Maori Island names

Islands in Tauranga Moana in Maori

Leisure Island = Moturiki Island

Peach Island = Motuopae Island

Rat Island = Motuopuhi Island

Mayor Island = Tuhua Island

End of term review

Opportunities 
There are so many opportunities in the school from golf to kayaking and I have tried to do as many as I can. This term I have done Netball, Table tennis, Cheerleading, Gymnastics and Badminton all of these have been soo much fun and I'm so glad that I got to try so many different things that I had never tried before. And with netball I have made it into the second Aims team which is a great achievement for me, I also made the cheerleading Aims team and making that team was another goal I was aiming to achieve. Making these teams have made this term so much more exciting and something to look forward to next term where we will be having lots of trainings getting us ready for Aims.

Education
This term my education has been at the standard for most of my subjects. In reading I am a 4P, maths I am a 5B and in writing I am a 4A. I think I am doing well so far because we are only half way through the year and by the end of the year I am aiming to get to 4A and above.

A problem I overcame
I over came getting up on stage an performing my cheerleading routine, I had more confidence in myself once we had already had performed and we had to do it again for best of best. I had more confidence because I new what I was doing and being with friends also helped me a lot because we all just laughed and had a great time.

Disco
The disco was a great night, it was so much fun getting to hang out with all of my friends and dancing and listening to music although it was so hot and stuffy it was still a great time. The theme of the disco was wacky hair even though I never didn't dress up to theme it was still awesome to see what every one else looked like.

Click cards and Stars cards
This term the school has brought something new for us kids and that is stars cards and click cards.
Click cards is a system which each class in school runs. There are 40 clicks on each card and you can get one click each day for good behaviour. Therefore if you have you have your name on the board with a cross next to it you do not get a click that day and if your absent you also don't get a click. If you get 40 clicks you get a Rimu bracelet which you can wear for the rest of the year, and if you manage to complete 3 cards which means you got 120 clicks you get a stars badge. But if you are seen with another house badge you will get yours taken off of you forever and you will not get it back. Relievers can also give you clicks if you are good. There are also stars cards which will be received at each house Hui and to people with will given vouchers, and at the end of each term Miss Colville with draw out 1 person for each house and they will get a stars jumper. You can also possibly get 4 bands if you get a tick every day for four terms.

House on auction for $1

A house on auction with a reserve of $1. People in Christchurch have a house that they just want to get out of and since the earthquake has destroyed the house that don't want to be living in it anymore. All that the couple want from the sale is enough money to visit their family in the UK. Through out the earthquakes the family has lost $400,000 on the house. Since the earthquake, the family have lost 4 close family members, their grandson has been diagnosed with leukaemia and their granddaughter has undergone 4 operations for her heart condition. The agent doesn’t believe the property will raise much money, but the company has promised to add to whatever money is made to pay for return flights to the UK for the couple.

Haircut issue goes to court

A year 12 student from St John’s College was suspended for having long hair and he refused to cut it. The students name was name was Lucan Battison. The rule from his school stated that everyones hair had to be off the collar and out of their eyes. Lucan has been sent to court for this issue and since then he has not returned back at school. Troy Battison the boys father is looking for a review of the suspension in the high court at Wellington. Principal, Mr Melloy apparently thinks that it is “harmful and dangerous” because it could influence other pupils who could think Lucan’s actions were cool.
I think it's fine for him or anyone else to have long hair because it is a way of expressing yourself, and because they are in uniform everyday they need some sort of way to express there self. And through out all of the fuss Lucan has won the court case and kept his long hair.

Subordinating conjunctions

Even though Hamilton has the highest rain fill it still reaches 24 degrees.

Napier's lowest temperature reaches 5 degrees in June, where as Alexandra reaches -2 degrees in June and July.

Christchurch had it's warmest month in January with 23 degrees were as in July it was was at it's lowest at 12 degrees

Unless Alexandra reaches over -2 degrees in June and July it will stay the coldest months for a while.

The city's that are higher up in the country are more warmer because it is father way from Antarctica  

Investigation Boy or girl, Left or right

Interruptions in the classroom

What kind of interruptions occur? 

• Phone calls
• People from the student office
• People from the sports office
• Messengers
• Dental nurse
• Internet down
• Intercom

How does this affect us?

• We stop working
• We start talking
• Yelling for Miss Campbell
• Arguing over who is going to get the phone
• When the internet is down we get off task and cant't do anything

Come up with several possible solutions for this problem.

• We could put a sign on the door saying "Gone fishing."
• We should have one person that receives all the notes instead of everyone yelling, and that person could pass the note to who ever needs to go to.
• Have one person who answers the phone
• We could have a mail box and one person could collect all letters and pass them to were they are needed
• When the internet is down have someone who creates a educational game