My Day At Soccer!

Yesterday was the day that our y7/8 and y5/6 team went to football (soccer) interschools at Pt England Reserve. There were a lot of teams from each schools which means that we had a lot of games which was true. I saw that other schools had nutritional and healthy lunches while we had chocolate, lollies, powerade and many unhealthy food.

At 10:45 our first game started. Our opponents were Panmure District which had a bright blue and green uniform. We had a great start until ..... they scored a goal. We ended up losing to most of the games we played but we only came a tie in 2 games. Although we didn't win any games I still had a fun time competing with my team!

New Zealand Music Month

Music month in New Zealand is a way to celebrate all the music made in New Zealand including the musicians them self. The New Zealand music month first started off as music week but by 2001 it had became a New Zealand Music Month.

I think its a good idea to have a New Zealand music month that way young musicians can express their voice with the whole country. There are going to be music gigs around the country for young musicians to come and celebrate music. I hope that more people get to make music and find a way to express it!

NZ Teachers Go On Strike

Some New Zealand teachers are going on a strike. The strike will involve up to 50,00 teachers from two unions, NZEI for primary school teachers and the Post Primary Teachers' which is for secondary school teachers.

I think it's a good idea having the teachers going on strike for a higher pay rise because no one else is teaching the kids except for the teachers themselves. The teachers have tried hard to agree with the government but the government is only giving them a 3% pay increase.

Kiwi Can

On Tuesday room 12 had their lesson with Kiwi Can. It was a fun lesson that had one meaning to it and it was integrity. Our topic today was honesty which was about telling the truth. The tutors we had were Miss Tuia and Mrs Mac. Mrs Mac was filling in for Mr Matt , kind of like a substitute.

The activities we had were Bang, Changes and G.K.Q. (general knowledge questions). Lastly we had a hot seat it was just questions we wanted to ask the tutors. I think its a good idea learning about honestly that way more students in room 12 can think before they want to tell a lie.

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!