Prince Williams Visit To New Zealand

During the school holidays Prince William came to New Zealand to meet survivors and the families that suffered the loss of a family member during the Christchurch mosque. The prince met about 160 survivors and family members of the victims at the mosque. In room 12 we had a lock down practise to prepare ourselves if something bad as the Christchurch mosque happened.

Prince William had a speech that he shared to New Zealand saying that our response to the shooting was an example to inspire the world. He congratulated the work that the emergency staff, the police and the hospital staff put into to protect the citizens. I thought it was a great idea to have prince William visit, because having someone from the Royal Family is a great honour.

Boomfa Sammy V!

Yesterday we met New Zealand singer Sam Verlinden. He took us students through his journey of what he did to make his career come true. Sam made us students laugh, and cheer by demonstrating how he makes his songs. He then showed us his new song Jumble 2.0.

As he was showing us how he makes his songs he included how Duffy books helped him through his journey. He then assisted Mrs Pedesern by shaking the students' hand after receiving their Duffy books.

My First Ever Wood Joint!

Yesterday at Technicraft it was the best as it was the day that I got to cut out my first joint! It was really uneven but yet it was still okay to cut out.


I tried to make my joints even but Mr
Grundy had to cut it out and make it smooth. As I was cutting my joint up to half way I accidentally went a bit over the marking line.

After I did that Mr Grundy smoothed out my finished joint which I could attach to my other piece of wood!

Y7's Hosting Assembly

Yesterday it was the Y7's hosting the  assembly. It was a successful assembly that the Y7's put their energy into for everyone to enjoy. There was a fun game that we chose which was Pictionary where two students from each class would guess what their partner was drawing.

Right after the game we sang our second song which was Count On Me by Bruno Mars that reminds people that you are not alone and always have a friend by your side. After presenting certificates, notices and everything else it came to an end of our assembly!

Woodwork At Tech!

Today at technicraft I was making the joints for my design. I had to make sure that my joints were alike and had the exact measurements. It took a while to draw my joints because every time I tried to draw it, it was either uneven or in the wrong spot.

It was about the 5th time I tried and got it right, then I was able to move on. I  chiselled my joints to make an effort to finish it. After that I was so happy to be able to finish my work and move on!

Room 6 Hosting Assembly

It has been one day since room 6 had the honour to host the school assembly. I was excited. They had to
learn how to cooperate with each other to pull off a successful assembly. After that room 12 revealed
our art work that we had been focusing on but only 5 people presented theirs.

Later on Mrs Hamilton came up to update the students on what's new. Then Mrs Shortland reminded us that it’s sausage sizzle week. As the assembly finished the classes walked out singing the song, Happy and it did make me happy!

Cybersmart Safe Passwords💻

Last week was one of the weeks that Rom 12 had to rewind their minds to see if our knowledge of cybersmart was still clear.

We managed to still keep some knowledge about cybersmart but not a lot.

We had to make a lot of decisions on what we want to focus on and I chose the most important one which is Cybersmart passwords.

You can use a line from a song or waiata or a quote from a story to keep your password safe.