Destiney @ Pt England School

Term 1 Project!

2011-04-14T14:08:00.004+12:00

This term, Room 21 had to do a project based on one of our 9 school values, which were Joy, Service, Honesty, Learning, Co-Operation. Respect, Responsibility, Hope and Caring. I did Honesty. It had to be a animation made on our Multimedia Computers with a Voice Over and had to be put on our blogs. I have chosen Honesty because it was simple and easy to do. This is my animation that I made about Honesty.

Hope you enjoy!

Glee Cast Reflection!

2011-04-08T12:45:00.005+12:00

This morning at our school assembly, we were entertained by the awesome 'Pt England Glee Cast'. They have been practising for the whole Term and finally they performed. They had 2 items they performed for us. One of their items were dedicated to the Teachers and Staff and the second performance was dedicated to us, the students.

My group and I have made a short movie sharing our reflections on what we liked about their performance. I also enjoyed how they included two of our school korero's which were Stop, Look and Listen and Stop, Think and Do. I think that they did a good job and they made Mr Burt and us very proud!

Hope you enjoy our movie, created by Tia, Ala and I.

About my Friends?

2011-04-06T14:27:00.004+12:00

Q:What do I like / dislike about my friends?

What I like about my friendship with my friends are that they are very caring and kind. But what I mostly like about my friends are that they always share with me. I have 4 best friends who are Sela, Kezia, Tia and Helen.

We are all multi- cultural friends. Kezia is Cook Island, Tia is Samoan, Helen is Samoan, Sela is Tongan and I am Maori. It doesn’t matter what culture we are, we still are friends. We all treat each other the way we would like to be treated and always look after each other.

We have all been been friends since we started at this school which was when we were five yrs old. Tia, Helen and Sela have been in the same classes all through their years here at Pt England. I met them when I was in Room 8. We have been in the same classes ever since then.

Camp TC!

2011-03-23T09:47:00.001+13:00

CAMP TC

Yay! When I walked in through the school gate, I could see all my friends bringing in their gear. That could only mean one thing...Our school camp! This year it was called Camp ‘Take Charge’! There were 6 groups which were The Responsiblez, Respectablez, Parrticipatorz, Motivatorz, The Thinkerz and The Carerz. My group was the Carerz. Each group had their own part of the hall where their gear was kept.

Our activities for the first day were Kayaking, building our tents, preparing the hangi and games taken by Mr Barks and Mr Harris. Our first activity was preparing the hangi with Ms Tito. We peeled potatoes and kumara which was then prepared for our hangi . Other food items included pumpkin, chicken and lamb. My favourite activity was kayaking because I had fun racing with my friends in the kayak and I enjoyed getting wet.

On the second day, our activities were the activities that Rock Up came with to our camp. There was Rock Climbing, The Dunker, Shuffle Boarding, Alligator Alley and Archery. We were all put into 15 groups and rotated around the activities challenging each other. I was in group number 5 and our first activity was the Dunker. We had to sit on a plank of wood above a tank of cold water. The other teams had to throw the tennis ball and hit a target to make us drop in. We got 16 points which made us come 2nd.
My favourite activity from Rock Up was the Dunker because I enjoyed getting wet and getting others wet as well !

On the last night we were lucky because we had a Concert night. Every group had to perform an item in front of everyone. All the groups got given a colour which they had to wear on the night. Our group ( The Carerz) were given the colour blue. We did a chant and some Jump Jam moves. Our song was ‘Blame it on the Boogie’. Overall we didn’t win a place in the top 3. Respectablez came 1st, Thinkerz came 2nd and The Responsiblez came 3rd.

I think that this was an extra special camp because this was the first ever year 7 and 8 camp and it was also our last ever camp at Pt England School.

Christchurch Earthquake!

2011-03-11T12:27:00.004+13:00

BREAKING NEWS! A few weeks ago on Tuesday, Christchurch had a HUGE Earthquake at 12:51pm. There had been a few reports on the news giving us the update on what has just happened. Christchurch is known to be the 2nd largest City in New Zealand. This Earthquake has said to be New Zealand’s worst earthquake since 1931. This Earthquake was measured 6.3 magnitude.
There were many buildings that have now been busted down like the Famous Cathedral Square and the Office and Work buildings. There were still people in these buildings as the earthquake occurred. Some are still trapped waiting for help from the rescuers. 48 people have been rescued with Bad Injuries but still more to come.There was debris left everywhere as well as left over pieces of busted buildings.

People were worried about their family members who have not yet arrived home. They were also left homeless from this accident. Schools down in Christchurch have been closed due to the earthquake, they will probably re-open when the ‘all clear’ is given.

This was one of the nations worst natural disasters, I pray that all those families who have lost their loved ones will be able to cope with their loss and I pray that Christchurch will be able to once again become the awesome and lovely place it once was.

Procedure: How to put up a Tent!

2011-03-11T12:18:00.005+13:00

HOW TO PUT UP A TENT!

When a tent is put up correctly, It will stand strong and people can use it to sleep in.

Materials/equipment:
- Pegs - tent
- Poles - bag
-Cover - Hammer
- String

METHOD
1. First you have to make sure everything you need is in the bags.

2. Secondly you unpack everything and lay the base of the tent down. Then hammer the pegs on the edges of the base.

3. Connect all the poles together.

4. Clip the poles diagonally through the clips on the Tent.

5. Tie a knot on the top of the tent with the poles connected on.

6.Place the cover on top of the tent. Peg down the cover with a hammer if needed so that it wont fly away.

7. Last of all you zip the tent up so that nothing can get in.

That is how you put up a 3 Man tent if you are camping outside or sleeping outside.

Tamaki Tech Reflection!

