Kaikohe Cultral Festival Dress Rehearsal

On Tuesday Paihia Schools kapa haka roopu wanted to participate in the Kaikohe cultural festival, but first we had to come up with a bracket that we were able to take to the dress rehearsals. The dress rehearsal took place at the Kaikohe memorial hall. The kapa haka roopu was so excited to see all of the other performances. Once we arrived we felt excited but nervous even though we knew that we came here for dress rehearsals (Practices). We saw so many schools from around the far north. After we had finished our bracket we all felt so proud of one another. A dress rehearsal is when all of the roopu join together and share what they have been working hard for. I hope to see more schools and see what can inspire our roopu.

Car Trip writing

In Te ngahere we got to read a very interesting article about four kids stealing a four wheel drive. We first had to ask questions, which was very easy because the article had many things that you wanted to find out. We then got to choose a piece of the article to write about and try to explain what happened in our own words. Our writing had to be in the present tense.  Here is my writing.

As the sun rises at dawn, the young kids drive away realising that they need petrol for their 4 wheel drive. The sky is nothing but shades of grey. “Instead of wasting our money why don't we just steal the petrol” says Dillan with a giant smirk on his face. 

“if it means that I can stay in the car and watch out for unwanted people” replied Lincoln  

“I agree with Lincoln, what if the police catches us,” says Brooke.

Dillan and James decided to throw their seatbelt off and stroll over to the entrance of the gas station hoping that no one was watching them. Brooke and Lincoln pressed their hands against the window and gazed at the sky thinking about what would happen if they got caught. Brooke leant over to her left and noticed that Dillan and James were holding a 3 litre black bottle of petrol. “They’re back” shouted brooke as she points towards Dillan and James. James partly opens the door to the passengers seat as Dillan is nervously filling the gas tank with half a bottle of petrol that they stole. James sat himself down in the passenger seat with a fearful look on his face. 

The kids were driving the backway to Grafton, all the kids see is nothing but flashing lights. The sky is misty and dark. All the kids besides Dillan looks back and see two male police making their way to  get to the car as Dillan steps on the break. James and Lincoln looked very guilty while Brooke was trying to hold her tears back. Dillan sat there and didn’t realise that the police had wanted to talk to them so Dillan shouted out “Lock your Doors” then Brooke started Bawling her eyes out as she has never experienced something this frightening. All the kids refused to come out so the police aggressively started to shatter the back window where Brooke was sitting. As broken glass was flying all around the place Brooke started to cry like there was no tomorrow. Dillan shouted “stay together guys” 

Science Fair

Here at Paihia School, Te Ngahere have been creating and designing boards for our school science fair. Every student in Te Ngahere had came up with something to do for our science fair, the topic we had to base our science off was real world problems. My friend and I had worked on our science fair testing in the holidays to make sure that we knew what we were doing. Mostly everyone had finished their boards so we took our boards over to the whare, so we could set them up. I was so excited for the judges to come around and ask us questions. At first I didn’t feel that confident but as we got through the day I started to feel very confident but I just didn’t want to get my hopes up. The judges were looking for a clear hypothesis, clear aim and lots more. Once the bell rang for lunch time everyone couldn’t wait until assembly because that is when the judges announce the winners. As I heard mine and my friends name get called out for first place I didn’t believe it, I really enjoyed our school science fair. I can’t wait for the next science fair in 2020.

Cross Country Training

Here in Te Ngahere we have been practicing for cross country. The first time we practised I felt so nervous. As we were running my legs started to hurt but then I realised that if I keep breathing I could keep on pushing myself. We had to run a fair distance but we got told that the track that we will be running through is longer than we had to run for training. My first time was 7:19, and I knew that I could get a better time than that. The next time we practised I got 5:45 and I felt so happy that I bet my time by 2 minutes. I was sure that I could beat 5:45 . My goal was to keep on running non - stop.  I was so happy to hear that I bet my time, I got 5:22 and then the next run I got 5:13. My very last time I got 5:25 as the field was very muddy and I think that everyone was trying not to slip over. I really enjoyed cross country training because It made me be a better runner.

Science Fair

Here in Te Ngahere we have been focusing on science. Our topic has been based on science because we are having our own science fair at school.  My friend and I are finding out what liquid leaves a strong stain on your teeth. Our science has been based on real life problems. I personally love science because we get to learn new things. Throughout our science I have learnt what the meaning of a hypothesis was. My hypothesis was that the liquid with the strongest colour will dye the material the most.  I really enjoyed science and I hope we can do more things around science.

Here in Te Ngahere we have been trying to find out the scientific method. We have also  have been learning the meaning of a hypothesis. We had to create a paper rocket to see how far it flies. We had instructions to copy as this was our first time making paper rockets. I really enjoyed this experiment because I got to learn about the nose of the rocket and the body and why rockets need fins. After we had created our original rocket we had to upgrade something on our new rocket, my buddy and I decided to change the length of our new rocket. We found out that the rockets we made were called models. Our hypothesis was that if you make your rocket longer its most likely to go further because of the weight. We tested our hypothesis and  gathered our information and we found out that if you do make your rocket longer it will go further. I really enjoyed creating paper rockets, hopefully we get to create even more.

Author visit

On the 20th of June Paihia School was joined by a author named Adele. She was talking to us about the books she had written and how she had come up with all of her ideas. She told us that if we got stuck figuring out ideas we could just write one of our experiences. Like she had wrote a book about a boy relating to her son. She had combined both of the things that she likes. She wrote a story about a boy that loves soccer and also added lots of mysteries. She talked to us about how much she loves paranormal things. We all could tell that she was so focused in completing a goal. Next time I think I could ask more questions related to the topic.