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Year 8 Leadership Camp Highlights 2024

Year 8 Camp starts on Wednesday the 8th of May, this is where every Year 8’s in Team 5 will learn how to be a great leader to others! The reason why it’s important to be a great leader is because we’re the eldest and the ones that will guide others to the path of success. Also if you’re wondering how I’m feeling about this camp, it is exciting!! You see, this camp is in Kauaeranga Valley, which is quite far from Auckland. I heard that this camp is also Christian meaning that they believe in Jesus Christ. Anyways, enough of this… I need to start packing if I want to be prepared. 

Firstly, what team I’m I on? Well I’m in Coromandel A but there are 7 groups that break down to sections A and B, exactly where I am in. Now that I know what my team is called, me and the Year 8’s meet the staff of this enormous camp. We met Shane, the main leader of this organisation. He’s quite a tall white man and has a rather calming aura than our strict teachers. He soon introduced the rest of the staff, then came the cabins. I’m wondering if my cabin partners will be my own friends or at least one of my friends. I really do hope I got Kaylee or Bonnie as my cabin partners! As soon as we were released, we were greeted by 3 doors with a yellow plastic note glued. I soon found my name in Cabin Number 2, guess my luck isn’t really good. I didn’t get Kaylee or Bonnie, I got some of my classmates and other classmates in Team 5. We all got our suitcases/duffle bags, the girls are on the left and boys on the right. Got our own bathrooms with showers of course. Now back to me, I saw 5 bunk beds with a rough blue mattress. I can hear the other girls chatting or arguing with each other, I look over at Kisa… she’s one of my friends, just not my BEST friend but almost like a distant Samoan cousin. Kisa has black hair like me, except she has long hair while I have short hair, brown eyes and rarely wear lip gloss when we aren’t allowed. Kisa waved at me and I’m happy to have her as one of my cabin partners. I then look over at McKaelyn, that’s the same as Kisa but taller. Other than that, let’s unpack for our first rotation… Go Karts!!

The next day follows, Day 2. Our first rotation was fun, I really loved the Go Karts. I think I went too fast and too slow on the timing part. So many rotations will definitely help us be great leaders! BUZZZZZ, looks like we need to get going to have a small Year 8 Morning assembly. I walked over to the main hall, I’m wearing my NBA Lakers sweatshirt with a blue Samoan jacket on top of that, long black pants, and still looking tired. We all sat down on the soft blue mat, in our group lines. Mr Wiseman, our bald teacher from Class Three, was standing straight at the front with his arms crossed. He starts speaking about reflecting what we learnt as a great leader. I didn’t really get the chance to stand up to talk about what I learnt as a great leader, but to be honest… I think it’s about letting the leader be an example to everyone, giving others a chance to speak up loudly yet with pride. For example, I see Taisha as a big sister in Coromandel B… that’s a real leader right there. After the reflection, Mr Wiseman let all of us have free time after we get into our second rotations. I walk out of the hall, only to be greeted by Bonnie who wraps her arm around me. I glanced over her shoulder and rolled my eyes, playfully. Bonnie is a great friend of mine, always standing up for others by talking back harshly which I think that’s leadership? Come on, she’s my friend, guys. Soon was Kaylee, a short-smart-filipino friend that loves to bake, she also gives me cookies too. Nice. Me, Bonnie and Kaylee quickly walk over to this house that has a chubby-looking rabbit with dark fences around as a safe barrier. Bonnie was saying how fat the rabbit is, Kaylee saying that he’s on a diet and me just staring at the rabbit. We’re just a chaotic-friendly looking trio, or just the OG Trio for short. Now it’s time for our second rotation!!

The next day follows, Day 3. This is going to be our last day here. We all woke up, I was in a different cabin as the last cabin wasn’t really good. Ms Timmi and Miss Haare help me switch cabins to where my two friends are in, because I sleepwalked which caused the other girls to freak out. It made me sad, but I believe that I can overcome my sleepwalking problem, I normally don’t sleepwalk… must be those girl’s gory stories. Anyways, last rotation for the day and we’ll be successful leaders to our Year 7’s who will carry this legacy. Our last rotation is called BMX/Jiggers. And to be honest, this activity wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. The Jiggers is a small minecart ride, except it’s backwards. The BMX, aka bicycle motocross, we had to wait until Shane came back with the key for the shed. Though it’s all about getting points for teamwork, communication, leadership and maybe bonus points. You see, we get points for our team and this time we get points up to 100! My team, Coromandel A, got 100 points. We are in the lead. Hours later, Mr Wiseman announced the winner of this camp… it was us! I knew it was a good idea to just have fun. Wait what’s that? Oh the bus came early, though it’s only one, we need another bus so let’s wait. As an award, we got a box of chocolate. We had to share it 🙁

Later, the second bus came and we all got on. I was with Bonnie again, she called shotgun. As for Kaylee, well she went on the other bus, she must be feeling blue. But for now, let’s enjoy the pretty ride 😉

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Slides Animation


This week my class were doing a Cybersmart Challenge which is about leaving a Smart Footprint basically. We had to do to a slides animation by using only 1, 2 or 3 characters in here. Mine is about astronauts capturing an alien, and they bring this alien back to the lab where the scientists can test him.  Anyways, hope you enjoy my dazzling and epic slide animation!^^

Descriptive Writing Challenge

This week we doing a Descriptive Writing Challenge, you had to pick an image to write about. I chose the 2nd slide to write about. My story is about a lady name “Mrs Poppy” who goes on a hot air balloon and I did an extra slide for my story, it’s a drawing of what Mrs Poppy look like!!

I Heard a Whisper

I heard a whisper but no-one was there

Imagine you heard a whisper but couldn’t see who had whispered. Write to narrate (tell) a story about a whisper.

