In this section of Te Kotiritiri the first of the tasks I completed was the Mural Team

In the mural team we came to school on most weekends to room 9  to start and finish the murals that are now found outside the year 8 common room. These murals all started when some university students eager to help in our community came to Merrin and to help us brain storm ideas and start painting our Mural

The second task is investigate crafts from different cultures. In this I investigated fair isle knitting from the Shetland islands north of Scotland. I found this craft from my mother because she knitted a full jersey and took her 2 months. My small patch only took 30 minutes

     E1 Using recycled materials make your own nascar was the first of the 2 tasks I had to complete.

As you can see the cart got a
bit damaged after I crashed it
when I drove into a wall

The second task was visit eco kids and complete all climate change, waste and wildlife 

games and energy audit quiz online

In this category the first out of 2 tasks I completed was the 40 hour famine which I did no technology for 40 ours during that time I went to muhammed house for a sleep over to pass the time. Later on I was lucky enough to go to a world vision leadership day for the 40 hour famine which I really enjoyed.

The second  task was talk to your buddy class teacher and teach them a new skill. For this I taught 7 or 8 people to play kabardi tagging version.

In this photo Ethan is on my left and Aras is on my right.

family and whanau

In this category I have completed the 2 tasks

                                                                  The first one is design your own challenge for this we filled out a emergency sheet then later on had an earthquake drill                                              

Household Emergency Plan

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 












For the other task I completed the have a family game show night which unfortunately I came dead last which is a bit annoying

Out and About

In this section which I'm majoring in and I have enjoyed doing all the fitness

OUT AND ABOUT		S	P	T
O1	Complete ‘ Fitness Tracking Sheet’ for an entire term
O2	Swim 200 metres using freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke.
O3	Cycle 50 kms over the course of one term.
O4	Design an Urban Trail.
O5	Walk 4 Canterbury trails – 1 per Term.
O6	Compete in an Endurance Event such as the Weetbix Triathlon, City to Surf or a Duathalon.

Complete ‘ Fitness Tracking Sheet’ for an entire term

Swim 200 metres using freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke.

Cycle 50 kms over the course of one term

Compete in an Endurance Event such as the Weetbix Triathlon, City to Surf or a Duathalon.

And is waiting to complete

Fitness Sheet

Design an Urban Trail

Walk 4 Canterbury trails – 1 per Term.

I did  the Fitness tracking sheet for a term in term 2 which I had the most on where I had an activity on most days of a week. 







For bike 50 km over the length of 1 term I did the rail trail which is a course in otago which my family and I almost fully completed but didn't  so we're all going back next year. To the left there are some of                                                                                       the legs that I completed.

I have also completed the swim 200 meters
using freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.
I completed this during my regular swimming
lessons at jellie park








                                                                                                                                                                                        For my fourth task I competed in a                           Endurance event. The event                                   competed in was the Pegasus                                   Triathlon which I completed .

      My fifth task was Design a urban trail for this we walked through hyde park around avonhead park. Next to the avonhead mall. Then back home

                                                                               

For my final task which I just completed is walk 4 Canterbury trails 1 per term

In this photo it is me on top of Conical hill.

                                                                                                                           

Academic excellence

In this category we have 8 tasks to complete which includes























I completed AE7 blogging Create  and maintain a digital Te kotiritiri which you can see I have done my best to complete and get the Te Kotiritiri badge.

My final task for Te Kotiritiri was Enter an external writing competition. For this Mr Barr set up a character description competition I did a character description on Percy Jackson. Here it is below.

Percy Jackson Character Description

When we first meet Percy Jackson, he is a thirteen year old boy who lives in America. Percy is a demi-god (half boy half god) and is very strong. He goes to school at the Yancy academy for troubled kids. This is because he has dyslexia and often finds himself in difficult situations, not always of his own making. For example, he vaporized his maths teacher by mistake. At this time, Percy lives with his mother, whom he loves very much.

Percy then discovers he is a demigod. It turns out he is the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea.  Percy begins attending a special school for demigods, Half Blood Hill.

Percy is the bravest Demigod on Half Blood Hill. Time after time he saves his friends, Annabeth and Grover from danger.

He is always willing to embark on an adventure. He accepted a Quest to find Zeus’s lost lightning bolt

He is very loyal to his friends. Always having their back in need of a shoulder to cry on and protecting them from evil.

When it is necessary, he can be ruthless. By killing a Minotaur with no weapons and with his friends cutting Medusa’s head off.

Percy doesn't appear to have any real character deficiencies. I would like to meet him because he has good characteristics. I would to be his friend because he is loyal and always has you back. I wouldn't like to be Percy standing up to gods and slaying beasts.

 
             

What is Te Kotiritiri

Te Kotiritiri is a series of tasks which you have to complete over the course of the year. There are six categories including.

• Family and whanau
• Giving back
• Out and about
• Environmental
• Academic excellence
• Arts and culture

These tasks help us learn to take care of ourselves and take leadership.