Wellington Trip

A few weeks ago us year 7’s and 8’s went to Wellington to have a fun time together. This was my 3rd time going on a plane. it was scary taking off but then I got used to it after awhile. My ears were always popping every minute due to how high we were. My favourite places in Wellington was Te Papa, The Zoo and Weta workshop. Te papa was very interesting because I learnt about all the activities going around the world, the Zoo was fun because I got to see all the cool animals, that I have never seen before. The Weta Workshop was also awesome because we go to see all of the funky equipment and characters from different movies. Here are some photos from our trip.

T-Shirts Bags

Yesterday we got an awesome opportunity to reuse old tee shirts and
make them into bags. The lady who came in yesterday that showed
us how to make the reusable bags. Her name is Anouk and she was
the one who talked to us about reusing old tee shirts and making
them into bag. She was talking about how we can make the planet a
better place. Did you know, that to make a tee shirts use 2750 litres
of water? So instead of putting your old tee shirts in the bin you can
make a reusable tee shirt bag for toys, groceries, Christmas gift and
etc. Making the bags were very simple all you had to do was cut the
shoulder part off and the neck then draw a line on the bottom of the
t-shirt after that you make little strips then tie the strips and make a
knot and just continue with tying knots. Make sure there are no big
hole then after you have checked that your t-shirt bag is done.
Would you like to make a reusable t-shirt bag?
Here are some photos.

Colourful Chuck Close Artwork

 Last week we did some art inspired by Chuck Close.
We did three pieces of art. We did Harry Potter, Bat Man and Frankenstein. I chose Batman.  We got given a square piece of paper to colour in and draw patterns. We had to do light and dark colours. On the white piece of paper we did light colours and on the Gray pieces we did dark colours. It was sort of difficult to find what colours to use.  It’s fun doing Chuck Close artwork because you can use all sorts of colours and patterns. Here is a photo of some Chuck Close artwork we have done. What are some of your favourite Chuck Close artworks?

Yesterday the year 5, 6, 7 and 8 went to a Ki o rahi tournament. This years Ki O Rahi tournament was held in Moerewa at Simpson park. There were 16 teams playing who have come from all over Northland. We won two games and lost two. But one of the cool things was that we made it to the semi finals. What we did well was working as team and sharing the ball most of the time. Unfortunately we lost the semi finals to Taumarere. The teams we played against were very good and it was hard but we tried our best. Here are some photos of us playing on the day.

Facts about Ara Ngapuhi Haka!!!

Last week the Kapa haka roopu of Paihia School learnt the proper pronunciation of Aha Ngapuhi E. A few weeks back our kapa haka tutors went to a wananga for Ngapuhi to learn the proper Ngapuhi haka. I learnt that saying the right kupu makes the haka sound better. All along our school has been saying the wrong kupu to this haka. It was hard for me to pronounce some of the kupu but I practised and practised. After the kapa haka roopu learnt the haka we had to teach the other seniors the haka. Next time I think that I should have taught it to them slower so the other kids could speak the kupu correctly. Does your school do this Haka?

Sorry there is no photo!

Interesting facts about swim safe !!!

Last week on Thursday Whaea Tracey talked to us about how to stay safe on a boat. Some of the things that she talked about I already knew but I also needed a reminder. I also learnt that if you don’t feel safe at the beach then don’t swim. Always have an adult with you and before you swim, check the current before you enter the water. I learnt some new things and one of them were flares. Here are the three types of flares, the parachute flare, Orange cloudflare and firework flare. One of the best flares is the parachute flare because stays up in the sky for longer than the other flares. Here is a DLO that I created about five ways to stay safe on a boat. Now with my new learning I’m going to teach others how to stay safe on a boat and stay safe at the beach. I will use this new information when I go fishing and next time I go swimming. Could you please give me some feedback on my DLO?

The Funky Newspaper Tower

.In Te Ngahere this week we were learning to build a freestanding tower using limited materials. We were given two sheets of newspaper and 30cm of sellotape with the time limit of 20 minutes. Our group worked together as a team and came up with an idea and started building. We learnt that we should have made the base wider than the top, and the top narrower. If we were allowed to create another tower we would use the newspaper wisely. What I enjoyed was working as a team to create our tower.
 

Sharing my Knowledge on Quality of a Blog Post

We were learning about the steps of a quality blog post. The six steps for a quality blog post are: have a catchy title, introduction, DLO, reflection, sources and a question. Then we made a DLO to show how to make a quality blog post. I enjoyed learning about how to make my blog post the best they can be. What I will do now is make my blog post interesting, by remembering the 6 steps. What do you think I could of done better in my DLO?

Kaikohekohe Cultural Festival

Last week on Thursday our Kapa Haka Roopu attended the Kaikohekohe cultural festival. I was learning to do more facials to get the audience's attention. The audience was happy to see Paihia School because our school hasn’t attended the Kaikohekohe cultural festival in 18 years. I think I could of done better by using more facials. I was really nervous. Our practicing really paid off. When we finished we were also proud of ourselves. I also want to say a big thank you to our tutors, my teachers and principal for giving us the time to practice every day for the cultural festival.  Link of Video

Last week on Wednesday we had a Duffy assembly. There was a lady named Rebecca Brothers who came to Paihia School and talked to us about her career. She started off by talking to us about her childhood and then her experience at the 2004 Olympics. The cool thing about the Duffy program is that we get free books throughout the year which improves our reading skills and vocabulary. I really enjoyed the show and I am glad that Paihia School is part of the Duffy program.