2011-02-16T10:13:00.003+13:00

Yesterday our Year 7 & 8's walked down to Tamaki for Tech this year. We were all seperated into groups which we have to stay in for the rest of the year. There were 3 Year 7 groups and 2 Year 8 groups. There were also 5 tech groups which were Food tech, Electronics, Science, Wood tech and Graphics. I was in the Year 8/B group and we were going to Graphics. Our teacher was Mrs Ferguson.

We arrived to our Graphics class and we took a seat. Mrs Ferguson had given out all of our stuff we needed. She had told us about what our project was and what we needed to do. We first started of with a brainstorm of what food we would like to sell at an event like Cross Country or Athletics. Some of us had drawn Ice Cream, Pizza, Burgers, Hot Chips, Hot Chocolate, Soup and Hot Dogs.

The second thing we did was drawn a circle with a compass and another circle in the middle and coloured the parts of it primary and secondary colours. We all got taught about Toning and how to make 3-D shapes look 3-D not flat. We drew a few 3-D shapes and coloured parts of it lightly, medium and hard.

I really enjoyed Graphics tech yesterday. I had heaps of fun and learn't a lot of stuff from Mrs Ferguson. Can't wait to go back next week. Hopefully I learn something new!

All About Me!

2011-02-14T14:53:00.006+13:00

Kia Ora, my name is Destiney Morrison . My ethnicity is Maori and I live in Auckland New Zealand. I am currently attending Pt England Intermediate. I am a Year 8 in Room 21.

I have 4 members in my family. My mum and dad, my brother and ME. I am the the youngest in my family. My brother is the oldest out of me and him.

My favourite foods are Butter Chicken, Burger King, KFC, Chocolate and Roast. My favourite colours are Red, Blue, Purple, Yellow, Green and Black. My favourite sports to play are Touch, Netball and Rugby.

My hobbies are playing with my friends, Eating, playing sports and spending time with my family. I like travelling around New Zealand a lot.

I really enjoy hanging out with my friends and family and also eating delicious food with them too. When I grow up I either want to be a Flight Attendant or a Food Critic.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2010-12-24T09:25:00.001+13:00

From me (Destiney) I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you had a successful year and all went well. Happy Holidays to everyone and a prosperous Christmas and New Year. See you all next year!

Giant Cockroaches!

2010-11-26T10:45:00.003+13:00

The Giant Cockroaches are 3 inches long. They live in the Australian Outback in the Dry Soil. Giant Cockroaches live up to 10 years but other Cockroaches live up to 2 years. Unlike other bugs, the Giant Cockroaches don’t lay eggs they give live birth to their young. When it rains the Giant Cockroaches come out of their burrows to mate and meet with each other and move on.

Athletic's Day!

2010-11-25T12:40:00.004+13:00

“Thump!” as the Softball hit the ground. We all cheered for Helen Tui as she had won 1st place.

The hot beautiful day had began and our whole school was busy competing in our age groups to see who was going to be the Supreme Athletes of the school. This was an annual event which is held on our school field. We were all excited as we got told that we had a new event which was the Javelin.

Us (12 year old girls/ 11yr old) set off to our first event which was the Softball Throw. We headed towards the bottom field to get started. I was feeling nervous as I walked up to the line ready to throw. “Ahh!”, as I threw the ball. Sadly I had not won a place in the top 3. Helen Tui won 1st place, Mauina won 2nd place and Tracey won 3rd place.

My favourite event was Javelin because this was my first time doing this event, it was also the first time this event was being held at our school. We had to see how far we could throw a long pole with a pointy sharp end. The pointy bit had to land straight into the ground. This was very hard at first but then it got kind of easier. It was very close with the placing but Gabby had come out on the top with 1st place.

The last event of the day was our final relays. All of the leaders and teachers of our House Colours ( Takitimu -Yellow, Tainui -Blue, Mataatua - Green and Te Arawa - Red) had to pick the fastest 8 people to participate in the relays. I was racing for my house colour-Te Arawa. It was a race between everyone to see who the fastest House Colour was to finished. It was a very close race between all of us. Takitimu had come first, Tainui came 2nd, Mataatua came third and Te Arawa came fourth!

I really enjoyed Athletics this year. We had lots of events to participate in like The Softball Throw, Javelin, Discus, Shot Put, Sprints and High jump. Now the Supreme Athletes move on to the Inter Zone Athletics. Hopefully they try their best and come out on top as the Best of the Best Athletes.

Explain Ready Task!

2010-11-22T13:14:00.003+13:00

Mrs Nua had given us an Explain Ready Task which had to be completed by a certain time.We all got given a word which had to do with an insect. My word was Omnivore and I have done a Little animation to show an example of what an Omnivore is and the definition of an Omnivore.

Hope you enjoy!

Netbooks

2010-11-17T14:09:00.002+13:00

Today we had finally got given a chance to try out our new netbooks. We are the first in our cluster of schools to get these, so we are very lucky. We really appreciate all the help that everyone has done for us to get these.

This is a photo of Paulitia and I taken on my new Netbook.

Riding on a real Loader!

2010-08-17T14:46:00.002+12:00

I was bursting with excitement as my uncle was starting up his digger. "WOW!" It made such a huge noise.

My heart was pumping because I hadn't been on his diggers/Diggers in ages. We started to move slowly. My cousin and I were holding on tight making sure we weren't going to fall.

We made our way to a big truck which had a dozen logs stacked up. My uncle's job was to pick the logs up and stack them on top of each other.

"Brrrr!" The Loader roared as it picked up half of the load. I felt a lot of pressure as the Loader lifted the logs. It was very bumpy and we stacked them up really high.

My uncle had finally finished and on the way back we did a few rarkies and skids. It was a very cool experience.

Reflection on MI results

2010-08-02T14:20:00.011+12:00

Today we had to do an MI test which was a test about our smarts or Multiple Intelligences and which one was our strengths and weakness. This is my results and what my strengths are and my weakness.

