Killer whales/Orca whales

Killer Whales also referred to as Orca Whales. These sea creatures are in the O. orca species and are seen all around the world even in Antarctica and Greenland. Killer Whales are mostly black with white patches in different places on the body.

Killer Whales hunt in groups like wolf packs. But when the mother has calves she teaches them how to hunt pray like Seals,Sea lions,other whales,birds and Penguins.

Killer Whales also migrate just like other whales. Luckily Orcas are far from extinction.        

Te Tuhi

Today we went on a trip to Te Tuhi in Pakuranga we went there because it is our term 4 inquiry for art attack.

We also made one of our own Tapa using Dye, Paper and Oil pastel. The four main things that we had to include were Family, Culture, Interests and Home.

Once we were Finished we had a look around the Gallery and learnt about water and dams. And it was great.

Athletics

Athletics

On friday we had athletics. The activities were Discus, high jump, 75m/100m sprints, shot put, hurdles, skipping and others that I can't remember.

Our whole school got split up into their years. Year one to eight. The year 7’s first went to the sack race and tug of war. It was really hard to win against the other teams.

The second event was softball throw, throwing my hardest I almost got past one of the furthest throws. (Dam I did not do very well, better luck next time) I said to myself I heard a sound it was time for lunch. We had not finished our last  event after that we run to our last event sadly the day had to an end but we had a lot fun. Well it was worth it.

Auckland Museum

Auckland Museum is a museum that has a mix of Maori and Pacific carving and weavings. The Year 7s went there because our topic for term 4 is Art Attack so we went there to look at the Pacific and Maori patterns, designs and artwork.

The Grand Foyer is the front entrance. This hall is made from terrazzo (marble chips embedded in concrete to form patterns). And on the roof the stained glass leads light from outside directly above the entrance foyer.

The first gallery we went to first was the Pacific Masterpieces we also had a task to do which was sketch some of the art/patterns that you pick. Next we walked to the Maori gallery which has the  
There is an area named the Pacific Masterpieces thats where we went first to look at the all the islands like Easter Islands,Tahiti,Rarotonga,Niue,Kiribati and more.

There is also two areas that involve the sea one called Coastal and Oceans. The Coastal area tells you about the Wonderful coasts of New Zealand like Mission bay which you can see from the front on the Museum. And the Oceans area is were you can see a lot of sea creatures that are popular in New Zealand or around the world and also extinct animals.

Why do we need to sleep?

Why do we need to sleep?

Everyone need to sleep because your body needs sleep especially if you’ve been playing sports or working. If you don't get enough sleep you wake up grumpy or very tired.

Sleep gives your body a rest and allows it to prepare for the next day. Kids in between 5 and 13 need about 10 to 11 hours of sleep. Going without sleep for 5 nights you will start hallucinating.

Why is it important to have class/school rules

Why is it important to have class/school rules?

Having school rules is important for safety. And for others education. No rules would lead to bullying,theft and destruction.

Rules are important because there needs to know where the boundaries are. Rules need to be followed just like laws. Because laws are just rules.

Without rules or boundaries there would be things happening like theft destructruction disrespecting teachers and bullying. Having no rules would be like having no laws and no one would control.

thats why rules are good

Immersion Assembly

Immersion Assembly was yesterday because it was the first day back at school. This term were learning about art and the subject is called Art Attack. The purpose of immersion assembly is to inform the students about what we’re learning about this term.

Mr Burt begins the assembly by welcoming the school to the new term. He had a tablet taped to his chest that was playing Speed Art onto a screen. Then he introduced Team One’s item.

Team One’s item was about art involving the environment. Things like water and nature. Next was Team 2. Their item was about the primary colours which are Blue, Red and Green. Without the primary colours  there wouldn’t be other colours. After that Team 3’s item was about different artists.

I liked team 4’s item because Mr Sommerville made me laugh. They are also learning about different artists such as Van Gogh, Fatu Feu’u and Monet.

Finally Team 5 all the teachers painted our principal Mr Burt, and Vice principals Mrs Jarman and Mr Jacobson. They left the best item till last.

Weekend

In the weekends me and my friend semi played X-Box together. First we played Call of duty Black ops 2 1v1 quickscoping. Semi was using the Ballista with iron sight and I was using DSR50 and the score was 4-71 and I won.

Semi insisted a rematch so we had a rematch with the same guns and the score was 2-73 and then he turned off the T.V and then we put on Watchdogs.

The plan was to find someone who has info about me as a vigilante but the bad thing was he’s in prison. But the plan was not to kill him but to let him know that I can reach him any time so he wouldn't tell anyone. Because he could get let off in 30 days for good behavior and I could change it to 60 years.  

We started to do some missions which we had to break into a prison which was easy because I just needed to walk into a police station. The uniform issuer gave me a phone which I could hack the cameras and find the man who I was looking for.

Samoan dodge ball

This is a presentation that Neo,James and Me

Letter to John Key

I am writing this letter to Mr Key to make him aware that plastic bags are becoming big problem. For the sea life.

