Kids Can Funday

On the 14th of June Paihia School had a Kids Can Funday. Kids Can donate clothes and give us food for free. Mrs Williams and Whaea Gina (our fitness tutors), chose 24 PAL leaders to hold 12 events that happened on the day. They held some pretty cool games like Stuck in the mud, Target Shoot, Big Ball Soccer, Noodle Hockey and more exciting games. It was a really fun day and we can’t wait to hold it tomorrow during Matariki.

Rippa Rugby

On June the 4th the year 5 and 6’s went to rippa rugby, at Kaikohe. We competed against a lot
of teams. The year 5 and 6’s got split up into even teams,  and then went off to do a lot of warm
ups for the big day. When we went to play the games we went by the teachers, one of the teams went with Mr Ngata and the other team went with Matua Pep. Both teams went to different fields. One team played five games and the other team played six games. One of the teams found it hard to win these games because they were playing some hard people. One of the teams won all of their games and the other team sadly lost most of their games. We had a giant feed then we went back to school for around 15 minutes. Then the bell rang and then the day was over. 

Maromaku Day

Last term 20th of June a few students got selected to represent Paihia School at the Maromaku sports day. Some students played netball and some students played rugby. The day was very hot while people were playing their games. One of the netball courts was on the concrete the the other ones was on the field. Some of the school that were there that I know was Karatu, Kawakawa, Paihia, Opua, Whananaki, Waikare and Maromaku. There was a food store held by Maromaku, there was drinks, baking, ice block and sausages sizzle. Everyone had a fantastic day, and we can't wait to play again next year.

Bay Bush Action

At Paihia School we had some interesting people from a trust named the Bay Bush Action. There was a lady called Stella. She told us some very cool and sad stuff about trees, birds and pests. She brought some pests like ferrets, possums, rats, stoats and told us some special things about why they came to New Zealand and why they all need separate traps. Did you know that the reason the stoats came to New Zealand is because there were so many rabbits running around that they had to bring in stoats to kill them all but the stoats ate the birds eggs because they were a easy target. Ok Thank you bye.

Open Day

Last Friday at Paihia School we had our open day. The open day was a chance for your parents come to school whenever they liked and see what their kids were learning or doing at school. A couple days before the open day we made invites and put them on seesaw for our parents to see. Our parents saw lots of our work and were really pleased with it. Unfortunately we could not get any photos of the day.

PROJECT ISLAND SONG!

n Thursday twenty of the year fives & twenty of the year sixes participated in the Project Island Song to learn about why we should keep the island pest-free. Project Island Song is a place where kids can learn more about pest, planting trees & why they are important. There are seven pest-free islands, we went to the biggest one, it’s called Urupukapuka island & we also went to Cable bay which was on the island. It was super fun because we got to plant trees, make rat traps & two of the groups got to make weta homes. My favorite part was when we were near the end because we got to go for a little walk & we heard & saw heaps of different native birds, I think we were really lucky because we got to see a Saddleback.

Quick Rip Tournament

On Tuesday the 11th of June the year 7 & 8’s went to compete in the Kerikeri quick rip tournament. We played three games. The first one being Kerikeri 2,  the second one was Rawene and third one was TKKM Kaikohe. What we did well was sharing the ball with each other but next time we need to learn to spread out and run on to the ball. We won the first 2 games and lost our last game. We think  we needed more practices so we are able to play to the best of abilities and maybe win more games in the future. We would like to thank the parents for all their help and their support that they showed on the day. Hopefully next time we get another chance at competing in another tournament.

Southern Cultural Festival

Last week the tuakana kapa haka roopu attended a Cultural Festival in Kawakawa. We practised for about two weeks before the actual festival started. We came up with four or five items to show to the other schools that attended the festival. We all enjoyed the festival performing to the other schools what we had been practising for. Here are some small videos and photos of what we performed on the day. Keep checking our class blog for more posts in the future. Ka kite.