Maths whizz

This week we got the privilege to play a really cool maths website for free called Math whizz. Usually this game is really expensive but first we get to trial the game to see if it suits the curriculum of individual students and if it comes out useful to the students  we get to keep on doing it . Personally I think that this maths website is really exciting and I think we should keep doing the website. First we we're given a login for the website them we got to take a determination test which determines which level your on and makes a personalized game that suits your academic level. I  think this game is really fun and useful and I also asked other kids in the class and they also thought this game was fun and they learned lots of new things. So I really hope the teachers decide to keep letting us do this maths website.

Our walk to the Ngahere

On Tuesday the 10/2/2020 our class went to the Ngahere. We were split into three groups. One group was with Whea chrissy, another one was with Gina and the last group was with Whea Veronica. I was in Whea Ronies group. We walked over to the Ngahere in a big group. When we got there we came across this sign were we had to clean our shoes to protect the Kauri trees because there is this microscopic fungus like organism, called Phytophthora agathidicia which lives in the soil and infects Kauri trees. After that we followed the path into the Ngahere. We saw heaps of cool things like these. We talked about all of the textures and different colours in the Ngahere. After we talked and discussed everything we then decided to head back to school so that we could make it in time to morning tea.

Turbo Touch

TURBO TOUCH

Turbo Touch is a really fun game, it’s mostly about skill and teamwork.

The rules are pretty simple, don’t drop the ball 

you can’t hold the ball for more than two seconds, you have to pass the ball more than two times to open the try line (Active Zone), don’t kick the ball at all or it’s a hand over.

Alright, now out of the way with the boring rules it’s a really fun game when you practise. A really good trick to learn is your passing skills if you’re really strong. You can football pass it to your teammates if you want.I liked our teamwork during the game it was surprisingly really good.

I didn’t like how when we vs a team then won they would get really salty

and mad at us.I could have worked a bit harder at my teamwork but we managed.

Te Ngahere walk

This term we’ve  decided that our class should be designed to look
more like the name. Since our class is called Te Ngahere our
teachers thought we should go for a walk in the actual Ngahere.
The point of this walk was to inspire us and expand our ideas of
how we could make our class like the forest in our own way.
When we left into the forest we saw lots of incredible things l
ike decaying branches, small streams with tiny creatures and lots
more. We all stayed quiet for a minute and we heard bird noises and
lots of other impeccable noises and sounds. Once we got back our
ideas expanded so much and we had so much more inspiration,
now we are ready to start. 

Learning my 5 X Tables

I've been learning my 2 times tables at home and now i've got them off by heart. Now i’m learning my 5 times tables. I know half of my 5 times tables and the other half i don’t . After I learn my 5 times tables, i will learn my 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 and then i’m done. This will help me with my learning in maths

Turbo touch

For physical Education this term we’ve played a new game called
turbo touch. The rules for turbo touch are you have to touch the
ball and pass, you can pass it forward , backwards, sidewards
and you can also flick it. If you drop the ball it’s a handover, and
on defence you must be 2 metres back. Every time we play we
warm up by passing the ball on to improve our throwing and
catching skills. We get into teams of 5 and every match is usually
6 minutes long. The game is actually a lot of fun and i definitely
think if you have the time you should try playing this game.

year 7's and 8's technology

Here at Paihia school our Year 7’s and 8’s get the privilege to go to Moerewa school  for Technology for two terms of the school year and we go every second week on Wednesday.  In Technology we got to do cooking or wood work, the year 8’s got to start with cooking and the year 7’s started with wood work. This week some year 7’s and I got chosen to work with the year 8’s in cooking. In cooking we had a teacher called Whaea Dot. This week we made mexican based food, we made nachos and apple enchiladas. First we started with nachos. In our nachos we had had 300g of mince and we had a mix of ingredients that gave our nachos a spicy kick and we had chilli powder,  zucchini, onions, and garlic. After all the ingredients were finally cooked we got to add corn chips . Some groups also got chosen to make apple enchiladas that had syrup that contains cinnamon, brown sugar, water and butter that glazed our cooked apples surrounding the apple and syrup was a partly cooked wrap. We ended up eating all of it and they tasted delicious