Being a role model and leaders of the school

Next year us year 7s at Pt England School will become the leaders of the school for next year. This week our year 8 students have gone on their last camp for the school. This is a good opportunity to bond and spend their last times together because when it comes to college everyone will be splitting up and there are chances that they wont see each other again.

Since our leaders of the school have gone on camp our teachers are looking and watching out for hard working, responsible, nice students that stand out from the rest to be our prefects and house captains for next year.

A good role model should be nice. They treat others respectfully so the younger children can grow up and be like them. They need to be hard working because sometimes it can be hard being leaders and some may not be ready to be leaders.

Someone in the year 8s that have really stood out for me is April O’Brien. She is intelligent, sporty, a good role model and she is a really good person to look up to. People will be inspired of her and would like to be like her.

Netbook Reflection

This year Pt England senior students from year 5-8 recieved their Netbooks. In term 3 we started taking our Netbooks home and the government and schools put TLN Manaiakalani wireless gadgets so us students in the Manaiakalani cluster can connect to the Internet and do our work at home.

The thing that I like about having our netbooks is that we can do our work using electronic technology. When we move on we can no how to use different tools to do our work. It is really nice knowing how to use our netbooks and it is better then doing our work in our books. We also have a experience actually using them.

There are also things that I don't like about using our Netbooks. When we use our books we can't muck around and we can actually finish our work, but now that we have our netbooks we tend to muck around a lot some of us don't finish as much work as we usually do.

It is easier using a netbook because you can do more work and it is easy to correct your mistakes. You can store your work and still access it. We can also do our work by not using the Internet because we still have other accessiories to use on our netbooks.

Overall I have really enjoyed using my netbook and I hope it can carry on for our younger generations.

Tagata Pasifika

This morning at Pt England School in Room 22 my class, people from the show Tagata Pasifika came in and did abit of filming with us.

When they came in we were all nervous and really really shy of the camera. Osone Okesene explained to us what will happen during that time.

After that his self and his camera crew started filming. During that time we were making Christmas Decorations out of a mixture dough of salt, flour and water. He asked us questions like What do you like about Christmas, What do you do on Christmas and about what we were making.

The first group that he was talking to were the girls right beside me which were Vaha and Tule. They were nervous. Then he went to Tui and it was funny because I was sitting right next to him too.

Overall I really think that we represented our commuity, family, school and our selves really well and I can’t wait until we are on Tagata Pasifika.

My xmas wish list

Tennis Sessions with Marcel

"Thrash" went the tennis ball as I hit it with the tennis racket.

Our new sports for this term is Tennis. Every Wednesday my class Room 22 have tennis lessons with a professional Tennis player who comes in and teaches us how to play tennis and his name is Marcel.

When we had our first session with him he taught us the basics of tennis. For our first activity we just got given a tennis ball and racket. This was an easy task to do, we had to hit the ball up and down to see how much we can get in a row without dropping the ball and losing control of it.

Our second activity and in this one he showed us how to hit the ball on the strings and then on the rounding of the racket. This seemed a bit hard but since he is professional of course it was really easy for him to do it. But when I tried to do it, it was really hard and I was getting confused and I was getting a bit annoyed.

At last he taught us how to play a game, that game is called King of the Court. In this game my class went against him to see who will be the King of the Court. We were getting our hopes up since it was 32 students against one professional player. When it was my turn I didn't really want to do it because it felt embarrassing if I lost, but it quite really didn't matter because I am a rookie anyways. In the end he took it out but I think it was just about us having fun.

The aim of tennis is concentration. You also have to control where you are hitting the ball. You also have to be fit and active because you have to move around a lot.

This is like my first time actually playing proper tennis and I think it is a very fun and active game. Marcel is a very good teacher and teaches us very well. I can't wait until our next session and to see what we are going to learn.

Halloween

What does Halloween mean to me? Now that I am in intermediate I think it is embarrassing to go trick or treating for lollies. Anyways Halloween is a Britain thing and is mainly celebrated in Britain and the American area.

