Genomics Fun Day!!

Today was Genomics Fun day, which is why the year 7's & 8's from Glen Innes and Glenbrae came to our Team. In the morning in my home class we had to divide in to four groups. Lucky I was put in the same group with my friends. When Glenbrae and Glen Innes were here we had to sit in the street. After the meeting we were sent to our home class and the other schools had to divide into different classes to pick any group they want to be in. When all of them got in a group we introduced ourselves and told each-other what inspired us about Genomics. After doing our meet and greet we had to go back in the street and play a game for spot prizes and the game was that Jannie gives us a question and the one who knows it has to stand up and say it out loud.  When we finished we had to go back to our home class and review some of the Genomics stuff that we did. After like 15 minutes of reviewing, it was time for the quiz. So the thing is we get a paper of genomics question and we had to write down the answer or say it to the panel for points. After we did the Quiz and after announcing the winners everybody did a good job and we also got along we each other. We really had a fun Genomics day with Glenbrae and Glen Innes.

What is a Poem?

Task Description: We are learning about Poem and how to write poems of our own.

A Good Leader!!

Does being a leader include being, respectful, caring and helpful? If you see the seniors in your school you can see that they are very responsible and confident and they can sometimes inspire us. What are the things that you should know about becoming a good leader at your school? I suggest if you want to know, read through the statements below to know about the ways of becoming a leader.  

The first thing about becoming a leader is being Respectful. Respect is something that everyone and anyone can do. If you respect the people in your family that means you can also respect each other and the teachers of your school. It's good to respect your elders as well, it's good to show respect because the little kids will do the same thing.

My second tip of becoming a leader is by being confident in yourself. Speaking in front of a lot of people is terrifying but if you believe in yourself and get used to it you won't have the fear of talking to people. You can encourage those people that are shy by being confident in yourself.

My last opinion about being an amazing role model is, being positive all the time. You can motivate those people who feel negative by telling them some positive words. If the little kids see you being positive all the time they will be positive with each other. That can show that you're a fit leader for your school.

There you have it, three of my opinions or tips about how to become a good leader of your school. Being Respectful, Confident and being positive will help you become an amazing leader.  

Cuban Casino

This week in Room 2, we are learning about the Dance called Cuban Casino. The dance is from Cuba. Cuba has the population of 11.3 million people. Their Official language is Spanish their Capital is Havana. In Cuba they have 64% of European Heritage, 26% Mixed Heritage and 10% of African Heritage. The Cuba Casino developed in Havana, Cuba in the early 1950's. There were 5 steps that I learned from the Cuba Casino.

1. Two Step

2. Paso de son

3. Black Rock

4. Back Cross

5. Walk and Pivot

What do I know??

Term 4! Here We Come!!

Fakalofa Lahi atu, this week is the first week of term 4. It's also Niuean language week and all of us were happy to see each other. When we were in the hall we saw Mr. Burt dressed up he looked kinda funny and it also gave me goosebumps. This Term's theme is "Life is a Stage" and it's about drama and dancing so it's expressing yourself through a play or a dance.

Team 1 did a movie of Cinderella, four of the team 1 teachers were dressed in gowns and funny outfits while Cinderella was dressed as...Cinderella. The four step-sisters and Cinderella were invited to the ball but the step-sisters didn't let her. Fairy godmother then appeared and turned them into frogs because they were being mean to Cinderella. I'm sure team 1 is going to have a lot of fun this term.

Team 4 teachers were Ms. Barrant, Ms. Tuia, Ms. West, Ms. Sio, Ms. Tumahai and Mr. Goodwin(Statue). Their Item was interviewing the Toy Shop characters, they were talking about Bernard the bee. Ms. Tuia was interviewed and she did the Git up dance. All the four characters were interviewed and each got to show some pretty neat dance moves.

Team 5 was one of my favorite performance. Our team teachers were wearing black with a matched lei and Grass Skirt. The first dance was like a Hawaiian dance and then after, they did the Waka Waka dance. They are great dancers. All of us enjoyed their performance and I can tell that our team 5 is going to have a great and fun term.

 All of the Teams did an awesome Job with their items. It also made me excited about what we're going to do and learn this term.