What subject would you want to learn?

Everyday when you go to school it's the usual you attend your boring ordinary subjects for example Maths,Science etc. But what if you got to pick anything you wanted to learn in school whatever is your passion. Things maybe like horse riding all the things that aren't normal to be taught in public school. 

Well for me I would choose pottery, although it's not something that professional or like something your parents usually expect you to work as. It's not something like engineering, or being a doctor, and things like that. Based on my opinion I feel I like things artsy not the basics like drawing since I am terrible at that. I like things more unique for an example pottery, since it's something you have to keep trying with. Because in pottery you can never get it the first time unless a miracle had hit you. The first time I tried pottery is when I got the toy version as I could say. It included the whole kit, I had to read the instructions over and over again just to know exactly how to do it. When got in contact with it with my hands it went everywhere, although it made a huge mess it was so much fun. I want to learn how to get better and make things useful like pots, teapots and things like that. 

Once I get better I want to create more things and be a professional in pottery, it's something you can get money for not just to sell it but also just for display. I still have other dream jobs that are beyond this but this is going to be one of my side jobs. But pottery is one thing that I would love to learn in school.

Kindness Banner

In week 4 in CIP for the  cool to be kind group we were planning to make a kindness banner so we can put it around the Kahui's. The first thing we needed to was to find a group of 4 and in that group it had to be a combination of different classes like 2 from Al and 2 from Bh. I was with Lhysette from AL, Chloe from Bh, and Danielle from Tz. The reason why we made the banners to spread awareness and remind the people in the school that  kindness is a good thing. We have to plan what we are going to write so we can put it on the big paper. Me and my group chose the message called "One Kind Word Can Change Someone Entire Day". We also planned what design we would use, we all end up putting a flower border in the edge. We also planned to use water colors for the letters. It took us about 2 days to paint it because there's a a lot of flowers and also some letters, but we tried our best to finish it as fast as possible. What I found difficult is when some of our members are gone because they have to go to others activities like the "Gym Sports" and Singing. I was really proud of my group because we finished at the right time, and that's because we help each other a lot.

 Here is our banner that we made:

Composing a song!

Hello everyone, A few weeks ago our teacher gave us a exciting and interesting task. At first we thought it was going to be hard since our teachers did not actually mention what it was. They were saying to keep striving through it and don't give up, that got us nervous at first. Until, our teachers told us what it was and it was to compose a song! I was so excited to do it since I really loved listening to music, I thought I would now exactly what I was going to do. But I assumed way to fast and was thoroughly thinking it through, so when we had to start writing I completely forgot everything I was going to put down. It took me about 2 - 3 minutes to process and think of something all over again, since I liked to listen to music that was aesthetic or things about the reality that was my inspiration. My idea's came from a bit of having no friends and from people coming and going from me since I had no friends. The song was about how I was lonely when I had no friends and also how when you have no friends people keep coming and going. Since they don't have all their time for you because they have other better friends. It was about me thinking I'm always doing the best for them thinking I finally got a BFF, but they just left me behind. Luckily those days are over and I have the most be of friends that are always there for me and I am very thankful for that.

Here is the lyrics of the song I wrote:

I'm happy for you

I'm always smiling for you

I'll do anything for just for you

It's always for you but never for me

I really need it to stop so let me tell you please

I'm always sad

And I'm always lonely

But I don't have the courage to tell you that I'm breaking slowly

Shut doors

Locked in no keys

Keeping my feelings hidden I can't be at ease

Can't I just give in...

Oo oh oh

To just give in.....

Every time I look at myself

All I can think

I'm just not worthy enough

You tell me to be like you

But I just can't

But I still give in

And do what I don't

I'm always sad 

And I'm always lonely

But I don't have the courage 

to tell you that I'm breaking slowly

Shut doors

Locked in no keys

Keeping my feelings hidden

I can't be at ease

Can't I just give in....

Oo oh oh to just give in.....

Music through the decade!