When I was little it was really fun going trick or treating because you get heaps of lollies. At this age the only place I like to go trick or treating is in Mission Bay and St Helliers or Glendowie area because that is a nice and friendly suburb. When you go trick or treating in that area instead of getting lollies they give you money which is really kind and generous because you can buy your own things with the money.

Do you celebrate and like Halloween ?

Our day out in the holidays

Sylvia Park was the only thing on my mind when the holidays started. So on the 20th of October I went to my friends house to sleep over because we wanted to plan a day out to watch Paranormal Activity 3.
We asked all our Glen Taylor friends to come with us so we can hang out with different people.

We all met up at my friend Anna’s house. Finally we were at the train station getting ready to go to Sylvia Park. When we got to Sylvia Park we went straight to the movies to pay for our tickets but we were scared that we were going to be rejected because you have to be with adults when you watch horrors. But luckily we were allowed to watch it because there is two versions of Paranormal Activity 3 , one of them is rated M and the other version is rated R16.

When we finished paying for our tickets we went to buy some food for the movie. So went and got Chips, Drinks, Chocolate, Lollies and much more junk food.

Finally it was time to go into the movies. My heart was pounding because I was really nervous. As it started I text Sylvia (my friend) to tell her if I text you it means I am dropping it because its too scary and she said okay. The movie was really frightening but the sound was really loud and scary , it was even scarier than the movie itself.

After the movie finished we came back to Glen Innes but it was only early so we decided to Bus to Mission Bay to have a swim because it was really hot. The only thing that I was angry about is that we were in our skinnies and hoodies because we only planned on going to Sylvia Park. But anyway when we got to Mission Bay our friends wet us so we ended up going for a swim. While we were there we saw Eko Malu, he is a Junior Warriors player. At around 6:30 we came back to Glen Innes soaking wet , it was really uncomfortable walking around in wet jeans.

That was the end of our day and we really enjoyed it. I wish we can do it again but plan our day before we go.

Thinking Skills

This morning our class Room 22 did a challenge involving Thinking. They got given 5 different objects and a problem. The thing they had to do is to try and solve their problem with the 5 objects they had. It was really funny watching them because some of them weren't thinking but they were just being creative. But it was really cool seeing all of the different ideas that they came up with.

In the end only two groups succeeded. Their problems and objects were really good together and it made them succeed. Their thinking skills were good.

The last term

“OMG!” It’s already the last week of term 3. It was a very fun and fast term.

For the last couple of weeks our teacher Ms Tito has been very busy because she is going around the school doing a lot of things.

First she is sorting out Production for our Intermediate side. Shes been doing the classes masks, she has been sorting our costumes out and trying to organise the people who have left in the last minutes. That is a lot of things to do.

While she has been doing the things for the Production she has been trying to sort out our class. We have been getting split up into other senior classes and it has been different. Our class has forgotten about the Room 22 way because of that and Ms T gets hoha and I also miss our routine because we are good when we do our routine.

Most of these last couple of weeks I have spent my time in Room 20 with Mrs Nua and Room 19 with Mr Harris. When we go to those classes its different because they don’t do the same things as our class. But we still do fun things there.

On Friday our Senior Ponamu Kapa Haka group are doing a special performance to welcome special visitors. Those special visitors are Te Pune Kokiri. These people are special because they helped our school by giving us a lot of money for our TLN - Manaikalani wireless. So that is very nice and generous.

So overall I have had a really good time but I still miss our routine.

Maths Whizz Certificate

In my class out of the year 7 students I received the Gold Award certificate for the most improvement in my Maths Whizz. The one that I have really improved in is my Pencil and Paper Division. I have also improved in my Addition and Subtraction Rapid Recall, I have improved in my Percentages, Ratios and in my Pencil and Paper Adittion and Multiplication.

Aussie Rules

For the last couple of weeks we have had people come in and teach us how to play Rugby with Australians rules. They have taught us a lot of new things and it is very cool. Here is a slideshow with us in action.

