Matariki Whanau Celebration

Last Thursday Paihia School held a Matariki Celebration Day. At 6 in the morning some kids went down to the beach to see the Matariki Stars. Then they went back to school for breakfast. There were lots of fun activities planned for us. We did Family art, which is sketches of koru and kowhaiwhai patterns that represented a member of our family. We played games like Maui Matou and Rakau with Harko Brown. We planted shrubs and plants around the pump track for our bird corridor. After that we had a giant shared lunch outside the whare. There were cakes, biscuits, wraps, sandwiches and chips piled on the long, white tables. The food was AMAZING! That day was most definitely the best.

Matariki At Waitangi

Last week on Tuesday Paihia School went to The Waitangi Treaty Grounds. We played games like Rakau and Maui Matou. We wove Flax Kites and had Kite Flying Competitions. We planted trees. Tessa and I planted Nikau. It was really awesome. When we walked back to School my legs were jelly and I nearly DIED from happiness and extreme tiredness!😆😫

Fidget Spinner Art

A few weeks ago, Te Ngahere wrote a persuasive about Why Fidget Spinners Should Not be Allowed in Class of School.  For the follow up activity Te Maunga and Te Ngahere made Fidget Spinner Art. The WALT was use space, crayon and dye. First we lightly sketched out our Fidget Spinner design, next coloured it in with crayon. Finally we dyed them. Here are some pictures and my persuasive .

Ice Cold Cream

A few weeks ago Te Ngahere started to work on some reading around how ice cream is made. The WALT was to answer inference questions. The teachers promised that if the whole class finished their learning plans, then we could make ICE CREAM on Friday. On Wednesday we got lucky and everybody finished them. So we made ICE CREAM! We had to work in peers so I was with Astin. After that we wrote a recount. I was focusing on Metaphors. Here are some pictures and my recount.

Tim Tipene's Visit

Last week on Thursday, Tim Tipene came to assembly. Tim Tipene is a talented NZ author. He read us some of his books, my favourite was Hinemoa Te Toa. These are some of his books: Maui the Sun Catcher, The Wooden Fish, Taming the Taniwha and Kura Toa. He was super funny and I had A LOT of fun!

My Amazing Narrative and Animation

A couple of weeks ago we had to make a character description, then a setting description for our character, next a narrative to go with it. In my narrative, I was focusing on ellipses, I achieved using ellipses in my writing. Lastly, we made an animation. Here is my narrative and animation. I hope you enjoy!

Paihia School Tryathalon

Last Friday we did the Paihia School Tryathlon. We had to walk down to the beach and wait for year 6 girls race. We ran into the water and along the waterfront, up the beach, across the road and run back to school. Then we biked twice around the field and through the middle. Our prize was a delicious chocolate covered muesli bar and an applause from the juniors.