Camp Highlights

The Year 8s went to Rotorua for a week for camp, the place we went was called Kewick. We did lot’s of things there but mostly walking through brushes and trees. Besides all the walking through bushes I reakon it was an amazing camp.


We went to the luge and it was so cool. we had to get into groups to go in the skyline I was with Turuhira, Kan, Jesiah, Mr Chong Nee and Hare. The skyline took us very high. Hare was so funny she thought we were going to fall she covered her eyes and everyone was laughing.


There was a shop called the Jelly Belly it was full of yummy jelly Beans. t was so cool seeing all the colourful lollies. there was even jelly Beans art work and you could eat the jelly beans . It was an amazing camp in 2013 I hope the year 8s next year have a awesome camp too.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela is (94 years old), he was the first black man to become the president of South Africa. Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village called Mvezo in Umtatu, Nelson Mandela was the person who stopped the racist people around the world. He has 6 kids and is married to Evelyn Mase the got married on the 5 October 1944.


Mandela claimed that he lost his "stuck up" attitude, becoming best friends with a girl for the first time. Nelson Mandela started playing sports and developed his lifelong gardening.
Nelson Mandela was a man who stopped racism for all the people around the world. The main points about Nelson is how he changed the world for everyone to make it a better place. He even had to spend 27 years in prison just because people believed in him that he could change everything. The white people knew that whatever Nelson planned to do they knew that a lot of people would believe in him so that's why they put him in prison.
Nelson's father died when he was a child and during his years without his father he became a ward of Jongintaba at the great place in Mqhekezweni. He was the first in his family to attend a school and it was while there that the young Rolihlahla was given the name Nelson.



Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought against apartheid, a system where non-white citizens were segregated from whites and did not have equal rights. He served a good portion of his life in prison for his protests, but became a symbol for his people. Later he would become president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela died on Thursday at the age of 95. The former President of South Africa left an indelible mark on both his country and the world, becoming an international symbol of the fight against injustice and human rights abuses. He will be remembered in our hearts forever and ever because he was a man that not only cared about his family but also the whole entire world.

Reflection 2013

What special thing have you learnt from your teacher this year?

The thing that I have learnt from my teacher this year was having a girl teacher because I haven't had one for ages, also because she has made me a better person during the years have gone by because she knows the things that has happened in my life and she helps me to keep going forward.

What significant thing have you learnt all by yourself?

This year has been an amazing year for me becuse I learnt many things from many people.

I have new classmates and a amazing new teacher and her name is Miss King she has taught me alot about Scratch, you can draw and make games on the website. I have learnt from a very speacial person that I have to trust myself and he said I can do anything in life.

At home I have internet so I can go online websites. Like youtube and online games, we can edit pictures on this webdite called pixlr and pizap. Internet is very cool to use, so I think everyone should have internet and netbooks.

Farewell Pt England

I would like to say goodbye to Pt England because this is the year 8s last week at Pt England School. I really loved being at Pt England with lot's of amazing teachers and importantly our great principle Mr Burt. These awesome 6 years here have been the best years ever, I love the students and I have lovely friends and I hope we continue being friends.

I am going to miss this school so much and I would like to say to the year 7s good luck to you for next year and be nice to you next teachers. So I would like to say a huge "THANK YOU" to all the teachers that teached me along my journey through Pt England School. Thank you

Thank You To Motat and Johnson & Johnson

Thank you to the Varety club, Motat and Johnson & Johnson for giving all of Pt England Students wonderful gifts. We all appreciate those present that you gave to all of us and will always cherish it. I really like the present I got given from you all.

We all loved it and we are a very lucky school because not everyone gets presents from wonderful people like you. So we all want to say a huge thank you to Motat & Johnson and Johnson. We will take very care of the gifts that you gave to us and Thank You again.

MATHS QUESTION BISCUITS AND FUDGE

Senolita and Zion Triangle

Zion and Senolita Question 4

Malala Yousafzai News Artical

Who? Malaa Yousafzai
What? She has been nominated for Nobel Peace prize
Where? She is from Pakistan but is living in England at the moment.
When? Will find out at the end of October
Why? Because she was fighting for education for girls in Pakistan

I think she is a fighter and she is very tough. I think Malala is doing a very good job for the girls education.

Questions
I would like to know more about Malala Yousafzai?
I would like to know how the education works in Pakistan.

