Raven @ Pt England School

Netbook Reflection

2011-12-06T09:49:00.003+13:00

This is the first year that we have net books at our school from Years 5 to 8 and to be able to connect the Internet. We were also aloud to take our net books home. This was a good opportunity to show that Point England can look after our net books

The thing I like about having net books is that they have helped me with my reading, writing, maths and my spelling. One negative thing about having net books is sometimes the Internet doesn't work.

I think that I have improved in all my subjects by using my net book because iIhave great access to the Internet so I can look up anything that I need to learn about.

I would recommend net books for all schools in Auckland, I really like that we got this opportunity to test our net books.

Thinking skills

2011-10-26T10:25:00.006+13:00

This morning the students of Rm 22 got do some things we have never done before. We did a thinking challenge, in this we were given five green cards that had objects on them and one yellow card with a problem. With our objects we had to find a solution to solve our problem. My groups objects were a, hair brush, lunch box, kete, video tape and a tennis racket , our problem was to make a butterfly house with those objects. My group did not succeed at this task , but we gave it a try.

Have you ever done a thinking challenge?

New Zealand Champs

2011-09-07T13:21:00.001+12:00

“Do you have NZ champions in your school?” We do! Our Yr 8 Boys Rugby Sevens team travelled to Tauranga to compete in the 2011 Aims Games. We won the Rugby Sevens competition. We played 12 games and won them all. For winning this tournament we received the 2011 Rugby Sevens Champions Cup along with first place medals. There were also 6 players from our team that made the Aims Games Tournament team. The Tournament team has 12 players in it. The players were chosen from 32 different teams.

Here is a movie that we have put together to show you some High-Lights from our week

National Seven's Champions 2011 - AIMS games from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Badminton

2011-08-17T10:01:00.002+12:00

On Thursday 4th of August the year 7&8’s went to the hall for badminton. Our instructor Laureen came from the Auckland Badminton Club to help us with this sport.

The first activity we did was trying to control the shuttle cock with the racket. We had to hit it up in the air 3 times and then hit it under our legs then up in the air 3 times again and the around our backs.

The second thing we did was practising serving. We got into a big circle then we had to try and get the shuttle cock into the bin in the middle of the hall.

My favourite thing about badminton was practising serving cause it was funny seeing everybody miss the bin and also existing watching them get it in to .

The Design Process

2011-07-13T10:13:00.002+12:00

In Room22 we have been learning about the design process. We were given a task to improve the street . The first thing you have to do in the Design process is to Find a need.

The second step in the Design process is to research when you research you can look at some ideas on the Internet of what you are going to make. When you find your idea you can make it more interesting and creative. When you finished your research you can reflect and improve it.

Next is Generate ideas. Generate ideas helps you design your own ideas from someones ideas. You can also improve your old idea and make it into a more creative idea.

The next step is finding solutions and making prototypes your prototypes should be as a 3d figure so you can get a better picture of what it is going to look like from all angles.

I think that using the design process is more effective when you are going to build something.

Science Roadshow

2011-06-16T09:22:00.006+12:00

On Thursday the 9th of June the years 7 and 8 from Pt England went to Tamaki College to go to a Science Roadshow. We went to learn more about Science and more about our topic Bigger, Better, Faster Stronger.

Before we walked down to Tamaki College we got into 6 groups. When we entered the Auditorium the hosts were just finishing their show about fire and gasoline. Once all the other classes left to go back to school we were allowed to roam around and look at all of the exhibits.

We were given a task to find an exhibit and answer these questions: 1. What was the exhibits name? 2. What did it look like? 3. What was included in this exhibit? 4. What did the exhibit do? 5. What did you find out from this exhibit? 6. What Science idea did it demonstrate?

During that sessions of science I learnt many different things.

Surviving The Waters

2011-06-09T10:03:00.002+12:00

For the past couple of weeks of Term 2 the years 7 and 8’s from Pt England have been going for swimming lessons. We have been going for swimming lessons from Monday to Thursday During lunch and after lunch.

During our swimming lessons we have been learning how to do freestyle. When we were learning how to do freestyle, we had to lift our elbows up and then drag our fingers on top of the water. During swimming we have also been doing laps in the pool. We have swimming lessons because if you fall off a boat you will know how to swim back to sore.

This terms Swimming was great because I did 875 meters during one swimming lesson.

Making Felt

2011-06-02T10:33:00.003+12:00

In Room22 Huia Reading group have been learning about How to make felt. Felt is another name for wool and another type of wool here are a few steps on how to make felt.

Taonga Time

2011-05-19T10:35:00.003+12:00

Every Friday the Years 7 and 8 have Taonga time. Taonga means treasure in the Maori language. We have this because it gives us an opportunity to learn more subjects with different teachers.

