Tutu on Scratch : )

A couple of weeks ago we learnt how to use scratch, we had some people ( Whaea Keri and Whaea Monika ) from Waitangi come to our school and teach us new things. We learnt how to use scratch which was definitely something different to what we usually used although we did it last year as well but it was with them to. It was definitely something fun to do and I can't wait for the next time to do it.

RePs TeAm !!

This week I decided to write about netball, and what time I had made it in as well as a couple of my friends that had trialed. I was definitely happy about finding out that I had made it in to the top team.

This weekend that has just gone past was definitely filled with enjoyment especially finding out that I had made it into the top reps team. I was all hyped when I found out I had made it in to the top team but I was also happy for my friends that had made it in with me. We had found out the teams a couple of days later after trialing and this week will be our first training as a team and we'll actually know each other. This week on Wednesday will be the day we get to meet each other properly, when we were trialing we barely knew each other, we had only known each other by faces and not names. But then after a while ( after a couple of quarters ) we had mingled around and got to meet new people. While we were meeting new people we were complimenting them with there trial, like on how good they're doing, a lot of them done really good shooting defending and attacking. I had thought to myself that I needed to get my passes to my team and not to do lobs ( lob passes are the ones that go over. ) Those lob passes I was doing weren't going to well they were going all over the place but they'd still get to my team mates ( well after running to get it ) some of them were alright but some not as good. So I definitely need to work on my passes to keep them straight and not to do lobs, but other than that I think I had a pretty good trial. I definitely enjoyed meeting new people from other teams because I think it's cool to have new people come in to your life.

Pepeha ! : )

This week me and my class had a goal to add in our grandparents to our pepeha. We had learnt all about grandparents in Te Reo today but instead of grandparents it was grandma and grandpa just in e Reo. So Grandma in maori is 'karanima' and grandpa is 'karanipa' it was definitely something different to what I'm used to because in everyone's pepeha I have heard so far is just the normal pepeha without the grandparents so I think it's cool how we have now added in our grandparents.

Walking with an ANZAC !!

These last couple of weeks we have been learning about objects that have been used fro the war. The object me and my partner chose was a badge about the dardanelles. It has been a good experience learning about items that have gone to war. We found some good information about the item we used and some about George Bollinger.

A Day To Remember

A Day to Remember

Should men have had the choice to go to war ? I am adamant that men should’ve had
a chance to choose to go to war whether they want to go or not. Men should not have
been forced to do what they didn’t want to do because it is not right for what they were
doing especially if you were under the age of 18. My opinion for the age is the fact that
they should’ve been at least 20 years old and not 18, and if they didn’t want to do it for
them not to get shot or put in jail. Firstly men should have been able to choose if they
wanted to go to war or not. Secondly they should have not been getting shot or being
punished cause they weren’t ready to go to war and risk their lives. Lastly it is not right
for young men to go to war because they should be living life to the fullest and not having
to be going to war at a young age.

Firstly, men should have their own rights to pick whether or not to go to war. Men have
all rights to choose because it is not right for those who are going because they’re forced.
Anzacs should have had their own decision to pick to go to war because they’re taking
a big risk of their lives for others, which is very thoughtful of them, besides the fact of
when they’re getting forced. Men were wanted by the Government because he didn’t
want the people staying back from war to get mutilated and wanted save New Zealand,
yet people will get killed if they didn’t want to or if they had tried to run away.

Secondly, men were forced to go to war but there punishments were dreadful. If you were
to try run away while your fighting or before getting to war you would have been shot. Men
had also been sent to jail back in the days if they had chosen not to go. There punishments
were unsatisfactory and very dreadful for some of those who had to witness what was going
on. Why? Why is it that men were forced to go to war whether they wanted to or not it is not
right for the men who didn’t want to go and they were shot or sent to jail and many more
awful things.  

Finally, all men could should have been able to stay back from war so they could be
with family. For those who were young and under the age of 18 definitely shouldn't've
gone to war, they should have stayed back with their families while they’re young. Young
men, young men back then should have not had their mothers worried and up all night
because they’re wanting there son’s back without any hesitation or worriness. They
should have been living life to the fullest and not having to go to war at such a young age.

I am adamant that men should have all rights to pick whether or not to go to war, not to
be forced to do something, or having to risk their lives, they could’ve stayed back with
their families or they could’ve been to young. Sometimes I think to myself is that even
who they wanted to be as leaders back in the day? It is not a good look, on how we as
people look back at how they were treating people back then. Especially finding out
they were being forced to do something that you shouldn’t be forced for. All men should
have had the chance to “LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!”.

Written by: Roxy

For the past three weeks we have been working on a piece of writing to publish and it has been about Anzac. At the start we were doing one piece of writing each week but that didn't work out because a couple of the students in our class weren't getting it done.

RoCkEt ChAlLeNgE !!

These last couple of weeks we have had a man come in to us (> aka Matua Troy) and talk about what he does at work as well as gonna be teaching us on how to build a rocket. It has definitely been interesting learning all these new things and how we're going to be building a rocket. He works at the Far North District Council and is very helpful with what he does. We've also got more lessons coming up with him which I can not wait for.

AnOtHeR FiGhT NiGhT

I wrote about the fight because it was an enjoyable night and she had won her fight and because she won the belt.

On Saturday in the afternoon around 1:30 we left home to go to Auckland for a fight, it wasn't my fight but it was Quin's fight and she inspires me. I was definitely excited when the ref yelled out her name I couldn't help myself but yell and say "GO QUIN YOU GOT THIS." But before her fight I wasn't as hyped as I was when she walked out, everyone's fight down there was so good they done well but once it got to the fight before her's I was prepping myself to yell hard out. Before her fight there was like 13 so I was just like woo hoo but then as soon as she came out I was yelling hard out. Then out she came I was super hyped then started to record her fight. The opponent got in a couple of good hits but Quin had some very good ones as well and almost swooped her opponent off her feet. Round 1 was just a light and easy round so that she could see our her opponent fought as well as round 2. In round 3 and 4 it got a bit more intense and she went in for bigger and harder hits. As they got to round 5 Quin went in for it and was going for gold till she knew she had it. At the end she found out she won and she is now the top winner in New Zealand.