In our school we have our own memorial for ANZAC. Each of the reading groups had the chance to go and sit in silence and just commemorate the people who had fought in the war for us. My literacy teacher Miss Clark had given us a task to write all our thoughts and feelings for when we look at the memorial.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Memorial
In our school we have our own memorial for ANZAC. Each of the reading groups had the chance to go and sit in silence and just commemorate the people who had fought in the war for us. My literacy teacher Miss Clark had given us a task to write all our thoughts and feelings for when we look at the memorial.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Polyfest Highlights 2015
For the first time in the history of Pt England School, the year 7's and 8's had gone to the Polynesian Festival 2015. Another way of saying it is, Polyfest. We all arrived at the Polyfest with 4 buses. Us, year 7 and 8's had the most amazing opportunity to go because we were 1 of the 5 schools that were chosen out of 20! So we were very lucky to be the first Pt Englanders to go on an awesome trip to Polyfest. It was actually a good time to go because it was there 40th anniversary!
So before I start my highlights, I would love to say a big THANK YOU to all the parents who had made a big decision to come and join us for Polyfest or go to work. If it wasn't for all you, we would of not attended Polyfest 2015. Thank you for even buying us food. So thank you again for your kind and loving help.
The highlight of the day for me was when my group played Jenga in one of the stalls. In my group our parent helper was Anas dad, Mr Vaafusuaga. I was in a group with Ana, Angelina, Promiseland and Taakai. The record for the day for the game Jenga was 30 stacks high. Each of us had turn to take one block out. We were so close to the record but when it got to 28th stack, it all fell down. Overall it was great because all of us were working together and trying to not make the stacks of blocks fall.
I cannot wait until I am a year 9 because I would join the Samoan group for Polyfest 2016. Polyfest was so enjoyable to watch, but soon I won't only be watching, I might be performing on the stage. It'll be so fun to perform because your not only there to dance in your cultural group, you also learn more about it. Polyfest 2015 was an amazing experience, maybe on 2016, the next year 7's and 8's could go and watch again.
So before I start my highlights, I would love to say a big THANK YOU to all the parents who had made a big decision to come and join us for Polyfest or go to work. If it wasn't for all you, we would of not attended Polyfest 2015. Thank you for even buying us food. So thank you again for your kind and loving help.
The highlight of the day for me was when my group played Jenga in one of the stalls. In my group our parent helper was Anas dad, Mr Vaafusuaga. I was in a group with Ana, Angelina, Promiseland and Taakai. The record for the day for the game Jenga was 30 stacks high. Each of us had turn to take one block out. We were so close to the record but when it got to 28th stack, it all fell down. Overall it was great because all of us were working together and trying to not make the stacks of blocks fall.
I cannot wait until I am a year 9 because I would join the Samoan group for Polyfest 2016. Polyfest was so enjoyable to watch, but soon I won't only be watching, I might be performing on the stage. It'll be so fun to perform because your not only there to dance in your cultural group, you also learn more about it. Polyfest 2015 was an amazing experience, maybe on 2016, the next year 7's and 8's could go and watch again.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Video Conference with Hawaiian Schools
The waka from Hawaii called Hokulea will be coming to the Point England reserve on the 24th of March. The schools from the Manaiakalani cluster (2, 500 students) will be welcoming them in. That0 is the whole point of why we did this video chat. So we can learn more about Hawaii, and this is a big thanks to Marybeth Baldwin who organised this video conference.
In the beginning we had to introduce our schools. Us, year 7&8 extension group made a little presentation, as well as the Kea'au elementary school. But the Nanakuli school made a video. In the Kea'au elementary school there are 870 students. There school starts from 8:00am through to 2:10pm. But only on Wednesdays they are in school from 8:00am - 1:20pm. One of their native animals are the Nene, and that is the Kea'au elementary schools mascot.
For the Nanakuli elementary school. We video conferenced with a teacher named Kumu Kai Mana and his students. He teaches in the 2nd grade. In the video that he made it showed us nearly all of the classes around the schools. The movie explained everything that we had to know. In his class he teaches by speaking in their language, Hawaiian. But he said that sometimes it can be very difficult.
Later on, we had the chance to show them a video that we made for the visitors that comes to Point England. We showed it to them so they can have a taste of what we do here in our school. We also told them that the junior schools use ipads, and from year 4 and up uses chromebooks. One of the teachers said it was a very inspirational movie, and what we have here in Pt England is what they want as well.
I want to say a big thank you to the 2 schools, who had the time to conference with us. But especially Marybeth Baldwin who had organised it.
Here are the links where we got out information from:
Monday, March 2, 2015
Holiday in Lalomanu beach, Samoa.
During the school holidays, I went to Samoa on the 27th of December, 2 days after Christmas. It was only my brother and I going to visit my parents and my 4 siblings. I had an enjoyable time there. There were a lot of reasons why! We went shopping, we stayed home, going to cousins houses for special occasions (like birthdays), and my most memorable and also favourite was, going to the Lalomanu beach! The occasion for that was New Years, and we were there for 2 days and 1 night. We stayed in the Taufua beach fales and it was spectacular!
