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

Chocolate designs

As part of our reading of Boy, Roald Dahl's autobiography, we were inspired to design our own chocloate bar. Students chose some slogans, wrote advertising copy, designed wrappers. I, as an adventurous teacher with a large kitchen, attempted to make their designs.

Here is the ballad of my kitchen (in images).

Melting the chocolate over boiling water.

Raw ingredients

To make sour red swirls I used tartaric acid.

I sprayed the silicon moulds with canola oil to prevent sticking 

Completed chocolate creations

Tomorrow the testing! I'll post student responses as well as the completed designs soon.

Year 10 poetry essays

Here's a couple of essays from 10RLe- we were really impressed with the quality of the finished work. Click on the excerpt to view the complete essay.


Clearissa

Salome

Raihan

10RLe hit the library and miss

We unfortunately had a hiccup in our normal reading period in the library, but luckily were able to hang outside in the lovely weather to read our books.

9RTd kotahitanga

We are all on a learning journey together

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

Fast Talking PI poems

We looked at Selina Marsh's poem Fast Talking PI and recorded our own. Here are some below by 9RTd. I was so excited that the students were motivated and expressing themselves! Proud of you 9RTd.