Jonty Pt England School

French Conversation

2011-10-04T13:19:00.005+13:00

The guillotine was invented during the French Revolution.

At the start of the term our team, Team 5, classes had a assembly based on the rugby world cup. We were going to find out what countries our class would be researching for the rest of the term. One of the countries our class had drawn out of the basket was France. We had groups in our class, our group was assigned to study this country.

“Kiaora, sorry, I mean ‘bonjour’. My name is Jonty and I'm from New Zealand Do you know what the capital of this country is?”

“Bonjour, my name is Pierre and you are actually in the capital, Paris! Anyway why are you in France?” kindly asked Pierre.

“I’m a tourist and I am researching this splendid country and I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions.”

“Okay sure, what would you like to ask me?” questioned Pierre

“Thank you, Pierre. What is a popular dish in France and what is it made out of?”

“One of our popular dishes is ‘Escargot’, many french people eat it at restaurants. It is made of cooked land snails. Sounds disgusting but it tastes wonderful!”

“Can you name one of the key players for the French team in the Rugby World Cup?”

“I favour Demetri Yachvili, he is good with the ball and has good sportsmanship.”

“Do you know a major celebration in France and is also annual?”i asked

“Bastille Day, it is to commemorate our French Revolution.”

“I didn't even know their was a French Revolution, when did it happen?”

“The French Revolution was in 1789.”

“Thank you for your helpful information Pierre, hopefully I will see you later on my tour.”

Silly Sports Day

2011-10-03T12:52:00.002+13:00

"Line Up room 19!" yelled Mr Harris On Tuesday our class was attending to a Silly Sports day with the other Intermediate classes on the bottom field.There Were going to be games and also wet activities there . "I hope there are going to be some fun Activities i thought to my self.

As we arrived down the bottom field the four of our intermediate teachers set up four well organised games for us to play. The teachers that set it up for us were Mr Harris,Mrs Nua,Mrs Langitupu and Ms Tito first we played a game with Mr Harris. It was about using Team work and communication, the main objective was to balance a tennis ball on a spoon (well holding it) and with your leg tied to your partners leg with a string. you also had to get to the other side and back with out dropping the tennis ball it was probably 50 metres away.My partner was David we kept dropping the ball and going back to the start.
it was very funny.

Mrs Nua ran a Team work and communication game we had to split up into four teams.Too accomplish this game you had too dunk a sponge into a bucket of water then line up your team then pass the sponge under your legs to the next person then pass to the right to the next so it goes under right,under right,under right till you get to the last person he or she has to squeeze that sponge into a bucket at the end what ever team won was with the most water in the bucket at the end.Ms Tito took a game using accuracy and strategy's it was where you had to slingshot different types of balls in a hoola hoop lying on the ground, i had no chance in that game.

My favourtie game of the day was Mrs Langitupu's this was a fun team game you had to get in four even teams i was in the blue team with my mates Tamati,Feki,Tyler,Milleny and cruz it was a funny game you had to tag the other team by passing a ball around and trying to tag the other players well they were running around our team were the champs.

It was a funny and exciting day on tuesday i hope we can do it again.

Cross Country

2011-10-03T12:30:00.004+13:00

Have you ever ran or jogged a 3.5 km running track?,I did it was the longest period of time I have ever ran. The year 7s and 8s had cross country a very tiring one, It was very exciting at first then when I got into it I felt exhausted.

Just to start it off Mr Burt lost his wooden clapper, It claps as loud as 60 people clapping at one time. So he actually used his hands just before the clap I had butterflies because my goal was to come in the top 3 I knew this would be a very hard goal. CLAP! off we went you would’t know what I was feeling I can’t explain it, It was like it was the end of the world.

Just turning the first cone I was sprinting already Feki was in front and me and Cruz were far behind him. KEEP GOING!! yelled Mrs George just heading to the footpath I had a stitch but it didn't stop me because champions never give up. After passing a few corners Tamati was a few metres behind me their was approximately 100 meters to go I started to slow down a bit I was coming second at the time. finally the end I finished strong with sweat dripping from my forehead i finished 2nd.

