Alexis' Blog

Hi and welcome back the last two week we have been working on a biography. We got to choose who it was on and write about how they are a great person her is my bio on Mahatma Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi Early Life Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869. He grew up being the youngest of his fathers fourth wife. His mother devoted her life to religion  dividing her time between her home and the temple. She did not care much about jewellery or the fancy lifestyle but devoted her life to the temple instead. As he started his education he took an interest to the classics of Hindu literature and he started to study the teaching of Jesus Christ. He started his career as a lawyer and became popular while he was fighting against racial discrimination in South Africa. April 1930 was when Gandhi lead the famous salt march also known as the Dandi march. From the 12th of March to the 2nd of April Gandhi walked 388 kilometres from Ahmedabad to Dandi, to pro...

In school the year 8s get the chance to be in a leadership group the different groups are: *The Arts- Dance, Music, Drama, Visual art *PALS- Physical activities leaders *Media Team- Showing learning across the school. *Environment- Keeping the school healthy and safe. *STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math *Googlers- Technology/robots To get into these groups we had to write a letter to the teachers saying why we would be good in our groups we had to do this for our first and second choice just in case if we didn't get into our first. This was my letter: Dear Kaupeka Teachers, My first choice is the Arts because I have a interest in all of the different arts and I like teaching and leading others about things they have not done before. Creating and leading a safe environment is very important for their learning and I can present that for you. There are lot's of different styles of arts and it is good to cover most of them to learn them to the full capacity...

This week for the start of the term we have been learning about the Beatitudes. There are 8 different Beatitudes. 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 2. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. 3. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. 4. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. 5. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 6. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God. 7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 8. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Here is a poster I made about the second Beatitude. Have you ever learnt about the Beatitudes before?