Myths and Legends

Today we had to create a myths and legends passport, to show that we had been to each class and learnt something. I enjoyed all the classes but the Dragon's eye lake myth is my favourite over all!

A Maori Myth of Creation

This week we had our first literacy lesson in room 2 for a very long time. We had our first lesson of the term and we learnt about a Maori Myth, it was about how the earth was created. We read 2 texts and compared them we then had to create either a film review or a voice for the movie. I enjoyed this task it was fun and I'm looking forward to doing more!

The Creation of the World

Long ago; when the world was nothing, but a void of dark nothingness. Out of the the emptiness Papatuanuku the Earth Mother and Ranginui the Sky Father came together. Later getting blessed with  sons 6 sons.

Tangaroa who was god of the sea, Tāwhirimātea god of the wind and weather, Tūmatauenga god of war , Haumia-tiketike is the god of uncultivated plants and life, Rongo god of cultivated crops and animals, Tane Mahuta is god of the forest.

Together the six of these brothers each with their own fiery and passionate personalities lived the beginning of their life in darkness. Cramped up in between their parents who had a such a strong clasp on each other that it was almost impossible to separate them.

One day Tangaroa was fed up and decided it was high-time for the children to push their parents apart or take some kind of action. Most brothers agreed but Tawhirimatea the god of the wind was against this he believed that the boys should leave Papatuanuku and Ranginui. They were the ones who gave life to them after all.

Tangaroa despite what the quarrels with Tawhirimatea tried anyways. He pushed and pushed, but nothing neither Papatuanuku nor Ranginui budge. Tane Mahuta tried next he put his feet against Ranginui and his back against Papatuanuku and pushed. He pushed and pushed and just when you thought he'd given up he pushed again.

Then slowly but surely Ranginui and Papatuanuku started to separate. As they did light fled between them, thus creating the world. Ranginui and Papatuanuku separation led to the creation of the world letting there sons live a life that they enjoyed. That's the Maori legend of the Creation of the world!

Slit-Throat (Creative Writing)

He walked through the dark alley.  His shoes are clacking on the pavement. Clack clack. I watched as he marched closer. A knife in his hand. He was tall and mysterious, with incredibly broad shoulders. It made me wonder how he managed to stand up right. He walked closer and closer, to the small girl weeping in the corner.

I watched helplessly, as he finally reached her. He came to a halt, a dark smirk creeping across his face. He raised his hand and slit the girl across her neck. He didn't stop, he held her there for a second. I watched in horror. Was this real, no it couldn't be. I ran, I didn't know where or why, but I had to leave. It was the late hour of the night, and I didn't know who I should tell. I decided my best bet was my friend, the one person I could confide in.

I had arrived home, it was late. My wife and child were out, probably spending my week's wage at the mall. It didn't matter, I was tired. I sat down for a moment of silence. It felt like only a second when my friend barged in through the door. He was out of breath and with cold sweat accumulating on his forehead.

I calmly asked "How may I assist you at this hour

'Murder, Alley, Tall dude' He said out of breath

 'Cedric calm down and tell me what's wrong' I started looking at him seriously. He took a deep breath and took a seat on the brown sofa I had placed in the living room. 

'I just witnessed a murder, It was a girl, she she-' He stuttered 'Cedric how many times do I have to tell you, take your pills and stay in your new home. The doctor had told you missing them will affect your mind negatively leading to mild hallucinations' I started hoping my words would persuade him.

 'But it was real' he said again

Later that evening, after I had convinced him that it was all a figment of his imagination he finally went home. It was exhausting, and he was quite stubborn. It was a close call, nobody can know what took place in that alley. And nobody can know my secret. I am the murderer.

Sharing Lollies

Today we did a dmic.It was a lot of fun cause we got lollies near the ending. We had to solve the question next to us, the equation was 12 divided by 4. To do this we had to cut the 12cm licorice lace into 4 equal pieces. Each licorice lace would be 3cms.



