Rips

Rips are very powerful in fact they cause the most drownings in New Zealand. Most of these are caused because people panic and do not stay calm. Also when they get caught in a rip and they don’t know how to get out. But it is really easy to get out of a rip you just have to stay calm and swim to the any side where the rip ends.

Rips are just very powerful waves. But the thing some people don’t know is that rips don’t go on for ever they only stop where they start. And if you just let the rip take you out and swim back you would still be alive instead of drowning.

Most people get too freaked out about rips and end up drowning. One of the lifeguards on our trip told us that if you are drowning try and touch the ground before putting your hands up. Also to help them watch over the whole beach you should always have a adult with no matter if you’re responsible or not.

Rips

Rips are very powerful in fact they cause the most drownings in New Zealand. Most of these are caused because people panic and do not stay calm. Also when they get caught in a rip and they don’t know how to get out. But it is really easy to get out of a rip you just have to stay calm and swim to the any side where the rip ends.

Rips are just very powerful waves. But the thing some people don’t know is that rips don’t go on for ever they only stop where they start. And if you just let the rip take you out and swim back you would still be alive instead of drowning.

Most people get too freaked out about rips and end up drowning. One of the lifeguards on our trip told us that if you are drowning try and touch the ground before putting your hands up. Also to help them watch over the whole beach you should always have a adult with no matter if you’re responsible or not.

Perspective Drawing

We watched multiple videos of how to draw a perspective drawing. Our job was to create a digital perspective drawing. When did this on an animating app called Hyper Studio Witch you can purchase in the app store.

Here's mine. It wasn't just any perspective drawing I did buildings and a street as you can see. It may look colourful but that might be because I like neon colours or just really bright colours.

Jo May

Te Tuhi

                                      Te Tuhi

The intermediate block got to go to Te Tuhi to learn about cultural arts. Being a big bunch we went in classes on different days and sessions. If you don’t know where or what Te Tuhi is, well don’t stress I will tell you as I am nice.

Te tuhi is a place Pakuranga across from the back of the warehouse. It is a place with art exhibitions and other art programs. The art program we went to was called “ Stories from the Pacific our instructor for the day was Jeremy. So take a read on what we got up to that session.

After introducing himself we went into the art room where there was pieces of paper with four squares on the paper. Handing around two pieces of tapa cloth he explained what we were going to do. It turns out that we were going to make paper tapa cloths we did this by scrunching the paper. We then rubbed pastel in the boxes and then dyed the whole paper. If you are wondering what colours we used the answer would be earthy colours.

The next step was to dry them but to save time we used the ones that the previous class had made. On the paper we drew four designs to do with our home, culture, interests and family. These designs had to be BASIC.

I drew a turtle to represent my culture a volleyball to symbolise my interest. Also a sky tower to because every time I see it I know i’m nearly home. For my family I drawed a door with four heads coming out of the side.

To make these stand-out we coloured the background with pastel and dye. Jeremy said it would add a lot of attention if it 2 was pastel and the other 2 was dye. To make it look more awesomer we did them diagonally.

Moving on we went to the exhibition called The Manukau Water we looked at the different artworks created by artist. Most of them was based around water and sound. Watching the animations, movies and canvases I was so inspired as I knew that art isn’t just painting it was also other ways like sketching and all sorts of things.

Finishing our session Ana ( a girl from our class) stood up and said a huge thank-you on behalf of  the whole class. At the end of the day we each went home with a imitation tapa cloth and a little knowledge about art.

Friends Writing Sample

Friends are like family, but they all have different personalities. You have some caring, humorous, nuts and most of all your besties. It doesn’t matter who your friends are or what their personalities are. You just have to accept them for who they are.

In my eyes everyone needs a friend whether its to pick you back up or to encourage you but most of all to have a laugh with. A good friend will always be there for you when you are feeling low.

Friends are like family members that you can always talk too. You spend time with them, make jokes or laugh with them. Once you find a good friend they turn into your family with out any of your ancestors dna though.

Do you know what 3 things it takes to form a good friendship? Well a good friendship would be based on trust which means that they can tell you their deepest secrets. Another key is on caring where when they get pushed down you pick them back up. The lucky last is respect make sure that they have respect for you and you have respect for them.

“A friend to me is someone to share the last cookie with” quoted by cookie monster

Future Aspirations

The year 7 and 8 intermediate classes were blessed when we had 3 talented speakers arrive at our school. They were here because they came to talk to us about their aspirations and hopefully inspire us to think about what we want to do when we get older. As they were part of the future aspirations this was hosted by Andrew Patterson.

Giving it over to Andrew he talked to us a little bit before he showed us a video. The video was about a boy who was year 8, when he first found out that he was a confident speaker. This year he is year 9 and is a confident speaker who gets paid to speak at conferences and all sorts of meetings. The video was full of laughter coming from both us and the audience in the video.

“Can we please say a huge hello to Mr Samuels” He said. When he came up to the front to talk to us we already knew him as he was the dad of three boys that attend our school. He talked to us about the time he had spent on the No 1 kids show What now. Also there was 1 key and 1 phrase. The phrase was To Miharo Hoki which means You are Amazing. Where the key to unlock this phrase was “ Your past doesn’t have to determine your future”. Before giving the mic back to Andrew we watched a little movie. It was about famous people who got told they could never make it but ended up stars. The purpose of this was to teach us that what other people say doesn’t mean they're right.

Receiving the mic Andrew then announced the next person who was Paula. He told us a story about how he nearly died. It may sound scary but its actually quite funny. The events leading up to the story started at his school when he first started swimming. He won all the awards as he had a secret weapon. He said it really came in handy when he got tired as he just put his legs down and walked. But one time when he went  to a swimming competition he realised that he couldn’t touch the ground and ended up drowning. The moral of his story was that he’s not scared we won’t succeed he’s scared we won’t try.

The last speaker was a lady named Amelia who is finishing her 2nd year of a 3 year degree. Her message was don’t let other peoples opinions and choices influence your decisions. She had said this message because in her life everybody thought she would grow up and be like her brothers instead of having hope and faith in her.

We are so grateful to have the opportunity to have people like them in our world. who give up their time to help inspire kids and young youth. Thank-you for inspiring us on this day and through the rest of the day.