Athletics day

I walked into the school grounds with Tia ready in our house colour which was blue. We were so excited because it was athletics day. We could see teachers in their colours as well. People were in class getting their house and age group written on their hands.

Mr Burt was talking to us about how we were going to do things. He then said a prayer than we went to our first activities ,group at a time. Our first event was Javelin. It was sort of hard because I didn’t really know how to throw it properly. We had a few more events which were softball throw ,triple jump ,shot put ,discuss , sprints and high jump.

My favourite activity was triple jump. It was fun because everyone was jumping around and some also fell over. It was hilarious. To get it right ,the instructor taught us three steps which were hop ,step ,jump.

After each year group finished all their activities ,it was time for the relays. There were three races ,the little kids ,intermediate and the teachers against school students and parents. At first was the was the little kids relays. Then it was time for the older students. In this relay Tainui came first then Takitimu ,Te Arawa and then Mataatua.

At the end of the day ,most people were exhausted but I wasn’t. This years athletics was full of fun and excitement.

Term 3 highlight

This term there have been a lot of events, such as The Outlook for Someday (movie making), Tamaki Tech, Extension, RWC opening ceremony and more. So many memories made, both happy and sad times.

One of my favourite highlight is badminton. Our instructor was a lady named Lorene. Our first lesson with her was about hitting the shuttle gently. It was kind of easy but so much fun. We played a game and the class had to split up in half. That game was fun and out team won. But now we don’t do Badminton anymore, we have a new Sport that we are learning about. Badminton was enjoyable.

Another one of my highlight for term three is Tamaki tech. For this term the group that I was in went to science. Our teacher is Mr Duan. I have learnt so much about nature and others. Every week we do experiments. We have been learning about starch and what types of food have it in. I have learnt that if you get stung by a bee it is good to use lemon because the bee sting has base in it.

So overall, this term has been so much fun. Filled with excitement, entertaining and enjoyable moments. Next term is the last term for us year eights in this school. I hope that we will have as much fun as we did this term but more.

Similes

He is fast like a cheater.
As pretty as flower.
Jumps like a frog.
He is as strong as an elephant.

As hard as a wooden table.
Its soft like a sponge.
like sugar.

As rough as sand paper.

As heavy as an elephant.

As noisy as our news beep.
As light as a feather.

Tonga vs. Canada

He received the ball from his team mate and took off with exhilaration, zooming up with excitement. Siale Piutau was determined to get Tonga ahead of their opposing team, Canada. He streamed through a clear patch where no opponents were positioned. Out of a spectacular performance, he gradually scored. But at the end of the game, the score was 25 to Canada, and 20 to Tonga.

Using Adjectives

This week, our class have been working on improving our writing vocabulary using adjectives to give our writing more action. We have been given a few photos of the Rugby World Cup first game, All Blacks vs Tonga to write about. We just have to write one effective paragraph about three of the photos. Here are the paragraphs I have done.

The crowd cheered and applauded with excitement when Richard Kahui scored an impressive try. The raucous voices of the audience called out “Go The All Blacks”, were what spectators would shout out. The amount of people that were at the event held at the Eden Park stadium were over ten thousand.

With his muscular arms, Israel Dagg repelled his approaching opponent determined to add to the score board. It was a very tense moment but with a superb fend, Dagg came out with a spectacular try.

With their strength and commitment, the All Blacks said the Haka with pride. It was such an amazing performance by them showing their facial expression. They looked very tensed seeing their actions.

Learning about Picasa

Silly Sports

The bell had rung. People were already getting changed into their sports gear. Yesterday team 5 had a sports activity called Silly Sports. It was after morning tea out on the bottom field.

There were four activities to do. Our first one was with our own class. Mrs Lagitupu's game was ball tiggy. Our class had to split up into four groups. Each group got a different coloured

band. There was a yellow, red, green and blue group. I was in the yellow group. The rule of the

game was to get the other team out fast. You weren't allowed to run with the ball. My team challenged the red team. In this game, I don’t know whether our team had been defeated or not but it was so entertaining. The last game we had, we played against the green team and again we lost. In this activity, we had to communicate a lot with our team mates. It was really tiring and was loads of fun.

