Mauina @ Pt England School

Senior school Prize giving

2011-12-09T14:14:00.001+13:00

Last night was our Senior school prize giving. I was feeling really nervous because I was going to get a certificate. I was only nervous because there were heaps of parents and also former Point England students. My award for the night was coming to school everyday which is 100% attendance. When I was walking up I was already sweating because it was so hot. As I shook Ms Teleso’s hand I can feel sweat running down my head that’s how nervous I was feeling. But then all of a sudden I wasn’t because Etta joined me in the cue.
My parents were really proud of me so they are going to reward me some other day.

Year 7&8 social

2011-12-01T10:36:00.005+13:00

On Thursday night our school prefects prepared a social for us in our school hall. The cost of our social was $10. At our social there were prizes for the best dress and the best dancer of the night. It started at 7:00 and finished at 9:30 but a bit later because everyone were so hyped that they wanted the prefects to play one last song.
During the night most of us year 8’s took loads of photos so that we can keep them for memories since this is our last year. I reckon that we should have another social but with the year 8’s only. One of the things that I liked about this social is how everyone just walked in through the doors glowing. Another thing I really enjoyed was eating sausages and eating desert.

Manaiakalani Film Festival 2011

2011-11-17T10:23:00.002+13:00

“Ya” I shouted out loud as we were getting ready to head for the buses.

Last Wednesday our whole school were transported one by one by bus to Sylvia Parks Hoyt's to watch the Manaiakalani film festival movies for 2011.
When we arrived all of the classes that were in the bus I was in all rushed outside very excited and couldn't’t wait to enter Sylvia Park. I was laughing really loudly because I was just so excited. Finally we entered the Extreme Cinemas it was so dark that I could hardly see where I was going.
I was sitting right at the back on the Lazy Boy chairs I felt really comfortable because when the introduction of the movies came up it looked really good because I felt like I was in the middle of the cinema.

My favorite movie that I really enjoyed was Tamaki College’s Rugby girls movie. The reason why I really liked it was because I liked how they made all there tackles and they never even missed one.

New Taonga Team

2011-11-08T09:13:00.001+13:00

This Term all of Team 5 swapped Taonga Time groups. Last Term I was with Mr Jacobsen and this term I’m with Mrs Telea. I was really looking froward to go to Mrs Telea’s group because she told us from the begining when we first started Taonga time she told us that it would be heaps of fun in her class because we will be able to do filming on our own with our own little group.

Last Week Mrs Telea gave us a Fairy Tale to do, my group did Godilocks and the three little bears. At first I was confused because I forgot all about what that fairytale was about.
In my group was Me Athena, Nathaniel, Annexe and Richard. It was so funny when we were filming because Richard was the big Papa Bear I was Mamma bear Annexe was Godilocks and Nathaniel was camera man and also director.

We went to film our movie inside our school library and we also used the outside field.
When all the groups finished filming we all came back to the ICT room to show our movies.
When it came to our groups movie I was totally sure that the teacher wouldn’t like it because we didn’t really do that much talking and we also didn’t do different angle shot’s.

(Our planet experience using balloons)

2011-11-04T10:18:00.002+13:00

I was really looking forward to do the experience that we were doing yesterday. I couldn’t wait to find out more information about our solar system.

Yesterday our class attempted to do a planet experience with balloons outside, but unfortunately it started raining so we just did our experience inside our classroom.

From the experience I found out that everything in our solar system orbits (moves around) in the same direction. During this experience 10 kids from my class were chosen to blow up balloons. These balloons that they were blowing up were our planets so it was pretty cool because we acted the balloons like the planet’s, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf planet Pluto.

Sharon had the yellow balloon so she had to stand in the center because the center is where the sun sits in our solar system. Second came Mercury, because Mercury is the closest to the sun it doesn’t mean that it is the hottest . Mercury is actually the fastest moving planet. Second came Venus . If you compare Venus and Earth they are almost the same size. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system.

Third was Earth, I learnt lots about our earth, Earth isn’t the hottest or the fastest moving planet, I mean this by it moves around slowly so that how I know that it is actually perfect. The reason why people live on earth is because there is air and we can actually breathe in oxygen.

When we finished learning info about Earth we then moved on to Mars. The planet Mars is known as the red planet because of it’s colour. The planet looks like a little rock that has just come flying out of a volcano.

The fifth planet we learnt about was the biggest planet which is called Jupiter. The only thing I like about Jupiter is the colour, It has a light creamy colour.
Our next ballooned planet was Saturn. In our solar system Saturn is known as the only planet with rings around it, The rings are made out of ice.
The planet we last of all spoke all about was the planet Pluto.
The information that I know about Pluto is that in 2006 it was downgraded to a dwarf planet because scientists said that it was too small to be a planet. I reckon Pluto looks a bit like the moon. In our experience Kamire was holding up Pluto.

The experience we had I think should of had a moon because the moon is also in our solar system. Our moon for real it does not have light it is actually our sun that reflects it’s light onto the moon so that the moon can shine when it’s night time.

So from learning about the moon the sun and the planets I’ve known that the sun must be like the most important thing that is out their because if we had no sun our earth will just be cold like Pluto is now and we’ll have nothing to keep us warm, We also might not see anything. I think that if we had no sun on this earth then no one will know when it’s night or daytime.

I really enjoyed this experience but at times it got boring because some people were just making lots of noise.

Facts about our Solar System

2011-10-28T10:42:00.003+13:00

In 2006 Pluto was downgraded but now there are four dwarf planets in the solar system.

I was really shocked when I found out that our sun wasn’t that big and that there are other stars which are much bigger than the sun. Some people call the sun the star. That’s why in lots of sayings people and many scientists say that the sun is the closest star to earth. The sun’s surface is called the photosphere. The temperature of the photosphere is about 10,000 Fahrenheit. Did you know that the sun is made out of 92% hydrogen, 7% helium and the rest is other low number gasses.

