Eric Finau

This morning at assembly a man called Eric Finau came to talk our school. He even went to Pt England school. Eric Finau boxed in the 2014 commonwealth games in Glasgow. In assembly he talked about how he went to Tamaki Intermediate and Tamaki College. He said “if I can do it, you can do it.”

Commonwealth Games Facts

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1	Swimming, boxing, running, weight lifting, shooting are in the games
2	If you come first place you get a gold medal.
3	If you come second place you get a silver medal.
4	If you come third place you get a bronze  medal.
5	It is held in scotland.

Useful links:

http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/attached-files/Glasgow%202014%20Factsheet.pdf

http://www.gameonscotland.org/glasgow2014/

http://www.hie.co.uk/regional-information/2014/100-facts-about-the-games.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2290636/Commonwealth-Games-2014--Facts-Figures.html

New facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1	The first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.
2	There were no Games in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
3	Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales have attended every Games.
4	There are 71   nations in the world that compete in different country .
5	valerie adams held the new zealand flag in the opening ceremony.
6	there are 71 countries that’s is competing  in the 11 different kind of sports.
7	usain bolt is a man who is the fastest man on earth

Sound Movie

This is my sound movie

AFL

Intro:

We have been learning really cool skills at AFL.This happens every week on wednesday. AFL is a really cool spot. Tim, our AFL teacher has been teaching us these skills. I like AFL because I think kicking the ball is fun.

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What we learn:

The skills we learnt in AFL is handball, punt kick, passing and catching. To do the hand ball you need to hold the ball flat on your left hand and  with you right  hand, hit the x on the ball.

Conclusion:

I have been really enjoying these lessons, but sadly because term 2 is over, AFL is over. I’m looking forward to the spots we will be doing next term.

Touch

 For  those who want to play touch. They have to need a coach and a rugby ball. Then you need two set of teams. Now you can play the games. Then you choose   

what team to kick. Once they catch the rugby ball you have to start running and when you get touch you have to tap the ball and pass it to your team mate. Then you need to do the same thing until it is 5th and fine.

Once they score a try. They would get points for their team. Then the other team would have to kick the ball.

How to play rugby league.

How to play rugby league.

For those who want to play league. First you need a ball and 2 teams. Then you need to get a coach. Then you get ready to start to play. After that when it is halftime in 40 mins. Then  they have a bracke. When they  finish there bracke. Then they go back out and play. Then they one of the teams have to kick the ball. After that they have to play until the game is finished.

Explanation of Homemade Instrument

 Explanation of Homemade Instrument

Task: Create instructions on how you will make your instrument including the materials needed, step by step instructions on what to do, and explanation as to how the sound is made.

This doc is a really rough outline for setting out your writing. You should use images and even video where appropriate.

My Instrument: My Instrument that I am making is drum.

Materials Needed: We need

• sticks
• buckets

Instructions for Homemade Instrument:

1. Get a bucket and flip it over.
2. Make sure the open hole is facing down.
3. Then start hitting it with sticks.
4. You can now start creating beats.

Explanation of how sound is created:

Introduction:

I’m going to explain how a drum make sound. It is very easy to make.

Main reason:

Drum make sound because as you hit it, it vibrates and creates noise.

Second reason:

If you do not hit it, it does not vibrate which means it doesn’t make a sound

Third reason:

The reason you should make a drum because it is easy to play and make.

Conclusion: That how drum make sound.

Science Roadshow

Last Friday class 2 and class 5 went to tamaki college  to  go to the science roadshow. When we got tamaki college then we line up waiting for someone to take us inside. Then a man came out and his name was sean and he was like 6 foot tall. Then he take us inside and we sat on the chris. Then she picked 3 volunteers and there names were Anthony, Iisa , and Emmy.

Then Iisa was the first one to go up and he put on a dress up as a caveman and he had to pick the right tray of food. After that he had to pick the right photo to get water. After that it was Emmy and she had to blow through a tube and when she blow it change color. Then it was anthony turn, the lady had  to use size me up.com to see how tal he would be tall when he grows up.

How does a musical instrument create sound?

1. Intro:

I am writing about how a guitar  instrument create sound.

2. Part of a guitar: A guitar is a instrument that has strings, notes, tone

and a sound hole and tuning keys.

3. How is sound created from a guitar? When you strum a guitar the sound goes into the hole and it bounces of the wood and come out of  hole and come out louder.

4. How to play a guitar: When you strum the guitar the strings vibrate.

5. Conclusion: I learn about guitar. I learn how to hold the guitar and how it vibrate and makes sound.

Hearing-Related Words

1.  music. I like listening to music on the radio.

2.  kind. People speak kindly to other people.

3. laughing. I was laughing at school.

4. Taking. I heard people talking with their friend.

5. Kid. When I walk outside I see kids playing together and talking.

6. whizzing. Cars were whizzing past my house.

7.hammer.The builders used the hammer to hammer the nails in.

