About Me

Kia ora.
I´m Jaimee. I am in 7 at Matawai school, I am new here.
I love horses. I have 3 of my own horses, Pippi I got when I was 1 and I love her lots, Tap I got 4 Years ago, he is my competition pony and then Rosie she is 10 months old, I got her so I can break her in and sell her.
I ride horses competitively my discipline is show jumping.
I am a very sporty girl, my main sports are, Netball, Water Polo, Swimming, Squash and Show Jumping.
I have 2 best friends.They live where I used to live in Tauranga.
My Mum was a high level netball player and a high level show jumper and my dad was a high level kick boxer, rugby player and Squash player.
I have a step sister and brother and a half sister. 
Thanks Jaimee

Persuasive Zoo Writing

Kia Ora,

For the past week we have been working on a persuasive piece of writing thinking about weather Zoos should be banned or not. I said they should. I found it difficult to find different reasons for zoos to be banned. We read lots of different texts to find information about the different opinions. I hope you like it. Don´t be afraid to give me feedback.

Thanks Jaimee

Zoos should definitely be banned. They are cruel to all the animals kept there. Here are some reasons why.

My first reason is because the animals don’t get privacy. They are always open to the public to look at and judge. But in the wild they have trees to climb and places to hide, anyway it’s not like us strange, scary new species are gonna be banging on the window and watching their every move!

My second reason is some people might have not seen these types of animals and the animal might be asleep if so they would probably want to see it move and would bang on the glass and scare it into running away. We are forcing human interaction, We need to stop this.

My third reason is, I know that zookeepers try to make their habitat as normal as possible but there might be some things they don’t like about their old home and the zookeepers can’t talk to them and ask them what they want. Wouldn’t you want their home to be better than usual because they have limited space?

My final reason is that…  know they keep the animal they take safe from predators but by doing that at the same time they are ruining the food chain and starving all the animals that would kill that type of animal and eat it or feed it to their young but they can’t.

Those are just a few reasons why Zoos should obviously be banned. 

Robot Making

Robots

Today we had tech and Peter was away so Mr Knight took us. The goal was to create a moving robot so that by the end of the session we could have a game of Football/Soccer with the robots and field we made. We got into two teams, my team was Duncan, Maranga and Myself. The other team was Rylee and Hayley. We started making robots. It took us ages to pull the already made ones apart because our hands got sore. One of the hardest parts was connecting the battery pack to the rest of the robot. You had to use teamwork and communicate well or you would get nowhere. It was really fun even though we didn't get them finished to do the game.

Jaimee