Obviously my strengths were Interpersonal(People smart) and Intrapersonal(Myself smart). My weakness is Kinaesthetic (Body smart) and Linguistic (Word smart). I think I need to improve in my Linguistic(word smart) and more. I can improve this by learning my words smart in my spare time and at home.

My goal for this term is to build up my Kinaesthetic (Body smart) and Linguistic (Word Smart).

Maungarei Animation!

2010-06-30T09:04:00.002+12:00

Our class was given a task which had to be completed on time. We had to do an animation about a Volcano we knew information about. We had to show others what we knew about this Volcano. I have chosen Mt Wellington.

This is my movie. Hope you enjoy!

Information Report about.....

2010-06-11T08:45:00.002+12:00

Volcano Report

What are Volcanoes?

Volcanoes are coned shaped and erupts lava. They are mostly found on the edge of the Tectonic plates. Volcanoes are found in Hot Spots. It also erupts hot ashes, Rocks, Steam and lava. Most Volcanoes are found underwater. They can cause Tsunami's.

How are they formed?

The magma builds up the magma chamber below the vent. It creates enough pressure for the magma to erupt. As it releases it causes clouds of ash and fountains of lava to explode. Then the lava turns into molten rock.

How does an eruption occur?

An eruption occurs when the heat pressures the magma to come out of the vent. High pressure causes the magma to be gooey, sticky and thick. That is how an eruption occurs.

Types of Volcanoes

There are 3 types of volcanoes. One of them is the Cinder Cone Volcano. When a Cinder Cone Volcano erupts it flows in fiery clouds of ash. This volcano is very explosive. It is coned shaped and it has steep sides. The pieces of this volcano flows as high as the sky. There are varying sizes. Some are as fine as the sand and some are the sizes of houses.

Another one is Shield Volcano. Shield Volcanoes have shallow shield mounds. This volcano got its name because it is shaped like an ancient warriors shield. This volcano has flat bottomed craters.

The biggest Volcano?

The biggest volcano round the world is Mauna Loa. Its name means long mountain. It is one of the most active volcanoes on earth. Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984.

Mauna Loa is one of the largest volcanoes on earth. It is so big that its slopes cover a large part of Hawaii. It also is 4170m above sea level. This is one of the volcanoes which is a largest of a chains of islands.

Volcanoes are cool to learn about because there are many around us. We have 48 volcanoes around us and they are very fascinating.

Personal Shield Reflection

2010-05-31T10:34:00.007+12:00

Today we had to fill out a reflection form about our Personal Shields we had done last term. We had a time limit for finishing this and I had finished it on time. So here I am going to explain what each section means and why I chose them.

Left Top: This represents my culture which is Maori and it also has my name written. I had cut my name out with magazine letters.

Left bottom: This part of my shield represents my hobbies. I like playing with the rugby ball, I like listening to music and I like watching t.v.

Right Top:This part represents where I come from and where I live. Obviously I come from Aotearoa.

Right Bottom: This part represents what I'd like to be in the future. I would like to be a Musician because I like music or I'd like to be a Flight attendant.

My overall comment was good because it had detail and the background was really good. I also finished it one time so that was good too. I would of changed my left top and added in more detail so that there wouldn't have been any gaps. So I would give this a 9.5 out of 10.

Five Fabulous Facts

2010-05-28T13:33:00.004+12:00

We had to make an animation or 2 pictures of a volcano. We also had to have Five Fabulous Facts about Volcanoes because this term our focus is about Volcanoes. I chose 2 pictures.

This is my Five Facts:

1. Lava erupts from volcanoes and it is formed into Molten Rock.

2. There are 3 types of volcanoes which is Shield, Cinder Cone and Stratovolcano.

3. The biggest Volcano in N.Z is Mt Cook.

4. The maori name for Mt Wellington is Maungarei and it erupted 9000 years ago.

5. Mt Versuvius erupted in 79ad and covered Pompeii with hot ash and Lapilli.

We Finally win!

2010-05-21T12:01:00.003+12:00

My heart pounding excitedly while waiting for our game to began. We had done a few exercises before our game.

Mrs Nua gave out our bibs and amazingly I got given GS. I was GS (goal Shoot) for our team. Usually I was given WD(wing defence) . I was so amazed and I quickly hopped into my place before the beep went off. The game had began.

April had started off with the ball and it got all the way to me. With my partner defending me I quickly got away and Leni passed the ball to me. Helen was free so I passed it to her. She scored and back to the centre the ball went. With Great defending Mauina got the ball. "Here,here!" I quickly passed it to Helen Tui,my heart was pounding and all of a sudden we got another score. "Wooo!" I said under my breath.

Everyone cheering on the side line were from our other team and school. They were supporting us like other teams should. They were supportive and encouraging for us on the courts. The ball headed back to the centre and the opposition team had the ball. They were very good and they played as a team. They pass the ball to each other and suddenly Maunia defends the ball. She passes it all the way back to our score and with my heart pounding we scored again.

The overall score was 13-10. We had won. We were so excited because this was our first win out of our 3 games so far. Every week our coach Mrs Nua gives out points to the best players. This week April got 3 pts, Mauina got 2 pts and I got 1 pt. I felt very proud of myself.

Here is a quick snippet of our Netball game.

First game of Netball

2010-05-17T10:14:00.002+12:00

There are two Year 7 teams that play Netball.Our Ace team (Year 7's) played a very tough game last week down at Morrin Rd Netball Courts. We played Auckland and lost by 9 points. My position was the WD (Wing Defence). I found it tough in places and easy in some because this was my first time playing Netball. But in my team there were quite a few experienced people. Our player of the Day was April.

The overall score was 16-7. We lost but hopefully we'll win next week.

