Shaniah @ Pt England School

Lunar Eclipse

2011-11-08T10:25:00.001+13:00

In room 20 we went on a journey to find out what words mean from the solar system. My word was Lunar, and I had to be explain ready with the definition of the word Lunar.

Multiple Intelligence test!

2011-11-03T15:01:00.000+13:00

Today room 20 got to fill out this Multiple Intelligence test. You get to fill out questions and at the end of this test you will see the answers, and what you are good at, and the all the different smart. These are the smarts, Music smart, Myself smart, People smart, Picture smart, Nature smart, Body smart, Word smart and Number smart. The smart I am most good at is Music smart. The reason why it came out in full colour is because it is one of my favorite subjects.

10 questions about Earth ....

2011-10-26T10:21:00.001+13:00

This term we are learning about Space, and all the different planets. Our class room had a choice, we got to choose a planet. So I picked planet earth , since I live on Earth I thought it would be easy. It turned out quite hard, but I managed. The best question I came up with was Why do Humans live on one particular planet?

My Favorite Poem.

2011-09-30T10:50:00.000+13:00

Laying on the beaches of Whakatane is where on want to be.
My favorite colour is yellow because i think its the best, better then all the rest.
The person I love talking to is Mrs Nua, because she can help you, and understand you.
Chocolate is my number one food its nice but not good for you to eat all the time.

My Presentation

2011-09-30T10:33:00.001+13:00

This is my presentation. This was a group effort, I worked in a group of three and we manged to put together a presentation about the All Blacks, and extra information. We all worked on different cards. During this presentation you will see the Anzac day card, I created that one and also done the Pink and White Terraces. Thank you for watching! and I hope you found something new from this presentation.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

2011-09-29T14:51:00.001+13:00

As we walked into the Theater we were already late for the movie. But at the same time I couldn't wait to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows 3D! Walking in it was very quite and I could feel the tension in the air.

We were half way through the movie and I started to really think magic was real. The pictures were coming out of the screen in my eyes.

This movie is the seventh movie and I believe its the last Harry Potter movie. This movie is all about a magic wand, its a wand that only a legend can have. At the end of this movie their was one legend and that was Harry Potter.

My favorite part of this movie was when all the characters fight. Its really sad, but in the end Harry Potter's group one.

Maths Whizz

2011-09-16T14:44:00.001+12:00

Maths whizz is a great activity to do, it can also improve your maths. I think that this is good for practicing your maths and even just for fun. This picture above shows where I am at with my maths, I have finished my assessment, it can take you about 45 minutes to finish it.In the assessment I had a lot of hard questions, by practicing that it was better and easier for me. I am on to the stage where I taking little test, for different things. I am now trying to subtract bigger numbers.

My Fitness level

2011-08-05T10:03:00.007+12:00

"I have to at least get up to level 2", I mumbled.....

Running to the line I could feel my heart thumping and people cheering my name. I thought This isn't that hard. BUT I spoke too soon. This beep test was harder than it looked. A beep test is when you run 20m to a line and back continuously until you basically faint.

There is only 20 levels that you can go up to and this is one way to show how fit you are.

This was my very first time to do this test, it was very disappointing as my score was 2.6.

I think I could have done better than that but we can only get better at things.

The next time we participate in this test I will be sure to get over level 4 in order to achieve this goal I need to practice, and run more often.

The Scottish Flag

2011-08-01T12:45:00.002+12:00

The Scottish flag.
The white colour on the flag represents: Peace and Honesty.
The blue colour on the flag represents: Vigilance, Truth and Loyalty, Perseverance and Justice.

The Cross on the flag means: The Scottish flag is the cross of St. Andrew

A fact about Scotland!
I found out that the capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

My Tessellation....

2011-06-24T10:39:00.004+12:00

For maths we had to complete something called a Tessellation, Did you know that tessellation means to repeat a shape over and over again without any gaps or over laps.

I have found out that another word for tessellation is tilling.

My Creative name...

2011-06-23T10:34:00.002+12:00

We had to create our own names. You could write your name, or draw your name, you could alse do a lot of different things. My design was created on Hyperstudio, I drew it myself and tried to put some ideas into it, but I am not a great drawer.

My Goal....

