Victoria @ Pt England School

My report ...

2011-11-14T11:56:00.002+13:00

Excellent
One of the things I was pleased about in term 1 was my artwork. In my report I received excellence for my work habits and my behavior. It was a big surprise because I’m not good at art, well that was what I thought before I got my report. I am very proud of myself and so was my mum.

Improve : Maths
Below expectations and goods.
The thing I need to improve on is my maths. That’s because I got below expectations in my academic progress. I was shocked because I thought that I was pretty good at my maths. But I was happy because I got goods on my work habits and my behavior. I felt disappointed and good of myself at the same time.

Overall: My term

Overall, my term went pretty good because I am in a class that I wanted to be in and with a wonderful teacher that I really like. What I like about my class is that my friends are in here and that I know that I can learn a lot of new stuff.

Thinking Skills ...

2011-10-26T10:45:00.002+13:00

My brain hurts now because this morning room 22 did a thinking challenge activity. We only had 5 random objects and 1 question. We had to solve that question by using the objects. Our 5 objects were Pin, Fishing rod, Fishing hook, Reel of cotton and Peg. Our question was How could you have the best birthday ever?

We weren’t a success because we were being random. We said that we would go fishing and put the fishing hook on the fishing rod and then make a t-shirt out of the reel of cotton for the fish then hang the fish up with the peg.

I thought this would be a waste of time but it was fun. I cant wait to do it again.

The last week or so...

2011-10-05T10:50:00.003+13:00

Its the last week of term 3 and a busy week it has been.

This week it has been busy because of our school production. People walking in and out of the class room. It was kind of annoying but it was worth it. Ms Tito is in charge of her percussion traditional tribal dance group. So the kids that are not in production but in Ms Tito class get split up to different classes like in room 21, 20 and 19.

The class I went to was in room 19. In room 19 they do a lot of reading and all I do is have free time like going on Math whizz. Some times we help Mr Harris with the stuff that got to do with the production.

I can not wait to see our students perform our school production!

Maths Whizz...

2011-09-21T10:30:00.003+12:00

Now and then for maths, we go on a website called Maths Whizz. Maths Whizz is a website that we go on to learn a lot numbers, patterns and a lot of other stuff. Right now I am working on the possibility of stuff happening.

Mrs Richards...

2011-09-20T10:06:00.002+12:00

For the past few weeks we have had a student teacher in our class to learn how to be a teacher. Her name is Mrs Richards. She came from the university in Waikato.

She made a chart with all our names on it and if we be good we get a tick. When she reads us a story she tells us about her culture and her family. Last week on Friday was her last day here in our class. Unfortunately i was away on Friday.

A lot of people told me that some of the students in our class got to make some dumplings with Mrs Richards for the class. I wish I was there.

OUR CHAMPIONS!!!

2011-09-07T11:01:00.005+12:00

“YYAAYY!” I yelled with excitement. Our boys are the champions in New Zealand. Last week our boys went to Tauranga to represent our school in the 7’s rugby competition. They had to challenge 32 teams just to be on the top.

On Monday, the whole school had a short assembly to welcome back our boys from Tauranga. As they were walking in the hall to the stage, there were a lot of cheering and even screaming. When it was time for the boys to say there highlight Junior was my favorite because he was funny. He said that his highlight was when they won the game and he missed the school and the GIRLS!!

I was extremely happy when I heard that the boys won the whole competition and I just could not believe it. So well done boys.

Team 5 fun challenge...

2011-08-31T10:34:00.003+12:00

“ YAY !” Room 22 yelled as Ms Tito sling shot a ball in the hoop. On Tuesday the 23rd of August 2011, team 5 was going to have a fun day. All the activities we were doing were with the teachers. The teachers were Ms Tito, Mrs Nua, Mr Harris and Mrs Langitupu. We were all looking forward to see what they have planned for us.

Our first activity was with Ms Tito. We had to use a sling shot to try and shoot a ball in a hula hoop. If we get it in the pink hoop we get 100 points and if we get it into the other coloured hoops like the blue one, we get 50 points. It looked easy and I just could not wait for my turn.
“ Go,” Ms Tito said to us.
Lepa was the first one to have a go. We all thought that he would get it in but sadly we all thought wrong because he missed. It was finally my turn. When I slinged the ball into the air, I just knew I would not get it in. So then Ms Tito stepped in and had a go. She took amount of time thinking of which way to shoot but it was worth it because she actually got it in. In just the last minute someone got us some extra points cause they got a ball in the hula hoop. So out of that whole 15 minute we earned ourselves 100 points.

Our next activity was with Mr Harris. His game was the 3 legged race. What we had to do was to get a partner and tie 1 of our legs together and try to walk all the way to the other side with a spoon and a tennis ball on it. Just after me and my partner watching the other team, we thought it was hard because they kept dropping the ball but the only way for us to find out was to just have a go.
" GO! " Mr Harris yelled at us. "
" Left, right, left, right " we were all saying at the same time.
It was easy to us and it was fun. We would of came a 2nd place but Ilalio and Junior M just beat us.

