Home learning Challenge E8.

Choose a musical instrument and learn to play a new song.
I learnt how to play some songs on a guitar.

Home learning challenge C9.

A few weeks ago I went to Ruapuna with my family to watch motorsport.

Leadership Excellence Technology Blog Post 5

On Tuesday on the bus to tech I only talked to the person next to me and I spoke quietly.
At tech I was good and I did what I had to do. I am designing a car.

I have shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.
I have shown the CARE value of Active Thinking by Contributing.

Leadership Excellence Technology Blog Post 4

On Tuesday on the bus to tech I only talked to the person next to me and I spoke quietly.
At tech I was good and I did what I had to do. I was doing design.

I have shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.
I have shown the CARE value of Active Thinking by Contributing.

Leadership Excellence Technology Blog Post 3

On Tuesday on the bus to tech I only talked to the person next to me and I spoke quietly.
At tech I was good and I did what I had to do

I have shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.
I have shown the CARE value of Active Thinking by Contributing.

Leadership Excellence Technology Blog Post 2

On Tuesday on the bus to tech I only talked to the person next to me and I spoke quietly.
At tech I was good and I did what I had to do

I have shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.
I have shown the CARE value of Active Thinking by Contributing.

Leadership Excellence Kapa Haka Blog Post 5

Every Friday Kapa Haka practises in the hall. We have been practising lots of songs and also the boys have been practising the haka. We also practice the actions for every song.

I have shown excellence by turning up, trying my best and being part of a group.
I have also shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.

Leadership Excellence Kapa Haka Blog Post 4

Every Friday Kapa Haka practises in the hall. We have been practising lots of songs and also the boys have been practising the haka. We also practice the actions for every song.

I have shown excellence by turning up, trying my best and being part of a group.
I have also shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.

Head Boy leadership excellence blog post 4

As Head Boy part of my role is being part and running student council. We meet every Wednesday and we talk about different things each week.

I have shown the Care value of respect by Listening to others.
I have shown the leadership trait of trustworthy by turning up and contributing.

Head Boy leadership excellence blog post 5

As Head Boy part of my role is being part and running student council. We meet on Wednesdays to discus things.

I have shown the Care value of respect by Listening to others.
I have shown the leadership trait of trustworthy by turning up and contributing.

Leadership Excellence Technology Blog Post 1

On Tuesday on the bus to tech I only talked to the person next to me and I spoke quietly.
At tech I was good and I did what I had to do

I have shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.
I have shown the CARE value of Active Thinking by Contributing.

Home learning challenge A9. Create a song using Garageband.

The garage band song

Head Boy leadership excellence blog post 3

As Head Boy part of my role is being part and running student council. We meet every Wednesday and we talk about different things each week. At the moment we are organising an Ice Cream Day so the Year 7/8 are doing most and the others are helping out.

I have shown the Care value of respect by Listening to others.
I have shown the leadership trait of trustworthy by turning up and contributing.

Kapa kaka leadership excellence blog post 3

On Wednesday for the Open Day Kapa Haka preformed some songs. I did the calls for the start of each song. We sang Haere Mai, the school waiata, Ka Waitata and a few more.

I have shown respect by being part of Kapa Haka
I have shown the leadership trait of trustworthy by turning up and trying my best..

Home Learning Challenge E5. Research your family history. Present your findings to your family.

For this home learning challenge I Researched my family history and made a family tree.

Head Boy leadership excellence blog post 2

As Head Boy part of my role is being part and running student council. The student council meets every Wednesday and we talk about ways that we could help out around the school. We have also been discussing about fundraising ideas.

I have shown the CARE value of Active Thinking by Contributing to group discussions.
I have also shown the Leadership trait of Trustworthy by turning up and taking part in it.

Leadership Excellence Kapa Haka Blog Post 2

Every Friday Kapa Haka practises in the hall. We have been practising lots of songs and also the boys have been practising the haka. We also practice the actions for every song.

I have shown excellence by turning up, trying my best and being part of a group.
I have also shown the leadership trait of Goal focused by not giving up and giving it my all.

Home Learning Challenge R7. Research one of the 7 wonders of the world

 Research one of the 7 wonders of the world

Leadership Excellence Kapa Haka Blog Post 1

On Friday kapa haka practised we practised five songs for a performance that we will be doing soon,Some of the songs were the school waiata and Ka waiata.
We also practised the actions for all of them.

I have shown excellence by trying my best and being part of a group.
I have also shown the leadership trait of trustworthy because I have shown up every week and contributed well.

Leadership Council visit, Leadership Excellence blog post

A few weeks ago the student leaders caught the bus to the city to visit the Christchurch City Council Buildings. When we got there we went into a room and we watched a presentation about the council and what they do.

I was surprised about things like the amount of water used per day. Then some people that work in different areas of the council came and we got into groups of 3 and went to the area they work in. The person my group went with worked in resource consent.

I have shown leadership and the CARE values by using active thinking because I problem solved in my group in activities