Filming

In Te Ngahere we have been filming. Before we got to film our movies we had to create a plan for our movie. We then had to write down our script and the camera angles. My movie is about three nerds that get smart to the teacher and get detention. They then go on a gaming console that is right in front of them. Which sucks them into the console where they find a strange man. He tells them that the nerds need to win the war and defeat the bullies. Then they defeat the bullies and go home. W.A.L.T use the different camera views. We created this movie to show on a movie day which we share with other schools. Thanks for reading my blog post. Bye.

Swim Safe

At Paihia School Tracy came to teach us about how to stay safe in a boat. There are 5 rules to stay safe on a boat. The five rules I learnt to stay safe on a boat are: Put your safety first, Were a life jacket, Tell someone where you are going and when you will be back, Check the weather before you go, Make sure you have a waterproof phone or radio. I think that you should also have a flare gun and someone who knows how to use it. I hope what i’m sharing helps someone be safe on a boat.

Steam Challenge

In Te Ngahere on the first day back of term 4 our class did a steam challenge. Steam stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Our project was to create the biggest tower out of 2 sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. Once we got our newspaper we had to plan out how we were going to make the tower. My group got our tape .Ricardo and Jahrell held the tower up and then I taped it together. We only had 20 minutes to build it and make it stand up. We finally got to the part where the teachers measured our tower. The teachers said the it had to stand up to be measured. The tallest tower was 1 meter and 18 cm. When we went up we tried to make it stand up but it wouldn't. The teacher said if you can make it stand up it will be 1 m and 15 cm. I thought that my group and I did really well. The thing that was hard for me and my group was trying to make it stand up. The easy thing was thinking of the idea and working together. I think that next time I could collaborate with my group members more. We were learning to create a freestanding object with limited equipment.

Kapa Haka

On September the 17th we went to a Kapa Haka dress rehearsal. A dress rehearsal is where other Kapa Haka groups go to a school to show them what they have been learning from their kapa haka tutors.  We had to leave  really early so that we wouldn't miss our turn to go on to the stage. Once we got to the school we had to wait to go in. Once it was our turn to go on the stage we went outside to do a little practice. When we were on the stage I got a little bit nervous because I thought that I was going to do really badly. Once it came to the end of our bracket we had to walk off the stage.

Writing

In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been doing writing,
we are learning to use story beats. We are using story beats to
plan our writing because it gives us the main structure of our
writing.  Story beats looks like this: 

Once upon a time
everyday
Until one day
Because of that
Because of that
Because of that
Until finally
And ever since then...
The moral of the story.

We have also been writing goals on our writing and seeing what
rubrik we are. A rubrik is levels to see how good we are doing for
writing. We have got different types of rubrics. There is
vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation, ideas, organisation
and spelling. I think that I  am rubric 5 for sentence structure
because my ideas are organised into basic paragraphs. 

Project Energize

On Tuesday Whaea Gina came to our school and told us about what type of drinks are good for you and what types aren’t. When we sat down Whaea Gina pulled out three plastic cards. The plastic card had different colours on them one had green one had orange and one had red. The green card means that you should drink water and milk every day. The orange card means you should only drink it twice a few weeks and the red card means you should only drink the fizzy drinks once a month and don’t drink any energy drinks with caffeine in it.

After a while she grabbed a few drinks and we had to say were they go. The two good drinks that she pulled out of her box was water and milk. The drinks that you don’t drink that often is powerade, flavored milk, flavored water and juice. The drinks that are bad for kids is coca cola, v (energy drink) and monster. I learnt that you should not drink that much fizzy drinks and energy drinks. 

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Inter School Cross Country

Today at Waikare there was a cross country event. When I got to the cross country event I saw all of my friends that used to come to my school. The first group to race was the 5 year old boys and girls then the 12 year old boys and girls then the 6 year old girls and boys when it was my turn. All the 11 year olds had to wait at the bus stop for there race. Then we had to walk up to the starting line. We had to wait a few minutes until we could  race, then the horn went and we all ran. I ran right behind the other kids to see where to go when I got to the top of the mountain I had to run down the steep hill. It was hard running down the hill because it was really muddy. When I got to the bottom there was a lot of mud that I had to run through making it really hard. We had to do the track twice but once I finished the second lap I had to run down the gravel path to the finish line. When the lady told me that I came 6th I was really proud of myself because I thought I did really well.