Youth+Day

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On Monday the 24th fifteen year 8 students went to Wellington and took part in a leadership day thing.

We had 5 speakers there and they were there to inspire us. The speakers were Nick Tuitasi Melissa Clark-Reynolds Pero Cameron Dayna Vawdrey and Rob Harley.

All the people were very inspirational and gave great advice.

This is a movie about the day. Enjoy !!!!!!

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media type="custom" key="6619719" Tuesday 25th of May 2010 was YOUTH DAY ! :)

Room 13 & 14 spent the day learning about smoking, drugs and alcohol. Ms Fryer worked with the life education trust for two years before coming to us, working with the life education trust meant she got to hang out with Harold the giraffe all day and I think that's pretty awesome because Harold rocks :)

Ms Fryer planned this day so that we could be informed about our bodies and the things that can harm or in some cases do good to us. She told us she didn't organize this day so we could be told "Don't do drugs" or "Don't smoke" because the odds are because someone has told us what to do we will do the complete oppisite.

From 9.00 till 9.40 Ms Fryer was our speaker, in that session we talked about drugs the legal and illegal ones. We also talked about our nervous system.

From 10.40 until 12.00 we had two ladies from the cancer society come and talk to us about smoking. Did you know that smoking is the reason most people die. If you put old age, murder, car accidents, drugs and heart attack deaths together, smoking is still the main reason people die. I found that so hard to believe and it made me feel really upset because I know far to many people who smoke.

From 12.30 until 1.30 Carly came to speak to us. Carly is a really good marshal arts person. She has been doing it for 15 years, she also teaches it. Carly talked about all the different weapons and styles that are involved with the arts. I found it really inspiring because she also mentioned how when she first started she didn't want to be there but she kept going and now she trains 5 times a week. I don't know about you but I call that dedication.

From 2.00 until now (2.49) we have had a reflection time.

I really enjoyed today and I found it interesting. The one thing that stood out from me most was this piece of information:

"The things you put into your body whether it be food or drink it doesn't go to one individual place, it actually goes everywhere."