Jake Bailey Recount

On the 31st of July rooms seven, one and eight meet in the library to listen to Jake Bailey talk about his battle with cancer and the life lessons he learnt. 

Jake Bailey came here with The Life Education trust. First jake talked about his battle with cancer. He had the fastest growing cancer in the world Burkitt's Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. After he talked about that he talked about his life lessons he learned while he had cancer. The first lesson he talked about was being brave and resilient. He said that ‘you can fake being brave as long as you keep moving forward.’ 

The next thing Jake Bailey talked about was happiness. He said that ‘happiness is a skill you have to learn.’ Jake Bailey also talked about worries. Jake said ‘ don’t waste your time worrying about the little things and the future, focus on the bigger issues.’

As well as talking about being brave Jake Bailey talked about his fears before he had cancer that he had overcome.  

Jakes biggest message to us was that ‘we have a responsibility to live our lives and take every opportunity that comes up.’  He said to ‘give 100% to everything and be our very best.’ I thought that Jake Bailey was very inspirational and was a fabulous speaker.   

  

Recount On Marae Trip

Here is my recount about my trip to the Arahura Marae.

This is a piece of writing that retells and evaluates (what you think) events or experiences.

Title A brief name for the experience or event.	The Arahura Marae
Orientation Tells when and where the event began and who was there.	On Thursday, the senior school went to the Arahura Marae to stay over night. We were also learning about the powhiri process as well. At 9:30am we split into our car groups and off we went.  I was feeling nanawe and nervous.  The Arahura Marae is up a steep hill and near the Arahura river.
Sequence of events Tells the events in the order they happened. You need to have a minimum of 3-4 events. Remember one topic per paragraph.  Your paragraph should have an introductory sentence use a time sequence word/phrase and then detail.	Firstly, when we all got to the Arahura Marae we lined up to do the karanga. The girls were at the front and the boys were at the back and we slowly walked onto the marae grounds.  When we were halfway down the path we stopped and bowed our heads for one minute to remember those who have  passed on.  When we got to the Wharenui we had to take our shoes off so we wouldn’t get the carpet dirty. When we got into the Wharenui the boys and the men sat in the front and the woman and the girls were at the back.  Then the man from the Arahura Marae said a speech and then Emille said his speech. After Emille had finished his speech we did a waiata. Then we all did a hongi. I was nervous to do the hongi  but it wasn’t so bad after I had done it!   Then, everyone went into the dining area to have some morning tea. There was a lot of food! I had a mince pie, a potato top pie, a sandwich and a sausage roll.  I had so much food.     After everyone had finished lunch we all went down to the Arahura Awa ( river ) to look for pounamu. Only four people found some. Then we went to the Moana (sea ) to do a rubbish clean up.  After we had done a rubbish clean up we had a sculpture making competition to see who could make the best poutini taniwha. My group made our taniwha out of long bits of wood and we made our eyes out of paua shells.  I really enjoyed building our taniwha.  I think my groups taniwha looked really cool. When we got back from the beach we had dinner and dessert and then did some evening activities. I got to do weaving and ki o rahi.  After we had finished the evening activities we sat around the fire and made smores and sang waiata.  The smores were delicious and very sticky.   Next we got into bed and went to sleep.   All you could here all night was a beeping sound from someone's watch and everyone whispering to their friends next to them. I could also hear a lot of snoring. At five o’clock in the morning someone's phone went off and woke everyone up so we were all up really early.   Inside the building where we slept, there was a lot of beautiful carvings. Instead of  traditional painted kowhaiwhai there was modern LED lights that changed colour inside carved  bits of metal.  All of the carvings inside the wharenui ( big house ) represented a person (tupuna/ ancestor).
Personal Comment/Ending Tells how the experience/event ended and some thoughts you may have about it.	What I liked about my Marae stay was sleeping in  the beautiful wharenui ( big house ) and going on camp with my friends. I would really like to go on to a marae again.