New Students Year 10 - Welcome

We wish a warm welcome to our two new Year 10 students. From the Phillipines and China. We hope you enjoy your time with us at NPGHS.

Open Evening 2012

Thank you to the Kunei High school International students from Japan who helped out last night for our Open Evening. Well done!

Welcome to New Internationals

Hello and welcome to our new International students for Term 3. This term we have new students from Japan, France, Korea and Germany. We hope you have a fantastic time in your new country and your new school. You will soon meet new friends and your English will improve quickly. Remember to ask questions if you are not sure of something.

Farewell

We say a sad farewell to Pia, Franka and Anna. We hope you had a great time studying with us in NZ and wish you the best for the future back in your home countries.

My Mr.Bean essay

In the following, I'm going to talk about Mr.bean by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis. I am going to describe a main character and explain why I like his character. The main character, I have chosen is Mr Bean. He is a really strange man. He tries to behave as a normal person, it looks really strange! For example, when he went to the restaurant, he pretended that he got a birthday card from his friend. But actually he wrote the card to himself. And he never asks questions. For example, when he went to the restaurant, he ordered steak tartare even though he doesn't know what it is. He's also awkward. For example, he put on a skirt instead of his pants by accident when he went to the laundry. He is childish! He played with a knife nad fork at the restaurant... I like Mr Bean because he makes me laugh all the time!! He is the most ridiculous and stupid man that I know, in the world!! Madoka

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Mr.Bean

In my essay,I am going to talk about Mr,bean by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis. I am going to describe a main character in the text I have studied and explain why I liked this character. The main character I have chosen is funny,naive,expressive and ridiculous. *He is funny. Because when he to went to restaurant for his birthday, he wrote a birthday card for himself and when he went to the laundrette, he made a mistake as he wore the woman's skirt. *He is naive. Because he is like a child. When he was in the laundrette and when he saw the karate man, he was scared of him. *He is expressive. His face changes with his feelings everytime. For example at the laundrette, he made a mistake when he wore a skirt then his face changed to be in a hurry face. *He is ridiculous. When he was in the restaurant, he hid meat he disliked everywhere. It was so ridiculous. I like Mr.Bean. Because he is so funny,so he makes me happy. He is always strange and he does funny things, but it is funny. And to watch Mr.Bean on the TV is fun!! Ai

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Mr. Bean

I am going talk about Mr. Bean by Rowan Atkinson & Richard Curtis. In my essay I am writing about Mr. bean I liked him and I want to share my thoughts. I liked him because he is a quiet, funny man, with lots of jokes and stupid things he does to himself. I laughed watching his movie when he went to the restaurant because he wanted to celebrate his birthday in an expensive restaurant, but he ordered a steak tartare and he ate this. He didn't like it so he made a funny face HAHA!. Then he pretended to eat the food and he hid it everywhere and he played with the knife he looked like he pretended to kill somebody It was so awkward & crazy to see this he always makes a mistake to himself, it is so embarassing. In the launderette this is very funny all his stuff turns into small things, like his teddy bear looks so cute but it is so little HAHA. Here the funny thing Mr.Bean does is he drinks the fabric conditioner because he wants to get revenge on the young man. He changed the coffee into conditioner and the young man's karate suit turns to the colour of coffee. HAHA!. That is what I liked Mr Bean because he is very funny and you always makes you laugh or smile. Check this out the other movie of Mr.Bean and watch it and forget your problems :) . Jonnie <3

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Mr.Bean essay

In my essay,I'm going to talk about Mr.bean by Rowan Atkinson + Richard Curtis. I am going to discribe a main character in Mr.Bean and explain why I like his character. The main character I have chosen is Mr.Bean! He is silly ,for example he entered into a drying machine at the laundrette. And he is also funny because he pulls strange faces all the time. For example when he drank fabric conditioner. He is too shy as he never asks questions. For example he didn't ask where his trousers were. But sometimes he is cute!!! His face is ugly so I dont't know why that I thought he was cute! I like this character "Mr. Bean" Although he is naughty or ridiculous or something, these things make me laugh and happy!!! Karin(^^*)/

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Mr.Bean

In my essay. I'm going to write about Mr.Bean by Rowan Atkinson and Ritchard Curtis. I am going to describe a main character in Mr.Bean and explain why I like his character. The main character I have chosen is Mr.Bean He is a funny charcter for example when he get into the dryer and goes round and round. And he always has strange behaviour in front of people for example in the restaurant he held the knife and act like a theif in front of people. But I think he was very cute!!! Patty

