Windy Wellington

Last week all of the year 7&8s went to Wellington we all had fun, but the reason we went was for a celebration for our last year in primary school because year 8s leave next year. As the year 8s leave Paihia Primary to go to college next year the Year 7's will become year 8s. But let’s cut to the chase and talk about something that I learned. I learned that originally the cable carts had big steam engines to power them so it could work, also I leaned the the cable carts were powered by coal and steam. Here are some more things that I enjoyed about Wellington I enjoyed Westpac stadium because of the nice view there. I enjoyed Te Papa because I enjoyed seeing the big sculptures and waka. Also I liked that the sculptures in the Gallipoli exhibit looked so realistic. Also I saw the real Treaty of Waitangi in Te Papa. Something I found interesting was that they made copies of the signed  Treaty so they it didn’t get wrecked by the light. I enjoyed the zoo because we got to see lots of animals,what I liked the most about the zoo was seeing the tiger sleeping. I really enjoyed my trip I hope I can go back some day. Would you like to see the really Treaty of Waitangi?

Steam challenge

On october 16 2019 Te Neghere did a steam challenge. What we had to do was make a Tower out of two pieces of newspaper and 30 cm of tape, also we had 20 minutes to build the tower. We got into  groups of two.My group was Isaiah, Stilwell and me. Something I learned from this is that you don't need too many materials and you need to keep an eye on the time. Also I learned that more time means better build.

Tips To Keep Safe In The Sea

On Thursday Tracy came to teach us about how to to stay alive when your boat capsizes and it sinks. So I learned that you should leave your radio channel on 16 because that’s the coast guard channel, you can buy a beacon that can track you down, but they cost 400-500 dollars, but there is an upside to it they last for 3 days. Also tell the coast guard where you're going and what time you will be coming back, put yourself first eg if it is too risky do not do it, always check the weather before you go out and make sure you and your parent  put a life jacket on. Did you enjoy my blog post?

Quality blog post thing

On Monday 23rd of September we learnt about quality blog posting. What I had learnt is that the title is one of the most important things because it can make people what to read your blog post. I felt pretty good about my work because I got given help to do work on it. It was helpful because it can make it much easier to do my blog posts. Next time I do blog posting I will use the six instructions I was given. Did you enjoy my blog post? Thank you for viewing my blog. See ya.

Story beats

For the couple of days in Te Ngahere we have been doing story beats. What is story beats? story beats is a script you have to makeup, but it can be for movies and a story your making. What I have learned from story beats was that to make a movie, you have to have a once upon a time, every day, until one day, because of that, until finally, ever since then and the moral of the story. It helps when I am writing, cause I can use it to make my writing make sense. What I found hard was to make the script. I got given a group of 3 and they are Ricardo and Ben. We wrote a story about Donald Trump and a beast, Donald Trump builds a wall and feeds the beast though hole and he is not hungry anymore.

Beach clean up

last week Friday Te Ngahere went to the beach for a beach clean up. We could’ve gotten into groups of 5s but my group was a 4. The people in my group was Ricardo, Ben, Katipa and me. On the way back I found a great find! It was something off the front of a car. What I learned from this is that the beach can be very littered with rubbish and there can be rats in the rocks. There were  beer bottles, cans and lots of cigarette butts everywhere. I felt pretty good that we picked up rubush because we are helping the sea life.

Duffy assembly

Last week on Friday we had a Duffy assembly and there was a guest. Her name was Rebecca Brothers. She used to be an Olympic Swimmer and she told us all about her life. She is police office and her husband is a detective and she also has three kids. The way Duffy has helped her is because she needed to do reading about swimming. The reason why we have duffy assemblies is so we can read books to help us with our knowledge/reading and writing.  After the duffy assembly we were given books and we got to read them for about ten minutes. I  got two books and they were Goosebumps The Ghost of Slappy and Captain Underpants.

