A moment of excellence ;)

In 2010 at the age of 11. I experienced a moment of excellence. It was prize giving night. Last year of Primary School and I was eager to move on to Intermediate.

 Through out the year my behaviour was average. I had lots of responsibilities within the school. I was hoping to receive one award.

 I was told to get there earlier because I was in Kapa Haka and we were doing a performance. I was really excited about it because my mum was going to get KFC if I received any awards. My Nana was there as well so I didn't want to play up.

 Once all the speeches were over I was listening to the names of the recipients I had a feeling I wasn't going to get anything so I was feeling a bit disappointed. The class awards were being named. My class was next and out of the blue the teacher said Shaye Fletcher. My first reaction was like what??? And all the other girls couldn't get it in their heads, because they thought they were going to get it and they didn't it was me! 

This has made me become more confident in myself and now I never stop believing.

Term 2 2012

Starting back at Tamaki Intermediate this term was fun! As well as being reunited with my friends I had finally began Year 8. School has been much different from what I had experienced in Term 1 while I was staying In America.  In the begining I was a bit nervous. I was put into room 12 and Teacher's Mrs. Parker Tofa and Mrs. Raj were very welcoming. I was very intrested in work that students have done prior to my arrival which could of had effect on test's etc for this term.  We were told about some of the academic and sports activities that we could take part in that term. Rugby and Netball was said to begin within the term, two very fit sports which isn't played where I lived.  Also discussed was a trip to Wellington in the third term since there isn't enough kids to go on a trip to the islands as usually happened why not gone on a trip a bit closer and  I havn't been to Wellington before so it was a good Idea.  This term I have participated in Rugby and tried out for netball.  I have gained more knowledge through most of my subjects. Have become more mature I think and have learnt from silly things that I did in the start.

Matariki Festival.

This year on the 21st of June there was a celebration in New Zealand which has the name Matariki. We celebrate this because it is the traditional Maori New Year.  Matariki is the Maori name for a group of stars also known as the Pleiads star cluster or Seven Sisters. You can see these stars at early dawn on when on high ground in parts of NZ. 

This year our school was going to hold a Matariki Festival.

 We were going to have games and competitions!  As well we were to present our own class item. For Room 12 we were singing Ka poioi . Leading up to the day of the festival we all practiced our song and for some students learnt our Brain Drain answers and the method to play string games. Finally the day came and I was all excited to see what other classes had to show. This was a competition if you remember me saying so there was a judge to decide who would win every activity.

 First off was Room 8's perfomance. They had put together a very informative slide show about Matariki and in the end sang a peaceful maori song which included the tune of Beyonce's Halo. Our turn next Room 12 , we ran up the stairs a bit nervous but ready to sing. Our own class member was playing gutair and helped us keep in time and in tune so thanks Irasa. Last but not least was Room 7 and sang some well known songs pretty good. Names Tihei Mauri Ora and a Prince Tui Teka E Ipo.

After that I went  to the School Library to be tested on the answers about Matariki for Brain Drain. There were some very competitive people who were eager to answer as many questions as asked which would raise points. At the end room 12 were named  the winners the other teams were really good but you cant waste time when there was a 10 second time limit to answer.

I walked into the hall with Tatiana and saw laughter and loudness while students were still competing in string games. We sat down and asked who was winning? The white board in the corner of the hall was very satisfying to say that we were coming second, following us was Room 8 and in the lead was Room 7.  I kind of knew it was going to happen though. Luckily Mrs. Bailey the organizer of this school event  had said she would take points of because of behaviour.

We were informed about the winning class at the next School Assembly and were giving a prize.  I really enjoyed Matariki this year inside and outside of school. Having a succesful Festival and enjoying celebrations with my whanau. This is what Matariki is about!

Radius Performance

This Tuesday some groups from our school went on a small trip to a Mt. Wellington rest home for elders. Kapa haka group, Choir, Cook Island group, Samoan group and the Tongan group were going to perform. We had to practice for this and make it perfect for Miss. Waetford.

We were driven to the rest home by van thanks to staff. When we arrived they were all waiting for us and I bet had looked forward to this day as much as others had. We had an order of performance. Their faces lit up when they saw and heard us and it really did make their day.

At the end a man named William said a story which made us all crack up! I think we all did well on that day.

DARE Recount

This term we had a very friendly constable officer come to our school to teach us about drugs, alcohol and the law.DARE stands for Drug Alcohol Resistance Education.  For two long weeks each second day Constable Taina Karaka would come into our class room and enjoyingly taught us. I looked forward to Taina coming because even though she was telling us terrible things that can or have happened it is really important to know these things. We were giving a question box for people to ask question they don't fell comfortable about asking in person to put it in there. Some people were stupid though and asked dumb questions.  We saw the bad effects of drugs. Pictures of what addicts have turned into. The classes of drugs Class A being the most harmful and Class C being just harmful.  Taina had put together slide shows or power points about Drugs, alcohol and bad behavior which can put you away into jail.  Through out this class of dare I have really enjoyed myself and have learnt so much. I know this will help me in the future.

First Aid Couse

                                                      First Aid Course

A rainy but exciting day for us. That day we were learning First aid. I was quite happy because my dream job involves this type of thing. It was held in Room 11 with a friendly urse named Miss Akroyd. We sat down and she began talking about the important things that we have to do with what we are learning. Like CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation) and DRSABC . She also said we were going to have a bloody activity.

She asked us if we had any blood stories. We were all blank except for Sariah. She wanted to tell us about her sister who unfortunately fell through a window while dancing on the balcony. Luckily she is all right now.

Next we played with Uncle Bob. He doesn’t talk much because he was a mannequin. Our activity was, we had to get in a group and act like we just found someone on the ground and call for 111 for help . There were enough people in the group so there could be an operator, a person who cleaned the mouth after doing CPR, and a person giving CPR. Every round we had something new to do. I really enjoyed this; it was fun and a new learning experience which is now in my brain so if it happens one day I would know what to do.

The blood activity was next. The volunteer to show what we were about to do was Nathaniel. Helen did not know but she pretended that he loved cooking (which he does) and that he was making a tomato cake. Although that sounds wrong it was just pretend. So anyway he chopped up a tomato and accidentally cut his hand. Fake blood was soaked on the palm of his left hand and it looked yucky. We were told that we had to pretend that we got a cut (but really it’s just red white board marker) and our partner had to put a bandage on our wound. My partner was Maria T and she was excellent at it but me on the over hand I was not the best.

In conclusion of the first aid session we were given a bag which included magnets, pencil, paper, and a sticker of Amby the cartoon ambulance. From this lesson I learnt so much and I enjoyed every part. To be honest I didn’t want to leave. The best part of this was when she was talking to Maria and said she was munted it was funny.

Technology evaluation

Pictured above is Keith haring wearing his artwork.

It is always fun at Technology. And yesterday we had Art with Mrs. Baker. We started walking to the ICT lab where we learnt about the Famous Keith Haring. He was a astonishing new York City artist who was known from his bold lined drawings or graffiti. He used to draw on black surfaces with chalk so that it could be rubbed out if an error was made. Mrs. Baker made a slideshow presentation which included some of his cool art. In conclusion the power point ending with the date of when he sadly died of aids May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990 Keith Haring seemed like a really cool person to me because he was not like other artists he thought outside the square and was unique.