Aspire, Inspire and Motivation!

This morning we had the opportunity to hear a speech from Andrew Patterson and one of our past Pt England student, Raenan. They firstly talked to us intermediate students about our next step into secondary college and Raenan's experience of his 4 years of his college years.

Andrew Patterson firstly took us back to 2013, Where he first met Raenan as a Year 8. Raenan was at the stage of learning how to prepare things such as an interview, speech or being a good leader towards those who look up to him. Raenan set goals for himself, One of them were to be a head boy in college and luckily he was announced to be the deputy head boy for Tamaki College in 2018.

Raenan himself took us back to his first year attending Tamaki, as he had many opportunities for him to go for. He talked to us about him joining the "Geek Cafe" and how he was taught how to help people to use technology, especially elderly people. For me, That was pretty interesting to hear and amazing to think that elderly were/are interested in our technology.

Before ending off their interview/speech, they presented us a video of a student who attends Manurewa High school. A year 12 who was speaking his experience of having a dad as mongrel mob member, his dad was sent to jail for up to 8 years. Leaving him at a young age (7) and only coming back halfway through his year of High school (15). I found it interesting to hear and inspiring on how he was able to get through all  his troubles at home, he kept focusing on the good things and improved while he was at it.

One of the things that I mainly picked up was to keep striving even though you're at your worse, to never give up and keep working hard for those who you love. They all inspired me to keep going for new things and improve on them throughout your years of college, It was a lovely speech and I was definitely inspired.

Time for decimals.

WALT: Use different strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems AND decimal addition and subtraction.


This week we've been learning about addition and subtraction with decimals, I learnt a range of strategies to solve this. Look in the presentation above to see what I've been learning about.

Tongan rugby league team! - My letter.

Today, I'll be writing a letter to the Tongan rugby league team!

To whom it may concern, 

I am writing this letter to you firstly to congratulate you guys for making it this far! Judging by the score I could tell it was a tough game, You guys did well to keep with England. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the game due to chaos before and after the game but I did show my support and appreciation
right at my house! It was really heart-breaking and disappointing to hear that Tonga lost, Especially when the referee didn't call the try.   

Obviously like many others around this world, I do believe Andrew Fifita deserved that try. It was a clear 1 on 1 strip, Fifita scooped the ball back up and successfully crossed that try line. It was an amazing act as to the Tongan team only scored 4 tries in under 7 minutes but clearly we don't support of what Matt Cechin (referee) did.

Us supporters believe that we won in our hearts, No matter what we're still proud of how you guys went. Especially being able to make history! 

RLWC - My perspective and opinion.

WALT: I am able to identify the ideas opinions of author and share my own comparison.

The semifinals for Rugby league world cup between Tonga and England, My perspective of things in these articles. I read up to three articles and had to agree or disagree with some of the statements I had read, look in the presentation above to see what I thought.

How music around us affect our emotions.

WALT: Music, Emotion and colors.


During this term one of our learning intentions were to focus on which music affects how you feel, We choose up to 6 emotions and had to match our feelings to that song. Look at the presentation above to see how I feel about some of the songs that I may love or not.

Child tooth decay - New Zealand.

WALT: I am able to distinguish between fact and opinion by identifying relevant language features the author has subtly used.
 
 This week we've been learning about Tooth decay, around New Zealand the numbers have raised and hospitals have now struggle with keeping up with dental care. Here is a presentation above to see what I've been working towards.

Addition and Subtraction Word Problems.

WALT: Use different strategies to solve addition and subtraction word problems.


Addition and subtraction word problems, this week I've been learning about partitioning, reversibility, rounding and compensation. Look in the presentation above to see how I worked out these problems.

Maths Problems - Week 5

WALT: Solve maths problems.


During class today, I've learnt how to solve math problem. From options like addition, subtraction, division, times tables all into bed-mas. To see what I've learnt and gained so far, check the presentation above.

Athletics Day - How to achieve your personal best in Athletics!

Your personal best, events like Cross country, Tests or maybe even getting up earlier than you did the day before. But today, Athletics is one main event that us Pt. Englander's achieved in our personal best!

In Athletics there are activities like Javelin, Shot put, Sprints, High Jump, Discus and etc. There are a lot of variety of events you could choose to do your best in, and you could possibly do outstanding in all but personally it's best to train for things you’re least good at it. Working your way up from least favorite events to the events you love the most. Not everything has to be perfect but you always need to try your best in events like these, to satisfy not only you but your family as well!

Another way to achieve your personal best is to always stay in track of your records, So you could obviously know what to work towards for the next event coming up. By keeping your records of the events you took place in, You could compare it to previous years and see if you improved or not. It's also good to keep in track of goals so you could accomplish that and your personal best, that’s a 2 in 1 winning goal. It’ll be easy to write down your record and underline all your goals/training's to see where you’re at.

Always stay calm whenever you’re in and out events, if you were to come last always end with a smile. It’s not always about the placing, it’s about how you did and felt. Not everyone will get what they want but if you simply train and focus on your goals you may have a better chance of coming 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

Well that’s my listing of how to achieve your personal best. Remember it doesn’t have to be Athletics or Cross country, It could simply be a test or grading. Never give up! Always continue on and strive to succeed.

Koko the ape: Can apes really understand American sign language?

WALT: Finding evidence in a text, Use the process of elimination to find the "best fit" answer.


