This is me!

Talofa lava, Kia ora, Malo e lelei and greetings to you all. My name is Pisirina and I am in year seven at Pt England School. I am 11 years of age turning 12 later in the year. I was lucky enough to have Mrs Tele’a as my home room and Literacy/English teacher and Mrs Stone for Maths. My favourite subject at school is Maths because it is the subject I tend to have more fun in and have no confusion about the equations. My hobby is singing, playing netball and listening to music such as Pop songs, Rnb music and lastly K-pop! My goal for this year is to finish a book every three weeks or less and hopefully at the end of the year my reading level  progresses and I have read around 10 books. I’m looking forward to the trips at the end of the year and the overall results of my learning.

Spending Christmas at Samoa! (and staying there for 3 weeks!)

My trip to Samoa!

Pisirina

Photos taken by my sister

My 3 week trip to Samoa was amazing and long!, and when I say long I mean LONG.

It was literally a month. All was good, we left on the night of the 23rd of December

and we arrived around 3’o’clock in Samoa meaning it was probably 2 am in NZ
since Samoa is an hour ahead. I went with my older sister and my dad to Samoa
if you were wondering. Well, I can’t travel by myself!

When we arrived at Samoa, it was like being in another world.

The heat hit my whole body when I stepped out of the airplane when we arrived at
our destination. As I was walking, I had to take off my cardigan. That’s when I
found out that there was a lot of humidity in the air which is weird because
in NZ we don’t have a lot of humidity everyday. Skip forward onto the week.

On Christmas, after all of my cousin’s got given presents we went to the beach at
Savaia to go swim, which was quite far from my village but it was worth it.

All of the kids had fun, the water was beautifully clear and clean compared to our
oceans. But the beach near my village is really dirty but it’s still okay to swim in
it because we have a pool area. I didn’t expect Samoa to be polluted
but the place is still beautiful.

On this week was my cousin’s wedding!

That’s the real reason why we were there at Samoa.

Her wedding was on the 29th of December almost a week after we arrived.

My older sister was a bridesmaid and I was a flower girl even though I’m 11. On the day I

had to wear makeup which was new but in a good way. The whole day was tiring

because I had to wear high heels and I was sweating. My highlight of this day was

at the Reception when we had a family item which was really fun with everyone

dancing on the dance floor including the bride and groom.

Now I am going to talk to you about the struggles in Samoa.

Hopefully this paragraph doesn’t go on for long because I have a whole list.

The first reason is communicating, it was easy to talk to the younger children since my

Samoan skills are average, but when it comes to speaking with adults, OH they’re
talking in another language! They talk so fast that I have to reply with an answer
THREE minutes later because I have to calculate or ask my sister what they just
said.

Reason two, the heat! It’s so hot that I would jump inside a car and go for a drive with

my cousin with the windows closed but the air conditioner on.

When it’s night time I’m not allowed to sleep with the fan on because that’s how I
get sick. Even when you’re getting changed you will eventually sweat.

Next reason!

Being teased by your cousins. Every morning we would go outside of the house and

pick up the rubbish except Sunday because that is the Aso malolo(Rest day).

Once(when we were picking up rubbish), my cousin’s were calling me a Teine palagi just

because I lived in New Zealand.

What most of my cousins didn’t know was that I was born in Samoa, they didn’t
believe me at all. That goes to show that Samoan families love to tease
and mock each other even when they’re sad because our jokes are so funny.

There is nothing other than those three struggles that made me pity myself all
the time. I might’ve made it sound like I exaggerated too much but
there’s no going back now but I love them so much, no words can explain
how much I love food. I’m just joking, I love my family to the core of my heart.

Enough of that smoochy stuff, for the next week we just stayed at my Mum's
house which is in the same village as my Dads house. They had an open
house at the front and a normal one behind.
What I loved about my Mum's house was that it was windy there.

A downfall in Samoa is that they have dogs but they look hungry and

they die of starvation. My country is blessed with beautiful dogs but they
choose to not to give them love and care. When we went to town in Apia we
saw pigeons but they aren’t

like the pigeons is NZ, instead they were so skinny, they looked so lazy
because they weren’t waddling with their head bobbing.

Oh, their life is a struggle! I pity the dogs and the pigeons.

I will also talk to you about the life of a pig.

Warning: Make sure you have your tissues ready.

The Piglets look so happy whenever I go past them but their futures are all the
same. Once they are old and fat that is when their owners lock
them up in a big cage. The family will feed the pig their leftovers and BAM!,
the pig gets even more thick. Eventually someone will have to end their life,
and people will devour the forgotten pig.

That is why I, Pisirina will always remember them.

Forever in our stomachs.

The last day was sad with everyone at the airport to send us off.

My sister and I were wearing matching dresses.

My dad and my other sister also wore Samoan clothes.

Some of my family members cried. It was an emotional mess. It was so boring
and long on the trip back home.

Although, they’re were some K-pop music so it was really
easy to fall asleep on the plane.