After that 2 more people came along meaning that we had to cut the licorice lace into 6 equal pieces. But it had already been cut into 3cm quarters. To solve this question, I cut the 3 cm quarters into thirds so each person got 2 thirds of the quarters meaning the 6 people got 1/6 or 2/12.

Fabulous Fractions

Today we did we did more fractions there was a slide deck for 3 levels in which I choose to do the hardest. It wasn't too hard mostly because we had done this last year as well. We also did a dmic question about equivalent fractions.

Cupcake theft

Today something atrocious happened in class. Ms Stones cupcake was stolen. Many people claimed to know who took it. But later it was found HALF EATEN, this case still stands but, as a fun task Ms Stone turned it into a learning activity and we had to come up with an alibi and show what we saw happen!

Jamaica Blue Mountain

Today we learnt a legend this one was about, Blue Mountain which is a place in Jamaica. We also had a quiz with chocolate as a prize, which was a lot of fun. This term I have had fun learning about all these different things. Looking forward to more!

Dragon's Eye Lake

Today we looked at another, Myth. This one is from Croatia, it's about how Dragon's eye lake came to be. I really liked this story, it's quite interesting especially since, our Teacher this morning told us that, Dragons have been put into many different myths and they probably all originated from dinosaurs. The legend about the lake is also very sweet!

Paul Bunyan

Today we looked at another, myth. This time we looked at a Tall Tale from America. This story, is about a lumberjack who is really tall and has done many great things. This includes the creation of many great land marks, like the Grand Canyon, Great Lakes and 10,000 lakes!

The Watcher of the South

Today we looked at the Watcher of the South. Which is a myth from a tribe called Xhosa in Cape Town which is in South-Africa. The Myth was about A god creating the world getting injured during a fight with a sea dragon and fearing that his creation would be ruined. The gods mother then creates giants to fight of the sea dragon but they die in the process, and to help the Giants the god's mother turns them into Mountains. These are known as the Table-Mountains on the Coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

Welcome to Cambodia

Today we learnt about Cambodia and the Cambodian Myth of Rain, Thunder and Lightning. I enjoyed this topic it was a lot of fun, the video was very clear and the myth was very interesting. Cambodia is also a very interesting place, that have a huge population. I couldn't find many myths about Cambodia though, so in future I hope I get to hear more.

Cambodian Myth of Lightning Thunder and Rain

Today we looked at Cambodian myths and how Lighting Thunder and Rain came to be. We also looked at how much smaller Cambodia is from New Zealand and their population withstands ours by a lot! I enjoyed learning about this and am looking forward to expanding my knowledge!

Greek Mythology

Today we looked at greek mythology. I really enjoyed it the only thing I slightly dislike was how vaguely we covered the topic. However it was a big topic too, I'm hoping we do more, and I like the last activity in which we got to learn about a god of our choice!

Immersion Assembly Term 3

Today is the first day back at school. It's term 3 and our theme is A World of difference. Basically we will be looking at different countries, places, cultures, foods ect.

Team 1 had a movie, about children wondering how people in different countries do things. They looked at the different foods they ate, the different things day did throughout the day and how they traveled to school and back. It was very fun to watch and they portrayed this in an interesting manner.

Team 2 also had a movie, but there movie starred Dora the Explorer. Together Dora and Boots went on an adventure around the world. As usual she used her trusty map for directions and her backpack for tools. It was fun to watch and the teachers had amazing acting!

Team 3 also had a movie, it was really interesting because they showed the seven wonders of the world in an amazing race. It was funny to watch and many people enjoyed it. I liked how they used something that we would have all recognized, and the teachers amazing acting skills.

Team 4's item was also a movie, and a movie in which a lot of food was used. Team 4 made a movie about foods from different countries. They had sushi, kebabs, chicken masala, croissant, it all looked very delicious.

Team 5 had my favourite item which was an amazing show. That was about a woman who befriended an eel that became to controlling and was killed. The eels head was buried and later sprouted into a coconut, that the woman drank from. Team 5 will be learning about Myths and how Tragedy can bring a Blessing. I'm looking forward to it, because I'm really into greek mythology and astrology!

