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.