For many weeks, Year 8 students have been reaching and planning our seminars for 2009. The topic for this year was careers. I deiced that hairdressing was the career for me, so I did my seminar on this topic. I presented my seminar on PowerPoint.
This rubric shows my marks that I was given for my seminar.

Surf To School

Mandy at Matt came to Pukekohe Intermediate on 24th of November to teach our school about how we can be safe in the water this summer. They taught us heaps of valuable information such as how to spot a rip, how to be sun smart and some beach rules. Some of the beach rules are:

1. Swim between the flags
2. Have an adult watch over you
3. Be sun smart
4. Listen to advice from life guards
5. Learn to recongise rips
6. If in dout stay out.
7. Use the correct and safe equipment
8. Look after beach animals and take rubbish home
9. Never swim alone
10. Never swim when tired or cold

I learnt alot from Mandy and Matt. This information was very useful and i will never forget it.

Stepz Dancing

Every Friday since the start of term 4, Room 23 and all of the Year 8 classes have been participating in Stepz dancing. The reason that we are taking part in Stepz, is that on Tuesday the 9th of December there will be a Year 8 leavers social. This social is invitation only and the set theme is Glitz and Glam. We will be performing 9 different dances that we have learnt.

Careers Day

With the year 8's going to High School next year, Room 3 from Pukekohe Intermediate organised a Year 8 Careers Day. Each student attended 3 sessions from the workers that came into our school on the 19th of November. The workers gave speeches on how their job works, what their day involves and how to get into their industry.
In my day, I visited a detective, a scientist and Mia form My FM. I learnt alot from all of these speakers.

Island Style Mufti

After the Tsunami in Samoa,Pukekohe Intermediate and many other schools held an Island Style Mufti. Every student made a gold coin donation to the Relief Fund for the Families who have lost family and homes. The students wore Island Style clothes or accessories to school on Friday 20th November. Most of the pupils from Pukekohe Intermediate took part of this mufti. Overall the day was a huge success.

Typing Test

Most afternoons, our class uses a typing program called Sense Lang. This program helps us improve our touch typing speed. The first picture is my high score touch typing. The second picture is my high score not touch typing. I am trying hard to improve these scores.

Grease Production

From the start of this year, teachers and students were working hard on the Grease Production. Making this happen took alot of work. There were many groups. Such as: cast, hair and makeup, costumes, scenery, publicity, dance, A.V, Lighting, props, minor props and backstage. I was in the scenery group with Mrs.Pearson. When the performances got under way Tegan and I were asked to video all four shows and to make the movie that will be sold on DVD. The Grease show was fantastic and was a very big hit.