Regional Sports Fest! (Badminton!)

Yesterday was the regional sports fest and the sport I participated in was badminton. The people that formed the St.Benedict's Smashers were Katerina, Sarah, Isabella and I. We took the bus to Hataitai badminton club. When we first got there we took some team photos. After that, we played a game where you hit one shot then join the back of the other line. I ended up getting third place though it wasn't  fair because I had to run all the way around the net to receive the shot and before I got to the other side, the shuttlecock already hit the ground. :( I think the best player out of all the competitors was a guy called Ethan. He smashes so well and knows all the little tricks used in badminton. He goes to the same badminton club as me and it's really fun to play with him because it's so challenging.


The teams there were:
Raroa Intermediate
Newlands Intermediate 1, 2 and 3
Plimmerton school
Samuel Marsden
St. Benedict's Smashers.


We won one game out of 24 but I still think it was really fun. Our team is probably the weakest since my teammates have never played badminton before but they have worked hard and improved so much during the few hours of practice and the other teams have been training for years.


My mom was there to supervise and whenever I missed a shot she would always make a loud gasping sound. It was super irritating. At one point I turned around and told her to be quiet and I swear everyone started staring at me. It was still good to have my mom there because she could support me and tell me what I could improve on.


The placings were:
1. Raroa Intermediate
2. Newlands Intermediate 2
3. Plimmerton School
4. Samuel Marsden
5. Newlands Intermediate 1
6. Newlands intermediate 3
7. St.Benedict's school

The trouble with the NZ Flag

This week I am going to be talking about the possible changing of the New Zealand flag. I looked through the forty possible choices and to be honest I think the one we have now is perfectly fine but I'll still pick out my top four favourites.

Top four

1. Black Jack

2. White and Black fern

3. Black and White Fern

4. Koru (Black)

It was really hard to choose my top four favourites because some of the colours look really bad together and I don't think it will look good as the current NZ flag.

Reasons we should keep the original flag:

1. It's a waste of time

2. It's a waste of money

3. It's gonna cause a riot

4. Some designs look really weird. 

My overall opinion is NO the New Zealand flag shouldn't be changed.

Art is my life! >>>Doodling and sketching<<< (Someone who inspired me)

So this week our post is supposed to be based on art. I am actually really happy about that because I absolutely love art. My favourite types of art are doodling and pencil sketching. I like doodling because doodling is not something that is really pressuring. I see doodling as a way of expressing how you feel through simple pieces of art which means I don't have to worry about how it looks or how people think of it.

My other favourite type of artwork is pencil sketching and I'm directing it more to realistic pencil sketching because I've always liked imitating really cool artworks that I see on the internet or even my role models  like Sherlock Holmes. The hardest bit/the bit I'm working on is how the eyes, nose, mouth, ears and hair are structured and shaded to make the picture more realistic. I tend to struggle a lot on the eyes. A reason I don't really like to colour my work is because I like smudging pencil led to make shadows and so on.
In my spare time, my favourite things to draw are generally things like cute puppies and kitties or just any cute animals. I also like drawing people, like my role model, Sherlock. 

I didn't always love art this much. I have to thank someone who has taken me into the wondrous world of art. This person has inspired me for quite a while now and although that person isn't famous and gets judged by people, that person will always be the best artist in my opinion. 

I think art isn't about what comes out in the end, but how you have expressed your feelings through the artwork and the effort and time you've put into it.

This term our theme for art is space so if I could choose what we were doing for the art exhibition it would probably be paintings of Nebulas or something colourful like that.

Has anyone ever inspired you in Art?

Dinner with Sherlock Holmes and Matt!

If I could invite two people for dinner, they would probably be Sherlock Holmes and my best friend Matt. Firstly, the reason I would invite Sherlock Holmes is because he is my role model and he is just so smart. The reason I would invite Matt is because we have been best friends since we were born and he can always make me happy, even if it's by doing silly things. If I really could invite both of them for dinner then that would be totally amazing. There are heaps of stuff I would ask Sherlock, like how to be a good Consultant Detective/Forensic Scientist and what details to focus on at a crime scene. As for Matt, we would be doing a lot of catching up. Ever since I came to New Zealand, I hardly saw him and he barely replies his texts because he goes to boarding school.
I really wish I could actually invite them for dinner, but it would be practically impossible since Sherlock doesn't exist and Matt is on the other side of the world. :(
Also, for dinner we would definately eat pizza. Yum :D