My year in Grill 2.0

Dear future self,


 My year in Grill had been has been crazy!!! I've been in lots of involvements like dance nz made,the tennis tournament,the table tennis tournament and many more.I remember coming to this class at the start of the year. I was so shy at the start of the year but now I am more involved and happy.

At the start of the year we went to Camp sixters lodge. There was lots of activities like horse riding,kayaking,raft making,slingshot making,first aid and many more. This was the best camp I had been yo ever. This was my firs time I had ever rode a horse. I remember my cabin was talking all night and I would only get a few hours of sleep each day. 

This year at grill has been very new and modern. We have had new learning like fast track,google sheets,google drive,google docs. At the start of the year I was so confused on how to do all of them and now I'm doing it on a daily basis.I can't how much I've grown throughout the year.


From 11 year old Gihara.

What Impact does deforestation have on wildlife?

Deforestation is a worldwide issue that is affecting wildlife and their natural habitats. Deforestation is a major issue and we have to make a change today to save our wildlife.


Trees give us oxygen and if there are no trees then we can’t breathe therefore we will die. In about 100 years if we are still cutting down trees at this rate there will be no more trees left which means no air for us.


If animal habitats are destroyed by deforestation they will become endangered. We will have no wildlife which is like humans dying because of a lack of housing. Deforestation is endangering many animals such as mountain gorillas,the Javan rhinoceros and many other birds.


Global warming can cause wildfires in rainforests which means that people will cut down trees to stop wildfires from happening. Each year, millions of acres of forest around the world are destroyed or degraded by fire. Fires are a natural and favourable element of many forest landscapes, but they are problems when they occur in the wrong place, at the wrong frequency.


I hope we can stop deforestation,the major wildlife issue in our world. I believe that if we care about our trees and plants and keep them healthy we will have a better environment to live in for our future. Are you going to make a change in the world?

My 2015 Athletics day

It was a cold morning.The sun was rising and I could not wait for this day to start.I ran to school with joy.There was going to be long jump,high jump,sprints,hurdles,long distance,throw,discus and shot put.I was going to dodge all the obstacles along the way and do all of the events.


All the Year 5 and 6,Girls and boys were lined up to start athletics.My hands were sweaty and my brain was thinking about everything.I could not wait to give everything a go and to try my best.It was our turn to start and I was was jumping with joy.Most of the girls in my class hated athletics day but I was the opposite.


We started the athletics day and our first event was sprints.We had a run of the track.So we could get the feeling of running on the track before we start.We ran in a casual speed so we could use energy in the real race.Sprints is my favourite event and it is the most enjoyable for me.Mrs Langley said “we are going to start the races now,you are going to get a score from 1-4”.I was expecting not to get a four but a 3 would be my highest.The race just before me just finished.I was up next.


It was my turn and I was stretching and getting ready.Mrs Langley said “On your mark,get set, go”!!!! I was as fast as lightning,even though I was coming second.I raced to the finish line.I came second and the teachers there gave me a card saying three which meant I got a three. I reached my goal and could not be anymore prouder than myself.


The whole athletics was full of good and bad scores,injuries and joy, and excitement.I could not wait for the athletics next year.Bring on the blood,sweat and tears!!!!

Acency target explanation

Being a Agentic learner in Grill 2.0


The agency target in Grill 2.0 is how you learn,the target has 3 stages red-Guided, orange-managing self and green- being an empowered and Agentic learner.  We move up the target in 6 topics Learning spaces,learning pit,Managing and designing my own learning,knowing myself as a learner,Collaboration and Strive for excellence.We use these to develop our learning.

Learning Pit

A learning pit is where you challenge yourself to work your best and strive for excellence to finish your learning. We are the learning pit when the task is hard and we need to climb out of the learning pit by try to use strategies to finish the task. Being in the learning pit is ok because your are trying to challenge yourself and actually trying to finish your task to a high standard.

Learning spaces

Learning spaces is where you choose sit in the best place for your learning.I choose where I sit and who I sit with.If it's a group Collaboration I would sit where I could talk and collaborate.But if I need to be focused I would sit somewhere I could focus on my learning and finish whatever I am doing.

