Talent Quest

"I no exactly what I'm doing for the talent quest! Kinda."

Do you know what your doing?

This year we are calling the talent quest: Student Idol. Last year I was just in the audience and I was watching it wishing that I was up there performing. So noting is going to stop me this year I repeat nothing.

The talent show is a great way to end the year. It's fun and exciting. In it to win it!

Costumes, makeup, shoes, music, singing, dancing, rapping?

Who knows what will happen so make sure you come along and join the fun of Student Idol.

Sophie Gill

Stepz

Ooooohhyeeeaar! :)

Its a Friday!
If you are wondering why I'm so happy, well, it's because, ITS STEPZ!

We are learning stepz for the leavers social and it is all going great. Our teacher Simon has been a great teacher and i hope he comes to watch us dance at the actual ball. Simon has taught us many dances including: The tango, the salsa, grease lighting , and many more. We only have one practice left, damn. Although some of us dont need the practice we just want to go and dance!

The leavers ball is going to be a blast and our yr8's are going to have so much fun and create memories that will last forever.

Have you got your dress?
Have you got your dancing feet?
Have you got a partner?
Have you got camera? If you do bring it along.

Thanks so much Simon for giving us your time.

Sophie Gill

Athletics

Sweat on our foreheads spikes on our feet, a drink of hydration and beautiful toilet .I am so glad I competed in School Athletics. Pukekohe Intermediate walked over to the Turners and Growers stadium. I go to sport events and usually come away with no medals or ribbons; but a happy and tired smile. I always try my best and as my mum always says: "Go for gold!". And so i do aswell as my sister Grace. But she gets the gold. Grace got a new P.B in high jump: 1.56! WOW! What a proud sister i was that day.

Sophie Gill

Christmas Party

On the 8th of December we will be having our Christmas party

Room 23 have come up with some great ideas to help make this day a blast. Secret santas/ Hot chicken/ ice cream/ strawberries and chocolate.

We will have heaps of fun when we play the outdoor games! But, we have to dress nicely: Casual tidy. Who will be Santa Clause? Well we will find out on the 8th of December :)

Sophie Gill

Science lab

The glasses are smashing the potions are popping the bunsen burner's heating and the classes are screaming!

My room, room 23 walked over to Pukekohe High School with our 30cm rulers, and Brendan dropped his when he was walking across th road and it broke so whn we got there he had to borrow.

I was in a group with Danielle, Jorgia and Bailee. I get along very well with these girls so hopefully everything works out. We learnt about the safety in the science room.

• Stay on task and think about what you are doing.
• Do what the instructions tell you to do.
• Have your hair tied up.
• Make sure you have safety glasses on when you are working on scientific projects.

So thats what we did! We all took turns on the projects. My favorite was using the Bunsen burner. But I got quite very jealous because it wasn't my turn to have a go and i wanted a go. But i still didn't have a go.

In the end every one had a great day and learnt alot. We all made mistakes but we will learn from our mistakes. I will look forward to learning more about science in the future.

Sophie Gill

Island style mufti

What a great cause for a mufti- island style mufti. It is raising money that is going towards helping the people in Samoa, because of th recent Tsunami.

This money will go towards building new homes for the civilians of Samoa or buying new clothing even a new vehicles. The whole of Franklin are having a mufti day on the same day so it is more money being raised for the same reason.

Only a gold coin donation.
imagine if you were in this situation.

Please help the people in Samoa.

Sophie Gill

Google 4 Doodle

Last Term our classroom and a few students from other classes entered in the Google Doodle competition. We had to design a new logo for Google that had a New Zealand Theme. We had a vote out of all the designs in our class and sent 8 to Google. Some of the kids from the other classes sent their designs through too. Havannah Pearson of Room 33 was chosen for the Top 20 in the Year 7-8 Category. She incorporated a Marae Design behind it, for the first "o" she turned it into the Maori TV Symbol, for the "g " she turned it into a Maori Poi that has the school colors on it and the "l" represents the Green stone that her Grandad gave to her earlier this year. Well done Havannah!

Sophie Gill

Grease

In term 3 and 4 the year 8's have been going to their Music Enrichment or Major Production class. Some of the students that signed up for a Major Production Class go there every Thursday Afternoon. A few of the Major Production Groups are; Mr Sibley's Props Group, Mrs Pearson's Scenery Group, Mrs Nicholson's Fabric Group and the Major Production Cast who are working with Mrs Griffin and Mrs D. Mrs Pearson's Scenery Group paints the major scenes for the Grease Production, Mr Sibley's Group make the props for the production and Mrs Nicholson's Group make the clothes for Grease.