Our next activity was with Mrs Nua. This game was just about team work. We had to get a sponge full of water and try get it to the other side to a bucket by putting it to the side and under our leg. With the most water in the bucket wins. It looked so fun and we all just could not wait to get a turn.
" GGOO! " Mrs Nua yelled to us.
The people in my group was Beni, Emilee, Julie, Ngametua and I. There were a lot of screaming and a lot of cheating but our group didn’t care. We were trying our hardest but we just did’nt win. But we were pretty close though. We thought that this was one of the best game we did so far. But we just have to keep that in mind because we still had one activity left.

Our last activity was with Mrs Langitupu. What We had to do was try to chuck the ball without stepping and try to touch the other team. It looked easy and cool too and we just could not wait to start
" PLAY! " Yelled Mrs Langitupu.
We all started to run away from the other team because they were trying to get us. Ilalio tried to block me and so was Miracle, so I dropped on the ground and started crawling away from them as fast as I could. It was so funny that I couldn't stand back up. But then Mrs Clark said that we had to switch and now it was our turn to get the other team. Some of them were easy to catch because they wont even try to run but some of them were hard like Miracle. He was so to fast we couldn’t keep up with him. But then it was game over, our team won the challenge.

I had a lot of fun and I know the other classes did too. I hope we could do this again during this year.
THANK YOU TEACHERS!!!

2011-08-30T14:19:00.005+12:00

In Room 22 we took a M.I test to see what our Multiple Intelligences are. There are 8 and they are Intrapersonal Intelligence, Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence, Musical Intelligence, Visual/spatial Intelligence, Mathematical/Logical Intelligence, Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence, Interpersonal Intelligence, Naturalistic Intelligence and I.C.T Intelligence.

Here are my results: My top 3 strengths are Music, Interpersonal and Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence. The intelligence's I have to work on are my Visual/Spatial, Mathematical/Logical and Verbal/Linguistic Intelligenes.

Badminton writing...

2011-08-16T09:32:00.009+12:00

"Brrrrr" it was freezing cold as I was sitting on the floor but the burst of excitement to play Badminton kept me warm.

On Thursday morning the 4th of August, Room 22 went to the hall to have a session with a lady called Laureen. She taught us how to play Badminton. Laureen was from the Auckland Badminton Club.

The first activity we did was to control a shuttle. It looks easy but when you try to do it, its hard. We also stopped at some time and Laureen showed us some cool tricks like how to hit the shuttle under your legs. The tip she gave us was not to look down.

The next activity we did was to get in a circle and get 5 shuttles and take 5 steps back from the rubbish bin. The thing we had to try to do was to hit the shuttle inside the bin. Etta was the first one to get it in. She kept saying that she was the best but then I got one in and then she didn’t say anything back.

Our next activities was to get a partner and a cone. What we had to do was your partner had to serve the shuttle and the other person had to try and get it in the cone. It is so easy that I could do it with my eyes closed. I had so much fun that I didn’t want to stop.

I can not wait to have our next session. I am all ready to go.

Presentation about Tonga...

2011-08-03T10:08:00.003+12:00

On Monday, Ms Tito put us into pairs of 2. We had to pick a country and we had to do a presentation about it. Here is me and my partners presentation about the country Tonga.

Rugby League slideshow...

2011-07-07T09:33:00.002+12:00

This is a little slideshow I done when we had our first and our last rugby league skills. Hope you enjoy.

Love you daddy...

2011-06-23T13:38:00.004+12:00

In 2009, when Point England was about to go to the picnic, my auntie came and she was crying and hugging my brother and I very hard. We asked her why she was crying but she would not tell us. So she took us to her house.

When we walked inside the house we saw my uncle crying too. We walked up to him and we saw a piece paper that said my dad’s name on it and numbers. We asked my uncle why was he crying and then he said in Tongan “ Your dad has passed away”. Straight away me and my brother started to cry our eyes out. It was hard to believe so we asked if we could go and see him. So we did.

When we reached the hospital, we saw all of our family members there. When we hopped out of the car, they all came to me and my brother and started to hug us and then we started to cry again. We were all crying. When we were all calm we went to the room that he was in.

When we walked in the room we saw some more of our family members. As I walked in the room they all started to cry as they saw me and my brother. My brother told me to go in first. So when I walked in to my dad, I was crying again but this time I was crying louder and longer. I just felt like I could not stop. So then my dads sister ( My best auntie in the world ) came and said, “Come on, its alright, I will buy you something to eat.” It was hard to let go of him but I knew that it was the right thing to do.

When it was time to go home I started to cry again. But then I gave him a big kiss and said “ I love you”. The following days came and it was time to bury my dad. We all got a flower and I got to throw my one first. It was hard to let go but a voice inside me said just let it go, you will be fine, well something like that.

Now when everything finished I was crying my eyes out and it was hard to believe that he is gone. But now I have moved on but I still have him and always in my heart for ever and ever and I will never let him go. I love you daddy and I know you will watch over me. R.I.P DADDY

1st and final last Rugby league session...

2011-06-23T10:11:00.001+12:00

Yesterday room 22 at 10.10am, had a rugby league session with a person called Sio Siua Taukeiaho. But he told us to just call him Siua. He plays in a team called 2011 Vodafone Junior Warriors squad.

The first thing we did was to split up into 4 teams. Then we did a warm up called in and out. We had to zig zag through the cones and sprint back. It was kind of funny because some of us just jumped over it but it was kind of fun. Then it was time to get serious. It was time for the challenge. It was hard to believe but we lost the challenge. Then the next thing we did was that each groups gets into a line and make space between each other. Then one person zig zags through us and then sprint back to make a try. It looked like fun and I just could not wait for my turn.

