William Pike Challenge Award, Surfing

On Monday 21st March the Year 7/8s from Rimu Class went surfing for the day at Sumner Beach as our first Outdoor Challenge for the William Pike Award.

It wasn't how I expected it at all because on tv people are really good and then we were like newbies so it was really weird watching everyone.
The things I found challenging were standing up on the board and remembering all the movements.
Some interesting things I found out about my classmates were that some had surfed before and some hadn't but overall I think everyone had a blast.
When I do it again I will probably remember some of the movements that we learnt. 

Below is My Poem:

SURFING!

I smelt the disgusting salty air.

I smelt the salty water.

I smelt fish & chips.

I heard dogs barking as they were chasing after sticks.

I heard the waves crashing down on each other.

I heard people cheering people on when they achieved their goals.

I heard seagulls fighting over salty chips.

I felt the water touch my skin as I stepped in the water.

I felt the salty water burn my eyes.

I felt my board whack me on the head.

I felt my head banging in my brain.

I tasted the salty water run down my throat.

I tasted the salt on my lips.

I saw dogs chasing after each other.

I saw people staring at us and taking pictures.

I saw the waves pushing people off their boards.

William Pike Challenge Award

During Tuesday morning, and afternoon Rimu class were in and out of the classroom running around cooking for probably, one of the most important tasks this year. We were cooking for our parents, our siblings, ourselves and most importantly William Pike himself. Sadly I wasn’t able to make it that night so I didn’t get to see him.

My group made a vegan pasta salad, and created a station where you can make your own tacos.

I would’ve loved to have eaten some of the food our class made but I wasn’t able too. The next day our class was talking about what we were looking forward to and how to record what we have accomplished.

On Monday the 21st of March we all went surfing it was actually quite fun I would do it again if I had to. I also managed to stand up.

I’m really excited to go day hiking and also try all the other challenges. This year is awesome!

Wonder Point Of View/ Writing

Our writing last week was to write a short essay explaining what point of view R.J Palacio used when writing  ‘Wonder’. We also found examples from the story and added quotes to back up our statements. We had to write  an introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion. I hope you like my essay and please comment.

‘Wonder’ is a story about a boy who feels ordinary on the inside, but he is always reminded of how different he is by how people respond when they see him. This is R.J Palacio’s first novel and it is written in the first person.

August is speaking in first person, because at the beginning he says,

Firstly August says,

“I know i’m no ordinary ten-year-old, I mean sure I do ordinary things like eat ice-cream, I ride my bike, I play ball and I have an XBox, stuff like that makes me ordinary.

Likewise August said something on the first page saying,

“ If I had a magic lamp I would wish that I had a normal face.” Which means he doesn’t have an normal face.

August saw something in the playground and said to himself,  “But I know that other ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in the playground.”

Therefore I think that “Wonder’ is a great book and R.J Palacio is a fantastic author. And I can’t wait to listen to more of it.