Hi everyone. We are in los Angeles. Been here for 4 days. It is amazing.  We miss everyone though. We went to see the Hollywood walk of fame it was so cool. We also went to Disneyland yesterday. What an amazing day we had. Wish you all were here too.  Will update again soon.Going to see family tomorrow.

Auckland!!

On Thursday the 31st of July we went to Auckland. We started in the dark thick night waiting for some light but then I fell asleep laying there with my eyes closed having a dream that cost me about 4 hours. Then I explode with happiness and wake up and there we are at a toilet.
After we go toilet we take another 4 hour drive to Taupo, another 1-2 hours and we were at Auckland and it's like 6-7 o'clock in the morning.
We lead our eyes towards the roller coaster and say wow in a opened mouth form.
Straight away Franklin says can we go?!

Rugby - Quality sentence structure practice

I wake up feeling like a very tired cat but I knew I had to pounce out of bed to get ready for my game.
I jump out of the car and the butterflies start again as I watched the crowd cheering for each team. 30 mins later I smash through my rugby game that same hot and sunny Saturday.

lacey 2014 speech!!

Intro:
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand,while imagination embraces the entire world,and all there ever will be to know and understand. A quote by Albert Einstein 1945.
Albert Einstein was a very kind man. He was also a very smart and inventive scientist.
He could build and think things very unusual.
He also had a very big part in the first nuclear bomb.
I am hoping there is another Einstein out there working on many more things and helping science to the next level in modern math and equations.
Here is some more interesting information about Albert Einstein.......

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Biography and early life:

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm in the kingdom of Wurttemberg Germany on the 14th of March 1879.
His father Herman Einstein was a salesman and engineer.
His mother was Pauline Einstein.
In 1880 the Einstein's moved to Munich.
Albert attended an elementary school for three years.
He then built mechanical devices for fun and began to show his love for mathematics.
The first nuclear bomb went off in a massive explosion in 1945.
It proved Albert's E=mc2 equation right and he became the smartest scientist in the world!
Einstein is an icon of creativity and genius.
Did you know:
When Albert was just a wee little boy his parents thought he was stupid because he couldn't talk right, but look what he was ... he was the smartest man ever.

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Theories and inventions:

Einstein made lots of things but he had the magnificent knowledge to create the very smart theory E=mc2.
When the first nuclear bomb went off in a massive explosion it proved Albert Einstein was correct and he became the most incredible scientist on earth.

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Death of a great man:

Albert Einstein was a great man but unfortunately he passed away leaving us with his genuineness and creativity.
He died at the age of 76 on the 17th of April 1955. His death caused by heart failure and internal bleeding he died.
Albert Einstein inspires me. He was a very intelligent person and reminds me to try and be smarter than the average person!
Let your imagination run free and create new things!!!

An Adventure to remember

As I woke, full of energy, I glanced at the sun rise sitting right beside me.
My name is Laura Jones. I'm 15 years old and I have only one fear and that is.... NOTHING.
Have you ever wanted to go on a journey and be in the wild for a night?
Well I can take you there, Follow my words and listen if you want to survive.
As I jump from rooftop to rooftop I notice my brother on the old Halcombe Bridge. I stop silently but quickly and spot a gap between me and my brother. I crawl through hoping it will not collapse on me.
I eventually get through I get to the blue sunshine sea water and jump onto a cruise ship,
Now the journey can begin.


Part 2 to be continued.

camp

This year, for camp, my group was in charge of the third day which included the pizza in the park, the Weta Workshop and also the Circus School.

These activities were a lot of fun and really cool.

Weta workshop was more magical than last time I went there, They had trolls (three of them) and  they looked real.

“One whanau group at a time,” said Mrs Fielder and we went in.

It looked the same; just some of the stuff was moved around alot. I gazed at Gollum. As he started to stare at me he was holding a fish and it looked almost as if he thought I was going to steal it! As skinny as a skeleton and looking more and more unfed, Gollum is a very weird character.

We watched a trailer and then we floated towards the making room where they make everything.

Beautiful paintings were everywhere, along with realistic plastic axes, swords and more.

Looking around like dogs searching for cool things, we finally get to the Warthog from ‘Halo’. It is actually powered by an engine and a realistic man is sitting in it. Someone asks if the life-like man was real and the woman said, “No.”

Cool tyres and hardcore details make the Warthog sound like it’s out of this world.

We come to an end at the front door an avatar woman is standing with a very friendly face.

 We say our thank you’s and head off to the Circus School.!

We arrive at the front of the school and then we get our pizza. We walk out to the park just across the street and wait. We finally sit down and dig into the delicious meat lovers pizza.

After lunch we go back to the Circus School and I have a gulp of water. We start off with some exercises and do roly polys. Then we do it backwards and then I go and do some juggling. We also do some trapeze. These were really fun activities and I hope we can do more next year! We said our thank you’s and head off to the train station.

We get back to Waikanae and and get our transport back home. We got in and went home. The trip home was very long and I loved it because I got to sleep in my own bed at home.

By Lacey

With the sunset lowering for attention, I look at it and it looks more beautiful than ever.
The purple red sky sparkling and making the day end with some beautiful colours.
We sat on the boat and powered through the sea with laughter and smiles.
Being on a boat was really fun. I was smiling and having fun looking at the beautiful sunset and the sky made me happy.
This was my first time on a boat. I didn’t realise how fun and fantastic it was until I got on it.
This was a magical experience for me and I hope I can do it again.
I really enjoyed this activity because I have never ever been on a boat before and I really enjoyed it.
As we crawl through the sea with Captain John we start to drive the boat and we all act like sailors wearing the captain’s hat and driving like crazy wild animals.
We finally come to a water fall of rain and get all wet. We start to laugh and the salty sea water gets in our mouths.
I start to spit and run inside. Most of us go inside to eat some biscuits and crunch on them. I start to feel tired. I stand and go for a walk and arrive at the front of the boat. 
Feeling like I was superior I look at the sea and I start to notice a flock of jellyfish. I watch as they dance around in the water blue as blue. Can they be dancing in the blue sea I start to think in my head.
This was the most beautiful experience for me.
We watch the ferry going towards the sunset and I start to get tired again. As we arrive at the dock we sit down and get ready to go. We say our thank yous and say bye to Captain John, his assistant and his cute little dog.
We jump off and Captain John takes off like a speed boat. We all start to walk towards capital E again but we were heading straight towards a really yummy japanese restaurant. 
It was really cool on a boat since it was my first time. This was a really cool activity that can really help me with my learning. This was a really cool experience.
Next year I really hope we can enjoy another camp floating on a boat.
I loved camp and I loved spending time with my friends. This was amazing and cool.
By Lacey

inspirational poem

1.Cooking
2.Cleaning
3.Great person
4.Great mother
This is my mum’s list of things she does everyday One more to add ... she is the most kind mum a kid could ask for And she’ll love me forever Do you now realise why my mum is so inspirational? Of course you do but I’ll tell you more anyway My mum inspires me by doing all her hard work cook and clean She inspires me to be a good person.She is the best mum ever! Do you still remember how she is still so inspirational? You probably do so read this again Just for something to do.