Erene Pt England School

Ambassador - Video Conferencing

2010-12-20T20:10:00.002+13:00

In 2010 I have been an ambassador for Pt England School. My role has been to talk about my learning to hundreds of visitors who have come to our school from all over the country and around the world.

This video shows you what I had to say about how Video Conferencing helps us learn - and is fun

Erene -Video Conferencing from KPE TV on Vimeo.

This is the transcript of my presentation:

"We really enjoy using Video Conferencing to connect with other people and to help us with our learning. Sometimes we connect with kids our own age and find out about their lives and talk about issues together. Sometimes we connect with experts who can help us with our Inquiries. And sometimes WE are the experts and people contact us to help them.

At the end of last year we were part of the Global Rock our World Project on Tolerance.

As part of this our students got to collaborate in recording a song called Shine Your light. You can buy the song, with us singing in it, on iTunes, and you can see the music video they made on YouTube! It is very cool.

This year we are joining in a project called Walk Our World where we are joining with other kids to actually walk all around the world.

Recently we met the Nike shoe designer and submitted our own designs for a Nike shoe!

One of the best parts of Rock Our World is getting to talk with kids from other countries on iChat. We have made friends now in Peru, Hongkong, Australia, Tokyo and America.

I am sure you have all heard about some of our kids getting to video conference with Will Smith last year. They spent about 30 minutes with him on iChat and he was really fun to talk to. They collaborated in writing a poem with him and he sent us a copy of it which is hanging in the school foyer. That poem is also on YouTube if you search for Will Smith, Shine Your Light.

Belonging to the KAREN high speed network has given us the opportunity to connect with people around NZ who can help us with our learning.
Hamish Campbell has been a great friend of the school because not only is he a paleontologist, but he also knows lots about geology. So when we were learning about dinosaurs, he was our expert to tell us all about it.

He seemed to really like talking to us too, so when there was a big earthquake in the South Island and NZ shifted 30cm closer to Australia, he emailed us and asked if we would like to know what had happened! Of course we said yes. We wanted to know how soon we would be meeting up with Australia. We aren't ready to be Australians yet!

I told you that sometimes we are able to use Video Conferencing to help other people with their learning! You may be surprised to hear that most of the people we have helped are adults! From time to time adults want to know about eLearning and because they can't visit us here like you are, they book us in for a video conference. And last year two of our students got to talk to thousands of teachers at the Ulearn conference in Christchurch, sitting right here at Pt England School.

And it's not just our senior students who get to do this. One of our Year 3 classes, Room 10, have been helping a professor at the University of South Alabama in America teach his post graduate students about eLearning! They use Skype to talk to his students during their lectures.

Video Conferencing helps us make connections with anyone, anywhere in the world. It also can happen at anytime. We have had to have sleepovers and some very early morning starts to be able to speak to people in some of the countries. That is all part of the fun.

It it a great way to learn things and become better at communicating."

Minister Heatley speaking to us after we gave our presentation.

Minister of Housing, Phil Heatley, was one of the people we presented to this year.

The Minigolf Champion

2010-10-14T10:19:00.007+13:00

On the first week of the holidays I went to sleep at my cousins house. I was really happy because I like sleepovers. I wonder what would happen the next day, propably Mini golf.

We had a cool night watching Rocky IV. I like Rocky and how he beat Ivan Drago. It was sad when Apollo Creed got killed and Rocky had to fight. It was good that he won.

The day came and I was wondering what we would do today. Thoughts hit my head out of control. I didn’t know what we were going to d truthfully, but i was really really desperate to know.

My Uncle told us to hop in the car. He told us we were going to a cool place. The cool place was “Minigolf”. It was the “Onehunga MiniGolf”. I had 1 of the worst starts in my first hole getting a 9 on a par 2.

I got better though. On hole 5 I had a streak of getting my ball in the hole first. I did that 4 times. On hole 9 I was bad again, getting a 6. I had the advantage out of everyboy though. I should be munting this game up. But I wasn’t, It was my 5 year old cousin. Who was winning.

It came up to the last hole, I won by one hit. It was a very awarding feeling, at the same time as a guilty feeling. I guess next time I guess I should go easy next time.

The End

Fiafia drummers

2010-09-24T14:04:00.003+12:00

On the last week of the school term on Thursday we had a festival. I was in the Drumming group. It was very cool. We even had a basketball part. I was in it. Overall I would give us a 8.5 out of 10. We had good fun and enjoyed ourselves. My stage fright got knocked out of the window when the climax builded. It was a cool night. One I'll remember.

Note: I am the one on the left holding the black basketball.

Panthers Exit The Finals Series

2010-09-19T19:41:00.011+12:00

This week there were two games for the NRL finals series, the West Tigers Vs the Canberra Raiders and the Sydney Roosters Vs the Penrith Panthers. The Sydney Roosters had a storming game beating the Panthers 34-12.

The Roosters were already the hot favourites because Penrith had lost a couple of experienced players like Trent Waterhouse (torn pectoral) and Frank Pritchard (hamstring). They also lost speedster Michael Jennings. To add on top of that, they also lost an experienced back rower Luke Lewis and Gavin Cooper after a corked quad.

The Roosters hadn't changed much in their lineup against the West Tigers. They still had inspirational Sean Kenny-Dowall, Minichello and Carney (Player Of The Year). Mitchell Pearce scored a beautiful try when they quickly spread the ball wide. He made a lot of breaks and had a very good game in defence. Todd Carney controlled the game very well and he played a beautiful kicking game with 4 from 6 conversions.

Braith Anasta is a player that is like Carney, he controls the ball well, has a good step and is pretty fast scoring two tries. The Roosters had a cruising win, 34-12. The Panthers needed to lift their game early or they would be punished by points. Sadly, they had no chance of coming back since the ball kept spilling out of their hands early in the tackle count. Carney was very effective during the game. So was Braith Anasta. Their next opponent is the Gold Coast Titans. Hopefully, they beat the Titans and either face the Dragons or the West Tigers. I don't really care who they face because, their gonna go all the way and win.

Thanks to http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ for the picture of Todd Carney.

A Cross Country Story

2010-09-16T11:35:00.005+12:00

The old abandoned house creaked in the Autumn night. As I took wider steps home I realised that I could hear footsteps, like someone was following me. The wind gushed at me like I was it’s target. The bushes started shaking as I walked past. “Hello” , said Forrest Vosler. He was with James Rudder and Vernon Baker.” Look at what we got here” snarled James. “I'm a better person than you” I snapped. Furious, they beat me until I was a bloody mess. “ Smarty pants aye?” Vosler snarled. He left me lying on the footpath. I was angry but knew to keep my anger in check.

I came to school like shrapnel hit me from every angle. The incident the night before was not told to anyone, to make matters worse Cross Country was today. Training was more like boot camp since I worked so hard. “You’re a mess” said John Finn. He was my friend, only friend that knows me or at least talks to me. “ It’s D-Day today (Cross Country) and you’re in bad condition, we should shift you to the rear”. “Nonsense” I said “ I must do the race”. I was scared and nervous though and knew that the task that lay ahead would be difficult.

I’m eleven years old by the way. I'm not the toughest in the food chain, but I know when to show what I got when I need to. The bell rang stinging my ears as I went to sit in my line. Forrest Vosler and Vernon and James are all the same age as me. They think their all that , but I think their crooks. Oh and by the way I go to James Brown Elementary School. As usual, the oldest kids raced first. The wind made me shiver. Mr Smith came on the field saying I should not run. “Nonsense” I said in return,” I’ve got the heart of a lion,I can’t give up now.” “Bang “ went Mr Smiths pistols.

I ran and ran in little spurts in the beginning. There are a lot of 11 year olds in our grade, and they're all fast. I was lagging behind because I got tripped up in the very start. “Hahaha” was the only thing I could hear. I got back up though and joined the herd. I was starting to get reluctant when the pain in my wounds acted, The pain was excruciating. I took one step after another. The pain grew worse and worse.

I got to half way and started limping. Sprinting was the only thing that I had in my head. I was coming around 7th or 6th and realised the people in front of me were giving me a whopper of a hiding. The ground was the total opposite to a horse racing ground. It makes you slow and is sort of like quicksand. The worst thing that could have ever happened, did. One of the wounds opened. “Ahh” I shrieked with great pain.

The finish line was in view, 2oo m away.The hardest part of the race was near because I’m coming 4th and the people in my way to winning this thing or getting a place is Vernon, James, Vosler. “Oh Lord, please no. Not these guys that I have have to face up with. I’ll kill myself! I said in my head. I fell to the ground but got back up. Covered in mud and body about to give up, I run and run. Vernon Baker was in front, I passed him only to be barged and of balance. Rudder, James Rudder was my next victim. With 150m left. We were running together though for quite a bit. “Well, smarty has come to join the party” said Rudder. I ignored and passed him.

“Vosler” I said in my head. “Your going down potato head” shouted Vosler as he looked behind. He was surprised to see me, but then again I was gaining fast metres fast. With about 70m of space between me and the finish, I catch Vosler. “Holy” he said. We both sprinted and sprinted. 10m left to go and another wound started to ache. I took a deep breath. It was like I: had been gunned and lived. The finish was right there. I dived and landed on my wounds. I was out of breath. Like I had to swim a 200m swimming pool.

Silence overcame the field until Mr Smith came out. One person pointed at Forrest Vosler. Mr Smith shook his head. When the man pointed at me Mr Smith nodded. At that very moment I knew that I had won. John Finn said,” Hey Captain, or should I say der geist”. “What....Does.... that.... mean....”I said. “The Ghost” said John, “That’s what the other competitors think you are cause every time they think you’re out for the count, you came back.”

Note: Some of these names are really people who are army men.

