Presenting At Assembly With Photos

Every assembly Tiava and I are asked to speak at assembly. Our job is to inform other students what will be happening next week and talk about highlights of the week. The photo above is a photo of us presenting at the official opening of the first Medicube in New Zealand. We were joined by members of our Board of Trustees and also some important people from Starship Hospital. I was asked to speak in Te Reo Maori which I found easy because I have been speaking Maori at other assemblies. The photos on the screen were taken during the morning at the blessing of the Medicube. As I am a part of the Kapa Haka group I also joined people for the special blessing of the new building. This was an initiative between Panmure Bridge School and the District Health Board. It has taken three years for this idea to become a reality but it is now situated at our school.

Maori Language Week Assembly

As it is Maori Language Week this week The student leaders and the presenters spoke in te reo maori. It was great to see the student leaders and the presenters try and incorporate the maori culture with the school assembly. I enjoy speaking in different languages but it is not easy. As I do not have the ability to speak fluent in maori I found it difficult and I did not have much time to practise. To add to the stressful day the head girl was not there so I had to speak by myself. I tried my best and I am very proud of my efforts.

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.