Chanel and Hannah's Powhiri Recount

Chanel's Side of the story .....

Today was a lovely day, until all the hairs on the back of my neck rose. We were getting ready to start performing our performances before the Mayor gets here with all his guests. He was visiting us because there will be a new Early Childhood Education centre getting built in the front of our school, Glenbrae School. My friend, Hannah was performing a Samoan dance, the boys from my class were performing a Tongan dance. When the Mayor arrives with all the other guests, us girls and boys will welcome him with the haka and Karena and Noellen will welcome them with the karaga. It was so traditional and New Zealand like. After all the nerve-wracking moments, we walked and silently sat inside the hall waiting for the ceremony to start. During the ceremony, we were singing, laughing, clapping. Len Brown, Nick Smith and Matua Jim made some speeches and talked to us about what has been happening around Glen Innes. There has been people moving from houses to houses and some people aren’t liking it, but it’s okay.

Hannah's side of the story .....

After all the laughs and joking around, the whole school walked to the front of the school, getting ready to dig into the ground for the building of the centre, next year. We all sang Te Aroha once more and then took photos. Some people were fangirling, I could tell. We photobomb some of the photos, which were funny. Later on, we went to the scout hall, which was getting repaired and is going to more beautiful than before. We did the karakia to bless it and wish that everything will go well. We also went down to Taniwha Street to see the new buildings that are getting built. It was funny because Nick Smith was inside the digger and he dug a huge hole into the ground. We stood there with protesters making everyone mad, especially me. I just wanted to …………. nothing. When it was time to leave, our teacher signalled us to start walking back to school.

Everyone had fun on that day, we all wished it never ended. But, it was a Thursday and Thursdays always end …...

Persuasive Writing

Have you ever wondered how you can achieve your goal to get a good education?

In society students still haven’t got a decent education.

This has started happening and children are not working hard enough on their tasks. It will become an enormous problem if students don’t complete their jobs. Not enough children are giving themselves a chance while going to school because they’re not trying hard enough. Instead they become dropping out of school at the age of 16 or 17 years. Why I’m talking about this is because I believe that students should work hard enough to receive an excellent education, because students need to graduate, they need to concentrate and complete their work and so they can have a better life.

I believe that it is so important to learn at school and graduate.

If you are interested in your learning I presume you will work hard.

It helps me with what I really need to think about for my future.

Its also important to learn because when students get older they might get called a

successful person from an adult that cares for you.

Students must know all of the techniques and so they can start learning from the age of 4 and up. I understand that students want to get a good education. I also believe that students find that learning is an enjoyable and helpful thing so that they will be able to plan the rest of their life.

First of all you should concentrate on your own work before helping others, because if you never complete all of your work than you find yourself suffering in class. In fact believe in what you know, because if you do you’ll become brainy. Furthermore when students are stuck they should ask a teacher for help, because you’ll never know that you're improving in your learning.

Finally I believe that students should receive a quality education so that they will have good life in the future. So if they get the job they want they will receive some money to look after their family and will be able to pay their bills off.

In the future I must believe that it is so important to learn at school and graduate if you want to get a scholarship to go to a collage where you will really learn. It’s so cool that when all students graduate college you get a job. The job that you absolutely know that you will get a lot of money. To provide a house for your family you will have to stay in school right til the end. When you stay at school you will be able to buy some food for yourself and your family. Just imagine what it would be like if everyone worked hard to get an important education and if everyone got paid for working so hard.

Squash Recount

Hooray! On Friday Room 10 went to the hall to play a game of squash. It was as fun as going to a nightclub with your friends every weekends. First we had to get divided into four equal groups. The four groups were created by two men. We had two helpful instructors waiting for us to be quiet so that we could get on with the competitions. I learnt that Squash is a sport like tennis but you have verse against any kind of component hitting the soft ball against the wall. On Friday I had lots of fun playing Squash with my classmates it was like an enjoyable occasion for all adults to play with their family for any kind of event at any time they are available. After we completed playing Squash we played relays. Even though my team lost we still had fun playing Squash.

Holiday Recount

Orientation

In the holidays myself, Aunty Raui and Uncle Ela have a wonderful holiday visiting the mums job. We all have to decide how to get to town first. Uncle told Aunty Raui and I to do the dishes so we can just shoot of to see how mum works. We all found it so interesting going to mum’s job. I felt so excited to see mum and her classmates.

