Rugby World Cups.

In the past week we have been learning about the Rugby World Cup. First we had to find out which 20 counties are competing in the World Cups. Then we needed to find out what each country's Rugby team’s nickname is. Afterwards we had to find out what their emblem is and find a picture of it.  What I learnt was who the 20 countries are and who competes at the world cup. I also learnt that Japan is also known as the land of the rising sun.

Terrific tips to keep you safe in and on the water.

Yesterday Tracy from swimsafe came to Paihia School and explained to us about boat safety and swim safety. I learnt these five safety rules about swimsafe and boat safety; one of them was to wear a life jacket when you go out on boats and always have an adults supervision when you go swimming. Next time I go out on a boat I'm going to check the safety gear and the weather. I always tell an adult where I am going and I make sure I don’t swim alone. 

I don’t always have an adult supervising me when I swim at Waitangi but I always have an older sibling or cousin. 

Do you always have adult supervision when you go swimming.

STEAM CHALLENGE

In Te Ngahere for the first day back at school we did a STEAM challenge and we made a tower only made out of two sheets of newspaper and a 30 cm piece of tape. We were learning to make a free standing tower with limited materials. When we got into our groups we were thinking of a way how to make our tower with only two things in 20 minutes. Five minutes later we finally thought of a way how to make our tower. The base of our tower was big so that it had more balance, and then we made the top of our tower long and pointy. Finally  time was up, so we went down to the mat to measure our tower. When the teacher measured our tower it was up to 95 cm tall. What my group and I did well was collaborating with each other about how to make a wide and stable base for it.