZ.
- The election happens every three years in NZ.
- John Key is the current prime minister.
- You have to be at least 18 to vote.
- You don not have to vote
- Some of the NZ parties are: National, Labour, Green, Internet Mana and Act.
- Labour party leader: David Cunliffe
- National party leader: John Key

I've learnt quite a bit about the topic including:

- Our parliament system is known as the "Westminster system (a place in Britian)" because we follow the British political system.
- There are many functions involved in the system like the Head of State, the Governor General, the Prime minister and House of Representatives.
-The sovereign is not allowed to enter the debating chambers.

I really enjoy learning about all the different aspects of the elections and I can't wait to visit parliament some time soon!

Reading Challenges!!!!

As I may have mentioned in an older post, we have been doing reading challenges. The aim is to complete a set of challenges given to us each term. At the end of the term we have a reading draw in which all the people who completed various challenges put their names  into a hat and the people whose names are picked by the teacher win chocolate. It's quite straight forward and encourages us all to read more, but I don't think I've been reading as much as I would like to, as we have been so busy with production stuff, but am looking to read more in the weekend. I have completed the three books in a series challenge: the Gone series and the recommended book by a family member challenge: The Hardy Boys -The Crowning Terror and the classic challenge: The Hardy Boys -The Crowning Terror at the moment and am aiming to complete the random challenge next. 

Please comment below what you're favourite book is and why you love it!

Bye!!!

My favourite sport....

My favourite sport would have to be cricket! The rules are simple and are easy to pick up on. Both batting and bowling are about hand eye coordination and It's an outstanding game. There are two teams in which their are eleven players and each team is either batting or bowling. After the first innings, the two teams swap to either bowling or batting. Both batting and bowling require technique and skill. I recommend the sport to anyone really and I'm sure if you do play you'll love it because it's all about team work! So go out and hit a six!

Production Preparation

The production is a huge event and happens every second year. The production is a play which each class is involved in. Every production has a new theme and this year's theme is space! It's about a villain named Neon, whose cat is extremely unwell and can only be healed by a certain piece of tech, but a secret agent named Argon, plans to stop this evil mastermind!  I was very overwhelmed to get a main part (Argon) in the production and have learnt over half of my lines. I'm trying to get my confidence up so I'm fully prepared for the two big nights in which we perform.

We began the preparation with props and costumes for several scenes. Rory and I  have pretty much finished the costume he will wear in the opening scene. The costume has a fire theme and the main part of the costume is the fiery wings on each arm.

Overall, I think it's going to get a bit crazy as the production gets closer, but I'm really excited and I think it'll all come together perfectly.