Final Post

Well this is it, end of the year and the end of my time in intermediate. Its been a short journey through this school but memorable. Its sad that I have to leave. I've found new friends and might not ever see them again. I started in room 6 term 2 2013, I was a shy,quite and scared person at the time. But i have become more confident in my own skin. If i could start all over again i would. I just don't want to think about it because its to depressing. I want to thank all the teachers for guiding me through my journey. Being here has really helped me to become closer with God. I cant believe how fast it has been.  Saint Pius X Catholic School Thank you for guiding me through my journey of faith.

Cookie Decorating

Today we had a cookie decorating event , here is my movenote on it.

Camp piha 2014

Last week the year 7 & 8's went camping. We had an amazing time. We learnt so much and loved being outdoors with our friends. I have made  presentations about my experience and here is the first one.

Move note/ Writing Test

Why home is a special to me

23/10/14

Why is home special

Home, the place I live in, eat in and sleep in, so who wouldn't think of it as a special place, but that's not the only reason home is special to me.

I have special memories that I have spent there.Well I have lived in 3 houses so there would be lots of memories. I remember one time I was being chased by my grandpa with a sandal because I was being cheeky It was the last thing I remember doing  with my grandpa . At home I find it comfortable to do things because I have the presence of my family who love and care for me.

Home to me is a safe place where I feel like nothing bad will ever happen to me. I may not feel excitement but I have everything I love at home. Home is a special place because some people don't have a roof over their head and I’m fortunate  I do.

When I am at home I listen to the sounds of a bird softly chirping in the trees as I’m safe from any dangers, and when I’m far away from home I feel  like a bird that has fallen out of their nest and has now been misplaced.

Home its not just the place I eat,sleep and live in its the place I love.

Speech Judging Criteria

Key = Green = things I have done well

Red=Things I could of worked on

SPEAKER :Leki	CLASS
TITLE:    Be Authentic		MARK
INTRODUCTION • audience is hooked in with an interesting quotes or jokes or statistical information		9/10
Presentation and Delivery • Facial and body gestures must enhance not distract from the speech • Use of eye-contact • Relaxed stance • Use of pause to allow the audience to assimilate the message • Variety of pace -I spoke with a Clear voice and paused throughout my Speech. -Eye contact I was spending too much time looking at my cards.		9 /15
Content of Speech • The message of the speech is clear • Is it relevant, meaningful clear and concise? • Ideas are well elaborated and supported. Use of specific vocabulary Clear sequence and flow -I grouped my ideas by putting  everything about being yourself in one paragraph and everything about why its bad to not be yourself in one.		15/20
CONCLUSION Argument is summed up Has an overall impact Audience Reaction -I could of captured the audiences attention by using interesting vocabulary		5  / 5
TOTAL REMARKS

Expressive Writing

Colors

Purple- is for the times your bored. The times things are rushing through your head, overflowing your brain making you bored. Aqua is for the ocean. The times your gliding through the water, cooling yourself off. Brown is for vintage its for antiques. Things. Things that are gathering dust in your basement.

Gold is for your times of glory.

Colors they express your feelings

I have tried my best to use the 7 elements

Expressive Writing

Here is my best piece of expressive writing. I know this is my best piece from this week because I tried to use  interesting and specific vocabulary. I tried really hard to use punctuation correctly and consistently. I also made sure It makes sense. Here It is:

SPACE

Space, a huge place full of mysteries. Is there anyone out there? What If there was a world just like ours. A place kind of like earth, maybe they won't have technology or they might be stuck in the stone ages. Maybe they might be more futuristic then our world. They might drive in hover cars, their subways might go underground, or portals take them to other places. There have been discoveries of other planets like earth where there could be a form of life. I don't like the feeling of being lonely we can't be the only people in the whole galaxy. I don't believe in aliens but I do believe there could be other people out there. Maybe in other places the will have planets and a sun, maybe not a sun It could be a giant moon and they only have night time not day. I have so many questions to ask but so many of my questions can't be answered yet. This topic really interests me, one day I will find out, Is there anyone out there?

Green= parts I have been using the 3 learns really well

Wala is Life

Today we watched a drumming show the group was wala is life . I did a move note on it,  to practice using this app. I am enjoying using move note and I am starting getting better. Here it is.

MoveNote

Today we had Tae kwon do and I did a move note on It.

Here It is

I also did maths I was working on a fraction equation and I showed how to work it out.

Its on the same link

Expressive Writing

• In expressive writing I have been making sure I do three things.
• That my writing makes sense
• Use specific and interesting vocabulary

Use punctuation correctly and consistently


Here Is my favorite piece of expressive writing this week

1/08/14

Expressive Writing

Its a hard life trying to survive. I care too much about what people think of me. Threatening to hurt me, Making me feel small and unwanted. They drag me down,Its as if they tied a brick to me pulling me down as I desperately try to free myself from the feelings of exhaustion and pain until I just give up, let them have total control over me. As a fire lights up inside of me I feel the need for revenge, the need to cause them pain but I know I’m better than that. Suddenly the brick pulling me back shatters and crumbles. The miserable feelings leaves turning into a memory, the past.

The whole time all I had to do was ignore them, block them out.  Why should I care about what others think I'm me and I shouldn't be teased for that.

Bullying

Week 1 Reflection Term 3

This week was quite stressful, we had a Danish rounders tournament that I helped to plan. We had to settle in to our learning and do some testing. I was disappointed as the Danish tournament  was cancelled half way through due to the horrible weather.We planned everything the weather was great that day It took more than half a day to plan printing out certificates,Laying out equipment,Going over the rules and then It all was ruined when the rain started to pour. I also missed out on lots of learning I was wanting to do something besides planning and discussing.Besides that I had an amazing week. I am looking forward to week 2 and nervous for my parent interviews.