Mrs Richards

For the last 5 weeks we had a student teacher who came in from Waikato University. Her name is Mrs Richards and she is a Chinese. We had her for a total of 5 weeks and she had her final day on Friday the 16th of September 2011. Her favorite hobbie is Knitting. When she left she made our class a feast of different kinds of Chinese foods. I really enjoyed having her and we will miss her !

Rugby World Cup Night

On Friday I went down to the Viaduct Habour in Town for the Rugby World Cup Opening.
Before 4pm everyone took there places to see the arrivals of the Maori Waka that came through. Every waka represented each Nation in the Rugby World Cup. They were welcomed by their Kaikaranga.

In the front it was packed so I pushed my way through to get a better view. When they did the Haka it was really cool because they looked like true Maoris with their Taiaha, their Maori patterns and the uniform they were wearing. When they did the Haka some people that I was standing next to were scared and I found that really funny.

The thing that really annoyed me was that there were too much people and they kept on pushing and shoving.

When it was 6pm we left to go home. But when we got to the train station it was packed and we had to stand up and wait for a very long time.

I was finally at home just in time to watch the Opening Ceremony with no people to annoy me. The Opening Ceremony was spectacular with all of the Fireworks and Entertainment, they were at the Sky Tower, Viaduct and at Mt. Eden. I’m sure that it took them a very long time to put it together and alot of hard work as well.

I had a really cool day and night and if you were there or if you watched it I hope you enjoyed it.

Rugby Sevens Champions 2011

This morning our school Pt England welcomed back our year 8 boys who went down to Tauranga to play Rugby Sevens.

They left on Sunday the 28th of August and they arrived back here in Auckland, Pt England on Friday night on the 2nd of September as the New Zealands Champions.

As we heard the updates at the end of their games we were extremely happy because all the updates that we received were very good. They won every game that they played.

Royal Oak Intermediate were the National Champions and our team challenged them in the Grand Finals. When we heard that they were challenging the champions we were really happy and we were  hoping that Pt England would win. After the game finished we heard that they had beaten Royal Oak and the score was 31 - 5 to us.

So there it is, Pt England year 8 Sevens Rugby Team are the New Zealand National Champions.

Facts about Jonah Lomu

Full Name : Jonah Tali Lomu

D.O.B : 12th of May 1975

Height : 6 ft 5

Weight : 113-116 kg

Jonah Lomu attended Wesley College in the year of 1988

Jonah still remains the youngest ever All Black playing his first game at 19 years old 45 days on June 26 1994

Jonahs first National Provincial side was Counties Manukau who he played 28 games for between 1994 and 1999

In 2003 he played to his fullest in one of his last matches for the Hurricanes

In 2004 Jonah celebrates his 1st anniversary after marrying Fiona in August

In 2011 Jonah Lomu was a very special guest in the Opening Ceremony for the Rugby World Cup held at Eden Park, Auckland.

Badminton Lessons with Laureen

Have you ever played Badminton before? Well I haven't and I was really eager to grab the Racket and Shuttle and play with it. This was on the 4th of August 2011.

Our first activity we did was where we had to use the racket to hit the shuttle in different ways. She taught us different combos where you had to hit the shuttle a couple of times and then do a under leg hit.

Our next activity we did was when we had to learn how to serve the shuttle. When you serve you have to hold the racket in a certain way. You hold it with your thumb in a V shape across from your chest and your elbow sticking out. We had a bin to try and serve the shuttle into it. When we finished practicing we had a competition , our class got halved and we had to try and beat each other by hitting the racket into the bin , the first round my oppositions won but then on round 2 my team won.

My favourite activity was when we had a partner. Our partner had to throw the shuttle and their partner had to hit the shuttle back to them and they had to try and catch the shuttle using the cone.

Overall I really enjoyed having that session with Laureen because I have never played badminton and I learnt alot of new things. I am really looking forward to our next session with her and I hope I have a good time.

