Porscha - Term 3 Sample Writing.

The reason its important to stay healthy, is because you could catch harmful diseases. Like, Measles, Rashes, Chicken Pox. etc. Doctors seriously recommend going straight to the doctor for Medication, if you have a sore throat. If not treated in time, you will be diagnosed with ‘Rheumatic Fever’, which leads to Heart Damage. For instance, showering daily is essential, because you have to be healthy. When you fall over, you’ll notice that the graze is clean & Cherry Red. That means its clean, it still doesn’t matter, you still have to cover it up, if you don’t, it could get infected.

Life Education.

This term for 4 weeks, we ( Class 2 ) were given the opportunity to participate in an exciting activity. It’s called the ‘Life Education Caravan’. This Terms topic was about ‘Alcohol & Drugs’, and what the consequences would be if you were to take them.

First, we watched a brief video of people that have been affected by drugs. Zeb, started doing drugs when he found out that glue gave you a ‘buzz’. He then started sniffing glue, which gave him all sorts of rashes. Zeb had the potential to be an All black, but that all changed when he decided to do drugs. ‘I wasn’t being affected, my family was’ Zeb said. His mum couldn’t accept the fact that Zeb had been doing drugs. So, she kicked him out. Zeb went to live on the streets.

Jason was another victim of addiction, he was a Straight-A Student. Until his friends invited him to a party, when he arrived, his friends offered him a drink. ‘Why not’ Jason replied. Later on that night, his friends introduced him to drugs. From that day forward, Jason became a Drug Addict. Jason had overdosed at 25 years old.

Rita’s story was a bit different. The only reason she took drugs was because she wanted to fit in. She saw her friends taking drugs, so she copied them. Not long after she started, she was addicted. Rita was arrested, she was sentenced to 5 months in prison. When Rita got out, she decided that she wanted to be a teacher. All of her application forms were rejected. ‘Just think about the consequences before you do drugs’ Rita pleaded.

When you put alcohol into your body, its ends up in the stomach. The stomach can remove liquid very frequently. Alcohol is already a liquid, so this isn’t a problem. It then goes down into the small intestines, which leads to the liver. The liver can process one bottle of alcohol every hour. Once everything is dissolved, the alcohol travels through the bloodstream, then into the brain.                 

This is my wordplosion.

Rugby 7's in Samoa. :)

Samoa is located in the continent of Oceania. There are hundreds of islands in Oceania. Samoa is the 9th most populous island in Oceania, with a total of 187, 275. The capital of Samoa is Apia, along with Upolu. Apia is also the biggest city in Samoa. In Samoa there are more males than females.

The citizens of Samoa speak Samoan, and the culture is Samoan. They often speak English. Samoa’s favourite sport to play is Rugby 7’s. Their famous team is Manu Samoa. They're also competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Their last game was against Australia, and Samoa lost. They came 4th. Samoa is one of the top ten best countries in the world for Rugby 7’s.

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.