Zaeeda-WLJ- # Week 2 Day 5 (Leaders!)

Week 2 Day 5: Leaders!
Today we are here with some completely different activities. I'm really excited because this is the last day of the Winter Learning Journey so let's make the most of it.

Activity 1: Leaders!
Throughout this week we looked at different leaders. Barack Obama, Jacinda Ardern, Nelson Mandela and Jessica Rogers. Each of one of these amazing people were resilient in some way.

For this task we had to, find out the definition of the word resilience then talk about how each other leaders were resilient we then have to talk about one thing we would like to keep practicing from each leader.

Activity 2: Leaders!
Throughout this week we looked at different leaders. Barack Obama, Jacinda Ardern, Nelson Mandela and Jessica Rogers. Each of one of these amazing people were resilient in some way.

For this task we had to  2 leaders from your family then use an image of 2 people and an explanation of what makes them effective leaders in your family. 

Every family has a leader. Someone who carries the family and provides each and every member with the care and love they need. The amazing person that always there for you and continues to support you. I didn't say a name but that person popped into your head didn't they.

In my family it's my mum. She amazing! She wakes up every morning at 3 am and goes to work. After a hard day at work, the fun has just begun. She finished at 3pm and if off to pick up her 3 children, 2 in primary and 1 in college.

After she's picked up her daughters, my mum then come home and does the house work. Cooking cleaning grocery shopping, vacuuming, you name it she does it. But even after all that she continues to smile and persevere, she never gives up or complains.

But it doesn't end there. Despite the fact that she already done so much, she has to do it all alone. My dad is barely home and when he is, he's getting plenty of rest. He's a mechanic and that means that he gets called out a lot, and he does many night jobs. So my mum has to do most of it alone, so she has to be quite on to it.

My mum is always there for me and my sisters, she helps my dad and even provides for our family. So in my eyes I see her as my hero. She saved me many times from rethink at school.


My family is very fortunate to have 2 amazing leaders. My Mum and my Dad, my Dad isn't the kind of leader that does one super noticeable good deed. He's always there, ready to help, Support and advise.

He encourages us, by giving us the best pep talks. He helps my me and my siblings with our homework A LOT. Just in general my dad is very encouraging in towards our learning at school and education.

He's known widely in the community for upholding a reputation of being super helpful. He's always up to the task in helping anyone out. Whether it's getting a car jump started or helping someone start up there own business.

Another reason that I personally find my dad to be an amazing leader is always there to give advice He's done many things in his life, and has a lot of knowledge, as it comes with old age. That's why I find him the best person to ask for help and advise.

As you can see, there are many ways that he is a leader. And it's not just doing one good thing it's continuously doing something, THE RIGHT THING!

Activity 3: Extra Activities 
We had to create a post in which we are sharing 3 quotes that the leaders in our family say. When the had to post it on our blog with an explanation for each one.


This first quote if about being back at school. Just because it's not lockdown anymore we should still continue to learn and grow and keep going. I don't really know about you guys, but for me especially lockdown was a really important time in which I reflected upon myself. After lockdown I had a fresh start and I got to restart things that I hadn't done very well in. I kept going and kept growing. Also remember It's important to do your best!




This one relates to a quote my family said during lockdown which was "Sunshine is yet to shine on this cloudy day" we said that because, we were all waiting for the good news of, NO MORE LOCKDOWN to be announced which was going to be our sunshine. But now we speak of it as pass tense. This quote also relate to the fact that lockdown wasn't all that bad. New friendships were made but overall we became better as a community.

There are many great people the believe that nothing beats hard work. Well, a similar quote is spoken by my parents, especially my mum. My mum is known too work extremely hard providing and raising 3 kids. She also works a lot at home, a quote I often hear her say is Don't fear work, work should fear you. Basically meaning don't stop working because they're is too much work to be done just keep going and keep persevering. 