The trip was amazing and I am so lucky to reunite with my country and my family.

There were a few struggles but all that matters is that I put a smile on a lot of
peoples face. Christmas was the best because even though I didn’t get much,

what I got to see was a lot of smiles which really made my day.

I was glad that I filled their day with happiness.

I suggest that you go for a holiday in Samoa because I guarantee that you will gain more

knowledge, lose weight and become more tan.

Task Description

This blog post is about my trip at Samoa! I'm so sorry that I didn't post this earlier. So many things are going on this holiday. Unfortunately I didn't have time to do the Summer learning Journey but I will aim for posting during the winter break. I hope you enjoy my writing!

Photos below!

Goodbye fans... for now!

See you later! The poster above has all the information about why I'm posting this. Bye for now!

YEAR SIX CAMP!

The year six’s went to Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island with a few parent helpers and the teachers. Starting from Tuesday 2oth of November to Friday 23 of November. It was awesome! Read on to find out what we did on our Journey at Camp.

Firstly, we all arrived in the hall at approximately 7 o’clock to 7: 25 am. It involved a lot of listening and sitting around. There were two buses that had our luggage in it already, waiting for us. We got split up and went on the two buses. I was sitting next to my friend Jahzara. Jahzara and I were trying to sleep but everyone was talking and some people were even eating lollies. We finally arrived at Sandspit where we had our morning tea.

We were at Sandspit for our ride on the ferry to get to the wharf on Kawau Island. My friends and I sat at the same area at the top of the ferry where most of the year six’s were. We were enjoying the majestic view of the Ocean while singing disney songs that were perfect for the scenery. The girls got moved at the bottom of the ferry so the boys could perform their haka to the Peter and Erin the managers of Camp Bentzon. While we were down there me and Marika played the famous scene from Titanic while the both of us were sing ‘My heart will go on’ by Celine Dion. We were outside at the front of the ferry when the boys started performing.

After a lot of carrying the things for Camp around, we started to get ready for the Killer Hill hike. It was as dreadful as its name. It wasn’t even a hill or a mountain, it was a gateway to death! Once we reached the top we had two people that were Chance and Marika say a speech and put a rock each, on top of the other rocks that were already there called a kiel. We had to walk even more which I don’t want to talk about because we were just walking. We had a break and ate our lunch. We walked,walked,walked,walked then we hiked,hiked,hiked all the way back. I ended up seeing lots of Wallaby and Weka poop and I ended up having a scratch and a scar stuck around my shin. I was so glad that I didn’t die on that hill and I am surprised that I survived the mountain.

The rest of the day we had free time. I played volleyball and set up my cabin. I was with Levonah,Marika,Jahzara and Eden, the most messiest crew I have ever encountered. For camp groups I was in Mansion A with Marika and Benjamin as our leaders. I didn’t swim at the beach that day because of my leg but I still managed to not be lonely.  For Dinner we had roast potatoes,beef, veggies and gravy. We also had dessert which was yummy! We then watched a movie after dinner and Dessert.

We watched a movie called The Princess bride. It was really funny and weird. Sometimes I had to say ‘ Keep it PG mate!’ because they had direct touch with their lips which was a nightmare but, luckily I turned my head to the back and covered my ears. Ewwwwwww!, was what I thought. It was an amazing movie, I suggest you to watch this movie but when you are 15 or 16 years old.

It was a new morning and I woke up before the bugle went. I woke up my cabin mates to get ready for our fitness run because they were still in their PJ’s. The bugle went off. Everyone bursted out of their cabins and ran outside near the volleyball area. We stretched and waited for others. We then went for the run in the fitness trail that was on the island. I ran with Inga. When we finished our run, I came back to our cabin with a fresh graze on my right knee. Moral of that day was to be more careful when running down hill.

We ate breakfast which was normal but delicious. After, we got ready for our activities we had today. We had Abseiling first,Kayaking,Raft building and lastly Bivouac. It was an awesome combination for today since the weather was rainy and sunny. Now onto my Abseiling adventure.

We were putting on the harness and helmet. Te Paia and I was scared so we became the scared buddies. We walked on the fitness trail to go to where the abseiling tower was. So many questions about death crossed my mind. Later on, it was finally my turn. I climbed on the side of the tower where the handles were. I was questioning Haare and Egan about what happened if fall?, stuff like that was what I was worried about. Before I knew I reached the top, it was like magic! Maddy ( Idk how to spell her name) was calming down because I was in panic mode when I looked down the tower, I saw my teammates and the helpers giving me a thumbs up. I breathed in and out to calm me down. Maddy told me to shuffle my feet down onto the edge, as I was on the edge I felt like I was falling, I told Maddy “ I’m gonna fall, miss!” when really my back leant back a tiny bit. So anti-climatic! Afterwards, I made it to the ground by shuffling my feet down and leaning back until my bottom was the same length as my feet. Egan asked me how I felt and I replied with I FEEL ALIVE! At the end I really was alive.

