Rugby World Cup

Kia ora bloggers in Te Ngahere we have been finding out about the Rugby World Cup. First we had to find all the countries who participated then we had to find their team name and then we had to find their emblem (logo on there shirt).Did you know that there is 20 teams in the Rugby World Cup? When we were looking for the emblem we had to make sure it was labelled for reuse. I found it really tricky trying to find the right team name especially for England there name is The Red and Whites. I think what I could have done better was collaborate more with my teammate to figure out the answer. Did you watch any of the World Cup? 

COUNTRY	TEAM NAME	EMBLEM
New Zealand	ALL BLACKS
Australia	Wallabies
South Africa	Springboks
Samoa	Manu Samoa
England	The Red and Whites
France	Les Bleus
Scotland	Scotish  rugby team
Ireland	Wolfhounds
USA	The Eagles
Tonga	Ikale Tahi
Namibia	Welwitschias
Canada	Canucks, Les Rouges
Wales	Wales Rugby Team
Japan	Cherry blossoms
Uruguay	Los Teros
Fiji	Flying Fijians
Georgia	The Lelos
Russia	The Bears
Argentina	Pumas
Italy	Azzurri

Movie making complete

Kia ora bloggers. In Te Ngahere we have been doing  movie making. My movie is about a mystery in the bush. My group and I are finished our movie and I am really excited to show you. I hope you enjoy it. It took a long time to make because we made the movie, put it all together on imovie then forgot to save it so we had to refilm the whole thing but now it is ready hope you enjoy.

Explain Writing

In Te Ngahere we have been writing to explain why the Paihia School pump track is a special place to our community. I found this writing very challenging because I did not get to use I, me or we  and it was hard to not to use persuasive words. Not using I, me or we made me realise that we used those words a lot in our writing. I am hoping you can give me some feedback on your experience writing explain pieces of writing thank you. 

My Writing: 

Do you have a special place where you can go and have fun with your family? Have you heard

of Paihia schools pump track ?  Paihia schools pump track is a special place to our

community because it is a great way to stay fit and healthy. It is also a great family activity, it's

free and the pump track is really easy to access.

The Paihia school pump track is a great way to keep fit and healthy. This is a great way to stay

fit and healthy but also have a lot of fun for both adults and kids. This is a  great way to get out

and bike in the fresh air instead of being inside on an exercise bike. This is also a great way to

get kids of their devices and get them out having fun in the fresh air. 

Paihia School pump track is a great place to take kids for there birthday or just family activity as

it is free and great fun. There  is no limit to how many people riding on the track at a time so

the whole family can be there having a good time even if there are twenty people in your family. 

Our Paihia school pump track open to everybody and is easily accessible for locals and people staying in motels nearby. if you want to go ride somewhere nearby but you don't want to have

the trouble of trying to get in then go to Paihia school pump track it is really easy to access.

Dry land swimming

In Te Ngahere on the first week of school on Thursday Tracy from swim safe came to see us to talk about being safe in the water and on boats. Tracy  taught us lots of rules for going to the beach or river and going on a boat. Some of the most important rules when going to the beach or a river is to make sure you have a responsible adult watching you not a teenager who is just going to look at their phone, also if you don’t feel safe going into the water don’t go in. One of the most important rules when going on a boat is to make sure you are always wearing a life jacket even if you are only a few meters off the shore line. I made a DLO of the top five boat safety rules can you give me any feedback or tell me about any other boat rules that you think are a good idea to put on my DLO. Thank you.

Amazing Free Standing Steam

In Te Ngahere on the first day back at school  we did a steam challenge STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. Our goal was to make a free standing object with limited equipment. My group was Ātāahua and Autumn. Our steam challenge was to build a free standing newspaper tower out of  two sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. Autumn and  Ātāahua held together the tower and I taped it together. When it was time to measure our came to 75 centimetres and the winning tower came to 1 meter 18 centimetres. Having a wide base made my groups tower work well because the wide base made the tower more stable. Trying to get our tower to stand up without falling over was very challenging. I think what we could have done better was to communicate better and listen to each other's ideas.