Term 2's Highlight & Lowlight!

One of my highlights from term 2 has been sports! Sports like Netball, Rugby, Rugby 7's and Basketball. Sports is something I am passionate and love to do. It is something that I have been doing before I even started school. I am really confident I can take what I have learnt here at school and put them in action in the future. And you never know it might take me along a journey where my name may become a big name in the history of sports.  

My second highlight is my learning. My learning especially in math. Math is something that other people think is boring or dumb. But for me it is helpful and fun. I feel like I have improve a lot and also learn a lot. I like maths and you all should too.

My third and last highlight is creating projects for this term's topic, (Tinkering Tools & Toys). What we had to do was to create something that would help or improve the school or something us years 8's will leave behind. My group decide to do something that we year 8's will leave behind. So we went along the journey creating a mosaic of year 8's and formed it into the school logo. It was definitely my highlight.  

Unfortunately I have a lowlight. My lowlight is fitness. I feel like I didn't put my all in our school fitness runs. It is something I want to improve more next term. This may be my lowlight but is also now my goal.   

A.F.L Effective Writing.

On a normal not perfect Wednesday when the clock struck 9.40 am off we went walking to the hall getting ready for A.F.L. A.F.L. means (Aussie Football League). Each week we learn at least 2 or more skills in our A.F.L. section.

Walking in, the footballs that were laying on the ground caught my attention. I knew we were going to have fun and some people would eventually get sweaty, and when I say sweaty I mean really sweaty just like they have just finished having a shower. And that was meaning boys.

The skills we have learned was,

1. Speckie

2. Handball

3. The Bounce

4. Ruck

5. Chest Mark

6. Hand Mark.

After we played a game. We had to be splited up  into two groups called Rats and Rabbits. Then it got splited  again into now on four sides. They were still Rats and Rabbits. On one side Rabbits started with two footballs and on the other side Rats  started with the ball. With had to work as a team to eliminate the other team. We had to use the skill Handball. Unfortunately Rabbits lost by 1 under and Rats won!! A.F.L. has been so fun this term. We still have one more section to go but it will be amazing. :)

Analyse Writing!

This is a presentation about analyzing my writing.

20 Hour Famine (Power of 40)

On the 23-25 of May some of the Pt England students participated in the 40 hour famine. But we did 20 hour famine. We had a sleep over at school and did it all together. We did activity's like The Amazing Race, Shot the ball in, Picture-nary, Song list, Talent show, Movies and Plane flying.

It was a really fun night we had. As you know in the World vision there are teams like team green, team blue, team yellow and team red. I was in team green. It was amazing being in team green. We won the amazing race and came first and we also came second in the talent show.

20 Hour famine was an amazing experiment. We did all for the kids in Malawi. The power of 40!

Samoan Language Week!

This week is Samoan language and we celebrated it today at our school in our hall. We started of as normal (greetings), then we had national anthem but there was a twist it wasn't just the normal New Zealand anthem we also sang the Samoan National anthem.

Then came our first performance bought by the Teuila Preschool kids singing and dancing for us. One of our school student named Sereinty said a Samoan prayer then along came another school student named Christian who said a Samoan speech.

After the speeches along came the school's Samoan dance group. They performed their siva (dance) and off they went. Then the spotlight awaited for our special guest performance the Tamaki College Samoan Dance group. After they shined the end was about to come.

So before we it came to an end we firstly sang a Samoan prayer song then closed the celebration of the Samoan language week with a prayer. And that was our Samoan Language week celebration. Thanks :)

Bats They See With Their Ears!

I hope you enjoy and leave your feedback to let me know what you think!

Weekly Quiz (Steven Adams)

Steven Adams is one of our New Zealand professional basket ball player.He is recently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. Steven is 2.13 cm tall.

And did you know that Steven Adams has 18 siblings and half siblings plus him. One of his biggest hits in his life was losing his beloved dad
in 2006. In a 2012 interview, Adams : When I lost my dad, that was a big hit for me. I didn't have that parental guidance, and I kind of took advantage of it because I was a stupid idiot. I decided not to go to school a couple of times, go when I felt like. I always lied to my brothers and sisters. They'd ask: 'Are you going school?' I'd say 'yeah.' They eventually found out.

