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Friday, November 2, 2018

Novel study

In Te Ngahere most of us have been doing novel study the rest have been learning what to do in a earthquake or what to do in a cow attack. Novel study is where you get a novel and read it. When you finish the book you go on a doc and it has a bunch of questions then you have a success criteria under it. My favourite part was when we had to write 10 words on a table grid and then write down why we chose the word. Novel Study

Planet Earth

For writing this week on Tuesday we were talking about how we care for planet earth. First we had to choose a topic on what harms planet earth and then talk about how it affects the planet and three facts on how we could reduce the impact. I think I done very well but I need to work on adding more exciting words. Here is my writing.

Introduction
Do you know how plastic affects us all? Well if you don't, i’m going to help you understand how we can keep our ecosystem healthy and well balanced. Many people use about 2 million plastic bags every minute, so who knows how much they use in a day.
How it affects the planet
Plastic affects the planet by you leaving your plastic bag, containers, bottles and anything else that is involved with plastic lying around outside for the wind to blow it in the ocean or the birds to swoop down and eat it. It can also harm our fish because once they have consumed the plastic, then a fish or sea creature eats that one then it becomes a food chain.
Reducing the impact:
To reduce the impact we can start using our own bags to carry shopping instead of using plastic bags, and even using metal for your containers. For labels we don't have to keep using plastic, we can also use paper to for that because if it drops in the water the paper will just break down and the fish won't be able to eat it.
Conclusion

In conclusion for a big problem some people can make a big difference to help your area to become more healthier and balanced.  

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Duffy Kid assembly

Hello everyone. In the whole of Paihia School we had a Duffy book assembly. A lady came in and her name was Zinkie.  Zinkie is a character who comes from a book called Dream Catcher. We had to sing the Duffy Kid Song. We got the books for free because the school PTA had a fundraiser for it. How we got our books was we chose four numbers three to four weeks before we actually got the books. You only got two books though. The third and fourth numbers were just substitutes if one of your first two numbers ran out. The two books I got was Refugee and I Survived True stories. In each of these books was a few true stories.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Inter school cross country

Some of Te Ngahere and Paihia School got to go to Inter school cross country.  To go you had to qualify by coming first, second or third in your school from your age group.  Inter school cross country was held at Waikare School which took a while to get to and the course was long. My age group had to run across a field a bit. Then turn right run more then turn right again run even more then run around a fence that had been going from the second right. Then we had to go diagonally right and you were at the start of the hill. The hill was steep and a few people were struggling to get up it because they’d used their sprint at the start. Because of that I was coming second, and I didn’t realise until I looked up when I was climbing the hill. Instead of running, I half crawled, half ran because it was much faster and easier. Then there was a flat. Everyone ran down the hill but I walked down even though everyone was overtaking me. There were enough people who rolled down the hill and got hurt. Then at the bottom of the hill there was a turn another turn a whole bunch of mud where lots of people got their shoes stuck in then another turn and out by the carpark. Next you had to run out into the field again sprint and onto the gravel sprint more and finish. I placed 7th and I was proud of it.                                  

Friday, September 7, 2018

Gaming



In Te Ngahere we have been looking at gaming because our teacher Mr Lindsay didn’t know anything about gaming. So he spent 3 hours reading about gaming and how addictive it is. Mr Lindsay the next day came into school with a form about gaming that asked 20 questions that we had to answer truthfully. The next day Mr Lindsay came in with a slide presentation that showed the percentages of the answers with no one’s names on it. Then after that, we did a doc about addiction to video games. Now we did an infographic on a website called Easel.ly. What you do on Easel.ly is you drag a title into a place where you like then you write the title you want. After that, depending what you want, you choose body, head, bullet list, numbers, or letters. In this case I chose bullet list because I thought it would suit for this.

Friday, August 24, 2018

Technology

In Te Ngahere this week we have been doing Technology. We got to choose what group we were in. Our technology was making something out of pallets the maximum amount of pine strips from the pallet was 6. My group had at first thought of a chair bench and we had got all the measurements done when we were then told that it was too complicated. Mr Lindsay said simple is good so we had to scrap that idea and now we’re trying to find another idea. The reason we are doing this is because we’re trying to fundraise for camp. We will be selling our stuff.

Friday, August 10, 2018

Kids Can dress up day Fundraiser

In Paihia School this week (for one day) most people have been dressing up as anything they want. They are doing this to fundraise for Kids Can (gold coins only). Kids Can is a charity for Kiwi kids who go without the basics and sometimes they donate raincoats and stuff to schools. Three people dressed up as Māori smurfs. I didn’t dress up because I had nothing to dress up as and also I accidentally forgot about today being the fundraiser. But if I had remembered and I had something to dress up as I would’ve.

