Camp

Last Monday the Year 7 & 8’s went to Wellington for camp. The reason why we went on a camp together is because we wanted to make memories before the year 8’s head off. We stayed at Te Herenga Waka marae for a full week. Every morning and night we had amazing meals that were cooked for us. They also made lunches for us to take out for the day when we went out exploring. Every day was action packed and we travelled to lots of interesting places. The presentation will explain what we did throughout the week.

presentation will be uploaded soon 

Tuia 250

Last week on Saturday my family and I went to Tuia 250 in Whangarei. Tuia 250 is when ships and waka come in like Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, Faafiti, Endeavor, The R.Tucker Thompson, Haunui and the Spirit of New Zealand. When the ships and waka come in we then had a powhiri. After that we had a kai and then had free time. In my free time I watched a band with my friends called Missy, Zhynaliyah and Miki. Then we went to go learn how to navigate with a group called Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, It was so fun because we had to lay down and look at the stars.

My Holiday

On Wednesday the 10th of October my family and I went on a holiday to Australia. In Australia we had a lot planned for our two weeks but there was one fun day that I liked. On Saturday we went to this place called Jamberoo which is an adventure swimming park. Jamberoo has a lot of swimming activities to do like the Wave Pool Beach, Rock Pool Bombing Place, Water Park, Surf Hill, Splash Out and my favourite of all was the Perfect Storm. The Perfect Storm is a big slide that you can go down with your family in a yellow donut. In The Perfect Storm the light flickers on and off. The light is black and white so it looks like you’re in a thunderstorm.

Perfect Storm


The view

The Wave Pool beach, behind

Kaikohekohe Cultural festival

Last week on Thursday The kapa haka roopu went to the Kaikohe Memorial Hall to perform a kapa haka bracket for the Kaikohekohe Cultural festival. Before we were performing I was a bit nervous to stand in front of heaps of people as well as being excited perform. I enjoyed standing on the stage while we were performing doing our bracket once we were on stage. When I came off the stage I felt proud of myself because I knew that I gave it my all. After I performed I thought that I need to learn to smile more with my teeth. I have done 3 performances representing Paihia School and I really can’t wait for the next cultural festival.

Beach Clean Up

Last Friday Te Ngahere went to the beach in Paihia for a clean up. As we got to the beach we tidied up the end by Alfrescos and started to go up the sand as we picked up rubbish. I felt worried because there was a lot of rubbish that can kill our beautiful sea animals. When we got to school I learnt that people can be lazy and drop their smoke butts on the ground and throw beer bottles in te ngahere/ the bush. When we got back to school we discussed how we can solve this problem. One of my ideas to solve this problem is put the price up so people can’t afford to buy smokes and beers. Be a kiwi and keep NZ clean.

 

Number problems

In Te Ngahere we have been practising how to do word problems in maths. We were trying to change word problems into number problems because we're really good at number problems, like 112 - 72. I really enjoy doing this in class because maths is my favorite subject and it feels great when I get it correct after I was stuck ‘in the pit.’. What helped me get out of the pit was going to a workshop that made me understand if the question was addition or subtraction and to make it easier for me to answer.

Here a question with my working out.

Cross country

In week 6 Paihia School had cross country at Bledisloe Domain. We had a wonderful track that had a flat field and muddy hills. The little kids had to go first and the track got harder and harder as ages went up. What I liked doing at cross country was cheering people on. When it got to my race I ran with one of my friends because we wanted to help each other when it got hard. I felt happy that I came 3nd and enjoyed running, It was so much fun.