Net-Book Reflection

Having a netbook that connects to the internet is very handy. Why? Because whenever I'm stuck on something or whenever I want to learn about something I can just search it up and read into it. For example when I'm stuck on my maths or want to learn better strategies to figure my answers out I just search up math strategies and a whole lot of tutorial videos come up.

By using the internet I'm now able to learn how to get better at making movies and using green screen a lot more. I'm now able to use green screen a lot better than before because I'm able to search it up.

Something special that Ms.Tito has taught me this year was to always be "PURPLE COW", to stand out from the rest. By being purple cow I'm able to make much more cooler things on my netbook.

One time we were given the task to create and MTV. I had no idea on how to film properly with and Ipad. But by using my initiative I played around with it and now I've got a few tricks up my sleeve when it comes to ipads.

Throughout the whole year my friends have taught me how to use scratch. It's a online game making program where you can make your own games and publish them to the web where everyone can play them. It might become handy for me one day, who knows I might be a game maker.

Helping my classmates online is what I do best. I mostly help kids with writing their own comments and making sure that they check/proofread before they publish. In return I get help on writing better scripts for my pod casts on KPE.

With my netbook I'm able to manage myself a lot more, because I no longer have to wait around for the teacher to tell me to get on with it. I now can just hop on my netbook and check our Team 5 google site and see what my literacy group is doing for the day.

Using net books this year makes learning much more easier and faster for a lot of us. There can be problems at times such as the internet, but it doesn't really matter because our school supplies netbook technicians or we either just search how to fix it on the internet. Using netbooks can also help make you realize the mistakes in your writing, reading, and maths.

Top 3 Highlights Of The Year

As I look back  throughout the whole year I realised that my top 3 highlights would have to be:

Firstly is our trip to Waitangi. Why? It was the top highlight for me because we not got to look at images on the web of Waitangi but we got to see it all in real life. It was really fun because a lot of us came together as closer friends, and we go luxurious bedroom suites. The whole reason why I like our Waitangi trip though was mostly because we got to see Waitangi in real life and learn about our Tupuna/Ancestors. 

Secondly was being apart of the school production "Sixty The Quest". Why? Well I really liked both dances we learned and performed. Our first dance was our "LIght Dance". We were dressed in christmas lights  and dramatically dancing to a voiceover. Then our last and second dance was with a purple light. As we glowed in our handmade costumes we proudly dance swiftly. 

Last but not least is when we were doing harakeke with Ms.Tito. I really enjoyed doing harakeke because I learnt  a lot of skills and techniques on how to weave properly. I also learnt a few do's/don't while we were weaving, and  I definitely would love to do weaving again. 

Future Aspirations

Thursday 14th November the Year 7 & 8's gathered into our school  hall for a Future Aspirations talk with a couple of speakers, that would hopefully inspire us. Andrew Patterson the host of Future Aspirations gave us some inspirational idea's and got a lot of us thinking about what we wanted to be when we get older. After a talk with the MC/Host Andrew Patterson the year 8 & 7's split up. Year 7's in the hall and Year 8's in the street. 

Tristan, a 12 year old boy attending Ficino School talked to us about his life and how he grew up to be the talented young man he is to this day. For me personally, I think that Tristan has a really good attitude and inspires someone literally everyday including me. Why? Well he is already studying Year 13 maths at the age of only 12, and is going to be attending university next year. As well as being brainy it's mostly because of his passion for learning and attitude towards it. So he really inspires me to not stop doing what I love and try my hardest.

Personally for me when I grow I'd like to use my personal strengths which are reading, and writing and put that into my dream. I'd first obviously get better and better at it. Then I would possibly want to maybe go to university to study more and more to get better at it. Then hopefully at the end of my hard work and determination I'll hopefully be a author or something like that. 
                                                        
                                                     To Our Wonderful Speakers:
I'd like to thank Tristan Pang, Aysha Hohaia, Caine Warren, Emma Brown and last but not least Mosa Mafileo for inspiring us a lot and giving us some great idea's for the FUTURE!!!

Cross Country: The Fight To The Finish Line

During the past few weeks Pt England School  have been training for the Cross Country run that we did yesterday. Each year we have a Cross Country run just like every other primary school/intermediate to see who are the top 3 runners of their year.Then the top 3 runners go through to inter-zones. Any-ways it all took place at 2:00pm on the field and reserve and finished at 3:00pm. 


Just before it was time to make our way to the hard courts we all made our way to the changing rooms and had something to eat.  Everyone represented their colours, Tainui (Blue), Takitimu (Yellow), Te Arawa (Red), and last but not least Mataatua (Green). Our run was about 3km but unfortunately the year eights run was just a little bit longer 3.5km.  


As I headed to the start line Mr. Burt instructed the Year 7 girls to take their place. After he demonstrated to us what and where we'd be running he told us to take our places at the start line. " On your marks, Get Set, GO". Mr Burt Yelled. We were of, zoom!!. As fast as we all could we raced, overlapping each other and shoving we all just wanted to get it over and done with.

At the end of the day the Cross Country run was really easier than I actually thought. After all our hard work of trying our best and pushing our self's to the limit it all payed of at the end. Hopefully next year the run is as fun as it was this year.  I think next year I am going to try improve on pushing myself a bit more so that next year I will improve a bit better.

"I Am" Poem

I am Kind
Cares  for others when sad

I am a Sister
To 2 older brothers

I am an Artist
When I've got time

I am Musical
Love to sing with my friends

I am a Dancer
But only around my family

I am a Samoan
Apia is my home