During Week 1 - 2 our class has been learning towards comprehension work, finding evidence that supports our answer in the text. For an understanding of what we've been taught, We were given a task to read an article about Koko the ape. We were given questions to answer with sentences in the text. Check the presentation above to see what I've been working towards.

Test Practice - Week 3.

WALT: Practice before the real test.

Motivational Talk!

Our morning today, wasn’t that normal at all. In fact we had a inspirational talk with Mr Patterson, He talked to us as to why we aspire to inspire.

During his few things he talked to us about, I picked up some advice that I found more important to me. A few things such as the word Intrinsic, What makes you do good within yourself. I thought to myself as to what makes me do good or bad within me. Things related to being considerate towards other people. Not only thinking about yourself but people who are around you and those who need it more than you do.

Mr Patterson also taught us his formula,  A + I = M. Aspiration & Inspiration to create Motivation. Doing things you love and want to do, Those who inspire you to do it and eventually trying to achieve it in your bestest ability. He explained to us that their are two kind of people in this world, A taker or a giver. Luckily or hopefully most of us are givers.

Being able to give to others, for an example: An 11 year old who gave his lunch and lunch money to a homeless who was apparently crying for a broken marriage, being kicked out of his house and losing his job that he had for a few long years. Basically you could be any age to inspire anyone, even elders. A taker, person who takes but not give in return.  Thoughtless for other people who are unkind by not showing affection to things.

During this morning, I’ve picked up a lot of things. I learnt what I would think or do during situations. My future ahead of me also. Thanks to Mr Patterson I’ve now know what to look forward too but also keeping my head high and striving to succeed.

“If you love what you do, you’ll won’t have to work.”

Maths - Word Problems!

WALT: Find an appropriate strategy to solve each word problem.


We've started this term up with Word problems, We had to answer decimals and fractions. Here's my presentation above, Take a look with what I've learnt this week.

Labour Day!

Working 10 or more hours in shifts, Having no break at all was such a pain to workers back in the day. October 28th 1890 was the day New Zealand decided to have a public holiday (labour day), It’s one of the day’s our people could take a day off from working. Amazingly Aotearoa was one of many countries to start an 8 hour working rate.

Every 4th Monday of October, Workers get to celebrate the right of working less than 12 hours. Way back in the days, Such as 1890 people didn’t have the option to work less or more than 12 hours and sadly some even worked for up to 18 hours. Samuel Parnell, A man who refused to work 8 hours or more as a carpenter in a shop he worked in.

Samuel Parnell. One of the most important people in New Zealand, most likely known to be a legend for being able to speak up and working only up to 8 hours in carpentry. Always explaining his rights in court, as to why he didn’t work for his normal 10 hour working day and it could and would affect his pay wage. Throughout his years of working, he did not care about a single thing of what a person had to say. He kept his ways and continued on to work his 8 hours.

It was fair enough, New Zealand had the right of claiming the right to have an 8 hour working day, but they decided to support Mr Parnell’s idea of working a full 8 hour day. Wellington judge decided for everyone in New Zealand and possibly other countries to have the right of being able to work 8 hours.

Now you know why Labour day is now here today, maybe consider a day to celebrate it yourself as it is a special day to remember. What does Labour day mean to you? Well you now know the reason so why not celebrate!

Niuean Language - Cheeehoooo!

Justifying - I can discuss and justify my responses across texts and material I read and see.


Week 1, During our literacy time our group learnt about Niue! In the presentation above, I had to state my perspective/opinion on what I personally thought and then also state what I thought the author felt in a way. We learnt about the difficulties and struggles of not being able to grow up in the Niue cultural way but also finding out ways that we could actually keep our Niue language alive!

Reversibility - Maths Week 1.

WALT: Solve Multiplication and Division problems using Reversibility.


First week of school, Throughout the week we've been learning about Reversibility in Multiplication and Division. We had to times 6-12 times tables and then reverse the problem to division, for an example simply look at the presentation above.

Elections 2017 - Week 7&8

WALT: Reflecting - Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised have consequences for communities and societies.


Throughout the last few weeks of school, We've been learning about politics and the elections. We decided to create our own game with limited stuff with One ball, Two hoops and a skipping. Our class was divided into 3 groups. Read the presentation above and see what we come up with.

Manaiakalani Film Festival - Experience.

In term 4 one of our main events are coming up! An annual event we usually do once a year, From schools across Glen Innes area joining to share their experience of what they've done in term 3. Each school has the opportunity to entertain us about anything they think that's funny, educational or motivational. It could be literally anything!

Well at Pt England school, Room 4 students decided to take on a taste test, We had a variety of food that we had to eat and guess what it was. From my experience I wasn't very good at all! I was so scared about what was gonna go in my mouth, I even had the feeling that it was going to be insects. But we're lucky our teacher Mrs Judd is nothing like that, I think. Most of the food we tried was a HUGE surprise! Turns out it wasn't even what we thought. The food was literally unexpected! Horrible tastes left in my mouth and obviously we didn't know what to say, well we never do. It was hilarious at times where we all just said random things, It was like we were clueless with no thoughts at all. Well I better keep it on the low with what the food is, I'll just keep it as a surprise.

If you want to know how we did and what the food was, Keep in tune as our Manaiakalani Film is almost out!

Cross Country!!

WALT: Write a recount about the following event you had.

Tongan language week!

WALT: Review explanation writing: Identify the structural features of an explanation text.