In Taonga time we have a number of different groups such as Kapa haka, sport, music, team building, art, science and technology. The group I am in is Kapa Haka with the fantastic teacher Ms T in kapa Haka we learn songs and mihi.

I’m glad we have Taonga time because we do things we really enjoy. That’s why we always want it to be Friday so its Taonga time.

Thursday Netball with Emma

2011-05-16T11:48:00.001+12:00

Every Thursday Room’s 20 & 22 go out for netball sessions in the morning and afternoon to help with our netball skills. Our instructor Emma is from the Auckland Netball association.

When we First start we had to do 2 laps around the court and do some dynamic stretches we did high knees, butt kicks and the grape vine. The First thing Emma told us to do was to get into pairs then she taught us some passing skills, the first pass was a chest pass then the fly pass and the last one was the bounce pass.

Our last skill She taught us was stepping in netball, you’re not aloud to step. We had to go behind the yellow line with our partner on the other side with a ball. The person without the ball had to run across the yellow line and take to steps before getting the ball.

To end our sessions we played a game of corner ball. The aim of the game was to get the ball to your team mate in the corner surrounded by cones.

My Values DLO Term1

2011-05-10T10:27:00.003+12:00

In room22 we have been creating DLO's about the Pt England Values

My Term 1 Refections

2011-05-04T09:57:00.005+12:00

One of the Subjects I was pleased about last term was my Reading Results . In my report I received Excellence in my work habits, behaviour and academic progress. I feel proud of myself because I got Excellence !

One of the subjects I would like too improve on this term is my writing. In my report I got Below expectations so I feel disappointed about myself. This term I am also going to work harder and stay focused if I do this I will get better results in my writing.

I feel good about last term because I improved in my behaviour during class. My highlight of last term was being in the highest math’s class and in the highest reading group.

Last term Room22 had to do a D.L.O and these are my results:

Pt England Glee Club

2011-04-08T14:22:00.003+12:00

At Pt England We have a Glee club. Our Glee club has students from the years 5 and up to year 8.

Surprb Sentences

2011-04-05T10:36:00.003+12:00

The monstrous Crocodile aggressively chomped at the raw piece of meat.
The gigantic crocodile’s teeth teared and riped apart his pray.

All About Me....

2011-02-14T14:26:00.005+13:00

KIA Ora talofa lava malol e lelei

My name Raven I am a year 8 student at Pt England School in Auckland. At our school we are getting net books our net books are for school work such as maths homework reading and others to. My Favourite subject is Maths because I think I am really good at it. My hobbies are sleeping,eating and playing sports my favourite sports is Rugby League and soft ball my positions in Rugby League are Hooker,Center and half back in soft ball I am center field. My Favourite food is butter chicken and Wendeys. I HOPE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE GREAT!!!!!!!

Mairangi Bay

2010-11-30T09:28:00.006+13:00

On a cold wet damp day all the year 7s went on a field trip this was no ordinary trip because we went to a beach and this beach was over the harbour bridge it was a long drive to our destination but it was worth the drive because it was going to be a fun day at the beach.

When we arrived at the beach every body was so excited that they ran out side of the bus to see what the beach looked like when we went to the Life Guards beach house. When we went to the station no one was there but then Mrs Nua said to Feki to go upstairs and see if they where in there he said “ we have to come up here”. When all of us went up stirs we had to put our bags in the corner where all of the were when we sat down on the floor the Life Guard told us what we were going to do on that day.

The first thing we did was going to learn about the surf and rips and witch are the deadliest and witch are the safest. Rosy who was one of the life guards said that the deadliest one was Shore Bracer because it can knock you over on your back and kill you. The safest one Rosy said was the spiller because it Spills you on to the beach and that is safe. Rosy also told us you tell if there’s is a Rip because it is calm and still she said you will be more safe in the waves then in the calm places.

When we finished that activity we went on to the beach and played some sand activity’s we played octopus and drew on the sand and played our own games like rugby, touch and all kinds of others when we finished we went for a swim the boys went first with the bogey boards and the girls went first with the life guards tube when we finished our turns with the bogey boards and the girls finished there turns with the tubes we all swapped things. When we finished our swim we all had to get changed and get ready to go home.

On that day all of us got an experience like we got before because we had never been to a surf life saving trip.

Extsream Rasta Blasta Party

2010-10-15T14:19:00.006+13:00

During the first week of the school holiday's my Aunty Paulina had a 40th birthday party, the party was held at her house at Pt England road. when the party started I couldn't’t wait to see all of the family because i hadn’t seen them in almost a year.

When it was time to eat, all the kids rushed to the tables like a pack of hungry wolves. All of the kids rushed to the table's because their was lots of food like salad's, meat's, chop sui, chowders and fried bread.My favorite food's were the fried bread and the meat's!.

