Term 2 Reflections

Term 2 was a very exciting and busy term. With a heap of sports to an educational trip to the Careers Expo in Greenlane.This term was a fun term with lots of excitement.

Firstly the speeches which were very scary and exciting at the same time. I found it hard to choose a topic but in the end I ended up with an illegal job called the Black Market. This topic was not very hard and I found it easy to memorise and it just took me one que card to do it.

Secondly the amazing trip to the Careers Expo in Greenlane.What a trip it was looking at all the different careers that surrounded us. It was all amazing but I only went to a few that really interested me.

Thirdly our self defence class. Kicks and punches were the things we learnt all used in different ways like shin kick, backward shin, stance, side kick to knee, hammer hits, window wiper and much more. It was a very interesting class with our helpful instructor Mandi.We learnt heaps of defence ways and techniques to protect and save ourselves.

Now the Matariki Festival. Practice at lunchtime and spare time. All classes in our school practiced for our very own Matariki Festival. We had to get students to do on stage challenges and we had to do a class item for everyone to see. The winners of the Matariki festival was our class room 1.

Lastly the school Careers Expo.Such an exciting event and confusing as well. We worked in groups of 3s or 4s.We all had different careers to research and present. We had to work hard on our display boards to to make them look creative and informative and get it ready for the actual Careers Expo on Wednesday 13 July 2011.

Wasn’t this an exciting term! It went really fast. Although it was a very busy term I enjoyed it and I had a lot of fun with my friends and learnt a lot. I am quite excited for next term to see what interesting stuff it will have for us!

My Careers Expo Experience

Our hearts racing and filled with excitement just wanting to race to the hall and jump onto the bus and zoom away to the Expo at the ASB Showgrounds as we went to experience our first Careers Expo.
“Line up Roo 1 and walk quietly to the hall’, said Mrs Sigamoney. So off we went walking quietly to the hall. I was so excited that I just wanted to jump onto the bus and leave immediately but it was obvious that I had to wait and leave with my class.
“Excuse me Ina”, I said as I made my way to my seat. With a huge smile on my face I sat down next to Vanessa.
’”So what do you want to be when you grow up?”asked Vanessa starting our conversation. I replied that I wanted to be a lawyer and so we carried on asking each other questions and listened to our different answers.
“Ok everyone keep quiet, we have arrived”, said Mrs Raj.
We had arrived! I didn’t even know that we had arrived because it was so fast and all I wanted to do now was just to slip inside and start looking around.
WOW! This was the only word that came out of our mouths and the expression on our faces, was just so delighted and happy. I was just so, so ........excited I couldn’t explain it in words.

Now the first job I went to was the Engineering career. I collected quite a lot of information about ipads, anything and everything was what engineers made and did.

The second job I went to was the Faculty of Law. I took in lots of information as this was my dream job. I learnt if you wanted to be a lawyer you had to have really good reading, writing and communication skills. The salary range was 60,000 + and you had to have a good written CV.

The next job I Iooked at was Accounting. To be an accountant you had to be good at maths and keep a good account of money. In this profession you had the opportunity to make overseas trips to take care of different banks and businesses and the salary range depended on what stage you were working at.

“Could we please go to the Faculty of Medical Services?” I pleaded with my friends Ina and Sheralee.They agreed and we jumped into the next line.
It seemed like we had been standing there for an hour.
Then there was an announcement for Tamaki Intermediate students to meet at the entrance..At least we gathered some good information.

Soon we had arrived at school after all that huff and puff of hopping into the buses and coming back to school. At least we had learnt quite a lot and now I have a fair idea of what job I want and what the future holds for me which is Law and being a good lawyer.
Thank you Tamaki Intermediate for giving me this opportunity to help me with my learning and my future decisions.