Shawn at Pt England School

Bar Graph

2012-02-09T12:44:00.002+13:00

This week Room 21 created and completed graphs on a site called create a graph. This is my bar graph of the most favourite sports within the class. The sports that came out with the same results are Netball and League, and the sport that came out victorious were all the other sports.

Uranus

2011-12-12T10:35:00.000+13:00

1. How long is a year on Uranus? A year on Uranus is the same as (equivalent) to 84 earth years
2. How many hours shorter is a day on Uranus than a day on earth?7 hours
3. Describe the discovery and naming of Uranus.
Uranus was named Georgium Sidus(the georgian star)after the English king, George III. after it was renamed Uranus to match the names of the other planets.
4. Uranus was the first planet to be discovered by.....(a) the unaided eye
5.Who was Uranus in mythology? Ouranos was the god of the sky and husband of Gaia(mother Earth)
6. What do you think is the most interesting thing about Uranus?The mythology about Ouranos being the god of the sky and Gaia being mother earth

Multiple Intelligence's Quiz

2011-11-03T14:40:00.002+13:00

Today we took an MI Quiz so we could be aware of our Intelligence's and how good they are. This is the aftermath of my test and to me I think it's pretty good

My Holiday(In a Truck)

2011-10-28T14:45:00.002+13:00

My ears were feeling a bit def after the speakers in the truck were blasting. The heat was to hot to bear then I finally figured to roll down the window. As my hearing slowly faded,I thought why is it so loud on my side so then I balanced the radio because it was all on the left, then my ears weren't feeling so sore.

On the way down from Auckland I5 stared out the window at all the traffic. It was miles long and nearly all the cars had all black and the french flag’s on them, there were people waving their teams colours out the window. The road trip so far was pretty cool.

As we progress towards Taupo I started to get hungry, so then I tell the driver A.K.A my dad to pull over. We had stopped in a small town called putaruru.The smell of fish n chips filled my nose I immediately pointed to the fish n chip special that was hanging from the wall. “and a burger” I said as my siliver was about to wash the floor. I was hungry as and couldn't even wait. My eyes were watching every single order that the lady was giving people,then after a while we heard “2 hamburgers and a special 7” I rushed to the counter and collected our feed.

Jumping back into the truck I unravel the package and the smell wafted freely through the rig. Within ten minutes I demolished the burger scoffed down the fritters and chips, after another ten minutes I was stuffed and every little bump on the road was agonizing for my stomach. It was like every bump in the road matched the rhythm of the song.

My stomach started to calm down and then I could enjoy the ride. Before I knew it we were 10km away from Taupo. I looked around at all the trees and bush it was like a Forest, I thought to myself “gangster this is mean as” coming from Auckland I'm used to being around buildings but out here its all tree. We reached our Pitt stop in Taupo. What’s this place i asked my dad, “eah where in stag park” he replied showing off. Coz he’s already been here heaps of times in the past.

I jumped out of the truck (Freightliner Argosy) and wondered straight into the little diner restaurant and slided $1.00 into the arcade machine. After losing in a circuit race i hopped off and kicked the game. After a little while my dads other truck driver arrived and they swapped trailers. We were loaded up and ready to go,climbing back into the truck I waited for my dad. He started up the engine and we drove off through the park. Glaring out the window I spotted this big rich Hilton motel with colourful lights touching the outside probably inside to.

Our next destination was to be back in Auckland at a frozen and chilled company called Provida Manukau. I don't even know if we went there because i was fast asleep in the back. “Oi get up” a screaming voice yells at me. I got up and stretched,looked around and oh, we’re back home.

Maths whizz

2011-09-16T14:29:00.002+12:00

This is a little snapshot of my progress in my maths whizz. I have to continue learning shapes because I always forget the names and what the shapes are called

Liam Messam

2011-08-18T10:25:00.003+12:00

Liam Messam played in the super 14 chiefs he also played for Waikato in the air New Zealand cup. He was the 2nd leading try scorer in the 2006 air New Zealand cup. He plays as a loose forward.

Zachary Robert Guildford

2011-08-17T12:35:00.004+12:00

My feelings during school

2011-08-17T10:51:00.002+12:00

My learning goal

2011-06-27T13:26:00.002+12:00

My movie is about my learning and how i can improve writing,understanding and reading properly. Hope you enjoy my movie thank you.

The ferocious wind

2011-05-11T09:41:00.000+12:00

At 3:00 pm on the north shore a huge, terrifying tornado struck in the heart of Albany. It hit and carried heavy things and threw them metres, even miles away. Buildings, cars, trucks, trampolines and even roofs. The tornado was very tragic as people shopping there didn’t expected anything like that to take place. This tremendous tornado was like a washing machine but the power was much stronger.
A man doing his job,trying to fix a roof was picked up and thrown miles away. He was described to be around the age of thirties and a Philippine . He was pummeled and slammed against a wall, sadly he didn’t survive and died on the scene.
In a town where this type of thing is nowhere near common the Philippine mans wife and kids would have been very distraught to hear about their dad and husbands death. This terrifying ordeal was a terrible event.