Our team called the Crew 2 also played Netball down at Morin Road. They played St Cuthberts School and came a draw. The scores were 8 all. Their game was quite challenging because both teams were very good at playing Netball. There were also quite a few experienced players in that team too. They played a good game and hopefully they'll win their game this week too. Their player of the day was Rachael

First Day back at School!! Term 2

2010-04-27T10:12:00.003+12:00

I left home excited to be coming to school. " I wonder what this terms topic is", I said to myself. I entered the school gate heading towards our classroom.

I peeked through the window and saw a Volcano poster hanging on our white board. Suddenly I knew our topic this term had something to do with Volcanoes.

As usual when the 2nd bell rang we quietly walked to the hall for an Immersion Assembly. An Immersion Assembly is when all the teachers dress up in costumes

that fit with our topic. I was right. Our topic for this term was Active Earth. All the teachers were announced in teams to do their scene. Team 4's scene was funny because they played a show called "Who's Smarter than a 10 year old". The winner was Cinder(Ms Squires) because she got most of the questions right.
In our Year 7 team there were only 2 teachers which were Mrs Nua and Ms Tito. Mrs Nua was dressed up as Lady Lava aka Lady Gaga. She looked really hot and fiery because she had VERY hot colours on like Red,Yellow and Orange. She also had a fiery mask on which covered her face kind of. She looked like lava coming out from volcanoes. When our teachers had finished Mrs Tele'a quickly announced who she was. My favourited costumes would have been Mrs Nua dressed as Lady Lava and Mrs Vaafusuanga dressed as Maggie Magma.

The Pt England Way

2010-03-29T11:50:00.002+13:00

This term we are focusing on the Pt England Way as well as the Korero's we get
given on Fridays. The Pt England Way means to Wear it with pride, obey
the school rules and be kind to others. Our koreo's are also part of the Pt England
Way too. One of our korero's are Stop, Look and Listen. Stop, Look and Listen
means that when the teacher says Stop, Look and Listen you Stop what your doing,
Look at the teacher and Listen to what she has to say. So Stop, Think and Do Pt England!!

"Dunker"

2010-03-23T10:46:00.002+13:00

"Splash!" As I dropped into the tank full of cold water. Tamati got me out by throwing the ball at the target which was connected to the seat I was sitting on. "That was so much fun!" I said to myself. They got 3 people out of my team so we swapped over. It was now Team Spirit's turn to be sitting up on the seat. I threw a ball at the target and Splash, Tamati got Dunked. Out of the whole game I think I got 3 people Dunked. I reckon that Tamati had the best aim out of his team. There were two more activities but this activity was my Camp Kindness Highlight. Hopefully we get to do this activity again sometime. Thanks a lot Rock Up for organising this activity for us Year 7's.

Graphics at Tech!

2010-03-18T09:44:00.005+13:00

This week we had Tech on the same week as we had Camp. But we still attended Tech though. I really liked this weeks session because we got to go on Tamaki College's new computers. Their keyboard was way smaller than ours.

Our teacher Miss Ferguson had told us about a new thing called Adobe Illustrator. I found it very cool because we got to play around with shapes and colours. This session was very fun. This is what I had done.

Our Group "Korero" Comic Life!

2010-03-09T11:48:00.007+13:00

This term Mrs Nua had given us a project to do. We got put in groups of 5 and we had to take a picture of the "Korero's" we were given. Mrs Nua had given us one Korero and we had to choose 4 more. Each person in our group had to be in at least 2 photo's. The Korero's our group chose were Sop,Think & Do, Play sensible games, Bin It, Be nice to the Grass and Gardens, Play in the Right Places and Use Your W.I.T.S. These photo's were taken all around our school. The Korero Mrs Nua had given us was Use Your W.I.T.S. Take a look at our Comic Life!

Swimming!

2010-03-09T10:36:00.003+13:00

For the last two weeks us Year Seven's have been going down to our local swimming pool to practice our swimming.

As we were swimming Mrs Nua watched us and gave us something that was wrong with our swimming to work on. I had to improve on my freestyle technique and work on blowing bubbles underwater.

This is a quick snippet of me swimming:

I am the one on the far left hand side.

Trampoline Jump

2010-03-03T09:26:00.004+13:00

I took a peep over the edge as I was about to jump off. I was scared because I hadn't done this before. I was really freaked out. I suddenly jumped. "Boing!" I bounced a few times on the trampoline. I landed safely. "That was cool!" I said to myself. So I did it a few more times.

My First day of Intermidiate

2010-02-11T12:21:00.008+13:00

Yes! School has finally started. "How would this year be now I am a year 7" I thought to my self. This was the first in history that Pt England went up to Year 7 & 8.

We had a assembly on the first day of School to see which class we would be in for 2010. Mr Burt said 'WELCOME BACK PT ENGLAND!" Hardly anyone replied because they were still tired from their holidays. He started calling the names and classes out.

Mr Burt started from the Year 7 classes then made his way down to the New Entrants. Room 20 was first. I heard him call my name so I left with excitement waiting to see who my teacher was. Mrs Nua hopped off her seat and walked towards us standing in our line. Mrs Nua was our teacher for 2010. We walked nicely back to our classroom.

We're Room 20 but for now our class is in Room 5 for now because our new classes haven't been built yet. Its still in Progress.

Thanks for reading my Writing.

An Up Coming Event....

2009-09-16T14:15:00.008+12:00

Hi! Im posting a post about an up coming event that is going to be happening in the first week of the holidays coming up.

Our Riverside club is going to Totara Springs again. Totara Springs is about 1 hour and a half away from Auckland. Totara Springs is in Matamata. It's a place where anyone from around New Zealand comes here for a holiday and does awesome things with a lot of other people.

There were only 50 spaces for boys and girls from the Riversideclub who could come. Luckily my friends and I brought our permission slip and 10 dollars to save our place in early. So we are so excited and cant wait to go there.

Well I will tell you guys how it went at Totara Springs next term.

