Disaster in Christchurch

Rescuers Looking at the terrible sight hoping there are no people left inside. In every direction they look there is complete destruction, and the death toll rising by the hour. Nearly everything destroyed, and everywhere danger lurks beneath the grounds of Christchurch.

Sensational Tonga

Such a hot day isn’t it. Tonga is both hot and WONDERFUL! I thought in my head. I, Seini-Mino was at Lavengatonga beach.

Sitting down and sinking my toes in to the hot sand felt really nice. After a few hours in the sand I decided to go for a swim, but just when my toes reached the water I shouted,” COLD”, the water was freezing . After that I just planned to run in to the beach instead of just walking in, so I could get it over and done with. So here it goes, “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH”, I shouted as I ran in to the beach.

“COLD”, I shouted at the very top of my lungs, as my head popped out of the freezing, cold water.
My cousins told me to move around a lot so I could get use to the water. “ Aaaaaa" , at last I was
I was floating peacefully.

Until a big, massive wave came smashing down on my face . I was swept to shore and even better ,was that I had sand in my hair! What made my day that was my aunty from Austraila asked me if I wanted to go snorkeling.

I was full of excitement when I put the mask on. Down I go underwater and it was amazing!
I could see little tiny fish, but mostly the ones with black and white stripes on them. Until I saw a rather unusual looking fish, this fish was red and weird patterns on it, Acutally I was kind of scared so I swam away, but I think it was the other way around.

While I was underwater I could hear the water come past my ears and also the fact that everyone was following me and saying,”Mino can I have a turn”, It was so annoying! So I gave up the snorkel and the mask and gave it to my cousin, so now everybody can go annoy her now.

The thing that was most irratating of them all was, when you wanted to go eat the sand would stick to your feet. That was pretty stink I said.

I had LOTS of FUN even though there were my ups and downs mainly the downs that still didn’t stop me from having lots of fun. The day ended as the sun went down, it was 8.47pm, so that means I was there till 12.00 pm to 8.47pm. One word WOW. that was the 2nd longest time I have ever been at a beach.

It was a long way home ,I got hit with raindrops because it started to rain, It was like I was getting hit with pebbles, I was on the back of a truck ,but that was all part of the fun!

Net books,net books and even more net books!

It is very cool learning with net books ! Instead of having lots of books and even better you can easily carry it around, also it connects to wireless
(you can go anywhere in the school and go on the internet without having to plug it in to a modem) I think that's absolutely amazing.

In the school all the year 5,6,7 and 8's have this opportunity, that over 200 net books! The picture above I took on my net books

I am very greatful to have this opportunity.

Ambassador - Podcasting

In 2010 I have been an ambassador for Pt England School.  My role has been to talk about my learning to hundreds of visitors who have come to our school from all over the country and around the world.


This video shows you what I had to say about how Podcasting helps us learn and become better readers.

Seini-Mino : Podcasting from KPE TV on Vimeo.

This is the transcript of my presentation:

"We also share our learning with the world through podcasting with KPE.  

Korero Pt England began in 2005 and it is one of the ways we talk about about what we have been reading. I only began podcasting last year, but I have been listening to KPE for a long time now because my brother, Paul, was one of the first KPE podcasters back when we started in 2005.  In fact, he designed the logo for KPE that we still use today.

To create a podcast for KPE we have to read a book, write a script and record it with a partner on Garage Band.  We try to make our podcast sound like an interview. That sounds easy, doesn't it!  

Well, recording it is easy, but we have to do quite a lot before we get to the recording part. We have to think about an interesting way to retell the plot. We also discuss the characters, the setting and the theme of the book. And we try to talk about New Zealand a little bit because our listeners from around the world like that. 

Because we read so many books and have to think about how to share them with other people, of course we get way better at reading. And we also get better at writing and become confident speakers. 

KPE has also helped us to make many unexpected connections with other people. We have had lots of authors listen to our podcasts and talk to us about their books. 

We have talked to people around the world about our reading and we have helped lots of other kids in New Zealand with podcasting through this.  

We get to help heaps of adults and we have even had the mayor of Auckland come here to learn how to podcast. 

Recently we talked to some people in Italy on Skype about how we create an episode of KPE.  They have been listening to our podcasts and wanted to find out more.

It is funny that reading books has turned out to be a great way to meet people! "

Minister Heatley speaking to us after we gave our presentation.

Minister of Housing, Phil Heatley, was one of the people we presented to this year.

OLD SKOOLZ

Well, about 4 weeks ago our teacher (Miss Garden) gave us a task to make an MTV. We had to first get in to a group of 3,4 or 5. My group was called the OLD SKOOLZ! In my group were Selena, Ala and Sylvia. Here is our movie and I hope you enjoy!

Commonwealth Athlete

Hello, our extension teacher (Mrs Tele'a) gave us a task to make a movie, about an athlete that competed in the Commonwealth games and the twist is that we had to name a insect that was similar to the athlete. Here is my movie and my athlete is...

Pool At School

This month at Point England school ,we have a solar powered swimming pool. The reason why we have a pool at school is because, this term we are having swimming safety lessons.

We went in to the swimming pool last Wednesday, it was kind of cold. Our tutor Chris told us to put on our life jackets and got in. It was fun! Also Chris told us how to huddle in if we were in frozen water.

The lessons were great! It was fun learning about safety in the water.