Lorde Essay

Ella Yellich-O Conner (AKA) Lorde was born on November the 7th 1996 in Takapuna. She was raised in The big city Auckland. She was brought up in a family of 6 with 2 sisters and 1 brother. She is now 17 she started singing in earlier years. Her mother was a poet and they had heaps of books and Lorde said, "Poetry has always been a big thing for me, arguably more so then music" but it didn't stop there. She made her poetry useful for other things and she won her Annual School Talent Contest at the age of 12. She sang a rock song by Ritchie Blackmore!  Her performance was then sent to Record Producers. They were amazed at what talent the young girl had and decided that they would love to work with her. She is a very inspiring person because she is young and talented. Lorde has inspired me because I am trying to do the same thing I am in shows and writing my own songs, but I don't live in a family of 6!!

When she writes her songs she trys to put meaning into them.
She loves to inspire others with her songs. Her main goal in her songs is to tell people to believe in themselves! I love her song 'Tennis court'. When you listen to it you would think it is just a song with wacky lyrics but really it is telling you a message!She writes songs about things that can inspire people.Her song Tennis Court was released on the 8th of June. Her song was played during the BBC sport coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships - Women singles final!  In her song 'Team' she included what she lived like as a child
"We live in cities you'll never see on screen
Not very pretty but we sure know how to run free
Livin' in ruins of the palace within my dreams
And you know we're on each other's team"
Lorde is inspiring to me because she started music at such a young age and kept at it. With her hard work ethic she has won 19 awards and been nominated for 56!! She was awarded song of the year for her song, 'Royals', and also Best Vocal Performance, These awards she got in 2014.
Lorde has inspired young children to follow their dreams and that your age doesn't matter. If you want to be a successful singer you need to be hard working and be able to handle what ever challenges rise ahead of you! Lorde writes her own songs. Of course she has a team that could help her but she prefers to write them herself to show that she is really Lorde!

 In her song 'Royals', she is telling everybody that they should be proud of who they are and not to try be anybody else.  Lorde likes to describe herself as naturally her. Lorde says that she is sick of women covering themselves with make up. Lorde likes to wear nothing but her own skin. When she does preform she wears not much; only black lipstick and eyeliner to show that that is who she likes to be!
Lorde had a hard time with people bullying her online about her being true to herself. People were saying that she was ugly with her pimples. But Lorde stood strong for what she believed in and she knew it couldn't last forever. But also she had lots of people who were proud of her and were congratulating her for believing in herself!
What she believes is that she doesn't like to cover up the real Lorde.  Lorde being herself can inspire many, I am one of many, because it is very good to be true to yourself and Lorde knows that she can set an example for others! I am going to try follow in her foot steps and be who I want to be because anyone can be anything or anyone they want to be.

Netball season

This Year Apiti, Colyton and Bunnythorpe combined to put in an intermediary grade Netball team.
This was a great experience to meet and play with other year 7&8 students. An example of this was at one of our games we all learnt how to play as a team and use everybody skills and because of that we won 28-6.
I found it a useful way to show my netball skills and meet new people. I thought that we all settled to each other as a team very well. Everyone had their own skills and everyone learnt to play the same game. It was great to try a variety of different positions!
We started being down there and still working on team play to being way up there and reading the game properly. My favourite position to play was GD because my height came into good use there. It took us a couple of weeks to develop strategies but when we did we were on fire. It was great to try a different mixed team!

Sport manuwatu hockey

On Tuesday we traveled to Palmerston north to the twin turfs for an exhilarating game of hockey.

As the Sport Manuwatu organised many events for us, Term 1 Soccer, Term 2 was Cricket, Term 3 was Hockey. Our lessons were taught by Stephan, the coach of the marist first 15. He taught us how to dribble, Push pass and tackle. We played lots of games and ended up with a Oroua school tournament at the hockey turf in palmy! The teams battled out in a mix of schools. The turf was cold and wet, sent quivers down my spine. The ball was flying highhhhhhhhhhh like a bird as two sticks collided.The Artificial turf swayed in the cold breeze.Geared up in a giant teddy bear outfit. He padded up so that he could hit the balls coming towards him. As a cold day cleared up the rain slowly pitter pattered on the roof.

Vocabulary enrichment

It was a cold frosty morning and I felt sluggish but knew I had to rise to the occasion.
As it was nearly time to start an aggressive game of netball on a cold Saturday morning.

