Aria & Anahera's production reflection

Aria's report

A spoon full of confidence, a dash of hardwork and a hint of mistakes will lead you to success.

The key for me to keep going and working hard at school is confidence. My confidence helps me be the best learner I can be by participating in many activities e.g Netball, librarian etc. It helps me stepping up as a leader, making those new friendships and mostly communicating more to my classmates by sharing my ideas.

In the past I have been the scaredy, introverted Aria who was unable to do anything in her school life. She found it really hard to write a single word on a document or paper. The reason she was like this was because she was afraid, afraid of what other people might think about

2018 was the first year I have ever played netball in my life. Most of my friends think I am lying that I have never played before but it’s the truth. The reason that stopped me from playing was that I didn’t want the ball to hit me, I didn’t want to make a fool out of myself. But for me to improve my fitness I guess I had no choice but to join. Ever since I never regretted my decision besides the exhausting trainings I learnt heaps and had lots of fun.

      

Reading and writing, two of my favorite subjects here at Corinna school. Mystery books are very interesting to me so whenever I read these kind of books, I quickly get hooked in causing me to block out my surroundings. What I like about writing is that there are many styles, poems, diaries you name them. Short but detailed poems are my kind of style not only because they are nice and short but also because there can be thousands of words that can come out of poems.

                                                                                                                     

This year I have received a principal award. I got the principal’s award for being a self managing and determined learner who not only consistently makes positive choices about her own learning, but is a role model in supporting and encouraging others to do their best learning. I was really surprised but happy that I got it because that meant every single school year I have gotten a principal award.

Managing self would have to be the key competency I did well this year because for me to be able to finish my work on time I would have to make the right choice on where I sit and the people I am choosing to work well with.

The job’s I have applied for this year are Kindergarten reading and librarian. I may have not been involved in many jobs in Corinna but I hope when I get to Tawa college I am able to take a risk and join as many as I can handle.

I have been here at Corinna for my whole life and leaving means leaving my childhood.

Aria's leavers legacy.

Aria’s leavers legacy.

I wouldn’t really know how to describe this year, fun, exhausting, depressing I don’t have a clue. I couldn’t believe that it’s term 4 already, time went so fast that I had forgotten what had happened earlier on the year. But what i do know is that this will be the last year I will be in Corinna school.

I want to be remembered for being the friendly, weird but intelligent, bubbly Aria that everyone at Corinna knows. I may be quiet but in comfortable situations like my friends, I am outgoing around them.

I was really hoping that I would have more time to create precious memories with my friends and teachers but sadly that can not happen since we have to move on with our next level - college. So I would have to make the most of it.

My personality involves dance because it lets out all the emotion that's inside of me. For that to happen I have joined polyclub and participated in a dance production.

The people I would need to thank for this to happen would have to be my teachers - Mrs Ardelle and Helen. These two believed in me when I couldn’t believe myself, they helped me to be the hardworking Aria that I am right now. So thank you.

I can’t pick a favorite memory but if I HAD to then it would have to be that one time at the dance production where me and my class got to shine on the stage with our dance moves. During the performance I had a big smile that everyone could see while I’m dancing.

These are my final words:

Alast since this is my last year, this may be the last time I write something at Corinna school. I have been at Corinna my whole life and leaving means leaving my childhood.

Aria Jury.

Aria's language learning story.

Ka Tangi Te Titi, Ka Tangi Te Kaka, Ka Tangi Hoki Ahau, Tehei Mauri Ora.

Thanks to my kaiako - Tipapa, I was able to learn sentences in Maori, Maori games and stories that have fascinated me. We also learnt a karakia that the kapa haka group have been saying -

Tutakinga i te iwi, Tutakinga i te toto, Tutakinga i te kiko

Tutakinga i te uaua, Tutakinga kia u, Tutakinga kia mau

Tenei te rangi ka tutaki, Tenei te rangi ka ruruku, Tenei te papa ka wheuka

E rangi e awhitia, E papa e awhitia

Nau kawhi kawhi, Nau kaaka kaaka, Nau ka toroa ka toroa

Tupu he toka whenua, Tupu he toka matatera

Tihei Mauri Ora

In class I have been struggling to pronounce the Maori words since I am not use to speaking Maori but my teachers and friends try the hardest to help me pronounce them properly.

My next steps is to speak more in class because since I am an introvert, I am not able to speak up during learning time.