Friday, March 25, 2011
Welcome to PES
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Camp Take Charge
Its been Camp Aratika and Camp Co-operation, but this time it was Camp Take Charge (or T.C for short). Our annual 3 day camp has just finished and it was just awesome seeing that it was the first ever Year 7 & 8 camp Pt England has ever had!
Before camp, we were split into 6 groups and each given two leaders. The groups were The Motivatorz, The Carerz, The Thinkerz, The Respectablez, The Responsiblez, and my group The Participatorz. My two leaders were Helen and Charm.
There were many fun activities we could do thanks to Rock Up. Rock Up is like a company/organisation that goes around Auckland with fun activities to do. Archery was one of the things they came with last year and it was pretty cool. But it couldn’t beat the The Dunker! The Dunker was, with out a doubt, everyones favourite. Everybody enjoyed it because the aim of the game was to throw a ball and hit the target. The target would then trigger the plank of wood that a person would be sitting on, to drop and they’d fall into the small pool of water. But this year there was a twist: the person who would be dunked had protectors to protect the dunkee against the dunkers. I guess my protectors were pretty good because it felt like a life time before I was dunked!
Mr Harris and Mr Barks held some cool games we could do. Mr Harris ran some games that the indigenous people of Australia would play. They had some unusual names like ‘Kai and Kaichee’ but they were still great fun! Mr Barks ran some games that required team work. Pouring water through a channel from a bucket to another bucket was just one them.
An item for the concert (on our last night) was something that our group had to put together. It had to be a total of 5 minutes long and had to include an MTV, our group item and a special item. Our group item was just a live performance in front of everybody. Our MTV was like our group item except it wasn’t live. Our special item was only a couple of people from the group performing something of their choice. Some people sang and some even danced!
The winners of camp were announced when camp finished and the winners of camp were The Thinkerz. The Participatorz (my group) came 4th. Although my group didn’t come first, I still had a great time at camp. Unfortunately I won’t be around for the next Year 7 & 8 camp because I’ll be off to college next year.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
A Dark Day for Christchurch
People trapped under crumbled buildings, dozens missing and dead bodies just littering the streets. These are just some of the major cases we’ve heard of since the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch on Tuesday the 22nd at around about 12:51pm-most people were on their lunch break at the time.
This has been recorded as New Zealand’s worst natural disaster since 1931 when an earthquake measuring 7.8 hit the North Island city of Napier and destroyed most of it but also killed 256 people. The death toll for the 6.3 quake is 100+ and rising, its estimated to reach 200.
Many things were lost in this natural disaster including houses. It has been a massive struggle to collect water as their water system was dismantled and it has been a big challenge to find good accommodation and shelter. There has been a report that a lady has been very kind and had been able to give food to around 100 people.
Christchurch was home to many historic buildings, one of them being the famous Christchurch Cathedral. One of the Cathedrals towers were destroyed due to the devastating quake and about 22 people are believed to be trapped in that area of the Cathedral.
People from all around the world have sent their condolences even some very famous people like Barack Obama (the President of the United States) and the Queen of England. Some people have even come from places like Japan, Australia and America to help out.
My school has decided that they we will fundraise some money and then send some it down to Christchurch to help them buy some supplies and stuff that they desperately need. I pray that Christchurch will once again be able to move on from this, as they did in the 2010 earthquake and for the families that have lost their loved ones.
If you would like to see some shots of Christchurch before and after the earthquake, you can go to this website http://www.morefm.co.nz/Home/ChristchurchEarthquakeBeforeandAfterPhotos/tabid/2115/Default.aspx
This has been recorded as New Zealand’s worst natural disaster since 1931 when an earthquake measuring 7.8 hit the North Island city of Napier and destroyed most of it but also killed 256 people. The death toll for the 6.3 quake is 100+ and rising, its estimated to reach 200.
Many things were lost in this natural disaster including houses. It has been a massive struggle to collect water as their water system was dismantled and it has been a big challenge to find good accommodation and shelter. There has been a report that a lady has been very kind and had been able to give food to around 100 people.
Christchurch was home to many historic buildings, one of them being the famous Christchurch Cathedral. One of the Cathedrals towers were destroyed due to the devastating quake and about 22 people are believed to be trapped in that area of the Cathedral.
People from all around the world have sent their condolences even some very famous people like Barack Obama (the President of the United States) and the Queen of England. Some people have even come from places like Japan, Australia and America to help out.
My school has decided that they we will fundraise some money and then send some it down to Christchurch to help them buy some supplies and stuff that they desperately need. I pray that Christchurch will once again be able to move on from this, as they did in the 2010 earthquake and for the families that have lost their loved ones.
If you would like to see some shots of Christchurch before and after the earthquake, you can go to this website http://www.morefm.co.nz/Home/ChristchurchEarthquakeBeforeandAfterPhotos/tabid/2115/Default.aspx
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tech at Tamaki (2011)
It wasn't going to be a new experience but it was going to be a better experience because this year when we were going down to Tamaki college for technology we going to be Year 8's!
Our first day of Tech at Tamaki was on Monday the 14th and our first activity was graphics with Miss Ferguson. Last year when we did graphics we found it was really fun even if your not an artist. Our project for graphics (this year) was to create a type of 'holder' or 'packaging' for a fast food i.e hot chips, a pizza slice, hot dogs or even a cup for a drink.
First we brainstormed a few fast food ideas and picked one of them. I picked a pizza slice. I fancy designing a triangular shaped box to put the slice in.
We also learnt about 'tone' but not the tone in music, the tone in art. To learn this we had to shade in some 3-D shapes, not just one shade but 3 different types of shading-Light, medium and hard. We drew a cube and the 3 faces of the cube that were showing were shaded in the 3 different shades.