So far our group was losing just by 1 point. It was finally my turn. When I turned around Lepa was my opponent and 2 more people. Just then when were about to go I heard Ms Tito say if anyone beats Lepa gets a slice of my Pavalova. Then a saw Lepa geting ready. I was so scared that I might lose but I just have to believe that I could. When Siua said go, I ran as fast as I could. When I made it to the end then I sprinted as fast as could and then made a try. Everybody said that I beat Lepa. Then I turned around to Ms T and she said I also beat Lepa. I was so happy.

Now it is time for the last game and it was called kick tennis. The rules was to just kick the ball over there shoulders and not below and if the ball bounces on to your square the person that is the closest is out. Then it was time to play. When the other team kicked the ball, one of the ball went straight to me and then I tryed to catch the ball but I missed so then I was out. When more people was out, Lepa was the last one in the square but then he was out.

Then it was time for us to go. We all had fun but this is the first and final time we will have a Rugby league session with Siua.

The Science Roadshow...

2011-06-16T09:43:00.003+12:00

Last week on Thursday, the 9th of June, the yr 7's and 8's walked down to Tamaki College. We were all in groups of 6 and I was one of the leaders. In my group was Tule, Beni, Miracle and Lesely. We went to Tamaki College to get a better understanding of our topic by watching the science Roadshow.

When we got there we saw a lot of cool exhibits but before we could even go there, the people at the front had to introduce themselves and they were from Fonterra. When they finished telling us the rules the let us go and explore the exhibits.

We all went to different exhibits but they all had a theme. Those themes were Detection, Heat, Communication, Levers, gears and Inclined Planes, Sound and Quirky Curiosities. In each theme there were a lot of exhibits like in Detection was Radistion, in Heat was colour and fire, in Communication was phones, in levers, gear and Inclined planes was piano and metal detector, in sound was birds singing on the computer,and magic hands and finally on Quirky Curiosities was a skeleton on a chair.

The theme and the exhibits that got me hooked was sound and the exhibit name was the Theremin. There are 2 plates and you hold one hand above each plate and carefully move the other hand on the other plat and move it around. 1 plate for volume and the other plate for pitch. It was fun to play with.

When I finished exploring this exhibits I had questions to fill in so we can tell Ms T what we have learnt. The questions were What was the exhibits name?, What did it look like? What was included in this exhibits?, What did the exhibit the exhibit do? What did you find out from this exhibit? and the last question was What science idea did it demonstrate? That was the hardest question of all because I was just busy wondering around.

Then it was time to go back to school. I had fun there and I now the other kids did too.

Swimming...

2011-06-07T09:32:00.002+12:00

For the last 2 weeks the yr 7 and 8 went swimming at the YMCA at G.I (Glen Innes). Well for the first week we went swimming at 2pm and for the last week we went swimming during lunch time at 1.15 pm. We learn to swim because it could save our lives when we are in danger in the water.

I didn’t go swimming because I had a medical reason. Every time I look at them swimming I will always picture me in the pool swimming but that is only in my imaginary world.

Well as I said in the beginning we swim because it is very important. It is important because we are surrounded by water and our swimming lesson can help us save our lives when we are in danger.

I felt kind of sad because I missed all the session of how to swim. This is a good lesson because next time I will definitely go swimming.

Geometry...

2011-05-18T10:10:00.003+12:00

This term in room 22 for maths, we are learning about Geometry. If you don’t know what geometry is, I will tell you. Geometry is the study of shape, size and position of a two dimensional shape and three dimensional figure.

What we have been learning so far was how to draw some 2 dimensional shapes in our books, drawing perfect circles with a compass and making our own Tangrams. The activity that I liked doing was drawing perfect circles with a compass. I liked that activity because I like to colour and that was what we did after drawing them.

I did not like Geometry at first but now I love it. I just can’t wait for our next activity. I hope I like our next activity as much as I like this one.

Taonga Time...

2011-05-17T12:45:00.005+12:00

This year every Friday the year 7 and 8's have Toanga time. What is Taonga Time you might ask?. Well Taonga means treasure in Maori. We do this so we can learn about different passions of our teachers.

The groups that we have for Taonga Time are Team Building, Art, Sports, Kapa Haka, Science and Music. The group that I am in at the moment is Team Building. We do Team Building with a teacher called Mr Barks. Sometimes we go out on the field and do some activities and how to work as a team.

I feel really happy because I love to work in a team and to be in a group with a wonderful teacher. I can not wait for our next Taonga Time.

Room 22 first Netball session 1...

2011-05-11T10:36:00.005+12:00

Last week on Thursday the 5th of May, Room 22 headed out to the hard courts near the staff room. There was a lady named Emma waiting and she was going to teach us some netball skills. She is also a helper down at the netball courts where all our girls go for their netball game.

What did she teach us you ask?. Well, she taught us some amazing stuff like what dynamic stretches are. Here are 3 dynamic stretches we have done. They were butt flicks, high knees and the grape vine. Another thing she taught us was how to pass a ball properly. My partner was Charm. I already knew how to pass a ball because I’ve played netball before. When I threw the ball to Charm it kept going over his head. One more thing she taught us was how to step and receive the ball. It was challenging but we all maneged. When we stepped we had to say ice-cream.