Shark finning banned in New Zealand

The shark finning banned because of killer sharks. Conservation Minister Nick Smith and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy annouced that they are removing the shark fins and the damping of shark carcasses in the sea. Minister Nathan Guy said “We need to ensure New Zealand's 113 species of sharks are sustainably managed and that we provide incentives to utilise as much of the resource as practically possible." Shark fins are regarded as a delicacy in Asia, where they are used in soup and for the production of many traditional medicines. The NZSA said New Zealand was among the worlds top 10 nations for killing and exporting sharks, was a major exporter of shark fins to Hong Kong and recently became the biggest exporter of dried shark fins to the United States.

Senolita The Old Warehouse

The Old Warehouse:

Tori felt wind blowing through her hair as she opened the warehouse doors.

She thought to herself “Don’t go in there, don’t go in there”, But she didn’t care what her head was telling her, she said “I was deared to come to this haunted warehouse.”

Tori heard a noise coming from the door on her right, she turned around and looked and looked at the door. She had no clue what or who that was but she was scared and terrified, “Tori, Tori” whispered someone behind the managers office door.

“Who’s that” answered Tori, she walked tawards the managers office and flinged open the door. No one was in the office just a table and a black chair swinging around, like someone was playing on it. So Tori stopped the chair from swinging because the chair was freaking her out.

The door behind Tori was slowly closeing, it was making squicky noises. Tori quickly grabbed hold on the door and opened it, she heard foot steps coming from the entrance doors.

She was  snecking through the aisles to see what was going on over there. “It looks like he used to work here” Tori thougt to herself.

So that means she can’t get out because if she was caught he will call the police and I might go to jail for bracking and intering there property.

Tori tried to find another way out and she found a hole under the shelfs, so she crawed under the shelf and saw grass and trees.

He saw a glems of me when I was walking tawards the parking, Oh no, Tori ran as fast as she can to get away from him. She found a toy place, a couple of blocks away from the scary warehouse.

Senolita About Halloween

All hallows Eve known as Halloween. Halloween was celebrated for all saints day, october 31st 1950 is the day halloween started. For some poeple it’s a tradition every year. People don't believe halloween thats why they give out lollies.

There are groups that celebrate it like (western christians, saint- all saints day and Samhain.) These days people dress up, they got costumes from shops and go out a collects lollies. Samhain put spirits inside different animals bodies. The people were scared because of the spirits.

In different countries they go all out for halloween, like in america they block off the streets so the little kids could go around to collect lollies. They also close all the stores except for the shops .

Everyone goes out at night time and goes around to houses and say “HAPPY HALLOWEEN.” Then people give lollies to the little kids . they wear masks and costumes or paints there faces.

Group Stories

Fireworks

Once upon a time there lived a man that loved fireworks and his name was Rob.

Every day Rob would walk outside in the dark and stare at everybody’s fireworks.

But one day there was a box that was delivered to Rob’s house. It was a box filled with fireworks from his family that lived in the south Islands. Because of that those were the  most dangerous fireworks in the world.

Also a song was released on fireworks day by Katy Perry named Fireworks. Rob was the person who had recently written this song. Rob was invited to tour with Katy on her California Dreams tour. He was living the high life, enjoying each moment. Until finally Rob became best friends with Katy Perry. Ever since, Rob and Katy finally got married together.

The moral of the story is you can do anything in your life.

The Ghost

Once upon a time there was a haunted house right next door to Emily who was very curious about this house. Everyday Emily walked past the house next door and she would always see many strange things. Because of that Emily asked her mum, who was living there. Because of that her mum told her a little story about the haunted house. Because of that Emily got really scared and never walked past the house again. Until Finally she called the Ghostbusters and they came and burned the house down. Ever since Emily has become a celebrity in her town and is training to join the ghost busters.

The Moral of the story is ask for help if you are scared of something.

Learning to Fly

Once upon a time there was a girl named Kelly who loved to fly. Everyday she would wake up and fly around the neighbourhood. Her wings were as shiny as raindrops on spider webs. But one day a witch cast a spell on her because she was too beautiful. Because of that she became ugly and her wings fell off.  After that kelly began to sob and sob, her wings were her life. Being able to fly gave her freedom. Now she was wingless. She is now unable to fly. Until finally she lifted her arms and started to fly once more. Ever since Dante knew how to fly and achieved her dreams......

The moral of the story is to keep trying and never give up.

The unexpected broken ankle

Once upon a time there was a girl named Emily playing on the park. Everyday Emily would walk to the playground with her friends. Emily and her friends would always swing on the monkey bars. But one day while she was swinging on the monkey bars and jumped off. On the way home Emily felt something strange in her ankle. She asked her mum “what is wrong with my ankle!”. Emily’s mother didn’t know and so they went to the doctors. Because of that the doctor said that she has an unexpected broken ankle. Ever since, her friends asked her if she wanted to play at the monkey bars she would have to refuse because her ankle needed more rest.