Dear Prime Minister

Did you know that plastic bags are commonly mistaken for food by animals? Sea creatures ingest plastic and choke. Dolphins will eat pieces of plastic sheeting they mistake for jellyfish and other prey.

There is a big impact on fishing industries. Because fish are ingesting plastic or rubbish. There are a lot of plastic items in the ocean because people are just littering. Did you know that there is a big island that is made from rubbish and it is big enough so you can walk on it?

Did you know that there are thousands of sea creatures are dying  because of the plastic and other rubbish? Many of them are choking and washing up on shore because of plastic bags and other plastic items.

And all of this can be stopped by throwing rubbish in the bin. I suggest charging Ten cents or Twenty. To help the lower the numbers for plastic bags or make big bins for plastic.

Life Ed

In the life education caravan Lyn teaches kids that everybody has potential and if you drink it could lead to addiction later in life. Adults can break down one bottle of beer per hour. So that means that the younger bodies absorption rates are faster than an adults body.  

Spirits contain a lot more alcohol than other drinks. And alcohol can lead to double vision and concussions and even death. Lots of teens start on RTD spirits because they are easy to get ahold of.

Lots of people start on marijuana because it is also easy to get hold of of it. Drugs can ruin peoples lives.

Wales in the Commonwealth games

Wales is located in Europe. Wales has hosted one Commonwealth Games in Cardiff 1958.

Wales are competing in the commonwealth games in Glasgow in Scotland. Wales is known as a commonwealth country and is also a country of many myths. Wales have been competing in many commonwealth games over the years.

Wales is coming ninth in the Glasgow 2014. Wales location originates just West of England and Southeast of Ireland. Wales is a part of the United Kingdom which is in Europe.

Over 3.060 million people live in wales and 324,800 people live in Cardiff the capital city. Cardiff is also known as the largest city in wales and is the ninth largest city in the UK.

Commonwealth Games

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1	Only Commonwealth countries compete
2	New Zealand are competing in the commonwealth games
3	Commonwealth games are a bit like olympics
4	there isn't as much countries competing than the olympics
5	theres more than 10 games

Useful links:

http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/attached-files/Glasgow%202014%20Factsheet.pdf

http://www.gameonscotland.org/glasgow2014/

http://www.hie.co.uk/regional-information/2014/100-facts-about-the-games.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2290636/Commonwealth-Games-2014--Facts-Figures.html

10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1	Four hundred athletes from eleven countries competed over 6 sports and 59 events in the first games in 1930.
2	Valerie Adams was the flag bearer for NZ at the opening ceremony
3	The first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930
4	The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games promises to be the best Commonwealth Games ever
5	The Commonwealth Games is a unique, world class event which is held once every four years. It's often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’.
6	The Commonwealth is made up by 53 member countries.
7	More than two billion citizens live in the commonwealth and in 2009 447,043 of those people lived in the Highlands and Islands.
8	On the second Monday in March every year, an annual celebration for the Commonwealth is held to mark the Commonwealth’s achievements.
9	Scotland has previously hosted the Commonwealth Games twice, in 1970 and 1986, both in Edinburgh.
10	Thirty-one of the commonwealth members have a population size of 1.5million people or less.

coromandel

Last weekend my family and my uncle from Wales in the United Kingdom  went on a trip to the coromandel. When I woke up I didn’t really want to go because I wanted to say home and play minecraft but my dad told me it was a family outing so I had to go. I tried to take my time getting my togs ready but I had one hour to get ready.Once we had all your things together we left the house and got some drinks.

Then we left Auckland and I fell asleep in the back. But when I woke up we were outside the gas station. Me and my dad were wondering why there were lot of muscle cars. We asked someone that had parked outside the gas station and the man said because there was a beach hop so all the muscle cars go to all the beach’s in the coromandel.

When we got to the hot water beach we hired some shovels so we could dig a pit in the sand. Once we finished our sand pit the hot water came in.

When we were too hot we would go into the sea and we would cool down. Then we went down to Hahei and ate some lunch. When I finished my food I went swimming. When I was getting shellfish me and my brother saw a eagleray come towards us.

Tamaki College sports

Tamaki College, a place located in Glen Innes, and just down the road from Point England School. Tamaki college has a variety of cultures but mostly Maori and Polynesian. Some faces would appear familiar to others. That’s because some students from Tamaki college attended Point England school.

We go to Tamaki College because it gives the older students experience with younger students for other sports activities. We come down so were not stuck in the class all day. The tutors are Year 12 students that attend Tamaki College. They are teaching us P.E. skills. They help us learn about leadership  for N.C.E.A.

P.E. helps to us get fitter and it helps to train our muscles. It helps for long term health or even  we can become interested in sports or social activities.

Our experience with sports at Tamaki College is fun and can sometimes be exciting. It includes different activities like electric fence, blindfolded course (things like jumping on to things).