Titi's 2016 Reporting Blog

Polyfest Learning Story. On the  10th of August at Hosanna Church, Corinna School participated in an event known as Polyfest. Polyfest is an NZ wide event that many schools, groups (etc) are involved in. It’s a way for children and adults to communicate a story about their culture through song and dance. There were about 5 groups that performed at Polyfest. It consisted of Samoa, Tuvalu/Tokelau, Cook Island, Maori and Kapa Haka. On that day I contributed in the Senior Samoan group. I chose to perform for that group even though the teachers gave us a choice. My culture is Samoan and I’m proud to represent my culture. My polyfest performance was stressful but fun. I am very proud of myself because my goals for polyfest were to smile, have fun, enjoy and to get the actions perfect and superb. Performing in the senior Samoan group that I participated in the k.c skills I used were relating to others, managing self and participating and contributing ... I followed and pai

What do you want to be known for? I want to be known for performing in front of the whole school and sharing my amazing talents. I will never forget when I got a Principal's Award, I was really proud of myself because I worked really hard to earn it. I am good at self-managing because I behave and listen to the teacher.  This makes me a successful learner because I can reflect on my learning and talk about what I am good at, and what I need to work on. The learning I like to do is writing because it’s a fun way to express my feelings and it’s a good way to talk about different topics. I am good at music e.g Guitar, Piano and Violin.  I show my confidence in music because I am a music person. My favourite performance was when we performed for polyfest and a lot of people were there. I always do my best and have fun when I perform.   This year I have also participated in Garden Club, Netball, Sports Awards and Poly Club. Participating in these things made me feel prou

It’s not about being the best, it’s about improving your personal best and not giving up. Beating my personal best is a goal I have achieved this year, even if I struggle, I never give up. The first thing we did was rest/play. While we were resting/playing we watched others to see what they did to be good. We also cheered people on and encouraged them to keep on trying. Encouraging was something I did all day. I was a brilliant cheerleader. I enjoyed encouraging my peers so that it would motivate them to achieve their personal best. In a way it made me feel as though I was responsible for a little bit of my peers accomplishments and happiness. Only a little bit. Then we moved on to discus. I think I tried my best to get silver even though my goal was to get gold but at least I tried. I had to learn how to hold a discus before I threw it and to throw it in the right direction. I think I improved on my real throw because I took the teacher’s advice. The teacher's advice was to