America Presentation

On Monday the 1st of August our school just started term 3 after our two week holiday. We normally have a full school assembly but instead the year 7 and 8 students went to technology down at Tamaki College. After we finished technology we had a year 7 and 8 student assembly after morning tea. The teachers gave our new topic this term , this topic is "Keep your eye on the ball" it is also related to the Rugby World Cup . After assembly we got into pairs. My partner was Julie and the Rugby World Cup country we are studying on is the United States of America.

Science Roadshow Slideshow

The Design Process --> Designing Furniture for our Street

Our topic this term is Bigger, Better, Faster and Stronger. We had a task to make furniture using the design process. We identified a need that there was no furniture in the street. This was causing the students to not respect and love the street. By designing furniture for the street we hope it will enhance our learning.

As part of researching we had to think about the important attributes for our furniture. Such as is it Safe, size, is it practical, innovative and creative. We used our netbooks to look for pictures and ideas that we inspired, we also found information.

We had to choose our favourite design and modify that design to make it our own. We generated ideas and made our work more creative and practical to make with the resources we have and the resources we can get. We also visualized different ideas in our heads. When we visualized our ideas we picked our favourite idea and we tried to make a prototype model.

When we choose an idea we had to make a prototype. A prototype is a small version of your design. It is made from things like paper, cardboard and other soft materials. We are still making our prototypes but only a couple of us are finish.

Quick Write Task with Miss Dempster - One place I would really like to visit...

One place I would really like to visit is the Cook Islands. I would like to go to is the Cook Islands because I have heaps of family that I haven’t met before that live there. I also want to go there because I have never been there before. I hope I get to go to the Cook Islands.

Geomytry - 18-05-2011

In room 22 we are learning about geometry for maths. For all the people who don’t know what geometry is, it is the study of size, shape and position of a two dimensional shape and a three dimensional figure.

We have been making tan - grams. Tan - Grams are pictures made from heaps of different shapes and different sized shapes. We had to measure and really think hard about it. We had different pictures like cats, swans and much more.

We have also been learning how to use compasses. Compasses help us make nice round circles. We also have been learning about how to draw two dimensional shapes in our books. Some of us have good spatial awareness that’s why they are so good.

I have really liked geometry. It has times where we have to focus and then we can play. I hope we do plenty more.

League Session Blurb and Slideshow

On June the 22nd of June we had a Junior Vodafone Warriors player come to our school to teach afew of the senior classes afew skills about Rugby League. We had fun learning new skills and playing a game that I have never played before. I hope you enjoyed my slideshow.

Rugby League Session with Sio Siua Taukeiaho

On Tuesday the 22nd of June 2011 , we had a Junior Warriors Player come and teach us some lessons about Rugby League. His name is Sio Siua Taukeiaho.

The first drill we did was a group drill. We had to run with the ball and zig-zag around the cones. When we got to the other end we had to run around the cone and then sprint down to the next person in line and we had to pass the ball to them , then we just carried on until we all had a turn. The people who got 3 points won , the losing teams had to drop down and do 5 push ups. I was one of the losers.

The next drill we did was quite similar, instead we had to spread out on the cones and the person in front of the line had to zig-zag around us , when he or she got to the last person they had to sprint to the end and get a try , but the first person to get the ball on the try line won. Again the losers had to do another 5 push ups.

After we finished our drills we finished off with a game. Two groups joined together and we challenged the other two groups. The aim of the game that we were playing was that we had to kick the rugby ball over our shoulder height to the opposition. If the other team kicked the rugby ball in front of the opposition side and it hits the ground then that person that it landed in front of will be out. The carried on until one team had no players left.

Overall I really enjoyed having that session with Sio Siua. I learnt new things. Also we were really lucky because he gave up his free time to come and be with us.

Science Roadshow at Tamaki College

On Thursday the 9th of June the senior block of Pt England School went to Tamaki College for a Roadshow hosted by Fonterra. We went down there because it is part of our learning for Topic. But all the seniors didn't go all at once we had different times or else if we all went it will be crowded and there wouldn't be much room for all of us.