Trip to the shop

2011-05-10T10:28:00.002+12:00

“Nahh” my little brother sulked as he desperately tried to keep the door from closing, because he knew that if the door slammed shut and the lock flicked close he would have to stay home. Sadly his plea didn’t work.

Me and my mum quickly hopped in the car and speed off down the road to the shops. As we reached the shops my mum jumped out of the car. She went into the dairy and came out with a fizzy drink, pie, chips and some Milo. She came back into the car and we drove back home.
Sometimes my little brother can be a little drama queen. This one little trip to the shop was a huge mission because of my brother.

Picnic

2011-04-14T10:16:00.000+12:00

Point England Values.

2011-03-28T14:43:00.002+13:00

As part of Point England school we have Values. Our Group The Titans Have Selected a Value and This value is Learning, Hope you enjoy.

Tech at Tamaki

2011-02-24T13:19:00.002+13:00

As we assembled on the streets of G.I a sea of year 7 & 8 students scattered all over struggled to listen and sit down. After quite a while we finally got organized and started making our way to Tamaki College. Marching towards our destination I did’nt know what to expect knowing that this was my first time at tech.”What will we be doing” was all i could say as we approached Tamaki college.

As soon as we arrived we I took one look around at all the college students quickly scrambling to their next class. I went to my class which was science along with other students, I started wondering what my teacher was going to be like and what his name is. I stepped foot inside and It took me till the middle of of class to figure his name out.

The first thing we did when i found a table and sat down was look up at this huge board[to try and see what they did the last week]. Soon I knew what was going on and I started to listen to the teacher[I was already listening anyway].We all got one piece of paper each and we were talking about keeping clean and eating the right food. We all thought of a lot of ideas but most of them were from the week before and I didn’t know what they were.

Now it’s time to take a little break. We got to have a little drink then it was straight back to class. Walking back into our room we all saw these pieces of rubbish scattered over our tables. Everyone was thinking and saying”why is there rubbish on the tables”. Through the wide open door with the wind blowing in comes our teacher. He told us to look on the back for the energy on the back of the packets[all of the packets of rubbish were food and some were drinks].

All of us quickly scanned the back of the packets searching for the energy amount. While we were racing to find how much energy was in each packet,our teacher was writing on the white board. He was making a chart to see what food had the most energy.We all read our packets to him and he wrote them up on the board. Once we were finished he told us to roll up our papers and we can go.

My first day at tech wasn't that cool but I”m sure the next one will be better.

Devastating earthquake

2011-02-23T10:08:00.007+13:00

On the 23rd of February a huge terrifying event took place. In the heart of Christchurch is where it all began. Everyone in the city was living their normal life when all of a sudden a huge shake. What I mean by huge shake is EARTHQUAKE!. It was only 12.51 pm when the quake started to really do damage. Buildings collapsed cars were trapped even the icon of the city was destroyed. Yes the almighty cathedral was demolished and it only had one way to go once it was struck,that was down. The earthquake was 6.3 magnitude and was 5 km deep. Fear fulled the bodies of those who were close or underneath a building that was about to cave in. Luckily some managed to escape and some not lucky.The confirmed death toll is 75 but it is still climbing and there are over one hundred injured.After the earthquake the damage the quake left was devastating .

Ab sailing

2010-11-24T11:38:00.003+13:00

Nervously walking to the huge wall, I saw the sheer face which we were going to be Ab sailing on. As one instructor ascended, the other was telling us that contact was important. Watching the instructor carefully didn’t take much nervousness away because I knew I had to do it soon .

Before I knew it, it was my turn to attempt and conquer the straight wall. Walking up I could almost feel my heart shaking, I was so freaked. Getting to the top depleted my confidence, because ten seconds from reaching the high thing I already had to take my stance on the end of the wall.

My body shook and my shoes slipped I thought the rope was going to snap or something. Going down the wall boosted my self confidence, the more momentum I gained the faster i went down then finally my feet touched the ground.

“Yeah I’m finished”!!! those words screamed inside me.

Moths

2010-11-11T11:56:00.005+13:00

Mighty Mariners

2010-07-19T14:06:00.003+12:00

Achieving the goal to wake up early was a huge challenge, as the morning flew by I saw pt England coming to the horizon. I was excited because it was also the first day of term three, and we were going to have a new topic to learn about. I wondered a little bit on what was the new topic gonna be. Then it struck me, a teacher strolled past me dressed like some kind of pirate. I kind of got an idea but I knew I had to wait for the big assemble to start, but until that came I just waited. We were allowed to enter the hall and try to figure out the topic, not Long later Mr Burt announced that it was Mighty Mariners.