The moon does not give off light of its own. It is the sun that gives light to the moon. The moon reflects the suns light.

Falealupo in Samoa is the last place in the whole world to see the sunset which I think is pretty cool.

Other interesting facts:
Pluto is about the same age as the Sun which is about 4.5 billion years old.
The clouds of Venus is filled with sulfuric acid.
Venus has mountains that are higher than Earth.One of the mountains names are Maat Mons which is more than 5 miles high.
Scientists have found out that Venus is the brightest planet viewed from Earth.The reason why they know this is because the planet rotates from East to West. The only other planet that does this is Uranus.

Holiday Highlight

2011-10-26T12:46:00.002+13:00

Holiday highlight

Wow it was that time again it was the end of term 3 already and we were all off for our two week holiday.

My holiday highlight was the last day which was yesterday even though I had two weeks of holiday I really didn’t do anything at all because it was so boring for the first . The only part I liked for the first week was when it was my birthday.

I really liked yesterday because I went with our church youth to Okahu bay and we played sports like volley and touch. It was so cool and it was really funny.
Apart from all that there was also something else that I really enjoyed. It was our church General Conference which was held at the Lunn Ave LDS chapel.

The conference was so long that it took 6 hours it had started at 9:00am all the way through to 2:00pm. This conference was for everyone in the whole world who were Mormons.
At this conference our leading Prophet and his first and second counsellors spoke to us for at least one and a half hours . There were also some other people like our young women and young men’s leaders.

My favourite talk was when it was our Prophet talking our prophets name is Prophet Thomas s. Monsen he is really funny and he told us lots of amazing things about him that has happened in his life and he also shared with us and the rest of the mormons the great blessings that he had received when he first became a member of the church.

The funniest story he told us was when he was a little boy his older brother took the washing to the Laundry when he had left Thomas s. Monsen just remembered about his five dollars that he had left in the back pocket of his jeans that he wore. So he prayed about his five dollars that his heavenly father can keep it safe. Everyone all started laughing when he said that. I started thinking to myself and thought that his five dollars might get all soggy and rip apart.
But when he heard his brother came back with the washing he sprinted down stairs to go look for his jeans and wow I couldn’t beleive it he had found his five dollars just sitting in the pocket.

When he told us I was totally amazed and now I know that for sure blessings are true and they can happen whenever or wherever.
At end of the conference I went home so tired and sleepy so when I got home I fell into a deep sleep.

Tennis

2011-10-26T12:45:00.000+13:00

This morning Room 21 headed off to the courts for our first tennis lesson with Marcelle.
Before we even started we all had to get one racket and one tennis ball each. Then Marcelle set some challenges for us. One of the most hardest challenges was when we had to hit the tennis on the flat side and then on the hard side which was the smaller side. It was a hard challenge. The easiest challenge for me was when we had to flip the racket over well the ball was on top.

Next we had to find a partner. My partner was Mui. One of us had to go on one side of the net and the other had to stay on the other side. All of my side had to put our rackets down so we only had to have our tennis balls so that we could throw it under arm to our partner on the other side. It was so funny when I first threw it to Mui because she hit it not to me but the tennis ball went right pass me.

Then the real game happened instead of the game being tennis Marcelle named it the king of the court. For this game everyone that was on each of the courts had to all line up in one line . The person in our group that I think was really good is Sharon because she won nearly everything.

Meeting the Manu Samoa Team...

2011-10-14T11:32:00.004+13:00

When I met the Manu Samoa I was so happy to see them and talk to them face to face. The person that I really wanted to meet was Alesana Tuilagi because I have heard that Alesana Tuilagi has made some big hits on people during his rugby career. Another person that I was bursting and couldn't wait to meet was Maurie Faasavalu. I really wanted to meet him because I used to live with him in Samoa when I was still very young. Maurie was a police officer but has now grown up to be a Manu Samoa Rugby player.

Well we were at the Telstra Clear center we took heaps more like loads of photos with them.
Even though there RWC 2011 season is over I will still support them for the next world cup in 2015. GO THE MANU ??

Term 3 Highlight

2011-09-29T10:33:00.000+13:00

This term one of my favorite highlights has to be learning about the RWC. The reason why I liked learning about the RWC is because it is held in New Zealand which means that all 20 World cup Teams will be coming here. The first game that started off the world cup was Tonga and New Zealand. The team that I am cheering for is the Manu Samoa.

My second highlight was when we went to see Harold and Lynn at the Life Education Caravan. We went to see them once a week. Lynn taught us about how illegal drugs can effect our bodies and how we live. The most dangerous drugs are Herowen and other drugs like P and Marijuana.

My third and most remembered highlight for this term is when all of Team 5 had a silly sports day on Tuesday which was held down on our school bottom field. There were four activities that were being held by all our Team 5 teachers. My favorite activity was with Mrs Nua because we were using water which I found very exciting. The reason why I wanted to get wet was because I was feeling so hot like a sausage sizzling on the BBQ waiting to be eaten.

Simile Writing

2011-09-20T09:53:00.002+12:00

1)The Baby is as cute as a bunny rabbit.
The Baby is as cute as a tiny teddy.
The Baby is as cute as a little cute chipmunk.

2) The monkey is as cheeky as a little child.
The monkey is like an annoying friend
The monkey is as naughty like my little cousins.

3)The car is as bright as shining teeth.
The car is as blue as the sky.
The car is red like a tasty looking strawberry.

4)As brave as a hero.
As brave as a growley teacher.
As brave as a roaring lion.

5)As smooth as a babies bottom.
As smooth as a
As smooth as a

6)As soft as a fluffy blanket.
As soft as a babies pillow.
as soft as a birds feather.

7)As happy as the Rugby World Cup teams winning their first games.
As happy as a little girl playing with her dolls.
As happy as little kids running around on the play ground.

8)As loud as a noisy classroom.
As loud as the fans cheering for the All Blacks when they won against Japan.
As loud as a teacher growling at someone.

