Young Leaders Day

NYLD 2012!

On Monday the 28th of May 2012, some of the year 7 and 8s had the opportunity to attend national young leaders day. The event was placed at the Michael Fowler centre. there were 5 speakers talking about being the bast we can be and sparking our potential as a leader. The first speaker was Nick Tuatasi. He spoke about Sparking your undiscovered ability. ‘SPARK’ stands for S-Shaken, P-Pushed, A-Anger, R-Risk and K-Kick start. 

The second speaker was Jamie Fitzgerald. He talked about how him and his friend won a rowing competition by not giving up and walking across Antarctica. That is why he is so inspiring. She said to believe in your self and others will to. He said never let performance get in the way of safety 

The nest person to speak was Cassandra Treadwell. she talked about the homeless people in Kenya and how people said that she couldn’t make a Charity with 4 kids but she did and is currently building a school in Kenya. She said to believe in your self and others will to.

Cam Calkoen was the nest speaker and he had a disability called cerebal palsey. he was talking about how he loves sport and has competed for our country in sports.

His favourite word was awesome and he said: ‘dream big and achieve more.’

The last speaker was called Dave Atkinson. He was my favourite person of the day. He said that you become the people you hang out with so choose good friends and stick up for what is right. You don’t need to try and be like your friends so choose wisely. 

Young leaders day was very inspirational and I had a fun day. It was defiantly worth going.

Mask self assessment(:

Term 2 Goals(:

Term 3 Goals(:

Literacy- For my literacy I need to improve my spelling. I will do this by revising them everyday at home for homework to try and get 10/10 at the end of the week for testing.

Maths- For maths I need to work on getting faster with my basic facts test and try and get over 70/100 every time. I will do this by going on to Mathletics after school 4 times a week.

General- I need to improve on not fiddling on the mat and try to concentrate more. I will do this by not having anything to fiddle with and not sitting by anyone that will distract me.

Te Whiti Art

My biography on a class member- Kees

Kees Amorey John Jansen

Kees Amorey John Jansen was born at 1:20pm in Auckland on the 7th of March 2001. His Mum’s name is Mree and his Dad’s name is Eddie. He has two sisters, one nine year old called Bella and a thirty year old sister called Jazz who is married. When he was born he lived in Auckland for about six months with his Mum, Dad and older sister. They moved to Hamilton for two months, then to Khandalla for four months and then to Eastbourne where they live now.

When Kees was two, he went to a preschool in Lower Hutt. When he moved to Eastbourne he started going to Banardos. This was when he was three. Kees has been attending Muritai School ever since he first started and is still there now.

Ever since Kees was young, he has been interested in cars and planes and has always wanted to be a pilot. His dad works as an accountant and owns a business in the Eastbourne village called Edward Cristian.Co. 

When Kees was little one of the significant moments that he had was when he stuck his hand in the fire place on his first birthday.

One of Kees’s proudest moments was when he won the high jump 4 years in a row andalso when he scored the most goals in soccer for the season in his team. Kees is a sporty, athletic and competitive person. Some of the sports he plays are: cricket, rugby and soccer and although he is athletic, he has never broken a bone in his body. He plays two musical instruments: drums and a little bit of guitar. Kees is into Drum/Bass music and likes a band called ‘Skilliex.

In conclusion, Kees is a sporty, fun and athletic person. His favourite food is pie. His goal in life is to be a pilot because he was inspired by a man who landed a plane in the New York harbor and would now love to be a pilot himself. 

By Hailey

Te Whiti-O-Rongomai Biography

Te Whiti-O-Rongomai

Te Whiti was a great leader and an inspiring man who was born in 1830 at Ngamotu, Taranaki. His father was named Hone and his fathers cousin, Tohukakahi was a minor chief. His mother was called Rangiawau, daughter of Te Whetu. Te Whiti was born during the Musket wars and lived peacefully on the coast near Parihaka, until 1865 when Maori troops burnt his village down. The next year he moved inland to Parihaka. He was educated at Reimenschneiders Mission School and was very good at Bible studies. After he left school, he set up a flour mill at Warea and was identified as a possible spiritual teacher.

By 1870 Parihaka (where Te Whiti lived) became the biggest village in the country. Later on in 1879 Europeans invaded the land and by 1881 they were punishing people unfairly and taking the Maori land. Te Whiti and Tohu were leaders of the Parihaka movement and protested peacefully. The people of Parihaka challenged the Europeans because the land was taken unfairly. Te Whiti was a spiritual man who preached Christian beliefs. In 1881 Te Whiti got sent to prison in the South Island. While he was there, he learnt how to use European technology. He began to play mind games on the prison guards by putting salt in their pudding and sugar in their soup to try and make them doubt their sanity. Te Whiti was also the first person to speak on the telephone at a Christchurch railway.

Te Whiti was released from prison in 1888 shortly after his wife died, however he was not able to attend her funeral. Once Te Whiti and Tohu had arrived back to Parihaka, they started to rebuild the village. They mixed the Maori and European style into the village and they both lived in Parihaka until their deaths.  

Sadly, Te Whiti died of old age on the 22 of November 1907. When he was buried, many valuables were buried with him. His body was not placed inside a coffin because earlier he had said that everyone should be buried without a coffin. It is said that everyone around the country was very sad that day and the whole of Parihaka had become much more quiet after his death.

Te Whiti was a very inspirational and peaceful man who always stood up for what he believed in. He inspires a lot of people throughout New Zealand and is now known for being an amazing person and a great leader. 


By Hailey.

Term 1 Goals

My Goals For Term 2 

Literacy- I need to work on having more complex punctuation in my writing. I will do this by checking over my work more to check I have used it.

General- I need to work on my reading comprehension, understanding the text that I am reading. I will do this by reading more at home and talking about what I have read.

Maths- I need to work on answering times tables straight away. I will do this by going on mathletics often and trying to increase my score.