8. clinking. I hear some money clinking in my pocket.

Term 1 Reflecion

Term 1 Reflection 2014

My highlights this term would have to be creating movie with my friends. This is because I enjoyed acting and seeing the movie get finished.

I have made improvements in Maths.

I know this because I always do good in my maths. I also always get my work finished on time.

I still need to work hard to improve my Reading and writing.

I know this because I need to read all the time. I need to improve my reading level. I need to try hard in writing.

I am most proud of my efforts to create my Empathy movie.

My 3 main goals for Term 2 will be:

1.  work hard on my animations

2. Improve my reading

3. Improve my writing

Fia Fia

Last Night at 6:00pm we had to go to our changing room to get ready for our performance. I wore lavalava, a sisi and black face paint. Then  we went down the corridor door and out the library.

When we went outside, we saw a lot of people. The performance I liked the most was the Cook Island drums. The thing I did not enjoy was that we had to sit on the ground for a long time.

When we were almost about to perform I felt kind of nervous. In our performance we did a haka and the girls dance. When it was happening it

Creepy story

Paragraph 1: Once upon a time there was a creepy scary boy who lived in a haunted house. He died in his own house and he is the spirit who keeps his house safe. Who ever walked past his house they must die.

When this man walked across his house he came so quick and dragged him in the house, the man was  yelling as loud as he could, HELP,HELP.

But Know one would hear him. All the man could  see was a boy who was a ghost his house was a mental hospital.

The boy had something in him and he thought it was the devil. In 1988 when he was a normal kid he went to the park to play and suddenly he saw something.

It quickly went in him and he started to feel like he was going to faint so he ran home and told his family that something was wrong but the didn't believe him.

So the next day early in the morning he killed his family. and when theses mentalist people came to check him and take him to mental hospital.

Finally when they got there he was checked by an expert he was and exorcism man who checks if the devil is in him and he was.

the boy was scared.

Movie in the park

On Friday at Pt England reserve we got to watch a movie and it was called ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’. When we were watching the movie we were eating chocolate during the movie. It started at 8:30 pm.

I was watching the with Jordan, peh so and Jonson. It was a little bit cool and funny. When the movie was finish I went back home with my brother.

Sport at Tamaki College

Every Friday we have sport at Tamaki College. We do lots of fun stuff like rope jump, relays, amazing race, orienteering and high jump. We have good teachers. We have two student teachers in each team.

These things help you lose weight and get more energy in your body. It helps you to participate. Some kids from Pt England School have siblings sisters at Tamaki College for groups. Tamaki College is located in Glen Innes.

We have 7 groups and we have 12 or 10 per group. Each group does different activities than us. Every Friday it changes every time we go there for PE.

It’s fun because you can do fun things with your friend and you can do different activities. When your finish we go and line up to go back to school and have lunch.

Cyclone Lusi

What is a Cyclone?

What kind of damage does a cyclone cause?

How can you get ready for a cyclone?

1. A cyclone can do lots of damage. It can take down trees and branches and it could hit some people. When the waves smack into the rocks it creates a lot of impact and splashes everywhere.

2.A cyclone can do lots of damage by hitting trees into houses. The strong  winds can push cars when they are driving across the road. It might hit something and people might get hurt.         

3. You can get ready by staying safe inside your house and storing food like water and fruit. You can secure  objects outside from flying around and hitting other stuff into your house.

Fia Fia

This year in Fia Fia I am in the Niuean group. Sometimes we learn some dance moves. We always go to our Fia Fia  group at 2 o’clock every Thursday to practice our dance moves.

Mrs Lagitupu teaches the girls how to do the Niuean dance.  Miss Lavakula teaches the boys how to do the haka and the hopo .

We always perform on the  gigantic stage. We always sit down on the ground and wait until it is our turn. When we going to perform on the gigantic stage we wait until it is our turn. When we are  performing on the gigantic stage it is a lot of fun.

Sketchup

Sketchup is a tool that allows you to create anything. It is a design programme. Students can use it to create things. You can use it on your netbook or your ipad. You can design 3D objects.

 

Sketchup is special, because you can create anything in 3D and print it out if you have a 3D printer. Sometimes  you need to use the internet to use Sketchup. Some lucky students in my class can use Sketchup on their netbook.

On Sketchup I created a car and Anthony helped me to design it.

Thank you letter

Dear Parent

Thank you for coming down to  the school picnic with class 2. If you hadn’t come, Class 2 would not have gone to the picnic. It is important to have parents at the picnic to keep an eye on the kids because we can get into mischief. My favorite part of the day was playing with my friends.

Kind Regards

Zion

What is a netbook and how is it used?

 What is a netbook and how is it used?

A netbook is a learning tool for work. All the Year 4 to year 8 kids have a netbook to use. Netbooks are better than using books.

You can use it for Maths Whizz. You can use it for blogging. Kids like to go on Gmail, Youtube and music.     

I like my netbook because I get to do fun stuff on it.