Year 8 visit!

We were lucky enough to have the local Year 8s come visit today so they could see what it's like to have a day at high school.

I ran two classes in which we wrote essays about our values- the same lesson as I have done with my Year 9 class this year. Here are some of their paragraphs...


My value for the rest of my school years is respect because I haven’t been a top noticeable person to my teacher and I need to work on admiring people’s ideas. Respect is important because it is telling you that you need to be kind to others and you need to be forgiving and responsible towards visitors. I learned that respect is valuable because it contains loving and caring for each other. What makes you respectful?

Rebekah, Pt England

The value I've chosen is 'Manaakitanga' which means caring for others in English translated from Maori. This is a way of showing that we come from a valued school with caring intentions and caring thoughts. This value is important to me personally because not just me but everyone should feel the need to care for others in order to earn their trust and let them know that we can be trusted. When I show this value it makes me feel proud to show this value to everyone who I care for or someone I want to know better so that I can earn their trust and gain more friends. "Caring for other,s running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness"- Harold Kushner

Tiere, Tamaki Primary

Integrity is like honesty and this is important to me because it is good to be honest. It’s not good to lie, its better if you be a good character so later maybe you might show integrity to someone.

Byron, Pt England

St Pius X Catholic school values are Advance in Faith, Hope and Love. The meaning of our values is to always have Respect. Respect is also one of our #1 values in our school. We have positive attiitude everyday but if someone feels down we will all comfort that person and make sure we don't have anyone have a bad day. Our priority is to look smart when we are out of school and if somebody in our school shows off then we do not encourage him/her to keep being silly.
And those are some of our school values.

Osca and Aurora

Show positive attitude. Positive attitude means that to show respect and show positive thinking. And a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. When I show a positive attitude I greet the teacher and behave do my work. I ask for help if I am stuck. I get this value from myself and my mum. This value is important because it makes other people feel happy.

Isaaka, Pt England

The value I have chosen is 'Whanaungatanga' in English means = Building Relationships.This value is important to the community and to me, personally. This value is great to have because it is important for people to have friendly friendships. Basically, not having friendships is not knowing anyone. This value is important to me because we all need a close friend that knows us well, and to me, I need to develop on the skill with the community so I am also confident everywhere and in front of everyone.

Chardonay, Tamaki Primary

One of the values that I really like is, Respect. Respect is one of the values that we use at Point England school. Respect is really important for me because if you’re not respectful then you’ll just be rude and disrespectful. That is where you get no where.

“Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.” -Clint Eastwood This quote that I found is on Respect Quotes. 

Hannah, Pt England

One of the most important values we had at PBS was Respect. We show respect to our teacher also the environment. We think is important because at school we had a special assembly all about ANZAC, so we must show respect for the soldiers who lost their lives to protects us and the country. We also have to show respect so people will be friend with us and also try to believe that we are a good student. If we show respect by listening to the teacher so we can move to the level and we must need instruction so we can do all the task in the correct way. We learned that respect is the most important for us and for others. We got this values from PBS because in term 1 we were talking about place values.

Saruja and Deziree, Panmure Bridge School

Respect is all about having manners and showing each and others the right way at the right time with the right attitude. Plus by using the 3 P which means protection partnership and participation.

To show respect is to listen when someone is talking and not talking well the teacher is talking. Respect is about admiring someone about what they can do. If you want to be treated well then you will have to treat others the way you wanted be treated. And show what awesome looks like.

DJ, Pt England

People (Friends & Teacher) see me as a guy who respects rules, equipments and respects other people. I think respect is very important in because if you have no respect for anyone, they you and have no discipline for you. Its also because everyone should be treated how you want to be treated and that's nicely. Such people need respect as well with sympathy and emphy. Respect is important to everyone and also to me because the people needs respect and to also get along with each other. Last week we had showed respect to those who fought for us and gave us the life that we wanted.

Juliano, Panmure Bridge


One Value I think is important is respect. This means that you respect people and property. This is important to me because it is a school and personal value. When we show this value we use manners speak politely be sincere and do what you say you are going to do. I learned that respect is important value to the school and to me. This value came to me from my family and school. My parents’ value is also respect and so is mine.

Ilalio and Lennyx, Glenbrae

Tukumarie. What does this value mean to me? To me this value means to be peaceful, caring and responsible. A way I show being responsible in the community is by being around people that will not get me into trouble. To be peaceful I will need to be humble when losing in something or getting angry.