Activity 4: Bonus Activity
For this task we had to write a message that we would like to send to everyone in New Zealand. This message had to be somewhat encouraging. We also had to choose three emojis to some up this weeks Winter Learning Journey.

Here is my encouraging message. It isn't much but basically everyone has done a good job at getting things back on track and back to normal. We just need to keep being amazing.
👌😎🤔
I chose the ok hand as, my holidays and the winter learning journey has been okay. There wasn't anything that has made this holiday the best ever. But we still have one more whole week.

I also chose the emoji with the sun glasses. Because these activities were decently easy and I cruised through them, which gave me enough time to relax and just chill these holidays.

The last emoji was a thinking sign because, most of the activities this week, were the same ones I completed in one of the Summer Learning Journeys I did.

Welp this Winter Learning Journey has come to an end. I did enjoy the activities, and had quite a bit of fun completing them. These holidays I did a lot of relaxing at home, and preparing, because we have a busy term a head of us, and my mum's birthday is on Monday but you'll hear more about that later. SEE YOU NEXT TIME! <3

Zaeeda-WLJ-# Week 2 Day 4 (Taking Action)

Week 2 Day 4: Taking Action
Today we are going to be learning about people who did some amazing things all to make prove a point. This was because they had a dream and believed that they could achieve their dream, and change things for the better!

Activity 1: A Long Walk To Freedom
Nelson Mandela is an civil rights leader and an activist. He was born and raised in south-Africa. South Africa had a political system called Apartheid, for over 40 years from 1948-1991. This meant that they had different rules and customs, South-Africa had different rules for people with lighter skin.

Nelson Mandela didn't feel to well about this, and thinks that everybody should be treated equally. Fortunately, Nelson Mandela became president and put an end to Apartheid. He changed the political system for the better, but this wasn't before he went through some hard times. Mandela spent 27 years in jail before this.


Mandela 18 years in Robben Island Prison. As you'd expect life was tough, but he got through it. Mandela spent his days breaking rocks into gravel, he was forced to work in the quarry all day long. At night he would study hard, learning to become a lawyer. He was allowed to have 1 visitor and a letter every 6 months. Life was hard!

expect life was tough, but he got through it. Mandela spent his days breaking rocks into gravel, he was forced to work in the quarry all day long. At night he would study hard, learning to become a lawyer. He was allowed to have 1 visitor and a letter every 6 months. Life was hard!

This is my letter,  I did have some trouble as I have no idea what jail is like. I have never even seen a jail in real life. So this did take some time and a really good imagination.

That brings us to an end of another day. Only a couple more days left in these holidays. I can't wait for school to start up again. There were so many things we haven't gotten around to doing so I bet that this term is going to be one rollercoaster of a ride. And I'm looking forward to it!

Zaeeda-WLJ-#Week 2 Day 3 (Dear Jacinda)

Week 2 Day 3: Dear Jacinda
We are back with another day. I really enjoyed doing this because, it allowed me to test a still in that we are also practicing in Class. It was also the right amount of challenge. <3 

Activity 3: 'Dear Jacinda'

For this task we were allowed to choose a topic that affects our country. We then had to research and write a letter to Jacinda Adern addressing this problem. This task was heaps of fun, especially since I have an interest in politics!

Dear Jacinda Adern
 I am writing to inform you about the pollution problem, not just in the world but happening in our local communities. Our schools, beaches and streets are flooded with rubbish. No matter how many pieces we pick up, and how often we clean up. Rubbish continues to get everywhere!

 Our locals, are not the main problem anymore as they now know that it’s not good to pollute. However when our trash cans are overflowing and the wind is blowing. Rubbish gets everywhere!
 This rubbish is harm our environment and will continue to ma major problems.