John Finn Jack Lucas Forrest Vosler Vernon Baker James Rudder

All these men are at rest at the "Arlington Cemetery".

Billy Joel

2010-09-08T08:41:00.007+12:00

This photo is a photo of Billy Joel and some others when he was young. He was singing "For The Longest Time". Not many people like oldies music like me in my class, ( possibly even the school ). He is very AWESOME and has sung with Legendary "Elton John". Together they sang "I Guess That's Why They Call Me The Blues". He was born on 1949 on May the 9th. He was singing actively in the 1960's and sang one of the all time favourites, "Piano Man". In fact, the song "Piano Man" is coming no. 25 on the "Billboard Hot 100". Billy Joel is a American music artist that inspired the world. As a kid, I am shocked to see that his songs weren't chosen to be on the top of the music list. 1999 is a special year for him, this is because in 1999 he was inducted to the "Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame" ( just like Michael Jackson ). I think he is one of THE BEST singers that entered this world. He contributed with some of the best in the world. He's a singer I'll never forget, plus if he ever comes back, ( which is not likely). Then he'll be a stunner.

Thanks Billy for all you've done.

D'wayne's story

2010-09-01T14:34:00.003+12:00

On Friday the 12th of March the extension group had a conference with D'wayne Edwards. He told us how he became a shoemaker,why he became a shoemaker. Just in case you don't know who D'wayne Edwards is? he is a Nike Shoe desinger.

His story all started off when he was 7. At this age he admired drawing and sketching. But it wasn't until he was eleven when he started to draw shoes. The weird thing was that he stuck to that topic and decided to draw shoes ever since. He knew that in his mind that there was a career ahead of him. And there was. His first shoe was an amazing shoe, but the thing is that it was designed long before it turned into reality.

I think he is a living model, sort of like Dr. Ben Solomen Carson. He is very insparational and can be someone you can lean on when you need help.

Inside Rugby

2010-08-24T13:57:00.002+12:00

This post is just a brief manuel or instruction book on how to play rugby. This sport is very common in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Here are some of the basic rules of rugby:

1. The ball must be passed backwards

2. There must be 15 players on the field and 7 reserves

3. You are not aloud to dive over a ruck for the ball.

4. Tackles are to be under the shoulder

5. A try is 5 points and a conversion is 2 points

6. Knock-ons are when the ball is knocked forward

7. Scrums have all 8 fowards

8. There must be 7 backs and 8 forwards.

9. When the ball is out a line-out happens

10. line-outs include all 8 forwards

11. Hookers through the ball in

12. The Halfback feeds the ball in a scrum

So now you now some of the basic rules of rugby. Why don't you try it out sometime, and who know, maybe soon you'll be out there playing for YOUR COUNTRY.

Perspectives

2010-08-09T14:09:00.005+12:00

You may think this is just a joke, or even just a plain old brain teaser. But I think it's to help draw maps. You see, we are going to make a treasure map, Previously, we have been practising , such as drawing maps from school to our house. Even our ICT (Information, communication and technology) lab. But the funny thing is that we had to sit at our computers and draw Mrs Tele'a ( Our Teacher between 2:00- 3:00). At first I thought it was a joke and that we were going to be told to go on our blog. But we weren't, we were told to draw her from the angle we were sitting at. Weird Huh? Anyway I knew I was a goner because drawing is not my thing. My Perspective was easy. My drawing actually turned out to be pretty good. I guess this activity was good if we want to be Map makers

The Maori Discovery

2010-07-24T11:53:00.004+12:00

Dating back to 1000 years ago, the Eastern Polynesians people were the first ever to cross the southern pacific ocean and discover Aoteroa (New Zealand). These people were called the early maori. Their vessels were 15-20 meters long and normally it would have one hull, but sometimes have two or an out-rigger. Finally, Aoteroa (New Zealand) was found.

The Eastern polynesian people couldn't navigate on their own, so they brought navigators to navigate them to their destination. They used the stars to navigate. They also followed birds in the day. Not many east polynesian people made it to New Zealand even though there were STORMY seas, they reached the land of Aotearoa.

"What A Sight"

2010-07-22T18:50:00.010+12:00

We drove up the driveway, " Plonk Plonk Plonk Plonk". The Sun was shining and Mum and Dad decided to go out. It was the second week of the holidays and I felt like it was only the first. We went to a place called Butterfly Creek.

When we were in the car I read a book about World War II Heroes; where I read about Desmond Doss, a Medic in the war who saved almost 80 lives. We walked in and bumped into a big line that lead to the counter. Surprisingly, it only took a few minuets until we got what we wanted (our tickets). We went to look at the fishes. When we walked past the door I saw a little steering wheel that comes from a olden day ship. I pretended I was Benjamin Franklin sailing the Seven Seas. As I imagined me as a Sailor I got cut off as Mum and Dad walked away, so eventually I followed.

After we finished admiring the fish we made our way inside a doorway that led to a room full of butterflies. It was a big and hot room that had the heat of three heat pumps. There were butterflies in every direction I turned. It was amazing. Lots of butterflies landed on me and stayed on me for quite a while. One came on my head as well. The room was hot and stuffy but because I had made a new friend it didn't matter. The atmosphere in the big room was hot but since it's the winter in the southern hemisphere.

The alligators and crocodiles were my next subject and believe it or not, it was cool. You see, I reckon it was one of the best because at the end we got to take a photo with a Crocodile. That was pretty cool. But before that a man came out to tell us about the crocodiles, it's diet and lack of exercise.

Before long, we made our way to the farm animals. It was exciting feeding the animals. The goats tongues are pretty tough when met hand. We went to the train after that. Taking two rounds around the route, I used my time to wave at others and gaze at the farm animals. As I hopped of my little sister was full of enjoyment.

The sun set as the day folded into an end. It felt as though the time was going to fast but that is probably what lots of people think. We drove back and left a building full of lots of exciting things. We arrived home and rested for the rest of the night.

A Mighty Assembly

2010-07-21T10:26:00.005+12:00

I sat down on the floor in the hall. It was the first day of school for Term 2 and it seems to me like it would be a good and interesting topic this term. I looked around and saw another teacher called Mr Barkes, he was a Viking. The topic for this term was Mighty Mariners.

All of the teachers teams had to perform a play, skit or animation to give us students a little hint about this Terms Topic. All of the teachers did well, but out of all of them the best team that I liked was team 1. They did an animation and i thought that it was pretty cool. Their animation was about Kupe and how he brought the seven canoes to New Zealand Aotearoa. It was a good animation with a lot of detail and it was concise.

The Topic " Mighty Mariners" is a good topic we all can learn. I like watching sharkmen and lot's of channels on Animal planet so I am looking forward to this term. As I walked out of the assembly I wondered awaited for me later on in the term. At the same time I thought what "A MIGHTY ASSEMBLY".

Rugby World Cup

2010-06-25T12:07:00.006+12:00

Below is just a brief report on some teams weakness and Strengths. Also key players and their chances of winning the World Cup. Read more to find out about Australia, South Africa and New Zealand

Australian rugby is a well known side for their stand-out players like Stephen Larkham, Stirling Mortlock and George Gregan. They are known for there outstanding attack and kicking. This is why they are in the Tri-nations. They have won a World cup a couple of times, but if they want to do that again in 2011, they would have to improve there scrums.

Scrums for the Kangaroos is a weakness, that showed when they faced England on their 2nd test match. And they lost 20-21. Some say that it's there forwards fitness but others say they put on to much beef. I think that it's fitness. Skipper Rocky Elsom really needs to encourage his boys when the time comes for the cup. Both Rocky and Gituea needs to tell their forward pack to step up.

Elsom has a lot of rookie's that he needs to handle. But with his skill, he can bring them up to world class level in the test matches. Hopefully before the world cup.

In the England and Australian game and the Australian-Fijian game. Adam-Ashley Cooper kept on being shut down when he ran the ball up, So did Giteau. They have a good kicking game. Quade Cooper and Matt Giteau really know how to break the line but if they want to win the world cup they would have to do now and again. There chances are in my point of view would be 8/10 because the Springboks forwards can smash the Australian forward pack.

You don't need to say much when you hear the words "Springboks rugby" or "South African Rugby", you would already know who there talking about. World No.2 rugby team Springboks. They are prop ably the best rugby team now because they have made history in 1995 when they had to take on New Zealand in the finals.

Jonah Lomu was playing for the New Zealand team. He was known as a monster when he scored four tries in the semi-final against England (and he was only in his young years of world class rugby). Amazingly, South Africa beat what seemed to be the impossible New Zealand side 12-9 at extra time. New Zealand had a chance to win when it was locked 9-9. They passed the ball to Andrew Merhtons but Mertohns missed the drop goal and so they won. They also won the 2007 world cup.

The Springboks have a lot of confidence when they play. They have a lot of key players like Morne Steyn, Bryan Habana, Victor Matfield, Joe Peterson, Wynand Oliver and BJ Botha. These players are the skippers, the magic men of this side. Victor Matfield is a really good Captain and he knows when to speak up on, and of the paddock. Matfield is one of the oldest and most experienced South African athelete for rugby. He plays with great dignity and he also works hard until the last second of each match.

The South Africans Skipper Joe Peterson had a good season when he was playing for the Bulls. He was a player that knows how to break the line and find gaps now and then. Missing vital tackles for him is impossible because he has such a good tackling technique. Bryan Habana and Morne Steyn is one of the greatest combinations that is known for try-scoring and line breaks. Unlike Richie McCaw and Daniel Carter, Steyn is a Five Eighth who kicks at a good pace and possession.

My bets are on the South Africans with all my money because firstly there only weakness is if the opposition passes the ball to the wing. But if your the opposition then be bright and don't go to Habana's wing because he might intercept or just cut you down. So be aware or be in your top shape because your not then they will beat you to the death 50-0 (in my opinion).