Today I had been finishing off my presentation this present ion was about the music through the decades. My favourite is 2010 since this are the kind of music I like and there are stil famous tile now which is really cool. I enjoyed doing this because I was able to learn more about older music.

Here is my slide

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iF-2syq-jqCUjAlY6m1_iK2c3_gghUUuCljOkqX9hN0

Elderly Day Care Visit

Last week in week 6 my friends and I also a few other students got the opportunity to visit the Hornby Elderly Day Care. The teacher who was in charge was Miss Tozer, before going we needed to grab something that we would like to share with the elders. I brought my phone since I wanted to share how it was like using this kind of phone since it was different from what they used to use. I also had a few pictures of my friends and me to share even some of my siblings.  was surprised that we had to walk since it was so close to our school. When we first arrived there was already an elder there she approached us with a warm ¨Hi" and she was very kind.  Once we went in at first it was very awkward I had no idea what to since it was my first time. But when it was morning tea for them we had to sit with them at the table, there were separate tables and there need to be two-three students. I was able to meet this wonderful lady named Barb she was a bit forgetful and sometimes I needed to repeat things, but I understood. We had a lovely conversation and I showed her a few pictures, then there was a ball coming around and on the ball, there were questions that we had to answer and share with the table. After we said our goodbyes and left it was a wonderful time for me and I would really like to go again. Please give me feedback n what you thought and if you would like to go to elderly daycare too.

Instrumental Industries

In week 5 for our music hurumanu we were assigned to do a project based on musicians and bands, at first we worked as a class to see what bands and musician we all knew. But they all needed to be a New Zealand artist/s, it was a bit tricky for me since I didn't know any except Stan Walker and Lorde. first we did a hard copy which was on paper it was a bit like a form, it mentioned the most popular songs, birth date and basic things like that. We needed to do two which was band and singer for my singer I picked Aaradhna she is Samona/Indian which was born in NZ. She is a female artist and since I am half Indian I can tell that her name is Indian but it is only from my experiences. For my band I picked the exponents I actually had never heard of their name but until I saw what one of there songs was I realized who they wore. The song was "Why Does Love Do This To Me" after we were allowed to listen to music which was enjoyable for me since I really like to listen to music but while we listen to music we needed to a DLO. The DLO was based on the singer I had picked which was Aaradhna -

Music hurumanu

Today on the 26th of August for our music hurumanu we had learned about the different instrument families. We learned the string, orchestra, percussion, woodwind and brass families the ones that I never knew about were all of them except orchestra and string. It was really interesting to learn about these and we were assigned to create a presentation explaining or defining each family in our own words.
We also did a musician bio graphy they are all on this slide.

HANGI - TE REO MAORI

In Te Reo Maori we have been doing sessions based on Hangi's a Hangi stand for an event where you have a big feast or a family gathering with lots of food shared out with everyone. This kind of hangi is where you cook food underground it takes many hours to do because there is a long procedure. The Maori hangi is very similar to the pacific island hangi's expect they need to do it about ground since they live on islands. They can't do it because of the water being so close to lands surface, in Samoa, they call it Umu and in Hawaii, they call it Luao. The hangi is a link to Matariki because not only Matariki is a star constellation they are also a sign to plant food. In my opinion, if I would have the time I might in the future but now present I don't really feel like it because my family would mostly disapprove for cultural reasons.
But if you want to make a hangi here is the instructions:

Carbon footprint - hurumanu - science

My Investigation

Aim: To look at how I can prevent climate change in the future.

1. Complete the activity 'Ecological Handprint'.

2. Complete the activity 'Carbon Footprint'.

3. Write down your 10 changes to climate change below. Using ideas from the Ecological Handprint and Carbon Footprint list 10 changes that you can make to stop Climate change?