9)As warm as a heater.
As warm as the sun shining in summer.
As warm as a hot cuddly blanket.

10)As large as an elephant.
As large as Russia.
As large as Mt Everest.

Learning to use picasa

2011-09-08T10:02:00.001+12:00

Silly Sports Day

2011-08-31T09:57:00.010+12:00

I was really excited to hear that the whole of team 5 were going to be having a fun and great time doing and playing games down at the bottom field where there was lots of spare space for us to use and do all the activities.
There were 4 teachers taking each activity. The first teacher we went to was Mrs Lagitupu. With Mrs Lagitupu we played ball tiggy. That ball tiggy wasn't the same as the ball tiggy we usually play nearly everyday. The only thing that was different about this ball tiggy was that we couldn't’t run with the ball.
The instructions were if we got the ball we could only catch the other group by touching the ball not throwing the ball them if we did throw the ball then we would be out of the game.

The first thing we did was Mrs Lagitupu put our whole class into equal groups there were four groups Yellow, Green, Red and Blue I was in team Blue. My team was one of the first teams to start playing with team Team Green.
Our second teacher we went to was Ms Tito. Before we even started walking I had a feeling that Ms Tito’s activity would be challenging well as always.
When we got there we had to sit and wait until everyone was quiet then we would start.

The point of the activity was that we had to aim for a hula hoop that was out on the field and we had to try and flick the ball out of the sling shot into any of the hoops if the ball went into any of the closer hoops our class would get 50points. But if someone got it into the pink hoop which was far out near the middle of the field, We will get 100 points for our group.

The prize at the end of the day for Ms Tito’s activity was that the winning class will get to have a water balloon fight during lunchtime. At the end of the day the class that won was unfortunately not our class but Room 22.

The next teacher we headed off to was Mr Harris. With Mr Harris we had a race the first one we did was we had to put a tennis ball on top of the spoon and also with a rope tied up to my foot and to my partners foot and race to the other side of the field without dropping the ball if we did drop the ball we would of had to go back to the start line and start again.

Last of all was Mrs Nua’s her one was the best because it involved water which was pretty cool.

The aim of Mrs Nua’s activity was all four groups each had one big sponge. With the sponge we have to splot the sponge into a bucket of water the we pass it to the back of our group under legs then to the side. The last person at the back of the line squeezes the sponge into another bucket at the back you have to try to squeeze all the water out of the sponge and into the bucket.

I hope that we carry on doing these kind of activities but every week it should be different activities like next week one teacher should take rugby and one teacher should take another activity because it will be pretty boring if we do the same one every week.

Finish Line for Cross Country

2011-08-19T12:48:00.001+12:00

What a long race. I came to school early in the morning ready to take on the competitive yr 8 girls. It was nearly 9:30am. The time was very close for us to get ready to head off to the courts. We had to wait to take on the big challenge which was to run a 3.5k run.

The biggest challenge for me that I had going through my mind was that I had to finish the race and not give up.

"Oh my gosh!" I said to myself. It's finally our turn. I felt so nervous and I could feel butterflies in my stomach. Ready, set... GO! shouted Ms Va'afusuaga. Whoosh! Away we all ran.

I wasn't even near the cone and I was already starting to feel tired. When I was across the other side of the field ready to go out on to the reserve, I felt like I wanted to stop because I had a really bad stitch. I think it was the chips that I ate before I started.

Yay I finally made it to the bush walk. I was very happy to make it there, but I wasn't so happy when I knew we were going to be running on rocks and mud.

But luckily I wasn't running by myself I was with two of my friends Gabby and Vaha. While we were running we over took sum year 7 boys which was pretty cool. What was not cool was that lots of year 8 boys like Nathaniel passed us it was kind of funny too.

felt so great when I saw that I was near the reserve but I didn't feel so great when I saw that we had to run another 1k.
"Uh" I said to myself. I was so close to the finish line but I couldn't take it I was so tired that I wanted to walk to the finish line so I did. Now that I finished the intermediate cross country I cant wait to see what my future college has next.

Sonny Bill Williams.....

2011-08-16T10:47:00.002+12:00

Full name: Sonny Bill Williams
D.O.B: 3/08/1985
Gender: Male
Nationality: Half cast, half Samoan half maori

Sonny Bill Williams plays for the All Blacks.
Sonny Bill Williams is also a boxer.
This year might be the last year for Sonny playing for All Blacks he might move to play for the Blues “yay”.
Sonny Bill's Mum is Samoan and his dad is Maori Pakeha.

William Webb Ellis

2011-08-09T09:46:00.000+12:00

William Webb Ellis is the name of the rugby world cup for this year 2011. The reason why the cup is named after this man is because Mr Ellis actually made up the game of rugby while he was still in school. After sharing rugby with his school he then finally shared it with the world and that’s when the history of rugby started.
William’s father James Ellis passed away at the battle of Albuera in 1812 which left just William and his mother.
William went to school from 1816 to 1825. During his school years he was most known as a good cricketer.
After leaving rugby William went to Oxford University in 1826 at the age of 18. While he was there he played cricket cricket for Brasenose College.
While I was researching about William Webb Ellis I found out lots of new things about him because in our days he is known as a rugby player but back in his school days he was noticed as a cricket player.

Holiday

2011-08-04T09:46:00.001+12:00

In the holidays it was boring for me because I didn’t do that much things. I just stayed home watched some DVDs and hopped on to Facebook. I didn’t do much because my dad had surgery on his knee. The hospital he was at was Mercy Ascot which is just in town. His operation took 2 days and now it will take 3 or 4 months for him to recover.

The doctors haven’t allowed him to drive but he still does because he says that he doesn’t feel any pain anymore. In the first place the only reason why it was so painful was because the nurses didn’t stitch his cuts up.They stapled it. The injury was quite old, but the doctors had to straighten the bone. I’m not sure how his knee got injured in the first place.

Also on Sunday I went over to my cousins house in Otara. I have many cousins. When I got there we watched a movie called ‘The Despicable Me’ and then we went and played outside. This time my dad didn’t drive. My sister and I just caught the bus to see them.