Cross country

Last week Paihia School had the annual cross country at Mount Bledisloe. The track was 1.5 km long. The hardest bit was the gut buster hill, I kept running out of breath.  At the end I was out of breath when I crossed the line. When I was lining up I got nervous, so I decided to run with my friends . The end was the best part for me, because my friends and I had a race to the end, there names are Izaiah F and Kingi.

Cross country

For the past couple of weeks in Te Ngahere we have been doing cross country training.
So what we have to run is the field over the pump track and around the court twice.

I am not too good at running well that's what I think because I didn’t get that much of a good times.

When I did the track on the first time me and my friend got 15:34 because me and my friend walked
it all the way.

My scores were 

15:34

9:07

5:34

5:32

Toku Whanau

For the past couple of weeks in Te Ngahere we have been doing Toku Whanau. Toku Whanau is where you have to introduce your family on a google slide, so you had to say who your family is in Māori. It can be hard when you don’t know most of your family. What I enjoyed about the Toku Whanau was making the slide without the words on the slide. What I didn’t enjoy about Toku Whanau was that you needed help , the reason why you need them is that they have to have a doc that you write you family down on and they have to say things like ko wai ia? Ko wai ia means them introducing themselves? Next time I would work with someone who doesn’t giggle as it made it harder to finish.

marble run

A couple of weeks ago we did a marble run challenge in Te Ngahere. What we had to do was to make a ramp for the marble to get to 110cm, and if it rolled too far past 110cm you wouldn’t receive any points. So the thing is to get close to 110cm or near it so you can get points. If you got the most points you won and you got lollies or chocolate.  I worked with Ricardo and Katipa and our one didn’t get finished because we made a lot of mistakes. We made it out of rolled up paper which didn’t work because the marble went to far. Then we made a different one out of game boxes but that one didn’t work either.I forgot who won but it was still fun. What I enjoyed about the marble run was seeing how other people in my class made ramps, out of cardboard and getting all hyped for people getting close to 110cm.

Bay Bush Action

in Paihia School we had this lady that came over her name is Stella she works for Bay Bush Action. She came to tell us about the native trees and the native birds. She wants to stop all the pests  like stoats, rats and others so they can stop killing all of the native wildlife and the numbers can increase so they don't become extinct like the Huia. Sometimes it can make me feel sad for the native birds and the trees and for  their future later on.
my rat rap

disco

On Wednesday the school had a disco in the whare. It was quite fun. We had multiple choices of songs, my favourite song was Old Town Road. Some of my friends had face paint but I didn’t. My best friend came to the disco his name is Mikaire, but I call him friend. One of my friends payed for me his name is  Isaiah C. Mostly everyone in the school calls him Chum Chum. I think I saw 3 or 4 of my friends and one or two cousins at the disco. Our teacher Whaea Chrissy took 31 photos. I was in a photo with Chum Chum. I had so much fun I hope we have another disco this year.

yes to success

Last month we had a man named Robert. He came into our whare to talk to Te Ngahere about how to be successful in school and to tell us how to be nice and not to be bad. What I enjoyed was learning that Robert has a company that raises millions and millions of dollars by getting other companies to pay him money to make more money.

marshmallow catapults

In Te Ngahere we have been Doing marshmallow catapults. my team and I had the best catapult ours went the fairest in the class. the catapult was culled the teacher hitter, out of all the teachers we hit were Gina,Whaea Chrissy,Whaea Beaks,pep and Mrs Lindsay. the teachers were 10 and Mrs Lindsay was 20 but the students were 5. I think we hit 3 or 4 students. It was quite fun hitting people in the it was so funny.

smiling and waving

In Te Ngahere we were learning to smile and wave at kids in the other classes. Most of them waved back some didn’t wave back and I saw Fonz help a little girl. I waved at 11 or 12 people. All of Te Ngahere had fun though and there were a ton of kids that smiled and waved but I wasn't the only one to do it in my class. What I did well was smiling and waving at the other kids I think I could do better next time is smile more and enjoy it. Also I had fun waving at my friends and other kids.