Georgia 27/07/07

My FANTASTIC day!! (that is using ENTHUSIASM-this weeks virtue!!)



Well today started with an AWESOME sleep-in because on Fridays the school staff have a meeting so the students have no Period One!!



Then the whole school gathered in the school gym for our fortnightly assembly!!



After the Sports, Drama, Academic and House Challenges updates the school headed to Period Two which for me was SCIENCE!! We completed some funky Sound Wave posters we have been working on!!



Then we spent interval in the sunshine-catching up with friends and news!!

For Period ThreeI had a reliever for Maori so we did sheet work-FUN FUN FUN!!



Then I was supposed to have ICT but one of the Year 9 deans asked me to be runner-a messenger for the office staff and teachers!!



Then it was time for lunch. I had the school camera so I could put some photos in this Blog so I found a few posers...

After lunch I finished the day with PE-and it wasn't theory!! AWESOME!!! We played Badminton as it is the Year 9 focus game this term!! and our PE teacher, Mr Reid, taught us some new rules and strategies!!

Blog of the 26th july

I've missed out a blog yesterday because I had one of those omg the sheet turns over moments and spent a lot of last minute work on it. Today was mufti day and like on all mufti days I spent most of my time pondering why we can't just always wear mufti, it would be so much easier but if you asked a teacher they would probably give you some complex answer on why we don't always wear it.

Also I found that I need to keep these posts positive so, aaahh um, so I saw the sun once today. Just kidding Awatapu is a great school some other schools just seemed too robotic for me but Awatapu, sure, some classes may be boring but most people just have to deal with it I've found most classes interesting and ones we didn't do quite as much work in is good to talk in as long as you pay attention to what is said or risk a confusing end of year test. I feel sorry for those people at some schools who have to wear speedos, if only I could see my friend who does, it just makes me laugh, and I think I just over used the amount of commas aloud in a sentence.

Georgia and Patricia's Blog 25/7/07

Konnichi wa
Watashi wa Patricia desu
Juu san sai desu

No, that is not gibberish! That was just part of a speech that I had to give in Japanese today. We all had to do one and you would probably take us for Japanese 'cause we sound so good!

That was only part of a really busy day at Awatapu as next was music and with that came my very first flute lesson. Being my first lesson my music didn't sound very musical but I have a great teacher and now I now how to hold it properly so it dosn't break! This is very important as I don't think I could pay for a new flute!

Another thing that happened today was extension maths. There was a test that was very long so we had to come in 15 minutes early from interval, not that we minded very much because it was windy and cold.

Even after school school related activities were still going on. I was apart of the 'new thing' at Awatapu called 'Sports Enhancement' and we had to meet at UCOL for the official opening. The 20 of us chosen will work with 20 UCOL students to, I guess, enhance our sport!. It was pretty cool as we got our photos taken and we got T-shirts!

Well, thats all for today! Sayoonara! (no, still not gibberish! )

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24th July

Today started like every other day with a long walk to school, when I arrived, everyone was already in form time , the first mufty day of the term, I can't wait to see what everyone is wearing. As the bell rang everybody got ready for their first class of the day.

For first period was English and we watched some more of Robin Hood and wrote notes about what has been happening we had a new reliever today because the teacher was away.

For second period I had French. Today we learnt about the different mountains in France and its neighbouring countries, then we revised for the end of unit test.

During interval we walked around school and sat in the cafeteria talking, for third period I had ICT where we carried on practising to touch type and went onto some harder parts of our work books.

After ICT we had Social Studies where we carried on learning about Maori history and how the Manawatu was subdivided into large land lots, and how English and Scandanavian settlers travelled to NZ.

Next was Lunch where we did pretty much the same as interval but a little bit longer.
After lunch was maths where we did more work on algebra and did some interesting games

Georgia 25/07/07

Kia Ora

Today we had our weekly form assembly, it replaces our formtime and all the year 9's gather in the school gym to be informed of the latest groups, sport teams, or detentions.
After assembly we all leave for Period one, which for me was Maori. Each language, Maori, Japenese and French is taught from the basic words-no experience needed.
Period Two next-ICT for me. We have just begun ICT this term because we have switched to our 2nd half options. In ICT we are learning to type with speed and accuracy and how to use our Microsoft Publisher.
Interval.
Period three-Mathematics test-YAY!!-not too hard but not just easy!!
Science next we made funky (and educational) posters about sound waves!!
Last but not least we had Physical Education-Theory-not as fun as Badminton but still exciting stuff!!

Yet another cool day at AWATAPU!!

Hey guys my name is Dean and I am going to tell you about my week at Awatapu.Well first of all I had a long boring walk to school leaving at 8am and arriving almost late for school. After arriving at school we had form time, after the notices had been read we had time to talk about what happened during the weekend. For first period I had P.E where we learnt about Hauora which is the five elements we need to be healthy.For second period I had Science with MR Biddick , who is one my deans during this period we learnt about the different colours in light, and how we see things which sounds quite boring but actually quite interesting.
After Science it was finally interval which is when everybody relaxes and catches up with everyoneOnce interval we had English which was funny because we had a very amusing reliever who kept telling everyone off, then we watched a movie called Robin HoodNext I had the first of my options which was French, today we talked to an exchange student from Tahiti. We also learnt the translations for a variety of animals.Next was lunch where we get 45 minutes to relax and do whatever.
After lunch I had ICT which is one of my personal favorites and during this period we learn how to touch type and how to type fast without any mistakes