1. Our gardens and that won’t help the plant
2. Float out to sea and hurt our sea creature
3. It can fly everywhere and get stuck in the drain gutter and even get blown into the shop

I suggest we should do something about it urgently. Here is my solution.
 Step: 1 We could empty the bins more often because this would help the bins from overflowing and it would make the community look much neater and it wouldn’t hurt our environment.
 Step: 2 We could have bins, in which we sort the rubbish. That way we could have our plastic, waste and recyclable rubbish in one place. I know that this would help because Pt England have started a Bincurity team that help the student of Pt England School recycle and sort their rubbish into 3 different bins 

1. The black lidded bin where we put our soft plastic like chip packets and glad wrap
2. The Yellow lidded bin where we put hard plastic card board and clean paper we also put in thing with the recycling sign in it
3. The red lidded bin were we put waste the thing we don’t want and don’t put in the other bins like fruit skins and wet and gross things

Step: 3 We should also get more bins, more bins means more space to put rubbish in and less chance of rubbish overflowing 

That is my solution I trust you are capable of putting this plan into action. In saying I hope that you will give me the time of day to read this, and that we can do something about this rubbish harming our planet because I care about the enviroment, we need to do something other than talk we need action. Please Help!

 Kind Regards Zaeeda
Pt England School

That ends the third day of the second week doing the Winter learning journey. Had heaps of fun and this weeks one. I can't wait to continue learning these holidays.

Zaeeda-WLJ- # Week 2 Day 2 (Wominjeka)

Week 2
Day 2: Wominjeka
It's the second day of week two, and we have another activity. For this task we had to use our maths skills. I really enjoyed today it was just the right amount of challenging and it was some different!

Activity 2: Rights and Wrongs

For this task we were asked to find out how old Dr Jessa Rogers was when she received the award. She was born on 7 April 1985 and she received the award on 9 July 2010.

Jessica became the first school principal and youngest (Aboriginal principal in Australia). She was the principal of a school in the far-north of Queenstown, Cape York Girl Academy for young mums and babies. Jessica was rewarded with the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award in 2010, has gone on to win many more awards and write several books all because her work has improved several indigenous educations. 

The answer to this mathematical question is 25 year 3 months and 2 days old. I know this because....

Equation) 2010-1985=25

So we know that she was 25 years old. I then added on months to the date, because that's how long it's been after her birthday and how long it's been after she turn 25 years old.

April + 3 months = June

7 April + 2 days= 9th April

So in total we have 25 years 3 months and 2 days old.

So Jessica was 25 year 3 months and 2 days old when she received the award.

That brings us to an end of day 2, of week too. This is the last week of the holidays :(. I'm looking forward to school; kind of. But for now, let's finish these activities to the best possible, standards we can.

Zaeeda-WLJ-# Week 2 Day 1 (Kia Ora)

Week 2

Day 1: Taking The Lead!

I'm back with another amazing day doing the winter learning journey @ team 5. It's week 2 and this week we will  be focusing on people who have tried to make a change through activism and politics. the

Activity 1:Playing Favorites

For this task we were asked to name 5 things we like to do. We then had to take pictures of us doing those things. I had fun both doing this task and the activities I enjoy doing.

Barack Obama was the USA's president from 2009-2017. Barack Obama, was the first USA President to be first African-America. He was born in Hawaii with a father from Kenya-Africa and an American Mother. His parents separated when he was young and his father died when he was 21 years old. 

Barack Obama, met his wife when her studied law at university. Together Barack and Michelle looked for way to help adults and help other in there community. Barack and Michelle are usually doing there favorite things when there not working. this includes spending time with their family, playing with their dog, or going to the gym.

That ends the first day of the second week doing the winter learning journey. Had heaps of fun and this weeks one of my favorite topics. I can't wait to continue learning these holidays.

Zaeeda-WLJ-#Day 5

Day 5
Today is the last day of the Winter Learning Journey. I've enjoyed this week and have had a lot of fun. Today's tasks were quite fun today!

Activity 1
For this activity we had to share 3 quotes that our family have said from about getting back to school in level 2. 


This first quote if about being back at school. Just because it's not lockdown anymore we should still continue to learn and grow and keep going. I don't really know about you guys, but for me especially lockdown was a really important time in which I reflected upon myself. After lockdown I had a fresh start and I got to restart things that I hadn't done very well in. I kept going and kept growing. Also remember It's important to do your best!