This was a good experience for me running with my mates and having fun, Also This was my first time placing 2nd, It was cross country to remember.

“Where The Heck Is Birkhead”

2011-08-15T12:02:00.003+12:00

Birkenhead is a suburb of Auckland, in northern new zealand. It is located on the north shore of the Waitemata Harbour, four kilometres northwest of the Auckland city centre.

Birkenhead actually means wild an beak it is known for its sugar factory The southern part of the suburb is known as Birkenhead Point and it lies on a between Chelsea Bay

and Little Shoal Bay, one kilometre to the west of the northern approaches to the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Northcote and Highbury to the north and Chelsea and Chatswood to the west.

Argentina are staying in Birken head and good luck for them to winning the world cup.

Keep Your Eye On The Ball

2011-08-04T09:10:00.001+12:00

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams:

Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers.

My team is the Stormers My prediction on who is going to win the world cup is the All Blacks

they have fast backs and a strong foward pack

There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.

My Furniture Design

2011-07-15T12:34:00.002+12:00

For the last few weeks our senior classes have been thinking of furniture designs for our street not the street in our neighbourhood. I mean our street at Pt England School. At Pt England we have a big area called the street it is where our year 7 and 8 classrooms are and where all of us students can relax.

The materials that have been using through out the few weeks are cardboard, masking tape, Newspaper, PVA glue.

It has been fun creating our own furniture designs for the street and I have learnt that after your hard work it can pay off.

Dr:James Naismith

2011-06-23T09:44:00.005+12:00

Dr James Naismith created the skillful game of Basket Ball at the high school he attended by the name of Spring Field College. The game was invented because his teachers asked if he could create a sport indoors because their were unfit people at his high school, this sport made them ultra fit.

Dr James Naismith was born in 1862 in Ramsey, and sadly died in 1939. When he was educated in high school his parents and both his grandparents passed away and this left his closest uncle the only one to look after him.

Aside from being the "Father of Basketball," Naismith became the first basketball coach at what is now recognized as a national college powerhouse University. He also was the only Jayhawks coach to leave the school with a losing record, going 55-60 from 1898 to 1907 — 115 games in 10 seasons, 11.5 games a year, on average. James Naismith once remarked that one of the happiest days of his life was when he got to attend the first international basketball game played on the Olympic Games stage in Berlin, in 1936. In a book published in 1995, Naismith was named fourth in a list of the top-100 most influential American sports figures of the century.

Dr James Naismith created a game of fitness and fun. Basketball got people up to get up and fit to improve their health His game of Competition and Cooperation is enjoyed all over the world today.

Bibliography

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/biography-of-dr-james-naismith.html

http://www.kansasheritage.org/people/naismith.html

History of Cars

2011-05-20T11:45:00.003+12:00

Cars have gone Bigger, better, faster and stronger from their GPS ,radios wheels and other accessories when Karl Benz had created his first car. The cool thing about it is that it was a 3 wheeler. Henry Ford had created the Cadillac he also had a work shop called the ford motor company .

The first company to build only cars was Panhard et Levassor in France. They started in 1889. Cars have changed over the past hundred years. Modern cars are very different. You would be able to find old cars and nice looking cars now, then just seeing old cars from the past. There are also more car company's then their was in the past.

In Praise Of Adverbs

2011-04-05T13:01:00.004+12:00

An adverb supports verbs and gives a bit of detail like where, when and who.
For example: "The volcano is erupting violently."

My Thoughts About Camp

2011-03-31T14:19:00.001+13:00

Before Camp:

In one weeks time we get to go to our year 7 and 8 camp. I am very excited to do all of the activities that we will be doing for camp this year. For camp we are going to have a Hangi on the first night.
I’m also looking forward to seeing the camp concert because their are going to be some funny and interesting acts to be performed. we just figured out what groups we were in because we had a meeting yesterday . The group I'm in is the Respectablez my two camp leaders are Feki and Shontal we are going to have a fun camp with them as our leaders.

