Safety inquiry! - By Emma

Last term we looked into safety as a class before splitting off into our own individual projects. We each chose a type of safety before thinking of a question we'd like to dig deeper with. I chose transport/car safety and my main questions were 'why is 16 the legal age to gain a drivers license?' And 'why do vest only com in yellow and orange?' I made a slideshow displaying all the research I had done on one of my questions and then I 'took action' by writing a letter to John Key to change the legal driving age to 18.

Rugby World Cup shirt designs

The senior room have been learning about the Rugby World Cup and have had a go at designing their very own World Cup rugby jerseys. 

End of term!

The senior room is winding down for the term. Below are a few things we have been doing throughout the week including finishing our fantastic solar system inquiry findings!!

                                                  All our wonderful inquiry findings!!

                      Posters all on Matariki by Amy, Beth, Emma, Taylor, Bree, Ally and Lucy. 

        

       

                                    

                                     

Lachie, Beth, Tom, Brayden and Ally all working hard on their art work.

         Descriptive writing! Ashley, James, Alex, Brayden, Bree, Lucy, Taylor and holly showing us their      space aliens. 

                                       

                                            And the count down is on, 2 days to go! 🎊😀

Girls self defence

On Monday the 29th and Tuesday the 30th of June the year seven and eight girls went to Clutha Valley for a self defence course. Here are some of the favourite things they learnt,

Beth liked the warm up part, Sam liked the physical stuff, Ally enjoyed learning how to break people's noses and groins, Emma liked that the self defence course made her more confident and showed her how to defend herself in an attack and Amy liked all the physical stuff especially the knee kick.   

Overall the girls self defence course was great and an awesome opportunity to learn skills to look after ourselves!

National Young Leaders Day

On Monday the Year 8 Student's attended  National Young Leader's Day in Dunedin.  They have each written about their experience and one specific person who inspired them the most. Take a look Below!

On Monday the 11th of May, the 4 year 8s went to National Young Leader's Day in Dunedin.  This is where inspiring people come to talk about their life and how they got to where they are now.  This year these people included William Pike, Tamsin Cooper, Chris Jupp, Pheonix pule'Anga, Sarah Dippie, Jamie McDell, Sam Kilsby and Steve Gurney. Out of them all Pheonix Pule'Anga was my favourite because he said to join different groups and find out what you are good at.
A little about Pheonix
Phoenix is a ordinary 17 year old boy that has big dreams. Phoenix's ethnicity is half Samoan and half "skuxx" 😏(cool). Pheonix was born in Samoa. His family was very poor and always moved schools, so he didn't have a lot of close friends. One day he was asked to join a hip hop dance group, of course he said yes! Now Pheonix is a hip hop dancer and has traveled for dance competitions all over the world! In September Pheonix has a movie coming out called 'Born to to dance' featuring Stan Walker!

What I have taken from Pheonix is that whenever a chance or opportunity comes up always take the risk and have ago! 

Overall it was great listening to these inspiring people. It has given me the confidence to try new things and to be a better leader. 

By Beth Anderson

On the 12th of May, the year 8s went to National Young Leaders Day in Dunedin and listened to 8   inspirational speakers.

The people were William Pike, Tamsin Cooper, Chris Jupp, Steve Gurney, Phoenix Pule'Anga, Sarah Dippie, Sam Kilsby and  Jamie McDell.

 The reason we went there was because we are young leaders.

William Pike was my favourite because he was really inspirational and had a really interesting story.
William Pikes Story

When William Pike became a teacher he decided to take his pupils to the top of Mount Ruapehu which is surrounded by a Volcano. While staying on the mountain the volcano erupted!! William's got stuck in a mixture of rock and water that had frozen around his leg. His mate, who was with him, ran down the hill and got a snow cat. They got William on the back of the snow cat and went down the hill. After two helicopter rides, he got to the hospital.  His body temperature was 25 degrees and anyone with a body temperature below 27 should be dead! His legs had got frostbite and were left with massive holes. When he woke up from his surgery he had no idea what had happened, but he didn't care he was alive. He soon realized his leg had been amputated.
I was inspired by the fact he had lost his leg and he didn't let that stop him, no! Instead, he kept perusing what he loved. 

And that's why I really liked William Pike.

By Tom Copland

On the 11th of May, the year 8s and Miss Ward went to N.Y.L.D in Dunedin. The speakers were William Pike, Tamsin Cooper, Chris Jupp, Steve Gurney, Phoenix Pule'Anga, Sarah Dippie, Sam Kilsby and a special guest Jamie McDell.

I found Tamsin Cooper the most interesting because she was really inspiring. Tamsin Cooper is a fashion designer, she designs clothes and accessories. I learned that you don't need to big factory's to produce clothing lines, as Tamsin gets ladies in the north of Vietnam to do all her embroidery for her designs. This not only helps her but also employs people needing jobs. While Tamsin was growing up she wanted to be a princess, farmer, actor and ballerina. This taught me that you can have many dreams and do many things in your life. 

By Samantha Liggett

On Monday the 11th of May, the Yr 8's listened to 8 inspiring speakers at the Dunedin Town Hall. The speakers were, William Pike, Tamsin Cooper, Chris Jupp, Steve Gurney, Phoenix Pule'Anga, Sarah Dippie, Sam Kilsby and Jamie McDell! They all talked about what it is to be a leader and their journeys to becoming who they are now.

The speaker who inspired me the most was Chris Jupp.  His story of being bullied in school and being a nobody to becoming a leader of the 40hour famine was incredible! His story intrigued me and made me want to step up and give those who are in need a voice. Chris Jupp inspired me greatly to become a leader and stand up for what I believe in!

This experience was a great opportunity and if I had the chance I would love to go again and learn a little bit more about becoming a leader.

By Emma Jelley