The finale of my 8 year journey.

Its started late in the year of 2008, I was the shy students ( As it was my first time entering school). Knowing nothing except 1+1, It has certain been a ride ever since. Well 8 Years later, I have left the PBS after they have made the student I am today ( Which I am Grateful for). The long hard 8 years have had many exciting events ( Like, the Waitakere Ranges walk and many other wonderful trips). Now, I shall move on to college without the guidance of my amazing teacher ( Mrs Anderson, Ms Kirkpatrick and etc...). Thank you to Panmure Bridge School for Creating the student I am and all of the friends that I've gained in this 8 year journey ( Thanks to Ana, Cecillia, Sebastian, John and many others😃).P.S: As I was writing this I began to cry because of the beautiful memories I had at the school which I called safe 2/3 of my life.

Graduation 2016:

On the cold night of a Wednesday, the year 8's were  busy dancing and having fun at the Pakuranga Sailing Club. It was a blast, watching everyone have fun but also talk to fellow pupils about other topics. Thank you to Ms Kirkpatrick, Mr Johnston, Mrs Anderson and the board of trustees for creating this event. I worked with John to create this short movie.
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2016 Reflection:

Today, John & I collaborated on a creating a reflection about 2016 ( But also with LS2). In this reflection, we've worked hard to find photos of everyone who have been with in this fun ( But educational) journey. 

Labyrinth

For the beginning two days of the week, we've watched a movie about the Labyrinth. This movie, is all about time but also imagination. Sarah ( the Protagonist) accidentally sends her brother to the Goblin City. She spends most of the movie going through challenges. 

Rockets

Today,  LS2 had their second full day at Tamaki College to create Rockets. Mr Dunn and Mrs Ferguson made sure we had created our rockets and launch it into the air.  Most of us had finished our rockets and waiting to launch it but some people ( Like me, I needed to finish off my rocket and many other people).   Almost every group Rocket launched into the sky, with the help of Mr Dunn's drone, we captured footage of the rocket launched with the help of camera's we got most of the photos/videos we needed. One of the key points of the day was Sajiha's group rocket which flew high into the sky to never be seen ( Its familiar to what happened to Carrot). Thank you to Mr Dunn and Mrs Ferguson for creating such a magnificent 2 days of Rockets. 

Rocket Technology:

Last week, LS2 stayed at Tamaki College for the entire day to create rockets.  We created straw rockets to measure our distance. It was really fun to see everyone collaborating and creating their own rockets.  We spent half of the day learning and creating straw rockets meanwhile the other half was filled with fun and excitement. In the afternoon we were in the midst of creating our very own rocket ( Or team rocket). We all learned about what will happen this Friday about our rocket being launched into the sky. Mr Dunn had created his own rocket but it had backfired. However, Mrs Ferguson 3D printed rocket named "Carot" flew in the sky to the point where it disappeared into the sky never to be seen again. Hopefully each rocket, flies high above the cloud.

Rockets

Last Friday, LS2 spent a full day at Tamaki College creating rockets. Mr Dunn and Mrs Ferguson organised this day. We all worked hard to create our straw rockets. However, we wrote a hypothesis about what will happen to our rocket ( A good or bad result). It was a fun day, and we hope to finish off most of our work this Friday.

Hockey:

Today, LS2 had their third and final session of Hockey. Our coaches taught us to dribble the ball but also be selfless by encouraging other teammates and working together to reach the opponent goal. It was a blast and hope to use the skills I learn to good use.

Mark Inglis ( Care Awards):

While Inter school Athletics is happening ( With a quarter of our class gone),  We've been  focused on working/finishing our tasks for CARE awards. I have worked on my third Gold Attitude task, I created my DLO on Mark Inglis. Inglis has climbed the tallest mountains but also winning a silver medal in the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. 

Letter to our old self ( Reply):

Dear (Past) Pote,

It is really hard to know if I past two of the the goals ( Maths and Dux).  I feel like this year has gone really fast, with its up and downs.  We’ve worked hard to become a team player and not trying to not focus on yourself.  I understand that we might not entered a large amount of competitions but we did enter a variety of sports ( like Touch, Basketball and many more).  I’m guessing we will figure out when the day that our reports and Prizegiving will give us that information ( in 2-3 weeks time).