Our next game was with Mr Harris. It was called the three legged race. You had to be in partners

of two and one person had to hold a spoon with a tennis ball on it. Only five partners could go at a time, past the line then back without dropping the tennis ball. If you do drop the ball, you would have to start again. My partner was Helen.

She was the one that held the spoon and tennis ball. Helen and I were behind everyone else because, I couldn't quite get the string to tie around our legs properly. When we were just passed the start line our tennis ball fell, so we had to start again. The other pairs were finished and me and Helen were way behind. It was fine because we were enjoying ourselves and kept laughing all the time. This game was challenging and so funny.

Our last game was with Mrs Nua. This was my favourite activity. I'm not very sure but It was a

like a sponge race. We had to get split up into four groups then each group line up between two buckets. The bucket in front was filled with water and the one far behind was empty. We had to soak up the water and pass the sponge side ways, and then under our legs. When the sponge gets to the last person at the back, that person had to squeeze the water into the bucket then run to the front of the line and soak it with water then pass it back. This game was a lot of fun even though my group didn’t win. When we left that game, the grass was very muddy.

At the end of the sports we played, I was very tired. But I wanted to play some more. It’ll be cool if we did this again.

Sitiveni Sivivatu

Sitiveni Sivivatu was born on the 19th of April 1982 in Suva so at the moment he is 29 years old. He plays for the Chiefs, Waikato and for the All Black’s. He first came out in 2005 scoring four tries for the All Black’s which versed his birth country. His position in the All Blacks is the left wing. He attended Ratu Kadavulevu in Fiji before he moved here in New Zealand. He then went to Wesley College. I like him because he is a very good winger and he is an awesome player.

Life Caravan

This term on Thursdays for 3 weeks we have been going to the Life Caravan. The Life Caravan is a mobile class. In there, we learn about so many things like friends, puberty, how your body works and drugs . This time we learned about how bad drugs are. Our teacher in the life caravan was Lynn. I didn’t know that there were so many different types of drugs. Lyn told us a quote which is “Drugs don’t choose people, people choose drugs” by a man named Trevor. We watched a movie of Trevor talking to some kids. He was saying that there are 7 stages in life.

This was the last time that we were going to the life caravan. It was interesting and I learnt a lot of new and useful information.

Badminton

On Friday last week after lunch, room 21 played badminton in the street. Each term we have a different sport to learn and we develop new techniques about it. Last term we played Netball with Emma. But this term we have badminton and our instructor is Lorene. Our first session of badminton with Lorene was about being gentle with the racket. The first thing we had to do was grab a racket, a shuttle and start hitting it gently. We had to be careful when we pick our shuttles up because people might hit you with the racket.

After a while Lorene stopped us and showed us a trick that we had to try and do. We had to hit the shuttle up 3 times then hit the shuttle once holding the racket under our legs then hit again. I tried doing it but it was hard to do. We also had a competition. The class was split up in half. One half had to sit down and the other side had to see how much shuttles we could hit into the bin. The first game we played the opposite team won. But the second time we played, our group won.

Cross Country

The day had finally come in such short notice. Cross Country. It was Wednesday the 10th of August. The year 7 and 8's had to run a very long track. The races started around 9:30 in the morning block. I was very nervous.

For us year 8s, we had to run 3.5 kilometers and the year 7s had to run 3 kilometers. The year 7 girls and boys had left one by one. It was the year 8 girls turn to go. At the start line, we were all waiting for Miss V to say Go. Then of we went.

During the race we went through puddles, mud, uphills and down. It was really tiring. I kept stopping to catch my breath. I was running with Mui and Helen, but in the middle of the race I went in front. When I was nearly to the finish line I just jogged the rest of the way.

At the end of the race I was puffed out and just lay on the grass with the year 7 girls. A while later I went for a drink then rinsed my legs. Heaps of peoples face were red. But I reckon that this years cross country was a lot of fun. We ran a really long way and at the end of the day most people went home tired.

Holiday Highlight

Going to the movies, pools, shopping and so many other things like having sleep overs, are things people might do in the holidays. But my holiday was boring. I had nothing to do but to stay home and watch T.V or either go on the computer. The only places I went to was was Denny’s, my Aunty’s house, Albany and my Uncle’s house in Henderson. It was kind of fun at these places.

