Bullying Note.

Have you ever been bullied? Well if you have now is a time to stand up for yourself and others.

A girl name Emma Brookland was bullied by some girls from her high school. Every day she had to put up with them calling her names and stealing her lunch. One day it got to her, she went home and started to write, horrible things about herself. She was so sad, each and everyday day it got worse. She began writing suicide note saying,

“Dear diary I hate my life just as much as everyone hates me. My life has gone to waste I don’t even know why I’m still here. Today might be the last thing I write”.

She did it for days.

“Dear diary everyone hates me, they call me names and tell me to kill myself. I don’t know what to do. I could cut, that might take the pain away”.

So every day she wrote - day after day after day until her parents were asking her questions about why her grades had gone down so low. Her mum caught a glimpse of her arm. (“they saw the marks of pain and hurt”) They had a good talk about it, but their words did not help, because as long as she was hurting the bully was happy and she was fine. She continued to keep writing for it was the only thing that kept her going.

“Dear diary today at school was even worse my bully started to chuck things at me. I can’t do much about it because I have become very weak due to the amount of blood that I have lost the past couple weeks. I don’t think I can take it anymore”.

She went out to lounge and sat on the couch. Her parents had gone out to get dinner. As she sat there the bad memories came all she heard was people shouting, “die. Kill yourself. No One likes you”. She rushed to her room and grabbed her diary and wrote one last word. “Dear diary BYE”.

This is a message to people who have got bullied or are getting bullied. Get help.  Tell someone you trust. Stop bullying it’s not good, people get hurt sometimes even worse. So please look out for yourself and others, also don’t be a side liner just don’t let it happen. Don’t let anyone get the best of you, sometimes all it takes is for someone to reach out.

By: Evania Bishop.

Eva's Leavers Legacy in a Different Perspective.

Eva’s leavers legacy.

Eva was a shining student. She had many qualities. For example; Confident, positive, excited for learning, friendship, and she was always a role model for kids younger than her.

Henceforth the reason why we chose her to get the leadership award. She has proved herself to us teachers and to lots of others in the school.

When times got hard for her she pushed through it and just thought about the positive.

A message she would like to leave Corinna is…

“Keep your head high in times of negativity, give your all and negativity will turn in to positivity.” Quote my Eva Bishop.

Eva's Leavers Legacy.

Eva’s leavers legacy 2018

One of the most important things I have achieved at Corinna was the leadership award. The reason why I think it’s the most important is that I strived for that award. I wanted it so bad. Which means I have met my goal and I have worked my hardest to be where I am today.

Some people who have helped me to achieve my goals were my friends. They helped by pushing me to my limits and helping me when I needed it the most. My teachers and principal have also been a big part of my learning. For example; Ardelle, Helen, Kate, Sophia, and Miss Whiting. They pushed me to make the right decisions to get me what I want and need. “Great teachers empathize with kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon” (Quote by Ann Lieberman).

A great experience for me was Kapa Haka. I think this was a great experience because we have been through so much. We’ve cried together, laughed together and had much fun time.

I would like to be remembered as a leader of the school. Someone who may have had a few mistakes, but I want people to know that I got past those mistakes and strived for greatness. I want kids to look up to me in a good way and remember me for all those things.

I would like to thank my teachers Helen and Ardelle who had to put up with me sharing all my work to them every single day (and night!). Asking for new things to do and for them for just being there for me. I would like to say a great BIG thank you. I would also like to say thanks to all my friends who have to put up with me being a big drama queen. Being really annoying and for bragging to them about lots and lots of things. You guys have been there for me every day for that I’m grateful to have you’s if I could do it all again I would. I don’t regret any of it.

A Moment in Time Production Story.

A Moment in Time Production Story.

As the spotlight made its way back to my group, we stood and walked seamlessly towards the center of the stage. My heart starts racing with joy. It’s my last line. Make the most of it!

“STOP WE HAVE SOMETHING WE NEED TO SHOW YOU!”

And that was the line over and done with.

Now for the dance. I could hear the music getting louder and louder. It was time, time to get into the dancing spirit. I was puffed, sweat dripping down my face, with blushed cheeks, and body aches.

Every action was big, well bigger than expected. I was just so excited I couldn’t hold it in. One thing I loved about our dance was that we were all having so much fun. I don’t know if we made a mistake and even if we did I don’t think our audience knew.

