tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78621973401985496252024-03-06T08:45:31.300+13:00 Tyla-MarieThis is a record of my learning at Point England School in Auckland, NZ.PES Blog Gmailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10430434432980030044noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-38918324276782410762014-12-08T19:22:00.001+13:002014-12-08T19:22:26.704+13:00My TattooThis is a presentation about a tattoo design I have made. We were given the task of designing or creating a tattoo or ornament of some sort to show our family ourselves and our culture. I present my Tattoo 'Ko Whanau toku Taonga'.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"> For the past couple of weeks, our year 7&8 extension group have been studying about symbolism and the understandings of motifs. We also have learnt a lot about the traditional Samoan ‘Tatau/Pe’a’.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-82967082599404881662014-11-19T10:09:00.000+13:002014-11-19T10:09:05.278+13:00Camp Reflection<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-31269270405729027652014-10-14T09:15:00.001+13:002014-10-14T09:15:36.044+13:00Different start to the term<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After finishing our self managing task, we were to finish it off properly with a reflection. I personally think we did an outstanding job. <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As part of our self management task, we were given the task to make a movie sending out a good strong message. Marking my self out of 10, based on self management, I’d give myself a 8 out of 10. Simply based on my acting that I contributed, I helped plan and stood by and observed the process of editing. But although I worked hard, there were times where I did muck around a little and got caught up in the moment when I was MJ. In terms of managing our selves, we did an outstanding job. We stuck to the criteria and outstanding MTV in the time given, great lip syncing and awesome editing! I loved it, but mostly impressed by your ability to manage yourselves</span></span></span></h4>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-39597124309485806102014-09-15T19:23:00.000+12:002014-09-15T19:23:30.200+12:00College...ARRGGH!Me. A girl of leadership, honesty, many talents and much happiness. All of what I have learnt at Pt.England School. Soon, I will be leaving Pt.England for secondary school, which I am very afraid of. Although I've learnt alot at my school, I still feel there is much more I need to learn before I take off.<br />
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Secondary school seems so BIG. The learning, students, subject, all seem big. I cant get over the thought that in 15 weeks, I will be finished intermediate and off to college. Choosing ONE college of many was probably one of the most frustrating and challenging decisions ever.<br />
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I had to think about what I would want to determine and what school would help me do that. Performing Arts is what I desire, so that would've had to be first on the 'This school needs' list. There was a variety of schools to choose from, and for a couple of weeks, I was having trouble choosing between two schools. Selwyn College, (Which my brother goes to), and Auckland Girls Grammar School.<br />
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Selwyn College had all of what I wanted in a school, and I new quite a lot of students from that school. But AGGS, (Auckland Girls Grammar School), had all of what I wanted in a school, plus a maori unit. A maori unit is like a mentor class but instead of learning everything mainstream, you learn i te reo maori. Meaning if I go there, I will most probably be getting taught in maori instead of english, along side the normal subjects taken in college.<br />
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As I am so passionate about my culture and eager to learn more about it, I decided to apply for AGGS. I still have to go in for my interview, which will happen tomorrow. As nervous as always, I feel like if I be me and relax, I will get it. Fingers crossed for me.... :DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-32628986712443729912014-09-12T10:30:00.001+12:002014-09-12T10:30:24.435+12:00Self Management Task<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/105606684" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/105606684">They Don't Really Care About US!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9281605">Team 5 PES</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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In my class, we are learning about self management. We were given a task to see if we were good at self managing ourselves.<br />
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This is a movie created by my friends and I. We were given a time to complete this task to see if we could self manage our selves well. If I was to mark our group on how well we selfmanaged ourselves, I would give us a 9 out of 10.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-56879966008091078362014-09-01T14:45:00.004+12:002014-09-01T14:45:51.469+12:00Dandy Shandy Presentation<span id="docs-internal-guid-67b6457a-2f0e-24c7-ff89-91042055c3a8"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dandy Shandy is a game that is something like ‘Dodgeball’ and ‘Piggy In The Middle’ combined. This is played mainly but children but is most popular with the younger girls in Jamaica. It is one of the more popular games in Jamaica.</span></span><br />
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The way they presented themselves on stage was funny, creative and enjoyable. Their story telling was what I enjoyed the most.<br />
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The two authors gave good advice and criticism on how to become an amazing writer. I wouldn't say they gave me inspiration to become an author but they gave me inspiration to write in my own style of writing.<br />
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What I would've done different though was either make a song with my story or act out a story. I reckon that would've made it really fun and interesting. Thats what made last years Storyline tour interesting.<br />