New Zealand, is one of THE BEST RUGBY countries in the WORLD. Colin "Pinewood" Meads is the best rugby player in all history. New Zealand are well known for there outstanding attack and defence. But the only thing that puzzles me is that they only one one World Cup in all HISTORY.

Now the All Blacks only have a handful of key players, strengths. Richie and Carter is an elite combination for this side and in my opinion there our only hope to win.

The reason why is because the men that should still be skippers like Rokocoko or Muliiana is not performing as they used too. Joe never breaks the line any more and Malili is a bit off his game. Malili is our ONLY fullback because the rookie Israel Dagg can't play world class like him. Hooker Kevin Mealamu is one of of two people that are over thirty, so he should be as good as Carter or McCaw since he has lot's of experience. Kevin had a good game against the welsh, he was fast at the breakdown and worked hard to recycle the ball.

Nz needs to test the oppositions weakness, and do there homework on other key players. Testing weaknesses is what we haven't done. A key for Nz when they face the Kangaroo's is that they have to use their scrums in order to beat the Australians. Spreading the ball against the Springboks needs to be done. If Nz don't win the World Cup or get to the finals the people would say that that is Nz's last chance. People also say that France MUST take over Nz's place in the Tri-nations if they don't win or become second

The 2011 World Cup is coming up and all teams that has been talked about needs to be ready for every game. If they don't Some other teams from the six nations might whip either one. Every team has an opportunity at the same time as every team has a weakness so what Nz, Sa and Oz needs to do is polish their weaknesss. Good Luck to all teams

This is my PMI

2010-06-22T14:13:00.008+12:00

Mount Tarawera is a New Zealand mountain that exploded about century ago.

In extension we had to create a movie that was a bout Mount Tarawera. Below it shows

a brief reflection of how this went.

P: The positive stuff was that we had a pretty good team to work with and we all helped

each other. Picking ourselves up in times of trouble is what we were good at. My

editing was normal but the only thing that was positive was that I finished my part of

the project fast and the quality ( in my point of view ) was a bit good and a bit pitchy.

Being part of team means having good respect to others. Sort of like having respect to

ref every time I play Rugby League. I was good at respecting others throughout this

project. But I need to do that more in order to have a happy life. (Don't worry this

comes to you to).

M: We went a bit slow even though we all had our own parts to do. Going slow was our

pace and our type of work. I worked sloppy though compared to some of the others in

my group. My scripting was average, but the thing that was bugging me (and was

probably bugging me since I was five) was that people kept talking to me. In order to

make my work go slower. Instead of me ignoring, I joined in. Trying not to talk to

anyone is probably the hardest thing that I could do.

I: Joshua was a REAL highlight of the whole project because he did lot is of work in a

small amount of time. MATTHEW was a guy who would stick his head down and work,

he wouldn't put it up unless his work was finished. I was good too. The work I did was

published and although I didn't work at my highest expectations I know now what to

improve and what I know I am good at.

Rock Our World

2010-06-01T14:47:00.005+12:00

I have just been part off a global Rock Our world project on "Shoes" I learned that a shoe is much more than a piece of fabric. It has a meaning and a purpose. I have also had a conference with every one and the Rock Our World manager (Carol ann Mcguire) and the infomation below is just a brief reflection about me this year. We also made commercials for a shoe that we made.

Reflection 1: What did I do well

Song

2: How could I have improved on what I did

Not to look sidewards and to behave, Commercial and to

3:What held you back

Talking and when I was stuck I tried to not ask for help

4:Focus and move away

5: purpose:

1.To Educate people

2. To bring people together

3. To give people a step to bigger things

4.Make friends

5. More chances too meet other people and learn

You can also see the conference if you click here ROW.

A Pokey Situation

2010-05-31T14:10:00.002+12:00

Hokey Pokey is a funny word. It reminds me of the ice-cream Hokey Pokey. But on Wednesday the 26th 2010 everything changed when we made Hokey Pokey. I'll begin.

Firstly, we went to the kitchen with lots of excitement. I didn't know for sure what this was. but I knew that the name says it all. Mr Hunia told us to go around him and watch what he would do. Mr Hunia took out a saucepan and started to add sugar. He then put some golden sugar in the pot and constanly stirred the mixture. All of a sudden , the suger and syrup dissolved into a kind of golden, yellowish( Must be because of the the syrup). Baking Powder was added in the mix and froth rised, because of the Baking Powder caused a chemical reaction. Then the mix started to rise and grow in size and change in colour and shape.

We then had to wait for the mix to cooldown, which didn't take long. The Hokey Pokey was cooled like lava cooling into scoria rock. The Hokey Pokey was funny looking when it came to the eating part. It was really lumpy too. But the taste was pretty much syrup with too much sugar.

This is a experiement that can help to understand lava a bit more. I would rate this event 6 out of 10 because the taste was under average but at least I enjoyed it, and who knows. Maybe if you do this you might enjoy it to

The Summit

2010-05-20T18:33:00.002+12:00

Thursday the 20th of May 8:15. It was a blank day as my cousin, brother and I walked to school in the mist. As I entered the school gates I wondered what surprise awaits for me today. The entrance of the school was under construction so that forced me to go around. Then I walked to the ICT lab and I saw Kayde and his brother Gabrielle. As we worked on the the computer there was a big silence in room. Unexpectedly, Mrs T'elea told us to log in as Rm 12 and head back to class. At that very moment I remembered that today was field trip day. We were going to One Tree Hill, or Maungakiekie ( mou-nga-ki-e-ki-e).

8:55 Mrs Garden told the whole class to sit down and be quiet. We all were split into three groups and two of the people that were in my group, were my best friends Joshua and Aidan. We were told to go to the hall and then from there we went to the bus that waited on the side of the sidewalk. My group was called "Group 3" and we were the last ones on bus three. Some of the Rm 14 students were then part of "Group 3".

9:10 We were finally on our way to One Tree Hill. It took a while, and the road was a bit bumpy too, but at least we got there safely. "Group 3" was the lucky ones because we could climb the mountain first (this is good because we can be the first ones to get it over and done with). We started our quest for victory as we climbed the mountain. Our goal was to climb up and then back down successfully. Our quest was hard, steep and challenging. There were a lot of people on the extinct mountain. There were people on bikes, skateboards and people running. I said hello to them all.

I then continued to climb as I kept a pattern in my head going " 1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2". We crossed a corner and pushed some branches out of the way. To my amazement, I saw the height of success. The pattern got faster "1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2". I was so close to the top when I saw a steep hill. I almost dropped faintly when a song at the back of my head played. It was Michael Jackson's "On The Line". All of a sudden, I could feel my tank re-charge. Then I pumped and pumped with the song still in my head. Then as I pulled myself up I stood on a stack of bricks, stretched my arms and then looked at the view as I went down. I smiled and knew I had reached the height of competition, in other words "The Summit".

Temptations

2010-05-19T08:31:00.010+12:00

The Temptations are a very successful band because they have had so many hits like "My lady's soul" and "Treat 'em like a lady". Me and my friend Kayde really like this band, because they catch my ears. So whenever I turn on the radio and I hear the Temptations I turn it up and listen. The Temptations has also been on a successful programme called "The Fresh prince Of Bel Air". The Temptations come from Detroit, Michigan America. Their genre is R&B, Doo Wop, Funk and of course, Soul. There has been lots of classic songs such as My Papa was a rolling stone, Ain't to proud to beg and My Girl. Did you know that the song My Papa was a rolling stone was chosen to be part of the Rock'n'roll Hall Of Fame's Songs That Shaped Rock'n'Roll. The Temptations were part of Motown records. The People that were part of this soulful band was David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams and a favourite called Eddie Kendricks.

Podcast: "Help! I'm Trapped in my Teacher's Body!"

2010-05-06T16:56:00.002+12:00

"Help! I'm Trapped in my Teacher's Body!" by Todd Strasser

Kayde and Erene

The Unforgettables

2010-04-01T09:57:00.004+13:00

The photo you see on the right is my best friends. They are all relying and helpful. Kind and friendly, and always caring. The one next to me, with the blue "LG" tee shirt is my best friend. His name is Aiden. And the one next to him is Shawn ( With squared shirt) and Joe (With grey tee shirt) and Matthew T With (Jumper). On the Bottom row there is Matthew R ( In the green) Kayde and Jeyan. The Phototogragher is Joshua. Although you can't see him. He is also my best friend too.

Erene's NZ History Treaty Part 1

2010-04-01T09:53:00.002+13:00

Erene's NZ History Treaty

2010-04-01T08:57:00.003+13:00

This Term we have been learning about NZ history. This is a short movie about NZ.

Highlights for this Term (1)

2010-03-30T14:17:00.003+13:00

This term was action packed with lots of excitement going around. We have had lot's off exciting activities such as camps and video conferences. And outside school, services and birthdays. In Poly fest my cousin got 2nd, for "Best Manaia" too. The extension group also got to talk to a famous man called D'wayne Edwards. When I heard about this video conference, I thought D'wayne was going to talk a lot about shoes. But when the time came, all he really talked about was his journey and his motivation. Which I think was actually better that talking about shoes. Incase you don't know, D'wayne Edwards is the head designer of NIKE. He's designed shoes, tee shirts and also some fancy caps. This year we are joining in a project called Walk our world (WOW). As part of this we also get to walk all around the world. This term has been really cool and even though it is the quarter of the whole year it just might be the best.

Camp Kindess

2010-03-25T09:24:00.003+13:00

As I came back from camp, I dragged my legs inside the house and dropped on the couch. With a little effort, I sat up to have a moment and remember the highlights of our "Pt England School camp."

