Motat photos

Motat trip

Tuesday 5th August 2014

These are the highlights of our trip to Motat.

Seeing all the old technology and transportation –Kalolaini

Touching all the old stuff in the discovery room –Paris

Going through the mirror maze –Castelle

Going through the village and being able to go into the old houses –Luiz

Going on the tram ride –Losana

Listening to the history of phones – Milika

Experiencing what life was like here in New Zealand years ago- June

Seeing all the cars that they used back in the days –Jayden

Seeing the man in the jail- Lose

Going on the earthquake ride- Ayden and Nikau

Learning about inventions –Rhea

The whispering dish- Teuhiva

Going inside the old cinema – Amanda

Seeing the Sir Edmund Hillary centre – Mac

Learning about the old stuff of New Zealand – Jenny

Seeing the difference between the old days and today – Aisea

Taking photos around the village- Elizabeth

Looking at the old fire trucks – Giovanni

Comparing olden day school to the school we go to now- Seini 

100 Days of School!!!!!

we made 100 loom bands

 Today was our 100th day of school this year. As a class we participated in many fun activities around the number 100. Here are just a couple of things that we did. 

100 loom bands to write the number 100

Creating our 100 days of school banner

It was a long process. :)

The finished product!!!! 

Nick Willis, our Commonwealth Hero

… Nick Willis …

Full name: Nick Willis

Date of birth: April 25^th 1983 (aged 31)

Height: 1.83 m

Weight: 68 kg

Spouse: Sierra Boucher

Siblings: Steve Willis

Education: University of Michigan

Medals: Silver from the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006 for the 1500m, Gold in the 1500m in Beijing and Bronze at the 2010 Olympics in New Delhi.

Nick captured the world’s attention when he won the gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He ran 3:37:17 race for the 1500 metres in Paris last year.  He has accomplished a lot of things like coming second the prestigious fifth avenue mile and also clocked 1:45:54 for the 800 m that means Nick is running at approximately 27.5km in an hour wow! That’s outrageously quick.

In 2006 he suffered a splintered bone which meant his usual trainings were suspended for two months and he had to focus on swimming. But Nick never gave up and he certainly had faith in God that he would win a Gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games; and he did. After winning that Gold medal he was determined to win the Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

By June and Luiz.

My Commonwealth star profile

Liana Leota

Sports: Netball

Born: 31 October 1984

Taihape , New Zealand

Age: 29

Height: 1.68

Spouse: Johnny Leota

Liana Leota has made headlines this year by making netball comeback the elite ANZ tournament.

Her sense of timing with circle edge feeds into shooters is instinctive and natural ability has seen her reselected into the Silver Ferns mid-court for the first time since 2011.

Her playing history:

Silver Ferns was her National squads 2008-2011.

She is a Commonwealth Games MEDALLIST.

In 2010 she won the world netball series.

By Monivatey horng (Jenny)

Our Commonwealth super star

DJ Forbes

Full name: Derek Jamie Forbes

Date of birth: 15^th December 1982

Auckland

Height: 1.89 m

DJ Forbes is the current All Blacks rugby sevens captain, he started playing for the New Zealand sevens on September 27^th 2011.

His provincial team is Counties Manukau fifteens and his position is loose forward, his position for sevens is prop.

DJ Forbes has lifted 2 cups this season in Port Elizabeth in England as they sit at the top of all standings. He started playing rugby league and then he was converted to rugby union at the end of his school days. DJ Forbes has won 4 consecutive gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.

The reason why DJ Forbes wanted to play rugby was because he had the same values as Michael Jones and he wanted to be as good as him.

BY Andre and Jayden

My Commonwealth Hero

                                                     Phil Burrows

Full name: Phil Ross Burrows

Date of birth: 24.04.1980

Birth place: Wellington, NZ

Position: striker

Phil Ross Burrows is a 34 year old hockey player. He has  played in the Olympics and the Commonwealth games. He has won 1 silver and 1 bronze medals in the Commonwealth games. He is New Zealand's top field goal scorer and was named New Zealand’s player of the year. Phil Burrows has completed over 120 international games. 

He has competed in 2 summer Olympics in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing. 

He has played club hockey in the Netherlands since 2004.

By Mac