Duffy Assembly

On Monday, Paihia School had a New Zealand actor named Hayden Weal come  to talk to us about his acting life and childhood. He told us a story about when he was in school. He said that he was always getting in trouble so one day he got sent to the principal's office. When he got there he sat down and she asked him what do you want to be when you grow up?. He said I want to be an actor because he loved to watch movies and the principal said that’s never going to happen. One day Hayden was being naughty and his teacher asked him what do you want to be when you grow up?. Remembering what his principal said he didn’t want to tell her, but then he did. He simply said “I want to be an actor.” Then the teacher said “That’s great.” He then told her what the principal said. She then said “Follow me.” She took him to the library and picked out three books on how to become an actor; he read them everyday. Years later the dream that he was hoping to become came true. It turns out he acted in The Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings and was in a film with Daniel Radcliffe. I really enjoyed him talking to us because he’s shown that you don’t need to listen to negative people and keep on living up to your dreams.

Maths DLO Trebling and Thriding

In Te Ngahere we have been learning doubling and halving and trebling and thirding. After we learnt it we had to create a DLO to show what we have been doing and learning. We also made DLO’s so we can show how we did that strategy. Using these two strategies will help to simplify difficult maths equations and make it easier to work out. I think I did well on making a DLO that my audience will understand and explaining how that strategy works. Next time I think I could finish my DLO in less than 3 days and finish it to the best of my ability.

Robett

On Monday, a guy named Robett came to Paihia School to talk to Te Ngahere about “Saying yes to success”.  He was traveling all around New Zealand to talk to high schools about his life and how he became a successful man. He explained to us how hard his life was growing up and how he didn't have much. My favourite saying from him was that “You don’t have be smart in school or have the best grades to be successful”.   His message to us was if you hang out with people that make bad choices or are negative people you could have a tough life. But if you choose to hang out with people that make good choices and are positive people there is a big chance that you will have a great life and be successful. I really enjoyed Robett visiting and inspiring us to work hard and keep pushing to what we want to achieve.