Cultural festival.

At Paihia school we have a kapa haka roopu that goes to represent the school. This week we have been invited to the Bay of Islands cultural festival. Every afternoon we go across to our whare to practice.  This week our kapa haka tutors have been putting all of their time into us. I like learning all of the new waiata. I’m am super excited for Friday.

Marble Challenge

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to design a ramp with different materials around the class. We all had to make our ramp the best of our ability. When we had finished we wrote our names on a google doc for our teachers to print out. We had to write some instruction to give to another group. Whaea Beck’s (our teacher) ruled out measurements on a paper where the marble needed to stop. Whaea Chrissy was marking the scores. When we were testing I learnt that every time you roll you have to roll it with the same hand and the same way so you get the same results every time.

My pepeha

In Te Ngahere we have been learning our pepeha. For people that don’t know what a pepeha is, it is a story that tells us where your from, where you came from and who your family is. I enjoy learning my pepeha because it is a whole new language ( Te reo Maori ) we get to learn. When we practise again I think I should include more of my family.

 HERE IS MY PEPEHA:
 Ko Pouerua toku maunga
Ko Waitangi toku awa
Ko Ngapuhi toku iwi
Ko Nga te hine toku hapu
Ko Paihia toku Kura
Ko Holmes rua Ko Davies toku Whanau
Ko Ron Holmes toku koro
 Ko Hana Tana toku Kuia
Ko Freeman toku papa
Ko Michael toku koro
 Ko Mereawaroa davies toku kuia
Ko Frances toku mama
Ko Ondreous raua
Ko Pharell oku tungane
 Ko Heavenly toku Potiki
 Ko Nikara Ahau

Magic show

On Wednesday a fabulous magician came to Paihia School. The show even had a name, it’s name was Be bright Eat Right the magic show. The magician name was Vas. It was 9:30 and the class’s couldn't even wait till the show even started . We were learning to eat the right sorts of foods. I really enjoyed when he would give us frights. I think I did well when my friend and I said thank you to him and said “ that we appreciated what you showed us .“ I think that the next time he comes we could ask more interesting questions. He pulled out some different types of food so he could ask us if it either goes in fruit, vegetable, Dairy, Protein or grains. Another trick that he did was turned a piece of material that had a bird on it into a dove ( bird). He also made 2 cute bunnies come out and even three more doves. I hope that he comes back to our school.

Rebecca

In Te Maunga we have been learning about Rebecca Brothers. Rebecca is an Olympic Ambassada. We went into peers and made a google drawing of appropriate question to ask, because on Tuesday 16th of October she would be coming to our school. The day she came everyone was excited. When she came she told us about her Journey. She told us what her day would be when she was 9 years old, she would wake up at 4:00 o’clock in the morning and get ready and go down to her swimming club for 2 hours and then she would go home and get ready for school and at 3:00 she would come home and do her homework and get ready to go back to the club. I learnt it doesn't matter what size you are.

Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook and Abel Tasman’s Journeys

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook and Abel Tasman’s Journeys. We have been researching about them to find out their impact on New Zealand. After we had found out our information we had to choose someone to write about. I really enjoyed finding out the things that Kupe Nukutawhiti, James Cook and Abel Tasman did for New Zealand and the history behind their stories. Next time I think that I should find out more related facts about the topic .