A Successful Pt Englander - By Rosalina

Being kind, Listening to anyone and working hard on anything you need work on, can be a good pt englander. Being kind is nice and gives you more friends, Listening can help you with your ideas and Working hard and it can get you high in school when you are older.

Being kind to anyone can lead you to more and more friends. If someone was mean to you you can still be kind, revenge isn’t the thing to be worrying about. Being kind is the top thing at our school well to me it is, Everyone at our school is nice well some of them, we be kind to each pt englander and make sure that no one is left alone, That what kind is at our school and being a good pt englander.

Listening to anyone is nice and help you to get more and more ideas, Listening to a friend may give you some ideas in your work if you are stuck. Listening to an adult is respect, talking over them is disrespectful and you do need to listen so you know what you are doing. Listening to your mum and dad gives less pain to them. That what a good pt englander would do, it can be at school or at home it can be anywhere listening to any adult or friend is a good pt englander.

Working hard on your school work or anything that you need work with can lead you to be smart at school, don’t be slack to finish it off work hard on it make sure it make sense or getting the right answer. It is all about trying in school its not a bad thing to try and if you get it wrong encourage yourself to do again and again to get the hang of it and it can get you high in school when you're older and older. That’s what a good pt englander would do.

These things that I wrote is all about being a good pt englander at our school. If you are not a good pt englander well that is why I wrote these four paragraphs so you can learn to be a good pt englander even when you're not a pt englander.

How to Stay Safe in the Sun - By Taunese

Do you want to know how to be safe in the sun? Well you need these things to cover you in the sun ,a hat to cover your face, Sunblock for your skin so you don’t get sunburn, Sun Glasses to cover your eyes and good clothing to cover your skin as well .

First is hats, you need to have the right hat to cover your head and face. Hats that have soft material is not good because the sun can still go through it because it’s too soft. You need a bucket hat or a good hat that's hard to keep you safe.

Second is Sunblock. Sunblock is good for your skin because if you want to stay at the beach for long you must have Sunblock on. If you don’t, then too bad, you will get Skin Cancer or Sun Burn. But if you do, then you are free to play in the sun including you hat.

Finally the Sunglasses, Why is it important to wear Sunglasses? Sunglasses are good because it can cover your eyes from the sun. It is good because when you look at the sun, the sun shines at your glasses and then it bounces back off.

It is the most important thing to stay safe in the sun. You must wear a hat, use sunscreen and wear your sunglasses to you safe. So, when you go out, always remember to use these three things!

Being a Successful Pt Englander - By Mahana

If you want to be a successful Pt Englander you need to have R.A.K, it means random act of kindness, like being respectful to people. Being respectful is like listening to other people that are talking, and being polite. You can also be respectful by being kind to other people and make people happy. You can also help people with their work.

Caring for other people is like helping them with something, play with them and taking them to the sick bay when they are hurt. If you want to care for other people you need to make sure that they are safe even if that person is someone you don’t like. And if you care for someone you might get a prize if someone see’s you caring and looking after people . And make sure you always stay helping people.

Being helpful is helping other people with their work so if someone was stuck still writing a paragraph and you help them, that is being helpful even if that person doesn't like you and teases you. Another way to be helpful is to help people with anything they need help with like helping them clean the classroom. Being helpful is fun because if you help someone finish their work and you finished yours you don’t need to stay in at lunch and finish it off. The last thing to be helpful is to have fun while you do it.

How to be a Successful Pt Englander - By Rowana

Hello everybody my literacy class, class 8 has been doing a practice test because our test is coming up tomorrow yes tomorrow witch is October the 29th 2014. So I hope you enjoy and please leave me a comment.

Do you wanna be a successful Pt Englander?
If you want to be a good Pt Englander then I’ll show you. Being a Pt Englander might be tough you have to be kind nice to your parents and be Polite.

To be a successful Pt englander you need to, remember your manners, eat healthy food and always strive to do your best.

Being a Good friend is easy. You need to respect them be kind to them and to care for them. They won’t like until you care for them. If you want a good friend that cares for you then try and be helpful to them and if they get bullied by someone go and step up for them and make sure you cheer them up.

You have to stay healthy to get fit and to run fast. If you want to be healthy be hard on fruits and eat more fruits to get fit. you even have to play more and more sports. So make sure you stay healthy and well.

Do you want people to listen to you? Well here are some things you need to do. You have to listen to them be kind and to respect them. You need to listen to the people around you like your parents, Teachers and last but not least your friends.

Being a Good and Successful Pt Englander is hard because you have to do all these things like you have to be Kind, be Nice, be Respectful and to be Polite. Polite is very important to me because you always always have to use your MANNER’S, say THANK-YOU, say EXCUSE ME and say PEOPLE’S NAMES. So remember, use all these words to help you be a good Pt Englander!

Practise, Practise, Practise

The challenge for us in the Senior Literacy Group when making this movie for the 2014 Film Festival was to capture, in just 3mins, the months of hard work and dedication that goes into making a champion. During our term 2 topic “Game On” we were inspired by the athletes in many sports at the Commonwealth Games. As a group we decided to follow the path of a women’s marathon runner, her future focus and her “Practise! Practise! Practise!”

