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.

                                                          

Food chains

In Te Ngahere we had to make an animation about any food chain we knew about. We managed to put ourselves into groups. I paired up with Payton. I really enjoyed doing the screencastify and seeing how the animation looked like without touching the chromebook. I think I did well at using the correct animals in the food chain from research. I could have done better at explaining more about how the food chain works.

Scroll down to see our animation!

LINK

Endemic or Native?

Previously in Te Ngahere we have been learning about endemic and native animals.

We made presentations to share our learning with others.
Isaiah M,  AJ and I  decided to go with the silvereye.
Instead of everyone being bored with all the information we had given, we created a song.
I really enjoyed making the song because it gave me a bit more confidence
to do other things with my voice.
I think I did well at putting important information in.
What I think I could have done better at is not putting too many photos in.
Overall it was a lot of fun working with Isaiah and AJ. Here is our presentation:

Bay Bush Action Visit

In Te Ngahere we had visitors come into our class.

There names were Brad and Stella from Bay Bush Action.

They came to talk to us about saving our native and  endemic birds.

They came with stuffed animals such as possums, a hedgehog, a ferret and a kiwi.

They came with 10 traps.

Our plan is to make our school the first school ever in NZ to be pest free.

I enjoyed seeing the possum because it looked so aggressive.

Thank you Brad and Stella for coming to our school.

Thank you Whaea Chrissy and Whaea Becks for arranging Brad and Stella to come to our class!

Here are some photos of us having so much fun!

A Moment In Time

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to do descriptive writing.

We had to put descriptive words into it.

We also had to describe a picture.

I think my writing was surprisingly good.

This writing was the best writing I think I have ever done.

I think I was good at putting descriptive words in.

I really enjoyed everything about the writing. I think I could have done better at writing a bit more because I only did 3 paragraphs.

Here is my writing:

A MOMENT IN TIME

Walking through the deep dark woods, plants dangling from above, branches flowing like the wind, trees, swaying about like dancing squirrels. The light blue sky, darkening as each step is taken, engaging the light. Pine cones falling in the distance, so far away, but still so near. Leaves as big as a giant! Mountains, with gushing trees, dancing around.

Clouds, appearing out of nowhere. Spiders climbing there way up to the tippy top of the pointy tree. Moss, as furry as a pom pom. The light booming towards the dirt, soon to be bursting out with beautiful flowers.  Camouflaged lizards, eating all insects appeared in sight.

Clouds, slowly fading away every single split second. Small trees, barely visible and slowly growing, soon to be a gigantic kauri tree. Nothing to be seen but green bushes and trees, as still as a snake, as if it was staring at its prey.  Ferns, hanging over the dry dirt floors of the wonderful earth.

Explanation Writing

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about healthy ecosystems.

It took a while to write it, but eventually time past and it was done.

I think I did well at getting the structure in the writing correct.

I really enjoyed writing the conclusion.

I think I could have done better at responding to my feedback.

Here is my writing:

Healthy Ecosystems

A healthy ecosystem is made up of living, and nonliving things.
The living and nonliving things are specifically decomposers, producers consumers,
organic matters and inorganic matter.

What are decomposers?

Decomposers are non living things that use gases and
chemicals to break down things like bacteria and even fungi!
So basically decomposers break down dead matter.

What are consumers?  

Consumers are living things that eat other living things.
Here is an example, the bluebird eats an insect,
but the snake eats the bluebird so the snake and the bluebird are both consumers.

What are producers?

Producers are plants that make their own energy.
To do this they use sun, water and nutrients to grow.
When the consumers eat the producers, they get the energy the producers had created.

Ecosystems are fragile, they can very easily get unbalanced.
There are plenty of healthy ecosystems but, there are also unbalanced ones.
If one thing goes wrong in the ecosystem, everything gets put off.

Pepeha

In Te Ngahere we have been learning our  pepeha. A pepeha is saying who you are and where you are from
in maori. We made a powtoon or a google slide of our pepeha as well, So that made it visual..
In our pepeha we have things like our maunga, which is our mountain and we also have things like our
mama or papa which is our mum and dad.  Overall it was a lot of fun learning my pepeha, and I think I did
a pretty good job at pronouncing my pepeha but the thing I could have done better was have it displayed
better and what I mean by that is I could have had better pictures and backgrounds. Overall I think I did a
pretty good job and I can’t wait to see what other things we get into with our pepeha.

Rahui on Matai Bay

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the rahui that was put on Matai bay. It was a lot of fun watching the videos and writing down the information in them. We were learning to make connections between different things we read  or view to create new learning. I made a presentation of the things I learnt from reading. I think I did well at writing down what the people were saying in the video but in my own words. The thing I could have done better is not to rush as much because I only had 20 minutes to do it. At the start of this type of reading I had no idea what a rahui was, now I have so much information about it. I learnt what rahui means in a way that I never thought I would learn anything before. Overall I still think I did a good job and I can’t wait to learn more about this topic.

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Metaphor poems

In Te Ngahere we have been writing metaphors about ourselves. It started with everyone on a padlet and writing down metaphors about Te Ngahere, then we got onto a google doc and started writing about ourselves in metaphors, so it was a poem. The thing we were learning about was to use language features to help paint a picture in the reader’s mind. I think I did well at making the metaphors interesting. I think I could have done better at making the metaphors a bit more like me.  Hope you like my poem! :)

Tia is a waka, tackling the waves of work,Tia is a sunflower, that keeps rising higher,Tia is a honey sandwich that is very sweet,Tia is a computer, full of knowledge,Tia is a light blue that sometimes goes dark blue,Tia is a David Walliams book full of adventures,