Renegade Hockey

 Today I would give myself  a  5/5 for effort and participation  in this training because…. playing with other people that isn't usually in your class can be a bit weird because you would have to find new people to hang out with.

The team I am in is called: ??? The team that I got put into is called the Bubble Guppies.

I’m proud that I improved….  I'm proud that I have improved how to block people from intersecting with the ball and that I’ve improved helping others in my class like this new girl named Sophie.

Something I found challenging… Something that I have found challenging is trying to make new friends in our class. the reason why we are put into other classes is because the year 9 and 10's have jump start, which is when we move up a year level.

Something I really enjoyed was… Something that I have enjoyed today is playing a game with others and having fun which is the most important thing in a game.

Human Right

      German Kids in (1940)

Kids are brought up to hate others around them and the community (SO WHAT?)  They had no choice but to hate for no reason, kids like these ones don’t know why they are hating people, because they are followers of their parents. For my example of this is Nazi Germany kids are at school learning they would draw about themselves thinking they would get a good deal, referring to the anti Semitic story that Jews conduct dishonest business.My main point for this is to stay kind and respect others so you don’t have any trouble.

Human rights for all human beings are free and equal, no slavery and right to live. Human rights are basic rights and freedom that belong to every single person in the world, from birth until death; rights are rules that apply to every single person and they have to rule by them because they are rights and the people have no choice. Hate can be a strong word to some people because it is often overly strong for the feelings being described. So people have to learn how to be nice to others and around the community because if you don’t want to be treated like you're not anyone then you have to treat people how you want to be treated.

My main point of all this is some people all over the world don’t like to listen to the rules because they think it doesn’t matter. I enjoyed learning about all this because I have learnt so much like how kids are meant to work just like adults and if they don’t they would have to get killed and get caught on the hill with the rest of the dead bodies. There is this one important human right that everyone should know and that is (The right to Life) which means “We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety. What I mean by that is everyone is born equally and everyone is the same so everyone in the world should be getting treated the same. My main point of this is once all the kids finally grow up they will eventually find out that there is no reason why to hate people because again everyone has the right to be free and to be safe. I enjoyed reaching about Human Rights because I can learn alot in like 5 minutes 

Paper, scissors Rock

 My Paper scissors rock program.

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Human rights

 What surprised me was that even people around the world are getting treated differently than others and their rights are being taken away from them. I am extremely against this because no one should feel like they have been treated like they are nothing. The most important thing I learned from this was my partner and I found out that people are getting treated diffenently. Why dose it the covid spared fast.What if there were no medications for those that me it for covid 19. One main question I would like to ask is does all covid vaccines affect your well being.

Heart Dissecting

Kia Ora bloggers, last week on Friday we were meant to cut up sheep heart and lamb lungs. Since we had no time to have a turn at doing cutting hearts and lungs we decided to move it to Monday so we can spend time cutting them. The things that I learnt were, where to cut. Once it was open one side was thicker then the other side, the felling of the heart was slimy and it smelt very bad. The most thing that I enjoyed was cutting up the heart because I was wondering what it would look like inside. The thing that I want to learn next year is to learn more about the human body and animal body.

About Me

Kia Ora. My name is Vanya I’m a year 9 and I’m 13 years old. My last school was Paihia Primary School. My favourite subject is Pe because I doing all kind of sports and I like to learn lots of different kind of things. One of the sports I like to play is Volleyball because it's fun to play. My culture is Maori, some things I like to do in my own time is singing, dancing and doing Kapa Haka with my sidling. I have 3 sisters and 4 brother.'

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Comparing Cultures

 During Social studies my class and I have been leaning leaning about different cultures. What we have been learning was comparing European to New Zealand. We had to compare different kind of things to European and New Zealand. For me I chose Italy which was fun to learn about. For example we had to find what Italy eat's differently to New Zealand and find what New Zealand eat's different to Italy.

Third Day of Wellington

On Wednesday we went to the Beehive and the Parliament House. We walked around in the Beehive and met this lady Erin. She showed us around the Beehive and the Parliament House. Jacinda Ardern works on the highest floor. After she showed us around the Beehive we went across to the other side to the Parliament House. The Debating Chamber was inside the Parliament House which the Queen isn’t allowed to pass the red carpet, so she isn’t allowed  in the Debating Chamber. After that we went to the National Library to see the Treaty Of Waitangi, but sadly the real treaty wasn't there so we were going to go there the next day. Once we were finished there we walked to the Cable Car and drove up to the other Cable Car up the hill, it saves us from walking up so many hills.

