End of Term 1 2019

Our overall theme for our Inquiry of Learning this term was 'Building Champions' 

From all our learning based on champions, we created our own trophy of champions, and wrote down what makes us a champion, the values and influences that moulds and builds us into champion.

 As we shared with you previously, our writing genre this term was information report writing.  We selected a local hero to write about.  She is a prominent sports woman in New Zealand and even closer to home, from South Auckland.  Her power and strength has taken her to great heights in her achievements and we in New Zealand recognise her as our champion shot put expert Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams.

Here we are displaying our final copy of our information report about Valerie Adams.  Please feel free to come to Room 18 and read our writing.

Inquiry Research

Local Hero

Bill Pickering

Place of birth: Wellington

Date of birth: 24 December 1910     

Age(now): 108 (deceased)

Family: Albert William Pickering (Father)

Elizabeth Ann Pickering (Mother)

Education: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

What is he famous for: Becoming a rocket scientist

Achievements: Earning a Franklin medal, Nobel Copley medal, national medal of science, Elliott cresson medal, Kyoto prize, Edison medal, Charles Scott legacy medal and premium.   

By: Junior Ungounga

Sonny Bill Williams

Full name: Sonny Bill Williams

D.O.B: 3 August 1985

P.O.B: Auckland

Age: 33 years old

Height: 1.94 meters

Weight: 108 Kg

Nationality: New Zealand

Family:

Lee Williams (mother)

John Williams (father)

Denise Williams (sister)

Niall Williams (sister)

John Arthur Williams (brother)

Education:

Primary: Owairaka District School

Intermediate:Wesley Intermediate

College: Mount Albert Grammar School

Religion: Williams converted to Islam in 2009, while in France for Toulon.  He is the first Muslim to play for the All Blacks .

What is he famous for?

Sonny Bill Williams is a New Zealand  rugby union footballer, heavyweight boxing former rugby league footballer.  He has won 47 caps for the New Zealand (All Blacks), and was part of the teams that won the 2011 and 2015 Rugby world cups.

Who influenced him?

As a child he has been described as being a "small, skinny white kid who was "painfully shy", as well as "a freakish sporting talent, a competitive sprinter, a champion high jumper and cross country runner and the kid who played footy in teams a couple of age divisions above, to make things fairer." Despite being tipped to have a promising future in athletics, Williams abandoned it when he was about twelve years old.  Though his father was an accomplished rugby league player, Williams has said it was his mother who introduced him to the game and influenced him to the game.

Achievements:

He first signed with New Zealand Rugby in 2010, earned his first All Blacks cap that year and now has 33 Tests under his belt, along with two Rugby World Cup winners medals in 2011 and 2015. He made his debut in sevens in 2016, helping New Zealand to victory in Wellington and Sydney.  He has won 12 caps for New Zealand (the Kiwis) and won the RLIF Awards for Rookie of the Year in 2004 and International Player of the Year in 2013.

         

Majete Autagavaia                                                                                                             

Rm 18's FINAL SWIMMING LESSON 

for Term 1

This term, as part of our PE lessons, we learnt how to swim.  Every odd week we had a couple of lessons taken by our very own teacher Mrs Aliifaalogo.  First part of swimming was how we enter the pool 

as well as to enjoy the water and feel safe in the water.

Being able to float and scull at the same time was a safety technique we tried to master, especially when in a real situation where there are waves going against you.  We learnt that sculling is an essential skill when in the open water, that it helps you make your way to where you need to go, in a safe and calm manner.

We tried our very best to keep our feet up and be floating on a flat lever while at the same time tilting our head so we know where we are going.  

We found out too that breathing is an important skill when swimming.  To be able to hold your breath under water especially while floating or diving.

And most of all when swimming, is to be safe and follow the rules in whatever water facility you go to e.g the beach or the pools.  To swim between the flags, keep away from the rip tides and always swim together with two or more others.