Kapa Haka

In Te Ngahere our Kapa Haka roopu have been practicing for the Kaikohe Cultural Festival. Our roopu has been practicing hard for this cultural festival. What I’m learning to do is use more facials to get the audience's attention. This week is the last week we practice so we are trying hard to give it 100%, so on the day we can give 100% throughout the whole performance. I am very excited to show all the schools that our roopu has been practicing, but I am also very nervous. It was hard at first doing all the actions and remembering them but I got better by practicing. I hope we all have fun at the Cultural festival and feel proud about what we have accomplished.

Cross Country

Last week on Friday Paihia School went to Bledisloe Domain for cross country.  All the year groups had different courses to others. At first it was easy then it got more challenging each step. It was hot and I was sweating. My course was a lap around the field, running up a steep hill and rocky paddocks. The teachers were guiding us around thecourse. People who came 1, 2 and 3 got to go to Waikare to run against different schools.The three people who got to go to Waikare are, Vanya,Missy and Anyah from my age group. The other six runners tried their best to make it to the finish line. What I could do better is pace myself so I don’t get tired. What I enjoyed was that I got to run with my friends.

Energise

This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about what drinks are healthy for you. Whaea Gina is a lady who teaches kids and adults what is good for our bodies. We did an activity, for every day drinks, sometimes drinks, and occasionally drinks. Our everyday drinks are, water and Fonterra milk. Our sometimes drinks are, Powerade, juice boxes, flavoured milk and flavoured water. Our occasional drinks are coke cans, coke bottles, energy drinks and others. With my new knowledge of sugary drinks I will teach other people and family members what drinks are good for our body and what drinks aren't.

Bay Of Island Collage

Last week some of us year 8 went to Bay Of Island College for
Orientation day.  An Orientation day is when you go to another
high school or college to see a day in the life of being in college and
interacting with college students. There were two other schools
there which was, Morewa and Keratu. We got to split into two
different groups with Morewa and Keratu. We had to do five
different subjects throughout the day. My group did, Maori activities,
visual arts, science, food tech and back to the Marae to play some
games. My Favourite subjects were visual arts and the game at the
end of the day. I am planning to go to mainstream even though Ru
reo looked very interesting I think that Mainstream will be the right
choice for me.

Cross Countery

In Te Ngahere we have cross country coming up.
We have been practicing our running to keep our fitness up.
We had to run 5 times around the pump track,
5 times around the field and 5 times around the court.
We had to get timed for our running and my times kept on going up
and down. We had to make a graph and put our results into seconds.
After we put it in seconds we had to make a line graph.
We used a line graph because pie graphs are harder to understand
then line graph.  We had to name the Y and X axis
so people understand what the lines and numbers mean. 

Science Fair

This year in Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific
method. We had to come up with an awesome idea for us to
experiment. For the science fair, me and my buddy Anyah were
doing a experiment called, Warm Vs Cold. Does warm cheese rot
faster than cold cheese?We did this experiment because it is  a real
life problem. Also because my buddy's brother leaves the cheese
out of the fridge for an 1 hour because he likes it warm but my buddy
doesn’t like warm cheese is good for you. Instead of using containers
we used petri trays to grow the bacteria for us, so we don’t have to
wait for a long time for the cheese to rot.  We are really proud of
what our results were. 

Cross country training (2 laps)

In Te Ngahere we have been doing Cross Country training.
We have been running 2 laps of our field, pump track and court.
We were trying to decrease the amount of time it took us to finish
the course, also keeping our fitness up. I am very proud of myself
because I have decrease my time by a lot of seconds. I’m not fast
at running but I know that I try my best and push myself to the finish
line. To get our blood pumping we have been doing some warm up
and warm downs after training. Next time I gonna try get a few
seconds off my time. 

Last week in Te Ngahere we did some coding with Mr Lindsay. He was teaching us how to draw all different shapes, like the rhombus, parallelogram and cubes. We learnt to make shapes using degrees to construct our shape. We also used a coding site to construct our designs. At times I found it hard to figure out all the numbers for the degrees and pixels. It was fun to have a play around with the numbers, angles, pixels and degrees to make design shapes. I could work on using more actions to code more complex shapes.

Last Wednesday, at Paihia School, our awesome parents and PTA heald a glow in the dark disco. Our school was excited to have an disco. The theme was black and white with an awesome vibrant glow in the dark paint. The vibrant paint glowed under the bright black led light. Mmmm, yum nachos and Hot dogs where freshly made waiting for people to buy. All my friends were there dancing having a brilliant time listening to the cool music. Our disco started at 6.15pm. I hanged out with a group of friends from my classroom. I really enjoyed hanging out with my friends, eating the yum food and listening to great music.

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about STEAM. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and maths. Our STEAM activity was a marble run. My partners are Missy and Emma. The challenge was to create a ramp that rolls 110cm away from the ramp. The activity challenged us to find different variables. A variable is when you adjust, change your experiments. This activity is a fun enjoyable task, I loved how we get to change the angles of the ramp. What I could do better is help my partners more as a team.

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about these four explores, Kupe, Nukutawhiti, Abel Tasman and James Cook. We learnt about how they got to Aotearoa. We did a DLO about Kupe and we had to answer three questions. How they got here? What the impact  did they leave behind? Why did they come to New Zealand? What I enjoyed was, that I could find information really easy and learn about people I didn’t even know about. Our group did well finding information about Kupe. I think I could of collaborated with my group better and work as a team.