When my sister and I finished hanging out with them we decided to go visit my aunty who lives on Harris Road in Otara. I went there just to catch up and see how her family was doing. She told me that her husband went back to Samoa to bring their baby girl back to New Zealand . They arrived yesterday morning. During the weekends they are going to come and visit us. I I wonder what I will do for my next holiday.

Planning Log

2011-07-13T10:31:00.001+12:00

Keep a record of both what you intend to do and what you did over the course of the next 3 weeks as we work through the Technology Process.

	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
What I plan to do	Brainstorm Issues	Research question ideas for signs	planning log, make signs
Materials I will need	Paper,Pen,Ideas	Google Docs Questions
People/Sources I need to consult for more information.	Peers/Friends/Yourself/Teachers	Peers/Friends Year 7 & 8 kids
What did you find difficult and why?	Get more ideas for a good sign	Analyse the data check the answers
What I will do next as a result of any difficulties.

ISSUE CHOICE AND JUSTIFICATION

2011-07-13T10:30:00.000+12:00

You need to think and expand on your answers, one sentence is not sufficient.

What is your issue in our school?
Littering

Who does it affect?
Mr Malloy, Mr Burt, Teachers.

Why is it happening in our school?
Kids walk and eat, Don’t care, Not putting rubbish in the bin, Lazy.

When does it happen?
Play time , Lunch time , Before and After school.

Where is it happening?
Street, Around the school, Outside classrooms.

What needs to happen to prevent this issue?
Bin It , Signs, More Talking/ Punishments/Consequences, Monitors, More bins.

Brainstorm

2011-07-13T10:29:00.000+12:00

Brainstorm some Ideas/ problems that we have around our school environment.

*Chewing inside school grounds
*Throwing rubbish around the school not putting it in the bin.
*Spitting, Children could stand on the spit.
*Kicking on the courts when we are not aloud to.
*Running inside classrooms
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List of Signs

2011-07-13T10:28:00.001+12:00

Thinking about signs and signage (Make a list of all the signs you have seen ….. and the purpose of the sign )

Type of sign:	Purpose of the sign:
‘No Smoking’	Keep a free smokefree area. No smoking in inside.
‘Give Way’	Traffic sign. Look out for traffic. E.G: Cars/Trains/Buses.
‘Slow Down’	Near pedestrian crossing. Traffic sign.
‘Chewing’	No chewing in school grounds.
‘Littering’	No throwing rubbish around our community. Keep area nice and tidy.

REPORTS........

2011-07-13T10:12:00.000+12:00

I think my report wasn’t that bad. I just think that I have to work on a few things and try and achieve them before the end of the year .

The things that I need to work on at home is to practice my writing. I have to use more specific vocabulary. My writing has to be really interesting so that when other people read it they will be hooked into it.

I know that I have to work hard and study hard this year because next year I will be attending college. The other things I also have to work on and strive to achieve is using and memorising more strategies to work out problems in maths.

The two things that I am achieving quite low at is my writing and maths. For those two subjects I am at a year 4 level so by the end of the year I have to at least be writing at a year 8 or year 7 level.

For all the subjects there is always an expected level. The level that I’m expected to be at right now is at a level 3A or 4B.

Last night when I sat down with my parents we discussed everything that I needed to work on.

Why are we one of the RICHEST kids in the world!!!

2011-07-07T10:43:00.005+12:00

This morning at assembly our school principal came to talk to us about how and ‘why we are one of the richest children in the world’.

Our Principal Mr Burt told us that we were one of the richest kids in the world because we have better school buildings and that we have more money than other people in the world. He has just come back from over seas and he says that the movies that come on TV may look fancy and rich, but when you actually go to the country it’s not that rich.

He told us that every school he went to visit was very poor and broken, because some school’s didn’t have enough money to pay their teachers. Many teachers only worked four days a week.

Anyway apart from all of that. I think that we are one the richest kids in the world because we all have a chance to have a good education. We also have good teachers who help us throughout our learning. Another thing why I think we are one the richest kids in the world is because our parents have good jobs and also their pay is very good compared to some other countries.

We are very privileged because of what we have and what we own around here. I know that sometimes when we have an abundance of things like food we don’t like, we just waste them when we really shouldn’t be.

Why are we one of the RICHEST kids in the world!!!

2011-07-07T10:43:00.004+12:00

Why are we one of the RICHEST kids in the world!!!

2011-07-07T10:43:00.003+12:00

Why are we one of the RICHEST

2011-07-07T10:43:00.000+12:00

My Term 2 Highlight

2011-07-05T10:57:00.001+12:00

This term was very cool because of our Science Roadshow trip down at Tamaki College, Netball and our Glee Club and Hip Hop practices.

This term all of our netball girls have gone down to the Auckland Netball courts every Tuesday after school to play tough games against other school’s from around Auckland. I chose netball as a highlight because this term we have had a really tough netball season. The game that was really challenging for us this term would have to be our last game that we played against Baradene.

It was a really challenging game for us because both our team and their team were all very good. When we played I went on as Goal Keep. I wasn’t really nervous about playing them because we had already played against them at the start of the term.

At the end of our game it was 26 - 24 to Baradene. We were all really gutted that we lost we had no idea that they would of took out at the end. But still I think we have had a really good netball season it wasn’t too bad at least we still won some of games.

All our netball teams have had a great season this year even our little year 4’s and 5’s.

Glee’s also been another highlight for me because I have really enjoyed working with the Tamaki tutor’s that come to teach us the dances that we are going to perform next Thursday at our school assembly. I really can’t wait.

Tamaki Technology

2011-07-04T12:59:00.001+12:00

Every Monday morning our Yr 7 and Year 8 students walk down to Tamaki College to have Technology. There are 5 Tech classes which are Electronics, Science, Cooking, Wood Tech, and Graphics. The teacher for Electronics is Mr Malhotra. This year is Mr Malhotra’s first year teaching at Tamaki College.

