Astria gaming experience

A student in another school has recently blogged that:


“Students don’t learn much playing this game called Astria – Countdown to Impact: Their time could be better spent doing other things”.


Do you agree, disagree or partly agree/disagree?


Blog about what you think using evidence from the game to backup your views.


I strongly agree with this bloggers point of view. I didn't like the game cause there was too much words to read. When someone explains to a kid that they're going to be playing a game, they think its something like fortnite. What do we learn from this game anyways? What is it teaching us? Even when playing this game and getting help I couldn't understand what the purpose for everything was. I think at the beginning, players of this game shouldnt spend 30 minutes reading 5 different articles and answering questions on each 5.

My Career Malaga

Learn: We were learning to plan our own future. We had to look for jobs we were interested in. We also had to learn more about ourselves, our personality traits, values and more. 

100 words challenge

As the cold air brushes against my face. I open my umbrella which when I opened it, it reminded me of a flower blooming in the summer. As I walked across the concrete bridge that looked as if it was covered in moss. A billow of cold wind came rushing towards me and acted as if I was playing rugby on a field and someone was running into tackle me. I tried to run as fast as a cheetah but then strong billow of wind was too strong. I held on to the hand rail that was on the side of the bridge and tried to hold on to that until the wind lowered down. The wind grew stronger and stronger to the point where I couldn’t hold on. I let go and felt as if I was in the biggest tornado ever. I pushed and pushed and pushed and suddenly “OOFFFF!!”. I was pushed backwards to where there was a slope. The walk way I was on was on a high mountain and where I was pushed had so many bushes you would think it was a forest. I knew that if I got blown off of this mountain I wouldn't survive. I grabbed on to the nearest tree branch that was in reach of me and held on for my dear life. After about five minutes of standing there clutching onto the tree branch for dear life, I started to see the sun. The dark grey clouds started clear up and nowhere to be seen. The sun started to shine as bright as the light in front of you when you get a dentist appointment. I stopped holding the branch and ran to the other side of the bridge when I came from so I could get back down. After my first experience on walking on this mountain, it was confirmed that it would be my last.

St Madeline Barat

WALT:To find information about the life of a Saint

To identify what Saints do during their life that showed how they make decisions or choices 

Explanation Writing

If you had a chance to make a change about something, what would you
change? I have been attending St.Pius X school for 8 years and I have seen
many changes. But these changes have been by the BOT instead of the
children of the school.

The first thing I would like to see change is the classrooms. I think each
classroom should be more bigger with more power points that aren't actually
broken, aren’t coming out from the walls and can actually work. I would love
to see more bigger tables because one table can fit 4 people but when
drawing, writing, etc is being done there is no space.

Another change I would like to see is the use of earphones during class.
Some classes, my class in particular are really noisy all the time.
I find earphones really helpful to block out all the noise while I do my work.
In my class we’re not allowed earphones for any reason. I think this would
really help keep us focused on our work instead of listening to what people
say around as and join the conversation.

At the end of every month we should give a piece of paper and ask the
children that attend the school what they would like to see change in the
school. But small things like, a hot breakfast at the breakfast club instead
of cold milk and cereal. We come to school for a whole week in mafti or
even having an activity week at school with all our classrooms joined together.

In conclusion I would love to see these changes happen over the years
even though I will not be attending St.Pius as a student but as an ex-student
when I come to visit. I would also love to see other children speak for wanting
to change our school. Not in a forceful bad way but in a good, healthy and
happy way.

Holiday experience

My youth and I had got given an address to work at as part of our outreach
programme. An outreach is when one youth goes somewhere and sings
and helps people who are elderly or who has disabilities that stop them
from getting things around the house done. Kolotita was an elderly women
who was paraplegic since she was in her mid 30s. She came from Tonga
and now lives in Mount Roskill.

When we first got to her house I noticed that there was a ramp instead of
stairs like some normal houses would have. I also noticed that it was old
and some of the painting had come off so she must have been paralysed
for a long time. When we got to her door her husband greeted us with a
warm welcome. We started off with a prayer and from there introduced
ourselves and where we came from. The husband then told us what we
had to do and we started straight away. I cleaned the whole kitchen with
Stanley Latu while everyone else was cleaning the outside of her house.

When we finished we sat and talked with her for a while. She told us her
story and how she became paralysed from the waist down. One day in
Tonga she was climbing a tree and fell from a really. Her spinal cord was badly injured and she cant talk clearly like most people.