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Hooray! Its the holidays. In the holidays my family and I went to Britomart to ask my mum for some spending money. My uncle, aunty and I are as excited as celebrating christmas at the movies. It was early in the morning when suddenly mum texted uncle’s mobile. The text said “Morning bro! How are you guys coming to town to get my pocket money, to do the shopping for the house?” Uncle Ela came rushing into the kitchen when I was making us some eggs on toast for breakfast before we leave. He read the text with wonderful expression coming from his mouth. Then uncle asked me, “Can you ask papa for his car instead of using our money to catch the train?” I replied saying, “I don’t know it’s up to you and Aunty Raui!” After a while I told Aunty Raui and Uncle Ela that breakfast is ready so when we finish we only have to do the dishes and then shoot of to town. Aunty Raui said that if I be good today she might shout me some lunch. As we finished eating our breakfast Uncle went to the sink to start stacking the dishes up for me and Aunty Raui can just get on the with the dishes as soon as possible. Afterwards I went ran to the bathroom with aunty and uncle to brush our teeth and get changed separately. When I finished getting changed I realized that I need to do the dishes. I felt as hot as a fireplace heating the house up. As myself and Aunty Raui did the dishes mum texted uncle Ela again. The text said, “Hi again! What time are you guys arriving in town bro?” Uncle replied saying, “We might come at 9am my sis. We’re coming to town in dad’s car!” Then we completed the dishes so after that we can shoot of to town saying, “HALABALOO!” We all felt so happy to go and visit mum

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As we hopped into the car uncle asked us, “Should put some gas in the car! So that when we give the car back there will be some gas left in the car for him to go to his darts game this afternoon!” We said, “Yeah of course we should because if we use the and there is no gas left in the car he will get all angry at all three of us!” Then we left home with a enormous smile on our face. Few minutes later we arrived in Britomart at the parking section. Because we were going to be there for 2 hours uncle went to the paying machine to pay for parking area. Our car was on floor number two. When I got out of the vehicle I never knew that it would be cold outside. Outside it was as cold as being in Antarctica by the penguins but at the same time I was still excited. I couldn’t wait until we saw mum in her classroom in level six. We all used the elevator to get up to the class. The class was humungous like an elephant in a quiet and calm jungle. Afterwards I said, “Yay we are here now!” Finally I saw mum and her classmates adding make-up on their clients faces.

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Mum was on break for an hour and a half so we could get something eat and go for a look around in the clothes shops that were nearby her job. First we all went for a walk to Burger King across the road from McDonalds. For lunch mum and I had a combo that had some chips, a big burger and a large cup of Coke. It tasted so delicious like eating a chocolate cake with a mug full of milo. Then we went to get some clothes from Cotton On beneath mums job. I got a pair of blue, red, green and black skinny jeans with some jerseys that go with the jeans. Afterwards mum, aunty, uncle and I went back up to mum’s class.

How to ride a bike.

WALT: Follow Instructions.

Title: How to ride a bike.

Materials: Bike  Helmet Pads  Highlighted top

Steps / Instructions: Pull your bike out. Put your helmet, pads,closed in shoes. Check if the bike is safe to ride. Ask an adult to help you fix bike if broken. Test all parts of bike. Practice riding your. Set a bike riding course.

Conclusion: Have fun riding your bike with friends and family.

Holiday Recount

The most enjoyable part of my holiday was when my cousins came up to Auckland. They came from a beautiful place called Oamaru. Their names are Byron, Jordan and Kaia. When all of them first came up Nana Catherine went to the national airport. Then they went to Waiheke for a few days then caught the ferry back to town. After that Nana Rebecca, Uncle Shane, Aunty Kiri and I went with Aunty Chanel to the ferry station to wait for them to arrive. Finally they arrived on the ferry. When I saw my cousins I ran to them and started crying because we haven’t seen them ever since last year. Eventually we went to McDonald. We had a big feed like an enormous festival. Then we went home to have a welcome home party it was fun. My cousins and I stayed until early hours in the morning. We keeped on talking all morning.

King George Tupou V

King George died in the Hong Kong hospital by losing his own kidney so he had get another kidney from a person that had all ready passed away.
King George died at the age of 63 years old. He was the government of Tonga. "His death was confirmed by Tongan Prime Minister Lord Siale'ataonga Tu'ivakano".

Guy Fawkes

Hooray! It's time for Guy Fawkes night. But before any one can light their fire works they are going to try and be Patient until it's very dark. If you have any pets, make sure they're very safe so they can't get injured.