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Overall, I really enjoyed all of the authors and the way they told us their stories. A note to the authors would be keep doing what your doing, because what your doing is great.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-61713274653896571752014-08-26T14:34:00.001+12:002014-08-26T14:34:36.192+12:00My MascotThis term, my class were to create our own mascot that would be in the commonwealth games held in New Zealand. It had to have features that would signify it as a New Zealand based mascot.<br />
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This is my mascot Ma Kapua. His name means white cloud because, New Zealand is the land of the long 'white cloud'. Ma Kapua looks like a tiki because tiki have been apart of New Zealand forever. The colours are the New Zealand Maori colours. Ma Kapuas head is white like the long white cloud, and the black and red and on the first New Zealand Flag that had maori and pakeha mixed together. That is what my mascot means and is.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-29327991292866600192014-08-26T14:20:00.000+12:002014-08-26T14:20:03.340+12:00My Life Ed Notes <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-83243184133826818582014-08-25T09:59:00.002+12:002014-08-25T10:12:00.917+12:00Storyline Festival Info<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-39351347716582220062014-08-18T10:18:00.002+12:002014-08-18T10:18:59.185+12:00Last Astria to CountdownToday was the last day to finish Astria Countdown to Impact and it was fun. I got to finish finding the info and giving it in to the council. It was hard trying to please them but I got it in the end. We had to choose one source to try and stop the asteroid. I use the solar sail thrust to stop them and I got a score of 75%.<br />
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I really enjoyed the game and I would love to play it again some day. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-7677537942702622052014-08-18T08:48:00.002+12:002014-08-18T08:48:58.147+12:00Astria Countdown to Impact: Day ThreeThis was the last time Ana and I played and we had already found all the clues and right information we needed to hand to the council. We were having a little bit of confusion on what to do next so we didn't really know what to do with the information. I think my partner Ana and I missed a bit of information in the early stages but overall the game was quite good. <br />
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The game was about you becoming an Alpha Leader and having to build a spaceship to go out and stop an Asteroid that was heading towards planet Astria. <br />
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The game itself was really really cool. I enjoyed everything about it from the characters to the making your own ship and also the little information we had to find. But overall in the whole entire game, I really loved talking to the characters, (even though they had no voice). Me and my partner pretended to be the other characters and that made me feel like I was in Astria which was pretty cool. The overall game is just amazing.<br />
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It would soo beat the other games we play in class like mathwhizz and cool mathgames. It had some challenges that were really fun and I enjoy it a lot.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-7637251705260689762014-08-06T14:46:00.000+12:002014-08-06T14:46:56.537+12:00My Athletes Point of View at The Commonwealth Games<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-73433947973614125402014-06-30T09:15:00.000+12:002014-06-30T09:15:49.716+12:00Smart Footprint<iframe allowfullscreen="" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/99201074" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe><br />
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This is a little movie my friends and I created about being cyber smart. It teaches kids how to be safe and sensible online in a cool creative way. Hope you enjoy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-17095677218909938332014-06-23T10:40:00.000+12:002014-06-23T10:40:23.658+12:00BAR Key House TransformationThese are two houses that were transformed using the BAR key. The BAR key is apart of 20 other thinkers keys. The extension group had to draw a house then rotate around the computers and let others change it using the bar key. B in the bar key stands for bigger to make big or enlarge something. A stands for add and R for Replace. <div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-6048800719855658042014-06-11T19:36:00.002+12:002014-06-11T19:36:58.448+12:00The Present: Chapter 13 Screenplay<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/97878402" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/97878402">Short land Street Material : The Present Screenplay</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9281605">Team 5 PES</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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This is a little screenplay put together by Lisia, Kaycee and I. It is from a chapter in a book we have recently read called "The Present". It is about a girl named Julie and her mother having an argument about Julies dog. The night before this argument happened, Julies dog, (Rudy), bit Julies mother because he thought she was going to hit Julie. Julie gets angry at her mother and runs out after their argument.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-47273430229134162382014-06-11T19:26:00.001+12:002014-06-11T19:26:32.518+12:00Sound Task Presentation<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="299" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XZV4STBRwIZ_UKI5bL6uy3I80yB9vTwFouF_65LNTx4/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe><br />
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This is a presentation that shows my understanding of my sound.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-29729256043522331592014-06-11T10:55:00.001+12:002014-06-11T10:55:22.280+12:004 Things to Remember about a Smart Footprint1. Be careful with what you search. People can always track your IP address, even if you delete your cookies and history.<br />
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4. If it's not kind, always keep it in your mind.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862197340198549625.post-21809945538104461892014-06-11T10:31:00.001+12:002014-06-11T10:31:18.947+12:00Writing Sample Term 2 : The Travelling Whisper<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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This is a presentation that shows my understanding of the scientific method. I hope this explains what the scientific method is.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0