 

  • I heard a whisper but no-one was there, I thought it was just my imagination. So I ignored and focused on my schoolwork, but as I was focusing on my schoolwork, I heard another whisper. “Mr Burt is going to get pranked” it whispered again. My eyes shot big when I heard that. I looked around the classroom, seeing if someone was messing with me. “Are you okay?” asked Kaylee. “Mr Burt is going to get pranked” I said softly. “WHAT?!” shouted Kaylee. “Kaylee, keep your voice down please” said Mrs Stone. “How do you know?” asked Kaylee, when she lowered her voice down. “Uhhhh- this might sound crazy. But the WHISPER told me” I said to Kaylee. “Who’s the Whisper?” said Kaylee. “I just gave it a name, okay Kaylee” I said. 

 

  • When Literacy was over, we went back to our home class and ate our Morning Tea. As we were eating our Morning Tea, Mr Burt made an announcement on the speaker. He had said “Stop look and listen, today we had an unexpected surprise in the office. It wasn’t a nice surprise, it was a bad surprise from… me. So we’re going to find who did this bad surprise and have a talk with them” said Mr Burt in the speaker. I was shocked to hear that Mr Burt got pranked. When everyone was done eating, I went to play with Kaylee & Bonnie. “Leata, Kaylee told me that you said Mr Burt got pranked” said Bonnie. “Yeah, the Whisper told me” I said to Bonnie. We walked to our usual spot at the deck. 

 

  • As we were talking, the Whisper said “When Marzuli was running, he slipped” it whispered. “Wait- WHAT” I shouted. *Marzuli Screaming in Pain* “What the- is that Marzuli?!” said Bonnie. Me and the girls went to Marzuli, Marzuli was just at the stairs next to Team 4. There were lots of people around him, but we got through. Miss T.A came in shock and saw what had happened. Marzuli’s left leg was a little bit twisted, so Miss T.A had to carry him. Bonnie couldn’t believe what happened to Marzuli. And so was I, the Whisper is going a bit too far with this one. After school was finished, I went home with my little sister & my mum. But when I got home, the Whisper said “The school is going to burn down” it whispered. 

 

  • “I’m sorry- WHAT?!” I said. “Okay, okay this got to be a dream. Mr Burt got pranked, next Marzuli fell by the stairs and NOW the school is going to burn down?!” I said so angrily. “This school is going to burn down…in 2:40” it whispered. The school was about to burn down at 2:40, if I called the firemans at about 2:37 or more. Then the school won’t burn down! But I don’t know the phone number for it. I tried to think fast, the Whisper has gone too far. What if I just go there BEFORE the school burns down. “You know what, I’m going there MYSELF rather you like it or not Whisper!” I said to myself. As I put on my shoes and ran outside. “Oi o fea e te alu i ai Leata?!” said my mum, as she went outside too with a SHOE in her hand. “SORRY MUM, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL NOW” I said back to my mum. I already knew I was in trouble.

 

  • When I got to my school, not knowing what time it was. I ran inside the school, trying to figure out where the fire is going to start. I think for a moment… then DING, I knew where the fire was going to start. The teacher’s bay was the right place, it must have an oven. I ran straight to the office, where the teacher’s bay was. The Whisper kept on saying “You’re going to run out of time”. I didn’t believe it until I see it. At the teacher’s bay, there was… Miss Moala cooking cupcakes. “What in the butter cream are you doing Miss Moala?” I asked. “Wait what? School is finished, you shouldn’t  be here” said Miss Moala. I looked at what she was doing, she was about to put the cupcakes in. “Wait Miss Moala, did you check if the oven was leaking?” I asked. “Huh what do you- Oh my, it is leaking how did you know?” said Miss Moala, backing away from the oven. “I-I just knew if it was leaking b-because I know h-how ovens work, yeah I know how ovens work” I said to her. Miss Moala nodded and called the mechanic.

 

  • As for me, I went home and got a huge HIDING from my mum. Man, I wonder how she is so good with a shoe. I went to bed, thinking about how I saved the day at school. Also the Whisper stopped whispering about things, maybe I stopped the whispering who’s the boss of this body. I grabbed out my diary, started to write about my crazy day that just happened. The diary is my LIFE. “What are you writing?” said my dad. “Oh just about my crazy day I had” I said, then winked.

Writing Challenge – Tik tok

One sunny day in Pt England School, a teacher named Mr Wiseman was teaching his students about the human body. While he was teaching his students, he heard a loud song across the room. All the students started to like the song but Mr Wiseman didn’t. He went to look at who was doing loud music in learning time, the music was at the Teachers Bay. So, he went inside and saw Mr Moran playing loud music in learning time. “Mr Moran…. MR MORAN!” shouted Mr Wiseman, “Oh, hey Mr Wiseman. Is there something you want?” said Mr Moran. “Yes, can you please STOP playing loud music”, “But I love this song. It’s called “I Made You Look” by Meghan Trainor and I’m doing a Tik tok dance. This dance will go viral” explained Mr Moran. “Tik tok…really?” said Mr Wiseman disappointed. Mr Wiseman really hated Tik tok because Tik tok can not be trusted. While Mr Wiseman told Mr Moran to get back to teaching, he had a really good idea for Tik tok. The next day, Mr Moran was about to do some Tik tok but it wasn’t working. “What? Why isn’t Tik tok working?” said Mr Moran. Then Mr Wiseman heard what Mr Moran said, so he went to him and showed him the news. “Breaking news, we have a complaint about Tik tok, from a man named Rob Wiseman. He said Tik tok should not be trusted because who holds your info about yourself and all that. What a good example about Tik tok, if you’re watching this kids and parents please do protect your info. Back to you Michael!” said the news. 

                               

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