It's important to take care of yourself.  When your feeling down find one good thing to smile about it. It's the number one solution to any bad day. It can be for any reason. But I promise that it will make both you and the person next to you live a happier day.



This one relates to a quote my family said during lockdown which was "Sunshine is yet to shine on this cloudy day" we said that because, we were all waiting for the good news of, NO MORE LOCKDOWN to be announced which was going to be our sunshine. But now we speak of it as pass tense. This quote also relate to the fact that lockdown wasn't all that bad. New friendships were made but overall we became better as a community.


Bonus Activities

We had to come up with a message that we'd send to everyone in Aotearoa. It has to be 10 words at the most.

We also had to choose 3 emojis to show how we found this week.
👌😎😐

I chose the ok hand as, my holidays and the winter learning journey has been okay. There wasn't anything that has made this holiday the best ever. But we still have one more whole week.

I also chose the emoji with the sun glasses. Because these activities were decently easy and I cruised through them, which gave me enough time to relax and just chill these holidays.

The last emoji just means that, I'm waiting for something else, something to make this holiday just a little bit more entertaining.  As you can see I'm a little bit underwhelmed right now. I hope you enjoyed this weeks WLJ activites!

Zaeeda-WLJ- #Day 4 (Good As)

Day 4: Good As
Today is another day of me doing activities from the winter learning journey. Today's activities are activities I don't think I've done before. But they were just as challenging as any other. Let's Start!

Activity 1
This activity was a little bit more challenging then the others but it was nothing to hard. I did enjoy this task and like the level of challenging it was. I liked how we got to research a sports star and come up with similes for it!

Here are my similies.

1. As fast as a cheetah

2. Stronger than an ox

3. As stubborn as a mule

4. As cool as ice!

That concludes today's activities they were a lot of fun. Today is definitely my favourite of the days. Serena Williams is my favourite sports stars because she also had a lot to say about women's rights.

Zaeeda-WLJ- Day 3 (Fast As)

Day 3: Fast As

Here is another day worth of activities. Today we have an activity that was quite different. I don't think I've seen this activity before. But let's try our best anyways. Activity 1: Faster than a speeding bullet 
For this activity we had to create 4 new similes.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a world famous athlete, famous for sprints. She won the record for the 100m sprint and was crowned the “world’s fastest woman”.

Shelly-Ann was born and went to school in Jamaica, which is a small country in the caribbean. During her college years she was a good athlete. She won the Jamaican Schools Championships at the age of 16. She went on to win many races at both the olympics and world championships. Many people have compared her running speed to people like Usain Bolt and even animals! When people make these comparisons, they often say things like: “Shelly-Ann is as fast as a cheetah” or “Shelly-Ann is fast like a fighter jet”. Image Website

A Simile is when you compare something to something else. E.g The House is as tall as a skyscraper. Here are my similies!

1. The tree is as tall as a mountain
2. My hands are as cold as ice
3. She's as sweet as honey
4. I'm as busy as a bee

Today was fun, I did learn something new. But I'm sure that I've heard similes before.

Zaeeda-WLJ-#Day 2 (Tusitala)

Day 2: Tusitala
Today's task was really fun and neutrally challenging. I enjoyed this activity, and didn't find this as challenging because I had completed a task like this for the winter learning journey.

Activity 1: Big Friendly GiantOur task was to describe what we imagine the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) looks, smells, sounds like. In the begging I got stuck with this task but I made it in the end.

The big friendly giant is a book written by Roald dahl. He was a british writer, fighter pilot, spy, and inventor. But he was mostly known to be the amazing author of dozens of kids books. He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, George's Marvelous Medicine, The Twits, Matilda and so many others.
In all of his books he has plenty of fascinating creatures. Some of the most vicious evil spine chilling villains and the kind, warm hearted heros. He had also an awesome vocabulary to describe these characters. He created words himself words like Scrumdiddlyumptious, catasterous disastrophe, sizzle pan, bundongle, churgle, darksome, snozzcumber, frumpet, gollup, grunches, and mideous. Here is my description of the BFG!

