Tamaki Rec Center

Two weeks ago room 18 along with two other boys from room 16 went down to the Tamaki recenter to play two different kind of sports. We hastily walked in a group excitingly busting to get up and active.

These two particular sports were Basketball and Hockey. If you’ve played these amazing sports then you will know how fun they are. On the other hand if you haven’t then I have no doubt that you will love it.

Basketball was my team’s first sport and we were up against the boys. It was intense with the boys always cheating but we were way better than them. In the end the score was 4-16. We were so depressed but we knew we were going to dominate them in Hockey.

Now it was time for Hockey which was coached by my teacher Mr Barks who was really good at this sport. “On my whistle, 3,2,1 GO!” Tyla whacked the puck towards our team getting scores over and over again. Mr Barks went on the boys team just to help them out. “Mr Barks, why did you go on their team?’ we said depressingly. In the end we were the champs and celebrated cheerfully.

Do you want want to learn about these sports? Click the link below to get more information about these amazing sports. Don’t forget to try out them too.

PEPA 2012

You may be asking things like “What is PEPA?” PEPA is a show that is held by not only talented students but people who are inspired to shine. PEPA stands for Point England Performing Arts and is a great place to show off your talent.

I am involved in PEPA for 2012 and it has made me more confident, get better at things and being the best I can. I am involved in the choir and hip hop seniors. Choir is not only about moving to the music but using your voice to make people really want to listen. Hip hop has taught me to show off my moves, make them look better and bigger along the way.

PEPA is really enjoyable. On Wednesday night we had a performance in front of the community, parents and teachers. I can’t wait to see all the other students next year striving to succeed.

Thanks to Ms Muliaumasealii for being a great organiser and helping us to get better. You’re the BEST!

The 40 Hour Famine Is Over At Last

Do you know what the 40 hour famine is? Well the students from Point England school had a chance to get implicated in the 40 hour famine for 2012. The 40 hour famine includes no eating or drinking junk food, or you can either choose to have no electrician.

Everyone had to try and achieve the goal of $50.00. So far I have only saved $72.70 and I am gaining to get more. The 40 hour famine is all about helping not only adults but children in Mali and Niger. They use an irrigation system that is attached to a huge tank and when it rains all the water goes into the tank and waters their crops. Mali and Niger is located in the west of Africa and is one of the 2 poorest countries in the world.

The 40 hour famine crew met a famous actress and the leader of the blue team, Ido Drent. If you are not too sure who he is check out his website below. 
http://www.famine.org.nz/ProfileTeamPublicView.aspx?TeamID=2

At exactly 12:00 the 40 hour famine started at school on a Friday afternoon. Well let’s just say that we didn’t have to starve for 40 hours we only had to participate in this for only 20 hours. “That was a relief!”I said to myself. I am supporting the BLUE team this year but for the sleepover at my school I was in team RED. We slept in the library and ate these special kind of lollies called Barley Sugars, juice and water.

This year is my first year for participating in the 40 hour famine. It was a great opportunity to help other people in 2 particular countries. Next year for college I would love to do this again.

Thanks to David who helped edit my witting. If are maybe thinking about doing this amazing event next year then just remember to GO HARD OUT FOR THE HUNGRY!

Please sponsor me me it's to help people in Mali and Niger

40 Hour Famine • World Vision • Chelsea Makita's profile

This Is My Favorite Place

This week we have been assigned to capture a picture of where in the school is our favourite place. We were to take several shots and out of all of them only select one. We also had to give reasons of why we chose this particular shot and make it look interesting at the same time.

The photo above,  is my favourite place. It’s the senior playground where all the fun, laughter and is one of the coolest places in the whole school.

I like this one because out of all the rest this was one of the best.  It is a bit weird but interesting at the same time and I think that that is cool because it shows what kind of things are on the playground. I like the beautiful native trees in the background too. I said to myself  “this has to be the one!”

This is the picture I chose, it reminds me of all the fun things you can play on. It shows the entire picture and I love how the shot was taken as a birds eye view.  I would recommend this place if you are a bit bored or even you just want to relax.

Thanks to David who helped edit my work and just remember that EVERYONE has a favorite place.

Robyn Kahukiwa- Kahukura

During Taonga Time we learnt a little bit about time lapsing and used a basic style of animation to show one of the paintings by a famoys artist 'Robyn Kahukiwa.' Kahukura is the painting a chose. Going step by step was a really long time but it was worth it.