1.   I need to start walking more than taking the car all the time.
2.   I think I need to start recycling and composting myself.
3.  When I go grocery shopping next time I should check the labels and know where it comes from. 
4. When we go shopping as the whole family I wan to tell my dad to think about it before him buying stuff.
5. I want to eat vegetables most days then eating meat on most days.
6. I want to try planting and growing vegetables instead of buying them. 
7. I want to talk more about the environment for my parents and relatives.
8. I also want to make sure that I just don't walk by some trash and leave it there I want to make sure I pick it up.
9. Maybe I should take quicker showers so I can conserve more water instead of using so much water because there are 6 people in my family.  
10. Instead of throwing our organic bin into the green bin we can put it in our dirt to make compost that can help our flowers and other plants grow healthier.  

Changing our future

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

Changing Our Future

Name 3 fossil fuels?
Coal
Oil
Gas
What is the cost?
Carbon Dioxide
The CO2 level has soured since when?
Industrial revolution
What are the effects in the UK?

1.    many Heatwaves
2.    Warm weathers 
3.   Worldwide species could disappear.

How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050?

Millions of climate refugees in the world.

When will Fairborn be flooded?

In the next 26 years, Fairborn will be flooded.

What are some of the other things that will be 'swallowed by the waves'?

1.    1.5 millions of homes will be flooded by 2080
2.     100.000 erosions will be slid into the sea
3.  100 toxic sites will also be released into the sea.

How can we stop climate change?

1.    Replacing and reducing gas boilers.
2.    We would have to reduce the use of cars and plant 1.5 billion trees.
3.   Running the cars on solar and hydro battery.  

What ideas are school children having about climate change?

1.    They were protesting about climate change.
2.   Some kids are also not wanting to have kids because they don't want their kids to live in a polluted life, or having to pick up other people's trash.
3.  Thinking it's good that social media is also helping.
4. Turning off engines - less use of cars or automobiles.
5. Politicians having to speak up and it is only the youths.

What is the atmosphere called?

a Waste Dump

What is the last statement the reporter made?

We know what we need to do, we have got the technology
. What we lack is political will.

How is sea-level rise going to affect us in NZ

What places will be affected?

Different parts differently - various places in NZ

What else do we need to think about?

People in general about developing new areas for people to live in which is away from 50 to a hundred cm of sea level.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

The Pacific Islands will be affected badly.

What does this do to our drinking water?

Saltwater invading our drinking water since we get our water supply from the undergrounds which are close to the coastal.

What are the main concerns?

1. Coastal flooding  
2. Coastal erosions.

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1. Take up less use of fossil fuels like not using public transport or car, things like that. 
2. If your building a house try to build uses less energy so we can use less energy.   
3. Buy efficient cars like electric cars that don't need/that much oil,   

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no silver bullet solution.

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1.   Using renewable 
2.   Getting away from vehicles that depend on fossil fuels.
3.  Use solar heating.

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   I always turn off the light when I leave a room.
2.  I sometimes walk to school and back home.
3.  I take quick showers instead of baths because it takes up lots of water.

My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favorite food.

Kimchi Soup

1. Upload a picture of it.

1. Draw a picture of it on A4.    

On your blog answer the following questions.

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? 

Korea 

• How many kilometers away did the food travel to get to you?

9,946 Kilometers 

• What are the main ingredients? 

Kimchi
Kimchi Brine
Pork Belly/Shoulder
Tofu

• How is the food packaged? 

Kimchi and the other ingredients are normally found at the local stores in plastic or foil. But the Kimchi soup itself is found at restaurants in bowls or it would be made at home. - In my opinion their no packaging for the Kimchi Soup itself.

• What resources do you need to produce this food item (e.g. land, water, oil, food, etc.)? 

Water, Fire

• Would this item have been processed? 

Yes, because kimchi actually needs to be cooked first to be cooked with the stew otherwise it would not have a rich flavor.

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item (e.g. fair-trade, local)? 

Yes, Because it is loved locally in Korea and also even the rich have it inexpensive restaurants which normally thins kind of food would not really be welcomed to expensive restaurants around the world. It is a delicacy in Korea.

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? 

It needs gas to boil but apart from that, I think it is climate-friendly.

• Do you think this food is climate-friendly (Circle)?       YES   NO 

• Why?

Because it is a food that had organic items apart from meat but it also needs fire but this in only the portion of the ingredients all the rest are organic.