Second Day of Wellington

The next day in Wellington we drove to the lookout to see the whole city. After that we went to Te Papa and explored everywhere. The Gallipoli exhibition was the best part because of the giants which gave me a fright when we first walked in. I enjoyed looking at all of the Gallipoli exhibition because they looked so real. After exploring Te Papa we went to the Zoo. Once we got there a man showed us around the zoo for 45 minutes talking about the animals, what they eat, what they do during the day,  night and what the workers do for their jobs. After them talking to us we went into our groups so that we could explore the zoo.

First Day Of Wellington

Last Monday Mrs Lindsay and three adults took the year 7&8s down to Wellington on camp. We started our day off with a karakia at school before hopping on the road. We left school about 9.30 to travel down to the Auckland airport. The funniest thing on the plane was me squeezing Muscles arm because it was my first time on a plane. Once we arrived in Wellington we hopped into two different vans and drove to Te Herenga Waka Marae because that's where we were staying.  Once we got there we had people powhiri us into Te Herenga Waka Marae. After the powhiri we went to grab our bags out of the van and made our beds. Then we went for a walk up the street to this cool park. 

Lucky for us we only had to pay $50 for $17,000 just to go to cool place in Wellington. I would like to say a big thank you to our principal for taking us down to Wellington and a big thank you to all the parents that transported us down to Auckland and back. 

Felling exited for Wellington

Kia ora bloggers.

In term one the year 7&8 plan to go to Wellington for our school camp. Since then we have been working so hard to make $1700 to go. We have been busking every cruise ship that has come into Paihia and normally we make about $500. Everyone who’s going to Wellington has to pay $50 to go so that we are helping to pay for the trip. Everyone is very excited to go because some people haven't been to Wellington or on a plan. We are leaving next Monday and coming back next Friday. We are allowed to bring $25 to spend while we are there.

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.

Kaikohe Festival

 This Thursday, the Paihia School Kapa Haka roopu went to the Kaikohe Cultural festival to represent Paihia School. Paihia School hasn't been there for 18 years. When we got there it was nearly time for us to perform, so our tutors gave as information about what was going to happen because our actual performance was different from the dress rehearsal. While there was another performance happening we were waiting for them to finish so we could perform on stage. After a while we were called on stage to perform. It was very scary as we got on stage because my Aunties, Uncles, siblings and parents were watching my group and me. What I think I did well was lots of smiling. What I need to work on next time is slowing down my karanga. I learnt self discipline and not to be shy as I perform.

Cross Country

Last Friday a group of students participated in the inter school cross country. The first runners were the five year old girls then the five year old boys. Once the 5 year old kids had finished running the 12s & 13s ran after them. I was excited because that was the age I was running with. When the lady pressed the porn everyone started running. When we got closer to the hill it started raining, but I just keep pushing myself though the rain and up the hill. I began to run down the hill, reaching to grab branches on my way down so I didn't face plant. I finally ran down the path that leads down to the finish line. Everyone was cheering me on as I ran, it made me so proud. I came in 2nd place in the inter-school cross-country; a girl from Kawakawa came first. I  was proud of her because she gave it her best. Sorry there are no photos.

Energise

Once a fortnight, Paihia School is lucky enough to have a wonderful lady named Gina, she is apart of a energy program. Gina has been talking to us about healthy eating, she also talks to us about how much fat and sugars are in food and drinks. On Tuesday she talked to the year 7&8 about how much sugar is in drinks. I've learnt that there are 20 teaspoons of sugar in E2 and 10 teaspoon of sugar in coke. She laid out three cards saying all the time, sometime and occasionally. She would ask as where amount of drinks will go. She talks to schools because she wants to get kids to be more healthier.

Cross Country.

Last week on Friday Paihia School had Cross Country at Bledsloe Domain. We all ran in our ages for example, the 5 year old boys ran first then the 5 year old girls second. My friends and I was excited when the day came because  the last time we ran there was last year. We were so lucky because it wasn't raining while we were running. When it came to our turn, we were thinking if we should run fast or jog. We started to joged at the beginning then once we went up the hill we ran faster. I liked running down the hill because it gives me a boost. I felt proud of myself at the end because I finished the race and I came in first.  We all had fantastic day.

Quick Rip

Last Term there was a group of students that volunteered to play Quick  Rip in Kerikeri. We had been practicing mostly every day of that week, because we had a tournament the next week at the  rugby club in Kerikeri. There were only 11 players that wanted to play. We were all excited when the day came because we got to play against other people from other schools. We played three games, we won two games and lost one game, but it was ok because it is all about having fun and working as a term.

Te Reo

 In week 4 Te Ngahere have been learning about how to ask a question and answer a question in Te Reo Maori. When I finished learning about that my babbie Imogen and I made a slideshow asking each other a question and answering the question. We had to take photos of 10 items in the classroom off the ipad. Then we had to add it to our slide show and add speech bubbles asking and answering the questions. After that we had to screencastify the slideshow while we were talking.