Holly’s Space

This is my blog for the school work that I do in 2007-2008

Term 2 Goals

Filed under: Goals — Holly at 8:30 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I am going to learn more in maths and english

I am going to learn as much as I can in the languages that we learn

I am going to learn to write better book reviews

I am going to get better at creative writing and poems

I am going to make sure I hand all my work in on time 

I am going to make sure I keep up with all my work and not get to far behind

I am going to try my hardest in everything I do

Visual Language

Filed under: English Work — Holly at 11:12 am on Thursday, April 19, 2007

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This is my partners and my visual language, it is what we saw in the song lyrics from the song King of Trees by cat Stevens.  

Book Review

Filed under: English Work — Holly at 6:37 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2007

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

 By Ann Brashares

This book is about a pair of pants and how it kept four friends (the sisterhood) together on their first summer apart. The pants were special because they fit all four girls who are all different sizes. They made a rule that they would send the pants on to one another after a week of having them.

This Book had lots of different things that the girls faced in their everyday life and how they dealt with them, with lots of twists. They also had one special rule for the pants, Pants = Love. Love your Pals. Love Yourself
I really enjoyed this book because it had real life issues and it also showed that you don’t have to be the same to be best friends because all four girls were very different in many various ways.

I would recommend this book for teenagers and people who enjoy love with twists. In it, it also shows you what some other peoples lives are like. Overall I loved this book and I could hardly stop reading it.

Abseiling

Filed under: English Work — Holly at 5:56 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Standing at the edge of a 25 metre high rocky, jagged and grey cliff looking down made me very nervous, I was thinking aaaah! Soon I’m going to be abseiling down that. The great big nappy harness was on me and the guides were telling me what to do when some sudden thoughts came rushing to my head, “what if I fall or what if I forget what to do, maybe I won’t be able to control the speed properly “. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue but it was too late now the guide was telling me to start.

Very slowly I started to move closer to the edge and take my first step, my heart was thumping so violently it almost felt like it hurt in my chest, I was so scared. The thought came bouncing back into my head, “what if I fall” “what if I forget what to do”. I carried on down for what seemed like forever. My hands were trembling and my knees knocking vigorously. Shouts of encouragement came from above and below me. It was getting easier but then without warning an overhanging piece from nowhere came, so did a big gush of wind and I slipped then smacked into the wall but it didn’t hurt that much. Continuing on I felt better and more confident as I was closer to the ground.

Very relieved I finally reached solid ground at the base and looked up it didn’t look as colossal as it seemed but I still couldn’t believe I did it. But I did make it and at least I didn’t fall or forget what to do and I could keep control of myself, sort of! Just then at that moment another thought came blobbing into my head, “I should do it again!!!”