Camp Take charge

It was the first day of camp for 2011. We were split into 6 groups called the Respectablez Responsiblez, Thinkerz, Motivatorz, Carerz and the Participatorz.

I was in Motivatorz. Our first activity was tent set up. We were split into groups to make our tents. Awhina, Tina, Tule and I were in one tent. We had 4 people in our tent.

Walking to the street we had to do hangi preparation. Each one of us helped out the parents or teachers.There was Miss Tito, Lepa’s Mum Bobby and Matthew’s mum Selina.
They were helping out their kids and helping prepare for the delicious hangi we had for dinner.

We walked down to the Pt England reserve for the next activity. It was kayaking. Kayaking is the thing I suck at the most because I’m not a sports person, and I don’t play that much. The others succeeded without falling, well some of the Motivatorz fell out. It was mostly the boys who kept on falling out.

It was lunch time and none of us had lunch so we sat down by our tent and had our lunch.Then we started leaving for the next activity.

We went to Mrs Lagitupu’s class for item practise for the concert night.The item was going to be fun and exciting. We had to do a MTV for the camp concert to earn more points for our group. The special item was ‘I’m yours’ by Jason Mars. Awhina, Hainite and Joshua did the special item. It was amazing.

On Monday night at 8:00pm it was movie time. We had to chose between Toy Story 3, Willow or Despicable Me! I chose Willow because I haven’t seen it. Willow was a long movie, and there was more girls than boys in the room. Toy Story 3 was in Room 22, Miss Tito class. Room 20, Mrs Nua, had Despicable Me! Room 19, Mr Harris, had Willow. Willow was a long movie. Some of the kids that were in there almost fell asleep.
Day 2
On Tuesday night was the Camp Take Charge Concert night for 2011. Parents were walking in and watching Mrs Lagitupu announce the first group. Responsiblez was walking up on the stage and watching their MTV video while they got ready for their item.

It was our last day of camp.We went to Swimarama for a swim and a relaxing day. This event was the best in camp. This was my favourite thing about camp so far this year. I hope I can get more opportunities to keep going to camp every year until I go to College.

Here is a MTV movie made for concert night.
This is the Motivators

In the weekend

On Sunday afternoon my family & I went to the beach on a hot summers day.

In the evening my sisters, brothers and my auntie all went to go swimming.Splashing water everywhere, my auntie was frustrated because she had water in her hearing aids.

Even though the rest of my family was not going swimming, they still had a relaxing time. They were just having a picnic while the kids were playing and swimming.

Even though I did not go swimming I still had a relaxing time,I also felt great. I did not need anyone to play with me because I really enjoyed having some alone time.

Finally we left the beach. We decided to go home after a hot day the weather was good to go to the beach and its time to leave.

This was a great day to go to the beach. It was the best thing to do on labour weekend.I was feeling great about it. That was interesting.

My Auntie's surprise birthday party

My Aunty’s Surprise party

Celebrating my auntie birthday on New Years Eve in Thames is really cool, she just turned 25yrs old on that day.
In Thames my aunty’s mum told all of the family to hide in the garage,so my auntie’s birthday was a surprise party. It was held in Thames at her mum’s house.

This is the best day to have a birthday party because it was New Years Eve. It had to be fun.We waited for her to turn up and she did. Finally when she came through the gate we quickly ran to the garage which was set up by my 2cousins and my mum. “This is going to be fun” I thought.

Finally she came and we yelled “SURPRISE!”.She had got a fright. We started the party and started playing the music. The kids were playing outside while the adults were having a great time. This have been the best day of my aunties life. I really think that my auntie enjoyed herself the way she was dancing and making a fool of herself.

My summer with my family

In the holidays I went to a Bidois reunion in Tauranga with my mum, sisters, brothers, aunties, and my baby cousin. When we we got there, I met a lot of my family that I didn't know. I said "hello" to all my cousins, aunties, uncles, nanas and also my papas. Some of the kids were wet because they were playing in the swimming pool while the rest were playing basketball on the front lawn. It was a fun day, but my favourite part was eating scrumptious food with the kids after all the fun had ended.

