Sunday 31 May 2015

Fifa U20 World Cup 2015


Under way!
Opening Ceremony
Our friend Jordan 
Full QBE Stadium approx crowd of 25000
Saying hi to the fans
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Warm ups
Our view

Nasty collision
Players on the ground

Goal Keeper receives some attention  

Keeper recovered
Played well - Noah Billingsley
Another close call!

Fifa U20 World Cup Game 1 - North Harbour Stadium Albany. New Zealand vs Ukraine. Result 0-0. Great day for football at Albany. Disappointing result but exciting second half. Drama with goal keeper collision! Number 20 Noah Billingsley came on and had impact. New Zealand so close towards the end. But at the end of the day the score was a fair reflection of the game.
Next game - Tuesday NZ vs USA. Will you be there to support our boys? Kick off 7pm.




Tuesday 19 May 2015

Des Hunt @ Forrest Hill School

Check out: Des Hunt visits Forrest Hill School (Arataki Blog Post) Read the comments written by the students. 


Thank you Des Hunt for visiting our School.

Monday 11 May 2015

Mums Teacher by Daniel

My mum had some very interesting stories that is why I want to share one with you.


In South Africa my mother’s year four teacher had was called Mrs Aukamp. She was tall and scary and perched right at the end of her nose she had big round glasses. She wore a skirt and high heels.  She could also be very disgusting, she used to pick her long nose and flick her snot at kids. Everyone was really petrified of her. My mother bawled her eyes out when she heard that she was in Mrs Aukamp’s class.


Inside Mrs Aukamps class there were three rows of desks.  She arranged the children according to their  behavior. She had the naughty and  slow to learn kids in one row.  The average  kids in the middle row. and the brainy ones in the last row.  Mum was placed in the back of the middle row.  Mrs Aukamp was a very mean teacher that is  is why she threw chalk or even dusters at people. If you didn't do your work at you would have to do a bit of working at playtime. The morning wouldn’t be that fun if you didn’t know them you would have to write them down ten times.  


One day that my mum will never forget was when a girl called Shelly Phillips dared to talk back to Mrs Aucamp. Mrs Aukamp picked her up and put her in the rubbish bin and said “you are rubbish”. The class was very quiet for the rest of the day.


After all this my mum became a teacher.
I find my mum amazing with teaching much better than Mrs Aukamp. My mum has relieved me and my class numerous times and most of those times she took us out for a game.

I’m very happy that my teachers weren’t like Mrs Aukamp.

To read the update please visit Daniel's blog.

Thursday 7 May 2015

Happy Scratch Day - May 9th 2015

Unfortunately I am not able to host Scratch Day this year. However there are two being hosted in NZ. Check them out @ Happy Scratch Day. One is hosted by Erika Rhodes at Paraparaumu Community Centre and the other by Jill Pears Linwood College in Christchurch. Have a great day!
Scratch Ideas to share:
I found this group of tutorials on YouTube that are well worth looking at for students who are interested in making their own games.  Invent with Scratch 2.0 Screencast YouTube Playlist
Mother Day Cards - Every thought about making mum an e-card for Mothers Day. Scratch Ed has a fun example http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/discussions/teaching-scratch/mothers-day-project.
But if you want an alternative to Scratch Tynker.com provides a step by step tutorial - Mother Day Card.
Happy Scratch Day All!