The FIFA World Cup!

The FIFA World Cup is the biggest event in the world, because there are millions of teams that are involved in it and people who watch it all over the world! So far New Zealand has won non and drawed 2. YAY!!!!! But I am going for two teams and they are New Zealand and Germany!! So go them. I really hope that we get a good placing in the FIFA World Cup, and I hope everyone is praying that too! So that's the end of my point of view for you guys about the FIFA Cup!

Go The All Whites!!!!
By Laura T

Fifa world cup

GO THE ALL WHITES!!!!

The All Whites are staying in yay yay! We have so far drawn all of our games against Solvenia and Italy, the soccer has been one-one for both the games. These are the first world cup points they have got in the world cup beating the 1982 effort, which is pretty good for New Zealand. However, on the 25 June the All Whites will try to bet Paraguay in the world cup and hope to get more than one goal this time.
by Renee

Room 11 bets on who wins the Fifa World Cup

Room 11 is having a competition for the Fifa World Cup, how we did this was put all 32 teams into a hat and each student would have to draw a team out. The person with the winning team at the end of the World Cup wins! The student that wins the competition will win a prize that we don't know of yet!
Hayley's Team that she drew out of a hat was Cote d' Ivorie and Lydia's teams were USA and Paraguay.
The Teams that are in the World Cup are close with their games! It's tough to watch to see who wins.
Lydia's Team Paraguay is the next on the list to verse the All Whites!!GO NZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Done by Lydia & Hayley! =) x

Hi Kynan and Jake here we are going to tell you about the world cup and how the teams we picked are going.I picked out of the cup Uruguay and Italy ,Uruguay tied with France 0-0 and defeated South Africa 3-0 . Italy tied with Paraguay and New Zealand. I picked Brazil to win , Brazil defeated Korea DPR 2-1, and also wasted Cote D'Ivoire 3-1. kynan. I pulled out of the cup Serbia,Serbia defeated Germany 1:0 but lost to to Ghana 1:0 the i picked to win was Italy. Jake

Soccer World Cup

For the soccer world cup, our teacher Mrs Stephens got us to choose a team out of the hat (well, a container), and I was last to pick and I got Greece. I have no interest in the soccer so I just chose Greece as my pick as well. Now how are they going well the first game they played they lost 0-2, the second they won 2-1 and the third they lost 0-2 . So not that well. Now all the games in their pool are finished they are third and out of the running to be the world cup winners! But anyway the only persuasive thing in it was the CHOCOLATE BAR you win if your team wins it.

By Lucy

Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup!

Before the FIFA world cup commenced Mrs Stephens started up a class bet, the winner receives a chocolaty prize. Each class member chose a team and you also got to pull a name out of a hat. I chose Netherlands and got Algeria and Japan. Netherlands are probably doing the best with a victories over Japan and Denmark while Algeria hasn't done to well with only a draw and a loss while Japan has won one and lost one. Overall I think I'm not doing too bad with a team in first place in their pool another in second and a third in last.

Nikau

Term 2, Week 10 Newsletter/Home Learning....

Only two weeks to go Room 11, make sure you continue to work hard.

Enjoy the trip to the Suter Art Gallery on Thursday....

Mrs S

On Tuesday the 15th of June Mapua school all wore white to support the All Whites. At lunch time we had a soccer game against the teacher and yr 7 we lost by 1 point but, it was a really good shot by Mr Mac that won the game for the teachers and yr 7. By Cacilda and Hana

All White Day!!!!

WOW!!!! Everyone had dressed up in white and we all supported the all whites for their firstgame!!! We had a very close soccer game against the teachers but, sadly we lost against them=(! All of the mapua school students had a go against the teachers and gave it their best!!!
We all did a great job!! the ALL WHITES had a great game and the score was one all!!
It was a draw!! We definitely made their got their confidence up!!
GO THE ALL WHITES!!!!

Your sincerely,

Hayley=)

All Whites Day!