Cavhyon, Tamaki Primary

At Pt England School we have values. Values are something that are important to you. One of my values from school is Matapono E - Keep It Real. This means that we have to be honest not only with ourselves but with others as well. This is important to me because it reminds me and others about keeping it real. I think that if everybody showed Matapono E than we would always be happy. When I show this value it makes me feel proud of my self for being honest. This is a quote that I think suits this value:

"We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square."- Michelle Obama

Paige, Pt England

Integrity, Respect & Success

Values are beliefs that control our actions, they keep us on the correct path in life. Three values that matter to me are integrity, respect and success.

One value that i think is important is integrity because being honest with yourself can result in a less harmful consequence, lying means being dishonest or not telling the truth. This is a value you can have in life because when you get a job you wouldn’t want to lie to your boss. Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.

The second value that I think is most important is respect because when you are respectful to others you usually get that respect given back, for example speaking politely  to other in a respectful manner.A helpful quote said by Charles w , “A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful”. Being respectful is a  polite way to show  manners and express the way you feel to others.

The third value is success, this means setting your brain to certain goals to achieve specific standards.We need to be successful so that we can get somewhere in life and achieve more. Success means achieving goals in life.A quote written by Henry Ford reads“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success”.

In summary values guide us towards the correct path in life, taking us step by step following through the values one by one.

Edward Baah

Success, Honesty, Responsibility

One value I think is important is success. The reason why I think success is important to me is because if you’re in a test and you feel like you’re going to fail there’s a saying which goes likes this, “ CHAMPIONS NEVER GIVE UP ”. So if you try your best at the test you will succeed in life. Success is something that you need to keep trying in order to attain.

Another value I think is important is honesty. The reason why I think honesty is important to me is because it’s always good to tell the truth and have honesty. If you lie you get into more trouble so tell the truth straight away. Also if you don something bad then you should be honest with yourself and speak up.

One other value that I also think is important is responsibility. The reason why I think responsibility is important to me is because we will always need to look after our belongings and make sure we have the right gear. When I show this value I always try to remember to bring my gear, I act responsibly.

It is really good to use these values in life because they can help you if you’re going through hard times. The reason why its good to use values is because if you’re going through bad things in life then you would know straight away on what value you have to use.  

Mele Lavaka

Integrity, Respect and Success

I have Values- Integrity, Respect and Success. Those three values mean something to me, and we should all have something that we hold and keep in our life..

“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”

― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

INTEGRITY

Integrity is a value that means lots to me and my family and hopefully you to. What Integrity means to us is being honest about anything and everything. I have learnt lots over these few weeks at Tamaki about how to show Integrity around the school. Integrity means being honest. If you lie you will make it worse for yourself then it already  was.  However if you show integrity, whoever you are with will show it back to you.

RESPECT

I think it is important to show Respect because if you want someone to Respect you, you have to show it to them. When I show this Value I try to be nice to everyone I see, and also to show this value I try not to judge them by looking at them before I know them as I don’t know what their  background is like. I try to show Respect back to anyone  no matter what happens and what they are like.  

SUCCESS

This value to me show that trying hard even if you fail. You just have to try in all conditions, so later on in life you can have and get a great job and great life with your awesome family and try your in  best even if you don’t know what it is . Taking charge with your things and also at school doing school work. Success is finishing work on time by the due date. Managing our time wisely to get the work done. Asking for help that will help you to succeeded because you will understand more better then you already knew.

Do you want these value in life .Even them being in your mind . Without values I think life would be messed up hard out .Because there will be bad people in the world. I can’t think what would happen.

Cheyanne Eagle

R.I.S.E values

It is not hard to make a decision when you know what your values are. Values are things that guide our actions. They are taught by parents or caregivers.

One value that is important to me is success. It is important because success is needed in life just like education and I want to be successful. Doing all your work, using R.I.S.E and being respectful leads to success.

Another value I am going to write about is respect. Respecting people is very important, because being kind to each other is a good thing. If we are not, it can lead to very serious problems like suicide. Showing respect to students is important as they can be sensitive, if we are not it can make people feel bullied and abusive so keeping society peaceful and showing respect is O for awesome.