Wood works, electronics, cooking and science are the other 4 activities in Tech. I've tried all of them except for science and electronics. We never had that last year so its new to both the Year 7's and Year 8's. There's a rotation and each group stays at an activity for about a couple of weeks, we then swap activities. But I think that because there's a bit more activities this year that we won't get a chance to try all of them.
Because there are a few more things to try out, I hope that I get a chance to do electronics and science. Like I said before, its not going to be a new experience but a way, way better experience!
Our first day of Tech at Tamaki was on Monday the 14th and our first activity was graphics with Miss Ferguson. Last year when we did graphics we found it was really fun even if your not an artist. Our project for graphics (this year) was to create a type of 'holder' or 'packaging' for a fast food i.e hot chips, a pizza slice, hot dogs or even a cup for a drink.
First we brainstormed a few fast food ideas and picked one of them. I picked a pizza slice. I fancy designing a triangular shaped box to put the slice in.
We also learnt about 'tone' but not the tone in music, the tone in art. To learn this we had to shade in some 3-D shapes, not just one shade but 3 different types of shading-Light, medium and hard. We drew a cube and the 3 faces of the cube that were showing were shaded in the 3 different shades.
Wood works, electronics, cooking and science are the other 4 activities in Tech. I've tried all of them except for science and electronics. We never had that last year so its new to both the Year 7's and Year 8's. There's a rotation and each group stays at an activity for about a couple of weeks, we then swap activities. But I think that because there's a bit more activities this year that we won't get a chance to try all of them.
Because there are a few more things to try out, I hope that I get a chance to do electronics and science. Like I said before, its not going to be a new experience but a way, way better experience!
Monday, February 14, 2011
My Holiday Highlight
We usually make an effort to go every year and every year is better then the last. The main thing we do when we go is swimming. This trip I’m talking about is our annual visit to our relatives in Tonga.
I’m not a great fan of the holidays because there’s not much to do, but its the total opposite when I’m in Tonga! There’s always something to do like go swimming, cooking the umu, taking truck rides around town and even more swimming!
Since we were in Tonga and going to the beach was pretty much a habit, we had to take sunscreen to protect ourselves from the sun’s (harmful) blazing rays! Even though we did put on sunscreen, everyone still managed to get a tan. Even I did, but it doesn’t really show.
We went to a few beach/beach resorts but my favourites were called Keleti and Oholei. The sights of their beaches were just awesome! The white sand & the clear blue water, I loved running through the sand and diving into the nice cold sea!!Unfortunately our visit only lasted 3 weeks and then we had to come back to New Zealand.
I didn’t want to come back because if we did then there would have been nothing to do. That’s what the 1st week back was like until Mrs Burt rang up and asked me to come down to school and help with the netbooks. But that’s another story.I really enjoyed my holiday, (except for the part when we came back from Tonga and I had nothing to do) but I was very eager to come back to school and learn, be the first Year 8’s at Pt England School but the best of all: See all my friends!! (Thats my friends and I in the photo.)
I didn’t want to come back because if we did then there would have been nothing to do. That’s what the 1st week back was like until Mrs Burt rang up and asked me to come down to school and help with the netbooks. But that’s another story.I really enjoyed my holiday, (except for the part when we came back from Tonga and I had nothing to do) but I was very eager to come back to school and learn, be the first Year 8’s at Pt England School but the best of all: See all my friends!! (Thats my friends and I in the photo.)
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wishing You A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!
From Paulitia and Sela, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. We hope this year has been an awesome year for you and that 2011 will be better! We also hope that you have a safe holiday!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Market Day Reflection
What did you enjoy most about Market Day?
We were sold out!
How well prepared was your group?
We weren’t that prepared because on the day of Market Day, we were still finishing posters and our stall.
How popular do you think your product was?
I think it was pretty popular because we were sold out.
What was your role in the group and how well did you fulfill your role?
My role was getting everything ready and I think I did well at getting everything ready because our stall was ready and our poster was finished in time for Market Day.
Under each of the following headings write anything that you would do differently or improvements you would make if you did it again.
If we did it again I would do the poster differently and manage the time more better because we had to come early in the morning to finish the poster and our stall off. (The poster was pretty plain.)
Your Product?
Fruity Caterpillars (-Fruit Kebabs)
Your Advertisement?
We filmed it but we didn’t edit it and put it on PENN. (Point England News Network)
Your stall set up?
Our stall was just a few desks, a board and some cloth. It looked alright.
Would you like to do this again, and why or why not?
I would like to do it again because from this first experience of a market day I got to see some of the different products and from this I can come up with more better products to use next time and I can work on getting our things ready in time.
We were sold out!
How well prepared was your group?
We weren’t that prepared because on the day of Market Day, we were still finishing posters and our stall.
How popular do you think your product was?
I think it was pretty popular because we were sold out.
What was your role in the group and how well did you fulfill your role?
My role was getting everything ready and I think I did well at getting everything ready because our stall was ready and our poster was finished in time for Market Day.
Under each of the following headings write anything that you would do differently or improvements you would make if you did it again.
If we did it again I would do the poster differently and manage the time more better because we had to come early in the morning to finish the poster and our stall off. (The poster was pretty plain.)
Your Product?
Fruity Caterpillars (-Fruit Kebabs)
Your Advertisement?
We filmed it but we didn’t edit it and put it on PENN. (Point England News Network)
Your stall set up?
Our stall was just a few desks, a board and some cloth. It looked alright.
Would you like to do this again, and why or why not?
I would like to do it again because from this first experience of a market day I got to see some of the different products and from this I can come up with more better products to use next time and I can work on getting our things ready in time.
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