Go the All Whites! It was Tuesday the 15th 2010 and all of Mapua School dressed up in white and black to support the All Whites. As lunch time started it was time to have the Mapua School soccer game! It was Teachers vs The Year 8, so as the game got under way. Storm scored the first goal for the year 8's and then movements later Mr McKenzie scored two more for the Teachers! So The Teachers WON 2-1 to them. But I think we did a great job, even if we lost.
By Laura

White Out Day!..!!

The Ball

We had the ball and we were ready to score but then the great all mighty teachers came running after us. We paniccd and with sweat dripping down our faces we grabbed the soccer ball and ran our fastest dribbling round the giant teachers. We were nervous and worked because we would never here the end of it if we missed.......

He lines up the kick, he kicks it goes flying and smashes into the net we score the crowed goes wild but afterwards the correct score I'm sorry to say is that they won 2-1 and we are never going to hear the end of it.

by Renee and Ellie

All White Day

As we walked into school there was a wave of white everywhere you looked. As we made our way into the classroom we got ambushed by white face paint, so we matched the rest of the class that had been attacked to. But this was only the start. At lunch we all gathered big and small to watch this incredible game with conflict between the TEACHERS and STUDENTS dun dun dunnn! The students were the first to score but where followed closely by the teachers, as they puffed their way down the field. Lots of hand ball where called as well as outs by the ref that was actually playing on the teachers side. At the last minute the teachers sneaked through the defenders and got that final goal that caught us all by surprise!

By Lucy and Alice

GO ALL WHITES

GO ALL WHITES
It was the fifteenth of June 2010 and all of Mapua school had a at least one pecise of white clothing
and at lunch time the game of the year was on it was year 8s vs the teachers and year 7s!!!!!!
The first person to score was MR Mack from a cross by Mrs Stephens the next was storms for the year 8s and ever one cherd

All whites white day!

Wow guys I have never seen so much white in my life!!! We were supporting the kiwi team very well, yesterday we really sent the message across! The All Whites did an exceptional job last night with a draw, 1-1 against Slovenia. Also Mapua School has been doing an awesome job supporting the All Whites through the World Cup with "my greatest feat". A super job from all students. Lets keep our fingers crossed in hope for the All Whites in their extraordinary journey of the Fifa World Cup 2010! :)

All the best for the All Whites and we hope they get further than they've ever gone before!!! Keep watching the World Cup and keep supporting your team!

Lidz & Luc x :)

Year 8 vs oldies

The year 8's came onto the pitch and the crowd roared and the teachers came onto the pitch and hear pure silence with the few boooo's. It was 1 all till the last minutes mister mack THE REEF scored I guess it just comes down to the reef. Kynan , jake.and dan

All White Day

''Yeah! Goal!'' On Tuesday the 15th of June 2010, was the All Whites first game of the FIFA World Cup. To support the All Whites Mapua School had an 'all white day' where everyone dressed in white. Also on this day the staff and students squared of in a competitive game of football. The first goal was scored by Storm of the students. Then the staff struck back with a header from Mr Mac. The game was tied then the half time whistle blew. It was a nail biting finish but in the last play Mr Mac took a shot from around 30 meters out and sailed over the goal keepers head and scored in the bottom left hand corner. So that was it, the staff had won.

Term 2, Week 9 Newsletter/Home Learning....

Wow, only 3 weeks left until the end of the term. Another busy week in store for you Room 11 :)

Enjoy.....

Mrs S

Term 2, Week 8 Newsletter/Home Learning....

Opps this is abit late on the blog and what a fantastic week you have had Room 11 - a short week but full of activities....

Enjoy the rest, hopefully, at the weekend

Mrs. S

Speeches

We really enjoyed writing our speeches and practising them then finally we had the chance to speak. Everybody enjoyed it and gave it their best shot and we are really glad to get it over and done with. Everybody's overly anxious to find out their scores for their speeches including us. Speaking in front of our peers was really hard and everybody was nervous. Although everyone did well Lydia and Samuel did exceptionally well and went to deliver their speeches to Room 7 and did a fantastic job their and helped Room 7 come up with new ideas for their speeches. Overall everybody worked really hard to get their speeches done and capped it off with top notch deliveries.