The teacher for Science is Mr Dewan. Science is the Technology class that I’m in now. Science is really cool because we use things like Fire, Bunsen Burners and other things like Matches.
In our Science Lab we had to melt an ice cube to see how fast it would melt and we also had to see if the water will boil. When we started to light up the Bunsen burner we put our water on top and then we placed our thermometer on top. The ice melted faster in hot water.

Argument Writing

2011-06-14T10:36:00.000+12:00

If an earthquake hit Auckland three times, would you move to another province or town.

Well if an earthquake hit Auckland three times I would and not think of moving because the first reason is because , When I first came to NZ I lived in GI.

The only time I would move from here is when there would be several earthquakes like over night then I would think of moving with my family. If I would have to move I would move to back to where I came from which is Samoa , man I wouldn’t wait to go back there because I haven’t been there for 11 years now because I came to NZ when I was only 1 years old.

If there was an earthquake that hit our area I wonder what it would be like. Sometimes I always think that I can picture stuff like an earthquake.
When I picture it I see people running around and they all look like there lost
| and they cant believe that this just happened, like how the tsunami hit Samoa it’s very heart breaking to see those who have owned houses or companies to go back there and see that everything has just been destroyed. Just fingers crossed that there will be no earthquake hitting Auckland.

How Cellphones have changed over time

2011-05-27T10:51:00.001+12:00

Intro - Do you know how cellphones have changed over time? Well I do. If you don’t well you can read all about it right here right now.

Back in the oild days cellphones used to be very big that back then people called it a brick. Some were about the same size of it. One of the teachers in our classroom told us that her family didn’t have mobile phones or a land line when she was young.

The cellphones we use these days are totally different because there are all sorts of types of brands like Nokia, Vodafone, Telecom, i - phones, Samsung, Panasonic and Blackberry. It is also different because the cellphones these days can be used for texting and calling, but back then they only used it for calling.

The cellphones these days seem like they have been around for about 100 yrs ago but no they were only invented in the year 1973 which was about 38 years ago.

Phones in our days are very expensive they can cost $50 up to $1,000. In the phones that cost up to $1,000 they should have Games , Torch , Calculator , calenders and even music too and it’s very own camera.

People who can own phones would be people who work like adults. One reason why adults take phones to work is so that they can contact and communicate with others in their families and others that they maybe work with. Other people like teenagers and even kids could own a phone also contact and communicate with there parents and friends.

The cheapest phones that you can probably buy would be about $35. I can remember because one of my cousins got to own a phone of there own which cost about $30.

Another person I know of who owns a phone is my mum. My mum’s phone that she has now cost around about $250. I can’t get a phone right now because my mum and dad say that I am too young to have one.

I remember when I was 10 yrs old I had one but then it got taken off me because I didn’t look after it properly.

How we need to earn points for our classroom

2011-05-24T09:58:00.005+12:00

50 pts - bin it award
50pts - lunch box heroes
50pts - 1st class at assembly
50pts - best class at assembly
10pts principal award
10pts - karakia mihimihi

Points are also given to students doing the right thing throughout the day. Some examples are sitting and eating, picking up rubbish in the street and random acts of kindness.

To earn points for our class we have to be either first to our school assembly and even the best class that sits there throughout the whole hour. Those aren't the only ways you can earn points. You can also earn points by getting a principals award, doing karakia or mihimihi, bin it award and lunch box heroes. The amount of points you can possibly earn for either of these is 10 to 50 points.

This term Room 21 have to start earning points because right now on the score board we are very far behind with 225 points. So far room 19 is taking the lead with 590 points. The reason why our class is behind is because we don’t work that hard to earn points. The other reason why we don’t get much points is because we hardly remind our teacher to do Lunch box heroes.

When I heard how much points we earned it felt pretty embarrassing because all the seniors were there to hear it . We just need to work harder and do the best we can get point even if it’s 10 point.

Manny Pacquiao

2011-05-20T14:19:00.001+12:00

Immersion Rotations

2011-05-20T12:07:00.003+12:00

For Term 2 we are learning about Bigger,Better,Faster and Stronger. I think that the whole point of this topic is to research old historic things and do a prototype and make it Bigger,Better,Faster and Stronger.

I reckon that that best Immersion rotation so far for me would have to be with Ms Tito. With Ms Tito we learnt about Creativity.

We had to create our name with different shapes of letters of the alphabet. It was very exciting because Ms Tito showed us her classes names and they were actually pretty good.

So far Henry’s was the best because he did his name in graffiti. My one is just random I didn't really use my imagination.

For this creativity activity it is actually a competition between all the classroom students and teachers. The prize for this is if you win you will get to throw water balloons at your whole classroom.

Immersion with Mrs Nua was very cool. We were going to get given a raw egg but first of all we had to build something to stick the egg in so that when it is time to drop the egg it doesn't crack.

The only materials that we got to use were ten drinking straws,6 ice block sticks and sticky tape.

In my group was myself,Mui and Sharon. We tried our best to stop our egg from cracking. The whole point of this was to drop the egg without it cracking. Ours cracked within minutes because it slipped out from under neath the straws.The groups egg that I know of that didn't crack was Daniels group. There one was actually decorated and made very carefully.

Innovation with Mr Harris was pretty good and really cool because we had to research old historical things like old telephones , old computers , old cars even to old types of toilets.

Firstly Mr Harris told us about his own families toilet that they had at there house when he was very young.
He told us that there toilet was not in there house. It was outside about 10 steps away. The most disgusting thing about the toilet was because it’s not like the toilets we use now it was actually different because the toilet back then had a bucket under neath where you do business.

The other worse thing about it was because about every week there would be a man who comes and collects the bucket and yep that sounds really disgusting. But Mr Harris told that the most disgusting thing that would happen was if the man who came to collect the bucket fell and everything that was in the bucket tipped on him.