2011-06-21T13:33:00.003+12:00

My goal shows that i need to improve on my shooting. I need to practice practice practice and it makes perfect.

Science Roadshow.

2011-06-09T12:00:00.004+12:00

As I walked into the hall, I glazed at the great display of science. The thing I was most Interested in was the Pepper’s ghost, it was a challenge where you had to put your hand around a glass and there is liquid inside of the glass and when you wrap your hands around it the liquid sucks up through a straw and goes to the top of the glass.

The Drill...

2011-06-03T12:59:00.004+12:00

The earliest drill was used by the Egyptians, They were not electrical.

Drills are very handy and they are good for building things, lucky for us this invention was created by Arthur James Arnot, In 1889, and he made the first electric one, six years later in 1895, a man called William Fein invented a portable drill.

Tricky Triangles...

2011-05-24T12:16:00.005+12:00

This picture represents the interior angles of a triangle.

I found out that interior angle adds up to 180 degrees.

If you have done more then one of these shapes you will know that this is true for any Triangle.

Netball time !

2011-05-11T10:10:00.002+12:00

For the first time I was not feeling nervous, I was really overjoyed. I was ready to play an intense game, we were playing against Remuera Intermediate.

“One two three Point England” ! We all cheered,
I was getting ready to play my first game for the year.

As the referee blew the whistle we stepped onto the court.
The first third of the game was really competitive.
The ball felt like it was just floating across the court and into our goal, we were winning but the score could always change it was a challenge with the right amount of people and we could not have a rest only on half time. But we were great threw the whole game.
We won the game by 2 points- 8 to 6, by the end on the game I was feeling so lethargic.

I would like to thank our great coach Missy for giving us great advice and giving us great learning skills, you are awesome!

Geometry!

2011-05-05T12:11:00.005+12:00

In Room 20 we were learning about geometry. My picture shows two box's and Mrs Nua explained how to do this we had to choose a shape and my one is a square then we had to move our shape 2 down and 2 across . We created it on Google Docs , It was a challenge for me, I am looking forward to doing more of these challenges. To get through this challenge I worked with Sylvia , and Selena.

Geometry Translation means moving shapes with out re-sizing it.

The Unbelievable Tornado...

2011-05-04T09:42:00.006+12:00

The chaos winds of North Shore has been a disaster to families and homes. This was no ordinary day, The tremendous Tornado struck around 3pm and went at the paste of 200km, I have seen the 3 News and the photos of buildings being picked up, and a lot of of cars have been tipped upside down, the mean beast has caused horror to the CBD(Central Business District) area.

Caring !

2011-04-14T12:59:00.002+12:00

Caring is one of our Values at our school, this movie was put together by Myself- Shaniah and Tamara, and it is about caring, I Hope you enjoy our movie and during life always care for one another!

Thanks for watching!

House Captain!

2011-04-13T10:25:00.004+12:00

Being House Captain is a really big responsibility to me because it is my first time taking a big step as a leader. My house colour is Takitimu- Yellow. I am really proud to be a house captain!

Tech@Tamaki Was Awesome!

2011-04-12T09:19:00.004+12:00

My teacher for technology is really talented and really smart, I have learnt a lot because he taught us how to make things, like when we get a little bit more older we can learn how to make remote controlled cars!

In my picture I need to connect a battery so that the light can work, I have cooper around my simple circuit and I have soldered around the cooper because it is not connected properly and then I soldered my light and battery connection.

It was a really great experience!

Thank you Tokorima Aperahama

2011-04-07T09:29:00.003+12:00

Dear Tokorima Aperahama,

I would like to thank you for providing our first dinner:
The Delicious Hangi, it was the best and first hangi I have ever had.

I would also like to thank you for giving up your spare time to come and help out at our School Camp T.C.

Once again I would like to Thank you for coming and making our hangi in the hot sun, and I
could not have wished for a better first dinner.

From Shaniah

Rock Up!

2011-03-24T09:43:00.004+13:00

On Monday the 16Th of March I attended The Point England school Camp- Camp Take Charge.
We camped out at our school but we went to different activities my favourite Activity was Rock up.

Tension was in the air and I had a million butterfly crawling around in my tummy, because I was poised on the end of the dunkee set, I sat there for quite a while because I had two brave people trying to hit the ball away from . Once The ball hit the button it felt like I was going to sink into the water. It was a great experience for me and I cant wait to try new things threw out this year.

