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.