Design Progress

Names of people in my group: Mauina, Muii and Sharon


Your task is to design a sign that will clearly assist in eliminating a problem within our school.

Type of sign:	Purpose of the sign:
‘No Smoking’	Keep a free smokefree area. No smoking in inside.
‘Give Way’	Traffic sign. Look out for traffic. E.G: Cars/Trains/Buses.
‘Slow Down’	Near pedestrian crossing. Traffic sign.
‘Chewing’	No chewing in school grounds.
‘Littering’	No throwing rubbish around our community. Keep area nice and tidy.

Brainstorm some Ideas/ problems that we have around our school environment.

*Chewing inside school grounds
*Throwing rubbish around the school not putting it in the bin.
*Spitting, Children could stand on the spit.
*Kicking on the courts when we are not aloud to.
*Running inside classrooms


ISSUE CHOICE AND JUSTIFICATION

You need to think and expand on your answers, one sentence is not sufficient.

What is your issue in our school?
Littering


Who does it affect?
Mr Malloy, Mr Burt, Teachers.

Why is it happening in our school?
Kids walk and eat, Don’t care, Not putting rubbish in the bin, Lazy.

When does it happen?
Play time , Lunch time , Before and After school.

Where is it happening?
Street, Around the school, Outside classrooms.

What needs to happen to prevent this issue?
Bin It , Signs, More Talking/ Punishments/Consequences, Monitors, More bins.

Reports

Recently I have received my report from school. My results were very disappointing. Reading, Writing and Maths are the subjects that I am going to be working on during the holidays. To improve this I am going to be reading at home, practicing my maths and also using the thesaurus for my writing.

In class I need to focus more on my school work and pay less attention on other things such as talking. I also need to use the ‘Language of Success’, respect others and contribute to discussions. My listening skills are very unsatisfactory. This means I need to always listen to the teacher.

My next steps is to try to be a role model for the younger ones and to be more considerate of others in class. I have to “Take charge” of my learning to achieve more on my school work.
Next Term I am hoping to move up a level for my reading, writing and maths and to use “ The language of success” at all times.

During our Street assembly our Principal Mr Burt had a korero about “Why we are one of the richest children in the world ?”. At first I thought that he was lying but then when he told us about his trip overseas I thought back to myself “Oh what if he is right”.

Mr Burt said during his trip he went to a school that really needed money. They had ceiling handing down, curtains wrecked and wires hanging out of walls. It was so horrible to look at. There classes had very loving kids and teachers but there school is broken down. In front of there school there are steel bars and a Guard with a gun. To get inside you have to give your stuff to check if there are any illegal stuff.

Homes are another problem. Many people have lost there homes and are now living in the streets searching for food. They sleep with no beds and nothing comfortable to keep them warm. They also go to sleep hungry and have no food to eat at times.

I thank Mr Burt for going overseas and bringing back great technology for our school to use for our education such as the Net-books. They have been very fun and easy to use. Now I know that we are very special and its all because of Mr and Mrs Burt.

Term 2 Highlights

This term it has been very busy but mostly full of excitements. For the past few weeks students have been involved in School competitions, sport tournaments and school entertainments. The year 5-8 entered movies at the I AM Making Movies Competitions. Our Year 8 extension girls from Room 21 won the Supreme and the Best Story Telling. It was a joyful moment.

Hip Hop
This term we have a Glee Club organised by Mrs Muliamasealii. There are all sorts of groups such as Singing, Hip Pop, Jazz and Ballet. I’m in Hip Pop which is lots of fun. Four Tamaki College students come on Monday and Friday to help with after school practices. In week 11 I will be part of the Glee performance and I am looking forward to it. We will preform on a Thursday after lunch at 2:00 in the school hall. I so cant wait!.

Taoga Time
Taoga time is when you go to different classes to learn something new.
This term I am in Mr Harris class. Science is what we are learning about. We have Taoga time ever Friday's after Morning Tea. Next Term we will be moving to a different taoga time group which means we are going to have a new teacher. With Mr Harris
we have learnt that Science is a way to view the world and has defined methods of research and “knowing”.

Tamaki Tech!

Every Monday at Point England School the Year 7 and 8's go to Tamaki College for Tech. We leave school at 8:30am and should arrive there at around 9. For Tech there are 5 groups. Each group takes different subjects. There's Science, Electronics, Food Tech, Graphics and Wood work. I'm in Science.