Well I was researching I saw that telephones thy used back then were really different some of them were really big and they were used as mobile phones.

Mr Harris also told that he had a phone just like that. But then he got a new one,I was actually cracking up at this time because Mr Harris told us that he had a new phone. I actually thought that when he told us it was a new phone I thought of it as a mobile phone that we have these days but no.

At Mr Barks classroom we did Practicality. Mr Barks also told us a story about him and an old class he had. He told us that him and his whole class found bits and pieces of and old leaf blower so they decided to collect all the pieces and put it altogether. It worked and worked for a long but Mr Barks has changed a few things on it. He put a long pipe on it so that he wouldn't need to bend down all the time.

And from then on it is still working. We also learnt about how scissors were invented the scissors were invented by a scientist and his name is Leonardo Da Vinci.

It was very funny at this moment because Mr Barks said that one day he looked out his window and saw that his next door neighbour was cutting the grass with scissors which was really funny. But the reason why his neighbour was using a scissors was because the neighbour didn't have one so Mr Barks lended the neighbour his one to borrow just for the day.

Finally with Mrs Langitupu we did Imagination. For Imagination there were 6 tables with 6 pieces of paper on there. On each of the papers there were questions one of the questions were what would you like your house to be made out of.

My answer was that I wanted my house to be decorated with all the money of the world and I also wanted a house made out of chocolate but the only problem was that if it was sunny then my house would melt. But I also thought of another idea I thought that my house would be better off somewhere in the cold like Antarctica.

There were also questions like if you had a imaginary dance what would it’s name be. My one was that I would call my dance group the shakers.

During the Immersion rotations we learnt heaps about our topic Bigger,Better,Faster,Stronger.

My Zinger Pinger Friend

2011-05-05T09:23:00.016+12:00

My Zinger Pinger is the the best Zinger Pinger in the whole world because it is very talented. It can dance, sing and even jerk. It’s name is Xiao Dre and he is very good at karate. Xiao Dre’s skin color is light brown and he has cute big blue eyes. Xiao Dre has his own very special power and that special power is that he can read peoples minds which is really cool.

Xiao Dre is an only child in his Zinger Pinger family but he was abandoned by his owner Randy. Xiao Dre and I lived in China for 8 years but then we moved to New Zealand because we heard that there was going to be a Tsunami. Xiao Dre’s Favorite celebrity is Lady Gaga but Xiao Dre really really likes Justin Bieber because of his hair style . Xiao Dre is really interested in Lady Gaga because of her big weird dresses.

In Xiao Dre’s spare time he likes to read books write songs and ride on his BMX. Xiao Dre’s best friends are Winny the Pooh,Barney and Elmo . The island that you see on the top left corner is Xiaos Dre's island. The islands name is Stinger.

JOY

2011-04-14T14:30:00.002+12:00

My movie is all about Joy. In this movie there is a a girl who does not have any friends and she goes to ask some other girls if she can play with them. Luckily they let her play with them. She feels joyful!

Hope you enjoy watching my animation!!

Procedure:How to put a tent up

2011-03-11T10:11:00.009+13:00

Materials:pegs,poles,cover,string,tent,bag and hammer.

Method:

Step1:Make sure that you check that you have all the equipment you need to use when you are putting up a tent.

Step2:Look for a flat location where you can put your tent up.

Step3:Make sure you remove any sticks or sharp things that you know will make the tent get holes.

Step4:Make sure that the poles are all connected.

Step5:Then make sure that the pegs are all ready so that when it comes to putting up your tent your pegs will be ready to go.

Step6:After you have finished doing that their should be another pole.

Step7:Now in your tent their should be a string at the top where you tie it on to your pole so that it makes the tent stay up.

Last Step:The very last step is to check if everything is everything is good and check if you have tightened the pegs up properly and tightly.

2011 here we come

2011-03-08T14:33:00.009+13:00

This year is the first year ever that Point England has had their ever first year eights. I feel so special that I get to be one of those people. During our class times here there have still been construction work going on around us. Even though it gets noisy at times we do get annoyed but we still try our best to concentrate on what we have to do in class. This year I have also been in a beautiful new classroom with completely new students that I don’t really know. I have got on really well with all of them. Also in our classroom this year is going to be a mixture of years 7&8 students.
This year I am really looking forward to working with our brand new net books and I am also looking forward to cooperating and blending in with some new friends. I know that this year is going to be a great and successful year.2011 here we come!!!

6.3 magnitude quake hits Chch

2011-02-23T09:52:00.011+13:00

It was very devastating yesterday afternoon when I got back home to hear that there was a 6.3 magnitude quake that hit Christchurch at 12.51 in the after noon. It was very sad news for the people and kids down in Christchurch because some of them had to sleep in there cars and tents because they couldn't get back to their homes.

I also feel sorry for those who's family members are stuck in and under of collapsed buildings. I know that family's down there are still shaken by that killer quake and hope that this will be the last time it will ever happen.

Well I was watching the news I noticed that there were a lot of elderly people who were injured and hurt from there heads and other parts of there bodies. Right now Point England school are figuring out a way to help those people down in Christchurch. Point england also had a moment of silence this morning to remember those who are suffering right now and those who are still trapped in buildings. All our hopes go out to those affected.

My Holiday highlights

2011-02-14T12:20:00.018+13:00

The first week of my holiday was really exciting because my uncle was going to be arriving at my house from Napier. I couldn't wait until he came because I knew when he arrived we'll head straight to Sylvia Park to do some shopping for him and my brother and my sisters too. Well after a day of summer hotness me and my family headed off to Bucklands Beach to go and cool off with a nice cold swim. We didn't get home until 7:30pm.

Finally my last holiday highlight was going over to Manukau to spend the New Years with my grandma and some other cousins of mine that I didn't even know of. Their names are Christopher, Christine, Jennifer, Priscilla, Dannielle and Mira. They are the best cousins I have ever had. While I was there we watched some Phillipine movies and High School Musical.

