Week 9-10

Bonjour
Well the last two weeks have been very chaotic, and quiet which was good cause I got lots of work done which means I sooo deserve a break! That's lucky because today is Thursday and tomorrow is Friday which also means that of 3 o'clock Friday we're on school holidays. In French for the last couple of weeks we have been learning how to say our family tree I am really proud because I said it without looking at my card that I had my family tree on.

This is my family tree. It says

Voici Ma Famille
Mon Grand-pere s'apple Warren
Ma Grand-mere s'apple Anne
Mon Pere s'apple Jeremy

Mon Grand-pere s'apple Russell
Ma Grand-mere s'apple Jenny
Ma mere Nicole

Moi Je m'apple Hadlee
Mon Frere s'apple Kohen

It means
This is my family..
My granddad is called..
My grandma is called..
My mum is called..
My dad is called..
I am called..
My brother is called

In maths I have learned how to find bearings, understand loci/locus, reflections, translations, rotation and enlarge and reduce shapes. I have finished all of these and my mind is full of lots of information.
Till after the holidays
Au Revoiur

My Future

I made this poem to share my thoughts on what I want my future to be like.

Week 4-8 Term 3

Hi everyone! Well its been a while, and a lot has happened like cross country's over and I'm pretty proud of my placing it got 50th out of 97 that is the most people I have ever raced against and to get that placing when i hate running I was pretty proud of my effort. We finished fabric and are into science it is really fun today Arden, Grace and I finished our marble race track and the task was to get the closest to 20 seconds and we had three tries, we then added our average and we got 19.99 we are pretty stoked about that. We have learnt how to say the colours and our family in French I can't wait for next year when mum, and I got to Noumea! I have my dance exams on Monday I am pretty nervous about them but I'm excited too, and if I get a high enough mark in ballet I get to go on POINTE shoes next year yay! Last Thursday most of the band students went up to Murray's Bay for the annual over night stay it was so much fun. Murray's Bay Intermediate have over 50 class rooms and the school is soo much bigger than ours. In maths we have finished algebra and have started geometry. Geometry is really fun and I'm really looking forward to doing more on the subject. In ready I have done my Short Story Analysis and I did a much better job that my last one, and I am also nearly done my Novel Response that is coming along really well and I cant wait to see what the final product is. We have also done speeches as you may already know we had Rowan from the yrs 7s go through to the school final, and also Amelia, Oksana and Kylie all made it through to the school final.
Thanks for reading I hope you have awesome school holidays which are coming up soon.
See You Later
Au Revoir

My Speech

I have decided to share my speech with everyone so here it is I hope you like it.

Should people over the age of 75 be driving?

Putt, Putt, Putt. Do you ever find yourself sitting behind and old Grandma or Poppa going
20kph in a 50kph zone. Do your parents get grumpy, angry, and annoyed when this happens? 
Should the people infront really be driving. I have reasons to suggest that people over 75 shouldn’t be 
driving.

When you’re on the road, and have elderly in front of you do you notice that they are OVER 

cautious and drive to far to the left?  well I know I have, if you have, do you think that they could 

cause a crash and risk the life of not only themselves but you too?  Elderly can be very cautious while 

driving and most of the time it’s on the road but sometimes it happens in the shopping mall 

carparks. As people get older they tend to forget things and one of these things they forget is the road

rules. During 2002 5,590 New Zealand pensioners over 75 were either killed or injured 
because of involvement in crashes.This is a large number of elderly and as the population gets bigger
more and more elderly could cause crashes due to being over cautious. Pensioners who forget 
the road rules are more likely to crash or cause crashes, and be injured on the road, a lot of people 
forget the road rules or choose to ignore them, but when this happens the consequence can result 
in a life threatening situation.

When people get their driver’s licence they don’t need to resit the driving test again until they are 75.
Then once you turn 75 you must renew your license. I gathered info from the New Zealand 
Transport Agency about pensioners and their drivers licence. Pensioners must renew their licence 
at age 75, 80 and every two years after that. If they wish to continue driving, they have to renew their 
driver’s licence on or before the expiry date with a medical certificate from their doctor saying 
they are medically fit and healthy to drive on the road. This certificate is only valid for 60 days. If it
isn’t used within this timeframe they have to get another one. If their doctor has recommended a 
driving test to see if they are medically fit enough to drive, then they will have to sit a 30-minute 
On-road Safety Test and pass before they are issued with their new license.I think that even though
these people are really old, something needs to happen and fast, they need to at least have 
someone younger in the car at all times so if they pass out or something the next person can pull
over and get help.

I know that I can get frustrated following behind pensioners and quite frankly most of you probably 
do too. How do your parents react when following behind slow cars on the road, do they start growling
under their breath and getting frustrated? Have you ever thought that if these pensioners didn't have 
their license who would drive them around, who would take them to the doctors, who would get their 
groceries ? Yes there is online shopping these days, but pensioners using a computer  - well that's a
whole other speech! Sometimes we do get annoyed and frustrated when we see the pensioners 
driving slow and too far to the left - but we may just have to get used to it - we will be 75 one day !

Think about this, do you have grandparents or great grandparents over 75? Do they drive slow, too far 
to the left and annoy others on the road, risking not only their lives but yours, and others too? Do we 
need to amend the law so that the elderly need to re-sit their licence on a more frequent basis and
have restrictions so that they drive on the correct side of the road and 
in a safer manner                                                                                                      

By Hadlee