After Camp
Camp had been tiring waking up at 6:30. We had to do jump jam and go for a bit of a jog, I was like a sloth so tired. There were lots of fun and our hangi was very Delicious. We had to sleep in tents though. My tent partner was Feki. We had lots of junk food to eat during the night, sorry teachers. The activity’s we had done were entirely different from the ones to finish off camp. We had went to Swimarama and it was lots of fun because I got to do some bombs of the diving board. My highlight of camp was playing with my friends, camp was exciting a bit better than last year. I like camp!

Excperiancing our new netbooks

2010-12-02T11:44:00.004+13:00

getting a new net book has been unbelievable for me because i can type up my work for all of our school to see. It is also fun doing typing lessons and all kinds of stuff i usually write about rugby league and my favourite things to do. here is a picture of me and my friend using my our new netbooks.

surf life education

2010-11-24T09:53:00.009+13:00

On a Friday morning us year 7s went on a bus trip to Mairangi Bay, i was excited to go on this trip because we got to go in the water. I had never been to this beach before because it had been far from home.I hoped this beach was better than Mission bay and Pt England. We were going there to get some tips on how to stay safe while you are in or out of the water.

As we arrived we went inside the clubhouse we had met 3 life guards they're names were rosy,recall,Megan and bailey what is a club house ?it is like a first aid it is where the life guards take people that are hurt also it is also where they keep a look out for people who are putting they're

we had lunch same old lunch nuttela bread and chips and a fruit then my mates asked ''do you want to play some rugby on the sand '' i yelled "YES!!" as soon as we started the megaphone had went off WOO! WOO! that meant we had to go inside

''We are going to do some activities in the water'' the life guards we went explained, Yusss! i yelled, we used the boogie boards and the tubes us boys boogie boarded first and the girls used the tubes the boogie boards were the best.

It was a long day at Mairangi Bay but sure enjoyed it the highlight of the day for me was boogie boarding because i caught heaps of waves it was way better than mission bay and Pt England combined.

Meeting the rugby league stars

2010-11-12T14:12:00.000+13:00

Boom Boom ,Boom Boom my heart had been raceing , Shorley i was waiting for this day to come. A couple of year 7 s and year 6s had been picked to go to the four nations fan club day to meet some of our favourite rugby league idols. What is the four nations? it is when four countries Australia,New Zealand,Papua New Guinea and England play rugby league against each other for the four nations cup.

Metting my favourite player in the NRL, guess who? Sam Burgess he was a bit bigger than i thought he would , he was humungus like triple the size of me i had got him to sign my rabbitohs ball because the rabbitohs are the best and also i got him to sign my four nations card.

Who would want to show us the haka for free tickets to the kiwis and kangaroos game on saturday said the hoster we yelled ‘’US!!’’ free tickets would be great. So the hoster said ‘’ok you guys in the red’’, so we went down to the field and performed the haka it wasn’t that loud but at least we got some free tickets.

I didn’t feel like leaving but we had to i would of stayed if i was bolted to the ground but i will get to see them in the stands so i said fa’

Acknowledging photos on the web.

2010-10-22T12:12:00.004+13:00

We have just learned to share the love by acknowledging the websites we take images from.

Click on this pic to see where I got it from

Techtonic

2010-10-15T12:52:00.003+13:00

This is my Techtonik team from the fia fia night last year

Go Tecktonic!!!

The Praying Mantis

2010-10-15T10:22:00.003+13:00

This term we have been learning about little critters. This is information about the Praying Mantis I've got from the movie shown to our class 'THE WORLDS BIGGEST and BADDEST BUGS". What made me so interested about this insect is that even when it's against a bigger predator it will stay and battle.

My Favourite player Sam Burgess!

