The hoop of DEATH!

The sun was glistening down on the hopeful faces of the teams. The excitement was in the air and in the midst of it all stood the hoop of DEATH.  I thought I could conquer it as Goliath did with the giant. But boy was I wrong... I tried but always failed -  my hopes were dashed.  I looked at the bright blue hoop with wonderment and awe, and wondered how this simple task could be so hard, and then I realised that the hoop was laughing at me. I was now determined and focused but as soon as I got my mo-jo we were rushed inside.

Until next Wednesday,
Yours truly, Joey

I'm back at Enrich!

Hi, today at Enrich we did some pretty awesome things like....Picadilly Circus which is a Wilson game that makes you think and stratagise ways to get all of the balls around the circle. It was very hard but fun. I love playing wilson games because you get to get out and about, breathe in the fresh air and because I am a very energetic person. Wilson games are often the highlight of my day. Today was extra special because we some how managed to get the best score hopefully we will keep this title but it would be very hard to beat 28 seconds with three balls.

It is a great feeling to be back at Enrich, I love working with like minded people but most of all it's working with the awesome teachers.  I think it's fair to say..... I LOVE ENRICH!!!

See you next time, Joey

I can't believe it's the last day!

Today is the last at the awesome Enrich for the year. Unfortunately it is the last day EVER at Enrich for the year 6's, luckily I am a year 5 so I still have one more year at Enrich. Its the end of the year and you know what this means  its time for a little reflection.




The positives have to be passion time, the Wilson games, moving 20 spaces on the chess leader board, sea shepherd coming to visit,painting my beary cute money box (get it my money box is a bear, ha ha sometimes I make myself laugh.) and last but not least meeting new people and making great new friends.



The minuses are typing practice,Key competency, climbing up the water tower ( it's really high,) not being able to finish our environment project and that I am losing some great friends to high school.





What has been interesting this year was the science when we dissected a pigs eye ball.  

It's finish ...it's a miracle!

Hi guys,
How are my favorite followers doing? I am great, actually I am better that great, I am fantastic, because I Joey Sheppard have just finished my bear money box. I am extremely proud of myself because at first I didn't think I could do it but I did. It was very hard to choose what color  I wanted, then it was the painting, don't even get me started on that! But now that its finished I realized that no amount of staring is going to get it to paint itself, well unless its a magic money box but I think thats highly unlikely. And that my friends was the highlight of my day. I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog, see you next week. Bye Joey

Save the whales!!

Hey look its a minke whale. Talking of  whales Grant Meikle from Sea Shepherd came to talk to us about whales.  If you don't know what Sea Shepherd is it is a  ocean animal society, that is stopping the extinction of ocean animals, and the best part is  they  have a branch here right in  New Zealand. I learnt  a lot of interesting facts and ways that we can help save some of the earths rarest living mammals because they going to be extinct if we don't do something about it. I also found out out some thing that are rather disturbing. Did you know that the Japanese are whaling way over their allowed limit and are killing more than 900 whales. The Sea Shepherds  have successfully cut that down to 300-500 which is huge. This talk has made me think that when I grow up I might want to be a Sea Shepherd.  

And don't forget to... SAVE THE WHALES!

Bye see you next week, Joey  
    

There's a first time for everything !

Hi guys,


Even though I've been at Enrich for almost a year now I have never done a video post which is a bit strange so I'm going out of my comfort zone and doing one .I hope you enjoy.

My day at Enrich

This morning When I came to Enrich I did a before school pick it was all about how our body and other animals reacts to fear, it was pretty amazing  and very insightful. If you would like to visit this website here is  the link.       http://www.fearexhibit.org/    when you get there click on view exhibit.



After morning tea I did affective with Alana. Todays topic was on a 12 year old girl called Adora Svitak. She is a gifted inderviduale just like me. She gives talks about how adults should listen to children, she also said  that just because you're a kid dose not mean that you can not reach you dreams.   I have a video of Adora giving a speech to people on an a american TV show called TED .  

http://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html



That was my day, bye see you next week,  Joey