Managing and designing my own Learning

Managing and designing my own learning is knowing your next steps and going to workshops which will help you grow as a learner. Designing my own learning is planning out your day and trying to manage your time.If you know your next steps you can improve by going to workshops or watching a YouTube video about it.

Collaboration

Collaboration is working with others.It is working people you choose to and people who you don't know.Collabaration is not taking over and including everyone in the group and helping everyone.Collabaration us working as a group not a individual.

Knowing myself as a learner

Knowing myself as a learner is where you know your next steps and using them to improve in your learning.If you know your next steps it will help you improve.As a example if there is a writing matrix you can see if you have improved in your writing or not.

Strive for excellence

Strive for excellence is trying your best in everything you do.Not rushing your work but finishing it up to a high standard.If you finish your learning it has to be up to a high standard or you did not strive for excellence and just rushed it.

Hieroglyphic narrative

I was in a forest. Scavenging through the forest to get water and food to survive. My life was on the
line.Eventually I found a tree of reed leafs. It was the only thing I had. I ate a lot. After a while I started to get a stomach ache.I went to the tree to find out why I felt weird. In a code it said DO NOT EAT. It also said if you eat it you will only have 6 hours to live.

I was freaking out on what to do but decided to look for more clues on the tree.I scanned the tree and found a instruction to make the antidote. This was exactly what I needed.I looked at the instructions and it said I needed a jar to put the ingredients in it a broken twisted flax wick and one piece of a lions fur.

I headed to find my ingredients.I had a jar in my bag from my lunch.I saw twisted flax wick wrapped around trees.I ran to the trees desperately but suddenly a Lion jumped in front of me guarding me from the trees.I jumped for my life and trees to get some.But I was unsuccessful and fall on the floor in front of the human eating beast.

 The world flashed before my eyes.I couldn't feel my arms and I could felt blood dripping down my arm.I could feel the lion attacking I looked down and I saw the lion walking of.I looked at my arm and it was gone.

I stood up in pain and looked around for the tree.I found it and got 2 

pieces of twisted flax wick.I looked at my watch and it said I had only had 3 hours left.I had to get all the ingredients before I did. The last ingredient was water from a lake. But that was easy because there was lake right next to this forest.

I walked to the end of the forest to go to the lake to the water.I ran as fast as a cheetah when I saw the lake.When I got there I saw a sign saying vicious deadly creatures in water.DO NOT SWIM. I could see the dirty water fill of dead fish and water pollution.I got my empty drink bottle and quickly got the water so nothing would happen like the Lion.I put the water into my canteen and left.A shadow covered me up.I was not going to survive.

Blog Post Challenge!!!

I am taking part in the blog post challenge.It is when I have to do 7 blog posts in 7 days.The catch is one blog post should be about learning and in one blog post you have to have a photo or image.I hope I complete this challenge.

Stay tuned for more blogposts.💯

Cinderella and Rockerfella

We had Just finished our whole school production.I am so amazed how it turned out.The Cinderella and Rockerfella production was a great success for both night.I had a great time there doing the dances.It was a great experience I will not forget.Every thing went great and I wish I could do it again!!!

This production was my first production I had done at C.S.N.S and it was hard to do it with all of the people. The crowd was very helpful because they supported us by cheering for us.When I got on stage there applause welcomed me.


There were two acts,act one and act two.Grill 2.0 was in Act one except the leads and the talent act.I was in the ballroom scene and the time dance.My favourite was the time dance because our gloves were glow in the dark and it went perfect.

2016 Calender Art

This my Calender art I did.The theme is our production Cinderella and Rockerfella.This is going to be on my 2017 Calender.

My Amazing Dad

This is my writing I wrote for my dad for Father's Day.I hope you like my Father's Day writing.My dad is great.He is always fun and makes me feel safe.He helps me with my homework and gives me Ice cream when my Mum says no.My dad and I make heaps of memories each day.He is very good at cooking and makes me meals everyday.

He is always caring and makes the best barbecue ever.He's very funny and makes me laugh.He plays badminton and tennis when I bored and let's me win so I get happy.He is kind and very fun.I forget about all the bad things in life when you're around.