The first activity was "Ten Pin Bowling", and I'll tell you now, it was probably one of the most enjoyable activities that we took. My group was called Soul Squad . My opponents were Nikora, Nezinli, Joe and Kayde. I got the best bowl and the worst!!!! The reason why I got the best was because I was the only one to get a strike and I got the worst bowl because when I bowled my 6th turn, the ball was stuck to my hands! So when I bowled it didn't go off my hands and on the bowling alley, but it flew up in the air and hit the fire extinguisher ( Aghhhhhh ). At that moment I thought I was in trouble but no, I wasn't. "Phew".

As I led "Soul Squad" into the hall we saw all of the groups sitting down on the hall floor. All of the groups magnetized there eyes on the projector screen. They all were watching the old fashioned "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate factory". As time past, more people such as brothers, Mums and Dads, relatives, cousins and older siblings started to flood into the hall. Mrs Nua stopped the movie and greeted all of us and the special visitors. She said that it was time to start our item. First up was TLC (if you were wondering, it meant Tender loving care).

All the excitement was so high that it was suddenly our turn, that's right Soul Squad's turn. Our item was really action packed and super fantastic. But when we saw the Considerators's item. We just couldn't compete with the Considerators. In the end we came second and the Considerators topped the table in first place.

On Friday was the last day off camp, where we were going to spend the whole day at " Swim' O' Rama". Most off the year 5's hung their heads down while they were cleaning up there tent. The only reason why was pretty, they didn't want camp to end. After we cleaned up our area we were told to sit down in the hall to be split up into groups for the bus. We were with the kind crew in the bus and even though we were the first one to go we were the last one to reach our destination.

When we got there Mrs Nua told us that to start off we should have some swimming races. I competed in the ten year old grade. I was pretty fast for a ten year old. In fact, I was in the Swimming Inter zone. After the races Mrs Nua led a group one by one and as I and so it begins. I splashed and swam and I even went on the hydro slide. Then I played with an Argentinean guy at soccer and I won.

As we went back home everyone was tired and drousy. I guess that was the highlights of this years "Camp Kindess".

Vincent Van Gogh

2010-03-05T09:28:00.005+13:00

On Friday the 5th of March, The bell rang and when we entered the door and sat down. There were newspapers on the tables and pictures on our whiteboard and at that moment I knew that we were going to do some "Van Gough" sketching.

To start off Mrs Garden read us a book about Van Gough, the story was really sad because when he was living his paintings weren't admired. He loved painting so much that he had to stop buying food in order to keep his art reputation. But he only sold a few drawings and paintings, things are different today, one of his paintings is EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.

We were all given a painting to sketch (not to trace!!!) and were told that we have to draw the lines. Not the whole painting. This is me trying to sketch one of his more brighter paintings.

Ravishing Rotorua- Day 2 2010

2010-02-14T16:59:00.016+13:00

When I woke up I didn't know what we were doing today. So I ever so slowly dragged myself a cross the rug and brushed my teeth. As I got changed I started to realize that we were about to have breakfast. So I sprung my eyes open as fast as toast coming out of a toaster and got changed in a flash.

When we arrived to our breakfast room we expected a tremendous room with fancy lights, tables, chairs, cutnnary and flooring, and when we got there we weren't disappointed. Everything was beautiful. So the only thing left that was needed to be tested was the food. first, we had to start off with some cereal, I had riceis with trim milk and it was delicious. Then I ate some eggs, bacon, baked beans and toast. "Wow" I said on a full stomach, " That is some meal these guys can whip up"I said. "Where are we going today" I asked quite deter mainly to my Dad, "To Wildlife Valley Springs" said my Dad.

After that we were ready to set off to "Wildlife Valley Springs". Me and my brother were jittery and jumpy while we were on our way to "Wildlife Valley Springs". When we arrived we leaped out of the car. "Would ya look at this place" I thought knowing that today would be a day to remember. As I walked in I saw a man mowing the lawns, he was in his " Wildlife Valley Springs" uniform.

When I walked in there was a counter, the counter was supervised by a lady who was sweating. There also were lots of great souvenirs such as magnets, caps, skin-care products, toys, possum merino clothing, key chains and T-shirts. We brought a cup of food that we could feed to the Trouts and the Ducks. When we walked through the entrance their was a creepy passage way that lead across to a door. We followed the passage way and just before we had contact with the door that the passage led too we saw a machine making fresh water bottles filled with water. When I was walking it cornered the corner of my eye and when I focused on it it made me quite thirsty on a hot day.

We proceeded and walked through the door, there was two birds and a giant possum. The Possum was sleeping heavily and the two birds were squawking most cheerfully. " That must be a pain in the neck" I thought, "All that noise from these two birds when a possums trying to get some rest".The two birds was a Kakariki and a kea. These two lovely looking birds aren't as harmless as they look though if you see them for yourselves. You see The " Kea" can be quite nippible too. It can chew of rubber.

We then continued our journey but was stopped when we saw some steps that led to the Ngongotaha Stream. We went down the steps and thought that this would of been the chance to use some of the Trout and Duck food. In my point of view there is about 18,000 Trout in the stream. We threw some food and then about 4 ducks came and gobbled the food that we chucked. About 70% of the food that we threw in the stream were eaten by the ducks, 5% gone to the Trout and 20% gone to waste. We then went to the next place were we got to feed some more Trout. We tried to feed the Trout but the ducks noticed the food and zoomed to were we were feeding the Trouts. The Trouts lazily just swam in the same spot up the stream until before long they decided to make do. Some of the Trouts were eating the food we chucked and then my Dad said " Lets try and aim for the ducks back". So I did but fortunately I missed them all.

We then moved on and saw some deer. The Deer looked just like the ones that I saw on Animal Planet, only smaller. I stretched my hand so that I could see what they felt like. It felt like a beard, There was a little log that had a sign which said "Found by Captain Cook". Under the sign there was a pair of horns and so I leaned on the log to see if I can reach the horns but obviously I couldn't.

Then me, my brother and my Dad went off for a nature walk which was part of Wildlife Valley Springs. We saw many shapes and sizes of plants and trees. We gazed at nature not knowing though that we were about to meet a cave were you could get to see the trouts in the water. When we met the cave we saw a Trout and could hear the sound of a waterfall.

I think "Wildlife Valley Springs" is a great place to go and explore. The adventure I had was truly magnificent . I'd recommend this place to absolutely anyone who wants adventure now and then. And in my view that superb day would certainly be a day that i'll remember for the rest of my life

Ravishing Rotorua- The Arrival 2010

2010-01-25T20:26:00.011+13:00

On Monday the 18th of January. My Mum and Dad talked together and arranged a family road trip to Rotorua. After we heard the news, we all packed our bags the night before we left. We have been going to Rotorua for ten years now and the last time we went there we stayed at a Hotel called Rydges and I have to say that that hotel is so good on quality, location and meals.

The next morning, when the sun was high, we all had breakfast in a rush and was ready to go in our new car to Rotorua. I wanted to sit at the back because my Dad said that if you sit at the back you get to play PSP because there wasn't much room. I was ferocious when I heard the news, angry outraged, but by the time I had calmed down it was my turn to play PSP. When my brother passed it to me, I was delighted, energized and fully confident to know that I could beat my opponents. On my 27th battle I lost but the good thing was that we were almost there. Since it wasn't my turn, I decided to lay down and read the new book ( by new I mean last last year) I got called "The Mystery Of The Vanished Prince', by Enid Blyton. I drifted off to sleep after chapter 12.

When I woke up the sweet smell of Rotorua hit my nose and I remembered all the times I have come here. The sweet smell of Rotorua is also called Sulphur. We stayed at a hotel called Distinction. After we put all our bags in our room we went to the park and played a few games.

I went on the swing and I played " Swing rope". To play Swing rope you have to have a swing and a line in front of you but 6 metres away. Then you must hop on a swing and try to go highest that you can and jump off. If you pass the line then you get one point. Repeat ten times but if you don't make it that counts as a try.

When we came back to our hotel we went to the pools and swam all the way till eleven. It was pretty deep and it was outside too. Which also means it was cold. I kept swimming the length off the pool back and fourth. After I got tired I started to do some bombs and flips off the side of the pool. Exhausted, I dragged myself to the other end where the Spa was. I turned on the air jets and hopped in,it felt like a massage from a water robot. After a while I started to wonder around and see what else this place has got. I found a cave and in that cave was more Spa pools. Then there was one with a mini waterfall. I lazily pulled myself out and went back to my room number, got dressed in my Pj's and went to sleep ready for day 2.

2009 Reflection

2009-12-07T14:23:00.004+13:00

Term 1

The topic for Term 1 was to speak politely, in other words, "The Language of Success". I learnt a lot of ways to greet people politely and at the same time,as meeting new friends in our class like Aidan. Moving in Room 15 to be a senior was a real big step so I was a bit quiet in the first few weeks of the year.

Term 2

In Term 2 we learned about Dino-might. It was real cool considering all of the vicious dinosaurs and heart-beating Herbivores. To me Dino-might was my best subject. I do think that I could of worked on my behavior about talking to others a bit. But besides that I think that I have improved in my behavior from Term 1, and that I really enjoyed studying Dinosaurs. I also have enjoyed working with Hamish Campbell.

Term 3

In Term 3 we all learned about a very popular primary subject: The Art In Storytelling. This topic is still buzzing in people's heads today. My most favourite fairy tale character is Hansel because he took a big responsibility to look after Gretal from starvation and defeat the ugly witch. Also to sit up when we are on the mat.

A Popping Picnic for the Year 5's

2009-12-03T14:13:00.009+13:00

On Thursday the 3rd of December the Year 5's went down to the Point England Reserve to play some games. But before we went down, we had to bring some home made food that we either cooked or helped to cook. In my view about 30% of the class who brang food were buyers. I was part of the 30% because I ran out of time to make something. So I brought popcorn, Afghans and some cookies.