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Athletics

2010-11-30T10:41:00.003+13:00

Last Wednesday was our school athletics day. I was really nervous but at the same time excited. Our first event was softball throw it was really boring because I had to wait in the long 12 yr old girls line. Oh Finally I said to myself it was finally my turn I threw very hard that the next day my hand was so sore that I couldn't even move it but I was really proud of myself because at the end I cam second place.

We had to wait for like another 20 minutes because we were with the 11 year olds and it was their turn. Our second event was shot put and this time it was better because we have to wait so long like we did at softball at the end I came 1st place which was even better I think I WON from all of everyone were supporting me

The SMELLY SMELLY STINK BUG

2010-11-30T10:07:00.004+13:00

Stink Bugs are found in many places around the world. There are hundreds of species of stink bugs around the world.The stink bug is very easy to find by it’s look and easily by it’s smell. Stink bugs can come in different colours like green brown and even black . You can find hundreds of stink bugs just at North America. The stink bug is a member of the Hemiptera Order which means it comes from a group of different types of bugs. STINK BUG WARNING!!! If you ever find a stink bug in your home do not crush it because the smell will get even worser.

Surf Life saving ED at Mairangi Bay

2010-11-22T09:48:00.009+13:00

Last Friday the year 7s drove off by bus to Mairangi Bay where we were going to learn about surf life saving education. When we got to Mairangi Bay we were introduced to a life guard her name was Rosie. Rosie told us lot's about Mairangi bay she also talked to us about being safe in the water and things that we need when we go to the beach.

During Morning tea we played some touch on the sand after morning tea we played Life Guards coming with the life guards hahaha isn't that funny. I really want to go back there because the waves were beautiful and the sea there wasn't that cold it just felt a little cold but to me it was all goods. Actually we might go back there to fund raise for our schools wheelie day because Mr Burt told us that heaps of little kids kept coming up to him and asking him if we can have a wheelie day at our school.

One of my high lights was when I was Boogie boarding facing to shore and then I didn't know that there was a big wave coming up behind me but then I knew because everyone were shouting out to me that there was a big wave coming towards me I turned around and I was swept off my feet I was getting really worried at that stage because I couldn't feel the ground all I felt was my body sinking down into the deep blue ocean.

Going to Mairangi Bay to learn about Surf Life Saving was a big experience for me I really learn't alot about the different waves that occur when we are out at sea. I now know which are the BAD waves and the GOOD waves.

Earth worms

2010-11-18T12:16:00.014+13:00

Earthworms

1.Segmented worms are annelids. Segmented means a part that is cut off or can be separated from the rest of something,as in a segment of an orange.
2.Their skin is moist and they are covered by a film of mucus. Mucus is thick and also slimy which develops in your nose and throat when you have a heavy cold.
3.Worms are decomposers.This means that they eat soil,dead and decaying material.
4.The non-living material is mixed as it passes through their guts and is recycled back into the soil. This means that when they eat food and it comes through their guts it is then been turned into soil.
5.worms aerate the soil turning it over and remixing it.
6.The soil is very invaluable for healthy soil which means you can probably use the soil for gardening.And last but not least everyone should know that Earthworms can also lay eggs!!!!!!!!

Class of the week

2010-11-02T09:21:00.005+13:00

This Year Room 19 at Point England School have been a Fabulous bunch of young learners maybe that's the reason why they were class of the week on the eastern bays courier.

Taio Cruz

2010-10-22T11:50:00.004+13:00

This Term we are learning to link photos to the website they came from.

Cockroaches of the world

2010-10-14T14:32:00.003+13:00

Something that I learned this term is that Manfaze Bugs belong to the stink bug family. These bugs are green and are very smelly.

You can find a whole heap of Cockroaches in the out of Queensland,Australia.

The unusual thing about their young is that they are born live.

These cockroaches are just 3 inches long.

They come out of their burrows to meet and to move on.

They burrow underground because they think it's much cooler.

Friends are kept forever in the Heart

2010-09-08T09:17:00.009+12:00

Here is a little funny movie I created about our fabulous Yr 7s !!!!!!!!!!!

ENJOY!!!!

Mihitautoko

2010-08-25T09:11:00.003+12:00

Every morning Ms T chooses one person to do mihi tautoko. Last week Ms T chose me to do mihi tautotoko. It was My first time I had ever said my mihi altogether off by heart.

Here is my mihi for the morning.

Katangi te ti ti

Katangi te ka ka

Katangi hoki ahau

Tiheiwa mauriora

He mihi whanui tenei kia tatou katoa

kia koe te rangatira e ----------- tena koe mo to mahi whakamoemiti ki to tatou matua i te rangi

kia ora koutou kua hui mai nei ki tenei huihuiga ki te kawe mai i te aroha kanui te koa mo to koutou kaha ki te reo maori ki te awhina i nga mahi e pa ana ki tenei kura

All Blacks vs Spring Boks

2010-08-23T12:42:00.007+12:00

All Blacks made a great win over South Africa in the Tri Nations on Saturday. I was very surprised to hear that in the last minute of the game Israel Dagg scored the last try for the All Blacks.

They played a very ruthless game and gave it all their best to WIN. I have to say that they are almost becoming my favourite rugby team. I think that during their game they did a very good job of team work and support. GO ALL BLACKS!!!!!!!!

spongebob square pants

2010-08-23T12:21:00.007+12:00

Spongebob Square Pants is a yellow sponge who lives under the sea.
Sponbob's daily job is to get up early in the morning and go to work.
He work's at the Krusty Krab which is in the Bikkini Bottom.

Spongebob also has friends their names are Patrick,Sandy,Mr Crabs and squiguird.

One of Spongebob's hobbies is Jelly fishing.

Staying at the Airport for hours

2010-07-27T12:22:00.004+12:00

After our fiafia performance me and my family went to the Auckland airport to wait for my sister who had travelled off to Samoa with some members of her school. It was so boring because we had to wait for ages and ages. Still no one came. But then suddenly we heard all of this noise coming down the hall way which sounded like a bunch of Samoan Kids.