The BFG was a calm and friendly giant. He had a warm smile and he was swift whilst he collected the children's dreams every night for as long as anyone can remember. He was like a sweet old man the kind that would invite you into his house, and give to cookies and show you pictures of his grandchildren. 

Every night after collecting the dreams he would attentively, recording the dreams on piece of paper. The old fragile creature, would meticulously labeled each bottle. Sorting them in a careful manner. 

This activity was mildly challenging I had fun doing this task. But it was definitely fun I'm looking forward to doing more. ALOT MORE!

Zaeeda-WLJ-#Day 1 (Kia Ora)

Day 1: Kia Ora These holidays our amazing teachers in team 5 have created a series of Holiday blogging activities for us to complete. Everyday I will be posting an activity, explaining what we had to do and so on.

Activity 1: Exploring Your Roots
For this task we had to create our own pepeha. We got a template and a site to use for this activity. I enjoyed this task and it was definitely easy, in future I hope we get to do more challenging tasks.

Here is my pepeha, I differen't really know what else to add to it. Because it's a really basic thing, and I'm proud to know mine. This task was exceptionally easy because, the teachers at school encourage us to learn things like our mihi and pepeha. 

This activity was inspired by a famous New Zealand Director. His name is Taika Waititi. Not only is he an actor but he is also a Filmmaker, Director, Actor and Comedian. He has create/directed many popular films like, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople and "Jojo Rabbit". As a child Taika Waititi lived in Raukokore. When he graduated from high school Taika Waititi moved to Wellington and studied drama at Victoria University.

Even though he moved away he didn't forget his roots. No matter what he didn't forget where he came from and who his family is. Taika Waititi come from a family for of different Diversities culturally. His dad is Māori (Te Whānau-a-Apanui) and his mother is Russian-Jewish.
Today was fun, I'm looking forward to doing more the activities for the days ahead, but I do hope the these tasks get more challenging.

Term 2

WOW, I can't believe term 2 is already coming to an end. We've all been through some much with lockdown and being busy getting things back to normal. This will definitely be a term I will never forget but even so, I would like to reflect on some of the best things about this term.

Lock-Down. It was a bittersweet feeling going in and out of lock down. It gave me time to reflect on myself, and think about how I've started the year. But it meant that we somehow had to keep up with our learning and other activities like Prefects and Penn. We did keep Penn going and we also had assembly going, somehow social distancing brought everyone closer together emotionally. I did enjoy my time at home during lock-down. But it was even better to get back to school and back to our normal routine.

When we got back to school we had a lot of things happening. We did the 40 hour famine which was cool I raised $365 and we will find out how much we raised altogether next term. We changed home classes. These changes were really important and I can't wait for the rest of the year.

Selwyn College, I know I'm at Pt England right now, but pretty soon that's where I'll be going. Just last week we were all getting ready with open evenings and interviews. Every school seems just as amazing as the next, and I'm looking forward to what the future, bring ahead. But I know that I should make the most of my time here at PES.

Overall Term 2 was hectic and really tested my ability to learn. But with a positive mind-set and a bit of determination. WE DID IT.

The Water-Cycle (Term 2 Animation)

This term we had to create an animation to explain one of the earth's system. We had the choice to choose between animating a Volcano Erupting or the Water-Cycle. I chose to animate the Water-Cycle I started with precipitation then Accumulation, Condensation, Evaporation, Transpiration and Sublimation.

Next time I feel that if I start to work on my animation earlier the graphics would come out looking better, I also had to re-record my voiceover due to background noise. But overall I am proud of this animation. :)

The Million Pound Bank-Note

Today we finished the million pound bank-note text. It was very interesting and I could slightly see where the story was going but it was a slight surprise that the gentleman that was betting turned out to be Portia father. I really liked this text and I am quite happy with doing texts like this.