My Personal shields

Onto the final step! Last Term we've been working on our personal Shields we created. First of all we will practise by making a draft in our books. After I chose my diamond which is my favourite shape, inside I would rule 4 parts and in those spaces they will have a meaning to each of them.

On the top right I drew some things that were part of my culture, the opposite side on the left I drew my hobbies. The bottom left I draw-ed what I wanted to be when I grow up and the other side next door I decided just to decorate my name in it.

I reakon I did well on my project. I finished it on time. I would rate it 9 and a half.

Try and guess what I was trying to draw. I had heaps of fun doing and decorating this to make it something about me.

My volcano stack and five fabulous facts

As you already know you've seen many volcano stacks lately. Here is my one I created and my five fabulous facts.

1. In Auckland we have 48 volcanoes near us and they are mostly cinder cone.

2. Mt Peele in west Indies is a plug dome, it can erupt violently

3. Mt Ruapehu had erupted in 25th September 2007, it was a huge explosion.

4. Most volcanoes are found on the edge of plates.

5. The last time Rangitoto erupted erupted was 600 years ago.

Hope you learnt some facts about volcanoes.

Speaking Out To The Mayor

Oh my gosh! We're speaking to the Mayor. This is so nerve racking, I've spoken to heaps of visitors but never the mayor. Sela, Tia and I were the Welcoming Committee. We went out to the front car park waiting nervously thinking if he was going to come here in a limo or something. We were chattering excitedly, also wondering if the mayor was going to show up or not.

Suddenly some man in a fancy car appeared driving past us staring, I was thinking who is he then I thought harder, that's the mayor of course. We raced to his car, when he said "where should I park my car?" We replied"just straight ahead I think.

As he came out we introduced ourselves and told him to follow us this way. Then Mr Banks spotted that we had a cow paddock right next to our school and thought it was really cool. Finally we went inside and it began.

I was feeling pretty confident then I was before. When we were at the end I was feeling really proud and happy when it was over. We all sat on the table and discussed what we could do to solve our problems.

In the beginning we talked about the issue how we have problems with our local pool and our own beach. What really had me hooked was when Mr banks invited our class as well as us to come to his office and have morning tea. He said this is a learning journey.

But before any of that can happen. First step of our learnig journey, we need to make a 15 min presentation to the community board. Then we would send an email to the chairperson Kate Sutton and copy it to the mayor. Next step we would state the issue and request an audience with the board. 3rd step if there's no action then we would go to the ACC Website and would have a council meeting or go to the events committee.

I felt really empowered when he told us this because we were working kids, just like young adults. Who would know where it can lead us to. Fame and fortune, we could be the mayor's secretary. I'm really looking forward to this interesting journey and the delicous morning tea after all the hard work. Isn't this a speacial event to look forward to.

Mother's Day

Mother"Happy Mother's day!" I said to my mum. I gave her my present for mother's day and gave her a hug. Normally on a Sunday we would go to church with all the mother's and grandma's their, lining up some where and we would come around giving them a lollie necklace or a gift. Then we would get ready as soon as church finishes and start.

As I was still walking after going past many people, heaps of Mother's especially the Nana's and grandma's had most of lollie necklace around their neck. As that would finish we would have a big feast. Normally the mother's go out, but I think that they just wanted to have it together just this one time.

Arriving h0me as soon as I could I hugged my mum one last time and ate her lollie necklace together. My Nana came home with many lollie necklaces, and I know where I'll be going after church. I had a great time together with my mum! Hope you other mother's enjoyed yourMother's Day 's day!

What a Lucky baby

As you know on April the 5th is Easter Monday. On that day it was my baby cousin Austin's birthday. I was amazed how fast his 1st birthday arrived and happened today. I was so, so excited. We got ready and got picked up by my auntie and drove down to Cornwall Park- that's where the birthday was held. We arrived and realized that we needed more things. So we went back and forth until we had everything we needed.

When that trip ended we finally got to go out and explore the place. It was really packed, you could see all 7 grills being used. I saw Austin with his mum being fed. He looked really cute and handsome in his green Samoan t-shirt. While we unwrapped all the food more people arrived. We were finally all ready and started the Birthday.

We all grabbed a plate and dug in. The food was tastey and mouth watering like grilled kebabs, sweet and sour, the grilled meat, bacon and egg potato salad and much more. When we finished we went and played volley using my sister as the net, also passes and touch with the boys.

There was a final thing to do; blow the candles on the birthday cake and have dessert. It was so painful having to light the candle and having the wind blow it out every time. But finally we got it and lowered him down so he could blow it out. Yay! He did it. We sang happy birthday in English and Samoan. Then we had some moist fudge brownie, the cute giraffe birthday cake and last of all the colourful fruit kebabs. We played a last game of soccer, it was so funny. Later we said good bye as people left and packed up the marquee.

Lastly there was a funny part. A random little boy came and stole Austin's green big bouncy ball and ran away with it. But luckily I got it back. That was a beautiful birthday and a memory to remember!

Tuakana Teina

Some days after lunch time our class get together with the year 1 classes and help them with their e-learning. Our goal as a Tuakana is to help the little ones with some simple skills. For example saving their work that's a hard one and making sure it's in the right place. That will help them in the future so they can learn and do the same for others. I think that it's really helpful and it's a great example to the little kids. It's a great experience.

Urban Beat- A dance group

On Thursday the same day we had Tech, round about in the afternoon there was a surprise for us. Mrs Nua said that it was alright for us to wear track pants. I was thinking why? It was because their was a dance group waiting for us in the hall to teach us a couple of cool dance moves. First they introduced themselves and then we went straight into it. We started off with some warm ups and then learned some easy moves. When we got the hang of it and we finished, each time we would would say ohhh!

Later on we would have dance battles. It wasn't boys and girls it would be like a mix thing. We would be divided and put into a group with one of the dancers. The aim was we would do one dance move counting 8 beats, then point to another team. You would get out by not doing the same moves or getting out of time. Then we did some more dancing. I really enjoyed doing this it was really great.