Seminars

Since the start of Term 4 the whole of Pukekohe Intermediate School has been set a task to complete a seminar each. The year 7's can do a like or interest and the year 8's do a career, but some of the year 7's are aloud to do a career. I have chosen to do mine on Taekwon-Do, this is an interest Because I do Taekwon-Do as a sport. I have been working really hard on this and to find enough information I talked to my instructor and I also looked in the Taekwon-Do bible. I hope my seminar is finished to a high standard and the students enjoy it.

Term 4

This Term Pukekohe Intermediate is going to to be really busy with all of the things going on. One of the things we are doing is Athletics. We are practicing at sport time and some classes are going over to Pukekohe High School to practice. . We have a choice if we want to do competitive Athletics which is long jump, shot put and those things, or you can do fun activities like hackie sack throwing and fun games.

Because its getting into summer time we are going to need to wear hats and bring water bottles to school. This is a big safety thing so you don't get skin cancer and with your drink bottles you don't get de-hydrated.

Every year Pukekohe Intermediate students have to do a seminar. The year eights do it on a career they want to do when they are older and the year sevens do it on something they enjoy or like. We are researching a lot at the moment so they are to a high standard.

A couple of my goals for this term are: to get a high score for my seminar and to do well in the term 4 tests.

Next week which is week 3 the year sevens are having all their testing and the tests might be a bit challenging. Then in week 5 Room 23 are having our class testing to see what we are capable of.

Touch Typing

Today at school we had a touch typing test on sense lang. I don't think I did very good and I know that I can do better, I had trouble finding one of the letters and then I realised that it was on caps lock. I was a bit disappointed with myself and I know that next time I will try a lot harder and I will be practicing up till then.

Maths Week

Term 3 Week Maths Week is happening and Pukekohe Intermediate is celebrating it. We have awesome activities going on like a poster competition, making games, code crackers and even more. Each day we have a class challenge and an individual challenge, we also have a 10:15 sprint and if you win any of these challenges you win a prize for you or your classroom. Room 23 are using a website that lasts for 1 week it is called Maths Week. There are challenges for each day like Maths Millionaire, Maths Millionaire Family, Math Ex and more. You win money (not real money) for getting the questions correct and on Wednesday and Sunday they have an auction where you can bid for prizes. The website is a great way to improve your maths, so next year when it comes to Maths Week make sure you sign up and give it a go.

Maori Language week

Week 2 Term 3 New Zealand celebrated Maori Language Week and the theme was Te Mahi Kai which means the language of food. At Pukekohe Intermediate we had a class activity that had to be completed each morning through out the whole week. Their were prizes to be won from the cool activities and there was a poster competition and even a fishing competition, the class winner of the fishing competition was Room 43 with 11 fish so congratulations to them. This was a fun week to celebrate with all the Maori greatings and fearwells that we learnt each morning. I can't wait ti'l next year round to celebrate it again.

House Sports Day

On Friday the 2nd of July Pukekohe Intermediate held a house sports day that the whole school competed in. There were two sports that you could choose from and they were turbo touch and netball. We had this day because it was a fun day to have on the last day of term, a lot of kids really enjoyed this day and would love to have one again.

We split into our house groups which are Sheppard, Hillary, Batten, Rutherford and Ngata, and then we split into teams a, b, c or d and competed against each other. This day was held at the Pukekohe netball courts for netball and the Pukekohe Intermediate field for turbo touch, we had some really good teams competing and everyone had great sportsman ship. I'm sure the teachers were very proud. The winner team for turbo touch was Ngata with and fro netball in 1st place was Hillary, well done to those teams !

Descriptive Writing

The Bedroom

The lime green duvet spread out on the bed matching the walls and the desk, the beautiful smell of fresh air and perfume and the beautiful sounds of the birds chirping right outside. Everything is what I have always dreamed of. The curtains are blowing around everywhere, I feel like a princess.


The Library

Food smudged into the floor, muddy footprints all around me, ants eating at all the rotten food, books thrown everywhere, I can't even sit on the "what used to be" comfortable chair. I search for the sunlight but for some reason I just can't find any, it's like an obstacle course in here. This place isn't peaceful at all its so loud I cant even here myself think. This isn't really my favourite place anymore.