Net Book Reflection

Having my netbook available for the last few years has helped me in many ways. Finding new sites has been a big help with my work such as Math, Reading, Writing and creative strand(Art and movie making). Taking my netbook home helps me catch up with work I didn’t complete or need more work on. Going to a place where wifi is available helps me connect to google docs.

Using google docs helps me with my writing, I can write stories and then post them on my own personal blog, where viewers around the world can read my stories. During math time we use sites such as Math Whizz and Xtra Math and sometimes studyladder. Math Whizz helps teach a load of math problems like Geometry, Ratios, Divisions and more. Xtra Math helps with Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division and speeds your mind to think quicker.

Using my net book has helped me and my parents alot. At home we have alot of technology things like Tablets, Computers and Iphones. We all Learn, Create and Share on each device at home. We each have a Google email where we can email each other.

This year I have enjoyed working with netbooks. It has been a massive change in my learning as well as what I do at home. Thank you to the Mr and Mrs Burt for believing in the new age of technology. Also a big thanks to the Manaiakalani for funding our school to use net books. I will take the skills I’ve learnt here and use them in future events.

Prize giving 2013

Last night was prizegiving we where a hit, we blew the roof off the building. Just before 7:00pm the Kapa Haka group meet in the music room. The Kapa Haka group and I meet up and warmed up our voices by singing one of our maori waiata Mr G wrote personally for our pt england school Kapa Haka group. Standing outside of the hall awaiting the words to say we could go on stage we all had butterflies in the pit of our stomachs, walking up the stage we sang out waiata with kia kaha.  Coming down from the stage we rushed down to get to our seats before the year 5’s started their dance.

Sitting by Rita the year 5’s and year 6’s awards and dances pasted. The year 5’s dance was cool because they incorporated the theme of Pitch perfect and Beyonce. The year 6’s danced to a remix of songs and it was really cool. They had cool upbeat songs and danced to songs like dubstep and skrillex.

The awards for the year 7 and 8’s where up. Going through the classrooms for team 5 the awards where 100% Attendance, Best Effect  and Citizenship. My name got called for Best Effect for room 21. Later on I got an award called  pay it forward from Tamaki Primary and outstanding serves to the school.

Overall I really enjoyed this years prize giving. I won three awards and I really liked seeing the the year 7’s preform. After we sang Rita and I ran to our lollies and awards on the ground because of this little girl was taking our lollies and playing with our trophies. At the end of the night my Mum and Dad were proud of me and they gave me 10$.  Thank you to Pt England school for all the memories and the great times I’ve spent here, I will miss you.

Year 8 camp

For the year 8s at Pt England school, last week was the last camp they would spend

together. Having the chance to go to Rotorua was a great privilege. We stayed at a camp

call Keswick, Keswick is a Christian camp.

Heading to Keswick on the bus we had a 4-5 hour trip from Auckland to Rotorua. Near Rotorua

we headed out the bus and got into a bush walk. Walking though the bush we took our time

looking at the greenery.

Day 2

we went to the Agrodome to see a sheep show and to see some farm animals. We also

went to see a geyser called Lady Knox and the thermal pools.

On day 3 we were going to swim in the blue lake. Walking though the bush it was raining

but I didn't mind as it was cooling me down from the walk.

After that we went to the hot pools and swam again. At the hot pools they had a

trampoline the we could jump on to get higher while bombing.

Day 4 we went to the luge were we went up the gondola. Going up the