Men of Courage

This movie is an entry for the 'I am making movies 2' 3 minute movie challenge. It was in response to the theme of 'Bravery, Heartbreak, Loss and Hope'. This was produced by a group of year 8 boys from the extension group. Well done boys! A very creative way to tell a very important story of NZ.

Men of Courage from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

Imagination

Imagine if you could create your own pet. What would it look like? Students had to use their imagination to create an original pet and an imaginary island for that pet. Some found the task quite difficult while others uncovered some hidden talent and creativity.

Term 2

Our topic for Term 2 is 'Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger'.

Team 5 will be exploring the following concepts: Imagination, Creativity, Discovery, Innovation and Practicality, through a series of immersion rotation sessions.

Students will also investigate issues and/or problems around our school environment and seek ways to make improvements or find solutions. Our Pt England Learning model will be utilized alongside other metacognitive strategies such as the 'Thinking Hats' and 'Thinkers Keys'.

Watch this space to see what we get up to.

Musse

Hi my name is Musse. I come from Christchurch, New Zealand, but I go to Pt England School in Glen Innes now. I am 11 years old. I was born in Christchurch Women’s Hospital. My favourite colour is blue and my favourite sports are soccer and rugby.

In my family I have a Dad and Mum. Their names are Yigzaw and Yeshu. I also have 3 sisters and their names are Jerusalem, Rebeka, and Selome.

My last school was Shirley Intermediate School in Christchurch. My friends names were Samuel, Kitiona, Tasipale, and Viliami.

My favourite thing to do in my spare time is to go on Playstation and play with my family.

I feel really happy with starting school at Pt England, because I have found lots of friends and because people from this school have been welcoming me to this school.

Camp TC

You would have seen many tired, but happy faces last week on Wednesday when our Year 7 and 8 camp ended. Its an annual event that has been held at Pt England School for the last 21 years. Imagine that! Of course there were many highlights including: Rock Up, Camp Concert, Hangi (delicious!), and Swimarama to name a few. More details about camp can be found on our student blogs, so please feel free to read some and leave a comment.

School Picnic

Last week on Friday we had our annual school picnic down at Pt England Reserve. The weather was beautiful and everyone had a wonderful time. Check out our movie to find out more.

New Netbooks!

Room 21 are loving their new netbooks! Mrs Burt arrived on Wednesday last week to deliver them to our class. We have spent the past few days getting to know how to navigate and use the different functions because the desktop and programmes/applications are a little different to what we're used to.

We have been using google docs for our writing, which is later posted on to our individual blogs.

We have also been learning and practicing how to take good care of them. We are so lucky to have them and we would like to thank Mr and Mrs Burt for making it happen (and all the other important people involved). We would also like to say a huge thank you to our Mums and Dads for paying for our netbooks!

Thank you!