Then it was time to play a game called corner ball. It is similar to netball but to get a goal you had to jump in the cone and catch the ball. It sounds simple but when you play the game it is hard because you have 32 kids playing on the court. We were split in to 2 groups boys and girls. After playing the game I had a sore back. That’s because when I jumped for the ball Charm came and bumped me and then I fell on my back.

After everything we learned, I am starting to like netball again. I can not wait for next Thursday for our 2nd session. I wonder what we are going to learn.

My value DLO Term one...

2011-05-10T10:18:00.002+12:00

Last term we had a project about our Point England values. The value I picked was HOPE. For my results I got 12/16. We had to take some photo's and explain how does it feel, look and sounds like to me. It was very challenging for me but I seemed to manage. Well this is what it turned out to be. HOPE you like it.

My creative name...

2011-05-05T09:41:00.003+12:00

In room 22 we have been learning about creativity. This is what I think creativity means. Creativity is a thinking skill and bringing something which did not exist before. One of our task was to create our name using our own design. This is what I came up with. I hope you like it.

Term 1 Reflection...

2011-05-04T10:05:00.002+12:00

One of the things I was pleased about in term 1 was my artwork. In my report I received excellence for my work habits and my behavior. It was a big surprise because I’m not good at art, well that was what I thought before I got my report. I am very proud of myself and so was my mum.

The thing I need to improve on is my maths. That’s because I got below expectations in my academic progress. I was shocked because I thought that I was pretty good at my maths. But I was happy because I got goods on my work habits and my behavior. I felt disappointed and good of myself at the same time.

Overall, my term went pretty good because I am in a class that I wanted to be in and with a wonderful teacher that I really like. What I like about my class is that my friends are in here and that I know that I can learn a lot of new stuff.

These are my results for my DLO:

My super sentence...

2011-04-06T10:14:00.004+12:00

The sporty netball player squashed her opponent to the ground real hard.

Red- Nouns
Purple- Adjectives
Green- Verbs
Blue- Adverbs

My prayer for people in christchurch...

2011-03-01T12:40:00.007+13:00

Dear God,

I pray from the bottom of my heart for the homeless people that have been sleeping in their cars and on the streets. I pray for the family of the 5 month old baby that had passed away, that they will be alright. I pray for those people that are still stuck under building and for the people who have lost their loved ones.

I ask you God to please comfort the family of the 5 month baby and that they can be happy again. I ask you God to please be there for them and that they will stop crying. I ask if you could help the people that are trapped and that they are still alive and will get out safely. I ask if you help the homeless people who are sleeping in their cars to find a home to sleep and to please love the people that have lost their loved ones.

I commit my prayer to you god because I believe that you are real and that you are our only hope. I know you can help the people in Christchurch.

I give you my love

AMEN

Room 22 votes for Friday lunch...

2011-02-23T10:23:00.006+13:00

In room 22 we have been learning about statistics. Statistic is about finding things out. Ms Tito gave us a problem and that problem was Ms Tito wants to cook room 22 lunch next Friday. She needs to know what she can cook that ALL students will enjoy. It was pretty hard. We had a lot of choice's. But we have finally made up our minds. She is making nachos. We all can not wait to eat Ms Tito's yummy nachos.

Room 22 votes for Friday lunch...

2011-02-23T10:23:00.004+13:00

In room 22 we have been learning about statistics. Statistics is about finding things out. Ms Tito gave us a problem and that problem was Ms Tito wants to cook room 22 lunch next Friday. She needs to know what she can cook that all students will all enjoy. We were having a hard time finding out what we we all want to eat. The funniest food that anyone of us has said was mussels. Henry was the one the that said mussels. We were all laughing. But we have finally found what food Ms T is going to make for us and that food is NACHOS!! We all love nachos. We all can not wait to eat Ms T's yummy nachos.

All about me...

2011-02-14T12:40:00.005+13:00

Hello, my name is Victoria (Vikki for short). I am a yr 8 at Pt England Intermediate. I like our new class room because it looks so cool and the things that makes this great is that some of my friends are in here and we have the best teacher in Point england school. Her name is Ms Tito. My favorite subject at school is maths. I just love maths but my goal is to learn all of my times table. The first week at Point England again was so cool, and meeting new people to our school and in our classroom like Benjamin and Ngametua. I can tell that this year is going to be a great year but we might have our ups and downs but we can make this year our best last year AT POINT ENGLAND SCHOOL!!!!

Market Day Reflections...

2010-12-10T12:17:00.004+13:00

What did you enjoy most about Market Day?
The customers because there was a lot of them. We might make a big profit.

How well prepared was your group?
Not that well because we did not finish some of our project.

How popular do you think your product was?
Not that popular because people just looked and walked away.

What was your role in the group and how well did you fulfill your role?
My role was to make bug jugs and I think I did just well but the thing was that I did not put any bugs or hole in it.

Under each of the following headings write anything that you would do differently or improvements you would make if you did it again.

Your Product?
To put bugs and holes in my bug jug.

Your Advertisement?
To get it on time to show it on the school news.

Your stall set up?
To make it more good looking.

Would you like to do this again, and why or why not?
Yes I would want to do it again because it was fun and we coud keep our own profit next time.

MY ARTWORK...