Did you know that the Lalomanu beach in Samoa was regularly voted top 5 beaches in the Pacific. Its the most beautiful beach that I have ever been to. As my feet touched the ground the clean, shiny sand came between my toes. It felt like I was standing on the softest thing in the world. The sea was blended with the colour blue. It went from real dark blue to a beautiful clear light blue, and the nice thing about it was that the water was serene, but then during the day it changed. I and my family went and it was so much fun. We went with our two cousins and our uncle. They had a joyful time.
When we had reached our destination , all of us kids quickly squeezed the sunscreen,wiped it all over our body and ran straight to the water. The sand was completely hot, and I was ecstatic to jump in to the water because of the boiling hot sun. But it can be cold on some days and nights. While we were swimming we saw some small fishes. My siblings and I were trying to catch it, but it swam too fast. As the day went past, we all got out of the ocean and just dried ourself to go eat.
In Lalomanu beach in the Taufua Beach Fales, there’s a small restaurant that a lot of people were at, especially the tourists. For lunch we ate some tasty burgers. The juiciness of the patty slid down my chin as I wiped it away. Mmmm..it was delicious. I looked at my siblings and cousins and they were all enjoying it. In the 'Taufua restaurant' everyone in it was soaking wet from swimming in the cold water, and the workers did not seem to care. While we were eating, the sun had settled and it was time for us to shower.
Quickly we all ran to the bathroom, had a shower and got changed into our pajamas. My parents booked two Beach fales, for my uncle and his kids plus my elder brother and my family. Excitedly I ran straight to our beach fale and jumped on the bed. Why? Because we won’t be sleeping straight away, we’ll be watching movies on my dads laptop! Our New Years celebration was awesome. Now I am in NZ again, I hope we could go for another one when we go back to Samoa.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
My Visual Mihi
In our team 5 (year 7 & 8's) block, the teachers had given us a task to draw our 'Visual Mihi'. We had to draw 4 things that are valuable in our life, and in the middle has to be a traced drawing of you.
So to begin with, I drew a headphone, and some music notes, and that's on the top left corner. Those things
represents my love for music and dancing. Music: music makes me emotional and that's the thing about music. There are many types of songs, slow, fast and maybe groovy. I go for the fast kind of hip hop songs. Thats what gets me up on my feet.
Next on the bottom on the top left corner, I drew three of my favorite sports. The first sports that I drew was netball. To represent netball, I drew a hoop and a ball. I love netball, I have been playing netball for 3 years now and it is awesome. My other favorite is volley. Volley is amazing, my family always plays it, and thats how I started to like the sport. So to represent volley I drew some hands in the air that are going to spike the ball and also a net. Lastly, rugby. For rugby I drew a goal post and a ball that is on a tee. I have been playing rugby for 2 years.
Beside the sports corner there is a Bible. Also there is a name on top of the bible, you cant really see it but it is the name of my church. I go to Tamaki P.I.P.C. The P.I.P.C means 'Pacific Island Presbyterian Church'. That church is right beside my house. Why? Because my grandpa is the minister for the church. He has been there for over 30 years, and every year we have a ball to celebrate the church's anniversary. So I really love going to church to learn more things about what God had done for us.
Lucky last on the top right corner there is a Samoan flag. Obviously that represents me being a Samoan. I love being a Samoan, especially going there. The Island of Samoa is beautiful, its tropical and well very hot. One of my favorite traditional Samoan food sua fa'i. It is a banana soup. Mmmmm..thinking of it makes me want to eat it. Samoa is a beautiful culture, thats why I love it!!
So thats all you need to know about me! I really hope you enjoy it!
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
My Blog Profile
Talofa lava, Kia ora, my name is Jordenne Eteuati and this is my blog. I am a full Samoan girl. Being a Samoan is awesome, the island is beautiful and especially hot. On the 23rd of September 2002 is my date of birth, so right now I am at the age of 12. I am in a family of 8, my 2 parents Teuila and Vaiao, 5 siblings and me. In my family I am the 2nd eldest. Christian, that is the name of my eldest brother, and the others, Ryan, Jaedenne, Adrienne and Sebastian are all after me.
Playing sports, listening to music and especially dancing are one of my best hobbies. The sports I really enjoy playing are rugby, league, volleyball and netball. My favourite dancer is Parris Goebel, from the Royal Family. I am so inspired by her and I admire her also. One day I would really want to be in the Royal Family and be like Parris Goebel. Food is what I really love! I actually don’t have a favourite food, but if I had to it would’ve been butter chicken. Its really tasty.
In school my favourite subject is Maths. Sometimes maths is hard and sometimes its easy. It only easy if you have some strategy to use. This year on my last year in intermediate, my goal is to work really really hard and participate in all the sports, so that I could get into a very good school for college.
Thank You for visiting my blog and I really hope you enjoy!
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