BYE

My Blog Wordle

2009-09-02T14:30:00.003+12:00

Today at the year 5/6 Extension group Mrs Burt was our teacher. Mrs Tele'a is our actual teacher but she is away. Mrs Burt taught us something new. She taught us how to use Wordle. Wordle is a site that puts all the words you use on your blog and puts them on a chart. The big letters mean you use them alot and the others mean you use them sometimes. The words I use a lot are People,earthquakes,Hamish,happened,called,Tele'a and Campbell.....
Take a look at my cool Wordle.

A Conference with the Famous Hamish Campbell

2009-08-05T14:16:00.014+12:00

We (the extension group) had a wonderful conference with Hamish Campbell and his helper Diana-Grace. This is a photo of us conferencing with Hamish Campbell in our Tusitala meeting room.

Hamish Campbell was talking to us about the earthquake that had happen in Fiorland at the bottom of New Zealand in the south Island .It was 30 seconds long.He was saying that earthquakes happen so fast that sometimes you can't even feel them. They have named a few earthquakes too. For example there is a earthquake called A Dusky Sound.

He was also telling us about the Earthquake that had happen in China (Tangshan) in 1976.It was 15 seconds long and 242,000 people had died.Some people were badly injured too. What happened was that the people were in their houses and when the earthquake happened it made their houses collapse on them and they died.It was very sad to hear that.

Last term we talked to him and his helper too.We were talking about our theme which was Dino-Might. Well today it was very sad to hear what had happen to a very famous person who was a paleontologist.We heard that a lady called Jone Wiffen had past away. She was the first person in New Zealand to find the first fossil. Hamish Campbell went to her funeral and he was representing Te Papa.

I learnt how earthquakes happen. Earthquakes happen by the 2 plates hitting each other then they push against each other.The Australian plate slid underneath the Pacific plate. Sometimes the plates reverse's and the Australian plate ends up below the pacific plate. Auckland doesn't get Earthquakes because we are not on the outside of the island.If you are on the outside of the island you are more likely to have an earthquake. The plate boundary of earthquakes follow down the left side of the North island and cuts through then carries on the right side of the South island.

I want to say a huge thank you to Diana-Grace, Hamish Campbell and Te Papa Museum for making this conference a huge success. If someone asks me something about earthquakes I will tell them everything that you've taught me.

Here's a link to Joan Wiffen's website.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/2556923/Joan-Wiffen-dies-at-87

Here's link to Hamish Campbell's Website.
http://www.gns.cri.nz/who/staff/1807.html

20 hr famine Sleep over night

2009-05-22T12:28:00.005+12:00

This weekend some people at our school are having a sleep over because we are doing our famine .

Today the people who are doing the famine had to stop eating at 12:00pm because that's when our famine starts.We are only allowed to eat Barely Sugars and Just Juice. Our famine stops at 8:00am am in the morning on Saturday. Thats means that we have to wait until Saturday morning to eat.

When I got to school at 6:00pm me and my mum took my stuff into the libary. I was the 3rd person to arrive. Awhina and Vaha were already here. When I put my stuff down we went to the ICT centre and went on the internet(with permission) and played some games. More people were arriving not long after I arrived.

When Mrs Tele'a and her family arrived (including Justus) we all watched a movie about the famine and why we are doing this. We saw Matt and Dayna from Studio 2 on the movie too. They were the main people speaking. The movie was all about a little boy called Alamin from Bangladesh. They were talking about Alamin's life and how he lives to survive.

Later on we played a game called Pictionary. Mrs Tele'a gave us a subject and one person had to draw the picture and the other people in the group had to try and figure out what it was. It was a very cool game to play.

When the game was finished some of us watched a movie called The Night At The Museum. Some people were playing another game with Ray.

The following morning I had Mc Donalds when it was past 8:00am.I had some delicious pancakes.They were very yummy.

Extension Group Tasks

2009-04-02T14:05:00.007+13:00

This term in the Extension Group we are studying about food.

First thing we did was a survey of every ones favourite meals and deserts. When we had our results we put them into a food pyramid. Most of the favourite meals that people liked were in the fatty section.So were the deserts.But some fell in the healthy section.

We are also in R.O.W Rock our World 10.They are also studying about food too.We had to write some recipes about certain stuff.First thing we had to write a recipe for was Appetizers which we haven't done yet.We started on Potatoes.I had finished typing up my potatoes recipe so I was on the next recipe which was Favourite food from your country/culture.We had to think about weather our recipes fell into the healthy section or the fatty section.

Then Mrs Tele'a put us into 3 or 2 pairs and gave us a local restaurant to look up on the Internet.I was partners with Bobbi-Grace.We had to find out where our restaurant came from and what the capital city was.Mrs Tele'a gave us KFC to look up.

Google Earth helped us with this too. All we needed to do was type in the FULL address of the city and where it came from.Bobbi and I haven't found out where it came from.That's what we still need to do.Anyway when we had found the city we had to try and find the restaurant.

When we had finished we had to do a track for Garage band.This had something to do with R.O.W.We had to do 30 minutes of Drums.We had to vote for the best track.It got sent of to Mexico.Moses track was voted the best because it sounded cool.So it got sent off.

Yesterday the year 6's had to sit in a circle with Mrs Tele'a and do a reflection on what we felt about Extension and we had to rate ourselves.There were three parts that you could choose about how you felt. There was Difficult,Comfortable or Easy.You could rate your self from 1-10.I felt Comfortable and I rated my self a 5 because some things are easy peasy and some aren't.

Well thanks for listening to my publishing.Thanks.

Soap Box Derby Race Day

2009-03-25T10:10:00.005+13:00

It was a Sunday morning and we had our Soap Box Derby Race.It was held in Stone fields next to the Netball Courts.We had to race against 8 other schools. But there was some others there that weren't schools.The race all started at 9:30 am.