2010-12-03T10:44:00.004+13:00

For the last few weeks and months, We have been doing some amazing art work. Mrs M was the one who made up the idea of doing a secret art work. She was thinking that we would put our artwork in the hall so everybody could see it.

First of all we just had to draw some little critter like a butterfly, a spider, a bettle and a lot more stuff. I t was kind of hard for me to to draw all of those little critter because I am not really good at drawing but I tried my best. Now it was time to go to the next level. I knew that it will be harder then the one we were doing. We had to pick one of the little critter and I picked the beautiful butterfly.

When we have picked our little critter, we got a bigger paper and we had to draw our insect on it. It was really hard, so I just got the medium paper and drew my butterfly on it. I kept on making mistakes and I started to sweat like I was on stage. I was sweating because I was in a lot of pressure. i had finally finish drawing it and out lined it with a black vivid. It was time to move on.

I was finally up to the last level. I had to decorate around and inside it. I was kind of easy but it took a lot of time. I was just half way there and I was having a lot of fun. But finally I had finished. It took me plenty of days and weeks just to get this done. Hope you like my artwork.

My explain ready...

2010-11-30T09:17:00.003+13:00

Here is a little movie about my word ELYTRA!! Hope you enjoy.

NETBOOKS!!!

2010-11-17T12:42:00.004+13:00

Yay, we have finally got our Netbooks. It was so cool looking and feeling it. When we went on fire fox, it was frustrating because it kept saying that it was a problem and we could not get in. When we finally got in our own google docs, we had to check our list of things that we had to do on our Netbooks.

When we had done a little of our to do list, we took a photo of ourselves. It was kind of weird and cool at the same time. It was so cool but the fun would end after 4 weeks. We got these Netbooks just to see if we could look after it and to know what to do when the day has come when we get our very own Netbooks.

Giant cockroaches...

2010-11-05T12:39:00.002+13:00

Giant Cockroaches live in the Australian out back. You know when you have found a giant cockroach is if you see dry soil. Giant cockroaches live up to 10 years and the unusual thing is that there mother gives birth to them, not like a chicken who born’s there baby’s in a egg. The mother can only look after them for 2 months and the cockroach will live it’s own life by it’s self. They come out from the ground when it is only raining. If they come out in the sun it will dry out. The only reason why it comes out when it is raining, so it could mate and find it some food.

Jesse Martin...

2010-10-20T14:55:00.004+13:00

Jesse Martin

Jesse Martin is a young sailor who travelled around the world solo. He sailed at the age of 17. He was pretty young to sail around the world. He is tough.

He has been planning this when he was 13 years old. He only had 2 hours to sleep because him and his father was busy packing Jesse’s stuff and testing out the equipment. Finally, his day has come.

There were about 300 people that came to say farewell. He thought that it was too much but it was worth it. He left on December the 8, 1998. Some people thought that he was braking a rule by sailing around the world solo in a young age. People could not wait for him to come back. He is really tough to go and sail around the world by himself. He went around the world for 1 year. But something happened. Jesse Martin came back a year later. Everyone was yelling his name. “ JESSE MARTIN “ !!!

He came back at January the 5, 1999. Every body thought that he would not make it, but look now, he is healthy and here. He is a hero to a lot of people now. He is a lucky boy.

The awsome FiaFia night...

2010-10-15T11:52:00.004+13:00

Last term we had a FiaFia night. It was about representing your culture and other stuff. I was in 2 groups. The senior Kapa Haka group and the choir. I went the stage 5 times. That was because the Kapa Haka group went on stage 2 times and the choir group went on stage 3 times. We sang 3 songs. They were Octopus garden. Lean on me and our school song Strive to succeed.

When the Kapa Haka group got dressed they were ready to go. When we went on the stage, I looked at the audience and I got staged fright but I had to carry on and start smiling. When we finished our item, I had to go to my other group. When we went on the stage to sing our song i went a little off because I got scared. It was so scary but it was worth it. When we went off the stage, we went to the music room and watched the performencs. when it was our turn, we went on the stage again. We sang Lean on me. It was so cool because that was my favorite song. We went off again and went to the music room. It was our time to shine just one more time. We sang our last song and it was our school song. It was as great moment.

I wished we could rewind that day and do it all over again

My M.I results...

2010-09-10T12:23:00.003+12:00

Today I took my M.I test. When I saw my results, I never knew I was good at music and word smart. I was so surprised. Some of the question were hard to understand but I understood some so that was good. I just need to improve on my picture and nature smart. I am so happy that I just cant stop smiling but that is only when I look at my results.

A couple of weeks ago, I took my M.I test. When I saw my results, I never knew I was good at music and word smart. I was so surprised. Some of the question were hard to understand but I understood some so that was good. I just need to improve on my picture and nature smart. I am so happy that I just cant stop smiling but that is only when I look at my results.

Holiday Highlight...

2010-09-10T12:19:00.000+12:00

YAY !!! It’s the holiday. When I woke up, I was wondering what to do today. I was thinking for a very long time but when I was in the kitchen eating my breakfast, someone was knocking on my door. When I opened my door someone yelled to me HEY VICTORIA !!!. It was Helen Tui. She asked if you are not busy would you like to come Ten Pin Bowling with me? I was so happy because I have found what I am going to do today.