Thank you to all the people who helped out at Camp, AND I ALSO THANK THE COOKS THE FOOD WAS BEAUTIFUL!

Softball!

2011-03-03T19:37:00.003+13:00

Stepping on the field I was really nervous, it was my second year in a row to make it into the softball team. I bent my knees and hit the ball, yeah! I got to base 1 quickly and then I tried to steel a base but I was unlucky and got out, I thought next time I am gonna get home. I was the last person to get out so it was side away I put my glove on and ran to the out fielding position I missed quite a few balls but, I never gave up. My next position was shortstop I found that position more my type I caught 1 ball and got to people out on base 3 in a row.

My highlight for this game was one of our schools Korero's It was Champions Never Give, the reason why I picked Champions Never Give up is because everyone in our team was really good and at the start of the game we said that we don't think we are gonna win because all the teams were really talented, but we came 5th out of the all of the teams, I think we could have done better but I am really proud of our team, and I would like to Thank Missy and one of our teacher's: Miss Vaafusiaga for giving us really good advice and teaching us things that we never knew

Thank you!!!!

Gum Is Dumb!

2011-02-24T13:03:00.002+13:00

This is my movie, It represents one of our School korero's which is Gum Is Dumb. I hope you enjoy it and remember that Gum Is Dumb Point England!

Taonga Time!

2011-02-23T11:00:00.006+13:00

Getting caught by small student at school I fell into their arm. I was frightened because they might of dropped me, But this event was about trusting so I just took a chance and Trusted them.
our next trusting job was we had a rope tied to 2 trees and we had a long piece of wood and we had to get our group over the rope with out touching it. But we had a time, we didn't have to beat a time but we had to every one over the rope and the piece of wood. We kind of cheated because we swapped 4 big people for 4 small people because they were to scared to get over and stand on the wood for the small people it was easy and I thing 2 people were good at leading our group they were: Tamara and Tamati. During that event I learnt to trust people and that everyone is able to do something.

Thank you to Mr Bark who was our teacher, he made me do something that I thought I couldn't do.

My Hot Holidays

2011-02-23T10:34:00.002+13:00

During my holidays I went to the movies with my favorite Auntie Lisa, we watched Gulliver Travels.

Its all about a man who lives his life as a mail man, he lies about a lot of things because he likes this girl. He goes on a boat but he lies and says that knows how to do this job on the boat. He falls alseep on his trip and a huge wave leaps over his head and he gets traped on a island where tiny people stay.
He says he is a super hero.

I was intersted in this movie because the guy his real name is Jack Black and I like his acting.

My favorite Part about the movie was when he falls in love and makes all the tiny peoples enymies become their best friends.

Thats 1 thing that I did in my holidays.

Netbook time!

2011-02-23T10:22:00.003+13:00

WOW! I had never thought this day would come!
I had the box planted into my hands just waiting to be opened. I carefully opened the box and I got out my Brand new netbook, as Mrs Tele'a gave me my name to stick on the front, I knew it was finally mine.

My heart pounded as I pressed the botton. It was like my face was cramped with a smile. Awesome I cant wait until I can find more cool things on my new netbook!

Terrible Christchurch Earthqake

2011-02-23T10:03:00.004+13:00

Looking at photos of places I can only describe this as chaos, people every where worried and shaken up. some worried about loved ones. Cars are demolished and Schools are piled in rubbles. This occurred in a time where no one was a where or knew that this terrible situation was going to happen.

Party Time!

2011-02-18T10:43:00.003+13:00

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday Dear Syriah Happy Birthday to you.

Hooray!

After having a hot day at school I came home to a great big pool and lots of balloons on the garage I had forgotten about my nieces 5th birthday.... Everyone was saying Happy birthday Syriah and I had on just clicked.

We had a treat of KFC for her birthday dinner, we also had a pool party. Wahhhoooo I was having so fun, My family all swam and we all stayed in the pool for 3 Hours!

It was so nice to catch up with all my family again!

My Niece Syriah will be starting school on Monday.
Happy Birthday!

The Beginning Of A Fantastic Year !

