A Day At The Temple

                                                       

💚 Loved it!

                          
 Today i went to the temple with my whole school i had an amazing time.I did't just have an amazing time but i got to experience and explore the arts and culture of the Chinese religion of the Buddha. One thing that i really enjoyed was bathing the Buddha and making a wish after bathing the Buddha.

      My wish was to have strength and wisdom.We also had 2 leaders of our group i was in group 2 and my leaders were Aditiya and Zavier. Our leaders demonstrated how to make a wish on the wishing bell. I think that our leaders were awesome i personally think that they did a great job at keeping us on track and demonstrating.

     Another thing that we learned about was the 3G and the 4G the 3G means 3G1:do good deeds 
                 3G2:think good thoughts 
                          3G3:say good words 
next is the 4G,
                 4G1: giving joy
                 4G2:convenience  
                 4G3:confidence 
                 4G4:giving hope 
As i look back and reflect on my experience at the Fo Guang Shan Temple i can say that was a lot of fun and it was all for a good course.

      

Narrative Assessment - Literacy

My Trip To Fiji

It was fun preparing for the trip to Fiji. The packing and the thoughts of being back with my friends and relatives was very exciting. We packed so much stuff like clothes, food stuff, and beddings for the victims of the hurricane Winston.

Upon arrival we realise that the heat was too overwhelming and finding my mum too emotional changed dried up all the excitement. 
It was nice meeting all my cousins and staying at my grandparents place for the first time was fun.

The first couple of days was spent shopping for the victims and packing up stuff in boxes and bags. We heard from people that victims were provided food rations from a lot of groups and government aids so my mum decided to donate washing detergents and toiletries as well as packets of cereal and biscuts from here. The best was that mum gave each family a bed sheet or a duvet cover. We were able to help 50 to 60 families and that was very very emotional for us all.

I have never felt so emotional and drained in my whole entire life before but it was all for a good cause.
  

A Beautiful Day

           A Beautiful Day

     There's not a cloud today

Just a sky of blue 

As the sun shines bright

It feels so new

As you walk down the street

You can see smiles from all around

It looks like everyone

Came to town

To enjoy the summer's day

And let time stand still

For a little while

Just until

                                            

The reason why I have written this poem is simple, i just thought that it was a beautiful day and that it should be appreciated.

Narrative Assessment

   25/0216                        My  iReflection.....

Today i had managed to finish all my work and i finally decided what i wanted to do for my iExplore.I had decided that i was  going to do a recipe book with Justin.L, Anjli and Riyah. Straight after iBreak 2 we had to go in to our iExperience groups to present our presentations.

Well  we didn't really present it as in stand up and present it we sat down and one member of our group had to read everything out loud.

We had to make a list of things that we can do to save energy then we had to find a buddy but a buddy  that we've  never spoke to or worked with so my buddy was Isaac.I helped him do his work and helped him with his spelling and it really seemed like he was finally focusing.

All of a sudden while we were still in our groups we were called to meet the learning coaches in the Town Hall so we rushed over to the Town Hall.Straight after the learning coaches called us they told us that it was time for iReflection. 

                        MY REFLECTION 
WHAT-
 This week we did our art grids  and we had to draw 8 things about our identity. For our iExplore we are learning about Chinese new year , Deaf culture and Treaty of Waitangi. My favourite iExplore lesson was Chinese New year. It was super fun and we got to know our year zodiac sign.

WHAT NOW-
Right now in the habitat we are doing a lot  such as: Hapu group rotation, Workshops, iExperience and our  iExplore. I've learned a lot so far and I'm loving how the learning coaches are making the lessons fun and clear to understand.

SO WHAT-
So we have planned to have our Habitat Hui and we have already had it and it went great. Everything went well and no mistakes were made. iExplore was #oresome. We get to do mini researches. Either in a pair or whole group.

I've been loving school so far. All the iExplore and iExperince learning is #oresome so far. I've learned a lot and it was super fun!!