My teacher is Mr Dewan. For the past few weeks in his class we have been learning about things like Acids, Chemicals and things that we have to know. Science for me is very interesting and I find it quite easy to understand. Today our class was learning how to know what temperatures are. We got divided into groups and then got to work. If you do not know it is the last day in Science. Every Term we move to different groups and I cant wait to see what group I am going to next.
I hope that it is fun like Science.

Science Roadshow

Yesterday which was the Thursday 9th June our Team 5 Senior block was invited to go to the Tamaki Science Roadshow. It also involved money but luckily it was cheap. It was only $7.00. Our Senior block were divided into groups or went by them selves with there class. Rooms 22 were the first class to go and then on went Room 20.

Room 21, 19 and 18 went together down at Tamaki College. When we arrived to Tamaki College we were asked to go into the Audi - Torium. When we sat down all we saw were heaps of science things. At first the Presenters introduced them selves. Laura, Shane and Lady D. They showed us and taught us a bit about Science and then showed us some science things such as different surfaces and some experiments.

I learnt that to make fire you would have to have Oxygen, Fuel and also heat. Looking around I saw a piano mat. I thought to myself " What has this got to do with Science but then but then the trick was that if you stood on a keynote it would make the actual or usual sound of a piano. It was fun.

After that Laura told us to go back to our seats. The Science Roadshow was nearly finished, but we still had one last show. She showed us a blury picture and asked what we could see. Just by using the things that were in the picture it looked like a skull, but then it was actually a girl looking at herself in the mirror.

Cell Phones

Surprisingly, if you don’t know cell phones have actually been around for a long time. Since the 1970’s cell phones have been used for all kinds of purposes such as texting, listening to music and also the internet. Back in the days cell phones were very large that it couldn’t fit in your pocket. They weren’t very popular until the 90’s. Cell phones have become a major habit for communicating to people and they are also very affordable now.

In recent years, cellphones have been very useful and there are also different types of brands such as Nokia, Vodafone, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Telecom, Blackberry and many more. Texting has been also popular because to get texts you have to Top Up. It only costs $10 to get Text 2000 and 5000 but for credit and texting its only $20. Your texts and credit can get expired because it only lasts for a month.

To text there are buttons which you have to press. On each button there are letters which are in alphabetical order. There might be 3 to 4 letters. There are 6 buttons and a backspace button. The 1st button has symbols and the rest are letters. The 4th and the 6th button has 4 letters and the rest have 3. The backspace might have a c on the button or something else.

Credit is WOW, if have credit then you can go on the internet on Facebook or Google but not only that you can also download music and other things. Most people these days are spending more time on their cell phones on the internet then going out doors. This might also be a major habit. You can also buy free internet for a month for only $6.

As I said before that there are different types of brands. While there are also different types of looks. There are Slide up’s, Flip up’s, Touch screens and many more. There is a very popular phone that people are so wanting to buy. It is the iPhone 4. Many people like the iPhone 4 because it is a cool Mp3 player and you can also playing video games. It has a cool look and is like a little mini computer. It is a touch screen and it also comes in different brands like the Apple and Pear.


Surprisingly, if you don’t know cell phones have actually been around for a long time. Since the 1970’s cell phones have been used for all kinds of purposes such as texting, listening to music and also the internet. Back in the days cell phones were very large that it couldn’t fit in your pocket. They weren’t very popular until the 90’s. Cell phones have become a major habit for communicating to people and they are also very affordable now.

In recent years, cellphones have been very useful and there are also different types of brands such as Nokia, Vodafone, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Telecom, Blackberry and many more. Texting has been also popular because to get texts you have to Top Up. It only costs $10 to get Text 2000 and 5000 but for credit and texting its only $20. Your texts and credit can get expired because it only lasts for a month.

To text there are buttons which you have to press. On each button there are letters which are in alphabetical order. There might be 3 to 4 letters. There are 6 buttons and a backspace button. The 1st button has symbols and the rest are letters. The 4th and the 6th button has 4 letters and the rest have 3. The backspace might have a c on the button or something else.

Credit is WOW, if have credit then you can go on the internet on Facebook or Google but not only that you can also download music and other things. Most people these days are spending more time on their cell phones on the internet then going out doors. This might also be a major habit. You can also buy free internet for a month for only $6.

As I said before that there are different types of brands. While there are also different types of looks. There are Slide up’s, Flip up’s, Touch screens and many more. There is a very popular phone that people are so wanting to buy. It is the iPhone 4. Many people like the iPhone 4 because it is a cool Mp3 player and you can also playing video games. It has a cool look and is like a little mini computer. It is a touch screen and it also comes in different brands like the Apple and Pear.