When he comes back from work he is always  happy.Even though he was tired he would still love to know about my day.He is my 
shining star who guides me through my life step by step.I want to say Happy Father's Day.

Great Britain 🇬🇧

Great Britain 🇬🇧

Great Britain is located in the continent of Europe and includes England,Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is one of the 206 countries competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics. This country has a population of 63.1 million people. Great Britain has 366 athletes competing in the olympics. Great Britain is completely surrounded by the North Atlantic sea. The flag of Great Britain is a Union Jack with the colours of white,red,and blue.


The top tourist attraction in Great Britain is the Tower of London. In the tower there are priceless Crown Jewels and there are amazing stories in the walls. Did you know that There is only a 34 kilometre (21 mile) gap between England and France and the countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel which opened in 1994. The Summer Olympic Games have been held in London 3 times, in 1908, 1948 and 2012.

An environmental issue in Great Britain is Air pollution. It is mostly caused by transportation and factories. Great Britain has been trying to avoid air pollution but the air is still getting contaminated by dust clouds. This country has a lot of good tourist attractions and I hope they can find a solution to their environmental issues.

Holiday Haiku

I hope you like my haiku poem of the school holidays.

Can you guess what I got in my birthday.

My role in the production

Have you heard of Cinderella and Rockerfella before? Well if you haven't you should see College street normal school production's called Cinderella and Rockerfella.In the production there are many scenes and lead roles which are fun and a experience I won't forget.The dances are awesome and every one has put a honest effort in.Cinderella was played my Kristy and Rockerfella was played by Terado.


The whole school is involved in the production.All the Grill girls including me are in the time dance.The time dance is right after the ballroom scene which we are in too.Through out all the scenes we act and make our acting reality.In our dance it is when there is only 4 minutes to twelve and Cinderella and the fairy's are trying to turn the time back.In the ball scene we are at the ball and we are having a party.

We have put in a lot hard work to make this production happen.Thanks for all the teachers who have helped us do dances and make the production happen.Cinderella and Rockerfella is a great story,and I can't wait until the production.

My favourite thing about learning in Gri11 2.0

I am going to tell you about what my favourite thing about Gri11 2.0 is.I know about lots of schools who do the complete oppisite of what we do.Some classes in school don't have a lot in common with Gri11 2.0.

My favorite thing about learning in Gri11 2.0 is Mr R and Miss G lets us sit with whoever we want.I like this way of learning because when we need to be in quiet we can move.By learning where ever I want I can manage our learning and make sure I finish all the task before the week finishes.


I like this way of learning because when you are getting distracted you can move and get more work done.If we had to sit in a seat and we weren't allowed to move,if I got distracted I would never be able to get work done.

Swimming sports.

I was so happy that the day finally came.It was the day of the swimming sports.This was my favourite day of the year.The activities which we did were non-championship,champion-ships finals,Fun relays,freeystyle house championships relays.

I was in a breastroke girls champion-ship final and the non-competitive races I were in were Breastroke and  Freeystyle.I was also in the year six fun relay and was in the 25 metre freestyle relay with Anneka,Cole and Fergus.

My favourite part was at the end were we had a fun relay .That day was a good day.I am very sad that I won't be able to come to the swimming sports next year.

Sports Rotation

Every Tuesday the senior syndicate goes to Sports Rotation.The Sports are Tennis,Hockey,Basketball,Soccer,Circuts and more.My favourite sport is Tennis and when we go to tennis the coach is either a Sports leader or Mr Robertson.It is very fun and every time I go to a different sport,I learn something new.

A sports leader is a year 6 that one sports to to on any sports day to a junior,Middle or a senior syndicate class and they teach tips,tricks and rules about doing the sport. I am a sports leader and I do  Tennis.It has helped me better at tennis because I do lots of tennis during the week and while I teach a class so I practice a lot of different skills.

I like badminton and and Circuts but I wish there was netball as a sports rotation.Through the year I will get better at every sport because

Finger Spelling in Gri11 2.0

In Grill 2.0 we used sign language to sign our name.Here is my video of me signing my name.

The Shark attack!!!