Mrs Squires said that we all had to get into groups. All of my group were fans of the Jabbawockeez so we called our group the Jabbawocke-NATORS. I thought that that

was a good name to choose. Then Ms Squires said that all the groups had to sort out a

game the other people from room 14 and 16 could play. We didn't need to so I was happy.

Off we went to the reserve and I was so jittery and jumpy that I couldn't wait to get there. When we arrived

at the reserve we sat down and I sprang up like a frog bouncing between the reeds to be chosen for

Touch. Sadly, I wasn't chosen but on the bright side the second game was

Soccer, and I happened to be a master at that art. The Soccer pitch ( in other words, football pitch)

wasn't as big and as wide as I thought it would be. It was approximately as big as the Goal keepers

ground.

"Brrrrrrr" went the whistle and the game was off. The ball was flying everywhere as me and my friend

Joshua started to make some plans. I spreaded out to the right were there was a gap. The pace of the game

was going so fast I didn't think I could make it. The ball came flying my direction like a bullet, I knew

that the only way I could get it in was to think fast. I hit the ball with all my might and "buffff" the ball

went heading to the goals direction. The only question was could the ball make it. Most unexpectedly,

the ball curved so hard it looked like it touched someones foot. But no, the ball didn't touch a persons foot,

nor a hand, but it met mother nature itself. That's right, the wind blew it so it skimmed the post and out. I was

mostly outraged but I had no one to blame.

I switched places to be a Goalie. Our side was magnificent from this view. But there were a few weaknesses

that we needed to polish. That side I didn't worry about because the score was 3-0 to us. Magically,

I saw another goal made by Joshua, never before have I seen so much talent in Point England. Yet

I knew there was more within. 5mins left and I swapped to be a striker. I had to give it all that I got cause I hadn't

got a goal yet. The oppositions confidence grew more and more as they entered our territory. A

minuete left of the game. As time shrunk I got more nervous. "21,20" time went, then Unaloto passed the ball

to me and I was off. I passed one and faked a pass to pass two more, the ball was stolen but I wouldn't

take no for an answer, I got the ball back and faked another pass again. I booted the ball and BOOM

the ball went in and I ran for celebration. "Urghhhhh" went the time bell and that was it, we won 5-0

to us.

Eating Time

After that we sat down in our class lines huffing and puffing as if we had ran a Marathon. We were

on our way to class to eat the homemade food that we had brang. When we arrived we all were very

hungry when we layed our eyes on the food. Everything looked so divine, the aromas smelt so wonderful.

Mrs Squires asked joshua to say Grace. After that we plated our food and dug up. Cruz (A.K.A Munch

Crunch) ate about 28 farmbaked cookies and 6 large cookies ( we call him Munch Crunch cause he

can eat lots of cookies. I ate some muffins as an entree. It was so beatiful I thought I was in Muffin

Mania. Then I had some Pizza bread for Mains. When I tasted the pizza bread it was like it was made

by Gordan Ramsay. I was unspeakable. To top up all of this lovely food I had Popcorn. "Um Um Um"

I said now that I had finished some popcorn, "I have to say that that was one real Popping Picnic

The End

Damaging Tsunami in Samoa

2009-10-15T14:52:00.009+13:00

The Shock

I was at Camp (Totara Springs) in Matamata during our school holidays, we were in the middle of our "Cabin Inspection" when our headmaster told us that we had to sit down. I was quite confused considering that I was in the middle of folding up my spare blanket. As I came down to sit; I realized that one of our leaders were looking depressed or upset. Our Headmaster then went up to that leader and cheered him up by saying "Are you all right". This was unusual because this leader was my leader and we had just finished going on the "Hydroslide". I sat down on a spare bed with some friends next to me. Unexpectedly, my Area Head walked in. His name was "Seb" and he came in to inspect our cabin. Our Headmaster then said " There are about 4 or 5 Samoan people who have family in Samoa". In Samoa there has been a "DAMAGING TSUNAMI!!!. I was terrified because I am a Samoan and I had family in SAMOA. The Shock put a lot of sadness in my heart

Having Faith

I knew now why my leader was feeling a bit upset. He was Samoan too. He then said a prayer while tears ran down my face like it was trying to race down in a split second. I felt like I was lost in total darkness and did not know where to go. Then my Headmaster came to sit next to me and cheer me up. As my leader ended his prayer I walked out the door for dinner ever so slowly thinking what should I do now. When I sat down at our cabins dinner table, I tried to hide my face from other campers. It was no use because I could not find a way to smile. My leader then said to be strong in the Lord with all your heart. I started to gain faith but still sulk.

Letting It All Go

5mins past and my Headmaster asked for the microphone. He then said to all the Campers that there has been a Tsunami in Samoa and that the shocking news is that the Tsunami in Samoa has lots of stories to tell. I started to let it all go after some thinking. I then continued my Camp without the Damaging Tsunami in Samoa blocking FUN.

The Typing Website

2009-09-07T14:13:00.004+12:00

One day in Extension Mrs Burt told us about a website. Guess what? It was a England website. It told us how to type. It taught me lots of things. Like telling me were to put my fingers. To start off you have to put you 4 fingers ( not including the thumbs) on your left hand on the A S D F. Then leave the thumb to rest on the space bar. With the other hand, put the first four fingers on the : L K J. If you would like to see more about this website got to it on www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing.

My blog Wordle

2009-09-02T14:31:00.000+12:00

On Wednesday the 3rd of September the Extension group was taught by Mrs Burt how to use Wordle. Wordle is a website where it shows you what words you have used on your blogs, websites etc.
I have learnt that I have used the word "Earthquake" lots in my writing. This incredible website meant that I write quite a lot about Earthquakes. I like Wordle because it has many Fonts, Colours Layouts and even Languages.

My 2-day special birthday

2009-08-19T10:41:00.000+12:00

DAY 1

On Thursday the 13th of August 2009 I turned ten!!!!. When I woke up I got a special breakfast. My brother and I had Pancakes with syrup, Eggs half cooked, and juicy bacon. Then my Dad gave me my presents. It was a Michael Jackson book, Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 album, and also a Sudoku book. My favourite song by the Jackson 5 is Farewell My Summer Love, Blame It On The Boogie, ABC, Ben, I'll Be There, We're Going Back To Indiana, The Love You Save, My Girl, Rockin Robin, Dancing Machine, Who's loving you and La La (means I Love you). My birthday card was really cool as well because it had Bugs Bunny on it. I like Bugs Bunny because I like his catch phrase "whats up doc". That Same day I went to my Grandpa's house and when I got there......., they said HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Later on my Auntie and Uncle came to my Grandpa's house as well. They came with a present. Then we ate and I felt really happy. I was eagerly awaiting to blow out my candles. My cake was a Mud cake. Mud cakes are my favourite, mmmmmmmm. When I got to blow out my candles, it took me two blows to blow out my candles. Then it was time to open my presents. I got a mini soccer table, a game called Brain Drain, A rugby ball and 20 dollars.

Day 2

MegaZone
I invited my 2 best friends, Joshua and Aidan. They came to my 2nd birthday.We went to MegaZone and when we got there there was 3 other birthdays. I also invited some of my cousins and relatives. Not much people was there so we had to go downstairs and play with the timeout games, we had no money, so my Dad payed the man for us to play Dodgems. It was really hard to control the vehicle because if you turned the wheel around lots of times, then your vehicle would of reversed. I got stuck for 5mins and then I started to go round and round again. We only had 3 Megazone games. I was on the red team. The people on the red team were Canaan, Joshua, Aidan and me. We didn't win but we had a whole lot of fun. Then we went back into the party room for a snack. I ate some lollies and cupcakes. Unexpectedly, the man came in and it was our second game. This time we had to challenge other people. We were all Blue. When we heard the news, we started to get a bit confident since we this was our second time here. All our work payed off because we WONNNNN. Yes we had beaten them by a mile of points. That was my first victory at Mount Wellington Laser Strike. Then we went back and guess what????????? the hot food arrived. It was pizza and some fizzy drinks. I was so hungry that I ate almost half a pizza. Then the man came in again, this time he said that this was our last game. We were all ready to take on the rest of the people that was there. We were blue again, but there was a BIG problem, the yellow team ( who we faced before) decided that they would team up with the other team UNFAIR. So we lost. When we got back to our party room. There was lots of moans and groans. Then we went back downstairs to the Timeout room. We had no money so we got as many balloons as we could and lifted them up in the air.

Farewell
That was the end. Hope to see you soon.............

Professor Cambell Conference Fiordland

2009-08-06T14:04:00.000+12:00

Intro

On the 5th of August, 2009 .The Extension group had a Video conference with Hamish Campbell. Hamish Campbell works at the Te Papa museum. The Te Papa Museum is at Wellington, and we were talking to him from Auckland. He was with another lady who was called Diana-Grace. The last time we met Hamish Campbell was when he told us about dinosaurs last term.

Death of the Dinosaur Lady
Hamish asked us if we had any more questions about Dinosaurs. No one had a question. Then Hamish said," Did you know that Joan Wiffen is dead." We all gasped sadly, because Joan Wiffen was the first person to discover dinosaur bones in New Zealand. Hamish said that she died at the age of 87 and will always be remembered as the "Dinosaur Lady".

China Earthquake,or Fiordland Earthquake

Anyway, we next went on and started to talk about the Earthqake that had hit Fiordland last month. He said that there was also another Earthquake which was 7.8 in magnitude. It hit Tangshan in China, and killed 242,000 people because roofs fell down and killed them in their sleep. It was funny though that the Fiordland Earthquake was also 7.8 in magnitude but no one died. Hamish Campbell said that no one died because it was all isolated.