When we got to Tamaki College we went into the Auditorium, we went on the stands and sat in front of two Fonterra staff members. Fonterra hosted us with two shows, the first show was about heat. There they had liquids that helped start fires. The second one was about senses. We had a volunteer from our class which was Victoria, they did a challenge to see if she can feel where she was touched by a bit of hair. He did that to prove that we are more sensitive in other places such as in our soft places where it is really sensitive and on our rough skin we cant really feel much.

One of my favorite exhibits was Quirky Curiosities. When you go to that exhibit you can look through this mirror and there is a rocking chair. But when you turn the light on you can see a skeleton, but really it is just a ghost skeleton.

My second favorite exhibit was Bubbling Liquid. I liked Bubbling Liquid because it was fun, we had to rub our hands together until they were warm and when they were warm we put our hands on the bottom circle and all the liquid travels to the top. That was cool !

Overall it was really cool and I hope we can go to the Science Roadshow again , or I could be one of those presenters presenting my work for other people.

Swimming

Swimming

For 2 weeks during lunch time at quarter past 1 the year 7 and 8 students from Pt England have been going to the Glen Innes Pools for swimming lessons.
We have been learning how to swim because in cases of emergencies we will know how to survive. We also have to learnt to swim because New Zealand is surrounded by water and that is very dangerous if you don’t know how to swim.

For the first couple of days I was with Miss Dempster , awhile later Mr Harris took our group. Lucky last on the last week of our swimming lessons we went into Ms Titos group which is the highest group where you learn how to do fingers. Fingers is when you lift your elbow out of the water with your hand gliding past the water. Another technique of fingers is when you pull your elbow out and pull it straight in front of you.

When I learnt how to do fingers it was abit hard because I wasn’t quite use to it and I kept on saying it was really hard , but in the end I succeeded and I was very proud of myself.

There was a challenge, Ms T’s group had to swim as long as possible without touching the ground. I thought it would be easy but it wasn’t. Afew of us swam 600 metres but we still didn’t have the record , Mr Barks group had the record which was 640 metres. The next day Raven from our group won the record of 975 metres.

Overall I really enjoyed swimming. I am happy I had that time to learn how to swim properly. When I am in emergencies or in danger I can use my skills and i can survive. I love swimming and I hope everyone else does too.

Taonga Time

Every Fridays for a hour and a half the year 7 and 8’s have Taonga Time with different teachers and in different classes. If you don’t no what Taonga means, it is the Maori word for Treasure.
We have Taonga Time to learn about different passions about our teachers. At the moment the groups are Team Building, Music, Sports and Kapa Haka.

The group that I am in is Kapa Haka, my teacher is Miss Tito. For Kapa Haka we learn new songs, dances and we learn to do Mihimihis. When we have Powhiris and Outings we get to perform in front of them.

Our first session of Kapa Haka was awesome, and I cant wait for this Friday because we will be having Taonga Time again.
I am happy that I am in Kapa Haka because I like performing, singing and dancing in front of people.
That is what Taonga Time is about here at Pt. England School.

Creativity

In Room 22 we have been learning about Creativity.
Creativity is a thinking skill.

• Create something which has never existed before
• Create something which exists elsewhere but you are not aware of
• Create a new process for doing something
• Reapply an existing process or product into a new or different market
• Develop a new way of looking at something (bringing a new idea into existence)
• Change the way someone else looks at something

For our first task we had make our name creatively. We had to make ours look the best and stand out among every ones name. This is what I came up with:

Term 1 Reflection

Last term I was pleased with my Reading Results. I received excellent in my work habits, behavior and academic progress. I was really proud of myself and so were my parents.

This term I need to improve in my writing. I need to focus on writing interesting stories.
I am not at the level that I should be at. My parents and I weren't very happy with my results for writing. I hope I improve this term.

I had a great term. I hope a have another great term with great results in my next report.

We also received our DLO results, my results are:

About Me.

Hi I am Teari. I am a new student and I am in Room22 with a very wonderful teacher Ms Tito.
I have enjoyed my time here at Pt England and I hope I have a great Year.
I am very happy to have my own blog.

First Post 2011

It is cool to have my own blog!