2011-02-11T11:56:00.003+13:00

First Assembly for the start of the year, I felt important,and I felt like a young adult because the year 7 and 8 students got to sit on the chairs. During the assembly I was focusing on our topic, each term we have something that we study about and write about, this terms topic is Responsibility and Taking Charge.
To me Taking Charge means to clean up your mess and look after yours and others belongings .

I cant wait until next Friday.

Kapa Haka!

2010-12-07T10:48:00.003+13:00

As I walked into the yacht club, I saw lots of trophies. I walk over by the stage and stood respectfully, I herd the guitar playing that's when I knew I had to sway my hips. I smiled at Mr and Mrs Burt. After a great performance there was a great speech by Mr Burt (Our Principle). This event was to thank people that help us to get these net books.
After our the speech we had finger food it was delicious !

I would like to thank the people who work at the Yacht Club for having us there, and I would also like to thank our guitarist Sam- ( A student at My school- Pt England school)

Thanks!!!!

Athletics Day!

2010-11-25T12:37:00.006+13:00

YAY! Its a beautiful day... The sun is out and it is a great start to our school athletics day.

Every year we have a school athletics day, we have house colours as well . My group is Takitimu. These are the other groups: Tainui ,Te Arawa , and Mataatua.

We have 6 events, They are: Shot put , Discus , High jump ,Javelin (this is a new event-we just started this year) Sprints (75m-100m), and Softball throw.

Before we head out to our events we have to remember to Slip slop slap on some sunscreen and a hat, so we don't get Sun Burn.

As the year 6 and 7’s walk just out of the school grounds, we see cones and a box of softball’s.
Our leader Ms Tito, a teacher in our school gives us instructions on how to throw a softball.
I was the second to last person so I had a fear idea of how to throw a softball.

Finally I stepped up to the line with the soft ball in my hand, tension is in the air and my nerves are building up, because I am competing against great throwers.

“Okay, I can do this”
THUMP! The softball went farther then I thought it would go.

YES! I came 3rd out of the year 7, 12 year old girl.

Our New NetBooks!

2010-11-17T12:28:00.004+13:00

I can't believe that this day has come...I have always wanted a Netbook. One of our task was to take a photo and upload it on our blog. There are a lot of effects that you can pick I picked a colourful faded purple.

I cant wait to try new things with my new Netbooks

Carnivores....

2010-11-02T09:45:00.004+13:00

Did you know that Carnivore's are meat eaters?

Meat eater are not only four legged in fact there are carniovers that live under the water....

Even most Humans are Carnivores.
-Carnivores- It is an animal or a human that feeds on flesh.

Little Critters.....

2010-10-28T11:57:00.002+13:00

In the out-backs or Australia there are underground giant borrow cockroaches. They are 3 inches long, and they can live for up to 10 years. They borrow underground to keep cool because it is too hot, and they might dry out... But when it rains they come out to meet to mate and to move on.

Did you know that the lip on the cockrach means its a male......?

DARE.....

2010-10-14T14:58:00.002+13:00

DARE is a book that i just read. its all about a girl that took a dare about a haunted house, she takes the dare and she has to stay the night at this haunted house. Later on that night she hears a voice, its a little girl.....
PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU......

She turned around and nothing is there.
She finds a room to sleep in but most of them are locked. Finally she finds a room... SUDDENLY she cant breath. Her mouth is filled with.... COBWEBS!
There is a doll she thinks it might have been a little girls room. There was a story about a little girl locked up by her father, then left to die.
Then she herd something, so she shines her torch, its just a rat.
Then she hears that voice...
PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU

Its 6 am, she see the light.
When she walked out side she sees a crowd cheering: YOU DID IT LAUREN. YOU'VE WON THIS WEEKS DARE!

DARE is a T.V show. Every week, somebody spends the night in a spooky place.
Of course its all fake.
There is a big screen that shows the house she stayed in. Ali Scott is the presenter of DARE.
Ali says" What was your scariest moment" ?
Lauren says" There was a voice"
Ali smiles, then she stops and has a look at her notes. Ali says" Lauren there wasn't any voice"

Lauren is a bit confused...

TAKE ME WITH YOU... I AM YOUR FRIEND NOW....

....FOREVER.

Fiafia Night Was Awesome!

