2015 Reflection

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST THE END OF THE YEAR!! As it's my last year for Pt England. Why not end it off with a reflection about 2015!!

In the beginning of the year, I felt shy and confused. It wasn’t long until the year 8’s went on the leadership camp. The leadership camp gave me the confidence because I was one of the leaders. I had to show the teachers of what I was capable of. What I find satisfying this year was meeting new friends and going team trips such as the Film Festival, Yr7 Rainbows End, Marsden Camp and much more. It was also difficult to stand up in the team and do the mihi or the karakia.

If I was to grade myself out of 10 for being awesome. It would be.....9.01 because i’ve showed the juniors to be a good role model. These are some of the things I’ve contributed for Team 5 this year. I’ve tried the mihi, karakia, fundraisers and I was also a house captain. Next year I would study more because this year I didn’t get much homework. I would really like my teacher next year to know that I like to play sports, games and I love to spend time with my family.

I want my future teacher to help me with almost everything they know. I like to learn new subjects, sports and even animals.  This is a blog post to help you understand some of the things. Here

History Of Superman

This is a presentation about the............ History Of Superman. Its about a how superman adapts to this earth because its different from his home planet, Krypton.

Number Knowledge Questions

This a presentation about number knowledge questions. There are strategies you might want to use in your learning. Hope To Enjoy !

Term 4 Is Here!!!

Can you believe it!! Term 4 is here. We kicked off the term with our topic......‘Survivor.’ I wondered what is Survivor?

Today, in immersion assembly, Mr Burt shared with us a new word called adaptation. Adaptation is changing yourself into the environment. He also showed us a short film about a fiapoko parrot not adapting to this world. I felt drowsy because I wasn't used to waking up early.

First teams 1-4 did their items. Then it was team 5’s item. They had a competition about who can eat noodles the quickest with chopsticks. They all rapidly picked up the plate and ate.

At the end, Miss Clark was victorious because she’s been using chopsticks since she was three years old. But Miss Ingrim used forks in London and Miss Hockly used forks as well but when she moved to Japan she had to adapt and use chopsticks. They also surprised us with artworks of superheroes.

Finally when the immersion assembly ended. I had a clearer vision of what we are going to learn this term.

Let The Race Begin

We have to write about what perspective we want to write about. I picked the person who came second place.

When I took one step out of the bus, there were camera lights flashing at my face. As I entered the stadium, I could see some of the other runners getting changed. I could hear my name in the some of the interviews.

First I slowly walked onto the rough track. Then I started to warm up. I was extremely keen because the crowd was cheering my name.

Then I saw my rivals getting into their starting position. I rapidly jogged to the starting line and formed myself into my starting position. Clearly the other competitors were nervous too as I could smell their body odour wafting off their bodies.

Next the gun made a loud shrieking BANG! I took off like a rocket. I could feel sweat flowing down my neck and my heart was beating like a drum.

After that I was in the last ten metres of the sprint. My only perspective was the finish line until this tall muscular man went speeding past like the speed of a Lamborghini. When I went past the finish line, I kept my chin up and congratulate the others for the race.

Finally the race was over. I went to stand on the podium, when I heard my national anthem. I knew I represented my country and my family.

Solve Division Problems With Remainders, Maths Activity

This is a new strategy i've learnt called mental division problems with remainders. Sorry, I was unable to do the last two slides. I have done it on my maths book.

Solving Word Problems That Involve Moving Between Fractions, Ratios, Decimals And Percentages.

 This is a maths activity. I am learning a new strategy, this strategy was hard at first but then Miss Peato helped me through out the activity. This strategy is called that involve ratios, decimals and percentages. If you read my last slide than you'll know why I didn't answer the last two slides.

Talking Points:Actively Speaking And Listening

This is a Google drawing about talking actively and listening. This is what it looked like and sounded like when my group was talking. It was a bit messy at first because we were just getting the hang of it. Hope You Enjoy!

Kevlar Activity

Here is a reading activity about Kevlar. We are learning about finding evidence in a text. We have to highlight the text in the book and find evidence to help us support the answer. Hope You Enjoy !

Reality Trip

    Reality Trip

There was 5 New Zealanders that went to Sri Lanka, there names are Stephanie, Kieran, Peter, Stevie and Anna. The documentary is about what it's like in other countries and what they do on a daily basis. They experienced a lot of challenging work. They had to pluck tea leaves. They have to pluck 18 kilos per day. But they only plucked 4-5 kilos in 8 hours.  

The most shocking part is plucking 18 kilos everyday. It will take a long time to get the hang of it. If they don’t get 18 kilos, they won't survive. The mothers and their daughter pluck 60 kilos in 8 hours. They probably get paid over 4000 rupees which is probably 30 New Zealand Dollars. They have to stand for 8 hours.

At the end of the day, they went to weigh in. But they only got 4 kilos. They got 480 rupees, in New Zealand money it was $4.80. If they pluck 4 kilos for whole week they could get small money. All the mothers bring their daughters everyday to pluck. Thats going to keep on going and going until one of them gets a scholarship or they get lucky and go to somewhere.

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For the past few weeks we have been watching a show called Reality Trip. They go to other places and see what they have to do everyday.

ANZAC Memorial - World War 1

Every year there is a event on the 25th of April(ANZAC Day). This is a special year because it's been 100 years since the world war 1. It is all about the soldiers who fought for our country.  At the front of the museum there is a big stone which is called Cenotaph. ‘Lest we forget’. ANZAC is an acronym, ANZAC is short for Australia, New Zealand, Army, Corps.

As I sat and pondered about the soldiers who fought in the war.

It must’ve been a lot of yelling, screaming, shooting, blood, death, panicking and a lot bravery. While I was looking out on the small field which had thirty crosses on them. It was quite emotional because there was a lot of people who sacrificed their lives for our country.

Its a travesty to see your dad or a friend to die in battle and its bit harsh to see kids out a dad. I would be miserable and grateful if my great great great grandparents were in the war because I would be sad because he might’ve died in the war and I would be grateful for sacrificing his life for us. I felt a little shocked because of all those distraught families who were waiting for five years.

The Battle Of Somme

For Zeal Zone,  we had to go into 3-4 people in a group. We had to research about the battle of Somme. These are 5 facts about the 'The Battle Of Somme'.

In my group, I had Jordan and Iisa.