The moral of the story is to be careful of what you’re doing!

Family Holiday

Once upon a time on a sunny day, Zak and his family wanted to go on a family trip to disneyland. Every morning to the afternoon they sold buns at botany mall next to KiwiYo to make money so  they could have enough dollars to book a flight to disneyland. Because of that a thief who likes buns took them all. Zak and his family had nothing to eat, What could they do now?So they thought hard about who would love hot buns! Until finally they thought of one thing, their little sister loved buns. They searched everywhere until they found the hot buns under the little sisters bed. Her family was very cross at her and left her at her aunt's house. The family had heaps of fun at disneyland while the little girl did chores at her aunt's house.

The Moral of the Story: is to not steal or you would regret it.

Smart Doubling

Just Keep Swimming

As Marlin was sadly sitting on the rock in the deep dark sea, Dory was thinking about how she could turn his frown upside down, “Hey Mr Grumpy Gills, when life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? asked Dory with joy in her

“I don’t want to know what you gotta do” repiled Marlin in a depressed voice. Starting to sing to Marlin, Dory was very out of tune. “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming,  just keep swimming, swimming, swimming What do we do? We swim swim”

Instead of Marlin getting happy he was getting angry, “Dory, STOP singing” Marlin shouted quietly.

“I love to swim. When you want to swim” sang Dory, while pulling Marling down deeper into the dark sea.

“See I’m gonna get stuck now with that song now it’s in my head” Marlin repiled with a grumpy voice.

Feeling bad, Dory answered.“Sorry.”

Senolita Easter and Good Friday

Why do we celebrate Easter?

Easter is the day that Christians celebrate the resurrection of their lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Easter is an ancient holiday that is celebrated in many countries. People celebrate in different kind of ways, but some just don’t celebrate at all.

What is Good Friday?

For Christians, it is the commemoration of the dealth and rebirth of Jesus Christ. Good Friday is known as Holy Friday, It is celebrated traditionally on the day that Jesus was crucified. That is why people celebrate Good Friday or as Holy Friday....

Using Fraction

This is a presentation that my group worked on it is about fraction.

Suddenly the car stops

Makayla woke up on a cold shivering day. Her mum was yelling from the car to her bedroom telling her to hurry so that she wouldn’t be late for school. So she rushed down stairs got her lunch put it inside her school bag and flung open the door. Mum slammed on the accelerator and drove off. Suddenly the car stops and she went flying out the front window. The wind blew her hair back as she sailed through the shivering, cold wind. From her face down her chest, blood was flowing out of her mouth and from her face.

Rope dangling from the sky

If I was to see a red rope dangling from the sky I would pull the rope and see what happens. If I pulled the rope and I had 2 choices and the choice was to become a rich person but in return you had to kill 3 dogs, “I would so not pull the rope because I love dogs and plus I had a dog for my birthday.”  

Family BBQ

On a hot Sunday my nan and poppa went out and got some meat for the BBQ. My mum, my brother and I went into the garage and got a big table to put outside our door step to eat on.
After get every thing set up I went and got ready to go out with my mum so we can get the things for the salad.

My mum went into the store to get all the ingredients for the salad. I was looking around and I saw my friend from the last school and I tried to hide so she does’nt see me. So I said to my mum “hurry so we can go already” and she said “wait, I have to pay for these first.”

We got to the house and my poppa was getting the BBQ ready. I went into the kitchen to help my mum with the salad, I had to crack the eggs and put in the bowl and that was all she told me to do the dishes for her. After doing the dishes for my mum she said “thank you.” So I went in the louge to watch TV.

A 1 hour later the BBQ was ready and I went into the kitchen again and got the bread, butter and saurce, and I went outside and put the things on the table. I went back inside and got the drinks and as I was walking down the stairs I nearly tripped up because it was wet on the step. We dished up our kai and got on the table and ate our food up.

Lollipop Moments

Miss King showed us a movie called Lollipop Moments. Lollipop moments is about leadership those moments makes peoples lives change alot. I was thinking about when I had my lollipop moment.

Every day after dinner I always help my mum do the dishes afterwords she would say thank you and I would  always say back you welcome. When my mum helps me do my home work I would have one of those moments. You can be a leader anyone can be a leader. Most people as there lollipop moment they have birthday's to celebrate or Christmas, celebrate little things in your life.

Our movie about this year 2013!!

SZ 2013 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

This a movie about what I want to do for 2013. I like to do lots of different things this year, It has my favourite subject and other things.... This year we need to improve more at being kind to others.