P.B.S. Whakatauki

What is whakatauki? That was the only question going around my head. A whakatauki is a form of Maori poetry passed down by previous generations. At Panmure Bridge School our whakatauki is manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua. It means care for the land, care for the people, go forward. This means care for the land our school was founded upon, care and respect the learners around you, and be confident in yourself to strive for excellence. On my DLO it talks about our whakatauki, and our school values which are C.A.R.E.

First Session of Softball

Today was our first session of Softball. Our Softball coach (Alison) was very funny. She made catching fun, and she taught us without too much instructions or made it feel like we were in a class. For our first session we were looking at catching and throwing. It was pretty easy. When you throw in Softball you have to have 'L' shaped arms. When you are catching you make a butterfly out of your hands. Me and my partner San Kyaw found it relatively easy.

Maths - Electives

This week for maths, we had a challenging task. Our task was called "Electives". This task is about a few students going to an Inter school and the remaining pupils doing Electives. For this task I work collaboratively with Sanujan. Sanujan and I did many different tasks together, but only a few of them made us think and focus more, this task was one of them. "Do you know why?"
Well there were some really hard question for example, 0.125 of 192.  Sanujan and I decided to take risks in many areas and used some hard strategies that made sense to us. For example converting 0.125 into 12.5%.  

To solve this problem Sanujan and I  went through many hard strategy. Then we compared each of them and we chose the best strategy for each question. These best strategies we chose are the ones on our DLO.

Chinese New Year

On the 16th of February the Chinese New Year began. Chinese New year is a big deal in Chinese communities all around the world. The Chinese New Year is a 15 day event that has many activities. They perform Chinese dancing, they have a feast and they release lanterns into the night sky. Apparently this holiday came about when a monster named Nian started attacking. Then an old wise man told them what he was afraid. He is afraid of loud noises, the colour red and fire. This is why now they celebrate their victory by doing what their ancestors did to scare away Nian. Click here for my collaborative explanation which was written by Joshua and I.

Explanation - My Morning Routine

Writing with Ms Kirkpatrick is one of the best things in school. She makes it fun and interesting. This week we wrote an explanation either about our walk to school or our morning routine but because I do not walk to school I only had one choice which was my morning routine. This link will lead you to my explanation. Click here.

Presenting At Assembly - First Time As Head Boy

As usual I get a bit nervous while presenting and that goes for a lot of people. Because I'm Head Boy for 2018 one of my responsibilities is to present at our assembly every Friday. I only became head boy around two weeks ago so all of the things we need to do as student leaders are pretty new to me and every other student leader. During assembly I need to speak with more confidence and enjoy myself. I think I was nervous because we had special guest and because I don't like eye contact because I feel intimidated. My spirit was lifted when the netbook kept turning off. I think in a couple weeks I will be alright presenting with Tiava.

Art Tech With Mrs Telefoni

Today was our first session of tech. When we arrived we were like lost dogs. While we were standing in our lines one by one our tech teachers came and collected. My group (which was Y8 Group B) is in Mrs Telefoni's art class. During this orientation we will be painting, print making, and maybe a bit of sculpturing. For today we just made list of everyday symbols we see. After that activity we were creating symbols that represented something about us like our hobbies or our cultures.