We said a final prayer to bless Tita, said our goodbyes and headed off back to Glen Innes. It was a great first experience and I can’t wait for more.

WELCOME BACKKK!!!!

Religious Education - Sacrament strand

Graphics at Tamaki

This is what I created in my graphics class at Tamaki college. 

Rats to be eradicated in New Zealand

In my very own perspective I think that we shouldn’t annihilate the rats
in New Zealand. I have 3 main reasons that can support my perspective
and may also persuade you to think the way that I think about this type
of situation. One strong reason why I think this is because they are
creatures of God. God made everything for a reason, including animals.
Maybe we just haven’t found out what the reason for mice are. But this
generation is evolving and the next invention might just be about rats.
My second reason is that even though rats might not be your cup of tea.
Many countries in the continent of Asia such as Cambodia, Indonesia,
Thailand and many more survive off eating rats. Dishes such as the chuot-roti
is highly recommended in these countries. Last reason is that mice are
good test subjects for laboratories. Matter of fact, rats are very similar to
us humans in how our bodies and mind work. They are tested for medicines
and other items that are used on humans. In conclusion I think that rats
should not be annihilated because of these 3 reasons I have given to you.

How to find the bigger fraction

During the past week I have learnt how to solve fraction problems using common multiples.

Click the bottom link to see how I understand and can show my thinking. If you don't understand please feel free to comment and i'll get back to you as soon as possible.

How to find fractions using common multiples

100 words challenge

It was a terrible day. The sun wasn’t bright yellow and the white fluffy clouds were nowhere to be seen. It was dark and the only light that I saw was coming from the old small television we had in the lounge. It was cold as ice in my house, no matter how many warm, cotton stuffed clothes I wore. My mother was gone to work and my father was gone to pick up my little brother from school. I was home alone and I decided to lock all the rusty old doors and windows and turn all the lights off. I figured that if I went for a steaming hot bath it would warm me up. But then I remembered that our hot water had ran out because of all the hot showers we’ve been having since this whole week has been as cold as ice. I went up to my room and figured that if I was in bed with a heap of blankets on it would help. That’s when I remembered that all of our blankets we’re covered in dirt from when mum had dropped them outside. I wanted to cook me nice and hot to eat but that didn’t go to plan. The stove stopped working the night before and since then we’ve been having take outs. I didn’t want to ring up mum and dad and tell them to buy something because I knew they would have been busy with other things. I waited for nearly an hour and a half until mum, dad and my little brother to come home. I looked at the cold and moldy clock that was at the end of the hallway and the big hand had just landed on the 12.

St.Stephen // St.Steven

Aquila and Priscilla

Learning Intention:

 I am learning to find information in the text that I am given. I am learning about the Early Christian Church.

Religious Education // The church strand

*In the first column I have high lighted each number. In the second column I have also high lighted each letter. Each colour is linked together.* 

Explaining how to solve a division problem

Counting by 7's

We are doing a character study of what are reading, but at this point in time this is what we have learnt in chapter one.

Everyday Theater - Abusive family

Food Tec @ Tamaki

Pasta with mince

The ingredients we used this week in cooking are:

• Mince (Beef)
• Tomato Sauce
• Cheese
• Pasta
• Pepper

• Salt
• Rosemary

First we had to slice and dice the onion into small bits. Then we put it in a pan full of oil, then we put 2 cup of water into a sauce pan and boiled the pasta inside of it. Next, when the onion was soft, we cut the mince into small pieces and put them into the pan. Once the meat was finished cooking we added tomato sauce and put it on a low heat. Once the pasta finished cooking and was soft, we used a colander/strainer to strain all the leftover water into the sink. Then we added the pasta into the mince and kept it on low. Then once we cleaned up we put the mince and pasta into a tin which had baking paper. Then we had to leave it for about 15 minutes in the oven on a low heat. Once we finished we presented it and ate

100 words challenge!

I was too busy mucking around in class and talking. I got an F that day and in the same hour I got kicked out of school. I didn’t care because my mum and dad never care about what I have to say, but when I went home I was surprised because they were waiting for me to get home. Dad came up to me and said “I heard you got kicked out of school today”. I replied with a shrug of shoulders and a mumbled ‘yeah’. Then mum turned to me with her cigarette in her hand a told me that if I didn’t get my act together then I would have to move out the following day. That following day I not only got kicked out from school but from my own house too!. “But I didn’t understand the instructions.” I said to myself.  

(This is a narrative story. This does not have anything to do with my family and I.)