Monday, November 29, 2010

Piri Weepu


Piri Weepu became an All Black in 2005. Putting on the black jersey for the All Blacks, Junior All Blacks and New Zealand Maori. He has lots of talent in him. Even though he stills plays for the best team in the world, I reckon he is an All Black Scrum Half legend!

Position: Halfback

Born: 07/09/1983 Lower hut

Weight: 94kg

Test debut (when he started playing pro rugby): 20/11/04 against Wales

in Cardiff.

Test Caps: 40

Test Points: 44

Rep Team: Wellington

Rep Debut: 2003 v Otago

Rep Caps: 30

Rep Points: 94 (1t, 19c, 17p)

Super 14 Team: Hurricanes

Super 14 Debut: 2004 v Bulls

Super 14 Caps: 36

Super 14 Points: 25


Friday, November 26, 2010

Ikale Tahi!

My favourite team, the 2nd best rugby team in the world are warming up, and are getting ready to get smashed by the winners of the 2011 rugby world cup team ''The All Blacks''.
Their Forwards Line up is amazing,
They have experience Tongan rugby players who had contracts signed from around Europe.
The back line formation is pretty fascinating, players like Taniela Moa and the super 15 star Fetu'u Vainikolo.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Tongan Mihimihi


Malo 'e lelei, Ko hoku hingoa ko Feki, Ko hoku fakaiku koe Taukafa.
Kou hau au mei Maufanga, Tongatapu. Kou lolotonga ako au i Pt England school, Kalasi 19 pea kohoku faiako ko Ms Tito. Ko hoku kau feleni ko Tamati, Raven, Jonty moe kau toko ua ngofulu e taha. Ko hoku apiako oku tokolahi aki e nima ngeau.

Malo pe hoo mou lau eni.

Hello, my name is Feki, and my last name is Taukafa.
I come from a little village in Tonga called Maufanga. Right now, I go to Pt England school, Room 19 and my Teacher is called Ms Tito. My friends are Tamati, Raven, Jonty and 20 to 30 others.
My school is populated of more than 500 students.

Thank for reading my Mihimihi.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Surf Life Saving Ed!


On Friday we had the privilege of being invited to Mairangi Bay for the Surf Life Saving Ed.
We had an amazing time, We were getting tips of how to survive, learning how to save people but the most important thing we learnt was rips and tides. I was cruising with my boogie board on the big huge waves.
These 10 rules we learnt from the life guards are to keep you safe in the water:

1. SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS!
2. HAVE AN ADULT WATCH OVER YOU.
3. LISTEN TO THE ADVICE FROM SURF LIFEGUARDS.
4. NEVER SWIM OR SURF ALONE.
5. IF IN DOUBT STAY OUT.
6. BE SUNSMART.
7. LEARN TO RECOGNISE RIP CURRENTS.
8. ALWAYS USE THE CORRECT AND SAFE EQUIPMENT.
9. NEVER SWIM WHEN TIRED OR COLD.
10 AND FINALLY CONSIDER OTHER SURF USERS.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Spider facts!!


There is a huge amount of different kinds of spiders around the world, some are as tiny as an ant and lots of spiders are as huge as a human hand.
These scary insects have tiny legs called ‘pedipalps’ that are beside the fangs.
Spiders are known as the hairiest insects in the world, spiders are covered with lots and lots of hairs. They have 48 knees and has six joints on its eight legs.


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Receiving our very first netbooks!!



Yesterday we were walking to assembly full of excitement to experience the brand new netbooks.
When I receieved my netbook I was trialling I was very very ecstacic!
Today we were learning new things and had a little play around with it.
We took photos on the mini webcam, We were working on our Google docs and did
a reflection like Problems, Solutions and left comments on how the netbooks are working.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Four Nations Fan Day!


Wow Rugby League stars every where!
Our school was invited along with others to go to the 'Rugby League Four Nations Fan Day'.
I got to meet lots of stars like Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Billy Slater and even got a chance to have a photo with the legendary Darren Lockyer.
Here are 2 links to the website that shows movies of our amazing time at Eden Park.

Experiencing Rotorua!

It was a chili morning and we were cruising on a long trip to Rotorua. I went with the Smokefree-Pacifica-Beats national champions Babylon Rhythm. During our trip we saw the beautiful farms in Matamata and we enjoyed the amazing sites of the beautiful landscapes and forest’s.

It was very long journey. When I saw the Whare, We were told that we could stay in any room so I rushed straight in and looked for the best room possible.

At Ten o’ clock in the morning, I went to the stadium with the boys and had a sound check before smoke-free-pasifica beats nationals.

After the sound check, we were all sweaty, smelly and exhausted. So we decided to go for a swim just next-door to our whare. I jumped in like a dolphin but swam like a dog because the water was so cold, I was freesing.

After the nationals finished, the next day was our final day to experience the whole of Rotorua. First up we headed past the Maori villages and ewwwwwwwwwwww it was smelly, but the carvings at the marae were amazing. Next we went to the museum and looked at some of it’s history. Our final stop was at the geyser it was the biggest, bubbliest, hottest water flow I’ve ever seen.

We said our prayers to go home safely and said our goodbyes to the owner of the house. We headed back to our hometown, Auckland.

I really enjoyed experiencing my time at Rotorua, I can’t wait until I go back!!