Kia ora Ko Shakeal Toka Tu Moana He Manawa Pickering ahau. I am a very talented athlete, I was born in Hamilton and I am a year 12 at Bay of island college.When I was in year 11 I was unsure of what classes I wanted to be taking until I heard of the Building academy. When I applied for this spot in the building I was excited because I was looking forward to being able to build lots of projects around our school. One of the reasons why I joined the building academy was so that I can have and learn more skills to help me in future when I want to build my own house on my land and have multiple opportunities in a working environment. By being in building academy I have recently built a retaining wall over by our (esm shed). I have also built multiple decks around the school and have been in a building work site.