There was a Pit Crew team.The people in that team was Sela, Tanielu,Raven,Charm and I. The drivers were Cruz,Shontal,Tevita,Jacob and Nathaniel.Mauina was the only cheerleader that turned up. There were 4-5 cheerleaders that were boys but they never turned up.

Cruz was our first racer.He set of like a Cheetah.He was versing Sacred Heart school.They were coming a tie.We were waiting to see who won. Suddenly we heard over the loud speaker "That was a close race but Cruz just won".We were all happy.

When they brang our Derby back to our Pit Stop we weighed it for Shontal. She was our next racer.We took out some weights because she had to be 104 kg's or under. There were little weights and MASSIVE weights.We took out some little weights. When we had finished weighing we took the Derby into our Pit Stop. The Pit Crew did some polishing and we had a little rest.

When it was time for our next race we carried our Derby up to the start line.It was heavy for the boys because they had the back of the Derby.It had the MASSIVE weights at the back. Sela and I had the light side. When we were up at the start line we had to weigh it again. There were two weigh places. The one up next to the start line was the final check up. When we had finished weighing it we put it up on the ramp.

Shontal was ready to race.3,2 1 GO!said the man.Of Shontal went.It looked like a tie but when they were near the finish line they said we won.That was another win.It carried on until we had a fastest driver.

Jacob was our fastest driver so he was in the finals to see who was the best car that day.We versed Scared Heart again.At the end we lost.So they were the best car that day.We came runners up.So we won all our games except for one but we still made it to the semifinals in the north shore.

At the end of the day we had a prize giving.We got trophy's for the best PIT CREW,the best DESIGNED CAR,the FASTEST DRIVER and RUNNERS UP.

When I got home I was very EXHAUSTED!

Camp Aratika

2009-03-24T09:04:00.009+13:00

I was so excited because our school camp was tomorrow.It starts on Wednesday the 18th of March and finishes on Friday the 20th of March.It was held at our school.We slept in tents out on our field.

We were put into six different groups. The names of the groups were The Thinkers,The Participators,The Responsible,The Care Crew,The True Crew and the Honest Crew.I was in the Thinkers.Mrs King was our team teacher. Rachael and Henry were our team leaders.

First thing we did on Wednesday was Skating.We went to Skate land in Panmure. There were to types of skates to choose from.I chose the Blades because I was used to riding them. When I had finish putting on my Blades I went out onto the rink.Some people were holding onto the side because they didn't know how to ride them.Te Rangimaria and I were just riding around in circles.I reckon Te Rangimaria,Jacob and I were the most confident people riding roller blades because the rest kept on falling over.

We played a few games like Limbo,Bull Rush,Red light Green Light and Races.The girls had a race and I won.When the boys had there race Zane won because Jacob fell over just near the end.When we were playing Limbo it was hard because it went lower and lower.When it went low as I nearly made it but it fell down.I don't know who was the champion of that game.When we were playing Red light,Green light it was hard because when the man said Green light we had to try to get across to the other end.But when he said Red light we had to stop.It was hard stopping on Rollerblades.Some people were cheating.They were holding onto the side.Also when we were playing bull rush another man and I were in the middle.It was hard to get Jacob because he was a very fast skater.The rest were easy peasy.Except for Zane and Raven.They were sort of hard.

As our group were leaving the Skate land a man at the counter gave me a little prize.It was a little butterfly.

When we arrived back to school I was VERY EXHAUSTED!

Extension Summary

2009-03-04T14:08:00.005+13:00

Hi!I am in the Year 5 & 6 Extension Group.

Yesterday on Tuesday the 3rd of March we had to do a summary of the favourite meal and desert of the people in the Extension Group. Most of the meals people liked were not healthy. Burger King was the top one that people mostly liked. Sub Way was the second favourite. I think last was Roast.I cant remember but I think 9-11 people like unhealthy food. There were 5 people that liked healthy food.We were suppose to write another summary about our results that we got but it was too late.

From Destiney and Bobbi-Grace

Devonport

2009-02-04T12:17:00.000+13:00

"WOW"Look at those big waves!
It was a sunny day and some of my family and I went to Devonport. To get to Devonport you have to take a ferry in the city.
When we got to the city we went straight to where the ferries were. We showed our tickets to the guard then we went through the gate. We went through for free because we had these tickets when you pay for it on the train, and you go everywhere for free. Like ferries, buses and trains. We waited for about 10 minutes then the ferry came. Loads of people came off. When it was clear we all went on board.

As soon as I got on I went straight up stairs. The wind was blowing gently. When I looked down I saw some humongous waves. They were crashing into the boat on the outside. There were a lot of bubbles in the waves too. Luckily there was a piece of wood blocking the waves because if there wasn't, the water would be splashing up on us. It took us about 5 to 10 minutes to get to Devonport.

When we finally got there we all got off. Other people went on. We walked through the mall. I saw an ice cream store. I really wanted one but I thought no, I shouldn't have one. When we were outside we saw some horses. They were used to go on rides. You had to pay 5 dollars for one person. We walked across the road to the shops. I brought me some lollies.
My cousin said "who wants hot chips?".We all said "me!".So she said "put one dollar in then". So we did. The hot chips were delicious. We had a little play on the park, then we went back to the city. We caught the train back to G.I.

When I got home I was very exhausted. I went straight to sleep. The End

Go For Green-Train Crows

2008-11-10T14:15:00.000+13:00

This term we are studying "Go For Green".The extension group had an VC(Video Conference) with Joshua Klein who trains crows. He is trying to tell the humans that the Crows are useful.

On Ted Talks he was talking about him and his friend having a Cocktail party. There were Crows hanging around making a mess on his friend's lawn and he was wanting to ERADICATE them because he thought they were just being pest.

Then we watched another video. He was talking about Crows. We watched some other video's. We watched a video of Crows dropping their nuts on the road to crack them. They are very smart because they know where to drop them. They dropped them on the pedestrian crossing so that when the light is red and the people cross the road they can go and get their nut.

