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.

Belated Mothers Day Letter.

Mother’s day is an occasion where children, can celebrate how much they love their mum. This year I have someone special, someone loving and someone close to me who I can say that they deserve this prize. That person is my mum.

She has known me for longer than I have known myself.  She was there when I first walked, first talked (haven’t stopped), and for my greatest achievements.

She loves me, feeds me, talks to me, makes me have a house, and takes me to school. And I make her coffee, talk to her, and do my chores. We get on well with each other. And love one another.
There aren’t any words to say why I love her so.

Thank you

Rugby Tournament recount

 A sunny Tuesday morning when the birds were still chirping. Our team Tamaki Intermediate was about to play off against other Eastern Zone teams to get into the top so that they can go to the Inter-zone. Our faces full of eager and anticipation. We were ready to do it.

We were told that all of our games were against Pt. England. Oh man!! Pt. England is like the best team. But it didn't really matter because we can still beat them if we try. So we started doing warm ups. scrums and running around.

The whistle blew for the first kick off.  I was subbing for Chylsea.  Everyone tried their best but sadly we lost. We had two opportunities left to win. So we were looking forward to that.

We had a some food because some of us were hungry. So we practiced before our next game which I played. I tried to tackle the girls but they are just tough. We lost that game again. So we weren't going to Inter Zone but Mr Utanga said that he wants us to leave with pride which meant to win one game at least. That was our goal heading towards our next game.

Last game we went on with strength and were hoping that we could maybe get one try.  At the end of the game we lost.

Over all we enjoyed ourselves and have learnt from this.We hope we will win next time.

Natural Disaster- Droughts

                                      
L.I - we are learning to write explanations

A drought is caused when a large area for a long period of time has a massive shortage of water and sinking motion of air in a high-pressure cell, which results in decreasing relative humidity of the air and little or no precipitation .

During a drought, the land can become starved of nourishment. Usually this happens when a region has regular below normal amount of rainfall. It can cause agriculture, livestock, industry or human population to decrease rapidly. Droughts are a long lasting disaster, and although a drought can be noticed for a short while, the drought damaged area will suffer from terrible destruction and harm the local community.

When there is a drought it is deadly because there is either a lack of water or none, and everyone on earth needs water to survive and to live.During a drought most governments advise the people to drink less water, shower less and  not to wash cars often. When a drought becomes very serious there is a limit to how much water each person may use.You can get fined if you use more water than you're supposed to. In poor countries like Africa, world wide aid is needed to help and feed the people.

There have  been tragic events caused by droughts.  For instance there was a massive drought in the Amazon rain forest. It was during 2010, which had been more severe than the 2005 drought. The levels of water had fallen dramatically and some people say that it was completely dried up.The drought in 2010 had  started in an early austral summer during a tropical climate. The drought had the lowest water levels in half a century.If events like this were to  happen more often, the Amazon rain forest would become a big part of the green house gases.