What in the world went on this week ?

Earlier this week close to half a million people were evacuated from their homes in Eastern India because of the threat of cyclone. meanwhile in pakistan a major  earthquake of magnitude 7.8 created a whole new island. Across the ocean of the southern californian coast a marine science instructor  found the carcass of a 5 meter long oarfish. check it out

Futureintech Ambassador

We were lucky enough to have Bronwyn Brown come and talk to us about food and nutrition and her job. Bronwyn is a Food Technologist at Horleys and she helped us to think about what is really in our food and how the diet of an elite athlete might differ from our own.
Maybe one of us will have a job like hers one day!

Thanks for coming and sharing your expertise Bronwyn, and a big thank you also to Alison from Futureintech who organised this Ambassador visit.

Will.I.am@Pt England...

Introducing WillIAm from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Today we had the privilege of having the man himself at Pt England School, he even came to visit us in Room 22. He had a great message for us and also gave the Manaiakalani Foundation a very large koha to help us on our learning journey! What an amazing day. Watch and listen to his message.

Supersmart Sandwich Making!

After another great Immersion assembly to get us all in to 'Investigating' we set our room up as a test kitchen and make a Superbly Delicious and of course healthy Sandwich ... this might give you a hint about what our focus is for the term ahead...

Watch this space there's plenty more to come!

Pt England Meets 'The Blues'.

Last week some lucky Pt Englanders went down to Dunkirk Reserve to do some skills and drills and meet 'The Blues'. What a great experience!

First Session With Miss Muliamasealli.

“Good morning Ms M!” we all said as we were getting ready to start our musical morning session with her. It was nice and cold inside the music room, it felt refreshing as their was a soft breeze coming past. We had a discussion with the Ms M about Pacific Beats and what different instruments we could hear. There were all sorts of instruments like for example , Guitars, Ukulele , Drums and so on.... But the main thing was having fun and we all enjoyed ourselves so it was cool. Can't wait to go back next week:)  

'Kia pai te Kotahi'

Teamwork from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

This was a Team effort to share our understanding of 'Kia pai te kotahi' created by Alexandria, Serena, Eleva and Jessica I.

Our Term 1 Goals

Here is Kayden's goal for Term 1

My Goal is doing the right thing and being good in the classroom.

step 1 : To achieve my goal I need to be in the right place and right space on my netbook.

Prefects 2012

A huge thank you and good luck to our 2012 Prefects. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to PES. Have a great year at your new schools and we'll look forward to hearing from you.

Ka kite akuanei!

Yr 8 Prizegiving

Tonight will be our final Prizegiving for the 2012 Year 8's we are all so very proud of them and everything they have achieved.

Check out this trip down memory lane. How cute they all were  as Juniors and how much they have grown and matured.





Yr 8 Prizegiving item 2012 from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Athletics 2012

Athletics  2012 was once again another great day where we pitted our skills and speed against one another. Some of us secured a spot in the team that  will compete in the Eastern Zone Athletics competition at Lloyd Elsmore next week.

Learning to Play Purea Nei

Hainite created this movie so that we could learn the chords to play Purea Nei. Watch and see if you can play this waiata.

An NBA star in the making...??

Photo of the Day.
Photographer: Maranda

Can you think of a great caption for this photo?

Basketball

Another great session with the Coaches from Auckland Basketball.

Beep Test

    Have you ever done a beep test before? On the first week of school I went to the courts to do my beep test. My whole class came with me because it would of been hard to do everyone one person at a time. I went to do my beep test so I can gage fitness level. A beep test is a test, and you have to run to a line that is 20 metres away and back. If you don’t make it before the beep sounds you are out.

​    I think I had a great score of 6.3, but I think I could have done better. Before we even started the test I was feeling nervous about it. I had made it to level six and started to slow down which meant that I was just making to the line before the beep.

​    The beep test was a challenge for me because it was the first time I had done a beep test. I think that I did good in my beep test and can’t wait for the next one so I can beat my score, I am aiming to get a score of 7.0 in week five when my class goes for the beep test again.
By Raenan

Art Alive Immersion

Last week was our Annual Year 7 and 8 camp. Once again our school field was transformed in to tent city for the week as 150 of us spent 2 nights experiencing the great outdoors right here in our own backyard.
During the first two days we completed a Rotation of various activities that gave us the opportunity to try new experiences and have lots of fun. The PE version of the Amazing Race was a favourite for many and involved, among other things, a team finding and assembling a hobo stove over a fire to cook an egg!
The ultimate highlight for many was undoubtedly the arrival of the Warriors at Swimarama. How surprised and excited we were to get to share the pool with our heroes. We splashed cheered and generally created quite a scene.

Exhausted and ready for our own beds we headed for home with some great memories and looking forward to doing it all over again next year.

Our First Week.

We've spent our first week in R22 playing games to help us learn and get to know each other better, and learning about being 'Respectful' and what that looks like. We were reunited with our Netbooks and have worked hard and stayed focussed. What a great start to the Year.
Next week we'll be thinking carefully about our goal in the classroom for this Term.

Netball Session 1

On Thursday we had our first session with Liz from Auckland Netball. We had lots of fun and focussed on our passing skills and footwork. Next week we're going to be looking at defence.

Respect

Our school wide Value that is our focus throughout this 2012 is RESPECT.

Everyone in Room 22 contributed to this Wordle by writing a sentence about what 'Respects looks like'.