My favorite things on that night were the performances. I liked the performances because all of the kids performed and it made my aunty proud. when it was my group's turn all of us boy's went on to the stage A.K.A the deck and turned around to our audience and done the haka when we finished it was my cousin's and his group's turn his group had done a dance. When they finished every body sang happy birthday to her.

I hope next year will be an even better party then this year's party was because there should be more people,food and performances and it should be more exciting.

Multiple intelligence

2010-09-03T11:08:00.004+12:00

We were given a time limit of only 1 hour and 50mins to complete our task.
Ms
T taught us about the Multiple intelligences. We chose two of them,
which was Visual/spatial, that involves art and Musical/rhythmical.
We
used hyperstudio to create our animation and we edited using Imovie. We
also created a soundscape using garageband for our amazing background music.

Multiple Intellgence and Blooms Taxonomy

2010-08-23T09:13:00.006+12:00

This term Ms T who is my teacher has taught Room19 about Multiple Intelligence and Blooms Taxonomy. Multiple Intelligences are using a variety of skills like verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial and bodily/kinesthetic.

Blooms Taxonomy is how we understand something. We choose which thinking level we want to work at. The lowest form of thinking in Blooms Taxonomy is ‘Remembering’ because you only have to remember what happens. The highest form of thinking in Blooms Taxonomy is ‘Creating’ because you have to think a lot more to show your understanding.

Our school is learning about ‘Mighty Mariners’ but my class is learning about ‘Mighty teen Mariners’. We chose to do a Multiple Intelligence task about Jesse Martin, in this task we created an animation and a sound scape for our movie.

The Multiple Intelligences we used were Visual/Spatial,Interpersonal and Musical/Rhythmical the Blooms Taxonomy we used to show our understanding of the task were Remembering and Creating.

The Clash Betwen New south whales and Queensland

2010-05-27T11:38:00.014+12:00

''DID YOU WATCH SATE OF ORIGIN '' I DID. Kick off Had started at 10.30. My family and I were in the lounge pumped up for the big game.

Queensland kicked off from the boot of Darren Lockyer to the New South Whales. Kurt Gidly caught the ball and then he passed it to Michael Wayman who ran it up and was stopped in his tracks.

The first try was scored by New South Whales Jarryd Hayne . Jarryd Hayne scored from a punt in the corner from Anthony Watmough both Jarryd Hayne and Darius Boyd jumped to get the ball. Darius Boyd contested him and bet him he passed it to Johnathon Thursten and then he accidentally kicked it to Jarryd Hayne and then he scored.

The second try was scored by Queensland's Darius Boyd he scored from an offload from Johnathon Thursten. He just Passed it to Darius Boyd and ran in to the empty hole.

The best try that was scored for me was by Queensland's Billy Slater he scored from a banana kick from Johnathon Thursten. Billy slater was right next to Johnathon Thursten when he kick it so he sprinted to get the ball and scored the try.

The second best try I reckoned was by Anthony Watmough he scored from a bomb kick from Brett Kimorly. Anthony Watmough just had to ran and get the ball and then score

The score was 24-28 to North Queensland. I hope next time the New South Wales win but until then "Go the New South Wales.

The legend of Mt Taranaki

2010-05-17T11:42:00.004+12:00

Many many years ago there were five great mountains they lived in the middle of the North Island and their names were Pukeonaki, Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and Pihanga.

Pihanga was the maiden of all four mountains and she was also Tongarioro's wife. Pukeonaki loved Pihanga but when Tongariro found out they had a ferocious fight over her.

Tongariro exploded in lava, fire and ash with rage that made the earth shake violently, which caused Pukeonaki's gashed crater.

In the end Pukeonaki was defeated. Broken hearted and banished, Pukeonaki headed towards the West Coast. As he travelled his tears created the Whanganui River{as the rest went out to sea} when Pukeonaki reached the West Coast, he saw the Pouakai mountain so he decided this was going to be his final resting place.

The Big Guy Greg Inglis

2010-03-30T14:11:00.003+13:00

Greg Inglis is a player who plays for the Melbourne Storm. His position is center, When the half-back kicks to him he becomes a machine and usually bolls through his opponent and score's a try. He was born on the 15Th of January 1987. He has played 10 State Of Origin game's 15 test game's and has 32 State Of Origin points. Greg Inglis is well on the way of scoring the most trys in origin.

The champ Billy Slater

2010-03-17T18:53:00.008+13:00

My favourite N.R.L player is Billy Slater because he is a high flying, Try scoring machine.His position is Fullback he plays for the Melbourne Storm. He was born on the 18Th of June 1983 and has also played more then 100 N.R.L game's.One of the best thing's he is good at, is his line brakes in nearly every game.

My goals for 2010

2010-02-16T10:51:00.001+13:00

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