Awsome swim safe lesson

Last Week on Thursday the 17th of October we had a dry land swim safe lesson from Tracy. Tracy came in and taught us the importance of being on a boat and the importance of swimming in the ocean. There are 5 steps to be staying safe on a boat and in the ocean. Tracy bought 5 different kinds of flares. Some of Te Ngahere learnt the different kinds of flares. Tracy taught Te Ngahere that after a while flares can get really hot. Another thing that Tracy taught us was EPIRBS. EPIRB stands for Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. Epirbs can locate your destination in a emergency situation and someone will come and help you. If you want to know the 5 ways you can stay safe on a boat keep reading.
The first step is the most important step and is to put your safety first.
The second step to staying safe on a boat is to check the weather.
The third step is to tell someone where you are going and what time you will be back. You should tell the cost guards, their channel is on channel 16 and in russell it is on channel 14.
The fourth step is to wear a life jacket at all possible times because if you are not wearing a life jacket you will have to decide which life jacket fits you and where you put them.
The fifth and final step is to take a waterproof phone so you can get hold of someone if something bad happens.
We also learnt that if you are not confident to go swimming don’t swim. Another thing we learnt was if you think there is a rip in the water throw a stick in and if it comes back to you there isn’t a rip but if it doesn't there is a rip. Hope you learnt something.Bye.

My first Blog Post (STEAM CHALLENGE)

Hello everyone welcome back to my blog. Did you have a great holiday? Well in Te Ngahere on the first day back at School we did a steam challenge. We made a newspaper tower but we only used 2 sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. If you don’t know what steam means it is an acronym and stands for s-science, t-technology, e-engineering, a-art and m-maths. We were getting judged by who had the tallest newspaper tower. What I learnt was to create a free standing object with limited equipment. What I found difficult was rolling the newspaper because it would never be tight enough. When we were building our tower I kept on looking back at the timer because we only had 20 minutes to make our tower. We used 10-15 minutes of the 20 minutes deciding how we were going to make our tower. What we could have done better was all contributed in making our tower because one of my group members didn’t contribute as much. When we were judged our tower was 99cm high. Our tower was the fourth highest newspaper tower in my class. I was so surprised by how high it was because we didn’t have a base. I hope you like my first blog post this month. Bye. 

Here is a photo.

Kapa Haka Performance

Tena koe, Last Thursday we had our Kapa Haka performance. When we arrived we were already in a room before we went on stage. I was scared because one group that was before us was Horeke and they were awesome. The group that was after Horeke was the ukulele group then we went on stage. Before we went on stage we were all squashed in a small room. When we were on stage behind the boards our Kapa Haka tutor was with us and she told us all to smile and told us to remember what we had practised. I was scared because the curtains were closed, then they pulled the rope to open up the curtains. We were finally on stage and our first song was a happy song so we had to smile through the whole thing. I think I smiled throughout the whole song and I think I did a pretty good job. When we walked off stage I was so scared because I slowed down on our poi and it almost stopped - but I made sure it didn’t. What I could have worked on in our entry was to pukana the whole way through because it is talking about who we are and where we come from. What I enjoyed was the whole performance because we didn’t just go there and show everyone a Kapa Haka performance but we also went there to represent Paihia School.
Hope you liked my blog post Kia kite.

Kapa Haka Rehearsal

Last week on Tuesday we had our Kapa Haka rehearsals at the Memorial hall in Kaikohe. When we arrived we were all gathered in a group before we went inside. I had to get a Paihia School T-shirt because I didn’t go to school and get a T-shirt before we arrived because my nan and I went to get some black pants because my brothers and I had no black pants. We stood at the back but then we got put all the way up the front. I was so scared because there was a lot of great performances. I watched a couple of groups and they were amazing but all I needed to focus on was my facials. It was finally time for our performance and I was so scared, throughout our performance our kapa haka tutor stood at the back and was making sure we were smiling. What I did well was smiling because I smiled almost throughout the whole performance. I enjoyed watching other people’s performances because the first group didn’t make me as nervous as I was because we could of been the first performance group. What I learnt was that when other people are performing we need to sit still and listen because the first performance group was probably really scared.

Giving credit

 Tena koe, throughout this week and last week we have been learning how to search for and acknowledge any images we use. We have learnt where to get people’s licenses from and the author that made or took the picture. We made a google slide showing where we got the picture from the name of the picture, the authors name and the license. What I learnt is that sometimes some pictures aren't usable and what I found out that there is a licence for photos. I also learnt how to give credit to people. We made a google slide but at the end of this there is a google drawing teaching people like you how to give credit to people. 

Here is my google drawing
Google drawing

Kapa haka

Hi bloggers the Kapa Haka Roopu has been practising for another cultural festival in Kaikohe. We have been practising at morning tea and lunch. We only have one week until we perform so we have to stop mucking around. On Tuesday we have our dress rehearsal and Tuesday is not long away but on Thursday we have our big performance. We have just learnt something new so we have to get it finished before next week. I can’t tell you anymore but if you want to go and watch us it will be held at Kaikohe Collage.
Haere ra

Energize

On Tuesday the 3rd of September Whaea Gina came to Paihia School and taught us about healthy and unhealthy drinks. She taught us about drinks we should drink everyday, drinks we shouldn’t drink as much and drinks we should stop drinking. Did you know e2 has 20 tsp of sugar in it and coke only has 10 tsp of sugar in it so Whaea Gina said regular coke is better then the other coke’s such as diet coke and the other cokes. Did you also know that milk and water are the healthiest drinks? Did you know that juice isn’t as healthy as milk and water?
Here is a google drawing.
Bye