Choose your own - by Augustine

Taitusi Taufa:

He is a Tongan man and graduated from University. Taitusi Taufa is now a teacher. He teaches chemistry in Fiji's University. After 3 times going under the ocean he collected sea cucumber, Squirts, and marine Sponges. He believes that these items could be created into anti-cancer drugs. While he teaches chemistry he is researching the chemicals in the Tongan ocean that could kill cancer.

Image attribution: https://www.noted.co.nz/health/health-health/cancer-treatment-could-tropical-sea-cucumber-be-the-key

Caine's Arcade - by Augustine

My favourite game

My favourite game is playing rugby and soccer outside in my back yard. 
But I will be just telling you about rugby:

How to play rugby ( Tackle ):

1. Run with an oval shaped ball and you have to score a try by putting the ball down on the try line or dives - like this: 

Image attribution: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby_world_cup_2015/article-3242124/New-Zealand-vs-Argentina-Rugby-World-Cup-2015-LIVE-score-Blacks-kick-RWC-title-defence-against-pool-C-rivals.html

2. Make sure you do not get tackled once you have the ball:
( If you do, follow this move ): 

Image Attribution: https://laws.worldrugby.org/?law=14&language=EN

3. Some people will kick or pass the ball to you. This is how to pass and catch:

Image attribution: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/skills/4198382.stm

Day 5: Creativity - Ministry of inspiration - by Augustine

I would not join the Underwater Robotic team because :

I could just travel by plane or boat to other islands in the pacific.
I do not need to go to the Underwater team because I could learn living things under the pacific ocean. You can see sharks, turtles, fishes and any living thing under the water face to face. You can learn about them and you can learn how to catch them when you are out their in the pacific. It is also good for exploring and a great experience for you to know how it feels like to go out onto the pacific ocean.

Image Attribution: https://www.labmanager.com/news/2019/09/kilauea-eruption-fosters-algae-bloom-in-north-pacific-ocean

Overcoming Adversity - by Augustine

Augustine: ( Me )
The challenge I did was going to camp for 2 days without my parents. This was a scout camp. It was sad to leave my parents behind but I overcame it after the 2 days. When I saw them after 2 days, I didn't want to leave the camp. I enjoyed that time. It was fun.

My mum:
My mum went through tough times. When she was little in Tonga, she got hidings from her parents and went to play with kids every evening. She made some bad choices at school and got big hidings from her mum. But a few years later, she got married and moved here in New Zealand. She is enjoying it here. So are we. She is proud because she overcame all those bad things in the past.

My dad:
When my dad played rugby, he got injured 2. He got injured the first time and his mum said, do not play anymore rugby. But he did, and he got injured again. So he stoped playing rugby, and then kept he playing rugby until he reached his 30's or 40's. He is proud because he overcame his problem. 

Day 2: Cracking the code, Through careful Observation - by Augustine

The picture I chose was this: 


In this picture, I see:

1. Colourful Houses and a Church

2. The yellow moon and stars

3. Mountains and hills

4. Black fire

5. Clouds

Influencers - by Augustine

If I had a chance of making my own my YouTube channel it would be about HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT.

I chose this problem because in some parts of New Zealand, people are polluting the ocean, and lands that makes climate change. I also chose this problem because, when people are polluting the fish will die and animals flying or walking will also die. That is why in my video I will encourage those people to pick up rubbish along the beaches and native forests. 

Week 3 - Day 1 - The world wide web - by Augustine

This is was I wrote and I am going to present it to you:

Belle of the ball - by Augustine

Harry Potter and the Philosopher stone

I like this book because there is adventure and I like magic. 

Review of the book:

A young boy named Harry Potter lived with his uncle and aunties place. Then one day they moved into a lighthouse so that Harry Potter doesn't get any mail from a school called Hogwarts. One night a huge giant man broke the front door of their lighthouse. Harry woke up in a shock. The giant said that his name is Hagrid that works in a magic school, Hogwarts. He took Harry to Hogwarts to learn spells and poisons. But first Harry has to buy wands, spell and poison books, and his own pet. Harry got money from a wizards bank, Gringotts. After that he went to London's train station with Hagrid, his ticket said that the train is on platform 9 3/4. He was confused, but he had help with some kids and a mum that was going to platform 9 3/4 as well. He was on the platform and made 2 friends on the train. There was so many kids on the Hogwarts train. When they arrived, they went inside the school, went inside the main hall and was sorted by a sorting hat, that will sort them into their houses. The houses were Grifindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. Harry and his 2 friends Hermione ( Girl ) and Ron
( Boy ) was sorted and their house was Grifindor. The greatest professor of Hogwarts said that if someone does anything great, they earn point, but if they do anything bad, they loose points.