2010-10-11T14:12:00.015+13:00

As I stood on the side of the stage my was heart pumping, my palms were sweaty. I heard a beautiful sound coming from our Kaia - Shontal, she was amazing, some people close to her were happy and some were even crying, I feel so happy because it felt like I got more Kaha (Strong/Strength ) from her. She leads our group by an example.
Then I hear the guitar start to play that's when I put on my big smile!
The Kapa Haka group was the opening, and I was in it. We only had 4 minutes to complete our performance.
After a great start to Fiafia night I had another performance to do, I was also in Glee.

The Glee group was so Cheesey! It was just so over the top!
I really liked the dance and how we have different turns, and it all made a story. It was all about a girl who was like the head cheerleader or something, she likes a boy on the football team. We had a boys football team!

Thanks to all the teachers who taught us in such a short time.
Another big thanks the glee teachers, and our talented Mubbashira who taught the Indian.

My favourite teacher.....

2010-09-16T11:53:00.003+12:00

My favourite reading teacher was Mrs Katu, Sadly she passed away from a long illness.
She always used to help me with my reading, and if it wasn't for her I would not know how to read. I always used to get stickers from her. She was a very kind and generous lady. I feel really sad because I miss Mrs Katu and I had not seen her since last year.
I attended her funeral service last night, it was very sad.
I wish the Katu family all the best....

Life Education

2010-08-19T09:50:00.002+12:00

A couple of weeks ago we had and she a lovely lady names Lyn that came and taught
us about making choices, we make choices everyday. We watched a movie and it was about how smoking is really bad for you, There are 4,000 chemicals in the tabaico and 200 can give you cancer. Over 5,000 people die from smoking a year. I want to thank Lyn for coming to teach us, and she made me think: To not give up smoking NEVER start!
There is one special thing I am forgetting of course its Harold, hes a giraffe.
Thanks again for coming to our school Lyn and Harold.

My Holiday highlight

2010-08-17T14:52:00.002+12:00

My holiday highlight is about going to the Paradise ice skating.
My favourite bit about going ice skating is having a good laugh about falling down two times. I went with my auntie she has won trophies and and medals.
I would like to go again.

The trip to the Maritime Museum

2010-08-11T09:33:00.009+12:00

As we headed out to sea in blustery conditions, the icy wind blew through my hair. The waves made a whipping sound as they hit the side of the boat. It took a mighty team effort to hoist the sail. As it started to drizzle we donned on our bright wind breakers.

My MI Test...

2010-08-04T08:21:00.006+12:00

My Class, room 20, had to do these amazing MI test and it shows you what you most enjoy. These are the smarts : Logical(number smart), Interpersonal(people smart),Intropersonal(Myself smart),Musical(Music smart),Visual/Spatial(Picture Smart),Naturalistic(Nature Smart),Kinesthetic(Body Smart), and finally Linguistic(Word Smart.)
The one that is most highlighted is Interpersonal Thats People smart. The reason why that is the highest is because I like to help people and also I like to meet new friends.

My Imovie of Rangitoto Eruption....

2010-06-23T12:50:00.005+12:00

Rangitoto is the biggest volcano in Auckland, It had a violent eruption 600 years ago.
It was the last to erupt so it probably makes it the youngest. It had 10-50 time gap, It probably erupted twice.

Last Sunday Our kapahaka Group performed at the Auckland Museum

2010-06-23T11:54:00.003+12:00

Last Sunday the Point England Kapahaka group went to the Auckland Museum and we were the opening for the Movie Awards. Once we got on stage I couldn't stop smiling, it was like I had a cramp in my mouth. Once we had finished the people that worked at the Museum put on pizza and drinks for us, It was DELICIOUS.....

I would like to thankMs Tito for being a great teacher and for teaching us amazing songs!
I would also like to thank the People that worked at the Museum.

My Portrait...

2010-06-11T12:26:00.005+12:00

This is my portrait and I never thought it would have turned out as good as this.
I am so proud of my work because I am not an artist but I draw what I can. My music notes at the back of my portrait repesent the fact that I love singing. I get my secret voice from my sister, she is an important role model in my life.

I hope you can get a few tips from my portrait!

My Favourite Netball Player!

2010-06-03T12:08:00.007+12:00

My favourite netball player is Casey Williams and she is the captain of the Silver Ferns netball team.

