Elections and Parliament

This week in class we have been learning about Elections and Parliament. Here are some of the things I have learned:

• You have to be over 18 to vote.
• A general election is held every 3 years.
• Only New Zealand citizens and permanent residents can vote for their favourite candidate.
•  The first elections for Maori members of parliament were held in 1868
• New Zealand's head of state is called the Sovereign.

That's basically some of the things I've learned but I'm going to learn more.
What did You learn?

Reading Challenges

This is about the book challenges I have done throughout the year.

• Country Challenge: I've read 10 books from different countries. They were mostly based in America.

• School & Family Life: I've read 4 books from the Diary of a Wimpy kid series.

• Mystery & Adventure: I've read 1 of the Series of Unfortunate Events books, and I've read Because of Winn-Dixie and Flora and Ulysses. They are both by Kate DiCamillo.

• Classics: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

• Magical Adventure: The Witches, The Twits and Matilda. They are all by Roald Dahl.

That's basically all the challenges I've done.

Favourite sports. hmmmmmmmm

I really can't decide what sport I like more, Swimming or Netball.
I guess I'll just write about both of them.

SWIMMING
I swim for Karori Pirates, just saying it's waaaaayyy better then Tawa.
 My favourite strokes are freestyle and backstroke. I really like Swimming
because you get to meet new people and also you get faster by doing a lot
of training.

NETBALL
I just recently got back into Netball because I had to stop when we moved.
I'm in Mighty Magic and the people in my team are Catherine, Siena, Maddy,
Olivia, Rebecca, and Samanalie. I like Netball because you can make new friends
and get fitter.

Production!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!! The production is finally here! Two years ago in Room 8 I was a soldier but this year I am an agent. The dance I'm in is called Take a Chance on Me and it's a chair dance so it's really fun! I only have two lines but at least I get to say something. I already have a costume for me but i had to help Catherine with her tall alien costume. My favourite part is her jellyfish hat. To get everyone more prepared i can help with the props.