 Term 1:                                 Term 2:

PBS Athletics Day:

Friday was a very mixed day.  Fun and cold usually doesn't mix together but today was different ( Really Different!). With Mr. M  as our MC ( Mr. MC) and Mr. Ogilvie controlling the event, the day was destined to be a success. A group of Tamaki College students joined us for the day to make sure every class/Year group understood the activity. 

Hockey:

On Thursday, the LS2 year 8's were focused on dribbling and juggling this session. This week, we had Carly as our instructor. We unfortunately did not finish the session we hoped for due to a fire drill but we all learned to the basics ( the pupils who was absent learned all of the skills this session). 

Godwit Storyboard:

Made with Storyboard That

Today, Mrs Anderson's Inquiry group (The Year 8's) were working hard and collaborating with each other to create a sketchnote about the connection between Maori and the Godwit. Using the information we collected, I created a Storyboard explaining a connection between the two. I collaborated with Te Paki for the sketch note.

Migration

This week, Te Paki and I collaborated to finish challenge 3. This challenge was all about Migration. We had to make a DLO about migration and why birds migrate.  We learned about the nearest mudswamp ( Mud swamp are where the Bar tailed Godwit migrate to). Tahuna Torea is linked to the Tamaki river and is located on the borders of Glendowie.

Hockey

Today, everyone in LS2 was having fun and swinging their all around the ground. It was a great session with our two coaches  ( Sorry, but I didn't find out what are the names to the new coaches). We juggled the ball but also dribbled our hockey ball around the ground by playing a Traffic-Light game.  For our last game we played a casual 1v1 (all the way up to 5v5) which were set up into two teams. We all had fun ( we were all put into 2 sessions).

Speech marks/Dialouge:

Today, AJ & I collaborated on a DLO about Dialogue/Speech Marks. It was exciting exercise and I hope to improve through out the next 4 weeks. We discussed out about Dialogue in the beginning stages. Mrs Lienker helped figure out the essential tools of Dialogue.

Operation: Eagle Swoop

Operation: Eagle Swoop

It was cold as usual. Nothing exciting about the weather here. ‘Cold Hell,’ is what the locals call it. Mondays, are the worst as we were getting ready to leave for the beaches of the cold south. It was the first time we have ever got a day like this. Every winter, it’s either helping a stranded citizen escape their car or someone has been sucked into the fearless waters.

“SSSSHHHH!” the helicopter zoomed across the sea. The hair of the ocean was elegant yet rough with boulders laid all around her.

“Unit 935, please report to homebase when you reach the location of a capsized boat.”

Everything had looked strange but familiar as if I had been far out at sea. Our biggest enemy, the never ending blue hair still spreads.

“ Home base , we have made it to the location.”

The captain of the helicopter mumbled as the helicopter propellers made a louder sound and made him sound like a rat.

“ You guys had better be ready. From our intel it is known that there is a group of people who have  been stucked at sea for two days. Their boat capsized and they  been stranded out in the middle of nowhere for what feels to them like an eternity!“ Screamed the Captain.

Time just kept ticking by ...

Who flew first?

This week for Reading, Ms. Kirkpatrick set us with another text to read (That is related to Flight). The text was all about Richard Pearse but also if he flew before the Wright Brothers. Supposedly, Pearse flew before the Wright Brothers ( By a couple of months). I worked with John to see what our opinion about who was the 1st to reach the sky by control.

Bar Tailed Godwit:

Today, with the Cooperation of Sebastian and Harry we have finished out Popplet/DLO about the Bar Tailed Godwit/Kuaka ( Kuaka is the maori translation for Godwit). This was our first challenge for our first topic from Mrs Anderson (For 4 weeks the Year 8's worked with Ms. Kirkpatrick and the Year 7 with Mrs Anderson). It was a really fun task despite me working on other topics.

Manaiakalani Film Festival:

This week( Sorry for finishing late, I was watching all of the movies to know what each school had created), Panmure Bridge and 11 other schools created amazing movies to showcase around the world from their blogs filled with quality blog posts. I've created a DLO about the trip to Sylvia Park.