Another value I have is whanau. This values important because they only come once in a lifetime  and  are very hard to let go of. You should hold on to your whanau and value them because when they go or pass on they never come back. They have made me learn a lot about life like respecting others showing integrity being responsible and doing or being successful things.

I am kind and respectful to all students,all teachers and all human beings.I can make people feel good by saying nice words and using my manners.So keep the society peaceful.So I hope you do the same so show your R.I.S.E.

Coopa Pomare

Honesty, Leadership and Responsibility

The three values that are important to me are Honesty and Leadership and Responsibilty.

First of all honesty is the number one thing that is important to me because you can tell the truth and everyone will be happy. But if you don’t the the situation is going to get worse. This value is also my parent’s value. They also say always tell the truth whenever we leave for school.

The second value that occurs to my life is leadership. My parents will always tell me when I leave the house to “Always act like a leader in school or in the streets” I will always keep their words wherever I go.

One value that I think is important  is Responsibility, it’s important to me because it means to be responsible for my own actions. when I show this value I try to do my best to be responsible to come to class on time and be responsible for me stationary and netbook.

Values are important to me and my life so that I may go far in the future. My three values are Honesty , Respect and Leadership. I want to tell you that values can make a difference in your life.  

Lose Manuha'apai

Integrity and Faith

The two values that are important to me is “Integrity” and “Faith”.

INTEGRITY.

One value that I think is important is Integrity. It is important because it means everything is going to be alright because everyone is showing honesty to each other. It makes our environment much safer. When I show this value I try my best to be honest all the time to adults, friends, family and also myself.

FAITH.

This value came to me from my dad. My dad has been in much pain the last few weeks. But he always says, “Have faith in everything you do." Or," I'm going to be alright." I was the kind of person who would always think negatively in everything I do. Faith is everything we should always carry with us everywhere we go. It helps you in everything.

Those two values are very important to me because it really changed my life around. I know that these two values will always change your life too, if you're in a bad situation. All you have to do is do what I did and then your see a big change later on. It can also make you go far in life and achieve your goals for the future.

Faaaaoane Ulipa

Values essays complete

I'll be posting the values essays as they are edited for publication. Here's one hot off the press.

Value Essay

We all have values that we hold and treasure for many generations. A quote from Norman Thomas reads “The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values”. Different people have different values therefore three values that are important to me are: Respect, Integrity and Faith.

Respect is a way of treating or thinking about something or someone. I place self respect first meaning  that you have to respect yourself before you can start respecting others.Respect is a very important value to me because it shows that I can value another as an individual, and that I honor the personal rights and dignity of the person as a fellow human being.

Another value that I treasure is Integrity. It is important to have Integrity as a value because you will feel good about yourself and you will have a fewer problems with things like self doubts and many more. Integrity means that the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Speaking the truth at all times and at all places is a way that I show Integrity.

Faith is also a value that I hold. Faith is important to me because faith can lead me to happiness and it makes me a better person by doing things that I have never expected to do.Faith means complete trust or confidence in someone or something. To show this value I never give up cause I know there is faith that I can do it.

Values may change overtime but they will always be something that is held and treasured for generations and generations.

Dion Tuitakau

Initial values paragraphs

I just had a look at some of the paragraphs the Year 9 students wrote and they are very cool. Here are a couple to get you started before we complete the essays on Monday.


One value I have is commitment. This means that if I join something I have to stay committed to it. Goals are important to me because I used to quit and give up on things that I should have put more effort into. I think that never giving up is one value related to commitment. When I show this value I try to stay clam, think of positive things and do it hard and fast.

-Henry

One value I have learned at Tamaki is respect. I think that it is important to use it because if you want to be respected you have to show it back. When I show this value I try to be nice to everyone I see and not judge them based on what they look like before I know them.

-Cheyanne

Integrity is all about honesty and trust. Remember- don't lie, be honest to yourself. Being honest and doing the right thing is awesome, you would feel so great afterwards. But if you don't show integrity you will be scarred with a lie and you would look back at it and you would feel really bad.

-Teariki

One value that I think is important is respect. I place self-respect first. I beleive that you have to respect yourself before you can start respecting others. It is very important because it shows that one values another as an individual.

-Dion

One value that I think is important is integrity. It is important because it means that everything is going to be alright because everyone is showing honesty to each other. It makes our environment much safer. When I show this value I try my best to be honest all the time to adults, friends and myself.

-Sue