Weta Worksop

In Wellington we went to Weta Workshop. At Weta Workshop we saw and held some props made for movies. When we first walked in, we saw some props from Lord Of The Rings, Warcraft and The Hobbit. Once everyone was ready we watched a video and started the tour of the things Weta Workshop made. The first things we saw were weapons and armour from The Lord Of The Rings. The tour guide took us to an alien weapon they had made for a movie called Project 12. The tour guide let us hold the alien weapon and feel how heavy it was. When I held the gun I thought it was quite heavy and large. After that we continued and watched a video about how the props were made and what props they have made before. Then we went to the final part of the tour and saw some heads that they made which were quite impressive.

The Incredible Te Papa

Whilst in Wellington we went to Te Papa. In Te Papa there were lots of different interesting subjects like Gallipoli, art, things about Earth and more. My favourite subject was Gallipoli because I am quite interested in WW1. In the Gallipoli section I learnt the gruesome conditions that the Anzac soldiers went through. I also saw some amazing artwork in the art section. I enjoyed going to Te Papa and learning about cool stuff inside the different sections. We also saw some replicas of soldiers which were made by Weta Workshop.

An Amazing Camp

In Te Ngahere the year 7&8 students went on camp last week in Wellington. We stayed at a Marae whilst in Wellington and had food made for us. We went to Te Papa, Wellington Zoo, Weta Workshop, Capital E, Cable Car Museum,  The Wellington library, Westpac Stadium and Parliament. I learnt the conditions that the Anzacs had to deal with from the Gallipoli section at Te Papa, I learnt that Weta Workshop made most of the armor, weapons and props in The Lord Of The Rings and I learnt how to do some basic technological things for making a show. My favourite places were Capital E and Te Papa. I found it a bit hard to do the behind the scenes tech at Capital E. What do you think is the best place that we went to?

A Challenging Tournament

last week on the  30th of October some students were chosen to play at a Ki O Rahi tournament. Luckily I was chosen to go to the tournament. When we started practising I learnt how to offload by surprise. Offloading by surprise is when you run, hit the pau then run straight towards one person in your team then when your close to them you pass and they bank the points. The teams we versed were Taipa and we lost 6-3, then we versed  Motatau Kura and we won 8 nil, the 3rd team was Moerewa and we won 9-3, then we versed Taumarere in the semifinals and we lost 13-6. I enjoyed learning the new trick and using it in a game. I think we did very well because we made it to the semifinals and only had two practices.