2010-08-31T11:53:00.010+12:00

Sam Burgess profile:

Age:21

Height:6'5

Weight:112kg

Team:Rabbitohs.

Position:Prop\Secondrow

This is Sam burgess 1st year for the rabbitohs his old team is the bradford bulls he is a very talented player. He has scored 14 tries this year and made 135 tackles with Sam Burgess in the rabbitohs they might just win the premiership.

The Rabbitohs

2010-07-30T10:45:00.006+12:00

The Rabbitohs are my favourite team in the NRL. The Rabbitohs have won 10 games and lost 10 games, the Rabbitohs are my favourite team because they have many good players and there coaches name is John Lang.

I think they just might win the NRL premiership cup with there outstanding players like

Sam Burgess,Fetuli Talanoa,Colin best,Chris Sandow and Beau Champion I hope there's a spot in the top 8 for them.

I got a feeling the that the rabbitohs are going to take the premiership cup home.

Good luck the Rabbitohs!

State vs State Mate vs Mate

2010-05-27T11:43:00.008+12:00

''Did you watch State of origin?'' ''I did''. State of Origin is when a variety of NRL players get picked to represent their state to go into two worthy teams and collide to play 3 games of fantastic rugby league. It was one of the most favourable things on television last
night.

10.30pm was the kickoff time. I was like a sloth, I was so tired I could barely see.
Soon later i missed 3 minutes because i had been sleeping a big BOOM! of the game had woke me up .

As i watched the game was funny because New South Wales were scoring tries and my whole family were going for Queensland. The first try scorer was from the New South whales The one and only Jarryd Hayne. At the end of the game the score was 24-28 to Queensland.

My highlight of the State Of Origin was the try from the big man Anthony Watmough from a kick off the boot of Brett Kimmorley i can't wait for the next two games. ''Go New South''

My Artistic Art

2010-05-19T14:50:00.003+12:00

A couple of weeks ago we drew volcanoes it was awesome. My volcano was a bit hard to draw because we had to draw it with chalk . I can't wait till we draw more volcano's .I'm looking forward to the next art to be done next I hope you like my wonderful volcano.

My Team the Mt Wellington Warriors

2010-05-17T12:44:00.001+12:00

My Team the Mt Wellington Warriors, I had played for them last year . We have lost one game and one the rest so far. My positions are second rower and centre our hardest team we have played so far are the Bay Roskill vikings they are very challenging. In my team are 17 players 2 can not play every week it stinks if you are not playing but the next week you will be able to play . At the start of the season i was playing for the Otahuhu Leopards with my cousin Matthew but i was uncomfortable there and went back to my favourite club Mt Wellington Warriors. I love rugby league its my favourite sport to play.

Madden 10

2010-05-03T12:14:00.003+12:00

My favourite PS3 game is Madden 2010 it's the best game EVER!!. It has the best graphics, My favourite teams are the Arizona Cardinals,Green Bay Packers,Indianapolis Colts And the New England Patriots.
My favourite player would have to be Larry Fitzgerald the other version of Israel Folau, another High jumper. He can catch the ball like a dog jumping in the air to catch a Frisbee disc . I'm the champ no one has beaten me yet.

Rastah Lockz

2010-04-23T12:17:00.002+12:00

This is just a little snippet of us boys having fun. We got told that we could play around with the
new flash cameras. So we decided to add a little comedy on our 5 minute project.Here is a little fairytale twist. Hope you enjoy.

The Nine Headed Hydra

2010-03-10T09:47:00.009+13:00

On a Starless and Stormy night the horrifying looking creature crept out of its dark cave With Venom dripping from its mouth. It lingered waiting for meat to walk past. Arrrgh! The scary creature yelled with more venom coming out of its mouth, it hadn't eaten in a day. In the distance he could see a light, the Hydra was angry. He charged towards it and he saw a brave knight on his horse. He was wanting to be the first one to defeat the Hydra. This was the moment he had dreamed of. Neigh! yelled the horse and the Knight thrust his sword at the creature. The hydra ducked.Grind his evil Grind and shredded the brave knight into pieces with its vicious teeth. The Hydra stood undefeated.