Harry went through tough times in this book, like he played his first Quidich match. The 1st years never had a chance playing Quidich, but when he found out that someone was about to steel something that belongs inside the school - Philosopher Stone, Harry and the 2 friends went to save the day, They went through 3 headed dogs, they went through a weird plant that kills you if you do not relax. If you do, then they take you down to the floor and you survive. But Ron had a problem with that. And the final test was to play chess. Ron sacrificed himself so that only Harry could keep going. Then Harry knows that one of the teachers, Professor Quirell tried to steel the stone. But Harry stopped him and saved the day. Griffindor had the most points and won a cup. The house cup. Later, Harry went back home on the train.

Augustine

The right to an education - by Augustine

The talented boy

Once upon a time, there lived a boy in the a little town in South Auckland. He has to wake up really early to go to school in Mt Wellington. He also has to go to a guitar lesson in Otahuhu every Friday after school. The mother has to take him, his brother and sister everywhere. He is also talented like, playing guitar, playing sports, and goes Alter serving at church, playing guitar at church and reading at church and other places. He was very talented for an 11 year old boy and very loved boy. 

Day 3: Woman's rights - The right to vote - by Augustine

Replacing Kate Sheppard from the New Zealand $10 note, I chose Jacinda Ardern. I chose her because she is one of the greatest Prime Ministers New Zealand has seen. She is also kind, and helpful. She also supports New Zealand. 

I have a dream - by Augustine

Rosa Parks - 

Born on - 1913
Home town - Alabama
Died - 2005

Rosa Parks's parents divorced, and she moved with her mum to her grandparents house. She went to school there. When she went to high school, she studied hard, but at the age of 16, she stopped because she had to take care of her mum. When she was 19, she got married. Then one day, when she was on the bus, she sat in front seat, together with the white people, she refused to move, so she got arrested and was fined. But she didn't want to pay the fine.

After this problem, the black people got angry, so they started a protest. They stoped going on busses to stop the busses from moving. Then on 1956, they rewarded. Now the black people can sit in the front with the white people on busses, trains and other type of transports. This changed the United States. 

Rosa Parks was known as 'The mother of the civil rights movement'.

A long walk to freedom - by Augustine

Dear diary

This prison has so many gratifies, and it also smells like pee. It is very hard to sleep at night, and I have to wake up early in the morning because of the smell. The prison I am staying has a window but it is too small. I think they used a small  window so that the prisoners won't escape. But the window is half open. I only eat lunch before 12:00 pm. I do not eat breakfast. My breakfast is my lunch. I only have a sandwich, and that is the only time I get to eat a day. 
I hope I get out of this prison.

Image Attribution: https://grist.org/climate-energy/justice-giant-remembering-mandela-and-his-fight-for-climate-justice/

Dear Jacinda - by Augustine

Dear Jacinda Ardern

I have a problem. My problem is about the people cutting down trees. The trees provide us oxygen and people are cutting it down. Not just trees that other people bring from other countries but New Zealand's native trees, like Kauri tree for example. If people cut down the trees then the Maori people will never let people cut down any trees. They will be very angry and disappointed. I also think that cutting down trees is a bad idea because, you are also destroying the birds that live on the trees. The trees shouldn't be cutting down because it is God's creation. 
Cutting down trees are OK for building houses, but cutting down too much trees, we will have less oxygen, less shelter and no homes for the birds and other animals that lives on trees.

I chose this problem because it is effecting our environment. It is also effecting us.

Dr Jessa Rogers - by Augustine

Jessa was only 25 years old when she won the award. I solved this problem like this:

Born on: 7 of April 1985

Received award on: 9 of July 2010

25 years, 3 months and 2 days.

