OUR EPIC PHOTO SHOOT

On the 1st of May I was invited to a photo shoot because it was my b-day.
So I invited soem of my besties to come and join me.
We had an AMAZING TIME! here are some pics to show you what we did.
PS sheridan is such a poser lol

Homework "Design your own challenge''

For Rimu House homework I designed my own challenge, my challenge is To Help Younger Kids to Perform a Play.

My dad is doing this program with younger kids, he is doing a play with them so i decided to help him. I help them get their lines right and helped them add more expression!

Night at E.D

Last night when all of you were watching telly or playing on your iPods, I was in E.D until 12 at night! I was at E.D because I had a hockey game and we were playing OATS. half way through out game we had a penalty conner and one of the OATS player hit the ball straight into my hand followed but her fiber glass hockey stick! It hurt REAL bad!!! so after our game mum took me to E.D because I was crying hard out because of the pain, when we got to the hospital I got immediate attention. I got X-rays straight away and lucky they didn't show a broken bone!!! The nurse said that I got a bad sprain on tender mussel and that I can't do any sports for 1 week! :(
Here is a pic to show you what my hand looked like before and after.                     see the part on the
                                                                                                                                    top side of my
                                                                                                                           hand? thats where its
                                                                                                                               sprained.

After

 

Hard tech

This week for tech I did hard materials. It was soooo fun! We made shields and key tags.
My shield doesn't have any thing fancy on it as Mr Arnold told us to kiss. (keep it simple stupid)

Im waiting to get my photo but once i've got it i'm going to put a pic on my blog :)

Physical out door stuff

Homework challenge:

P3. Explore the outdoors: With a family member or family friend

complete an 8 hour or overnight tramp.

My dad and I took some family on a tramp to show them the glow worms and stayed the night at  Mc-larren-falls. It was super fun. For the first time in my life I saw a shooting star in real life it was incredible but the glow worms were even more amazing because it looked like I was in the milky way. Next time i'm going to take extra blankets because it was FREEZING all night long, BUT you know wat the worst thing was, there was NO wifi. it was HORRIBLE!!!! ;( 

Here are a few pics to show you wat glow worms look like.

  

Homework "giving"

For one of my challenges is: give to children in need: Participate in the 20 Hour famine. Raise a

minimum of $40.00. Me and my friends are going to Zoe's house and we are going to do "no eating"

Our Aim is to raise $45.00 each :)

Coeliac Awareness Week

Next week is Coeliac Awareness Week and it is a good time to familiarise ourselves with this issue.

I have been diagnosed with Coeliac Disease in January 2012 and as next week is Coeliac Awareness Week I would like to take this opportunity to tell you more about this disease.

What is coeliac disease?

“Coeliac disease (pronounced see-lee-yak) is a condition causing some adults and children to react to the gluten, the protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Some coeliacs are also sensitive to the protein found in oats. If a coeliac eats gluten the lining of the small intestine becomes damaged reducing the coeliac's ability to absorb the nutrients from food”

It’s an autoimmune disease and it’s not contagious.  In the small intestine there are small finger-like structures called villi which absorb the nutrients from food. When the villi are damaged (or atrophic) they can no longer absorb nutrients properly.

Here are some photographic images of healthy villi compared with damaged villi.

Gluten is in bread, biscuits, cakes, pasta, beer, pizza and in many manufactured foods where gluten is contained in the ingredients such as soups, sauces, gravy, salad dressings, crisps, chocolate, sweets and ready-meals. Basically this means that I can never ever eat any food that has wheat, barley, oats and rye in it. When we go out for dinner we always have to choose a cafe/ restaurant that has gluten free options on the menu. Thankfully over the last 18 months there are lots more  gluten-free foods available. There’s a huge range and variety of gluten-free products on the shelves, specialist departments in supermarkets and indeed, whole specialist stores. Choices in restaurants and cafés are wider and cooks and chefs are more accommodating than ever – some chefs has even made something that is gluten free and really yummy especially for me . This is all wonderfully positive.

The downside for diagnosed coeliac is that gluten-free diets are sometimes well to say the least boring and a pain! This means that I can never ever eat McDonalds or Burger King! Luckily Domino’s Pizzas now have a gluten free option on their menu!

You may wonder what would happen to you when you have Coeliac Disease and you eat food that contains gluten ... here are some of the “not'-so-nice-things” (some of these symptoms  can last for several days)-

• diarrhoea
• weight loss
• chronic tiredness
• anaemia – iron deficiency
• chronic mouth ulcers
• stomach pain and bloating
• indigestion
• bone pain
• nausea and vomiting

Treatment

The ONLY treatment for Coeliac disease is a lifelong gluten free diet. By specifically removing the cause of the disease, this treatment allows all abnormalities, including the lining of the small bowel to recover completely. As long as the diet is adhered to strictly, no problems should occur.

For more information about coeliac disease, visit www.coeliac.org.nz.

Homework "design your own challenge''

I have designed my own challenge for physical out door stuff, My challenge is
"compete in a sport at national level" I have competed in swimming at national
level and received a silver medal.
Here are a few pics to show you.

Homework ''Compete in a sport for an entire season"

I have competed in a sport the the entire season. The sport that I did was
water polo A grade. We had a great season!!!!
Here are a few pics to show you what it was like.

Homeowork "visiting a exhibition"

In the holidays me and my friend went to the art gallery to have a look at the
 royal academy of dance costumes. They were amazing here are a few pics to
show you what they look like.

My book review "War Horse''

I am reading War Horse. I am only 4 chapters into the book but it is a amazing!
I highly recommend this book because once you start you will not be able
to put it down, This book has many twists that will have you on suspense the
whole time!!!
The author of the War Horse is Michael Morpurgo.

 

Homework "3 Corse Meal"

For my homewrok task i made a 3 corse meal for my family.
Lets just say NEVER AGAIN!!!! ;) I think it would be a good idea if I just stick
with my sports!
Here are a few pics.

Homework "Egg Challenge"

As part of Rimu House homework I have decided that I am going to look after an egg for one term.
I had a bit of a rough start since I dropped my first egg in the first 3 hours of the day.
I am now onto my second egg.
Here is a picture with me and my baby egg.

Homework "physical out door stuff 2"

I have completed my second homework challenge.
I have competed in a endurance event, such as a swimming competition.
Here are some pics of my day competing.

 

Homework "Physical outdoor stuff"

I have completed a Rimu House homework challenge by swimming 1000m non stop at training.
here are some pics of me doing it. It was sooo fun