2012 hangi

Amazing students helping out

Hangi

Workshop

We have been very busy making memory boxes. Read our comments about what we have learned and what we may put in our boxes.

Maori Language Week

Tēnā koutou. Maori Language week has got off to a great start with many of our year 7 and 8 students performing with the juniors during our assembly. This week we are all challenged to use as much te Reo as possible. Leave your comments and cool phrases in our comments. Kia ora

Head's Up Term 3 Get's Underway

Welcome back to term 3. This may be the longest term of the year but it also promises to be one of the most exciting. We kick off with speeches and our Olympic Study. Week 2 will see many of the year 7 and 8 students heading off for their long awaited sports exchange to Raglan. Students will be working hard on Fridays, preparing for sports camp. A big thank you to Jo Cullen who will be working with us from week 3 on developing a cheer. Also thanks goes to Mr Jimmy Bell, Mr Preece and Mrs Sommervile who will be helping us with sports practices on Friday afternoons.

Students will continue to develop Problem Solving Skills in Maths as well as building their knowledge of Fractions and exploring geometry.

After camp we will be undertaking our health unit on Positive Puberty.

We look forward to seeing the first performance by our Kapa Haka group in our Māori Language week Assembly on Monday of week 2.

For now though, students should be working hard on writing and preparing their Speech which will be delivered to the class in week 4.

Term 3 Dates

Term 3 Calendar

Term 3 Calendar for Whangamata Area School
http://tinyurl.com/72c96z8

Year 7 & 8 important dates

• 3rd - 7th September - Sports Camp
• 11th September - Positive puberty parent meeting
• 25th September - HPV Year 8 Girls
• 26th September - Keeping ourselves safe parent meeting

Chiefs Game

Was it the ride over? The pizza? Just hanging with your friends? Surely it wasn't the Bulls kicking game??? Sonny Bill ? What made Friday's game awesome for you?

Annah Mac

Surprise of the day Annah Mac singing her new single... Don't know about anyone else...im on iTunes when I get home...

Dillon Boucher

Work hard then work harder

First two speakers

The Message is clear. Surround yourself with good people. Stick up for what's right. Live for others. Leaders are not there for themselves and are not always popular in the decisions they make. Oh and have good parties!!

In the Arena

Waiting for things to start...

Contemplation

Young Leaders 2012

An early start...but we got here safe and sound. All students very excited and raring to go. Starting the conference collecting autographs from new friends.

What Is Your Learning Style?

What does it mean to you and your success at school?

Click on the link below and complete the questionnaire. Once you complete it, record your learning style in your HEALTH BOOK. Follow the links at the end of the questionnaire that explains about the things you can do to improve your learning. Record these in your book and think about how you could apply in your everyday learning.

http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.html

Reece Mastin Concert

Well well many of our Whangamata girlies headed off to Auckland to dance and scream at Reece Mastin. Tell us all about it. Was it worth the trip? Is he worthy of the hype? Let us all hear about your trip.

Beach Hop 2012

Post your Beach Hop 2012 recounts here...

End of Term

As the end of term approaches. Leave comments here about your first term of 2012. Where would you like to see your learning heading in Term 2?

Every teenager does it, complains about there parents being to strict or them having to many chores! But this teenager decided to post it on facebook Her dad named Tommy Jordan had a very strange way of dealing with it, he took a video of himself shooting her laptop! The video has had twenty six million hits on youtube! I think that Tommy was overreacting majorly and instead of responding like that he could have just talked to his daughter and worked it out!

Monday In The Duvet

Recently in the newspaper an article about Mondays was my favourite!!!

This is how it goes:   The goverment and thinking about making every Waitangi and Anzac day a day off every Monday so that we get a Monday off school. Right now the holiday is on whatever day it falls on.
I think they should do it so that we can all get a three day holiday!!!! YAY (:

Please comment if you do you are amazing!!!!!

Swimming Sports

What a fantastic way to start a year of sporting events. Martyn House winning the Swimming Sports. It was a fantastic day and awesome to see so many of our Year 7 and 8 students participating with gusto. Big ups to so many from 78AW who won numerous points for thier houses...Tyla, Kelsey, Tiarna, Briarlee, Qiana, Rivay, Matthew, Jack, Cayden, Zhane, Blake woo hoo you all rock!

First Day 2012

2012 What will it bring. Welcome to 78AW What an amazing group of young writers we have this year. Lets get Blogging and sharing our ideas and our writing with the world. We can also let the world see what amazing things we get up to at Whangamata Area School.

Let Miss W. know if you have anything you wish to add to the Blog. Here is a challenge for you...How can we increase the amount of people who come and look at our Blog? If you can find the answer then share it here and we can take some action. A