SCIENCE DAY

One week ago 4 people form the university of Auckland,. Kaitlyn, Nina, Taiyo and Juan came to our school to show some things that they could do with science . The whole school gathered in the whare at 10:00 to meet them for the show. After morning tea the senior classes Te Naghere, Te Maunga and Te tahuna got into to 4 groups. We went to Kaitlyn first and saw how to test water. Then we went to Taiyo and made a camera lense. After Taiyo we went to Juan and were looking at lights, we all got to wear special glasses that where ever you look you it would be rainbow colored. We then went to Nina and made rockets with a plastic bottle methylated spirits and fire.We had to make a hole in the bottom and pour in some methylated sprites in and shake it. We then suck a little bit of air into the bottle and then if we wanted to we could light it and it would then let of. I enjoyed having them at our school and getting to make a rocket.

A&P

At Paihia school on Friday the 9th of November we held a Pet day and flower day to send some things to the A&P show. In Te Maunga we made posters,artwork, vaseline saucers, novelty containers and biscuit decorating. If we finished our posters they could go into the show. For our artwork we did lots of bartiking inspired by halloween. Around the end of the day we got to go around the classes and see the prizes and what they made. When we got to our class we saw the awards laid on some of the creations, I came 2nd in my novelty container and I got one participation card.

Playing Cricket

Every Tuesday Te Maunga would go out on the field and practice playing Cricket. We were learning to hit, catch and throw a ball.We also played Speed Cricket. I found catching the ball really hard. I enjoyed playing Cricket.