Nikau

speech

Hi my speech was only 2 minutes long. It needed to be 3 minutes so I added in a little bit to make it longer. I did my speech on smoking. It was all right but I was disappointed that it was too short.


by dan

speeches

On Tuesday the 8th of June Room 11 had speeches everyone had a great speech although some had to redo them because they were too short. You could tell that no one liked being up there but everyone still tried their hardest. 

Room 11 speeches
Room 11 speeches were done on June 8th on Tuesday, everyone got the chills even Mrs Stephens.
From obesity to global warming there were lots of categories, our speeches couldn't be better. From Lydia to Jess it was a long wait. Some people had to change their turns, because of their keynote. I was 6th, but I did it 3-4 times 'cause I didn't reach the time limit, and eventually I was 5 seconds off in the end.
Now I think I should have done more work and known my speech better or it will turn into custard. I wasn't the only one - a few more people had to do it but only twice. In the end my speech about saving the environment would have sunk in because if I heard a speech 3-4 times I would have done anything to help the environment! I think everyone enjoyed it in the end. It was fun.

By Cacilda.

2010 Speeches

On Tuesday the 8th June, it was time for the 2010 speeches. As everyone got ready for their part to go next, it was finally my turn! I got so scared as Mrs Stephens called me onto the stage, because I had heaps of butterflies in my stomach. But I got used to the idea of being up there, because all I thought of was starting and finishing my speech so I can get though the day without making a big mistake. My speech was about littering and rubbish, and my speech was 3 minutes actually. But I didn't care because I made it anyway! Thanks for reading my speech, I hope you enjoyed it!

By Laura

On Tuesday the 8th of June we had to do speeches. We had been working on our speeches for around four weeks. On the first week we started our speech but only the introduction. On the second week we started looking for information and researching our topics. We ended up taking about three to four weeks. But the end speeches were fantastic and some had keynotes and some didn't. Some people presented their speeches a bit too fast, so they ended up having to do them again. But all in all the speeches were awesome.

By Jessica and Jeanine

Speeches

All our hard work practising our speeches, well most of us anyway, was going to pay off today as we were presenting them to the class!!!! People scrambled to finish their slide shows before the first speech started. Everyone's speech was very well done and practiced except for a few people who got a bit nervous and zoomed quickly through their speeches and were under the time. Repeating some of the speeches wasn't the highlight of the day as we had already heard them. Some slide shows some of us were unable to look at as it was rather graphic because they where trying to get a strong message across. At the end of the day everyone was relieved that it was over and couldn't wait till the year's to come with 5 minutes speeches!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Alice and Lucy

Speeches

''So now I ask you, fire, friend or foe.'' And so started the Room 11, 2010 speeches. On this legendary day Room 11 were ready to perform the speeches they had been preparing for the last couple of weeks. Throughout the day there were many great speeches delivered by the class. Some of the speeches fell short of the time limit and they had to redo their speeches, which they were not so happy about. The children where allowed to choose if they wanted to have a slide show but it was not essential. Having a slide show made the speeches easier to understand and gather info from. Overall the speeches were great.

speeches

The speeches went well. Everyone gave it a good go.
Only a few people had to do it again.
Mrs Stephens said ''You all did a great job and we should do it again.''
Some of the best people delivered their speech to Room 7 who I bet enjoyed them.
Over all it was a successful day.

Year8 Speeches

The time had come on Tuesday the 8th when Room 11 had to present their speeches to the rest of the class.
For most of the class, public speaking is a challenge especially in front of their peers. Everyone had interesting subjects to present and they were very informative.
All of the speeches had a topic that caught the classroom attention because they had said about what the students had learnt in the process of making their speeches. Some were even heart breaking to listen to and see the pictures on their slide shows.But they were really fantastic!!!!!
It was very nerve racking being up there and trying to project our voices and do all the thigns we could to make us get good marks for our speeches, it was very hard staring and not embarassing yourself but once you got started you were fine.
There were a few people who were under the stop time and they had to do their last 3 que cards, but all in all the speeches went very well!
Done By Hayley, Lydia & lucy!