Room 23 have created pop star websites as their music Authentic Challenge. My pop star is called Saepion, she is a famous singer. For this project our class had to complete work such as a fake Biography, Discography and filmography, also we had to complete a home page a photo gallery and CDs that the recording artist had made. To make our websites up to standard we had to look at actual pop star websites like Taylor Swift and Beyonce'. I had so much fun working on my website becuase it was a great experience.

www.sophiemg.webs.com

Sophie Gill

Cross country

Cross country- some people love it, some people hate it. I am not good at cross country but I do love it and I always try my best. there are students at our school who do very well like my sister Grace shes a natural.

As we line up on the starting line every one around me is doing squats, stretches and some are even holding their stomachs. POW! The gun roared and straight away my feet were pounding. mud flicking up at my face from the person in front of me or was it the person behind me?
Prickles and stones, sticks and cones. I was almost there and I heard a pleasant voice. It was a voice of a mum. It was my mum!
GOOOOOO SOPHIE!
A little encouragement was great at the moment.
I was 100m away from the finish line and I rocketed as fast as I could rocket and dived in to the finish shoot.
That day I only had four goals:
1.Have fun
2.Try my best
3.To not fall over
And 4. to beat my last years placing.

I did all of those things

I got 19th

YUS!

MI test

This is my MI chart it shows what my strengths and weaknesses are but the graph will change over time.
The graph shows that I am strongest in nature smart.
MI stands for multiple intelligence.

This is the test we took it shows some of the questions we were given.

Sophie Gill

ICT evaluation rubric

This is my ICT evaluation rubric.

tongue and taste

This is my Science Fair that Danielle and I made together.

Sophie Gill

Science roadshow

One day on the 20th of June I looked in this funny mirror and I was shaped as a spoon!
Yes I was shaped like a spoon at least in the mirror I was.
Room 23 went into the hall in the last period of school and sat down on the floor. There was three hosts.
They talked to us about the environment and life cycles of animals and other things.
The three hosts said we could go a look around the hall.
I saw some amazing scientific objects and experiments.
My favorite was the cow udder machine.
What you did was put your thumb into the udder sucker and you could feel the movement and the pressure of it.
And it also cuts of your circulation!
I pulled my thumb out and it was sun burn red!
There was this funny mirror and you looked in it and you looked distorted!
so that was all we did there and I had a great time a learnt alot.

Sophie Gill

Save the Maui's Dolphins

Save the Maui's Dolphins!

With you help we can save the Maui's Dolphins from dying.

There are only around 111 Maui's left in New Zealand so.......

How are you going to help?

Sophie Gill

Matariki Report

Matariki Report

Introduction
Matariki is a celebration of the Maori New Year. It’s a time to come together and celebrate the unique place where we live, New Zealand. Matariki is also a cluster of seven. Matariki is sometimes called The Seven Sisters or Pleiades. In Japan they call them Subaru and the world rally car is named after Matariki.

The Celebration
In New Zealand there are all sorts of celebrations around Matariki. Traditional Maori would put up a look out post to watch the rise of Matariki. All Matariki Celebrations are a time to share ideas and learn from each other. All these celebrations will start when the new moon is seen.

World Wide
All over the world Matariki is celebrated all different ways. In Greece there are several different temples facing Pleiades (Matariki). In Japan they call Matariki Subaru. One of the bigger celebrations is in Polynesia. In Polynesia they celebrate Matariki with kites. All Matariki kites have 6 tails. When Matariki had been risen they would know it was time to gather sea food.

The Effect
As the year moves from autumn to winter the sunrise moves north. When the sunrise meets Matariki, it starts moving south again. This effect can be seen all over the world.

Sophie Gill

Speech

This is my voice thread of my speech.