When I got all organised, we went to her house and played a little and then we had to hope in the car. When we were in the car driving to the Ten Pin Bowling, we just couldn’t stop laughing. We had $20 each so we thought that it was enough for us to play one game.

When we got there, we jumped right out of the car and ran inside. When we went inside, there was a lot of people there but it was okay. We looked at the game area and we went to change our money to tokens. It was so cool playing these games but the bad news was that we spent all our money’s on the games besides playing one game of bowling.

We waited for Helen dad to come, so we can eat and go but he was watching the other people play and it made him laugh so he said to Helen “do you want a game of bowling with your friend” and we were jumping up and down and yelling YES YES YES !!!

When he went to pay we wore some of the shoes, and then ran to the place we were going to bowl. When we started to bowl, we weren’t that bad so we started to miss some shots so were sort of sad but at least it made Helen dad laugh. That was a great game of bowling.

When we finished playing it was evening and that mean we had the best time together and when we went back home my mum wanted to hear all about it. It was a long story to tell but she found it amazing. I can’t wait to play with Helen again.

My boring weekend...

2010-08-20T10:19:00.004+12:00

On Saturday, I went to my uncle's house. When I walked in the door, my cousin came running to my arms. Sometimes she can be a little annoying but sometimes she is my little angle. I was having a great time with cousin but then the horror began. I had to babysit my other 2 cousins. What I like about them is that they love me but what I dont like about them is when there mummys go and they start to cry. So I have to run to the kitchen and make them a bottle so they can stop crying and go to sleep.

Once they go to sleep it is time for me to watch alittle t.v. Once there mummy comes come back they wake up so fast and they will crawl to them and start to laugh. There laugh is so cute. Once they have a little laugh with there mum, they would go run and play with the toys. But I think it was better than doing nothing so I think this weekend was not so bad after all.

Once they finish playing, you wont to the floor because the toys would be all over the place. Time for me to do my job. Then when it is over its time to change the smelly and dirty nappy. When im done that its time for me to go bath them. Then after that it will be time to put them to sleep.

I have been doing that for my whole weekends. So now you know how I feel, How do feel when you babysit like this all the time.

During life education.

2010-08-19T12:54:00.006+12:00

A couple of weeks ago, The Life Education caravan came back to Pt England School. Room 20 was so excited to see Harold and Lynn again. When we went in the caravan, I could remember the old times when I was a little kid. We talked about smoking. I never knew that there ws so many bad causes when you take a smoke. You could get really bad cancer and did you know that 5000 people die each year. There are 4000 chemicals in a smoke and there are 200 chemicals that can cause cancer. When Lynn told us those things about smoking, I almost cried. Well not crying but maybe a little tear drop. Well if you know some other stuff about smoking, you can come and leave a comment.

Do you agree or disagree?

2010-08-18T10:04:00.004+12:00

I agree that the drinking age for teenagers should be lowered from 18 years to 16 years because if you drink, you could get arrested in a young age and it can also effect your brain but if you lower the drinking age from 18 years to 16 years there will be another way that they could get an alcohol. The worst thing about people getting alcohol is that they waste there money on an alcohol but not on important stuff like food and water. For example, There was a rich boy who went to a rich school that stole a big bottle of beer that was sitting in his garage for over 20 years. He took it and he did something stupid. He went and he drank it. It poisoned his blood and his brain started to get damaged and then a bad thing happen. He died. It was sad but it was his fault. If you agree or disagree and why, comment me back.

My Graphics

2010-07-29T10:15:00.009+12:00

In Graphics we have been using Adobe Illustrator to draw our designs. We used all sorts of tools. some of them is called the shape tool and the pencil tool. We use it for drawing our design. There are alot more of tools to name. We also used the linear and radial and gradient. We use those tools to fill our design with colour. I also forgot to say that Miss Ferguson is an also a great graphics teacher. I also like her dance moves when she does something wrong. Its really funny. ( Ssh don't tell her.) This picture I drew was about the inside of the earth. This is my design 2. Have you ever used these kind of tools? comment me and let me know.

My portrait

2010-06-11T12:51:00.005+12:00

This term we had to take a photo of our face and we had to cut a half. then we have to draw the other half that we cutted out. When we have done that, we started to shade it. It was kind of hard for me to draw the other side of my head and then shade it. When I d finished that I took a picture of it. Now you can see what I have done. I hope you like my portrait.

My peronal sheild..

2010-05-28T14:13:00.003+12:00

The beginning of term, Room 20 my had made a personal shield and it is about ourselves.

1. My background has hearts all around my personal shield.
2. Hobbies- My hobbies were singing and I also like to eat chocolate.
3. Culture- My culture is Tongan but I made my own design.
4. Future- Well I drew a microphone because I want to be a singer and I am thinking that I want to be a doctor too.
In the middle is my wonderful name Victoria.

Our tough Netball game...

2010-05-27T12:19:00.004+12:00

This week on Tuesday, the year 7 Netball team had a game. The Aces played against Holy Cross. My team which is called Crew 2, we played against Baradene. The Aces had a great game against Holy Cross. The Aces won their game and the points were 13-10. It was finally our turn to play. We played on court 4.

We were kind of scared because we thought that we were going to lose but we believed in ourselves. When the buzzer started we didn't even know. So when we raced to our spot, we started to throw the ball around and it was hard for me to keep up with my partner. When we started to get some goals it was cool but when the other people started to get some we got so angry we kept getting contact.