Film Festival 2008

2008-12-12T11:57:00.001+13:00

We had the Pt England awards on Thursday night. we won the best sound track.

I had to go up and get it i was determand when i went up.

our video showed

I hope you like our beat box its done by Brendon Zane Tyler R Jacob and me

Tanielu changed the sound of the beat box filmed by Sela .

atheletics

2008-12-12T10:06:00.000+13:00

Interzone cross country was very tiring. It made me gasp for breath through my lungs. I had a big drink

I only made it in sprints

who would be your dream team

2008-12-11T10:21:00.000+13:00

1Billy Slater
2. Manu Vatuvai
3 Israle Folau
4 Steve Matai
5 Colin Best315 x 192 - 54k - blogs.abc.net.au/.../2008/06/21/colin_best.jpg
6. Ben Roberts
7.Jonathan Thurstonwww.news.com.au
8. Steve Price
9. Issac Luke
10. Roi Asitasi
11.Ali Lautiti
12.Paul Gallen
13.Jeremy Smith

who is the better

2008-12-08T10:18:00.000+13:00

Manu vatuvei solid big man vs Ma'a Nonu trie scorer i just don't know which one to vote for then you have Israel folau SO JUST VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Swimming at the YMCA

2008-12-04T09:59:00.000+13:00

Swimming at the YMCA is cool because Room 15 get to practice four diffrent strokes freestyle backstroke and breaststroke and butterfly.As I was practicing breaststroke and my friend jacob came and raced me he kept kicking his legs moving his arms me i just didnt even get by him he is very fast

THE WINNERS OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-11-26T09:50:00.000+13:00

We won yes!!! the kiwis win I cant believe it all that hard work coming to this that was close I thought we were going to lose for 1 minute because Darren Lockyer scoring 2 tries and the tries for the kiwis were Marshall, Ropati,
Hoahia,(2) Smith, Blair

WINNERS

2008-11-26T09:31:00.000+13:00

THE KIWIS WIN
YEAH!!!!!!

World cup

2008-11-19T12:36:00.000+13:00

The world cup is coming to an end with the kiwis vs Austrailia I mean the kangaroos.Fiji and England were out
Fiji had a very bad game 52 to 0 Engand had a alright game 32 to 22 but big manu scored4 cant wait till the end.

Sports rotation

2008-11-05T09:46:00.000+13:00

Today after morning tea we had sports rotation.My two friends Tyler and Jacob were in My group b. There were four games there were volleyball,kingdogeball,the parachute game and the trampoline. the game soccer was the first game we play.but it wasent tere so the first game that group b was going to play was king doge ball. with mr erick we first had to pick one person. to go be the goal keeper and that was Tyler was so happy he jumped around like a monkey

NRL

2008-09-10T08:44:00.000+12:00

Today i am writing about the warriors vs the Eels for the top 8. The Eels played a good game but they lost that ment that they were out. Manu vatuvei scored 2 and Brent Tate scored 3 it was very hard the warriors were not happy that they had the roosters for the quater finals i was happy that they won its going to be a good game.

weekends

2008-08-28T09:43:00.000+12:00

In the weekends I went to the Movies to watch the love guru it was funny because Iiked the
bit when he did the hand shake as I was was watching the popcorn fell on the

Olympic ceramony

2008-08-19T09:35:00.000+12:00

Boom!! Bang!! Boom!! Bang!!The sound was like a big hammer smashing on a drum but it just was
2008 people waking there hands on 2008 drums and it was the 2008 olympic ceramony it looked cool and it was a birds nest stadium and there was the five rings and it looked cool

helicopter

2008-06-17T09:49:00.001+12:00

When we went outside we heard a sound it sounded like chucka chucka chucka chucka chucka.We saw a little thing in the sky,it looked like a little bird but it was a helicopter.