Lika takes us back to the day we went to Motat

On the 10th of March 2011 the Year 7 students went on an educational trip to Motat. When we arrived we were welcomed by Elaine and she took us to our spot for the day which is next to the k900. That is also where we had our lunch and morning tea.

After morning tea the classes went to their own activity. The first activity Room 3 did was the tram ride. When we arrived to the tram station we had to wait a few minutes for the next tram because we were early. Then we saw the tram coming on the other side then it came to us. We all hopped on and enjoyed a ride up the road where the display for planes is.

The next thing our class did was look at the different displays at Motat. We looked at the old cars, old washing machines, old ovens and we also read some information about Jean Batten.

After that it was our turn to go into the class. The teacher was Elaine who welcomed us to Motat in the morning. She asked us what we thought a real New Zealand citizen is. She taught us about kiwi symbols and icons and she was very impressed with what we know about New Zealand already. After that we got the chance to play dress ups and sign our class treaty. Some of us dressed up as a farmer and some girls and boys dressed up as Jean Batten. Signing the treaty was cool we had to keep dipping the feather into the ink to write our names.

The last activity was so much fun. We went to the mirror maze and it was almost impossible to complete it. After that we went to the village and looked at the jail and the church.

After that we had to go back to where the k900 is and get our school bags because we had to leave for school. Before we left we said thank you to Elaine for being an awesome host. We really enjoyed our trip and I would like to thank our teachers Mrs Parker-Tofa, Mrs Nirmala and Mrs Andrews for taking us.

Irasa recalling Constable Paul's visit

Truancy and Behaviour

On Wednesday 16^th of March, Room 3 was in the ICT researching information on the computers when Constable Paul came in and introduced himself. He told us he was going to discuss two things. Truancy and Behaviour.

All of us were asking ourselves what truancy is. He said it was another name for wagging. Constable Paul asked us if we had ever wagged at Tamaki Intermediate. We all obviously said no. Then he discussed his childhood. We all understood what wagging was and that it is a bad thing to do.

After that he talked about bad behaviour. He told us how important it is to behave in school because it will help us in the future.

I think Constable Paul’s visit was important because he talked about things we need to do now that will help us have a good future.

Maria's recount on Constable Paul's visit

Paul visits Room 3

On Wednesday 16th of March when we were in the ICT room Constable Paul from the New Zealand Police came and spoke to us about truancy and behaviour.

Constable Paul Grey said that truancy was when someone missed school for no reason. We also can’t just tell our parents that we are going to school then walk around the streets without coming to school. If someone is caught truanting the police will go to their houses and ask why they are not coming to school. He said no one should want that.

Then he talked about behaviour. He said that we have to concentrate at school and be good. We can’t be stupid during class as well. We have to pay attention and if we don’t concentrate we will miss out on our learning.

I really enjoyed listening to Constable Paul Grey. He is a really good policeman.

Information Report about our National Anthem

God defend New Zealand

Did you know that New Zealand’s National Anthem was written as a poem in the 1870’s? There was a competition to compose music which was in 1876 by the Saturday Advertiser and judged by three prominent Melbourne musicians, with a prize for ten guineas.

The winner of the competition was Tasmanian- born John Joseph Woods of Lawrence, New Zealand who composed the melody in the single sitting the evening after finding out about the competition. The song was first performed at the Queen’s Theatre, Prince Street, New Zealand on Christmas Day, 1876.

The song became popular during the 19th century and early 20th century, and in 1940 the New Zealand government made it copy- right and made it New Zealand’s national hymn in time for that year’s centennial celebrations.

The case of the stolen projector

On Wednesday the 16th of February we used our smart board.

I felt really happy using it because it was my first time in my whole life. Well firstly we used it for maths, topic and writing. We also used it for our wall story which the whole class was working on.

When I came to school on Monday the 21st in the morning we could see that our classroom was dark and only Mrs Parker-Tofa was there. Mrs Parker Tofa told us someone stole the projector.

I felt really sad and little bit angry because we only used it for two days and it must have cost a lot of money. I was also angry at my self for not closing the curtains on Friday the 17th of February 2011. I am sad too because of the work we did using the smartboard was really cool. We could all see what we were working on clearly.

Well if the police find the people who stole it I will be so happy to know .I will also be happy if Mr Horan buys us another one. I HOPE!

I think those robbers will be punished for what they did to our school property. I also think they were the people who stole Ruapotaka’s projector that was in the multipurpose room.

Losing our projector

When we first got the projector I was so happy and excited. We hadn’t had one before in Room 3 and with the new projector we were able to use the smart board.

We were having a good time using the smart board and projector, doing our work. Then we came back to school after the weekend and we heard the bad news.

Miss Parker told us that on Sunday at midnight the Room 3 door was forced open and our projector got stolen, that was why we were up stairs in Room 5. She also told us that the police were going to investigate and try to find some evidence.

When I found out I was shocked because they have no right stealing the projector and they left bits of it behind. Plus that is one of our learning tools gone. I also felt disappointed because we only had it for a couple of days and then it was gone. I think who ever took it is a selfish and ignorant person.