Term 1 Reflection

I think Term one has been a good term for me. I try to keep up to date with my work, but I have too many things to do. For the last few weeks I have been sort of up to date with my work. In my class we have a check-list that has to be filled out by the end of the week. Pt.England school has an upcoming Fiafia that will be on Thursday. I am the leader for the Niue group, I am going to be very nervous but I am going to do my best on the night.

There were heaps of highlights but hardly any that I didn't like. This term I liked it when my class had PE and Maori. P.E is a daily routine except for Tuesday, that is the day we have Maori in room 19. The only things I didn't like about class was getting in trouble and not finishing my work, besides that I like class school.

Every time I have an assigned task it takes me awhile to get it done. I know I can manage my time wisely but I talk too much, so no work gets done. Sometimes I can’t focus so I slack off and start talking for a long period of time. Most of the times I think I should just sit by myself and do some work. Next term hopefully I could get more work done.

depending on the topic for next term I think I am going to enjoy everything when I come back to school. I want to have a theme that is new and that we have never had before. Sometimes we just have the same topic and I get bored of it. My goals next term is to get fitter and to make the Rugby Team.

 

Miguel Sure Thing

This is a song that my friends and I made. The original song is called Sure thing by Miguel, but we changed the lyrics and made a video clip to go with it. It was a assigned task from our teacher, that had to get finished in two weeks.

Test Writing

“Hey Jack have you seen my phone?” Dad anxiously said. Jack is twelve, he has one younger brother, one older sister and parents. If it is a hot day this family is always out doing cool and exciting activities.

On a cold wet day Jack’s family decided to stay inside and watch a family movie. They had a fire going, warm blankets, and of course snacks. As soon as the extremely loud movie started everyone snuggled up together to keep warm.

Half way through the movie dad realised something else had magically disappeared. It was an unusual experience for the family. Dad stopped the movie,”Thats it I am not going to play this movie until some explains why things are missing!” Dad was very furious.

We don’t know why dads phone and glasses have gone missing, so we get off our butts and start searching the area. Jack checks the sitting room, his older sister Skyla checks her and the parents rooms, while mum and dad wait for the things to return. “Here they are!” yelled Jack. Kristopher (youngest of the family) has just secretly hidden them in the kitchen.

After all of that searching the family finally go back to watch the movie together. Even though it was quite a mystery for the family to find the missing things, at least the day turned out fine!

Joshua Peoms

Joshua was a student at Mt Roskill Grammar School. He wrote a good poem called Brown Brother. He came to Pt.England school to teach some students how to write a good poem. This is a short movie that my friend Waata and I made.

Derelict House

“Wow look at that crusty old house.” Daney said. Broken tiles, rusty roofing, gutters hanging, dead wood was all we could see. “Far this house is UGLY.” I replied.“Yeah this house looks like it needs to go”!!! replied Kris. “hahaha, Yeah I agree.”

“ I bet you don’t have guts to go inside” said Kris. “Bey come on then let’s both go inside” proudly said Daney. The abandoned house looked pretty scary, to the boys, the house looked like it hadn't had an owner in ages. The grass was nearly knee-high and the house looked like it had been painted 30 years ago.                            

Slowly walking inside we saw a big layer of cobwebs. A rotten smell greeted us into the house, followed by other nasty smells. The creaking wood frightened us as we walked further and further into the darkness. “Oh man lets get out of here, nah,Kris I know you're scared but lets  just stay for a bit longer ok”.

“Hey what’s that over there?” said Daney. “It looks like a treasure chest or something valuable”. As we get closer and closer to our target, we hear a little rustle in the corner that frightens us. As quickly as we could, we try to open the treasure chest but it is sealed shut,”We need a key to open it”whispered Daney. “Ok lets take it home before midnight, lets get out of here A.S.A.P”!!!

The next day the Daney and Kris decided to go back to the scary old house. They searched and searched for the key but it wasn’t anywhere in sight. Just thinking about what was inside that chest made them more motivated to find the key. “Hey Daney come here I think this is it, I think I found the key”. They boys rushed home like they were going to miss the bus or something.

“I want to open it, no I am”, the boys were fighting over who was going to open the chest. Not long after their mum came to their room to see what all the ruckus was about. She opened the door and glanced over to the boys and saw the big chest, she could not believe it.

Recent Earthquake

Yesterday There were two Earthquakes that occurred in Motutapu, North-east of Auckland. The first earthquake happen at around 4:01pm, the magnitude was 3.1 and the depth was 6km. The second earthquake happened at 4:05pm, the magnitude picked up by.8 making it 3.9 with a 5km depth. These are some responses that people have said around the time it happened.

Stormy Day At The Beach

Orientation: Stormy Day at a beach

The sky was dull and the seagulls huddled together to find shelter. Mum and I tried to do the same but struggled, as the sand whipped our legs like a stings from a swarm of bees. The powerful wind forced my jacket to flap and hit my face every second. I try to tell mum something but the wind just snatched my words away every time, so I didn't bother anymore.

Problem: Someone is drowning    

“Help, help”. As we approached our car, massive waves smashed against a person who was in danger in the water. We told the lifeguard, and straight away he dove into the water to safe the person. “Hang on, I’m coming to get you”!!!

Resolution: lifeguard saves him
As the lifeguard reached the person in danger, mum and I finally got to the car. We anxiously waited in the car till the person was out of the extremely dangerous sea. “Thank you, for saving my life”!!!
Conclusion: safely get home
“Time to go home now”, mum said. Even though it was a bad day to go to the beach, at least we ended up helping someone from drowning!!