Sports Rotation Games

2008-11-04T09:25:00.000+13:00

"Yeah" Today the senior team had a sports rotation.There were four stations.The Trampoline,Parachute,Volley ball and King dodge.They were set out on the school court except for the trampoline.
I liked the trampoline because you can do flips on it.The High jump beam was behind the little trampoline.Rm15 B versed Rm16 A.I did a flip like a gymnastics person.Out of my team I thought Jacob was the best.Mrs Nua was the teacher who took the trampoline station.She also said that after the trampoline we could have a handstand competition.We all had a practise then we had the competition.Rm16 A won.Raven was he last one up.Jacob was the second one up.The trampoline reminded me of jumping on the trampoline at Totara Springs.
Then we went to Mr Palmer.He was the Parachute teacher.Mr Palmer tossed the coin and we got tails and we won.We chose to go under first.Rm 18 A had to be on the outside.The Parachute was big like a Elephant that was 200 pounds.The ball had to go on the top and we had to try and hit it off while we were sitting down.I think we won that game.
My best stations were the Trampoline and the Volley ball.I liked today's Sports rotation.

Flight Research

2008-08-17T13:35:00.000+12:00

Valentines

2008-08-11T10:17:00.000+12:00

On Wednesday the 6th of August I had a delicious dinner.I went to Valentines.I went there because it was my dads birthday.He turned 35 years old.
My mum,my dad,my brother and my nephew and I went to go and have dinner.I had some hot chips,some raw fish and other stuff but I forgot.I wasn't really hungry so I didn't eat much but I ate most of it.After that I went to get some Dessert.I had ice cream,hot chocolate icing,some wall nuts and some sprinkles.I had three plates of dessert.It was very delicious.My mum brought four of these plastic cups.It had lights at the bottom.You can turn it on and off any time you want.

Nadia Comaneci

2008-08-06T09:55:00.000+12:00

Nadia Comaneci had just finish her routine when the crowd went silent. A one flashed on the score board. It was actually a ten. The crowd started cheering.
Nadia Comaneci was born in Onesti in Romania and lived in a small apartment. She loved gymnastics. She and friend got chosen to try out for the Olympics. They won lots of medals. Three gold medals,One silver medal and one bronze medal. She score seven tens.
She trained for four hours and six days. She had strength and speed. She also had to eat the right food and watch out for her weight. She was very fit.She never complained about her routine. She was very confident.
It was very fun learning about Nadia Comaneci

Cross Country Practise

2008-08-04T10:17:00.000+12:00

"Ow my legs are aching" I groaned. Every Monday to Friday we have Cross Country practise. It all depends on the weather.
When we leave to run I jog off then I sprint. I jog because if I sprint I will run out of energy. The senior school gets sent of by classes. When I jog people past me very fast but when I sprint I past them.
Usually I do two laps. By the time I get back I have aching legs because I've been running too fast. My heart beats very fast too.
We also have times.Our class left at 11:38 last week. I was jogging with Huia. So Huia and I had the same times. We did two laps.Our time for the 1st lap was 11:40 and 30 seconds. I sometimes sprint at the end.
My goal for Cross Country is to come 1st,2nd or 3rd place.

Term 3 Immersion Assembly

2008-07-28T10:22:00.001+12:00

WOW Mrs Squires are you Michal Jordan .
On the first day of school we had an Immersion Assembly for our topic "We Are the CHAMPIONS".All the teachers had to dress up as our topic.This is our topic because the Beijing Olympics and our cross country is coming up.
The funniest person out of team 1 was Mrs Wild .She was funny because she was trying to talk like a man.She also had a wig on.She was Tanga-Umana.Her wig was black.
The funniest person out of team 2 was Mrs Apted.She was funny because when Mrs Glaze told Mrs Apted to do some push ups Mrs Apted did them on her knees but she wasn't really doing them.Then they had to jog around the hall.
The funniest teacher out of team 3 was Mr Nevalagi.He was funny because he had a wig on and also a mastarsh.He had a humongous stomach.I think he had pillows underneath his t-shirt.Anyway Mr Nevalagi,Mrs Walters and Mrs Mackinlay had a race.Mrs Mackinlay and Mr Nevalagi had a problem.They kept on pushing each other so Mrs Walters won.
Immersion Assembly was very funny.

Motat

2008-06-19T10:37:00.000+12:00

As I walked through the door I saw Richard Pearse's 1st plane. It looked like junk because it had wires everywhere. I had a good look at it and he had used bicycle wheels but I thought that the plane didn't suit the bicycle wheels. It was really rusty and old. The wings were made of wood and they looked like monkey bars.
Pt England school were on a school trip at Motat on Thursday the 12th of June 2008 because we were studying Up UP and Away and it was the seniors turn to go to there. The reason why we went there was because we wanted to find out more about planes and Richard Pearse and Jean Batten.

Helicopter

2008-06-19T10:08:00.000+12:00

The first things I heard and saw were a chukka chukka sound from the distance and a little black speck up in the sky.
When the helicopter landed in our school grounds it felt like a big tornado.The rotor was making it windier.It was like the wind was howling.I was feeling a bit cold.The helicopter made so much wind that our clothes were blowing around.Then I realised that it was a helicopter.
When the helicopter landed one of the pilots came out and spoke to us.He gave us a bit of information about the parts on the helicopter.It was a police helicopter.Under the helicopter was a little black shiny ball.It was a camera.At night when they turn it on they can see people white but the ground is black.Another thing they had was a night sun.They didn't have it with them though.The night sun was a big torch.It was as bright as 30 million candles.They also had two engines.They use them in case they break down.Then they can swap engines and fly down to ground.
When the helicopter was going it made a loud sound.It started of like a squeaking noise then a chukka chukka sound.It was so exciting.When they left the helicopter made heaps of wind.It was a bit like when they landed.I was freezing like ice.
It was so amazing when they left up in to the sky.