I got so tired I had to swop with Julie. When Julie went on I almost lost my voice because I kept yelling to tell her where to go because it was her first time playing Center.

When the buzzer sounded again, I had to go back to being center. It was a great to be back because I missed playing my possiton. We almost got a shot but the buzzer went, so we lost the game but at least we played our hardest.

We did our best and now we just can't wait for our next game.

The trip to RainBows End

2010-05-25T12:13:00.003+12:00

Last week on Saturday I went to Rainbows End with my cousins and my auntie. We went there because it was my aunties sons birthday. When we got there, we went on our favorite ride. It is called the bumper boats. When we went there, there was not that much people there. Me and my cousin was happy because we did not need to wait in line. When we went on the bumper boats, we did not know how to handle them. So the boat went around and around and around. When our time was up we were so dizzy that we almost fell in the water.
When we finished our ride we went on the fear fall. I was to scared to go on it but I went on with my auntie. When we went up high, I was scared and did I mention that I am scared of going up high. When we fell down I was screaming so loud that a bug flew in to my mouth. When we got down, I went off as fast as I could. When we finished doing that ride, we went on the log flume. When we went on in the log, we started to go in a cave. My cousin was like happy and when we went in, I was kind of scared. I was scared because there were elves in there and they keep popping up and down. When we got out of the cave, we went to another cave, but on there, were logs and jewelry.
It was kind of scary but not as scary as the other cave. When we got to the part we like we were so happy. Our favorite part was when you go down then the camera clicked. When we got off the we went on a ride called power surge. when you go on the seat, you will go up and you spin and your chair will move too. I had butterflies. when we got off I told the man to tell me to never let me go on that ride again. our next ride was the roller coaster. Once we got on I was so scared I would wet myself. When we went in to circles I almost spewed up. our ride was finished so I hoped off as fast as I could.
As soon as I got off, me and my cousin went go get something to eat. When we got our food, we followed my auntie to this birthday room. When we went in there, we started to eat like pigs. Our food was finished and we could on go on one more ride which it is the golden rush. It was so scary because there was another cart that was going to crash us. When our day was finished we had so much fun. When we got in the car we fell asleep. I would not want to forget this day.

Sina-bungy jump

2010-05-20T12:51:00.001+12:00

As the man started to count from 10 to 1, I was shaking like a chihuahua. Once he said ONE! , I jumped off. When I jumped off, I was screaming so loud and had my mouth opened so wide that a bug flew straight to my mouth. Once I went down more, my heart felt like it was going to explode. I was scared because I thought that I was going to go in the cold water. When I thought that I was going to touch the water, I got scared again. I bounced 7 or more times. When I got back up I was happy that I survived and that I am still alive.

My Favorite uncles 21 birthday...

2010-03-28T00:41:00.003+13:00

On Saturday it was my favorite uncles birthday. He was turning 21.My cousin and I had to do a hula for him and I had to learn a new dance just in one day. When my cousin and I had finished practising, we had to get in our costume. Our costume was amazing and my auntie made it. When we had done that we went to the hall at Otahuhu. That's where we had the party. When we got there my little cousin and I was scared to go on but lucky my older cousin went on. After that she went on stage and started to dance. I was hoping my little aunties would come quick because they had to be up on stage next. Just in time my aunties came and they went on stage as soon as they walked in the hall. When their song started to play, they started to shaking their hips and I knew for sure that they were better then me. When they had finished, they had heaps of money. My evil little auntie did the evils at me so I knew I had to be better then her. Finally it was my solo time and my time to shine. When I started to dance my top came off and I was embarrassed hard out but I kept dancing. When my song was finished I had 189 dollars and I felt like I was the happiest girl and that I beat my little evil auntie at getting more money. When the party was finished, I was so tired that I could just fall right to the ground. When I hopped in the van, my Nana told me to give my money to someone I never knew but my Nana knows her. When I gave her my money, I could only keep 20 dollars. I knew it was a waste of my time of dancing but at least I had fun. Thank you for reading. Bye!!!!

Urban beat

2010-03-24T11:04:00.005+13:00

Urban Beat

When we were at camp, some people came to Pt England school . They were a dancing group called Urban Beat. When they came there was a cute little girl called Tasha and she was seven years old. She was a great dancer and she was awsome. When they had finished introducing them selves, they showed us how to dance. The dance they were teaching us was Blame it on the boogie. At first it was hard but then it started to get easy when we had listen. After that we did the whole dance and it was awsome. When we had done that we had a dancing competition. We got to get one of the great dancers and when we had done that we had to learn a little dance. We had to keep it simple and do eight beats. When we had done that we point to another team. When we started no one would point to us but when a team loses one by one there were one team left we challenged them and we were a tie. I think we did great. After that we learnt a dance to a song called Take your shirt off. It was a fast dance and it was pretty hard but I got the hang of it. When we knew some of the dance we had to get in our groups and do the dance moves but at the beginning we did a freestyle and then we did the dance. I think we did great. When that was done we had a dancing competition and I had no fear to go in the middle and dance. After that they had to go but we had fun. I hoped they could come back some other time.