Traveling experience

2010-06-25T12:33:00.006+12:00

Arriving at the airport,the jet engines sound throughout the hall. Adrenaline rush is all I fell as the plane gets closer and closer,I look up and glance at the massive machine sitting right in front of me. I wonder am I really going on a plane.

Before I know it I'm stepping foot inside the air craft and taking my last stare at Auckland soil, I'm all strapped in and in the air but I look out the small glass window on the side and see nothing but clouds,floating around in the sky and the painful sun stunning my eyes as the rays continue to burn.

The ferocious engines begin to slow and the plane lower,as the sunsets and where about to move in on the ground. As the doors open I unblock my ears and patiently wait for pedestrians to cross the huge bridge. I head downstairs and examine the rotating carousel. Collecting the bags took ages because there were over one hundred people.

I finally found and retrieved my heavy bags and managed to make it to the exit. I slowly walked out of the door but my sister wasn't there. My brother was waiting for me and my sister,but she was already outside looking for my brother,but he was right in front of me. "Hurry up" he said laughing at my sister .

Ten minutes later and we were at my older brothers house. I thought traveling to Christchurch was a huge experience for me and it was pretty cool.

Tsunami

2010-06-17T13:58:00.000+12:00

Tsunamis are a mortal danger, it will completely destroy any one, or thing that steps in the way of the monstrous wave. The number one thing that annoys the tsunami enough to set it off is, the earth quake.

Clevland Cavaliers

2010-05-17T12:05:00.011+12:00

Cleavland's all star Lebron James(RIGHT) left the Cavaliers after they lost to the Boston Celtics 85-94. Its unofficial if Lebron James is going to sign with the Los Angela's Lakers. But if he does, the Lakers coach Mike Brown would be extremely happy, and all the Lakers players would be honored, to have play alongside Lebron James as a team member. All the best to him and his next team "come on man LAKERS! LAKERS! LAKERS!".

Physical Education

2010-04-29T14:07:00.003+12:00

As I gasped for breathe, my skeleton sustained injuries, hipnotizing me into thinking my bones were going to fracture time and time again . The mortal like game that we were particapating in was code named octopus. The aim of the octopus is to sprint as fast as you can all the way to the other side of the court. Obviously I didnt make it, and because I didnt make it I had to suffer the consequences of being in.But the only thing about being in is you have to sit down and try to touch someone while skittling along the ground.

Rumbling Earth

2010-04-20T14:41:00.005+12:00

As earth rotates the plates of the world shift from position all the time. Even though we cant feel the plates moving they travel very slowly forming Earth quakes that create Tsunamis. Earth quakes could even be a sign that a volcano is about to erupt. If a volcano does erupt it would be havoc for a near by town or city. A Earth quake forms mountains cracks and holes in the ground,one part of the earth goes down and the other up, earth quakes,volcanos,and tsunamis are very very dangerous

Why we have a Treaty

2010-04-16T20:21:00.001+12:00

Before the Treaty of Waitangi, there were no rules or laws or even police to keep the peace. So thats why there were fights between the Maori and European.

Camp Kindness

2010-04-16T20:20:00.001+12:00

"Yay", everyone thought as we began the day with orienteering.

My team name is TLC. Wedesday the 17th of March is the day we start camp! "Yeah". With no doubt in my mind I was sure every one at camp loved everything so far (but no one more than me).

As we raced around to find the next clue some people ran, some walked or even jogged, but who ever was doing it had a little bit of fustration or if not, the happiest feeling in the world in their minds.

We reached our destination and set our compass to where we wanted it, only to find out we have already been to this location. So at the speed of light we sprinted our hearts out and ran to our last location just to hear the sound of Mr J's trumpet sounding through out the whole school.

The next thing my group did was camp cooking. But there was a twist- we had to stir the mixture with our hands. So we washed that part of our body under the freezing cold water and returned to marquee for dough mixing. A couple of minutes later we got to cook this delicious food called damper. As we were cooking this food the flame of the fire rose and fell as the wind and rain combined to blow the fire as we cooked.

Coming to the end, our freshly made food became ready as the flame kindly cooked our food for us."Finally" "Eat" "Yay" People shouted out as we ate and swallowed fresh damper straight from the burning hot fire.

But the highlight of the day for me was kayaking, because even if you didn't get to go out on the sea first, you still get to swim in the water, or stay on the land and squish your way past the mud. I waited and waited and finally I got to go out. Once I did I went every where. Twice I almost capsized and fell into the water head first. But luckily I didn't I was able to control myself and the kayak.

Then I returned to the shore to head back to Pt England.

Captain Cook Comes to NZ

2010-04-16T20:19:00.001+12:00

We have been researching what it was like for Captain Cook when he first came to New Zealand. He met a new and strange people, who lived very differently from the way he had been brought up in Britain.
Have a look at what we found out.

2009 Blog Posts

2010-04-16T20:18:00.000+12:00

Last year I was in Room 14 with Miss King.

I posted lots of work on the Room 14 blog and if you click here you will be able to read all my work and see my animations and movies.