Kids Can Fun Run

At Paihia School we had an awesome Kids Can Fun Run day. All of the Pal leaders gathered together and chose a buddy. Pal stands for Physical Activity Leader. My friend and I chose to run the noodle hockey game. Noodle hockey is when there is 6 people on both sides and they each have a noodle. You have to number everyone and if you call there number the 2 people have to run into the middle and try to hit the ball into the goal. I had so much fun running this game and seeing all of the smiles on the kids faces. Hopefully we get to carry on with our games.

At Paihia School we had a lady named Stella arrive at our school. She came to talk to us about the pests in our ngahere, and how they kill some  of our wildlife. She started by introducing herself. She then had talked about what Bay Bush Action had done for our ngahere. Next she had spoken about rats, she shown us two rats that aren’t actually from New Zealand, in fact they both came from India.  I had been so shocked seeing the color difference and the different tail lengths, but then we all realised that there was more to come. She told us that most of the pests didn’t just wake up in New Zealand, she said that we brought them here. Stella lifted the cloth off the container and showed the school a fierce looking stoat. The stoat had razor sharp teeth, as she was explaining about stoats she mentioned that they sneak into the kiwi barrow and wait for the kiwi to come back and then attack. She said that not only the pests were the problem, but humans are just as bad. She told us that we can be the solution by fixing what we created. It was so interesting learning about the different pests that are in our ngahere. Next time I could ask more questions about the pests.  After we had created a pest animation here is mine.

On Friday the 31st of May, Paihia Schools kapa haka roopu was so excited to go to the Kawakawa cultural festival. We were learning to get out of our comfort zone and perform like we would at school. We  all could not stop talking about it. Before we headed off the kapa haka roopu quickly practised a few songs just so that our vocals could warm up. Next we made sure that we all had a ride in a car to get to the festival. As we arrived I felt so nervous but then I started to calm down as we got welcomed in, Kawakawa kura started the haka powhiri. We sat down as they started some amazing waiata. After we  felt like singing ko te whaea back to them, so we did. I loved watching other school’s perform but once Maramaku kura had finished it was our turn to go up and preform. As I was walking up on the stage I honestly felt like I had so many butterflies in my stomach. After we had finished all of our items and headed off stage, I was so breathless. I really enjoyed watching the other schools perform because we learnt something new each time. Next time I will push myself to do more facials.