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

MacGyver technology challenge

 Today at Enrich we did a  MacGyver  technology  challenge.

 MaCgyver is an 80's TV hero who would get away from the bad guys by using rubbish to make his escape tools, he was also very famous for his mullet.


We had to recreate one of the stunts that Macgyver  did.  What you had to do was you had to make a device to retrieve the hammer and chisel  to break the concrete  that surrounded your feet. You only had 15 minuets. My device sadly was an EPIC FAIL!!!!  It was a very good experience but I would hate to be MacGyver. Here is a picture of my EPIC FAIL, a picture of MacGyver and the process of making our EPIC FAIL !!

Bye see you next week, Joey (:                                                                                                    

Happy School Holidays!

What up !!

Today is the last day at Enrich for the school term :(  But on the other hand it means the holidays are  coming!!  Yay !!! 

Anyway Today  for passion time I was illustrating  for Claire's  story called ''Samantha Cree'', it is  about  a country girl, but it she's  not like any other girl  and its just really exciting and leaves you on the edge of your seat.  It has been really fun and I can't wait to come back next term until next time . Joey 

P.S Happy  School  holidays !

Recycle for the future !!

Today at   Enrich I only came at 11.30  because I was at my dress rehearsal for the ILT sing out .I had a blast,  and I can't wait for the concert  tonight!!

 When I finally  came to Enrich we did P4C with Katie and we talked about how in the olden days we  didn't have the ''green thing back then''. Katie asked us what we are going to do to make a small difference in our home or community. I said that I wasn't going to play on the computer or watching Tv  instead I was going  to go out and run around   and not use so much electricity , and recycle my plastic bottles, glass paper and cardboard . 
  

  Bye for now, Joey!!

Reuse, reduce, recycle!

Hi everybody ,
Today I came  at 12' o 'clock so I missed out on half of the day, so naturally  I won't have lots to talk about, but I know that we are doing passion time after lunch and  I am going to do sketching or drawing clothes I haven't quite decided yet.

But here is what I got up to.
First of all  we went to the garage reuse shop .''Oops I forgot to tell you about what my topic is , its recycling ,thats right the 4 R;s you know reuse, reduce,  recycle and repair the last one people don't really know. Anyway we went to the  place where the rubbish is recycled. then we went to  the disability   recycling center it was awesome it really made you think about what some people are doing to help the environment.   

Have a super day!!
By Joey