X-C

The cross country was a great event that got everyone's heart pumping and even the adults decided to get active and join in. Although everyone tried their best and gave it their all, there has to be winners and the winners for our races were , Nikau Webster in third place, Patrick Hewson second place and Samuel Wilson first place for the boys. The girls winners were Renee Reid in third place, Hayley Reid in second and Alice Reade in first for the girls. It was great to see the support of the children and adults alike. Overall it was a fantastic and interesting event for all, we really enjoyed it.

Nikau and Sam !

XC

Hi! Wasn't the cross country great! As a photographer I got some awesome shots and heaps of in action photos but the kids were so fast I only saw blurs. Standing at the creek I saw people jumping, falling, jumping for joy and sprinting to the finish. The cross country was at Aranui park
after morning tea. We started our race and i came 7th out out of 7 boooooo but never mind i tryed my best and thats all that matters.

2010 Cross Country :-)

Well guys, you did great in the cross
country! Congratulations to the people that got in for their further events! Well done to Green House who managed to win the House Event, even though we all know that Yellow house was the best! :P It was really cool to see people persisting and achieving their goals a you put in 110% effort!

Lid & Luc :-)

On the 31st of June the whole school walked down to Aranui park.
It wasn't as wet as last year but it was still amazing. Thanks to Mr T we had an awesome cross country. Year 8s went first and we had to do 3 big laps and 1 small lap I was puffed and couldn't go on . Everyone got involved even the parents and teachers especially Mrs Stephens. Over all everyone had a great day.


By Cacilda and Hana

Mapua school went to Aranui park because the cross-country was on the 31st of may the weather was cloudy and every one tried there hardest but there had to be winner's and out of the year 8 boys were first in which Samuel Wilson came first, second was Patrick Hewson, third was Nikau Webster the year 8 girls winners were first Alice read , second was Hayley read and third was Renee read

cross country

The day began just the same as normal except for one thing the cross country was today.
loads of adults and children gathered at Aranui Park to wait until there races were up. Ours was first we ran around the huge track three times and did a mini track once.
We ended up having to run three kilometers (and a half) it was tiring but fun.
I will never forget it.

X-Country

As your feet hit the start line you could feel a buzz of excitement. What place am I going to to come in the Mapua School X-Country? We sprinted at the start with everyone cheering and yelling we pressed on and came to a steady place and found our place in the race. People were obviously cheering for Red!!!!Green!!!! We finished our laps one after another, around the mud in Aranui Park, getting more tired by the speed of each step. We all ducked under the rather low hanging finish sign, with a rather long speed stripe up our backs made of mud that came up from under our soaked feet. A sigh of relief crossed us as we gave our placing to Mrs Barns. The last cross-country at Mapua School for our lifetime!!!!!!
By Alice and Lucy

cross country

It It had just finished raining when we walked over to aranue park the grass was wet and muddy and my nerves were getting worse at every step. It was still cloudy when we got to the park but luckily they had put mats for us to sit on .We weren't there for long before I new it we were on the starting line and ready to race we had to run three and a half laps which I was not looking forward to

[on your marks get set go] we sprinted ahead bye the end of the the second lap we started to slow down and before we new it I was crossing the finish line with every body cheering .

finally cross country was finished for another year .

But it was great to see every body out there having ago

by ellie

cross courtery 2010

The school cross counteey went well as every student try their best no matter what place they were coming in they raced towards the finish line.When students came across the finish line they all had a smile of enjoy saying "yay finally no more running". The winners for the year 8 boys were

1st Samule Willson

2ed Patrick Honson

and 3rd Nikua webster

for the girls

1st Alice Reade

2end Hayley Reid

and 3rd Renee Reid

The track was hard and all the rain had made the track very very damp and wet. Many of us landed on our butt as we we ran around the corner. The parents also got active and had their very own race.