Commonwealth games at Cheltenham

As Friday slowly arises we were all nearly ready to go, The school travelled to Cheltenham school for some exciting commonwealth games activities. We competed in many events such as high jump, gymnastics, shot put, discus, archery and of course sprints! The year 7 & 8 group had a competitive elimination sprint off. Starting with 9 and ending with 1. It had come down to the final race. The race for survival happened fast and swiftly. They had a sprint for the title of commonwealth fastest.
It was a great day to give us the chance to meet and compete against Cheltenham students. A rush of excitement was inside my veins as we were about to finish the day with some refreshing relays!

     

speech 2014

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced
A Quote from Malala yousafzai,
  a strong inspirational girl.
 I am going to tell you who she is and why she is who she is.

She was born in 1997 in Mingora Pakistan.
Her home town was a popular tourist place and threw great summer festivals.
She attended a school that her father  founded after the Taliban began attacking girls schools and education. Her education ran smoothly until......
The Taliban who believed that girls shouldn't have an education started to mold the area and tried to make it there own and take control over it.
How would that feel the place you loved knew and cared about, taken over by new comers who think they're so powerful?

point 2

Malala started a protest for girls education. From where she came from it was a not common thing. Actually most people were scared of what was going to happen. They were scared of the Taliban!
When she was young she became and advocate for girls education. She started up a blog and to protect her identity she used a fake name witch was Gul makai. She started blogging about how she thought girls should have the same education rights as men. That's fair isn't it! Malala started to get lots of followers and people who thought the same. Imagine having a blog against some one and knowing the risks that come with it but she still stood up for what she thought was right.
When Malala was 14, her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her. Malala was frighened for her father as he was an anti-Taliban-Activist. She and her family were pretty certain that they wouldn't harm a child.
But little did they know ... on October the 9th 2012 on her way to school a man boarded her school bus. The Man shouted and demanded to know which child was Malala. All her friends looked at her. Her identity was given away . The gunman fired at her hitting her in the head, the bullet travelled down her neck. There were also 2 other girls who got injured.
 She was flown to military hospital and needed major treatment. Her life was in a critical condition. Some of her skull was removed so that they could treat her swelling brain. She was lucky to survive with no brain injuries.  Although she has struggled and been through a hard time she sent a message to the world. She stood up for all girls and their right to education.

conclusion
And the world listened. In March she attended a school in Birmingham. She reminded everyone that changes can be made.
She has been recognized for her achievements and was rewarded by being nominated for the noble peace prize in March 2013. Also in acknowledgment of her work, the European parliament awarded her the Sakharov prize for freedom of thought.
Malala has inspired me because she fought for what she believed in even when the consequences are life or death matters.  Malala has proved to everyone that age and size don't matter. If you believe you can make a difference.
“I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard”

Mr Mr sunny

Paragraph 1:

1. Mr Mr sunny can never refuse a polite request.

2. he can never say no to someone if they ask for help, no matter what they need help with hes always happy to help.

3. if someone asks him e.g my car has broken down can you help me fix it. He says yes!

4. it is a great skill to have to be able to help but he needs to be sure its a job worth doing because some people could take advantage of him.

Paragraph 2:

1. Mr Mr sunny is bright and bubbly

2. Friendly and cheerful, smart and helpful.

3. if someone says to him " i need help with an idea for my wearable arts costume" he is straight away rambling on with ideas!

4. Bright and Bubbly is a good thing to be because it means that you are a trust worthy person. And you no that that person can help you. Bright and bubbly people are exciting cheerful people who are always happy to help.

Paragraph 3:

1. Mr Mr sunny is very busy

2. Mr sunny is so busy that he doesn't have much time for himself to do things he wants to do because he is busy helping others.

3. My Sunny needs to get to the shop to buy some f;lour but when he comes to every corner there is someone who asks for help. He dosnt  make it to the shop in time because he was so busy helping others!

4. I think it is good to be busy but to busy means not much time for yourself. Which could leave important things out.

Paragraph 4:

1. He never gives up

2. He has commitment to what ever he is doing.

3. Mr sunny is helping people along the way but is still determined to get to the shop on time!

4. Never giving up is great because that is one way to get things in life by never giving up. Mr sunny is a very helpful person because he never gives up!