Cya YMS!

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be talking to you about my amazing time at Yaldhurst.
I love Yaldhurst and it is a really great school.

Something that I am going to miss about YMS are my friends because I have only just got to know a lot of them.
My friends are always kind to me and even though they have known each other for a lot longer they have still accepted me into their group.

I have been at YMS since I was five which is a long time.
Now I am going to go to Riccarton High School which I think is going to be a really great experience just like Yaldhurst was.

Some things that I have enjoyed doing at Yaldhurst in previous years are wearable arts, reading the book "holes" and hanging out with my old friend Rihanna.
Some things that I have enjoyed doing at Yaldhurst this year are playing Korfball, making new friends, and Pet Day.
I enjoyed playing Korfball because it is a really fun sport that was also quite new to me.
I enjoyed making new friends this year because it is really cool to have new people surrounding me.
I enjoyed Pet Day because we got to do a lot of amazing activities.

Something that I have learnt here at Yaldhurst is how to be a YMS HERO and how to work/communicate well with anyone around me.

I have also learnt maths, reading, writing and other things like that.
If I had the chance to stay at Yaldhurst I definitely would because it is such an amazing school.

Cya later & thank you YMS!
-Amelia 🦊

SLJ Teaser Activity 🖌️

 Hi bloggers!
Today I'm going to be talking about something crazy.
Okay fine, crazy might not be the right word for it, unless...
You put it like this...

CRAZY FUN!

That's what I'm talking about!
Well, kinda.
I'm actually going to be introducing you to the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ).
You can do activities, win prizes etc.
If you have absolutely no idea what it is, you might want to click this link.
(Just ignore that it says parents.)

Anyways, today I have done the teaser activity, which you can find right here.
Well, the instructions anyways.
My one is right...

Here!

What do you think?
I'm really proud of it.
You can probably guess that I love using bright colours...
Anyways, I'm the most proud of how I used the dull background to make the flowers' colours POP!

Have you used Art Colouring Book before?

What do you think the best part of my colouring is?
Are you going to do the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ)?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

The Most Fun School Day! 🐈

 Hi bloggers!

Today I'm going to be telling you about my experience of Pet Day!

Well, some of the things I did anyways.

What is Pet Day?

Pet Day is usually a day where everyone can bring one of their pets, but thanks to COVID, this year, we can't bring our pets. So instead, we had some cool activities that we did!

On pet day we could choose what activities we wanted to do out of 6 options: leaf art, photography, sand saucer, floating flower arrangement, cake decorating/tasing, lego competition.

Out of all these activities, I decided to compete in leaf art, photography, and sand saucer.

It was super fun and everything was amazing!
My favourite activity would probably have to be leaf art, but it was also super challenging because gluing leaves onto leaves is very difficult and I did get quite frustrated.
In the end, I'm really proud of the end result and how I did!

Do you have Pet Day at school?

What do you think would be the most fun activity?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

How Names Defame

   Hello bloggers!

Today I'm going to be talking to you about my speech.

This year, I wrote a speech about why names of animal species matter.

Here is my speech if you want to read it:

It took me a very long time to write and edit this piece but I am so proud of it!

I did have a few challenges, like making it fit within the time limit, but I guess everyone had a few challenges writing their speeches.

It was also quite fun to do!

I presented it to the class and I messed up terribly.

Even though I made a mistake, I still had the confidence to present it to the school.

I also managed to convince Zahrah to present her speech to the school.

When I presented my speech to the school, I was very nervous at first, but then I was fine.

Turns out, I had bet Zahrah with my speech and come first place in speeches (surprisingly).

I then managed to get into the Selwyn speeches competition.

That was also very nerve-racking and I didn't manage to place, but it was a cool experience.

Some of the other speeches were so good!

Honestly, I'm so proud of myself.

Did you write a speech this year?

What do you think of my speech?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

Luna - Who or What?

 Hello bloggers!

Today I'm going to be showing you something that I made on Google Drawings.

What's with the title?

Well, I named it/them Luna.

Maybe it will give you a clue!

Anyways, why was I doing this?

Well, I was doing this because it was another... Cybersmart Challenge!

If you want to try it then click the link.

Soooo... you're probably wondering what this 'Luna' looks like.

Well, here she is:

My experience with this was really fun!
I didn't really learn anything, but honestly I've been using Google Drawings since I was like 7.
I did remember a few things though, like how to make things glow!
Some parts of this activity were challenging though.
Making the wings was one of these challenges, and the back spines were another.

Have you done this challenge?
Do you think that my monster fits the poem?
What kind of monster would you create?

Cya later, have a nice day!

-Amelia

Spring Learning Journey #7 - The Best Way To Travel

Hello everyone!

This is my seventh Spring Learning Journey blog post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 19 because I felt like I really needed to show everyone what I think the best way to travel is.

The activity is called The Best Way To Travel and what you do for this activity is you research your favourite type of transport and create a blog post to teach others about it.

Here is the presentation that I created using Google Slides:

Something that I learnt is that the modern bicycle was invented in 1885.

I didn't have a lot of fun doing the research, but I did enjoy making the background.

What do you think is the best way to travel?
Do you think cars are better, or bikes?

Cya later, have a nice day!

Spring Learning Journey #6 - Future Travel

Hello everyone!

This is my sixth Spring Learning Journey blog post.

If you don't know what the Spring Learning Journey is, then here is a paragraph to explain it.

Well, it is like some of the other Learning Journeys that I have participated in.

There are 20 activities that you can do (if you want to).

In the Summer Learning Journey, you usually have a chance at prizes, but with some of the smaller ones, it's more just for fun (and learning).

Okay, so now that is out of the way, what is the activity that I am doing?

I chose to do Activity 5 because I had the best idea ever for it!

The activity is called Future Travel and what you do for this activity is you think about what travel will look like in the future, create designs and label them.

Here are the designs that I created using Google Slides:

I learnt about what airplanes and cars are made of by doing this activity.
I also learnt that polycarbonate plastic is pretty much heatproof, lightweight and up to 200 times stronger than glass.

Doing this activity was fun because i got to put my animating skills to work.

What do you think future travel will look like?
Did you know about polycarbonate plastic?

Cya later, have a nice day!