The Most Delicious Butter Chicken Ever

In Te Ngahere yesterday we all went to greens. If you don’t know what it is it’s a restaurant. We went to greens because it was Shivams birthday. 

The reason why we went to greens was because his mother and father owned it. At the restaurant we got to eat butter chicken. The food was really delicious, I really liked the garlic naan bread and the chicken and rice was really good two. 

When we first got there I felt a bit weird because I didn’t know what to tell them if I wanted more or less, at the end I felt more comfortable to say if I wanted some or not. At the when we all finished our food Angela and I gotta get up to say thank you for everything, but then his parents walked out with a shopping cart of easter eggs for all of us. 

After we got the eggs Angela and I got up and gave Shivam a birthday card that we made for him, we were singing him happy birthday then it was time to thank his parents for having us. We didn’t know a better way to say thank than a waiata so we all sang a song for them and then went back to school. 

Have you ever been to greens before?

My New Understandings for Maths:

In Te Ngahere this week we have been learning maths, not every person in the class were doing the same activity. We were all in different groups, we are in groups with other people that are learning the same maths as us. I am in a group called star.. My group was learning how to put decimals numbers into place value. I think that is a good strategy fo me to learning because it’s helping me with my decimals and place value. I really enjoyed doing this, at the start when we first had a go at it I was really confused because I didn’t understand what I was getting teached but then the person that was teaching us started saying it step by step and slowing down to make sure we know what she is saying. Next time if we do this again I will tell the person teaching me to wait and ask if I can show them an example to see if I understand them. Have you ever done turning decimals into place value?

My New Understanding About Te Reo Maori

These past few weeks we have been learning Te Reo Maori. We have been using a site called EP. This is teaching us to pronounce our vowels properly and say it how we are meant to. I like this activity because it has helped me a lot lately. I would recommend this to anyone who needs to work on their Te Reo. When I do this again I would listen to what it was saying and try harder to get it done faster. Have you ever used EP before? This is what it looks like!

Team Work Makes The Dream Work:

In Te Ngahere on Monday we were doing something called taskmaster. We have been put in groups of three to help everyone with getting there work done faster. In our groups we did a subject called taskmaster, if you don’t know what taskmaster is it where the teachers draw a picture and take it away then 2 people out of your group of 3 are the runners that go see what the picture looks like and comes back to the drawer and has to describe what it looks like to the drawer. If you are the drawer then you have to try get the drawing as close as you can to the teachers one by what your group tells you. I really enjoyed doing this activity because it was fun and I got to learning about my group members a lot. The part that I found easy is that when we started working together and listening to teacher it got a lot easier. The thing that I found hard was when I was the drawer and my group was trying to tell me what to do I didn’t get what they were saying and they were just saying it louder and louder but I still didn’t get it. But when I was the runner is was very frustrating because I was telling my group what to write down but they didn’t get it and the thing that made it a lot harder is that we couldn’t touch the piece of paper to tell them were everything goes and how big and small it should be. If we did this again I would not wanna be they drawer because it was really hard to understand what they were saying. Have you ever done a taskmaster activity before in your class?

My Experience Of Russell Swimming Sports

Last week in Te Ngahere some of the children got to go to Russell Swimming Sports for the day to represent our school. I was lucky enough to be one of the many children that got to go. We started with the 11 year olds and older boys diving, Then it was the 11 year olds and older girls turn. I am 12 so that was the group I was in. With the first dive I did I didn’t do so well but the second one was a lot better. After that we did the relays and I didn’t do so well in them but I know what I need to work on next time to improve. I think that I could try keeping my ear by my arm to help me stay on the top of the water and so its easier to breathe when I am doing relays. I am probably not going to get another opportunity to try it again because next year I am going to college but if I did get to try again I would differently try a lot harder with my diving. Have you ever been to Russell Swimming Sports before?

Interesting Food Web DLO

We have been learning about food webs. We had 9 pictures and we had to add arrows to where the energy is going to. For example if there is a possum and a kereru the arrow will be coming from the kereru and pointing to the possum because the possum gets it’s energy from the kereru. The food web that I made is really different because my food web doesn't have as many arrows as the original one, My one also doesn’t have coloured arrows. The coloured arrows are there to show where all of the organisms get there energy from. My one does not have a lot of arrows pointing at one thing, for example I only put three or two things pouniting at the stoat but the stoat can eat everything on the food web that we made. Next time if I got to do this again I would add more arrows to add more detail in my DLO. Next time I would also make the arrows different colours so it is easier to see where the energy is coming from and where it is going. Have you ever done a food web before?

The Day I Will Never Forget

Last week there was a tsunami warning from the top of the north to all the way down to Whangarei. At School we only got to play for 10 minutes then we all had to run or walk as fast as we could to get to the top of the hill near our school. We were sitting up there as parents were coming and going to get their children. Nearly half of the kids got taken home but the other half stayed. We didn’t get to take our bags so I got really hungry but I managed. We couldn't drink all our water because then we would have needed to go toilet but there were no toilets up there. We were up there for at least four hours but once we got back to school and the tsunami evacuation was over we got to drink all of the water we had and eat all our food. This really scared me and I thought there was going to be a really big tsunami but lucky it was little. The thing that I enjoyed was that I got to be with my friends while the whole thing was happening. What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you before?

The Most Delicious Pizza Rolls Ever

Last week In Te Ngahere the year 7 and 8’s went to tech. If you don’t know what it is it’s where we go and learn to do cooking. Now that we are year 8’s we get to do cooking and we made pizza rolls. I like cooking but I like woodwork better because last year when covid hit we didn’t get to finish what we started. Last week was the first week back at technology for us and it was great. I really enjoyed doing cooking because it was fun and my friends and I all got to sit with each other. I really enjoyed this because I got to learn something new and what we made were delicious. Next time I think that I will try putting more ingredients in mine because last time I didn’t add a lot of vegetables. Does your school do technology?

How To Create A Perfect Pepeha DLO

In Te Ngahere this week we have been learning about our pepeha. We were learning a little mihi to go with our pepeha to welcome new students to Paihia School. We had to say our waka, mountain, river ect. We also had to include our family for example our nan, pop, mum, dad and siblings. I really enjoyed doing this because I got to learn a lot about my family and where I come from.I haven’t found anything hard just yet but I know that I will have some challenges soon because I am going to have to say it to one of our teachers Whaea Roni. Do you know your pepeha?