• If no, what would be a better alternative?  

DRAMA - Performance

On Tuesday the 6th of august we had another one of our drama sessions, in those two periods of drama we needed to come up with a performance.  But this time our performance was like we were really acting, we needed to base the performance on what paper we got. Mrs. Clark laid our small pieces of paper around the room and on each paper, it says different sceneries like a car crash or something. I was in a group with Shiela one of my friends and my other two friends went together, my partner and I were first going to the scenery of a disastrous dinner party. At first, we thought it was a good one but throughout acting, it didn't work out for us, it was just that there was a lot of thing going on and only two of us were in the group. some people performed theirs but after they performed Miss Clark said we cag go into groups of four we decided to just stay the same and I and Shiela were going to pick another play. After minutes of searching, we finally found one it was about, two people arguing we thought it was great, it was about me stealing Shiela's CD's and we added a few lines since it was only short and that made it so much more fun to act. My friends were amazing their act made us feel in suspense it must had terrified Lhysette because Skyler had to yell at her and her eyes were terrifying when you look into them. While acting in ours we had some giggles and some parts we couldn't be serious but till the end we were. I and Shiela were yelling at each other like I would to my sister I got really nervous at the end and quickly left the stage, in the play, I was the person who lied and in reality that is my sister's part that she always does.

Today for drama which is the 9th of August needed to do a warmup and also a breathing exercise the breathing exercise was called box breathing. It is where you breathe in and hold for 4 seconds and do it over and over again. We also did a drawing on what our emotions were today I am terrible at drawing but it was really fun!

here is the video of our performance.

CIP - COMMUNITY IMPACT PROJECTS

Good Morning everyone!

Today for CIP we had a choice for what we want to do. The first choice was compost, In compost, you would have to grab all the rubbish from the compost heap since there is a lot of rubbish under the compost. So we had to make sure all that was gone since the rubbish wasn't going to go by itself if we tell it, we need the compost for the soil that we were going to use for our vegetable plants. the second choice was jam not to make but to make a poster about, we had to create a poster about the jam since we are selling it. The jam was going to be sold to staff and students it was going to be sold for 3 dollars which was a cheap price since it was nearly the same price ad jam at the supermarkets. In the posters, you had to mention what price they are you to also persuade so more people can buy it all the money will be going to the tools and soil we need. The last option was gardening that was the choice I had chosen, in gardening we had to go to the community garden and pick out the weeds we were told to pick out. Our hands got really dirty with dirt so afterward, we washed our hands of course, the day was really fun I was not there for the second period because I had other passions for the day apart from that the period was really fun.

Trip to Charlesworth Reserve

On Wednesday the 3rd of July we went for a trip to Charlesworth Reserve I was so excited to go on this trip since we were able to help the environment in New Zealand by planting native plants. We were allowed to come in mufti so we won't get our school uniform all muddy and dirty since we were going to do gardening. I wore something old so I wouldn't have to worry about getting my nice clothes dirty, on the day of the trip we left at around nine-thirty since it would take a long drive to the Charlesworth reserve. The main reason why we went there is for educational purposes since we are doing C.I.P which stands for Community Impact Project. It means we do the good things that create a positive impact on the environment, and since we are doing gardening here at school we were very lucky to be able to on this trip to be able to plant more trees not only in our school but around Christchurch. I find it really cool to know that we are doing a good thing to help our country and our environment, We also went there to help Charlesworth Reserve maintain their property since they are planting this many plants for habitats of birds, lizards and so on.

When we were going the class was very surprised by how many plants we had to try and plant there were at least hundreds of plants that we had to try and plant. Ours was to plant as many trees as we could so we could reach our goal of planting that many trees we thought we could definitely reach it with our huge imaginations and us believing ourselves. But weren't really close to the goal but it didn't make us look down on ourselves since it was already exhausting and we tried an absolute best to get a lot done. We reached at least 170 plants that we planted the ranger that showed us how to do everything his name is Andrew di not expect us to plant more than he expects his first batch was 100 so he added 70 more. I am happy that we all exceeded his expectations, It was really fun and we even found a few small crabs. People were having a blast they were sliding across the mud and digging for crabs but of course, in the end, we were told to cover up the holes and to avoid sliding on the mud.