Morning tea was finished so Mr Jacobsen played the bugle and everyone went quickly under shelter in the porch and waited for Mr Goodwin to send us off to our activity. The next rotation was Kayaking, I had some experience in this activity but, apparently needed some help. What I needed help with was using the right end of the paddle to scoop the water out of the way. It was sprinkling and raining  ( My mom said it was SPWINKLIN’) while we were kayaking. We were lucky enough to be with Haare, Egan,Mr Sommerville and our Kayak Instructor Erin. I managed to keep up at the front despite the weather and the waves. I was so proud of myself for kayaking three kilometers, I was also tired too.

The bugle played and that meant it was time for lunch eating. I was still wet and we had another wet activity so I wore a towel around my waist so my wet shorts won’t wet the chair. We had an appetizing lunch which was Hot dogs with toppings. A few minutes after we finished eating, the bugle played again. Mansion A is on Raft Building now!

Rafts building is what we were going to do next. We had to make a raft using hard plastic barrels, ropes and long wooden sticks. The point of this activity is to work together to make the raft float on the ocean. Mansion A split into two groups. Boys vs Girls in Raft Construction, Haare was with the boys and Egan with the girls. We were lucky enough to have Egan on our side because he is an engineer. We built a raft with four barrels and a lot of the sticks and ropes to hold the barrels in place. Lastly, it was time to test if the raft could float. We dragged and lifted the heavy raft onto the ocean, it floated! Marika and Nevayah jumped onto the raft and used one of the long sticks to paddle the raft all the way to the pontoon. We then decided to swim all the way to the pontoon and do some bombs off the pontoon. As we were we playing in the water we saw other people in a different camp group doing sailing. Overall, I was so happy that we were probably the only group that made our raft float the whole way.

We had some free time so I decided to get ready for Bivouac. Free time was over so we decided to move onto our next activity, Bivouac. For Bivouac we had to go behind the Abseiling tower to where the Bivouac building was held. Marika and I teamed up to make our own bivouac while the rest of the group teamed up altogether. The two of us had an disadvantage since the other group had more people so we had a little help from Egan. We first looked for a space to create our little shed at. We found a spot on the opposite side of our opponent. It was now time for building.

I would like to thank my parents for paying the fee of the camp. I also would like to say thank you to the parent helpers and the teachers that came to camp and juggled a lot of things in camp. A big thanks to Mrs Flavelle and Mr Burt for the hard work for making this camp still go on! I appreciate the amazing work that everyone put into this camp to make it happen.

I enjoyed everything at camp but I think Abseiling and Concourse stood out for me the most. I learnt that fears are just in your head and that your brain tries to make things scary when really it is not. If there are some people that don’t get along, I highly suggest to put them in a Camp ( Not Camp Green Lake) or a space together for four days, it works! Overall, I enjoyed that camp with my friends, it brought us together as a close family. I will never forget this precious memory that is now in my heart.

Task Description

This is just a recount of our 4 days off at year six Camp. I didn't get to finish this but I will surely finish this off in the holidays! Enjoy!

I am the girl with a black hat and a grey jumper.

Term 4 Extension DLO Research

This term is all about Jewellery and Art. We didn't have much time for this term so we did the best we could to research lots of information about our topic. I was in a group with three year six's and they were my friends too! I had a fun time since this terms topic was something I could manage with.

Reflection about this year and term!

My reflection about this term. Term 4 was a very busy and fun time of the year.

Very stressful but I made it through the year. We did and learnt a lot of things.
We had a disadvantage so we were behind on our DLO’s because of our one week off at Kawau Island
but my group and I managed to finish our movie on time. My favourite thing we did this term was using
3D pens to create 3D jewelry. Our Paideia Seminar was probably the best seminar I’ve ever had or
experienced.

This whole year was a journey. We had an opportunity to go to the Pacific Exhibition Museum.
We had a fun time using 3D pens. Our Paideia Seminars were scary but fun to do since I had more
experience than the year 5’s. We had an awesome trip to gravity as an extension group. If I were to
describe this whole year in extension with one word I would probably say
‘ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’

Cave Art ( Term 4 Animation )

Walt: show short fiction ancient stories through art back then.



Task Description

Welcome to Ancient Art Story-time with Pisirina. A long time ago, there was a small tribe that lived in a small country named South Korea. In their village there was a big mighty animal that was a king of a forest near their village. It was a wild Boar. The small tribe only  had 4 people until their tribe leader had been killed by the beast and the reason is well, you can read it on the screen. Anyway, that didn’t stop them from killing the beast. At night, they made a plan by killing the boar while it was asleep. Everything was going well until Luke had to ruin it by stepping a small branch.  It wasn’t that loud but it was loud enough to wake up the creature. Yay!, they finally killed the Boar with three spears. Luke and his friends moved the creature to a campfire they prepared before. They roasted the Boar and ate the roasted pork. That is the end of the short Ancient Art Story-time with Pisirina. Hope you enjoyed my crazy movie!