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 My Paper scissors rock program.

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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. 

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.

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.

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.

Cross Country.

This Friday week 6, all of Paihia School students are competing in the Paihia School cross country at Bled sloe Domain. We have been practising most days at our school on the field. I am so  impressed with my time because last week on Thursday my time was 12.14 and on Friday I got 12.08. I am looking forwards to this Friday because I want to make it in the finals at Waikare.

Orientation Day

This Thursday the year 8s are going to visit Bay Of Island Collage for orientation day. We all can't wait to meet other people from different schools. Some people are nervous  to go because once you walk into Bay Of Island College it is huge. The reason how I know its huge because there were 4 students from Bay Of Island College that came to Paihia School to talk with the year 8s about Bay. There was someone that talked about how huge it was. Hopefully I met heaps of people because once we start next year I could hang out with them. I have also got lots of cousins and one big sister that goes there, so I could hang out with them too.

Cross Country Training

For the past week in Te Ngahere we have been training for Cross Country. We had to run two laps of our Field, Pump track and Court. I think I've improved my time from when we first started running to now because my first time was 8.00 minutes, then 5.20, and our recent run I got 4.54.  My focus is to try and bet my other scores. Next time I think that I shouldn't eat at lunch time because I always get big stitch when I run. My friend and I have found  ways to get rid of stitches while we are running.