Interface Xpo movie

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Here is a movie about our experience at the recent Interface Xpo. It was produced by Makayla, Darius, Shoal and Vivienne. Thank you once again to Greg Adams and Interface Magazine for this fantastic experience!

Interface XPO 2013

Vivienne, Shoal, Darius and Makayla recently attended an Interface XPO which was held at the Ellerslie Convention Centre in Auckland. We were kindly invited by the editor of Interface Magazine, Greg Adams, to produce a short film about the day.

There were a range of presentations from Gold Sponsors: TTS (Telco Technology Services), Cyclone and Isometric Solutions as well as others. The students enjoyed filming and interviewing sponsors about their products. They also got the chance to capture a few thoughts about the day from some of the people who attended. A big thanks to Mrs Burt, Mr Adams and Interface Magazine for this amazing opportunity!

Will.i.am (by Vivienne)

INTRO:

You may have noticed our school on TV as well as the one and only Will.I.Am. The reason for this is that Will.I.Am gave us a HUGE koha. A koha is a special present. That's what we were given. A $100,000.00 check for the manaiakalani program  I know it is going to go for good use like our net-books and other things.  The story of Will.I.Am coming is pretty long. Let me start from the beginning, it all began with an assembly on Wednesday 08 of May....

STORY BEGINS:

Everyone was waiting anxiously for Mr Burt to walk into the hall with either good or bad news. He finally walked in and told everyone that we were having a very very special visitor coming in tomorrow. Apparently he was more important then John Key. I mean, who is more important then the prime minister. The sad thing though was that Mr Burt wasn't able to tell us who the special guest was. If he did tell us who it was then the special guest wouldn't come. But, the only thing that we were told was that he was really into music. Straight away the person in my head was Stan Walker.... Or the x factor judges. When our short assembly was finish all the prefects had to go to Mr Burt for a quick meeting.

When all the prefects arrived we were given important tasks for Thursday.  Some people were given the task to take pictures while the others had to greet the special guest. Me on the other hand had the most difficult task of them all. I had to say another Tongan prayer! When I was told I was so nervous and excited at the same time. When Mr Burt was talking to us, someone asked if we could find out who the special guest was. You would think that he would tell us, but NO!!! The only thing he told us was to not even talk about it. Not in class or with our friends... When we finished our meeting though, we went back to class.

I went home and thought about it. I'm sure everyone did. Then on 3 news it said that Will.I.Am was in New Zealand and that he was going to come back to do a full tour. The thought came into my head that the special guest was going to be Will. I. Am.... You never know... But then I said to myself 'naaa.... He is way to famous to come to our school. I mean, out of all the schools in New Zealand there is like 1/100 chance that he would come to our school.'

It was Thursday. The day everyone was waiting for. The day when the special guest was going to come and visit our school. It was basically the main thing on everyone's mind. Straight after morning tea everyone went into the hall for Mr Burt to tell us the big news and other things like to not stand up when we see the guest and to sing our school song properly. But everyone was waiting for the big news. Even I was. He finally got up to the part when he was going to tell us. Who is it??? Who is it???Who is it??? It was the only question in my head. "Who knows the band Black Eyed Peas?" Mr Burt said to us.

"Or  course... Will.I.Am" people were saying to there mates beside them.

Everyone knew now so the only thing that they were waiting for was the actual visitor him self. It took a while because of traffic but he arrived.

TO BE CONTINUED....

Will.i.am @ Pt England School!

International Superstar Will.i.am from famous Hip Hop group 'Black Eyed Peas' visited our school. What an amazing experience for our children. Here's what Makayla had to say about it:

I felt pumped and exhilarated as I remembered that the big cameras for the news and popular shows were behind me. I also felt inspired because of the generous donation that Will.i.am gave the Manaiakalani schools. It was a lot of money ($100, 000 by the way!) to help with our classrooms and e-learning tools.

I am an inspired student right now and I am very excited to see what new guests will be brought to us and our school. Thank you Will.I.am for supporting our school!

Please check out our blogs to find out more about this amazing experience!

Pt England Survivor

This is Room 21's entry for this years 'Student vs Wild' competition organised by Genesis Energy and OPC (Outdoor Pursuits Centre). Students had to demonstrate how they would survive a week at our school if there was some kind of crisis e.g. a zombie attack! Winning schools get to attend 5 days at OPC's award winning adventure challenge at Tongariro or Great Barrier Island.  Please vote for us!

You can click on this link to vote for us:

http://studentvswild.co.nz/Entries?id=dWiTNYgWL0qCMgjQBbXNYA&page=3&filter=Random

or go to the 'Student vs Wild' website to find out more. You can vote once a day for the next 24 days!

http://studentvswild.co.nz/



Pt England Survivors from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Just another ordinary day at PES

This movie was created by Jasmine, Ashleigh, Shoal and Vivienne. It stars Lesieli who is in Year 6 at Pt England School. The students decided to create this movie to show what a typical day might look like for a student here at our school. Of course Lesieli is a little more special as she is one of our Pt England Ambassadors, but most of what you see might be a typical day for most of our netbook students. We hope you enjoy.


JASV An ordinary day from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

About My little Nephew

Hi this is my little nephew. His name is Joseph . He was born in June 2010. When he was first was born I got told from my sister, I had tears in my eyes. On his first birthday he had a big party. My sister (Joseph's mum ect) dressed him like a gangsta. Man you should've seen him, he looked really cool. The weather was really bad, because it was pouring down with rain, but lucky my sister had the tarpaulin up and also the gazebo.

Walking under the gazebo I took notice how brilliant the decorations were set out. The main colours of the decorations  were, green, black and white. Every person that came had given an goodie bag. He was so lucky because he got given lots of presents. My mum gave $30 so I could buy Joseph a gift. I brought him three cars that cost $15.70. Then with my change, I brought him some red and black slippers. 

Before it came to this special day, his mum and dad paid some money to get a 1st key done. When it came out it looked amazing. Looking at the key I see, a gorgeous face sketched on it. When I saw the cake I was like Mmmm yummy yum yum chocolate cake my favourite. We sing Happy Birthday. After that we had a piece each. Man I shoved the cake in my mouth because it tasted fabulous.

Now looking at him he is still my gorgeous, gangsta, really cool and amazing nephew. Joseph is now 2 years old. He is a really kind person to meet. But sometime he can be a little brat. For christmas last year he brought me some new shoes and a big make-up chest. Man even though he can be a little brat and annoying I'll always respect him and love him.