The Voice

Everyday Friday morning after assembly, Team 5 comes back to the street to get ready for the Voice. The Voice is a quiz that is read out to us by Mrs Flavelle through the intercom. Each class sits in silence and waits for "The Voice" to come with our questions. It is a fun activity that challenges us to research on the internet and find out more about what is going on in our world today.

The Voice starts off with 10 spelling words that we have to study during the week followed by 10 general knowledge questions. All the questions and spelling words are on the Team 5 site during the week so that we can study them and have the best chance of getting them all right. Everybody completes the voice and whoever gets 100% correct is shouted Sushi on Wednesday the following week.

My Dad's Graduation

Last week, my Dad graduated from Massey University. He had been going to University for three years and Massey University is the third university that he has been to in his life. The graduation was held at the Bruce Mason Theatre in Takapuna after all the graduates walked down Hurtsmere Rd. There were over 1200 graduates over the week and just under 200 during my Dad's graduation session. He graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy which is his 3rd degree.

Even though my Dad had to study and go to lectures, we still saw him more than we did when he used to work everyday 9-5. He was able to come on school trips, camps, pick us up and drop us off at school everyday. I am so proud of my Dad for graduating, he has worked so hard to get to this point, not only studying and preparing for exams but also looking after us kids while my Mum was at work. I am going to miss seeing him so often when he gets another job as a more certified accountant.

The Weekend Trip

During the weekend, my family and I went down to Tauranga to visit my Mum's twin sister and her family. We left at about 4.30 on Friday and got to their house at about 8.20! So yeah, it did take a while. We stayed till Sunday afternoon and we had a great time.

The main thing that I did in the weekend was probably read. I read two and a half books during the time I was there. My cousin's favourite game is Minecraft and they like joining each others servers so each day, everyone spent an hour playing with each other. That was pretty cool too!

My highlight of the weekend was definitely seeing the cousins again and just spending time with them. Since my Mum is working, we wouldn't have been able to go and see them till next year! Non of us wanted that to happen. My lowlight was having to leave my Dad behind because of his course. I didn't like that very much, I really wanted him to come with us.

The End....

My Mum's Birthday

On Friday it was my Mum's Birthday. We celebrated by making her a Breakfast in Bed Special. We all woke up at about 6.30am and started cooking eggs, bacon, french toast and we were also trying to put together a tray that looked awesome! My little sister's jobs were to keep our Mum in bed and out of the kitchen!

Once all the cooking was done and the tray was ready, we took it into our Mum's room and hid behind her bed because she was in the bathroom at the time. When she walked in we all jumped up and shouted, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!" She had a big smile on her face as she climbed back into bed to enjoy her yummy breakfast. After her breakfast had been eaten we all set off for school and our Mum went back to sleep!

After school, we ate the cheesecake that she wanted before setting out for dinner. She wanted to go to a Mexican Restaurant in Mission Bay so that's where we went. She had invited a family friend over for dinner and to stay the night. After dinner, My Mum and Grace (Our Friend) went to a concert together. They got home late but happy, apparently the concert was AMAZING so we were all happy. 

I was happy for my Mum to have a great birthday and I hope she felt great. She is a awesome Mum, the best in the entire world! So......

Singstars

This is a movie that Hannah, Jennifer and I made. It shows us all singing. We hope you enjoy:-)
This is a video of us singing. We hope you enjoy :-) from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Testing This Term and This Friday

At the moment, the whole school to testing. I have already done my writing, maths and I have just finished my reading test. I am feeling really good about my Maths test, in the middle about my reading test, not so great about my writing test but I am glad it's over.

This Friday is Athletics Day. It is my first Athletics Day at Pt England so I am really excited about it. I am in Takitimu  which is yellow. I am really excited about this Friday, the only thing is I am still looking for something yellow to wear. Anyway, I will probably get something soon.

My Friends Presentation

This is a presentation showing all of my friends and what they are like. I hope you enjoy and find out about my friends. Remember, you can click on their names and it will take you to their blog so you can check out their work as well. 

Labour Weekend

Last weekend was Labour weekend. I wrote a post last week about Making Pizzas for Labour Day and  a bit about Labour Day. It is a long weekend (Saturday - Monday) celebrating and remembering 8 hour days. On Monday it is a public holiday and most people don't work on that day.

For my family, Saturday night was cool but Sunday and Monday were just normal days. on Saturday night, my brother and I cooked sausages and steak on the barbecue. It was heaps of fun and at the end, it was very delicious. My little sister decided to set up a small picnic on the concrete outside our house, which made the night much better.