My Shot Put Animation - By Rowana

Hello Here is a Animation that my reading group has to do.There was a girl name Lauren she saw a group of team playing shot put.Lauren was the tallest one on the team but the rest were small.Lauren was freaking out because it was her turn she threw the ball as far as she can and it landed far where she couldn't see it.Lauren started walking because she thought that she came last but she heard the beeping noise and it said "Lauren Lauren you have won the gold medal" Lauren looked back and saw people cheering for her.She was so so surprised and proud of her self that she came first.YAY for Lauren. Please leave a comment.

Cross Country - By Rosalina

Our literacy teacher Mr Somerville, Gave Pohutukawas an animation to work on about Cross country. The cross country is usually run to 4-12 kilometers long, It may include grass,hard surface and flat ground and gravel road. Both men and women of all ages compete in cross country. When you run you have to have stamina it mean you can run to one place and back without stopping.

The High Bar - By Elizabeth

Hi this is my movie all about high bar.High bar is a game is the commonwealth games.What I have been using Google search to help me with my voice over.The male world champion winner was Epke Zonderland.

The tick most that people do on the high bar is called giant but in order for you to go around and around and around you need to have seed.

Triathalon - By Izac

My animation is about the Triathlon. There are three sections you have to do. They are: Swimming, Biking and Running. In Running there is 750 meters to run. In Swimming there is 20 killomoters to swim.  Biking is 10 killomoters to go.

I just learnt about the 2004 Athens Olympic Triathalon. There were two Kiwis that came 1st and 2nd. The person who came 2nd was Bevan Docherty and the person who came 1st was Hamish Carter.

Hope you like my Animation.

High Bar - By Quinlan

Hi This is my animation. I have learnt how to do a quick DLO in one week. This animation is about the high bar. When competing in the high bar you have to have chalk on you hands so you won't get blisters and so you can have grip. In my animation you will see all the stuff I have learnt about the high bar and listen to my voice over for more information about the high bar . I hope you like it BYE :) :) :)

And If you want to know how to do the giant on the high bar you swing really fast like your on a real swing and then keep going round and round and round until you want to stop that's how you do a giant. I got all this information from research and story books so you can get information from there too. !!!!! :) :) :)

Shotput - By Harlem

The Greeks used a big rock to throw like a shot put but that was a long time ago now in the common wealth game the use a metal ball that weighs 7.26kg .

The aim is to put it a far as you can from 7ft so you hurt your arm. When your doing it thanks for reading this and lave a comment on my blog.

Commonwealth Games - By Zack

                                   

This is my commonwealth games you can see that they are running and this is the 2014 running. Country around the world will enter and push to the limit they can be in sport that they like. Did you know that the track is about 400m they have to spinet to it.

They will run it Scotland  and there are 70 team but there are more sport to do when they are there. The country leading it Australia with the most gold medals. To be a pro it running you must train your self hard and keep fit. So that was my running commonwealth game please leave a comment.

Commonwealth Games - By Tihi

The commonwealth games are famous for 2014 and this animation is about cross country which should be an event in the commonwealth games. To be successful at running in the cross country you need to practice and train hard. You also need stamina and also to be fit and need lots of strengt

High Bar Animation - By Taunese

 

We read a story of a young girl that joined the High bar crew. When it was her turn she was too scared to do it. She thought that the bar was going to eat her. She tried to make friends with the bar and get used to it and it worked, then she did it and she failed. She said on the next year she will be better and much more confident.

On the next year she tried it and her goal was to do 5 giants. It was her only chance to make it in the team so she did 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 and on her last round she did 5 giant at last. Her coach said to stop but she couldn't she wanted to do more. It was much better because she had a rubber band.

About Shot Put - By Ashley

In my reading group we got to read a book about Shot Put. The character in this book was Lauren, one day she was walking  to school and she spotted a Shot Put team. The members in the shot put club were taller than Lauren, Lauren was the smallest.

Shot Put had started in 1896 and held in the Summer Olympics. I hope you enjoy my movie and please leave a comment

Solve the Problem - Group 1 & 2

Hi group 1 and 2! Try this problem above. Remember to look at all of the information that is on your class site page. Also, think about the know and unknown information. Good luck!

Buoyancy & Density - Class 8's PENN Movie

Class 8's literacy group have been learning about buoyancy and density. Here are a few animations and movies that show some of our understanding. Please feel free to let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment... please?! :)

The Lightest Wood In The World - By Owen

 My Ika reading group was told to create an animation about a Whau tree boat and a pine boat. We were looking at why the Whau boat can float but the pine cannot.
 I hope you enjoy and please leave me a comment.

How a Jet Boat Works - By Simon

I have been learning about how a jet boat works. Watch this short animation to see my explanation.

Dry Dock Animation - By Lucy

Here is an animation I have created to explain how a dry dock works. I hope you like it.