Izaiah @ Bay of Islands College: October 2018

Friday, October 19, 2018

Waka Ama

This week in Te Ngahere we participated in Waka Ama. Matua Rob and Ropata taught us basic skills on how to paddle a waka. We were also taught to dig the paddle into the water until it gets heavy and pull the paddle back to push the waka forward. I enjoyed paddling on the six man with my class. It was fun to get out on the water and beat the twelve man in a race.

About me

Hello, I’m Izaiah. I am a year 8 student who attends Paihia Primary School. I am part Maori, part Samoan and lives in a house of four which includes my oldest sister, Grandpa, Grandma and myself.

To be honest I don’t necessarily like any subjects but I have to do each of them to get a good education and achieve the goals I’m aiming for. Although, I do enjoy math and writing only because I’m fairly decent at both of those subjects. I’m challenged by the writing subject, only because It’s hard for me to find different varieties of vocabulary and language features to make my writing interesting.

This year I’m looking forward to learning more advanced strategies for both math and writing. My life goal/dream is to be able to craft weapons, mainly guns. I first thought of this goal when I started to watch weapon review videos. I was just interested in the way weapons work and the history of each weapon. My inspirations are my mother and my grandmother. I’m very inspired by the way they can stand there ground and have enough courage to do things many others can’t.

Izaiah @ Bay of Islands College

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Friday, October 19, 2018

Waka Ama

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