How to make a bowl of friendship

It's not easy to be a friend you have to be a role model and you have to be able to help each other. Another thing is that you have to be honest, reliable, and you got to able to show each other right from wrong. 

I've got a recipe for kindness, it's how to make a bowl of friendship. 

You need a :
A spoonful of love
A pinch of kindness
1 cup helpfulness
A small pinch of criticism
5 cups of humor
1/4 cup of salt and sugar to 
keep your friendship bitter and sweet.
4 ounces of liquid metal to keep it, rock solid.
1 bag of skittles for all your different moments
And lastly a fair amount of glue to keep it all together.  

Step 1- Add your love, kindness, helpfulness, criticism, friendship and humor into a bowl and mix thoroughly.

Step 2-  Now put your ingredients in a food processor with your salt, sugar, metal and skittles.

Step 3- After it has been processed place it all in a decorated bowl 

Step 4- Add your glue and....... 

You will have an everlasting friendship.

Funeral Reflection

It was a cold Monday morning with a slightly strong breeze. The weather seemed depressing. We had to attend a funeral Mass. I felt sad because like a lot of people I know how It feels to have a close family member pass away. Kaloline Telefoni I've heard that she has been very supportive of the things we do at school shes been their at every school event and It's sad to know someone so supportive has passed. As I sat In the Mass I thought about how sad  Villiami,Sione-Toa and Lopeti must of felt as I have experienced It and don't want to feel like that again. All we can do Is live our lives to the fullest and try new things everyday because you only live once.

My Kindness Poem

I had written a poem on Kindness, I had read many poems online which had given me ideas which I had turned into my own poem.
Here it is:

Kindness

***

Whenever there is a human in need

If it’s you or If it’s me

We show them kindness as a good deed

A good friend thats what you’ld be

Show an act of kindness

and receive a warm embrace

Your act of kindness can reach distances, like outer space

Have you ever made someone smile

It doesn’t hurt

Just Try It every once In a while

Show kindness and love and accept who you are

Share all your kindness and all your love

And you will shine like a star

Procedural Writing/ Weaving Art

We are learning about Procedural Writing. First we had to read a piece of Procedural Writing on how to weave an "island mat".  It was simple and easy to follow because of the choice of words. We also had to practice on how to write a Procedural Writing. When we completed weaving our paper we made it into an "island mat", we decorated them to make our very own "kindness mat". I'd written kind, love and care.

Mothers Day Writing

Its a little late but Here is my writing for my mum.

Do you have that one person who is everything to you .Someone who makes you feel safe and when their around you feel like a shield is consistently protecting you from all the bad things in the world.  Well to me that person is my mum.

I know its a really cheesy thing to say but my mum is the best mum in the world, and I can prove it. First of all I say this because she works so hard just to make me feel delighted and to make our family happy, to show her I appreciate it I do my best at school to make her proud. Besides a mother I see her as a role model, best friend and an adviser.

Love, kindness and caringness are only a small amount of the virtues my mum shows towards myself, my Sister, Dad, Grandma, and I are the four people she loves the most.

Chirpy, outgoing, friendly and determined are the four words that I would describe my mum with.

Secondly  she always likes to have a chat with my sister and I and throughout those chats I've learnt good life lessons and I've liked a lot of them.

But my favorite one is the one that runs through my head all the time I told my mum I was tired and I wanted to stay from church but she told me “Do you ever hear God moaning about how tired he is from watching over us and listening to our prayers?”. Just like a lot of people my mum has a special place in her heart for God.

I love my mum and I  have cherished all my wonderful memories with her. I just wrote a 300 words explaining what my mum does to make me love her. But I could simply express how much I love her in five words….  

more than anyone could imagine.

Writing Goals

Welcome To Term 2
This Week I assigned myself with a Goal to work on. In my results my Punctuation score was the lowest score out of all 7  elements. My Goal I set myself Was to use capital letters,full stops and other punctuation consistently. I have partially achieved this goal but It Needs more work.

My Reflection of the Week

This week has been pretty rough I only went to school on Monday. I was really sick on Tuesday and I had to take at least 3 pills a day to help me feel better. It got to a point where I was really bored so my mum went to school and asked for my homework. I found It challenging having to do the same work as the class but at home. I have managed to do all my work and I am preparing to do a presentation Tomorrow.

E-Astille Writing

A Good Friend

To me a good friend is someone who supports you and makes you feel included. They would help you understand right from wrong.

You can have good friends in school,in your community or even one of your family members. A good Friend doesn’t have to be someone who hangs out with you everyday or someone who hurts others that tease you, they would be a good role model and influence you to do the right thing. At school I try to be that role model because I want to help them and importantly I want to be a good friend.

If everyone in this world was a good friend we would have such a delightful life and everyone would be so cheerful.  But reality is not everyone can be that good friend. In some peoples eyes a good friend is someone who steals money and splits it with you, but we can help them see what a true friend really is.

Throughout my years in primary school I never really called anyone my best friend because I never have been friends with someone who has influenced me to be a leader or has showed kindness towards others at all times. One year I became a school Counselor and I was very excited but my mum told me there is no point in being a leader or being the smartest student in the class, If you are not a good friend who shows love and kindness towards others.

I hope we could all be a good friend and a role model and by doing this we would be following in the footsteps of Jesus.



Today I got my results back for my Writing Test I got an overall of 4P