I enjoyed Labour Weekend better than all the others but next year I hope that as a family we could go down to the beach or have a really fun, family Monday. :-)

My Friends

This year I have lots of cool as friends! They are cool because they all have different talents and they are kind! My friends that are in my class are Iron, Jordenne, Asena, Sela, Jennifer, Mao and Hannah.  My friends that are in the other classes are Ata, Meleane, Quasia, Josephine, Lesieli and Khaia. I really enjoy having all my friends because I never have nobody to play with and they are all great! The thing that I like the most about my friends is that they all make me laugh and most of them are in to the same things as me. Here is a Comic Life that shows some of my friends:

Sunday Church

Yesterday was Sunday and my family and I went to church as always at 10am. The service yesterday was different though because the youth was taking church. My brother is in youth so he was playing guitar...... Well it didn't really look different because he normally plays! It was cool to see different people taking church and in a different way. My favourite thing about the service was the quiz. The kids were only in for part 1 of the quiz because we had to go out to our Sunday school which is called Dynamite Bay.

When we all went out to the back hall, we played a game as usual to start off. Next week we are running church and Dynamite Bay for their services always has a dance, a movie and a game. Last week we filmed some of the video but there was just some finishing touches left to do so we were doing that while the game was running. I am the director of the film so I didn't play the game at all.

I am really excited about the service next week because I am worship leader and that is one of my favourite parts. Also because the services are always fun to do!!! After church a family offered for us to come over to their house and have lunch with them. My dad agreed so we all went over. It was cool and I had fun.

Later on in the day, we went to the hospital to visit our sister. If you remember, earlier on in the year, she went into hospital because of an infection in her foot. Well the infection never went away fully so when she ran or put weight on it, her foot was getting worse so she had to go back in. Luckily this time, she isn't actually sick, just her leg is broken and she has to stay in a bed all day. I really hope she gets out soon!!!

Sunday Rugby Games

Yesterday I went with my Dad and siblings to watch my cousin's rugby games. The first game was a final and my cousin, Jared played. He won which made all the family very happy. Most of my Dad's sisters and brothers were there as well with their kids. The second game was a semi final where my cousin, Tom played. He lost his game which was a disappointment. The games were at different places. Jared's game was at Cornwell Park and there were a lot of people there with shops and stuff like that. Tom's game was at Victoria Park and was less busy. There were 2 games going and only about 200 people. The day was really fun because I got to see all the family and I got to see awesome games. I think that we won't be going to games until later on because those were the finals. While Tom was playing, I got to play a game of touch with my brother and my older cousins. It was fun but it ended pretty quickly because my cousin Micah kept on kicking the ball onto the actual field.

Netball Game (At the AMI Netball Courts)

Yesterday, I played another netball game at the AMI Netball Courts. We versed Remuera Primary and we won. It was a good game and we did deserve to win, but I think that we couldn't played much better. It didn't help that we didn't have 2 players, a coach or a manager. There was only 1 sub during the game so most of us played full game. The sports coordinator took us to the game and got us ready.

Our  game was at 5.05pm so it wasn't really late enough for us to go home so we all stayed at school until 4.45pm. While we were at school, we chose our positions which wasn't as easy and usual because our coach normally tells us the positions just before our game. We played and we shot hoops in the hall and we had milos just before we left.

I was Centre for the first 2 quarters and was Wing Attack for the last 2 quarters. I liked those positions but I would have liked to have been Centre for 3 quarters, but that's okay. In the last 2 minutes, it started to rain. Luckily we weren't a late game because we would have been soooooo wet! I enjoyed playing that game and I was so happy that we won.

Working Bee At Church

During the weekend on Saturday, my family and I went to church to help with the working bee that was happening. We went at 10am and stayed till about 1pm. When we first got there, my dad dropped me off along with my oldest brother and sister. He came back after a while with the people that he had picked up. We started to clean the walls because there was pencil drawings all over the wall.

At 11am, my Dad, my brother and I sanded 2 tables. My older brother had the machine and me and my Dad were sanding by hand. Once the top of the first table was finished, I got to use the machine for halve of the 2nd table. After a while, my hand started to get sore so I went inside and started to clean the toys.

There was a big bucket which a about 2 metres wide each way out. I was cleaning with my friend Haremate and Bonnie with her daughter, Gabby. They are both older than me but I still talk to them and it was actually fun. At 12.30 we all had lunch which was hot chips, fruit and some scones.

After lunch, we went home to rest and to get ready to go to meetings. Some time after we left, another family arrived and I am pretty sure that other people arrived too. I liked doing the working bee and I am sure that our church is much cleaner now!

Penguin Happy Birthday Song

I found this song on my friend Sela's blog. I thought that it was pretty funny so I decided to put it onto my blog. Check it out. I hope you enjoy! :)

Rugby Games

Yesterday (Sunday 4/8/13) after church, I went with my Dad and my 2 younger sisters to go and watch rugby league games. First, we went and watched my cousin's game which was in Grey Lynn. It was a good game which he won, something like 58 - 15. I enjoyed the game and I also enjoyed seeing all the family. Especially my cousin who I saw for the first time, since he got back from Korea where he was working for a whole year.

After that game, we went to go and watch my aunty play in Papakura, which was a long drive from Grey Lynn. I am pretty sure that they won, but I am not sure because I was a little busy trying to get a coin out of the concrete ground for my little sister. My aunty played very well for only being on for the last 5 minutes.

I am looking forward to going again because I love cheering my family on and having fun with everyone!