Chuck Close Art

Kia ora bloggers. At Paihia School in Te Ngahere we have been doing Chuck Close art. For Chuck Close art you get a piece of paper with some squares and you have to color the dark parts of the paper a dark color and color the light parts of the paper light colors. After coloring in the squares you connect all the paper together and it makes a picture. Chuck close art is really fun. Did you enjoy my blog post. Bye.

Athletics Training

Kia ora bloggers. At Paihia School we have been doing athletics training. Athletics is really fun the fun thing about athletics is that you get to learn how to do things that include sports like: Shot put Discus Sprints and relay Long jump High jump My favorite sports are sprints and relays, shot put and long jump. I am not that good at high jump or discus. Do you have a favorite sport? I need to remember that when I am doing shot put I need to high five the sky so that I don’t chuck it I push it to the sky.. Did you enjoy my blog post. Bye.

Project Energise

Kia ora bloggers. On Monday Whaea Gina came in to our class. She came to talk back over the healthy food. We were learning what types of healthy food and unhealthy food there are. There are four food groups the first one was Milk and Milk Product/ Diary. GIna brang our four different milks there was normal milk, almond milk, coconut milk, rice milk. The other groups was meat group, fruit and veg group and grain and food group. You need to eat veggies and fruits because they give you vitamins and minerals. You need to eat dairy foods because it has calcium which is good for your bone. You need to eat meat because it give you protean and helps you grow. Grain foods are good for you because they are good for your brain and gets you up and going in the morning. I really like learning with Whaea Gina because of what she teaches us. I am going to remember that I shouldn’t eat to many lollies.

Ki-O-Rahi

Today on the 30th of October at Moerewa Simpson Park, me and a group of kids went to a Ki-O-Rahi tournament. Before we left we had Tuakana Hui, Tuakana Hui is were we say karakia, pepeha and a couple of waiata. We then went outside and the teachers called out who we were going to go to the Ki-O-Rahi tournament with. When we got there we had to sit down and sing waiata and karakia. It was my turn to go on the field and we were playing against year 7 & 8’s. We lost it but won the next game. While we waited for our next game we watched our other Paihia School team. I really thought that on our last game we could have done better. I need to practise more on hitting the barrel in the middle.

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.