Her position is Goal Keeper, and Goal Defence and that is the position that I have been playing for the last couple of netball games.
The best position that I have played is Center and that is an active position on the court. When I grow up I want to try and get into a netball team maybe Mystiks, or Pulse even the Silver Ferns!

Heres Casey Williams in action!

My Personal Shield

2010-05-28T14:19:00.007+12:00

Last term we made Personal Shields and they are about our hobbies, our culture, our future and our names.

My plan was supposed to be a diamond shaped background, but I changed it so it will be easier to create and it now look awesome I hope you like my finished product and maybe you can make one your self!

Friends are awesome!

2010-05-28T12:22:00.003+12:00

Friends to me are happiness. My best friend is Shontal and she is in my classroom too.

I have written a poem about her.

Best friends are always caring.

Shontal alway plays with me and we have a tight friendship.

To have a best friends like Shontal you have to keep sharing.

Always use the three P's

Protection, Participation, and Partnership.

Thank you to all my friends and my best friend Shontal.

My Volcano imovie

2010-05-14T11:54:00.006+12:00

As part of Immersion we spent time finding out all about volcanoes. It was hard work but I manged to make a movie about how volcanoes erupt!
I hope you enjoy my movie and maybe even learn something from it.

Beaty and Jack

2010-04-23T12:25:00.000+12:00

As the news reporter records live, we have been told that some serious accident has just happend a princess has been poked in the eye by an amazing beast. For more information check out our exclusive interview.

Tuakana Teina!

2010-03-30T10:43:00.003+13:00

Tuakana Teina, is about helping little ones in their classroom and it is about helping their teacher too. Last week I went to Room 2 to help the little kids on the computers. It was like I was a teacher, because I was helping my Student learn about how to draw a realistic picture. Her name was Roimata, she is a Fantastic drawer.
Today after lunchtime our class Room 20 is going to Rooms: 1,2, and 3...

Its going to be so much fun!

Swimming!

2010-03-30T10:32:00.003+13:00

Swimming was great! Last year in swimming I came second in backstroke and freestyle, I was a pretty good swimmer.

Hopefully I have improved my Swimming skills?

Check Out My Movie!

Acrostic Poem

2010-03-24T09:31:00.005+13:00

Shaniah,Racheal,Cruz, and Tanielu.
Point England School is the way to go.

Stop think and do is what we know.

Everyone must participate, never give up that's the way.

The treaty was made in 1840, now we celebrate terrific glory.

People are brainy at Point England School.

The korero is to be kind to each other, its a rule.

BY AN AWESOME GROUP.....

Amazing computers at Tamaki College

2010-03-18T09:57:00.009+13:00

This week for Tech we were on camp and still went to Tamaki College it was AWESOME ! We FINALLY went on their cool computers, their key board was so small. We made different shape's and we mixed colours it is amazing what you can do with colours.

I REALLY ENJOYED GRAPHICS LAST WEEK, I CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT TIME TO WORK ON THE COMPUTERS.

The Bungy jump...

2010-03-16T12:16:00.002+13:00

Standing on the edge I could feel my legs shaking, My heart was beating like there was no tomorrow. As I put my hands, the count down had begun. My hands started to shake, then I knew why, 1,2,3, JUMP! As I jumped off the bridge I could hear the sound of little waves. I look down and in no time I was near the water. I yelled "YaaHoo"!

My heart was still beating fast but knew that was a proud feeling. It was finally over, "YAY"! I couldn't believe it. I was so happy, I was speech less.

I HAD CONQUERED MY FEARS.

Finally Point England Intermediate

2010-02-23T09:38:00.006+13:00

"Yay"! Racheal and I yelled, "We are the first Point England Intermediate in history" said Racheal.
"Yes I know" ! I couldn't believe it I was so excited, I was jumping around.
I said to Racheal "I wonder who our teacher is and what class we're going to be in"?

When the bell rang I said "Ooh No Its time"

I heard Mr Burt say in Room 20 with Mrs Nua is......

He said a whole lot of names and finally he said "Shaniah".

"Yes"! I have never been in Mrs Nua's class, I was just full of excitement.

Mrs Nua is the nicest teacher that I have met, Ooh and I can't forget about Ms Tito.

We are really looking forward to the year a head in the new Pt England Intermediate.