Analosi’s Y8 Leavers Book!!!!!!!

A great experience for me at Corinna School was when I had the opportunity to go and compete at Amis Games 2015, in Tauranga; with my amazing netball team Jade.

Aims Games is a national sporting event up in Tauranga, where Year 7 and 8 students from around New-Zealand come to test their skills and compete to see who’s the best netball team.

I loved competing at Aims Games because we got to meet a lot of people and also become their friends. We had to work our butt’s off to win all our games. We had a good bond with each other and with the parents. Everyone was happy and proud at the same time.

The best thing about Corinna School was making new friends and getting to know everyone here. I will miss everything about Corinna School. I am proud of how much I have learnt over the past few years and what I have achieved in many areas like sport and culture. I would like to thank all my teachers because without these wonderful teachers I wouldn't be up to the level I am now.  

Analosi Paulo

Haiku 2015

Analosi 2015 Speech

I LEARN BEST AT A DESK (SPEECH)

I am hear to talk to you about what the difference is between 21st Century Learning and Old School Learning, and to explain why 21St century learning is the best.

Let's go all the way back when our mums and dad’s went to school. Once they got into the school gates, teachers were very Strict. They had No choice. Students were  to walk in orderly lines to their class rooms. When they get into their classroom everyone was to be quiet.

Teachers were very very bossy. The teachers stood up in the front and told the kids what to do. The kids listened and wrote down notes. They had No technology. They worked at there disk’s on there own. All the disks where to face  the front of the class.

Would you want go to a school like that? I wouldn't because now it seems in 21st century learning it has changed a lot. We now have technology & digital devices like laptops, chrome’s, Ipads & Fancy phones.

I am absolutely 100% sure that students now have choices of what they want to learn, Students can work in different spaces inside, outside and in different classrooms in groups and teams. Learning had helped us connect to help us solve big inquiry questions. We work together like a team.

I say if you really believe that old style is cool, I say you should think again.

Thank you for listening:)

Explanation Writing

How I shone at Aims Games

I shone at Aims Games at our netball final last Friday when I played really hard to make our team win. Aims Games is a national sports event up in Tauranga where year 7 and 8 students from around New-Zealand come to test their skills and compete to see who's the best netball team. I got the opportunity to  compete at Aims Games 2015 with my amazing netball team Jade.

At this game I shone like a shining star. I intercepted the ball as if I was flying in space,feeling so alive and proud as I walked off court. I looked around, everyone is so cheerful ,with a huge smile shaped like a banana. I could hear my team cheering as loud as a lion roaring.

I shone by using my thinking skills; by looking around for who to pass the ball to and who is free or not to pass the ball to. We worked our way down the netball court by trying our best and not getting any contacts or obstructions.

I also shone when I was self managing by always listening to what the coach is saying so when we go back on court we would be able to pick up the game plan very fast and show off our skills that we learnt.

Another way I shone is when we are on court we would show respect to who we are playing against. When the ref says a bad call we will suck it up and still play our game.If we are winning or losing we will not be cocky.

I felt really proud when I shone up at Aims Games because it was a once and a life time chance to represent Corinna school, somewhere far from our homes. It was the most exhilarating moment of my life as if we were to meet the Silver Ferns. We walked home feeling so tired but also feeling like champions, champions never give up but always try there best.

POLYFEST 2015

2015 Polyfest Learning Story

On Wednesday night, Corinna School performed fabulously in front of more than 100 people at Hosanna Church.   

I got the opportunity to perform in the Senior Samoan group and Kapahaka group. 

While we were getting ready in the changing rooms the K.C. skill I used was Self-Managing and Relating to others.

One of the main rules was to always listen to the teachers, whanau and Parents and to show respect by following their instructions and waiting patiently for our turn to perform.

One of the other K.C. skills I used was Relating to others skills by supporting and encouraging others to learn the Sa Sa and Siva Samoa before we performed.

The only way for us to be able to perform properly was to attend to all practises during the holidays and Monday afternoons which is called committing myself to the team.

During the practises we would have to show discipline and commitment.

At the end of all performances I finally knew that it was really not that scary performing in front of such a big crowd of people.

I also felt proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone to perform in a large crowd. 

Kapo Kapo Report

On the 24th of June Corinna School performed fabulously in front of more than 500 people at Te Raupaha Arena. Their costumes were excellent, they thought really creatively when they designed the pacific costume, they had pretty designs on it, and as for their Kapa Haka group it looked beautiful, and they put a lot of thought into their school logo

The School students stood there proudly being discipline, as they all say "A good group is a discipline group" And these young Corinna Students achieved it really well.

They strongly performed well as they might have been taught by the best, they looked beautiful and stunning, There performance was outstanding, they are now one of my most favourite  performances ever. 

They worked hard and showed off they hard effort that they put into it


They worked hard as a team, I could see that some of them were shaking their hands nervously and some of their faces went bright pink.

I have nothing else to say to that school but "I love it".

https://drive.google.com/a/corinna.school.nz/file/d/0B_oaUnCh1geuVXhjWjdJNjJXZzQ/view

KAPO KAPO Performance

On Tuesday 23rd June at Te Rauparaha Arena I got the opportunity to  perform Kapa Haka and Pasifika dances at Kapo Kapo. 

First we had the Polynesia Kapo Kapo group to perform up on the stage which I was part of. While walking upon the stage I felt scared and nervous.

When I was up on the stage I felt so proud of myself because I believed in myself and took a really big risk. The K.C. skill I used during Kapo Kapo was self-managing because we had to listen to the teachers and instructors a lot and we also had to be on our own on the stage.

After the Pacifika group, we had the kapahaka group performing. I was also involved this. For us to perform we had to turn up to all of the practises on a Thursday, always be disciplined by doing the right actions,s mile at the right times, pukana at the right times and always watch and listen.