9R Wellington Educational Trip

Throughout the middle of the year, 9R all agreed to visit Wellington. One or two terms have past on from that point and we've been preparing for the trip. We all planned to stay in Wellington for three days and two nights which gave us time to visit places that coincidentally tied to our Globalisation topic and others we've been studying this year. I don't know if this was coincidental or planned, but we were constantly reminded by the teacher aids and the teacher that we'll be able to ask questions that we've been researching when we visit. Three weekly meetings later and our time had come. On the 16th of November Monday, students and teachers which consisted of Whaea Hinemoa, Whaea Shannon, Whaea Dell, Whaea Waimarie and Whaea Annette were among those who planned and supervised us throughout our stay in Wellington. We left school at 6:00am sharp reaching to Auckland hours later. We then flew to Wellington and caught a bus to the National Library. We were given an educational tour of specific areas of the building such as where important national documents were held, a whole area dedicated to the documents which provided us with backstory and technology which helped us to gain a deeper understanding, and the basement where tonnes and tonnes of books, dairies, manuscripts and unpublished work were kept in storage. The documents consisted of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Women Suffrage Rights and New Zealand's Deceleration of Independence. After the educational tour, we booked into our accommodation at YHA. On Tuesday we visited the Parliament Buildings where we were gladly met by a Northland MP, Willow Jean Prime. She gave us a warm welcome and a brief introduction of the building before we were escorted into a classroom were we were given another introduction of areas within the building and roles of certain members. After Parliament, we headed to Te Papa which was close to our accommodation, thankfully. There, we were given a small tour of a specific area within the vicinity before being able to head off and explore the museum ourselves. On Wednesday/the last day of being in Wellington, we headed to a place called Bowlerama for the morning which was filled with action packed activities and obviously bowling. We had until 2:00pm to head back to the Airport and home. We headed back home at 2:00pm and arrived at school at around 7:30pm which we were then picked up by our parents and taken home. I personally enjoyed the experience and got a lot from it. Being able to access places that a normal tourist or visitor wouldn't be able to was such an experience. And I'm very thankful for the teachers who planned and came along on the trip. We're very thankful and blessed to have these teachers who have done this all for us. Thank you! 

Globalisation Word Poster

We've recently started a new topic of Social Studies which studies Globalisation. This poster consists of words that are related to Globalisation and words we've studied in this topic. I hope you enjoy viewing this poster!

NZ 2020 Generel Elections Poster

We were recently tasked to create a poster about our thoughts about the results of the NZ 2020 General Elections. We've decided to present our thoughts in the form of a poster. Here is the poster I've created. Enjoy!

Last week Friday in period five, 9R went through two streets in Kawakawa to support the Keep New Zealand Beautiful cause. We scavenged through Leonard Street and Whitemans Road searching for rubbish. Throughout the whole period, we searched for rubbish supporting the cause. I overall enjoyed the experience and felt myself gaining a sense of being a kaitiaki of our environment around us. I hope to see more of these acts around in areas.

Friday, August 7, 2020

Kiwi Culture New Zealand Icons

This poster consists of 6 New Zealand Icons that are well known throughout the country. In our Social Studies class, we are studying about Kiwi Culture and this poster shows icons that relate to kiwi culture. So far, this is a good experience and I'm learning many things about our culture as a whole and what makes us us.

Push + Pull Posters

In Social Studies, we have been creating and sharing to each other push + pull posters about the topic entering and leaving a country. The push and pull aspect of these posters were to find reasons with explanation to wanting to move to a country and vice-versa. We then had to present both posters to our class and state the reasons why for both topics. This was a good exercise for public speaking in my opinion and to advertise something.Here are the two posters which we created and shared with everyone. 

About Me

Kia ora, my name is Izaiah and I’m a year 9 student that attends Bay of Islands College. I am in one of the two mainstream houses named Rata. I am part Maori and part Samoan. As far as my learning goes, it’s pretty exciting. I really enjoy learning new things throughout every subject of learning. Since it’s only the beginning of the year, I’m just relearning or recapping on things about last year. This year I’m looking forward to achieving goals that I’ve set for myself. I’m really excited to dig deeper into my learning and become the best I can be.

School Gala Day

Today at Bay of Islands College, we are having a whole community Gala Day. There are many stalls and activities for all ages to participate in as well as school students performing their talents on stage for everyone to see. So far, I've enjoyed my time in this Gala Day. I enjoyed playing all the activities this morning and shooting hoops in the gym. My overall opinion on this Gala Day is that it's one of the most entertaining Gala Days I've been to. I've enjoyed seeing people from around the community come to BOIC and spend time with each other.