I solved this problem by counting on by 10's from 1985 - 2010.

Week 2: Day 1: Taking the lead - Playing favourites

These are my 5 favourite things to do:

1. My favourite thing to do is to hang around with my family.

2. My favourite thing to do is to play sports.

3. My other favourite thing to do is to play my Xbox. 

4. My other favourite to do is to go and visit my family.

5. Finally my other favourite thing to do is to is to play my guitar.

Own choice - by Augustine

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi or Luis Lionel Andres Messi was born in 1987 in Argentina. Messi is one of the greatest soccer players in the world. He won 5 Golden Boots - Trophies. He is also great at kicking the ball into the goal, using his skills on his opponents and he tries to be a great captain to his team.

Facts Attribution: https://www.purevpn.com/blog/top-facts-about-lionel-messi/

Dan Carter

Daniel William Carter was born in 1982. Daniel played for Canterbury for the Mitre 10 Cup, and for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition. He also played for the All blacks from 2003 - 2015. He was also one of the man that drop kicks the longest.

Facts Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Carter

Swimming to safety - by Augustine

Swimming to safety

In Syria there was a young girl named Yusra Mardini. When she was young, she was too scared to get into the pool while other kids swam, playing in the pool, she walks to the deep end of the pool and looks at the water. Her dad trained her and her sister to swim like a pro. At times she was winning competitions. When Yusra swam, she felt like she is in a different world. 

When Yusra was 13 Syrians wanted the government to have Democracy but the President of Syria didn't want. Then it became a CIVIL WAR. People were dying. Yusra and her neighbours have machine guns. Yusra's swimming training center was destroyed. She  has no place to swim anymore. Yusra's family was scared and lived in fear. 

At the age of 14, Yusra found a way to escape. It was too dangerous to escape the city. But it was also dangerous staying in the city. Yusra begged her parents to escape. But they said no because it was to dangerous. Especially for her little sister. They had to wait for the war to be over. Then the bombing reached their neighbour hood and their house was destroyed. 

Two of Yusra's cousins planned a long and dangerous trip to Europe and asked to take Yusra and her older sister with them.  So Yusra and her sister went with their cousins. She left with some clothes, a phone and cash to pay the smugglers so that she could go through any countries, because Syrians are not allowed to be in other countries. 

First they flew to one of the cities in Lebanon, then to one of the cities in Turkey.  After that, they began one of the dangerous leg of their journey. Yusra and her sister hid with the group in the woods next to the beach to check if the sea is calm and to avoid the Turkish guard. The smugglers led them into a small boat and pushed them out to sea. But as soon as they left, the Turkish guard caught them and forced them back to shore. 

They wanted to try again when the sun went down. Then they left again. After 20 minutes, the boat went slower until it stopped. They found out that the motor was broken.  They jumped into the freezing water with two other people. 

Yusra tried to swim for the an island. Then she was determined to keep swimming. The four swam for the island. Then they reached the shore.

They hid in Servia in the field. Finally the two girls made a run for it. Then they got caught and was taken to a refuge camp. But the girls ran when they had the chance. 

Finally, they reached their destination, Berlin. Then Yusra found a swimming club. So she joined. Then she was a member of a refuge swimming competition and won.

Later, she didn't want to make her country proud of her, she wanted tell refuges that "No matter where you are, you are some one"

Day5: Againts the odds - National treasure - by Augustine

The 3 things I treasure are:

1. My Xbox - Because if I am bored I can play this but only once week, except for the holidays. That is when I can play the Xbox once every day.

2. My guitar - Because when I am bored and I can't play with my games, I play the guitar. I am pretty good at it.

3. My family - Because without their support I wouldn't be able to play guitar or sports.

Worth her weight in Gold - by Augustine

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Day 4: Individual Peruits - Making a racket - by Augustine

Serena Williams and Venus Williams

Serena Williams and Venus Williams are women that were fighting for the women's right to play tennis. Serena Williams was the highest paid woman in 2017 while Venus was on 5th place. Serena is also one of the highest paid athlete in 2017. Serena and Venus's father supported them and helped them to be what they are today. Their father was their coach. He trained them when they were young. 

Serena Williams or Venus Williams ...

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