Rebecca Brothers Visit

Yesterday, 16th of October, Paihia School had the amazing opportunity to meet Rebecca Brothers! She was an Olympic Swimmer. The reason why I said she was an olympic swimmer is because she is now a full time mum. It was such a special moment when she came to our school. She had talked to us about the importance of respect, friendship and excellence. Did you know, Rebecca Brothers has 114 medals? I bet you didn’t! I think Rebecca Brothers was here because she is an ambassador.

My favourite part of the visit with Rebecca Brothers was when she showed us a really cool video. I think Rebecca Brothers is so inspiring and I hope one day I could be like her. See you guys next week!

Take Aways ( food )

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how we can stay healthy. In this session, Whaea Gina came in the class with a box with a label on it saying; Takeaways. We obviously knew we were learning about takeaways. Whaea Gina showed us a picture of a healthy heart, and an unhealthy heart. The healthy heart had some fat around it (it is OK if the healthy heart has a little bit of fat on it). The healthiest takeaway is Subway, which has o.5 teaspoons of fat in it. The unhealthiest takeaway is Carl’s Jr. It has 14 teaspoons of fat in it. We could` use this information in the future because if we ever got takeaways, we would know how much fat is in each one. Now we know that we shouldn’t have it every day. I think I did well at listening when Whaea Gina was talking about the takeaways. I think I could have done better at remembering ALL of the amount of teaspoons of fat there is in the takeaways.

Here are some photos:

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori

This week in Te Ngahere/Paihia School we have been doing Te Wiki O te Reo Maori. Basically when it was Te Reo Maori Week we had 9 rotations and 10 groups. Each group would have 3 different rotations every day for three days. My group was Karaka/Pohutukawa. On Monday the whole school gathered on the court to discuss where we are going. We had awesome leaders to help us know where we were going next. Our leaders were Ethan and Vanya. I think I did well at doing the rakau sticks and helping my buddy Haven. I think I could have done better with remembering the months of the year. I really had fun at Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori, and I look forwards to doing it next time.

Bees Wax Wraps

Hello everyone! This week in Te Ngahere we have been making beeswax wraps.

We had been given a piece of fabric to draw on.

We were drawing on them because they were a bit plain so we wanted to spice it up a bit,
and make it seem more like our beeswax wraps.

We made the beeswax wraps because normally we would have plastic or glad wrap as a
cover for our food in our lunch, but now we can cover our food with our beeswax wrap.

I think I did well at drawing the patterns that wanted them to be, mostly because I know
I am not the best at drawing.

I think I could have done better at holding the wrap still when we were drying it.

Here are some photos of my beeswax wrap:

 My beeswax wrap    :)

Technology

Kia ora everyone. In Te Ngahere we have been doing technology.

We take pallets, then turn them into random things we could possibly attempt to sell,

to make a little bit of cash.

I was in a group with Mihi and Anyah.

We were hoping to make a shelf. Obviously we had to make a plan,
so we made a google drawing to explain what we are doing, and all the steps we need to
take to complete our shelf.

I think I did well at explaining what we needed to do.

I think I could have done better at measuring the wood in half faster!

Here is a picture of our plan:

Dress Up Day

This week in Te Ngahere the whole school has been dressing up as whatever we wanted to fund raise for
Kids Can.
We would also donate gold coins because we want to give money back to Kids Can.
If you didn’t already know what Kids Can is,
it is a super helpful group of people that give schools food, clothes and much more.
I dressed up as a demon with my friend Tayla. Today was so much fun!
A big thank you to Kids Can for donating so much stuff to us, it means so much!
Here are some photos of my best friends Liam, Chum Chum and myself:

Ukulele

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to play the ukulele. We have a ukulele instructor helping us with this. Her name was Alison. This event takes place every Wednesday. Each class gets to go out to the whare and have 40 minutes to learn how to play. I had a very slight advantage because I know how to play guitar, So I kind of have the feel of it.  There were at least 15 ukuleles on the ground, waiting for us to play them. I got the purple ukulele, not that it matters. Overall, it was super fun. We learnt how to move our fingers to different frets and strings. I think I did well with changing my fingers. I think I could have done better with my timing.