Exposition

Laughing

Laughing is an important part of life. By laughing you will live at least 7 years longer than you would if you did not.
Laughing increases blood flow by up to 20% and has even been linked to the control of diabetes.
Laughing is universal it is understood anywhere by everyone on the entire planet. It transcends age race and language and is always recognized.
Laughing reduces pain. Laughing improves your health and if you share a joke with someone or make someone laugh they will no longer feel pain.
When you laugh you are making the world a happier place. When you are laughing you pass your laugh onto someone else. You are also increasing your life expectancy.
Laughing is fun and if you love to laugh and you are very humorous you are a very important part of life.
So remember to laugh. (:

Sophie Gill

lets make a differance and save the Maui's

lets make a differance and save the Maui's

Maui’s Dolphins, also known as the North Island Hector, are on the brink of extinction, with approximately 111 dolphins remaining. The numbers are continuing to decrease.
Room 23 of Pukekohe Intermediate is making a difference by trying to prevent the rapid decline of these native marine mammals. Maui’s Dolphins are the world’s most endangered dolphin species. Our class of 30 students decided to create a mural. The mural is both to advise and to persuade members of the public to call for a ban on all set net fishing in conservation areas, on the West Coast of the North Island.
Room 23 has participated in several interesting projects leading us to the mural. Our class has commissioned a local Pukekohe artist, Vanessa Graham, to help design and paint the mural.
Room 23 student’s created their own illustrations and Vanessa combined these pieces of art to create the finishing design.
The mural has come together extremely well, and it looks remarkable. It will remain at the school for many years to come and will be an asset to the school and community.

Sophie Gill

Coca Cola Netball

Coca Cola Netball

On Wednesday the 20th of May, Pukekohe Intermediate School are sending 12 - 15 teams of girls to Papakura netball centre.

The teams are going to compete in the Coca Cola Netball tournament.

Each team will play 5 - 6 games, each game will be 20 minutes long.

We have two divisions, competitive and social.

Year 7 and year 8 students had to trail to make the competitive teams. We plan to take 8 competitive and around about 6 social teams.

The two teachers incharge of the teams are Mrs. Pearson ( Rm 23 ) and Ms. Guise ( Rm 31 ) " I think we have some strong enough teams as long as they work together " and she also said " Team work comes with practice ". Mrs Pearson said, " If all the girls play as a team and do their best job we have a good chance of making the finals" .

This day will be an awesome opportunity to play against other schools and have some fun.

We will let you know the results.

Sophie Gill

Orienteering for 2009

Orienteering for 2009

The sun beamed like lightning as students from Pukekohe Intermediate ran around the Bledisloe field, to trial for the 2009 orienteering squads. Many students trialled, but only a handful of students continued through to the map reading trial. All students competed to the best of their abilities, the first 6 out of each gender and year groups made the orienteering squads, that will represent Pukekohe Intermediate at the Zone Competition, in Manurewa, Totara Park. The competition will take place on Friday the 1st of May and will be a great opportunity for children to participate in.

"I think we have strong teams that have a high chance of winning, with students that are excellent at map reading and their fitness levels", Sarah Guise and Rebekah Pearson, teachers in charge of Pukekohe Intermediates Orienteering squads for 2009. "It's a great sport and enjoyable to participate in!", Billie Paterson, who is in the year 8 girls orienteering squad. "It's really fun but in some parts it's challenging", Steven Lacey and Dylan Robinson, both in the year 8 boys orienteering squad.

Counties Manukau Orienteering Club are also running extra sessions, for students and parents who would like to give orienteering a go. Contact Val and John Robinson if you are interested. Phone 09 2386911.

Pukekohe Intermediate students will compete at the Zone Orienteering Competition in Manurewa, with support from parents and teachers. GO FOR GOLD PUKEKOHE INTERMEDIATE!

Sophie Gill

Literacy Enrichment

Literacy Enrichment

Four lucky students from Rooms 23, 4, 11, 28 and 12 have been picked to be in a Literacy Enrichment class. In our Room 23 group we have Jorgia, Kahurangi, Bailee and Sophie.
Mrs Griffin takes this class every day 2. We arrive in the Art Room at 9:00 a.m and work till 10.30 a.m.
In this Enrichment class our goal is to write, illustrate and design our own big book. Once we have published our story we will go to a Primary School and read it to the Junior department. As a group we have decided to name our story Rainbow Zebra.
Our story is about a Rainbow Zebra that is very beautiful and he has colourful stripes. In the end he is kind to everyone and gives each of the other Zebra's in the park a stripe.

CoCa Cola

CoCa Cola

On Wednesday the 20th of May, Pukekohe Intermediate School are sending 12 - 15 teams of girls to Papakura netball centre.

