Hobsonville Point Primary School - GEG NZ

On Wednesday the 12th of August, the Year 7 & 8 students of Extension got the opportunity to attend GEG NZ Sumit Group 2015 ( Google for Education Groups New Zealand ). This year marked the first year of it being held, and the students of Pt England Extension were lucky enough to be apart of this event.

The trip to Hobsonville was a 1hr drive, and it was pretty exhausting especially when there was no music. We arrived at HPPS (Hobsonville Point Primary School) at quarter to 9:00, just in time to collect our Swag Bags which included a map of the school, our own name tags and a bag of bagel chips, finally it was time to get GEG NZ for 2015 started.

We walked towards the school gym which was located down the hall, and we grabbed a seat. The HPPS ambassadors, lead the beginning with a Himene and a few words, they gave us house keeping rules and the day was started.

Our First session was located just down the hall 7B. We rushed down towards the classroom to find that it was packed with a whole range of people from different schools. Finally we were seated, the session started off with tips about ‘Stratch’ , how to work it, what the program features are and how the characters works.

Next, we moved onto the 2nd part of the session which was playing with the Makey Makey. The Makey Makey, was a little tool that had a lot of wires, firstly we were given a bag that included the Makey Makey, Play Dough and a whole bunch of wires.

The first thing we did was hook up the wires to the makey makey, then we made a object with the play dough, secondly my group and I plugged the black cord to the object that we made, which was a snow man, then once the the snow man was touched the sound that was put into scratch will play, and the commands that were given to the character will do what it was told to do.

Session two was just near, and we knew that our group was presenting. Our
group presentation was based on PENN (Pt England News Network), we told the audience what it was all about and how it worked. Then it was time to get the audience involved, making there very own PENN episode.

Firstly we spilt the crowd into 4 groups of 4, then it was time to put there acting skills to the test, each person had the chance to present each topic, everyone had a sentence to say. After recording the PENN made at GEG NZ was done, and was ready to be broadcasted.

In my group, there was Myself, Josephine, Stevenson, Jordan S, Ana V, Khaia, and Paige.

How I Require and Spend Money.

Money is a currency that is universal, in many countries there is what you call a national currency, for example in New Zealand our currency is the Dollar, in the islands such as Samoa and Tonga their currency is the Tala and Panga. Currencies vary all over the world, and so does the value of them. I acquire money in various ways however I prefer not to save.

There are numerous ways I obtain money, such as working, selling goods, receiving money from parents, or on special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, Christmas along with New Years. To get money for myself it is pretty straight forward, chores. Working around the house has always been a way to get hard and fast cash whether it’s $5 or $7 it still counts as money.

I find it really difficult to save and obtain money, because there a many things that I want. I usually spend most of my money on the latest fashion trend rather than the important things. But, I have learnt that it is very critical to save.

In conclusion saving money and budgeting is the best things to do with money.

Paralympic Games.

 

Paralympic Games....

The Paralympic Games is a sporting event where athletes with a physical disability compete. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held after the London 2012 Olympic games.

The Paralympic Games will be held at the same stadium where the Olympics games were held. Many Athletes that compete at the Paralympic Games maybe in a wheelchair and Might have amputation or even be blind.

The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. There will be 4,200 athletes that will be competing. Some of the games are similar to the Olympic games but the way it is played is changed.

These Paralympic games mark the 14th anniversary of the very first ever games which were held in Italy.

Dans Days Friday...

Today was a day to remember as Dan’s family remembers all the good times they had with their dog Chops. Dragging the mattresses into the family room we were telling story how Chops was the best dog in the world and how he would protect the kids for the worm.

My warriors story

Desire to win the game the Warriors prepared to battle. Dodging and side stepping Sea eagles got a try. The crowd went wild.
This game was held in Australia Sydney. Sprinting through the tackles the warriors did a drop kick and it went through the goal. The crowed were cheering for the warriors.

At half time the warriors were not concentrating there heads were somewhere eagles and the Manly Sea Eagles were Winning , “TRY” the crowed shouted the Warriors were upset and that they had scored a try .
At the end of the day the Manly Sea Eagles had won and sadly the Warriors had to go home with nothing. I don’t know about you but I’m proud of them anyway for making it into the final. So well done!

Thinking hats

Yellow hat , What i have enjoyed
I have enjoyed going on Math - whizz and also having
Math with our teacher Mrs King .

Black hat , Thing that i didn’t enjoy
I did not enjoyed doing Cross Country because we had to go
up and down hills and we went bush running .

White Hat , What I have learn't
This year so far i have learn't how to make alfajorcitos and also
I learn' t my faction .

Red hat , How do i feel .
Overall this term I have felt Excited and also not because it
was not fun having a reliever because we had to work on paper .

Green hat , What I found Interesting
I found our Topic really really fun because it was all about the
ball and we had this New game called Aussie rules and it was fun .

Blue Hat , What could have done to make my learning better
I could of listed to make me learning better and also get a better life
when I grow up .

Alfajorcitos

Que bueno son Los alfajorcitos . Muy delicioso . Room 13 made alfajorcitos for a special treat .

Alfajorcitos is the most famous thing in Argentina it is popular and the smell of dulce De leche made room 13 cool as we created these Argentina sweets. Alfajorcitos are from Argentina. They are popular in that country .


First we got out all the ingredients and started. Next we grabbed the biscuits and we spread the dulce de leche we had to spread a lot to make it sticky. Then we sandwiched the biscuits together . After that we had to put coconut around the biscuits . After that we rolled it together and made it in to a Alfajorcitos .

I enjoyed this experience. We made it pretty well and we had fun making it . loved it because it was lots of fun and it was also tasty and yummy . I had a nice snack and it was delicious .

I had fun making it and it was yummy and also taste . I loved it and now it is my favorites snack , I had a nice day and .

My favorite part was when we sated eating it was so yummy and I loved it . and we were having fun making Alfajorcitos .

Badmitoin

Donna our coach , lead us for some fun and enjoyable Badminton.Having a fun and enjoyable time led us for badminton .swing the racket round and round i Finley got it in to the cone.

Moving on to the next tasks was underarm backhand and also forehand . Swing the racket and missing a shuttle i hope the finale one i will get it . As it was got close a to me i saw the shuttle pong i herd “i did ” As I said to myself .

Our next task was doing the trick shot . The trick shot was so trick maybe that way they called it the trick shot .The Trick shot is a serve were you have to put it under your legs and hit the shuttle . Spectacular i got . “Yeppp” i said in my head .


Then next task was a game it was not any game it was called Badminton soccer . First i was one of the demonstrate . One of the other play was MaryH . The rules a when you get it over the net you get a goal but if you hit the net that means your out. Game on it was boys aganis girls

Healthy Foods

Eating healthy food is good because it makes your body grow and also it can make our brains work . Children should eat a variety of different foods to be healthy .



healthy foods is a balanced of diet from the four main food groups .and ALSO Fats and sugars a needed to be eaten everyday , but only in limited amounts.

When you eat right you can live right and sometimes you can be healthy and you can be balanced and you can have enough energy and you can also have a happy life .
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John Kirwan

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