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'Essay'

In my essay, I am going to talk sbout Mr Bean by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis. I am going to describe a main character in the text I have studied and explain why I disliked this character. The main character I have chosen is Mr Bean. He always does silly things, for example, when he went to the restaurant he wrote 'happy birthday' on a card and gave it to himself. He is stupid for example in the restaurant he hid the steak tartare everywhere and he is strange. Eg. He wanted to wash his underpants but he was wearing them at that time. I don't like him because he always does something that is stupid and sometimes he annoys people around him and distracts them. By Eve

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Theme Essay Matilda

In my essay I am going to look at Matilda by Roald Dahl. I am going to describe an important theme that the writer is trying to get the reader to think about and I am also going to explain why I think this theme is important. 'Matilda' is an excellent example of Roald Dahl's theme of children conspiring against adults because she is using her cunning to get revenge on her parents and Miss Trunchbull. For example when Matilda glued her dad's hat to his head because he was dishonest. This shows us that Matilda's cunning when she says "Did your head become bigger, daddy?". Another example is when the parrot Matilda borrowed from her friend, Fred, says "Dead mans dinner, dead mans dinner" to scare the Wormwood family, and Matilda tries to scare them even more by saying "It's a ghost". Roald Dahl uses this theme again when Matilda is writing with the chalk using her powers, "Agatha, this is Magnus. Agatha, give my Jenny back her house. Give Jenny her money, then go away from her or I will come and get you! I will come and get you, like you got me. I'm watching you, Agatha," she wrote. This theme children conspiring against adults is important because it makes the reader feel powerful and inspired and the reader takes sides with Matilda. Both of these reasons make you want to read more. Anne

Names in Matilda

I looked at the names Wormwood, Trunchbull and Honey in the book Matilda. I looked up the words Worm, Bull and Honey and here are the definitions: Worm is a kind of a snake which is/looks mucoussy, the worm is in the snake family. A bull is an intact adult male of the species Bos taurus. Honey is a sweet kind of food made by bees using nectar from flowers. I think Roald Dahl chose these names because the definition of the words were appropriate to their personality, for example Mr and Mrs Wormwood are slimy, Miss Trunchbull is evil and really bad, and Miss Honey is sweet, kind and nice. by Anne Photo by V*ntage

TOPEC CAMP(^^

Hi! This time, I want to write about topec camp on last weekend! We stayed cabin for 3 days and we walked in the bush in the rain. and we stayed cabin in the mountain. We had a lot of fun!!! Every activity was awesome,but especially my favourite activity was rafting(^^)/ So I'm going write about rafting. Before we did rafting, we were taught about what to do if we fell out from the boat, what we should do,,,, So we had to swim in the freezing river wearing wetsuits and lifejackets. Even though we were wearing wet suits, the water was freezing!!!! And after this,we hopped in the boat. There were 5 or 6 boats. We went down the river, sometimes it was rough and sometimes it was calm. WE went a long way! And when we passed the rock, the girl that was sitting at the back fell out from the boat! When we were trying to help that girl, the boat bumped the rock agin! I couldnt keep balance,some of girls in my boat fell out! It was me..... I couldn't reach the boat, so swam long way. I couldn't do anything, so I was just streaming like a river. Finally one of boat could catch me, I

was rescued! It was very nice experience for me.hahaha I wanna go topec camp again~! madoka

My good memory

I went to TOPEC last week!!I was exited. The first day, I swam in the sea and I jumped from a small cliff! It was so cold and scary, but I really enjoyed it! Next day, I went to the bush and I walked. The third day, I swam in the river and kayaked. Kayak this time was the first time for me. It was also fun! The night, we had a campfire! I ate marshmallows that I baked in the fire. It was nice:)I liked it. The fourth day, I did BRIDGE SWING! I spent a lot of time when I jumped from the bridge. After I jumped,I turned over!It was my best activity in TOPEC!!! (Actually I was nervous and I was afraid to do it before I jumped.) After that I did rock climbing and I could climb to the top! After I did that, my arm was very sore.But It was fun. Last activity was overnight camp. It was so hard for me...but it became a really good experience for me! After we came back to TOPEC, we ate yery delicious pies and doughnuts! I could talk with my new friends in TOPEC! They were very kind and funny! Ai

I really enjoyed in TOPEC!!!This TOPEC became "My good memory" for me!