The classes that went was 7/8AL, 7/8BH, 7/8TS to accompany us was the wonderful Mrs. Allan-Fletcher, Mr. Tisch, Whaea Jo, and Rachel and the rest of the classes had to stay behind.  After we did all the gardening we were able to have lunch but there was a long queue of girls waiting to go to the bathroom. After we had our lunch we had to help out collecting rubbish from this park close by, I shared a large black plastic bag with my two other friends Lhysette and Skyler. We found bottles and other pieces of rubbish we were not allowed to pick up the broken glass or sharp things because of course it is dangerous and that is a given. We even came across a few dogs and I really liked it because throughout the day the weather started to get really nice it was probably the best and warmest weather we had since April. That was the end of the trip I was definitely exhausted and there was mud all over my shoes and a bit on my leggings. On the bus I was really tired when we got back it was around 2 15 and we did sleeping lions and when we played I think I fell asleep without know since my friend Slyer thought I was sleeping.

In the end, it was amazing and was really exciting to experience it since it wasn't a usual thing I would do it was relaxing and fun to do it with my friends as well.

Here are some photos from our trip:

 

 

Science - Wind

Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Wind

Beaufort Wind Scale

Beaufort Force	Wind Speed (KPH)	Spins	Indicators	Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0	0-2	0	Calm; smoke rises vertically.	Calm
1	2-5	10	Shown by the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	The wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.	Light
3	13-20	80	Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.	Gentle
4	21-29	130	Raises dust and lose paper; small branches are moved.	Moderate
5	30-39	190	Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.	Fresh
6	40-50	250	Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.	Strong
7	51-61	320	Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.	Strong
8	62-74	390	Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.	Gale
9	75-87	470	Slight structural damage.	Gale
10	88-101	550	Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.	Whole gale
11	102-116	640	Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.	Whole gale
12	117 or more	730+	Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.	Hurricane

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS

1.  4 straws
2.  4 disposable/Styraphome cups (or cups you can poke holes through)
3.  A pencil with an eraser on the end
4.  Tape
5.  Pin

STEPS

1.   Get all your materials ready to start creating
2.   Grab two straws and insert one straw into the other creating a long stick and do it to the other two.
3.   Tape both long straws together creating an x or + sign.
4.   Grab a pin and push it through both straws to keep it secure.
5.   Under your cross or plus you will see a bit od the pin poking out grab your pencil and push the eraser bit of the pencil into the pin.
6. Now you have created yourself an Anemometer

Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 5

You will need:

Anemometer (above) 

Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind generator

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the timekeeper says "Go", the counter in each group will count how many times the marked cup passes them in one minute and write it down.
3. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	10 sec	15
2.	10 sec	14
3.	10 sec	16
4.	10 sec	12

• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind? 

For the first one, we got many spins because we were in front of a wind tunnel once it came out it forced a lot of wind when it came out of the tunnel. For the third one we also got many spins because it was quite a windy day and we faced it the way the wind was coming.

CONCLUSION:

I think it was really fun doing this experiment and making it, I never knew about this stuff and thought it was cool when we had to test the wind we started to develop thinking on how we can get more spins. We also watched a video that surprised us on how tough and strong the wind is in many other countries it was actually surprising. I am really happy we don't have strong winds here in NZ.

Cool to be kind - radical rainbow mufti day

Last week for CIP in cool to be kind we started on a session for mufti day, On the day we needed to decide and plan what our theme was going to be. We had to get into groups of 2 to 4 in my group there were 4 people counting me. In our process of planning, we had to make sure our theme was based on a crazy kind of thing. My friends and I weren't the types of people that like to wear bright colors but we still went with simple kinds of things like bright colors. 