The Lovely islands

2010-07-26T12:46:00.000+12:00

I LOVE the Islands because they are LOVELY and also stunningly BEAUTIFUL. The Islands make me think of my home country SAMOAbut right now the pictures that are going through my head are of the Tsunami, because a few weeks ago the Tsunami hit Samoa and alsoTONGA which was really sad. But luckily my Mum and Dads side of the country didn't get hit because their Village was on the other side of the big hill.The worst Villages that I have heard of that got hit by the Tsunami was Lalomanu and Poutasi Beach. My Mum was really sad because my Aunty was having a vacation near the beach and she was held up by the Tsunami!!!! We were all very thankful when she returned back safely.
I really hope that other people who have lost family and friends are all safe and coping with this tragedy.

Immersion Assembly

2010-07-26T12:26:00.005+12:00

Every start of the term at Point England school we have an immersion Assembly.

An immersion assembly is when our staff and Teachers dress up to give us a hint of what our new theme will be about.

One of my favourite themes has to be either out of Light Fantastic or Around the world in 80 days.

I remember last year when Ms T was dressed as the Ginger bread man. When she was in her costume she was dressed in a disguise suit so that we cant see her face.

At every Immersion Assembly it is really funny because a lot of teachers look really funny like Mrs Telea when she coloured her teeth in with vivid.

Our NZ Rolemodels

2010-07-26T12:07:00.007+12:00

As you can see ,Kevin Mealamu,Casey Williams and Joe Rokocoko are all Rolemodels for NZ Rugby Teams and also Netball Teams.

They represent our country in trying to win all their games.
My favourite Netball player is Casey Williams and my favourite rugby player is Richie Mcaw its just because he is the captain for the All Blacks.

Their are also some other people that reprsent our country like Julian Dean and Mahy Drysdale.
Their are also plenty more but I can only think of these 2.

casey williams

2010-07-26T12:07:00.000+12:00

James Rolleston

2010-07-26T09:19:00.009+12:00

The youngster James Rolleston is a very good actor I think that's why he got to be boy in the movie BOY.

James told what now that the reason why he got he got to act in the movie was because a lady came into their classroom and asked if their class would like to act in an upcoming movie which was BOY.

By the way his school is down in Christchurch.

James also told what now that he was not meant to be Boy it was actually his friend Kingi. But when they kept on auditioning 3 days later they announced James as boy.

James is really proud of himself because that little movie made him famous.

I can also say that his movie is great because of all the people that participated in making the movie. I hope that another series of Boy comes out soon.

Have you seen Kaitangata Twitch

2010-07-21T14:00:00.009+12:00

Every Sunday night I watch a half an hour movie which is called Kaitangata Twitch.

The movie Kaitangata Twitch is about a girl called Meredith. Meredith is kind of like the hero in the movie. What Meredith does in the movie is to try and stop her mum's ex friend from trying to build a Mansion on Kaitangata.

Kaitangata is a name of a mountain.

Their are also some other people in the movie who are hero's as well one of them was an old man. The thing about the old man is that he keeps on getting bad visions about what is going to happen to Kaiatangata.

Anyways you can here more about this movie later on this term.

Davids uppercut to the mat!!!

2010-07-19T13:47:00.009+12:00

David Tua's decade long dream of becoming world heavyweight champion was significantly shaken yesterday when he was dropped to the canvas for the first time in his 56- fight professional career.

It was a very lucky draw yesterday when

Monte 2 gonz Barrett uppercut ted our man Tua to the mat. It was a very lucky draw in

the end because they both boxed very well until the 12th ro

und.

In the end Monte 2 gonz Barrett said that everyone knew that he should of one but no.

I think the reason why he didn't win was because he was trying to block Tua's left hook.

My Netball STARS

2010-06-15T12:27:00.007+12:00

My netball team girls are very talented netball players.

For the start of the year we lost our game against St Cuthberts.

On the third week it was very surprising because we WON against Holy Cross.

We really cant wait until we play St Kents today.

I really hope that from now on we start winning all of our games from now on.

I wish my girls all the best for tonight's game.

GOOD LUCK SUPER STARS!!!!!

Our ruthless game against Henderson intermediate

2010-05-28T10:50:00.007+12:00

On Friday the 3rd of June the rugby girls were transported away at Henderson to play a rugby game against them. When we got there we went straight off to the field to get warmed up. When it was about past twenty minutes time we were playing. Henderson kicked off. I was very excited because I knew that my team was going to try their best because as we already knew most of the Henderson girls were very big and very strong I know that my girls were ready and were really excited at the time they also knew that size doesn't matter. At the end we lost but we still know that we tried our best because CHAMPIONS NEVER GIVE UP.

Our next game is against Manuwera which is a home game.

Good Luck to your next game girls.

My supporting classmates

2010-05-26T13:47:00.007+12:00

My classmates are really supportive and they are also really helpful.

The thing that I like about my classmates is that they are always kind and they are really supportive. My teacher is another person who I would like to thank and to reward because she has also been helpful to me. I will never forget my classmates and my teacher Ms Tito and my classmates mates because they were the people who inspired me to blog to sing songs and to get into alot of sports groups.

The girl who inspires me to love singing is one of my BFFS Etta!!!

Our DLO assessment for Term One

2010-04-22T09:49:00.000+12:00

Last term we were asked to make movies showing our understanding of some of the korero that helps our students remember the 'Pt England Way'. We worked in groups of 5 or 6 and were assessed on a number of things.
The post you are about to see is our DLO. We gained the top mark in the class. If you check the rubric (above), you will see our final assessment.

MY Favorite Wrestler

2010-03-30T11:44:00.003+13:00

My favorite wrestler is Kelly Kelly because she is really good at defending herself , she is also good at getting other girls on the ground. She is a really good role model for me because she takes part in all of her games. Every time she never misses any of her games one day I would like to have her signature and a really big poster of her in my bedroom.