THE DUNKER

2010-03-24T08:59:00.004+13:00

On Thursday after noon some there were people that came from up north and they organized 3 activities for us. The activity was called the dunker,log joust and archery. My favorite activity was the dunker. When it was my turn to sit on the board everybody started to say "I'm going to get you out". I got scared it felt like was going to pee my pants. Once they started to throw the ball I got scared and Cruz throw the last ball and he got me out. When I fell in the water it was cold and some water went up my nose. I started to cough and Cruz started to laugh. When it was Cruz turn, I got to throw 3 balls at the button. When I had my last ball to throw I thought that I was going to get him out but I missed and he started laughing. When it was Ocean turn, she got him out and I started to laugh. When we all had a turn it was time to see who was winning group. The winning group was TLC. They got to have a packet of chocolates.We didn't win because we lost our little buddy Jerry(it was a balloon. We had to look after it to get 150 points)but it flew away. That day was the best activity we had done at camp kindness.

Our comic life...

2010-03-23T10:07:00.004+13:00

At the beginning of this term we went around the school with a camera. before we could do anything we had to get in a little group. When we had done that we got a little korero and we had to take pictures. We had to take 5 pictures of the korero. When we had done that, we had to fix it on comic life. We had to edit it a little bit but I kind of edit alot. Hope you enjoy my comic life photo.

Our acrostic...

2010-03-09T09:37:00.005+13:00

Protection for all is the key..
The korero helps us to see.
Everybody must succeed to be..
No one should disagree to achieve.
Guess to depress the west..
Leave the school cause its the best.
Alwayes leave the class clean to beat the rest..
Never ever be a pest.
Doing stuff is what we do..

When others think their cool for you.
Aim to behave like all of us
Yes our school is cool for you

THE PICNIC DAY....

2010-03-05T12:45:00.009+13:00

Last week on Friday, we had a school picnic. Before we could go any where, we went to the school hall. When we headed off to the Pt England reserve, room 20 had to go last because we were the biggest people in the school. When we got there we had to sit on the grass so Mr Burt could tell us where to go and not to go. When he finished talking, I went crazy and I ran around. When I finished acting all weird I went down to the beach. When I got down I ran to a rock and flipped it over there were many crabs that came out and I screamed so loud that everyone looked at me. Some people came and grabbed my crabs and I got angry. When I walked back to the field the mud went between my toes and it felt disgusting. When I got up Mr Jacobson(the small one) said it was kareoke time. I got excitedand I ran to the line and buddy up with some one. When my favorite song came on I started to scream and I hope I went to the microphone but when I got to front my favorite song was finished. When it was my turn, it was a song I never knew so I just lip sing. When kareoke was finished we had to pack up. When we were all done, we started to walk back to school. When we got to our fabulous class, we were so tierd that we laid on the floor and had a little nap.

In my weekends...

2010-03-02T10:25:00.006+13:00

Last week on Saturday, me and my family went to Bucklands Beach. It was a hot hot day. When we got there I ran and divided in the water and it was fun. When my mum came in we played volley ball in the water. When I walked backwards, I slipped and started to drown. I thought my mum was going to get me but she called my step dad to come and get me out of the water. My mum was too scared to get me. I was panicking and scared at the same time. My step dad ran in and tried to get me. When he got me out of the water I felt like not going back in the water but I had to because I had to hold one of my brothers in the water. After our swim we went to go and eat then go home.

Thanks for reading come back soon.

Back at Pt England school...

2010-02-24T13:18:00.007+13:00

It is the day that I have to go to Pt England . When I got ready, I Started to walk to school. When I got near to the red gate, my friends started running towards me and then hugged me and ask me what am I doing here. When the bell rang, we went to the hall. When we got to the hall, Mr Burt yelled "WELCOME BACK YEAR SEVENS!!. When he started to say what class we were in, I just wished that I could be in the same class as my friends. I ran to them and said we are in the same class. We started to giggle. Some of the people was mad because the wanted to be in Miss T class. Mrs Nua is the name of my teacher and it is my first time being in her class and We are in room 20.
Thank you for reading my blog and hope you can drop by and visit again. Bye.

In the holiday...

2010-02-23T10:38:00.007+13:00

In my holidays, I went to the beach called Maratai beach. We went there on a sunny day. Me and my brother was excited to get there and I couldn't wait to see my cousins from Tonga. It was a 2 and a half hour drive to get there. So we had a little nap. When we got there, I jumped out of the van and ran to my cousins. Once we laid every thing out we ran in the water then ran back out because it was so cold. My cousin Saane ran in and she didn't even care. So I just went in and when I got up, my brother chucked a slimy sand on my face. So I got him back. When my mum came in the water, we played volley ball. I was in my cousins team and my brother went to my mums side. My team lost so we had to stay in the water for another 20 mins. When it passed 20 mins we went to go and eat. We had potato salad,BBQ, chicken on a stick and chips. For our drink we had a Tongan dish called Odie. It's like a fruit drink. When we finished eating, we went back in the water but we could only stay in there for another 15 mins. Then go back home.

About me..

2010-02-16T15:08:00.005+13:00

Kia Ora my name is Victoria and I live in Auckland New Zealand. I am a year seven in Pt England. My friends names are Rachael,Shaniah,Helen Tupou and a whole lot more . We like to play touch on the field and that is game we like to play. My favorite subject is maths. I like maths because I like numbers. That is about me so far. Thanks for reading. Bye.