Immersion Assembly.

If you didn't already know, an Immersion Assembly is when an entire school meets in a certain place. After that every team, from Team 1 - Team 5, perform their acts representing our topic for this term. Our topic this term is “Game On!” As the Commonwealth Games are coming up, this is the perfect topic.

“Give it up for Team 1!” Mr Jacobsen yelled. Team 1 had a movie about people representing lots of different countries in the Commonwealth Games. The countries were, Fiji, USA, Canada, Samoa. Queen Elizabeth made an exclusive video, telling all of the countries to never give up, and always try your hardest.

Team 2 had prepared a video for us, their movie was about sports in the Commonwealth Games. My favourite part was when Mrs She & Ms Eddie were boxing, then Ms She KO’d Ms Eddie. Team 4 had a movie about a possible new sport in the Commonwealth Games.....Mash Potato Sculpting. The countries competing in this sport were, Rarotonga, Canada, Jamaica, Scotland and India. The referee blew the whistle and off they went. Rarotonga created some type of retarded snowman. But Jamaica on the other hand, made an astounding snowman, with a nose and everything. Jamaica had won by a mile.

Commonwealth Games.

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1	71 countries compete in the Commonwealth games.
2	There are 17 sports.
3	The Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, UK this year.
4	The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930.
5	It happens every 4 years.

Useful links:

http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/attached-files/Glasgow%202014%20Factsheet.pdf

http://www.gameonscotland.org/glasgow2014/

http://www.hie.co.uk/regional-information/2014/100-facts-about-the-games.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2290636/Commonwealth-Games-2014--Facts-Figures.html

10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1	Scotland hosted the Commonwealth Games twice in the past. (1970,1986)
2	Queen Elizabeth is the Queen of 16 of the 71 countries competing
3	In the original Commonwealth Games in 1930, only 400 athletes from 11 countries took part.
4	The first Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton, Canada.
5	3000 balls will be used across six sports in the Commonwealth Games.
6	In 2015 the Youth Commonwealth Games will be held in Samoa.
7	The Commonwealth Games are also known as The British Empire Games.
8	Commonwealth Games are 11 days long.
9	Glasgow won the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games in 2007.
10	Australia leads the way with an astounding, 803 gold medals.

Future Aspirations.

Today, the yr 7 & 8’s of Pt England School were lucky enough to experience an eye opening spoken word item. A group of people came to our school to tell us about their past aspirations, from when they were children. One of which was Andrew Patterson. He’s like the host, and the coordinator of the programme. You might of heard of him, he works at the radio station. He told us about how he became a radio host. “I was twelve, my class had gone on a trip to a radio station, when I had arrived I knew I wanted to be a radio host.” Andrew explained. He told us to follow our dreams, and to not let anyone put you down.

Our inspirational first guest to talk was Jason Sharma. He's a maths teacher at Tamaki College. This is his first year teaching maths. Mr Sharma believes that, if your not having fun while you're learning, you're not really learning. I believe that too. He’s Indian - Samoan. Mr Sharma is from a small town called, Manurewa. He told us that following your friends isn't always the right thing to do. When he went to college, all of his friends were really sporty. Mr Sharma would much rather solve number problems, then be tackled by huge rugby players. Jason drove himself to become a maths teacher. He's currently teaching Maths at Tamaki College.

Second up, was Constable Faireka. Constable Faireka doesn't go on police chases, or drug busts. Infact,  he is a police officer that puts together annual get together's for the community. This year a couple of Police Men and Women put together a programme called “Kids Safety Day”. It was at the Pt England Reserve. Kids Safety Day is a day filled with fun. If you have a bike with a flat tyre, you can take it there, so the volunteers can pump it up for you. Constable Faireka is from the Island of Rarotonga.