maoriland

Today, Friday morning first 2 periods of school all 5 homeroom 7&8 classes and some yr 9 classes went to nga purapura maoriland film festival, we all showed up at about 9:30 and they held 8 short films.
film names:
the man they call fuel,  heads up,  kuujjuaq,  mahiganice,
fast horse,  cosmic adventures,  cross roads,  spirit

spirit:
spirit was a horror film based on a true story of a now adult woman when she was a child she used to see figures through her windows and around the place, so she thought she would make a movie based on her childhood experience.

The man they call fuel:
This film was based on a man whos grandma died and she loved wrestling so he told her that he would become a professional wrestler and so he did and hes making up show for all ages and hes fundraising money for all ill children or just any need to fund raise.

my act of kindness

My act of kindness that I would like to achieve, my goal for this year is to try not to be easily distracted by a class mate and try help out Whaea with tidying up or even helping other students.

I wanna be a role model for the other students who come over the next few years, and I also want to complete my work faster than usual because i'm usually really slow.

1. share kindness around the class
2. focus on my work more
3. be a role model
4. help whaea out more
5. try not to be distracted

Commemoration Day

On a Monday morning 11th of March all year 7 & 8's and some other students from Otaki College attended a Commemoration day for all the people who fought or died during the war of the SS Otaki.

The sequence of events:

First Whaea Maha and Whaea Destine did a karanga for the Navy, Meyer and Air force to welcome them into our Community and School.

Secondly all the visitors sang us the national anthem to thank us for allowing them to enter our school.

Then we sang them 2 songs I cant remember the first song but the second song we sang was called Ko tenei te wa to welcome them

Lastly we all had a karakia i dont remember what for but i think it was a thank you and a we will remember the ones we lost.

1 thing I enjoyed: I enjoyed singing loud for all the visitors

1 thing I learned: I learned that the SS Otaki had no defence or anything on the boat.