It was Christmas Day and me and my family and  I were on a cruise ship.We were going on holiday on our billionaire Cruise.My brother called me name "Brianna''.He told me that we were about to take off.My parents were very rich they were multi billionaires.They had Five mansions.

While we were on our trip there were sharks.They were eating a big whale.Once it was night the Sharks were still there .There were millions of Sharks surrounding our cruise ship.I was getting a little scared they looked very vicious.I went to bed but I remembered I forgot my phone.I ran to outdoor area.I tripped on a bottle of sunscreen and I fell right into the Pacific Ocean.

I was surrounded by sharks.Some of them looked very hungry.They all looked at me.I called for help but my family were all asleep.We were in the middle of no were.What will she do next.

TTS and CSI

TTS stands for traditional teaching styles.Traditional teaching is when you a guided by the teacher and you have set tasks you have to do from a period of time.You have planned tasks and you use text books . You do your tasks altogether as a class.

A C.S.I is a Colour Symbol Image.A C.S.I stands for a Colour symbol image.It is a thinking map we use.We have used the C.S.I  to  tell people how we felt.We used the C.S.I for Traditional teaching styles and learning in Grill 2.0.

The Adventures in the Desert

Last week we had to make pick a paths using google slides.I did my pick a path with Jack Cains. Here it is. I hope you like my pick a path.Please use the buttons.Enjoy reading. 

Flip city

On the 29th of April I went to flip city with Ava.I invited Ava to come with me.When we got there it was so big.There was lots of kids and adult jumping around and having a good time.We had to wait a little bit. Since it was not the time my coloured band was allowed on we had to wait.While we waited we saw kids our age jumping up on to the challenge wall.

When we got to go to go start playing on the trampolines we had to go through the safety rules.It said that you could not get any help going up the challenge wall.Ava and I wanted to go u the challenge so bad.So when we got to have our turn on the trampolines we wanted to go on the challenge wall.Once we were  inside we went in the challenges wall.Ava and I tried and tried to get up but It was impossible to us Ava got up but I didnt.We went on everything and my favourite was the trampoline witch had 3 sides.There were two on the sides and there was one on the floor.

After Flip city we got Ice cream and went home.Next time I am not going to jump up so much and try to get up on the challenge wall.When I got home I was so tired.

My Favourite place to work in

My Favourite Place to work in 

This term we a learning about hauora and we have four different spaces and four he different parts of hauora.The four parts of hauora is relaxation,mental/emotional,physical and teamwork.In my favourite space The hub it is all four elements because it will be all four elements throughout the year.It is usually teamwork because there is lots of people talking about learning and helping each other with learning.


In Grill 2.0 this year we have four spaces.They are The hub,The hideout,The hangout and The hall of fame.My favourite pace to work in is in the hub.The part I like to work in the hub is behind the girls tote trays which is good because it is easier to get our stuff. I like to work there because it has a table to work on and also there is a beanbag which is really comfy and it is great for silent reading.There is a foosball table and my friends and I would usually sit there.



 Lara,Anneka,Ivy,Nadia and I called the area the sub hub.Ivy was hungry and she thought of subway so she came up with the name the sub-hub.I like to work in the sub-hub because my friends are there so if I need help I can just ask them.Also because it is not quiet all the time and usually I can work better with lots of people than a few people like the silent room.

Swimming Safety lessons for 2016

On the eighteen of March the girls went to the Lido for there first water safety lesson for 2016. There was three swimming groups.The first swimming group was red.The red was not in the twenty five metre pool but it was in the pool by the entrance of the twenty five metre pool.The other groups were green and yellow.Green and Yellow were in the twenty five metre pool and they were the more confident swimmers .

 I was in the yellow group and the strokes we did were freestyle,backstroke and breastroke.We also did treading and stepping in water and picking up rings from the bottom of the pool and swimming any stroke to the end of the pool.We usually do a few lengths throughout one session. 



 I really enjoyed doing the swimming safety lessons and also they really helped me do improve my swimming and it must of helped a lot of other people to. I think practicing the strokes while doing the swimming safety lessons will help me do good in the swimming heats. I can't wait to go to the Lido next week to learn how to swim more.