Explain Ready

This Term we got given a task which had to be completed by a certain time. We all got given a word which we had to explain what it meant and show some examples of what they are. My word was Antennae. Here is a little movie made by me which shows what Antennae means.

Hope you enjoy!

Fia fia night

I could hear the sound of people from the audience cheering for the first group on, which was the senior Kapa Haka group. “Yay!” It was finally Fia fia night.

I was in the waiting room with the rest of my group getting changed. I was very excited. When we were all ready we had to wait until it was our turn on stage. Listening to the crowd made me nervous. I was in the tectonik group. We were all waiting back stage while the Samoan group was making their way off stage. I had butterflies in my stomach as Mr Burt announced that it was the tectonik group’s turn. But when I walked on stage I felt alright.

Hearing everyone cheer was awesome. But at the end of the night after everyone had left it was silent. Fia fia night was over and it was a success.

Athletics Day

Red, Yellow, Green and blue were the four main colours worn by students. Te Arawa, Takitimu, Mataatua and tainui are the names of the house colours. “It’s finally athletics day”, I said to myself.

As I walked in the 12 year old line I was nervous. The first sport we played was the softball throw. I picked up the ball and threw my hardest, it did go far but not as far as Helen’s throw. She came first in the softball throw for the 12 year old year 7 girls.

There were heaps of sports to play such as discus, shot put, high jump, softball throw and a few more. But there was one that was new to us. To me Javelin was hard. I didn’t know how to flick the javelin. When I threw the javelin it wasn’t a good throw.

This year is the first time in Pt England school to have year 7 athletics. To us it felt normal. We just had to be with the year 6 girls in three groups. At the end of all the sports the people that were the final runners raced. It was cool seeing their facials. After they finished, the fast runners for each house ran in the relays. Takitimu came first and Tainui came second.

The relays had finished and Mr Burt told everyone to sit in the middle of the field. After he said a little, he dismissed each class one by one. At the end of the day everyone was tired and exhausted. of the house colours. “It’s finally athletics day”, I said to myself.

As I walked in the 12 year old line I was nervous. The first sport we played was the softball throw. I picked up the ball and threw my hardest, it did go far but not as far as Helen’s throw. She came first in the softball throw for the 12 year old year 7 girls.

There were heaps of sports to play such as discus, shot put, high jump, softball throw and a few more. But there was one that was new to us. To me Javelin was hard. I didn't know how to flick the javelin. When I threw the javelin it wasn’t a good throw.

This year is the first time in Pt England school to have year 7 athletics. To us it felt normal. We just had to be with the year 6 girls in three groups. At the end of all the sports the people that were the final runners raced. It was cool seeing their facials. After they finished, the fast runners for each house ran in the relays. Takitimu came first and Tainui came second.

The relays had finished and Mr Burt told everyone to sit in the middle of the field. After he said a little, he dismissed each class one by one. At the end of the day everyone was tired and exhausted.

Our Cool experience

This Is it! The day had finally come, right now we have the opportunity to work with our netbooks for the rest of the term. It makes me feel smart and organized. It's a really exhilerating feeling to be the first year seven's in the Tamaki cluster to use it.

Holiday Highlight

While I was standing on the escalator going up, I was very excited. It was a Thursday night and my two sisters and I were off to the movies at Sylvia Park, to watch Karate Kid.

When we were in the cinema’s sitting down on our seats we had to wait for a while because we were early. While I was sitting down waiting for the movie to start I was eating caramel popcorn. Then the movie finally started.

I sat being entertained by the big screen. In the movie Karate Kid, the main actor is Will Smith’s son. But in the movie his name is Dre and in the beginning the Chinese boys kept beating him up. In the middle of the movie he was trained for a tournament. At the end of the movie he had won the tournament.

Graphics

Using an Adobe Illustrator is confusing. But at the end you get a good result. This is what I have done in Graphics and is an example of what we had to do. Graphics is awesome.

Mt Wellington

This term we got given a project by our teacher. We had to do an animation to show others what we know about Volcanoes.

This is my animation!

Disaster Day

Because the topic of the term is Active Earth, Pt England school is going to Ruapotoka school.

Tomorrow is our Disaster Day. We will be going there so that we will Know what to do when

a tsunami or volcanic eruption happens. It will be like a drill.

Five Fabulous Facts

Five fabulous facts

1. Volcanoes are found on subduction plate boundaries and also at hot spots on the earths
surface.
2. Magma is called lava when it has erupted from the volcano.
3. Most of the famous volcanoes are Strato Volcanoes.
4. There are three main types of volcanoes they are called Shield volcano, Cinder Cone and
Stratovolcano.
5. Hawaii has the largest Shield volcanoes on earth.

Cyber Coaching

Cyber Coaching works up a sweat like Zumba. It made me laugh after Mrs Nua was trying her best at doing cheer leading. There was a huge variety of programmes to choose from. There are different coaches for each of these programmes. Step by step they would take you through a series of exercises or teach you a routine.

Information report

Volcanoes are mountains that erupt. It is a vent in the earths crust through witch magma and gasses erupt. The word volcano comes from the god of fire, Vulcan. Volcanoes are all over the world. Most volcanoes are on the edge of the tectonic plates. Some volcanoes form on hot spots.

How are they formed?

Below the earths crust the pressure of the magma builds up. It then is forced up and it makes a vent in the earths surface. After it has erupt the lava then dry's up and forms a mountain

How does an eruption occure.

An eruption happens when the pressure builds up inside the magma chamber. When the pressure is high it makes the magma thick and gooey. When the pressure is low in the magma chamber the magma gets thin and runny. When it is like that, it flows more easily.

The different types of volcanoes.

There are different shapes and sizes of volcanoes. The three basic types are shield volcano, cinder cone and stratovolcano.

The shield volcano got its name because people thought it looked like the shape of an ancient warriors shield. The shield volcano is low in silica. They are shallow sided and has a flat bottomed crater. It has a long fluid lava flow witch can also flow into sea. Shield volcanoes can also be found on the ocean crust.

Cinder cone volcanoes are the smallest volcanoes. These volcanoes are formed by low silica magma that is runny. They are steep sided volcanoes that are cone shaped.

The stratovolcanoes are the most famous volcanoes. Mount St. Helens, Mt Vesuvius and Mt Fuji are stratovolcanoes. When it starts to erupt it begins with an explosion of ash and cinders. These volcanoes are often found on subduction zones.

Volcanoes are amazing. I feel lucky to be living in Auckland. There is one volcano that is nearby named Maungarei.

The Dunker

Missing the target three times in a row wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. It was time for both teams to swap over. When it was my turn to be the dunkee, I felt a bit nervous while climbing up the little ladder. I was sitting above a tank of cold water waiting for someone to hit the target. Then finaly Tevita hit it. It was like a surprise falling down because you wouldn't have known when a person had hit the target. When I got out I wasn't really cold but I was really excited to go again. Out of the whole game I never got someone dunked but it was heaps of fun. This was one of my best camp Kindness highlight.

Hard Material at Tech

Walking into Mr Grundy's class made me feel like I was in college. Everyone had taken a seat. The class was very different. Instead of chairs we sat on stools at a big table with only four sides to sit on. The class wasn't the same as our regular classes.

Mr Grundy gave us a sheet of safety rules. We had to tick the boxes safe or not safe. This was so no one would get hurt while building or making something. The material that we use is wood. But before building we have to design.

Pakiri Beach

Running along white sand towards rough waves was really cool. But jumping into it was more fun. We were at Pakiri Beach jumping and swimming with big waves.It was me and my cousins. We were looking for a good spot where there were neat waves.