TOPEC CAMP 2012

HELLO!!! I went TO TOPEC CAMP from 7th May to 11th May ! It's near the Inglewood! On the first day we went to the sea and swam in the sea! It was really cold but we wore wetsuits so I wasn't so cold! We jumped into the sea from the cliff! The height was 7m! When I stood on cliff, I was scared...lol But while I was falling it was really fun! As if I was flying(^^*)/ At night we danced with my classmates! Their dances were very good! They taught us dance but I couldn't dance like them! And my favourite activity was BRIDGE SWING(^^*)!!! I jumped from the bridge and I was attached to a lifeline so it was like playing swing! It was really funny!!! I want to try jumping higher than we did! KARIN(^^#)

Opal's story

I'll tell you about my first day in New Zealand. I arrived at NPGHS around half past four on Sunday 22 April. That time I felt excited about my new life, my new friends, my new environment, whatever it is, it was all new. I met my two Thai friends her names are Bamboo and Eve, everything's alright. After that, I had dinner there were really different foods between Thai and New Zealand food but that okay for me because some of the foods I have tested it before. I have many new friends in the hostel and school, they are all good. Now, I have been in New Zealand for 25 days I feel happy about my new place in New Zealand. They're all good. I love to stay here! by Opal

My story (;

The time I was thinking about is my life in New zealand why it is passing so very quick and what I miss before ..... I am always thinking why did I leave my country what should I do ? Last day of my schooling That day I felt so sad lonely and my classmates told me why don't you enter again to school you have two weeks more before you go, I said " My papa's said to me don't go to school becuase I'am wasting my allowance. Then we have event in my school that is Interpetative dance, English month, and I went to school and I watched the dance of my friend .. After the dance I was crying because that is my last day and I said goodbye to my teachers, my schoolmates, and my classmates. My classmates were crying too and they will say " WE MISS YOU JONNiE " Everytime we left to school together with my friends we bought the street food like fishball, squidball, chicken bal, french fries, siomai and coconut juice. This is what i miss in the philippines because this delicious and very popular. Every lunch break in our school me and my classmates have to take out lunch boxes downtairs and we arranged the chair into a circle form and put all the food in the center. Then we shared foods, the jokes, funny things and we laughed together and forgot the problems. I have two teddy bears and I left them in the Philippines because my bag was full. My two teddy bears I gave them to my boyfriend, the first teddy bear he gave at valentines day the name of my teddy bear is Kathleen. I was very shocked because that thing is too expensive and that is my first time the boy gave me anything. The second is a rabbit toy and that is too expensive he gave it at my birthday the name of rabbit toy is Catherine. I really love my two teddy bears they are very sentimental value to me. I really miss my teachers in the Philippnes because they were very good to me and sometimes I open my emotions, my problems, sometimes we have a bonding together and we invited them to rambling in the mall and our house. Jonne -_- <3

Patty's Story

Three years ago I went to Chiang-Mai in the north of Thailand. I went to Chiang-Mai with my cousin and my family. I went there by car. First day that I arrived in Chiang-Mai I went to the hotel and had dinner. After that I went to the pedestrian street to buy some souveniers and then I went back to the hotel. Next day it is Songkran Day. I went to the shopping mall and bought a squirt gun. I went to the city because a lot of people in the city threw water. I went to the city with my cousin. In the main road there were a lot of people and a lot of cars. I threw the water to people I didn't know. Some people put the ice into water and it was so cold. After that I went back to my hotel and had a shower. I went to the restaurant after I finished my shower and had some Chiang-Mai food. Next day it is my last day in Chiang-Mai. We went to the temple to pray with monks after that we drove the car back to Bangkok. When I arrived Bangkok I slept first because I was so tired and I did't want to do anything. Patty

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My story

I got up at 6.00 am. It was too early but today it was my birthday. I am fourteen years old now! I had a shower and got dressed. The reason I had got up very early is beacause I was waiting for a monk. In Thailand, we believe on your birthday, your have to do something which for yourself and for others. Thais used to offer food to the monks everyday but especially on their birthday. I waited for the monks for five minutes and they came. After that me and my family went to the orphanage to donate my old things like toys, clothes, books, etc. to them. At 1.00 pm. I went out with my friends. They brought many gifts and cards for me. I was so happy that they still remembered my birthday. After that me and my friends went to celebrate my birthday at a restaurant. I came back at home at 6.00 pm and my family and my neighbours were waiting for me. They sang a happy birthday song for me and said "Happy Birthday!" I'll not forget this day. BY EVE

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Arts Week Parade

This week the Esol Students of NPGHS went on a mini parade around the school. They had great fun and loooked amazing!