Explanation (Sound)

Have you ever thought about what the world would be like without sound. I think it would be boring and silent. It would be like losing something very special because sound is very special in our lives. We use sound as a way to communicate and to listen to music.

Sound is made by anything but how does your brain know it is sound. Sound is a vibration. As it’s vibrating the air molecule bounce of then hits in your ear drum and then converts and goes into your brain and then your brain notices it is sound.

What makes sound different? It makes it different by the pitch. Pitch is high and low sound. They are different volumes. You know that the pitch is high when the sound waves are small. And how you know what the low pitch is when the sound waves are big.

There is no sound in space. Because the is no air for the air molecules to make sound. So in space there is no sound cause no air for air molecule to be able to make sound.

So without sound in this world would be wired, different, boring and quiet. I think sound is a big part of our lives.

Weekly Quiz Article.

Did you know that their is a T.V. show named Master chef. Well this year was a new way is was not a individual one but this years was partners. And all they way from the Bays of Islands were two sisters named Kassey and Karena Bird. 

They came into the competition determining to win. In one episode they judges ask what will their restaurant be called and they chose the name Bird. Cause it is their last name and they think it would be a good idea if they could carry the name on. 

But on the very last episode the grand final they introduced they winners and they were the two Bird sisters Kassey and Karena. Congratulations to them and I hope they have a lovely time with their new restaurant.    

My Xtra Math Result!

This is my Xtra math result that I got today. I am hoping this year to get all of them smily faces.

Guess That Sound?

Guess That Sound?

Science definition!

Science definition, a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.

Immersion Assembly!

This term Our topic is ( I like to move it  move it ). As coming back to school from two weeks of holiday I was surprised what my eyes saw. In our school hall I saw balloons everywhere. It looked like a party. All different colours of the balloons lined up on the sides.

Sitting down on our senior seats I was filled with curiosity. Curios about what was going to happen and what are we going to learn from the balloons. As we all were seated Mr Burt said his normal intro " Tena kotou Tamariki Ma" (Hello Kids), and we reply with "Tena Koe Mr Burt."

The first team who performed for us to show us what their topic was Team One. Mr Burt called them up and of they started. They showed us clip about they topic for this term and their topic was learning about how the machines at the zoo help keep the animals safe and healthy and how those machines help us in our homes.

Then came team two and they were learning about planes. All the teachers were dressed like planes, pilot and a fairy. Then along came team 3 and their topic was about light and colour. It was really something new.

Red And Yellow Chart.

Today we were doing a chart to see how many counters from the connect four were in the bag Mr Marks was  holding. We knew there were five in the bag but we didn't know how many of each.So we record what Mr Marks was pulling out each time. 

This is the pie chart of our results from the 50 draws. We predicted that there were 3 Yellow and 2 Red counters in the bag and we were 70 pa cent certain. We were right.

My Favourite Teacher Came Back !!!!

Yes!! Today my teacher, my favourite teacher is back yes. It was really sad what happen in his family. I hope they are strong and still having that person in their mind. But I am so excited that my teacher came back.

 Just Kidding!!! Down Here!!

 There is my favourite teacher!!

Having a new kid.

Having a new kid in my class is cool. And different. It is a boy named Hala. I can tell he is very shy but I don't know. Everyone wants to say welcome and I hope you have fun.

Being An Ambassador!!!

Being an ambassador is amazing because you get to go different places and you get to talk to different and amazing famous people. Because you never know if they are famous. Did you know that we meet some people last week from the labour. GO LABOUR!!! That why being an ambassador is cool. I am not an ambassador for anything but I am an ambassador for my school Pt England for 2013.

My Patton For Ballet!!

I Love Ballet I don't know why but I do.
I love it because of what you where but not only that is that you get show yourself and it graceful.
That's why I have a Patton for Ballet.
Also did you kno that Ballet is not only for girls but for boys too.

The Old Style.

This is a little bit of swag from the old day. It is the word Adidas mad in to this. I hope you enjoy.

Hawaiian Dance Fia Fia

In FIA FIA the group I was in was the Hawaiian group. It was the first Hawaiian group in Fia Fia. It was awesome!! Here is a picture of the Hawaiian Girls and boys. Can you spot me in the picture?