My sister going to the hospital

On Tuesday 8 march during school my sister went to the hospital to see what was wrong with her.She hasn’t been eating solids for over 2-3 weeks. That is why she has to see what was wrong. All she has been eating is ice-cream and yogurt. She has had been drinking plenty of milo or cups of tea.

Seeing Taamai in hospital is very touching and sad. This has been a tough road for her and our family. Her dad just visited her today on Wednesday. Her dad is my step dad, but our mum didn’t come. Our mum would have seen her and be crying right now.

I’m sure she didn‘t eat much or get enough sleep. I asked my nan, “how did Taamai get into the hospital?” She said that she is sick and has got something wrong with her tonsils. I hope she comes back healthy and safe.

School Picnic

Every year Pt England School had a school picnic at Pt England reserve.Parent helpers came to help out the Pt England students.This is a special event with kids playing and eating with their parents, friends or classmates. There are many things we liked to do.

The junior school were searching on the beach for crabs.Searching under rocks the little Pt England students were astonished to see those little creatures crawling all over the place. They were showing them to their friends and teachers. They just wanted to take them home, but they couldn’t.

There is loads of things that this school likes.Like sports for instants. Plenty of kids like sports even the seniors,sprinting around bases playing softball and baseball. When it comes to these sports I don’t like playing that much. I like playing netball or basketball. These sports I can play, because I like shooting the ball into the hoop.

It was time to leave. All the fun times are left at Pt England reserve. This has been fun and exciting at the same time. We have had lots of playing and sprinting. We walked back to school and had a little free time in our classrooms.

Tamaki Tech Reflection

On Monday 14th of Febuary 2011 we started walking to Tamaki Collage,year7's & yr8's Pt England students were on their way to tech.As we arrived everyone went to their classes.I was in a wood tech class,and the group that I was in was 7a.As we started class we got out chairs and sat at our tables.We got a booklets to put our ideas in.My teacher was Mr Grundy.We learnt how long was the timber,which is 320mm long.We were designing things that we can create out of 320mm wood.We were also learning about 7 safety rules.Mr Grunty gave us scrap paper to draw our rough designs on it.It was hard to draw 3D pictures because it is extremly hard, maybe because if we made a mistake no one will be having a rubber to use.Crowding around the table,Mr Grundy show us a few designs.
It was another Monday of tech and we moved on to measuring and cutting.We are going to start building next week.This is a really hard class to deal with,because we have to cary the tools carefully.Carying the tools, you have to cary them very steady and carefully.Going to a wood class is really tough, really I guest I really wasn't paying attention in class. I hope I make something useful,and more trustful.I'll try my best every week.

Christchurch earthquake

On Tuesday 22 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch,New Zealand. This is a tragedy for family's around New Zealand. So on Friday the 4th of march 2011 we are having mufti day so we can raise money for this city.Some kids are not going to school today because their school had collapsed and so had other buildings.This is devastating for the people who has no where to sleep and has family in this country that might need them to go home,but they can't. Also they might have no food to eat unless they have emergency kits. I hope people get rescued under all the rubble and collapsed buildings. Yesterday in assembly Mr Burt was talking about this tragedy event and how that there was no school for the children in Christchurch and if the children went to school their parents wouldn't be there to pick them up after school like our parents do. This all so sad so Tia and Tanielu did a prey and Mr Burt also did a pray but a closing pray to bless the children that are not going to school. I hope their safe in Christchurch also and I hope their going to be rescued alive. This is a tragedy to all New Zealand people and kiwis. 200 people are lost under neath all the collapsed buildings and rubble. Food are being feed to the homeless and shelter to the ones who have no were to sleep. These people are trying their best to
stay out of collapsed buildings. 200 people are lost in the debree and rubble also the colapsed buildings. As the buildings were tumbling down a huge dust cloud covered the whole city like Christchurch. Many people around New Zealand is talking about this all over the news. This earthquake is a tragic event. I don’t know if all the kids will make it out alive.