How Earthquakes form

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ether. The 2 plates that crashed for the Fiordland Earthquake to form was the Pacific plate and the Australian plate. Hamish said that Earthquakes do not hit Auckland, because the Pacific plate goes across the top of South Island. At the bottom of South Island, the Australian plate went under the Pacific plate. But at the top of South Island, the Pacific plate went under the Australian plate. The Earthquake lasted for 30 seconds. The China Earthquake lasted for only 15 seconds, and he said that when he was in Wellington he felt the Earthquake.

Farewell Hamish

At the end Diana-Grace said goodbye to us, and they said that they hoped we would all meet again later on in the year. We felt excited at the end and said thankyou.

Thanks Hamish.

LIVERPOOL

2009-08-06T13:44:00.001+12:00

L osing isn't a option for Liverpool
I think that they will win the FA Cup
V isiting or playing at home, there undeafetable
E miliano Insua
R ight on target, every time they shoot
P eter Gulacsi
O nly this team is ALMIGHTY AT FOOTBALL
O ver the top on shots by Gerrrad
L IVERPOOL IS MY TEAM!!!!!!

ENGLAND

2009-08-04T20:18:00.001+12:00

E ating chipbutties

N o Taro and Corned Beef

G illingham high street

L ondon Eye

A shford, to buy new NIKE shoes

N ew friends called:Max,Tom and Christopher

D eveloped great memories

Extras:

E= To make a chipButty, you put fries or chips into a burger

G= A street that a friend lived on

L= A Ferris wheel

A= A Shopping Centre

Special thanks to londontravelogue.files.wordpress.com for the "London eye photo"

MJ, James Brown and Elvis Presley are my top 3 Super Singers

2009-08-03T12:11:00.001+12:00

Michael Jackson (King Of Pop)

Michael Jackson is my favourite singer because one thing. HE'S BAD. His style of making music is incredible. He has changed so many lives, voices and has persuaded millions of people worldwide. He has had a Grammy award called "living legend". And I think he is. He has made many top hits like Thriller,She's out of my life, Beat it, Speed Demon, Man in the Mirror, Heal the World, Billie Jean, You rock my world, Inside the closet, Bad, Blood on the dancefloor, They don't really care about us, Liberian Girl, Cry, Ghost, The way you make me feel, On The Line, Earth Song, Black and White and You are not alone. But let's go back in time. The Motown records are one and all time favourites, like We're going to Indiana, I'll be there,Ben,Who's loving you,I want you back, The love you save, ABC and much much more. MJ is my favourite singer, because he is a Idol, a model, or a star. My favourite album that he made is Bad, Because it has the lyrics.

Elvis Presley (King Of Rock)

Elvis is an all time favourite singer. His magic songs can put people under an enchanted music spell. Elvis first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. He was born on the 8th of January, 1935 and died on the 16th of January,1977 (aged 42). His first year of singing was in 1954, and then on, he rocked this world. His middle name was Aaron. He has also been on the NZ dancing show called Dancing with the stars. Throughout his career, he sold a billion records worldwide. In the 1960's he was an actor for 31 movies. he died from drugs but will always be remembered because he's the Hilly Billy Cat.

James Brown (GodFather Of Soul)

My favourite song that was made by James Brown is I feel good, Please please Please, Think and living in America. James Joseph Brown Died in 2006 and was born on the 3rd of May 1933. James began his amazing career in 1956 and started to shine in the late 1950's. He is a hard working man and had always entertained his crowd. He was a singing legend for his career,life style and his passion. I am sad that he is dead, but I am glad that he died as the "GodFather Of Soul".

Extras: Special thanks to api.ning.com for the James Brown photo, www.melaman2.com for the Elvis Presley photo, and www.8notes.com for the Michael Jackson photo. If you want any of these three photos, then go to there website.

Canberra Raiders vs Brisbane Broncos ( does not include the first 20 mins)

2009-08-02T18:35:00.000+12:00

At 12-0 to the Raiders, the Broncos side would need a lot of power and momentum to win this game. The Raiders had a good completion rate, but after a while they give a turnover to the Broncos. On the 5Th Broncos make 18 metres and when they kicked the ball they thought that they could get the first try to add points on there scoreboard. But it all stopped when Doogan catched the ball. when they ran the ball they were very disappointed, because they dropped it and they didn't even pass there territory. Just then the Broncos pass the 50 and run all the way till they get tackled in the Raiders 22. On the second I felt a tingle go down my spine saying " C'mon C'mon, you guys can get the try. But when the Australian captain Darren Lockeyr touched the ball, he threw a bad pass. So that forced the Broncos to hand the ball over. Then Joel Monaghan runs the ball, gaining a few metres for the Capital of Australia Canberra. Then on the 4th, Raiders go hard and fast as they enter the 5m line. Then Bronson Harrison gets the ball and try. The ref goes upstairs to check the grounding and if it was a forward pass from Phil Graham. The Video Referee says "No try", which leaves both Bronson Harrison and the Raiders coach angry. Then the commentator said" I think that they didn't learn from the last game. Brisbane then ran and on the 3rd, they pass the 50m line. On play 5 they get another opportunity to put points on the scoreboard. But Doogan again catches the flying ball that they kicked. Then on the 5th they kicked the ball high into the air. The Broncos fullback Karmichael Hunt caught the ball and made a good effort to stay in play. When they kicked it, Raiders caught it. On the 5th Josh Miller played the ball, but they make a mistake. In no time, Canberra had the ball again. This time as they ran Doogan scores the try out wide. They went upstairs but no mistake was made. Terry Campese kicked the ball on the sideline but misses leaving the scores 16-0 to the Canberra Raiders. The Half-time siren goes and I know that the Broncos coach needed a lot to say to the boys. Amazingly, at all the stats on the board, the Raiders are on top. As the Broncos kick, the Raiders stomp on there defence. Then on the third, Phil Graham scores a try, which changes the scoreboard to 20-0. Terry Campese kicked the ball right in front of the goal post. Now it's 22-0 to the Raiders. Then after the kick from Broncos, the Raiders lose it. But when the Broncos get the ball, they turn it over for not letting go. Then Raiders get another try from the Centre Phil Graham. Terry Campese missed the kick like before Halftime. Now it's 26-0 to the Raiders. Josh Monaghan scored another try out in the corner. Campese gets the kick 32-0. Jarrod Croker chiped over the Broncos defence, but the Broncos caught it. When they kick the fullback catches it. But gets held up from Campese. Canberra, then gets a penalty and Bronson Harrison scores a try by stomping on the Broncos Defence. Terry Campese was desperate to get the kick........ and he did. Now it's 38-0 to the Raiders. When the line-breaks popped up, it was 8-Raiders and 1-Broncos. The Brisbane Broncos, finally touches the ball and gets a penalty on the third. But when Ben Tio ran, he was held and he didn't know. So he offloaded to the chest and then the Broncos Knock it on. Then Phil Graham scored try number 4 for Raiders that night. Campese got the kick and started to rest after a 44-0 lead. Jerrel Crocker scores a try and then the comentator said "the points just keep coming don't they". 10 minuets left for the most embarrising game in the world for Broncos. Even we thought that only the most embarrising game for Broncos was against Melbourn, 40-0. But nooooooo it was this one. In the last 4min, The Raiders score under the post from Josh Mcrone. And Terry gets the kick. After that I wondered what the Broncos would think when there coach was leaving the stadium. At Fulltime Raiders win 56-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
So all I have to say is WELL DONE RAIDERS!!!!!!!!!!

Holiday at ROTORUA and GISBOURNE

2009-07-28T11:35:00.000+12:00

On the second week of the holidays. :Me, my Mum, my Dad, my little brother, and my little sister went in a car for a road trip, we went from Auckland to Rotorua. We left our house on Tuesday and it took us about 2-3 hours to get there. On the way we saw heaps of trees and that reminded me about how we all breath fresh air from the trees, as for other countries; it's really hot and you could get really sunburned. In other countries they can hardly breath because of all the pollution in the air. Pollution is when :not much trees are around, there are heaps of people living in that country, or that their are many factories around the city and are making clouds of smoke in the the air. When we got to Rotorua it smelled like rotten eggs and my dad said that was called sulphur. We had already checked in online and all we had to do next was get our card, take in all our luggage and think of what plans we were going to do next. The Hotel we checked 'in was called Rydges. We all decided that we all should go swimming of course because if we would vote in our family about which town is the best to go swimming at????? We would choose Rotorua. We went swimming at about 7-30 and swam for 1-2 hours. I backstroked really well and I also free styled really well, but the swimming style that I'm not quite good at is breaststroke. I haven't practised that style so that not why I'm good at it. I met a friend and he said he likes to breaststroke. So he told me a few tips and I learned quite a lot from him. We then played who can do the best handstand under the water. I did cool tricks from my break dancing career. The next day we went to Gisbourne. This time it took 4-5 hours to get to Gisbourne because I think that we went the long way which was through the Gorge. The Gorge from Rotorua to Gisbourne has many mountains and is very dangerous in winter. When we got there we saw a beach that is known as the best surfing beach in New Zealand. The beach was called Wainui beach. When we got back from Gisbourne we went straight into the pools. Do you want to know what the strange thing is when we got to the pools. We saw my cousins Canaan and Xavier. I was really shocked when I found out that they must of checked in the same hotel as us. We played rugby in the pools and then I played tag with my younger cousin, since he had to play in the shallow pool, but the bad news was that he had no one to play with, so I did. The next day was farewell to the hotel and hello back home. As we were on our way out I was the last one because I stayed for a minute or two to say goodbye to the room. When we arrived home i felt really lucky and that that was a holiday to remember.

Special thanks to www.davidwhitfield.co.nz and images.travelpod.com for the cool photos.