After the production, I felt proud. I said all my lines with a confident and clear voice. Everyone played their part amazingly. Some feedback I got was to look up when I am saying my lines. Other than that we did amazing.

Kapa Haka Learning Story.

Kapa Haka Learning Story.

“He aroha whakato,

he aroha puta mai.

If kindness is shown

Then kindness you shall receive.”

Out of breath is how we felt, red marks over the boys and sore throats for the girls. This is how we felt after the Kapa Haka exchange with Windley and Rangikura. We put the effort in the practices and gave it our all in the performance.

We had been practicing for 3 terms, on the 8th week of Term 3 we had it perfected. An 11 song medley a Whakaheke, Hareruia, Human and an old haka called Kapanapana.

During the performance, I felt alive hearing everyone's voice combined into a perfect harmony. It was heaven. Even the haka parts, It may have been loud but it was amazing to hear everyone joining in.

Something I found exciting was watching the other performances because we all had something different to share. It was like 3 completely different whanau that had one thing that was alike. One thing the tied us together Kapa Haka.

Something I think my group needs to work on is discipline because some of us aren’t giving our all. It’s like we have some day where we want to do it and some days where we don’t. But Kapa Haka is a taonga, something we have to treasure because you never know how special it is until it’s gone.

I also think that we should stick to the songs and hakas we know we have perfected because during the performance we didn’t really know Kapanapana or Human. In my opinion, I think it sort of ruined it because we weren't giving our all because we didn’t know it.

I think I could have done better because in some parts I was being sloppy with my actions and not giving my all. Other than that, I think I was good at singing the words and using my expression for e.g, Pukana, Relaxed face, and Smiling.

Eva's Reading Learning Story.

Eva’s Reading Learning Story.

“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

The book that I choose was “girls in tears”. This book hooked me in by the genre because I really like Romance and drama books and the book had both genres.

My book is a fiction book. I really like fiction books because they are made up and are not speaking just the truth. It gives me an easier way to make a picture in my head.

I think the purpose of my book and lots of other books is to connect to the words on the page and make meaning from it, you can also learn from what you read because it helps you develop in your writing skills.

The book was written by “Jacqueline Wilson” she writes lots of books about kids, all very different but the same in one way or another.

The blurb in this book was really interesting because it made me want to read more. It gave me a little bit of information but made it really interesting and exciting. This is a little bit of the blurb.

“Ellie, Magda, and Nadine are back- but they’re not very happy! Ellie's glorious romance with Russell is teetering by the rocks. Magda’s lost her pet and is desperately upset (though the others didn’t even know she still had a hamster!). Nadine is fed up with the others to lecturing her about the dangers of meeting someone on the internet.

I think this book would be good for anyone who likes lots of drama and a little bit of romance just to balance it out.

While I was reading I located information so I found out that the friends don’t have the same bond that they used to and neither does Ellie and Russell. It was breaking apart and then slowly growing again.

After reading this book I really wanted to read more of her books including the rest of the series for e.g, Girls out late, girls in love”, and more.

Reading has taken me on an extravagant journey through girls problems, to making someone eat GREEN EGGS AND HAM!

Reading is probably one of the most enjoyable things to do, it’s relaxing and if your bored of reality jump into a book and go transform.

A small part of the blurb screencasting

Eva's Tech Learning Story.

Eva’s Tech Learning Story.

Eating is a necessity, but cooking is an art.

My third and nearly final stop cooking.

During cooking, we made lots of delicious meals. One thing that I found fun was obviously making the meals, not only was it challenging, but it gave me something new to learn about, something new to work on and something new to gain knowledge about.

Something I found challenging was using different measurements for e.g, ¼ and ⅔ etc. I found it challenging because I can get easily confused about which one is which. I think I might need to spend some extra time in the kitchen, just to get my measurements correct. Other than that I feel confident in everything else.

I LOVED making our own pies, it gave us a chance to do what we want and to maybe try something different. We could be very creative about it instead of having to stick to one thing.

I would like to have learned how to make a cake the professional way and not just learn about pastry. But then I think it was good that we learned so many different types of pastry because we can make all types of things using pastry.

Instruments, notes, voice and most of all sound. My final destination music.