Power Hang Glider

2008-06-16T10:36:00.000+12:00

"Tag" I touched Paris.We were playing tiggy on the field. Then I noticed a Power Hang Glider out on the reserve. I ran to see it.
When I got there the man was getting prepared. He clicked his helmet on then he pulled a rope and the rotor started. When he pulled a little rope he blew into a little tube as well. He held onto the sides of the Power Glider and started walking then he ran. Once he was in the air he put his feet into a harness.
In the air he was soaring across the sky. He did a couple of turns too. It looked like he was a big humungous eagle flying across the sky. His glider was orange and black.
He did some gliding then he flew across our school. He made a whosh sound. The propellor sounded like a motorbike engine and he looked like a big fly flying across the sky.
When he was going to land he was running in the sky until his feet touched the ground.It looked like he was going to hit the goal post.He flew down like a real bird.He swooped towards the ground.
That was so COOL to see a Power Hang Glider at our reserve.

Hot Air Balloon

2008-06-10T10:06:00.000+12:00

Wow it was so AMAZING to see a Hot Air Balloon come to Pt England School.
First of all Daryl spread the balloon out on the field then he got the fan and faced it towards the balloon.He turned on the fan and the balloon got bigger and bigger.The fan sounded like cold air blowing hard into the balloon.The balloon was like a huge circle.
They needed 4 people to hold on to the balloon in case it might fly away while they filled it.The 4 people were Tinei,Daniel,Jordan,and Darius.Daniel thought it felt like he was playing tug a war with a builder.They looked like they were pulling hard.They were very strong.
Inside the air balloon it looked like a pink tent room.It was such a huge room.It looked like a huge castle and a jumping castle.
After Daryl hoped in the basket he was pulling a handle and the fire came out into the balloon from 2 burners.The balloon was going higher.The fire sounded like the ocean.It made a whoosh sound.It sounded like the waves were crashing .The burners were heating up the air in the balloon.
The Hot Air Balloon floats it doesn't fly.Daryl couldn't float high because it was windy and to dangerous.The rope was tied onto the truck.Mr Brown was leaning on the basket and that's why it didn't float up much.When the balloon was in the air it was blocking the sun and it was shady.The balloon kept on floating in the sky then coming back down.Daryl had to put the burners on lots.(Heaps of fire)The basket kept on floating too.When they pulled the balloon down Daryl pulled a red rope and the top of the balloon opened and let the hot air came out and came down to the ground.
It was so COOL how the Hot Air Balloon got blown up.

Future Goal

2008-05-06T09:46:00.000+12:00

In the future I would like to be a singer.
This goal is good for me because I really like it and I want to be better at singing.I chose this goal because I really like it.The singer I like is Chris Brown.

Camp

2008-04-01T10:02:00.000+13:00

A few weeks ago we had a wonderful Camp. It was for the Yr 5 and yr 6 people. We slept in tents out on the school field. The hall was our Dining area. Our activities were rock climbing, kayaking, tenpin bowling, orienteering, going to Swimerama, a bush walk and camp cooking.

When we did rock climbing I felt nervous because I haven't done rock climbing before. The first rock climbing I did was one that went straight up. Then the second one I did was to climb up the House. The House was a bit hard because you had to put your leg around the roof and that was a bit tricky. The third one I did was an easier one because it had closer rocks for me to stand on. It was an ocean one and a sun one. When I got used to the House one it was getting easier and easier. They were all easy for me but I only did three walls. When I was starting my fourth one we were going so I only got half way then I had to come back down.

When we went kayaking I felt nervous too. Mr Burt showed us how to kayak. I didn't know how to kayak but now I do. Mr Burt and Mr Palmer put us into groups. I was the second group to go kayaking. I had heaps of fun. We went around this red thing out at sea.It was far out.

Camp was cool and exciting for me.

Picnic

2008-03-31T09:24:00.000+13:00

A few weeks ago we went for a FANTASTIC trip down to the Pt England Reserve.
All of Point England School walked down to Point England Reserve.We also had a picnic there too.Some teachers went down to the reserve on their cars.
We also played some COOL games.I played rugby,touch,helled and I played on the playground.We were suppose to have a picnic last year but it got cancelled off because of the rain.There was lots of games played.
We were allowed to have a swim if we wanted too.I didn't want a swim because i didn't feel like one.If you wanted to go for a swim you had to wait for you turn.Mr Burt Will call out your team number then you could go for a swim but if he didn't then you couldn't yet.Some of the adults had to be in a U in the water.They were in a U because they can protect the children in case they drown.Mr Burt did a handstand in the water.He did it for long.He could stay under the water for long.
There were singing too.Heaps of songs were played.Heaps of people were lining up to sing.They played one of my favourite songs.It was called With You by Chris Brown.That is such a cool song.I didn't want to sing though.
I felt very Excited and Happy.

2008-03-28T08:48:00.000+13:00

The Pt England Way

Hi my name is Destiney and I am a year five at Pt England School in Glen Innes. I am in Room 15 and my teacher's name is Ms Squires.
We have been learning about the Pt England Way. We have also been learning about caring for other people. Our symbol Captain Caring from the Pirates of the Caribbean.
There are lots of ways of caring. There are heaps of things you could do that show that you care for other people; you could be friends with other people and do something nice for someone.
We are also learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement between the Maori people and the queen. The treaty got signed in 1840. The treaty is important to our classroom because we are making our own treaty for our classroom. The treaty is also important to our history and country. The 3ps are Participation,Partnership,Protection. They are what makes up the treaty.
Our focus question is this term is “How can the 3ps help us to be happy, safe and successful.”
We have also been looking at setting goals for ourselves. My goal is to get better at my divison and timetables.