The teams are going to compete in the Coca Cola Netball tournament.

Each team will play 5 - 6 games, each game will be 20 minutes long.

We have two divisions, competitive and social.

Year 7 and year 8 students had to trail to make the competitive teams. We plan to take 8 competitive and around about 6 social teams.

The two teachers incharge of the teams are Mrs. Pearson ( Rm 23 ) and Ms. Guise ( Rm 31 ) " I think we have some strong enough teams as long as they work together " and she also said " Team work comes with practice ". Mrs Pearson said, " If all the girls play as a team and do their best job we have a good chance of making the finals" .

This day will be an awesome opportunity to play against other schools and have some fun.

We will let you know the results.

Week 1, Term 2 Pukekohe Intermediate School held a school wide Tapuae competition. Dominique Hancock, Sports Co-ordinater from Room 45 was the organizer for this competition.

The teams were entered as buddy classes for the competition, and a maximum of 16 team players were able to take the court at once. Lupe Soapi of Room 23, and Abi Chapman of Room 36 were our team captains.

Students from the 2 teams played a number of games against a lot of challenging classes, playing a total of 3 games, making it into the quarter finals! In this game we went up against Room 13 & 45 and successfully came out with victory, which then took us into the Semi-finals.

Our first semi-final game was on Tuesday 16th on June and versed the same 2 classes. We had a really tough game and the weather was really rough, but even though we had to put up with that, Room 23 & 36 still came out with a win.

Wednesday 17th of June we played against Room 28 & 45. It was a very tough competition. But we pulled through with a win.

Our class has made it into the finals and will be playing on Wednesday 24th of June.

We look forward to winning!!!!

maths poster

This is my maths week poster and I made it on pages

Mtariki returns

this is my fact recall sheet and I had a great time making it

Marijuana

this is my fact recall I had a great time making it

Smoking

This is Dylans, Danielles and my I web

Bullying in the playground

This is my comic book me and bailee made it

D.A.R.E

This year Room23 have been learning about the D.A.R.E education program. our class have been learning about this program so we can make better choices in our lives.

D.A.R.E stands for:
D= Decision making
A= Assertiveness
R= Responsibility
E= Esteem


The second meaning is:
D= Drug
A= Abuse
R= Resistance
E= Education

During our learning we have had constable Andy and constable Shree come in and teach us for D.A.R.E and we have had some great times. constable Shree is our main officer and she has been teaching us about the D.A.R.E education program. We have a special box called the choice box that is the place we can put questions on a piece of paper and she will read them to the class and will answer them we ask her questions about what it is like working in the police force. D.A.R.E is a very fun educational program and we have learnt alot about it.

Making the right choice

Tim woke up at his desk. The Teacher was yelling at him for falling asleep while she was teaching. How can you learn if you are asleep Timothy, Aye? She said. I can’t Miss. Said Tim just getting his sleepy eyes properly awake. DEE-TENTION after school today! Oh Miss please not today; I’ve got stuff on. Please? Tim moaned. Timothy don’t argue with me. After school ok? Fine! Tim yelled.
Ring, Ring, Ring the bell rang and all the kids hurried out of the classroom and so did Tim, without being seen. Tim goes to Pukekohe Intermediate School and is a year 8. He just broke the rules.
Tim was the first out of the gate. Each step he took he got slower every pace. Tim started to walk over to the Riverside Dairy. He was incredibly hungry. Tim finally reached the dairy. Mmmm, Tim smelled the yum smells of minces pies, chocolate and lollies. Tim had absolutely no money though. Tim sneaked in and grabbed a mince pie and a chocolate bar and sneaked back out. One thing you need to know about Tim is that he’s a good sneaker and he makes bad decisions.
By Sophie Gill

Year 2009

I'm back for another year at my school Pukekohe Intermediate School but as a year 8. I'm also in the same room with the computers but now they have been upgraded to flash flat screen computers. We have 3 new boy students in our classroom there names are Jamie, Harrison and Steven. Room 23 still have the same teacher as well Mrs Pearson. 7 people have individual computers and the rest of the class have buddies, my buddy is Tegan. There are 18 computers in Room 23. This year we are going to work really hard on the computers because we know more about them.

Goals 2009
Tennis Cup
Cross Country Cup
Netball Trophy
Speech Contest Cup
Food Technology Award
Art Award