The All Blacks vs Australia (1st Half)

2009-07-27T12:26:00.001+12:00

On Saturday the 18th of July, in Auckland, New Zealand. The All Blacks challenged Australia in rugby for the Bledislode cup. Australia said this was a special night because they have never beaten The All Blacks at Eden Park for 23 years. The kick off was kicked by Steven Donald and the game took off as Luke Burgess runs straight and hard. The Wallabies do not make much metres, so they decided to kick it out. That forced NZ to get the first lineout, but the Aussie forwards moved up in the lineout, then they were penalised. Just then the All Blacks lose the ball in the ruck and the first try Started of as by Adam Ashley-Cooper broke through the All Blacks defence and offloaded it to Berrick Barnes. That was the first try of the evening. Matt Giteau kicked the conversion and the ball went in to make the scores 7-0 to the Wallabies. Then the All Blacks struggle since they haven't broke Australia's line. Then they offer a penalty to the Australians and Stirling Mortlock chose to kick for the goal. Matt Giteau got the kick with ease. Steven Donald Then kicked the ball and in no longer then 3 minuets, the All Blacks decided to get there head in the game as they were offered a penalty to kick for goal. Unfortunately The wind blows the ball away from the post and there was no change to the scoreboard. Then Donald took another shot at goal, this time he was right in front of the post so he was definite to get this in; he got the kick turning the scoreboard into 10-3 to the Australians. After a while the All Blacks started to rest a bit when suddenly there was a turnover to the Wallabies. Aussie quickly made the most of there time and started to break through the All Blacks defence, But Mils stood firm and Luke Burgess Knocks it on. Just when we thought that the All Blacks was going to get a try. Another penalty was given to the Australians and they chose to kick; the kick was in. Then the All Blacks had another lineout and this time they caught there own lineout and dominated the Wallabies yards from Nonu's powerful runs. Finally the All Blacks get a beautiful try from Richie McCaw as he goes under the Australian defence and reaches out to get the try for the All Blacks. The Australia gets nervous and starts to lose the ball. Then the All Black was awarded a penalty; they chose to kick the ball but when the ball got high in the air, it drifted sidewards and there was no change to the scoreboard. Then Australia was close to the line but the ball flew right past the Wallabies and Richie McCaw caught the ball and ran straight past the Wallabies defence, luckly Jimmy Cowan was supporting McCaw and Richie offloaded it but the rain made the ball slippery in the pass and Cowan was unable to catch it. The Half-Time Siren goes and Australia are still in front 13-10.

Thanks to Rugby History.com for the Eden Park stadium.

My Top rated Superstars

2009-06-15T12:01:00.001+12:00

My Top Rated Superstars of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Would be
1.John Cena's Finishing move is the five knuckle shuffle and his Signature move is the ** and his Submission hold is the T.S.*.* +Ric Flair was a great wrestler, not just because of his record for fighting in WWE for the longest, But also he had an amazing career for joining evolotion. Flair has currently sighnd to World Wrestling Entertainment. He is a 16-time world Heavyweight Champion (8-time NWA Chamion, 6-time WCW Champion, and 2 time WWE Champion. Now Ric Flair is a Hall of Famer.
2.Batista (Also known as the "Animal", Signature move is the Batista Bomb)
3.Undertaker(Also known as "The Dead Man" Signiture is the Chokeslam, The Triangle Hold,TombStone and the Last Ride)
4.D-generation-x (Shawn Michaels Signiture is the Sweet'n'Music and Triple H Signature move is the Pedigree)
5.Rey Mysterio( Signature move is the 619 and his Finishing move is the West Coast Pop)
6.Kane (The Signature move is the Chokeslam, The Triangle Hold,TombStone and the Last Ride- because Kane is UnderTakers brother)

7. Dwanye"The Rock" Johnson ( Signature move is the The Rock's elbow and his finisher is the rock bottom)
8. Hulk Hogan
9.Bret "The Hitman" Hart and Jake the snake roberts
10.Jeff "the rainbow haired "Hardy (Finisher is the swantang bomb) Jeff Hardy is not easy to fight because he never gives up.

I'd like to thank www.rfgolds.com, www.biggeststars.com and

Gigantisaurus

2009-05-25T14:42:00.000+12:00

At first the paleontologists thought the T-Rex was related with the Gigantisaures. But after studies and many clues being found throughout the year, the paleontologists then realized that they weren't in common. The timeline of these 2 reptiles was far far away.

A Gigantisaures is from Southern America and would probably live in the bushes or forests. Gigantisaures lived in the Cretaceous period of the Mesozioc era (around 100 million years ago).
A Gigantisaures would have eaten other slow dinosaures or carnivores and would have been a Meat-eater.

The tail would be very important part of a Gigantisaures because the techneqe for a Gigantisaures's is way to catch it's prey needs balance. A Gigantisaures 's tail is pointy and is really long.

Skateland

2009-04-30T10:50:00.000+12:00

After a long training our coach said "that on Friday we could go to Skateland"
. I was nervous because when I went to Skateland in "Camp Aratika part 1" I just kept on falling over and over and over. Skateland is a inline skating arena and it's skating rink is sort of like a oval shape with music that plays when your skating. Their is also skating lessons and the Skateland itself has skating teams that go in ages. The teams have one some trophies through the years, but most of them arean"t under 7's and under. Once that clock hit 6:00pm Friday. We where on the road to Skateland and I was pretty late, but I had a great time their because I went with some gear. The gear I packed was not much. It was just a Powerade drink. My Mum paid me and my brother (because he just had to come) to skate and my size that I told to the man was "size 7 please", And before you know it, I WAS OFF.Whizzing round and round the skating rink thinking that I could really pull this off, especially that a youth group of another church came. Heaps of people came But the first thing that I noticed was that my brother couldn't skate. He got better although he just skated around the outside of the skating rink, not in. I improved a lot. Just when I was about to drink some of my Powerade BOOM BAM!!!! I heard my name on the loudspeaker saying these words" Erene, Lepa, Owen, Sione, Nathaniel, Mac, Stevie and Jonty this is your song. I was embarrassed that it was in public as well. Guess what the song was???. Kiss me through the phone. I was half happy and half embarrassed because I knew that only the Mt Wellington Under 10's knew who I was. But the embarrassed part was when my coach kept saying my name, so I ran to skate outside of the skating rink. When that was over it was time to have some fun. After 6 laps around the skating rink the loudspeaker said" all right now it is time for races","I was so scared that it felt like I was in a situation of a dilemma. My heart missed a beat, it was either take the race or face the facts!!!!!. But finally it stopped and I made my decision. I whispered to myself that I would not go into the race because I only learned how to skate on that night. Suddenly I just saw some of my friends coming to me, I didn't know where to go. They were coming to laugh at me so I started to skate when I realized that their were no where to go. Just then they said to me that I was scared to and I might fall over and everybody might laugh at me. I couldn't believe all that time that I wasted, so I told them why I was here as well. Right after that we sang our chant and we sang it loud and clear so that everybody could here. Lastly, we all went home and on the way home in the car I said in my head that "this would be a night to remember.

Education Review Office

2009-04-07T14:49:00.001+12:00

Today I thought it was just a normal day. But just when I was going to get my extension homework book,guess what!!! A man called John came from the Education Review Office came along. I knew that they were going to ask us some questions about our school. The next big thing was that a group of Year 4 people came in to answer some questions from John. John came in and the first question that he was about to answer was, "What do you like most about school?". And I said that I like E-learning. The next question that he asked was, "What was your favourite subject?" And I answered that I like maths. So then on John kept on asking us questions about our school. At the end of the interview John said "Goodbye" and then he left. Mrs Tele'a probably was dying to tell us about the interview, so she did. Finally we all went home.

X-box Party Mansion

2009-04-07T10:21:00.000+12:00

X-box party Mansion is a game on Miniclip.Miniclip is a game website that is on the computer. It's super awesome and when we first tried it because there was a advertisement it was out of this world. The aim of the game is to find all the items on the list as fast as you can. Their was this guy from Brazil and he was on fire. Because the score was 1137489. Even I don't know how to say that number. For me the easiest room to find all the things in the list is? The Family Room. With a total score of 9:01. But I'm sure that the Brazilian guy should have gotten about 9: 21 seconds. There also is the hints.HINTS- tells you where a object on the list is. You also get a chance to gain more hints so that it can help you in the next room.We usually use the hints when we haven't found the ones which we will never find.When me and my uncle finished we agreed that we should submit our work.We came 122nd.Pretty good score in the world.

The Reflection (including Hong Kong video conference)

2009-03-31T15:41:00.000+13:00

Today we had a video conference with a group of people from Hong Kong and they asked us all sorts of questions.We extension learned heaps from only a small group and I'm sure that they did as well.Our conference took about the whole lunch but that was okay.Then we had a whole other session and we didn't even have to go to class.Then we went straight into our Flickr project and we really were on to it.But I forgot my ingredients homework.So I started to leave comments to other peoples Matoa Mihi.It was really fantastic,though between you and me I forgot how to Command t. So I know I'm not going to get much marks.Of course they did tell us all about their traditional food.They were talking really well about the China's restaurants,China's food and how they can compare it to our New Zealand food. It sort of all fits into to like how our local restaurant is Pizza Hut and it's not really something you should have everyday.Pizza Hut should really be a snack and how the Main Meal is really filling but can't be eaten everyday, or else diabetes.There's our R.O.W project of our recipes and mine was really healthy although I didn't add some more extra spice from me, it was just past on from my grandma.

