Tamaki Sport

Tamaki Sport

Every Friday team 5 classes always walk down to Tamaki. We have to go there because The tutors need to be on level 3 and we need fitness to get some exercise, Fitness, out of class, walking and local and muscles.

All of team 5 experience are 7 groups,1-12 people in a group, its always mixed with boys and girls, we all have two tutors and we all have different activities in our groups.Our fitness is really Important because our lower cholestrol levels, we could be healthier, fitter, we might lose weight, we could be athletic, easier to participate, avoid diabetes and have more fun.

Tamaki Collage is located in Glen Innes, Tamaki, The culture is Maori and Polynesian, siblings, ex Pt England students students, tutors-year 12 sports, we need leadership and NCEA (if you don’t know what that means it means when a school comes and visits.) We do all lots of sports like high jump, flipping, running, trist group, ruthless and play games.

Cyclone Luci

 Cyclone Lusi

What you will need to prepare for the cyclone?

We will need:

Life jackets just in case we might drown in the flood, we should stay inside and keep safe, pack some food.Fill some water bottles, and pack Radio along with batteries, candles and torch. Sand bags to cover the doors just in case there will be a flood and it won’t go in the house,black paper bags, pack some stuff just in case you will be rescued and you will go somewhere safe.Emergency kit, first aid,portable cooker,event planners kit,

What is a cyclone?

A cyclone is a mini tornado, rain, trees falling down, its really cold, it might start hail, the boats on the sea might get tangled up and ruin the boats.it might start a hurricane, it might hurt someone, it might start storm and lightning. Gail force of winds, we might not even start school and the roofs of houses or anywhere might break off.

Vocab for cyclone!

Debris,evacuation,damage,dangerous,atmospheric,

extropical,tropical cyclone,gases. liquids,centrifugal force,powdered solids,wind motion and anti cyclone.surplus‎ chemical,wind-pressure.

Fia Fia

Fia Fia

Bula Vinaka!

This year the whole school is doing Fia Fia for a very special occasion. Everyone has joined different groups, I’m in the Fijian group. We  have learnt lots of moves and at the moment we are in the second verse of the song. Our dance moves are very traditional.

Our tutors are really funny. Their names are Mel and Mitty, and they already know what to do. When we get things wrong they know what we should do instead and correct us. We have really funny tutors. We have practices every Thursday at 2:00pm.

It is amazing being in the Fijian group. It’s really fun because I never knew that much about my culture but now I know  a lot about where I come from. We have really sharp dance moves that starts slow in the beginning and ends really fast. We have really nice songs and we are dancing to a Fijian band called “ Black Rose”. It’s an awesome song. I really enjoy my group. It’s really a lot of fun.

I can’t wait to perform cause It’s my first time doing a Fijian dance and It’s the first time the school is doing a Fijian group.

sketch up

Sketch up

What is Sketch up? It's a design project so you can make anything and you can do anything on it. It designs 3D objects that you can print out on a 3D printer. There are lots of drawing tools. There is a pencil which  makes straight lines, a rubber, a square, a circle, a hexagon, and a hand which you can move around. There is a rotating tool and there are other tools that you can use.

Who uses Sketch up? Everyone uses Sketch up, even designers, teachers, parents and students. It's really fun when everyone uses it.

What it is used for?

Sketch up is used to design anything. You will learn something like you never knew that you can print something out of a 3 D printer.

How do you use it?

You go on a device like an  I pad, or computer, or net book. You will need internet for Sketch up you could download the program. You will need a keyboard. You will need a file to save all your work.

What are the tools/special features?

There is tools like a rotating tool, pull out box, shapes, shift pad, eraser, tool bar, pencil (for straight lines), selector, free hand and a measuring tape.

Why is it special?

You can create anything in 3 D and print it out as a 3 D object's. you can learn something from it.