We thought black and white was a good theme since it would kind of be crazy in our mind with everything black and white. But of course, we always need a bit of color so we had no idea what to pick. A few moments after trying to plan we were called down to the mat and needed to share our idea's to see which one people liked the best. Some people mentioned neon clothing and other crazy stuff, in our group we came up with black and white as mentioned before, bright colors, pigtails, edgy. 

To make the theme sound more interesting we needed to come up with descriptive words the describe the theme. Some people came up with "Peculiar Pastel" or ""Crazy Hairstyles" at this time I was alone and my friends well the rest of the people in my group had left for their passions which were singing. In that time alone I had to come up with descriptive words for our ideas since I was alone I needed to join a group of two which made us a three.

 The idea that was voted on the most was "RADICAL RAINBOW" so it was agreed on and was finalized for the theme. The donations from the mufti day will be donated to Kids Can, they are a program or charity that provides the basics to children who need it the most. The reason why we are donating it to them is that they spread kindness and in our CIP our slogan is "It's Cool To Be Kind", I am not leaving any other charities because all charities spread kindness. 

We think it's best to do a mufti day to donate because you need to bring a gold coin to wear mufti if there is no gold coin then no mufti. The mufti day is on Thursday the 8th which is tomorrow I am relieved because we are able to just wear one color of the rainbow since I am not the kind of person who wears bright colors as said before. For the mufti day, there will be 8 people selected to collect the gold coins around the school for working hard in CIP. 

I am happy we are doing a mufti day to donate because it is nice knowing we are able to do something to help the people in need especially when they're kids. On that day we also created posters to spread the awareness of the mufti day.
Here is the poster-

Hurmanu - Solar energy

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1. Cups - x4 
2. Water
3. Tin Foil
4. Sheets of white paper - x2 
5. A sheet of black paper - x1
6. Thermometer
7. A large cup - x1
8. Heat Lamp

Steps

1.   Grab all your materials and place them down on a spacious surface.
2.   Fill all small cups to the line on the cup if there is no line fill up at least 2/3 of the cup with tap water.
3.   Place a larger cup over one of the cups to create a greenhouse effect.
4.   Put 1 cup on a white paper, another on another white paper, and the other two with one on tin foil and the other on black paper. - (Make sure the cup with the larger cup on top is on a white paper.
5.  Let the cups be in a hot environment if not use heat lamps.
6.  For research purposes, you can measure the temperature with a thermometer every 15 minutes.

Which surface conducts/attracts the most heat?

Time + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper+ plastic.	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil
0	12 d	12 d	12 d	12 d
15 minutes	15 d	17 d	21 d	25 d
30 minutes	17 d	18 d	21 d	23 d
45 minutes	18 d	19 d	20 d	22 d

Findings:

I think we succeeded but some of the temperatures went up and down which confused in our opinion maybe it was because we were in the environment that was near the door. the warmest was on the tin foil; because of the light reflecting on the foil, and in the start it was of course much warmer because of the heat lamp.
Conclusion:

I am really proud of our group and that we succeeded our results were surprising and confusing. Maybe because of the heat changing, of course, it was the heat lamp but also because we got sunlight and an artificial light adding on with our body temperature creating heat. Overall it was a really fun and cool experiment to do because of solar energy and renewable energy from the sun.

Ella west

Recently I have been noticed by a famous New Zealand author, being able to feel this is amazing  In my opinion, I feel really privileged and overjoyed that I have been able to be noticed by an author. Being able to encounter her personally is really exciting since most kids do not get this privilege, I’m really grateful that I am a student that is in this generation since we have the ability to blog. I have been told by my school's principal that he counting other teachers would have never experienced this. Because we have Learn Create Share, in our generation, it is faster and quicker to receive and send letters or notices because of blogs. Back in the day, most people would have never actually been able to really get in contact with famous people around the world. since they would have to send letters which would take days and a few more days to even reply. 

Personally meeting Ella West is really stimulating I am so thankful and proud of my reading group that we were even able to reach Ella West. Now that she is coming to our school see us is thrilling, she will be coming in a few weeks and I am already getting butterflies in my stomach.

Here is my message to her and her replies on my blog and on her site: