Takeaway foods with Gina

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about healthy and unhealthy fat foods that can affect your heart. Today Gina from energize came into our school, she told us that this week was about our hearts. Did you know if you clinch one of your fists that is the size of your heart. She brought in some cards to show us, we had to sort them out into 2 columns. The two columns were called least amount of fat and most amount of fat. Once we were finished, we got to look at the cards so we could be tested. We got split up into groups and had to sort the cards out into the right column. When we were finished we had to put our hands on our head and say finish. It was a very close game but my group won. Blog you later.

Science Fair Project

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific method. Last week we presented our experiments. We got to choose if we wanted to be in a group or by ourself. In my group we had 4 people their names are Breeze, Mihipeka and Vanya. Our experiment was What pen brand will last the longest. The brands that we used were Office max, Homebrand, Bic and Papermate. Once we had finished testing we found out that the Office max pen had the most ink in it because it ran 695 meters. Last Friday we lucky enough to have Mrs Lindsay our Principal and Danielle Archer who is a Marine biologist judge our boards. Later on in the day we found out who came 1st 2nd and 3rd. My group came 2nd. It felt really cool coming 2nd.

Author Katarina Lee

At Paihia School we were fortunate to have an author named Katarina Lee come talk to us about the 2 book that she has published (Series: Lost in time). Katarina has a big fluffy octopus named Omri. Omri is Katarina's tour buddy. She sang two songs to us, each time Katarina sang, 2 people got to go up and make a beat with the instruments that she brang. At the end Mrs Pou went up and danced. About 10 other kids also went up with her. They danced to one of Katarina's family’s song. Katarina’s family is a family band. Next time I think that I could learn more about her so I can ask some questions.

NED SHOW

On Thursday we were very fortunate to have a lady named Nicole and her friend Ned come into Paihia School to talk to us about our mindsets. Ned traveled ‘around the world’ because he was on a mission to find his. An important message that Nicole told us was to Let go of the words “I Know” so you can learn and grow and you can do it with the power of yet, for example, if you kept on saying “I know” you will get a freeze brain (when your brain becomes frozen and doesn’t have the right mindset to learn more ) but when you say I don’t know it yet your brain gets a go brain (when your brain is taking in knowledge and is learning more) . Ned’s name stands for Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. I really enjoyed the yoyo trick that Nicole showed us. After the show we made a D.L.O explaining NED, Here is mine.