New Zealand Warriors vs Manly Seaeagles

2009-03-23T08:25:00.000+13:00

WOOOOOW!!!!!!!!The kick off just started and it was a real start from the 7Th minuete try by Bani and at the end of the first half the score was already a try by Brent Tate and made it 16-10 and the lead was our team the New Zealand Warriors.Later after the 5 minuete break it was time for our turn to kick and there was also a man on the field and it was on our side,his nickname is the little general. Can you guess who it is ?.It was Stacey Jones. That's right after a 3 year of his NRL season he was back on the field and ready for some magic to put into the game. But on the 64Th minuete it was 24-16 to them and Stacey had the ball and chiped kicked the ball in the air,caught it and was so close to passing to Wade Mckinnon but dummyed the ball and went a little bit further then passed to Brent and he scored the try and Joel Moon need the kick to win the game and he got it by 2 points over Manly the full time score was 24-26. So the only thing left is That's my team.

Camp Aratika (part 3)

2009-03-21T16:15:00.001+13:00

Rock climbing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. After morning it was rock climbing and there was a undefeated wall that hasn't been conquered yet but the other walls all went tick,chu ching I mean, since I climbed the walls and it was easy peasy or easy as pie.We had to stay for about two or three hours and we also had to have a special harness that we can clip on to make it safe for us to climb on.But not all of them climbing walls were clip on walls which said although we did have to do the safe ones which was alright.Just when there was about 15 minuets left Ms King aloud us for a race up the King Kong Tower (since the rest of the walls weren't the same and the King Kong Tower is a sky scraper).I was chosen for a race and I won (obviously because I was facing a girl).Lastly it was time to go home and I went in a car back to the school.

Camp Aratika (part 2)

2009-03-21T15:31:00.000+13:00

On the same day we had Orienteering.Orienteering is when you use a compass and there are many signs around and by using the compass if you use it correctly you should get a word or sentence.We were all in groups of twos.There are a piece of paper and on that piece of paper there is a practise and it is in red.The real thing is yellow and we or I got it wrong. The answer is we do try to keep it real everyday.

Polyfestival (2009)

2009-03-21T15:15:00.000+13:00

Polyfestival is part of secondary schools performing and get to dance either a Cook Islands dance,Samoan dance etc.I went to the polyfest and it was real cool. My dad was teaching a group and it was cool. His school was called Auckland Grammar School (AGS).My dads school was doing a Samoan dance and it was really awesome.

Camp Aratika (part 1)

2009-03-21T15:01:00.000+13:00

At camp for year 5/6 we had to pack our bags and get ready for a camp that is 3 days long.On this camp we had to have groups, and my group was called the Thinkers.The other teams were called Participators,The Honest crew,The Care crew,The True crew and the Responsibles.The first activity we had to do was to go to Skateland.It was real fun but when I got there I was'nt really good because I keeped on falling over.

The Korero

2009-03-17T15:18:00.000+13:00

A korero in the Pt England way is like something we needed to improve on like saying "chuck it in the bin" (which we call "bin it"), stop think and do, stop look and listen etc.

Anyway, our topic for this week was to "stop, think and do".

Apple bus visitors

2009-03-17T11:51:00.000+13:00

Today the Apple bus visitors had come over to visit and some people came from the apple bus tour group to our class and we were really excited. The best part was when me and a group of people went on the computer first when the visitors weren't here.

Driving range (golf)

2009-03-17T09:32:00.000+13:00

Wow when I got there because there because it looked real easy to hit the ball on tv.But when I treid to hit the ball it was real hard, and it was'nt very far from how I hit it. I came with my whole family (no cousins,uncles and other people just me,Mum,Dad,my little sister and brother). The farest that I hit it was all the way to the first hole and I felt happy.

Swim o rama

2009-03-17T09:23:00.000+13:00

In the holidays I went to the pools called Swim o Rama.it was real cool because we had to go on the slide. There was heaps of people because Swim o Rama is pretty poplular right now. But the slide was closed which was pretty bad, but the good thing is that we had toplay with the automatic bucket that fills water and then spills it. It was relly fun and I hope I'll be there some other day.

2008 Rugby League World Cup

2009-03-12T10:37:00.000+13:00

The Rugby League world Cup is for the top country's in rugby league. They are professionally trained by experienced players that should of played years ago.On the finals it was Aus vs NZ. But finally for the first time that it took many years to conquer the Auz by a victory lead on a thrash.Keep it up boys.

Google Earth the latest edition

2009-03-12T08:27:00.000+13:00

LATEST EDITION!!!!!!!!!!.Wow when Mrs Tele'a said about Google earth,I mean the last time I went on there it was pretty slow and really boring because you couldn't record and there was no street view. When I went to type in my address guess what it was my house on a rainy day, and the photo of us on Google maps was way better because it was a sunny day but the sign was still up from when we did'nt buy it yet .After a while I went on 5 Ropata Ave,Glen Innes,Auckland,New Zealand. This address is my grandma's and grandpa's.But guess what RAINY DAY AGAIN.

Extension

2009-03-10T10:11:00.000+13:00

Today since Mrs Tel'ea wasn't here we had to go on Garageband. But it was on drum kit on rock kit and we were only allowed to do that.Garageband is a software so you can go on it and do things like do raps music and you can even record yourself!!!!!.It had to be a pattern since it was part of like a food song instrumental.Mine was 4 bars long. and quite catchy to.

Burger King-we let nothing get in the way

2009-03-09T14:03:00.000+13:00

Last week on Thursday in extension we had to learn about food since that's our topic on Rock our world.And the thing is that we had to was learn about BK. My group had to get the main meal or burger in BK.We or I figured out on the Internet that it was the Whopper.And the first person who founded it was John McLamore and David Edgeaton. And then the Burger king was fist published and opened in 1954,the address is 5505 blue lagoon drive,Miami,Florida 33126,USA.

info of Wendys

2009-03-05T14:04:00.000+13:00

Yesterday at extension we had to learn about food places, such as takeaways,restaurants and shops. It was fun because we had to take information about Wendy's. We came up with things like who founded Wendy's?What state it came from?what country it came from ?why has it got a picture of the lady on top? why has it got that squiggly patteren under the name?.We'll you came to the right place.Here the first person who discovered Wendy's was actually called Wendy's.And the picture of the lady up top was really Wendy's daughter.The squiggly pattteren under the name really it represents nothing.So there you have it folks info of wendys.

The food pyramid

2009-03-04T14:10:00.000+13:00

In extension we had to learn about food. Yesterday we had to write a survey of each people's favourite dinner and dessert. My favourite dinner was McdDonalds and Burger King. I had to inter view my group by telling them that there were way to much of treats as in fatty food and only 1,2 or 3,food that was healthy and if you take to much you could get diabetes.

CamParable

2009-03-04T08:21:00.000+13:00

Today we had to go to my church's camp and it was at Hunua falls at Papakura. On Friday between 5o'clock and 6'o'clock we had to get on the bus and head to our campsite. It took for ages to get there and me and my friend lamb was just talking the whole way without anything to eat for 45 minutes while my brother Esrah kept on teasing and eating. When we got there we had to have a little prayer and talk about which cabin we were going to sleep in and what time the lights goes out. I was sleeping with a Sunday school teacher and 3 friends. When we go to sleep we have our own beds but we do have to bring a sleeping bag or a sheet, pillows and a blanket. This was because when we got there there was nothing but the mattress (the mattress was leaning on the side).
When we woke up the worst thing was about it was the the smell of the toilets. It was awful and there were insects such as cockroaches, grasshoppers, frogs and lizards. But here comes the good part, breakfast. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. It was delicious. I had Nutra grain.
Then we had fitness and our team (the Blue team) had to play lape with a football 2 times because we lost 2 times. Then we played rob the nest and we kept on winning. After that my team had to be given lyrics and had to sing either a rap, song or dance. We chose all three with a chant to go with it. I was a rapper at the same time as a singer and dancer so I was a bit of all three. While the other teams were on free time because after all the rain when we went to sleep it could of put heaps of logs to the waterfall because we were going to swim in a waterfall but the rain had made it dirty.But when we finished it was free time(just for a little while).But then we had a shower and headed for dinnertime and then dessert time.But before it was our item and we had to do our song.It was crackup they were all laughing.And even the
chant the parents said that we were the best.But sadly they didn't even award points for our group, which was sad so so very very sad. But when we went to dinner it held us up so we answered some questions and then win prizes. And I won a chess set but I opened it and when we played it it all fell out. Then Mrs Te'lea asked us to get into our pjs. But then on the way we found 2 frogs on the way. They told us (the teachers) that we are going to put a movie but if you stay out, you go possum hunting or chat in you're cabin. Sunday. The day when we had to pack up and sweep our room day. But then we headed for the chapel. And we went on the bus which I slept in.

The challenge

2009-02-19T11:35:00.001+13:00

Room 15 walked into the hall surprisingly. We knew there was going to be a game. Everybody jumped and screamed and there were cheers everywhere. Matthew and Lepa were bouncing the balls as they were gathering them and the other equipment. We all had to get into partners, while catching our breath. The aim of the game was to try and dribble the ball around the cones,with the hockey stick. It felt like we were taking our first turn driving a real car. Then it was my turn. The crowd was on my side. My time was 1:36min.

Rainbows End (Theme park)

2009-02-09T12:08:00.000+13:00

On January the 7th it was my brother`s birthday. We came in a car to Rainbows End. I came with my family.
The first thing we played was Mini golf . It was fun. There were 5 relatives, they were 4 cousins and of course the birthday boy. The first hole was easy Par2, give me a break. It was easy until par 5. because there were mushrooms in the way. And I got a 10!!!!!!!!!. Luckily it went back to par 1. But that was it, my weakness, I knew I was going to lose. It was par 12.And guess what I did lose. But I came second.

Welcome to Room 15 from Ms Squires

2009-02-05T16:49:00.001+13:00

Hi Erene, welcome to Room 15 and your new blog. This is your own place to share your stories, poems and thoughts about different topics. You will be able to also post any podcasts or videos you make and any of your e-learning tasks you complete throughout the year. Don't forget to let all your family know so they can see what you have been up to and can leave you comments.
Happy Blogging!!