What does being a Yr 8 role model mean...

Well what makes good role model is when you help out the little kids and be responsible of your own belongings. What also makes a good role model is when you be a good inspiration to other people in your school and you represent your school like an ambassador.

Well I think that Ngaina has been a really good role model for the school. She is a really great helper and she has been a really good friend. She helps out heaps of teachers and parents and she has done a lot of work for the school. She’s great in kapa haka and i think that is one of the reasons she got picked to get Parehuia Manu O Te Tau.

I think that Athena would make a good leader next year because she is very helpful and whatever Mr Burt asks her to do she would do it just like that. I think next year if she signs up to be a prefect she would become one
because shes caring and kind to others.

One big goal that I would like to achieve next year is to become a kind and caring prefect. I have always wanted to be a prefect and I know next year is my time to shine. I have been wanting to do this for three years.

I can’t wait till next year and be a Year 8.

My Net Book Reflection...

Wow, what a wonderful year it has been with our net books. During the middle of the year we started talking about taking our net books home for the week days, weekends and the holidays.  While I have had my net book I have had some dis likes and some likes. The dis likes and likes are not all about school some of them are using them at home too.

What I have liked about having my net book is that when we are at school we don’t have to use books we can type instead of write. Also what I have liked about having my net book is that I have something to do at home then rather sit and watch TV.

My dis likes about having my net book is when we have to get on the internet to finish work and it doesn’t connect we have to stay in and finish our work. Otherwise it has been really fun to have.

Things have really changed since we have had our net books. It’s much easier having to type then write, it doesn’t take long for us to write it and we can finish it at home.

Well if you sum all this information up it will tell you that i’ve loved having my net book.

My $1 million xmas win...

In our class our teacher told us what 20 gifts would you buy if you had $1 million dollars. This is what I came up with...

Halloween...

With an exciting night to look forward to I was sad because my niece wasn’t allowed to come. It was Halloween, I’m sure little kids go trick-or-treating. But I promised her that I would bring back some lollies for her, and I did.

When I came home other people came to our house saying trick-or-treat and my dad answered them, he said if I could give them some of my lollies that I searched high and low for only to give it to them. I was really angry at him.

My auntie is a christian, she said that Halloween is bad because your celebrating Satin’s birthday. But she still encourages other people to believe in god and to never fall into the wrong hands.

It was really fun trick-or-treating. I can’t wait till next year. I hope you had fun trick-or-treating too!

My Holiday...

‘YAY i can’t wait till riverside camp’ I said to myself as I walked to put my stuff in the van. We listened to Mr Burt talk about who our leaders were and how we have to respect them. Then it was time to hop on the buses and go to Willow Park.

When we got there I was hipped up about what our bedrooms were going to look like. I thought to myself I think our bedroom is the best because we got all the sunlight. I slept on the corner of the door. If you went to bed at the right time you would of got 100 dollars (fake money) and if you woke up at the right time you would of got another 100 dollars. Every night and day our cabin got there 200 dollars. Our adult team leader was proud of us. 

On the second week I was really glad to see my mum and dad. On Wednesday my dad, sister and I went to the movies to watch smurfs. It was really packed there and hardly any excited movies to watch. When we went into the movies we saw Stephanie and Turuhira there. 

I had really fun there for the first time. If you went there I bet you would have a great time too! Can’t wait till next year!

Thinking Skills

This morning our class were split into eight groups of three.  In my group was David and Maree.  We had to solve a problem saying "You are out at sea and your boat has started to leak, what do you do?" We had to solve this with five objects chair, hammer, bowl, leaf and a box.  We had to think logical.  The were two groups out of eight groups who successfully solved the problem and that was my group and Julie's group.

It really felt good when Ms T said that our group successfully solved the problem. 

"The last week or so"

With an exhausting week I have been very busy out of class. I have been busy doing technical things back stage that’s got to do with the production. The production is on for three nights, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you were doing this I bet you would be as tired as I am. 

When I came back to class I got told that we have a kapa haka performance on Friday for Te Puni Kokiri. Every day at 12:30 this week we are practising our waiata a Ringa, Himene, Mihi and Karakia. Yesterday we had a practise and we were really great. We sang loud, our Kaia's were really beautiful and I think we have really got it sorted.

On the first night of the production I was really nervous I might do something wrong. Like make a big bang while moving the platform back and forward behind stage. Behind stage it is not just me, there is also Mr Marks, Helen and Mr J. We all have walkie talkie’s to talk to each other. 

Since I’ve been out of class I have missed doing work on my net book. Other people might not miss doing work but I do because I like to coming to school that’s why I have never missed a day of school. Once I came back to class I was so happy that I wanted to do dictation instead of reading a book.

Now that I'm back in class I want to write and help and do all sorts with others and in my net book. And the production last night was awesome.