I went to Denny’s for breakfast on the first week of the holidays. We went to the Denny’s in Auckland. I was excited to go there because I hadn’t been there in ages and I was also craving for their Hot Fudge Cake. But when I finished breakfast, I was already full to eat it. When I got the Hot Fudge Cake I only ate a little bit because my auntie asked for extra sauce and it was to rich for me.

When we went to my uncles house in Henderson, we just had a feed. After the feed, I just hung out with my cousins in the lounge. Then we watched a movie. The movie we watched was The Little Fockers. Its a comedy. The movie was kind of funny and interesting. After the movie we went for a walk. We went home late, around 11 pm.

In the last week of the holidays I did absolutely nothing. I just stayed home and watched T.V and went on the Internet. During these past two weeks, it just hasn’t been the best holiday for me and was not interesting. But I can’t wait till the next holidays because I know that I will have an awesome time in Rarotonga.

South Africa

This term we have were given a task to do by our teacher. This task was based on a country that each of us were given. South Africa was the country that I was given and I made a presentation about it. Here it is.

Final Designi

My final design is:

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I chose this design because: There is rubbish in the school and you have to bin it so there is no more rubbish.



Evaluation:

* Does your sign meet all the specifications and requirements of the brief? If so, how?

* What is the purpose of your sign? Do you think your sign will help eliminate a problem in the school or street? If so, how? Bin it, maybe, because they might respect the signs

* What did you do well? Drawing my pictures

* What difficulties did you come across while making your sign? Drawing the signs

* What can you do next time to improve your project? Finish it faster

Design 2

Plus:	Minus:	Interesting:
clear message about rubbish		picture

Design 1

Plus:	Minus:	Interesting:
message is about Bin It	it might not stand out	picture

Brief Development

Brief Development: 1st Brief

Conceptual Statement:
(What is the concept or idea behind your design brief? e.g “To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of...”)




Specifications:
(The measurable must haves ie. the things that are important to designing an effective sign e.g. sign must be easy to read etc...)

1. Bright
2. Big
3. Outstanding
4. Easy to read
5. Specific
6. Clear
7. colours
8.


Constraints:
(Musts that are beyond my control e.g. Must be completed by the end of the term)

1. due in week 7
2. origin pictures
3. message
4. original issue
5.


Resources:
(things I need to make the sign)
* tux paint
* hyper studio
* paper
* computers
* laminator

Planning Log

Planning Log

Keep a record of both what you intend to do and what you did over the course of the next 3 weeks as we work through the Technology Process.

	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
What I plan to do	Brainstorm issues	research question	designing signs planning log
Materials I will need	paper, pen, ideas	google docs	tux paint, google docs, hyper studio
People/Sources I need to consult for more information.	peers, friends, yourself, teacher	peers, friends, Yr 7&8 kids	Yr 7&8 peers, friends, kids
What did you find difficult and why?	to come up with 1 problem to focus on	to get the form done and sent
What I will do next as a result of any difficulties.	get more ideas for a good sign	Analyse the data check the answers

STAKEHOLDERS

The Stakeholders are the people who have an effect on the production of your product

The Primary Stakeholder is your client ie. the person or community of people that your sign is going to be created for. eg. ….

Wider Community Stakeholders:	Key Stakeholders:	Primary Stakeholder:
Parents, visitors, care - givers, communitiy	Students, Yr 7&8, teachers	AfeenZ, Tia, Kezia

ATTRIBUTES: These describe the physical (what it is like) and functional (what it will do) characteristics of a product. These characteristics are key or essential for the successful function of a product and should be re- evaluated at each stage of the design process.

With your sign in mind, complete the following attributes table:

Attribute	Method of Measurement	Specification
eg. Eye catching	sign will appeal (be noticed) by stakeholders	Sign must be clear, stand out and be creative
Size	small, medium, large	big enough to fit words, images
Colour	appealing, bright	easy to read, stand out, readable
Create awareness (e.g. clear message)	stand out	make it stand out by using the right colours
Durable/ Weather resistant	water proof	so when it rains nothing gets wrong with it
Ideal location (in the right area)	street, breeze	so it doesn't get wet