Friday, July 27, 2018

The Korowai

Last term everyone made a piece of art to show the school. Our class made a Korowai. Our teacher photo copied some paper feathers then our class used a hot or a cold color on it with crayons. With the hot or cold colors we made patterns, then at the back of the feathers we wrote a goal that did not need to be as a school goal but a life goal. Then if you had a cold color crayon you get a hot color dye, dry it, then cut it up. When you have done all of this, then stick it on the cardboard. I just enjoyed making art. My favorite part was  putting the dye on and watching it come off the crayons.




Basketball

In Te Ngahere on Monday we did basketball.Our coach was one of our teachers, Mr Lindsay taught us how to dribble properly there was a rhythm to your feet and the ball. Before the end of the lesson we played Piggy in the middle but you had to move faster .The year 7&8’s got an extra lesson because the year 6’s  where too noisy so Mr Lindsay said he wasn’t interested.

Friday, July 6, 2018

Maromaku

On Friday, some students from Paihia School went to Maromaku to play Rugby and Netball. I played for the year 7&8 Rugby team. We played Pakaraka, Mototau, Whangaruru and Whananaki. I think we played very well but next time I believe we need to work on spreading out more and calling for the ball.




Friday, June 8, 2018

Bay Bush Action

On Friday we had some people come over to  our school from Bay Bush Action. Their names are Brad and Stella, they told us what pest do to our Endemic and Native birds.
I really enjoyed holding stuffed dead  the possum.
Brad and Stella gave the school ten rat traps and Te Ngahere

(the class) got to put them on the OUTSIDE of the school fence, and now Paihia school will be the first school in New Zealand to be rat free.

Rat Traps - Bay Bush Action

As part of our inquiry this term we have been given some rat traps by Bay Bush Action. We check the traps everyday Last week, we checked the rat traps Brad and Stella gave us and we got a rat and a mice. Each trap has a number and we use this to log our catch onto a website. Our goal is to become the first pest-free school in New Zealand. Here are the photos down below. Saffyre Harper Te Ngahere.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Bay Bush Action

Last week in Te Ngahere, Stella and Brad from Bay Bush Action came to our class to talk to us about Native birds and animals, a topic we were studying about in our Panui. They gave us stuffed possums to pass around. Brad had a brilliant idea to give our school 10 mice traps to become to first mice-free school in New Zealand. One of the pupil from our school, Lennix, a member of Bay Bush Action was in charge of checking the mice traps. He chooses a boy and a girl to help them everyday. Here are a couple photos.

Monday, May 21, 2018

Senior Certificate Awards

Every Friday we have assembly and 4 people get a certificate. Our 3 teachers choose one each and then Te Ngahere votes on the last one. Today it was Reitu, Payton, Taleisha and Ethan for using their hoe. Two people from our class even got  Mrs Lindsay’s principal award. Great job!


Friday, May 18, 2018

Fitness

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, our whole school  does fitness together to help us improve our heart rate with different exercises each week. By doing this, It can  improve your emotional state and have a healthier life. We have different trainers every week and these are students that have stood up for the  position. Here are a some photos of us down below.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Welcome AJ




Hello my name is AJ short for Alexandria. I was born in Auckland but then I moved
to Queenstown, after a little while I moved to the Bay of Islands. I  have been to Hollywood
and LA. My favourite colour is blue and my favourite animal is Meerkats. My favourite
food is nachos and my favourite fruit is feijoas. I am really enjoying the Bay of Islands.
I have lots of friends but my best friend is in auckland we have been friends since we were
5. I really like making friends  because I am good at it. I really enjoy moving because I can
see different parts of New Zealand. I really am enjoying the Bay of Islands because it is
beautiful and warm up here. Thank you for reading, by Alexandria

Friday, May 4, 2018

animation

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Healthy ecosystems.  So we made a animation to show a food chain.We had to make a slideshow then screencasterfly it with our voices,  I really enjoyed doing this. The thing I thought did well was when I had to move the characters in it . I think next time I could add more information about foodchains more.  enjoy

Friday, April 6, 2018

AJ IS


Yesterday in Te Ngahere  we started a poem about us but we
 had to use metaphors to describe ourselves. We couldn’t use boring everyday
words we had to use words that stand out. we were not allowed to use I, because,
like and as. I really enjoy doing this poem because wegot to describe ourselves .

AJ IS…

AJ is a flower, delicate and elegant growing everyday

AJ is a lollie, sweet and delicious with the taste of success
AJ is a butterfly, soft and delightful, flying around trying to stay strong in
the wind

AJ is a star ,shining bright in the sky every night

AJ is a dork diaries book, full of secrets.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Not so long ago Te Ngahere were learning about a poem that is about our ourselves and we we were to put in metaphors in our writing. This is my first draft.

Friday, March 16, 2018

n Te Ngahere we  have been learning our pepeha and to say it in front of our class we were to put in the WALT for our  pepeha. For our learning It took a while to write it all out most of us presented it to the class. Some of Te Ngahere are still trying to finish. Link