Athletics day

Yesterday we had athletics we were learning to co-operate and support others and have a good attitude towards what were dong and just having fun.  I like the house relays because we were coming second in every other race until we raced. The easy part was long jump whilst I was just having fun because I came 4th. The hard part was the full on sprints because I knew there were fast people but I tried my best anyway. When the first  people ran they were neck-n-neck and then we they handed the batons to us everyone dropped it except for us so as soon as we got it we were gone here is some photos of us

Waka test

Today we went down to the pool to test Honekais boat we filled it with water and we had to predict whether it was going to float or sink it obviously sank because of how solid the inside was if it had no water on the inside it will float because its less dense

Paying it forward

In the mid 1930's things began to change for the better in New Zealand. More people were able to find work and receive a steady paycheck. They were still careful, with their money and rarely, if ever bought treats of gifts for one another.

Imagine if you were able to travel back in time to visit a family in . What special gifts or treats would you like to bring with you? I would like to bring back Jordan 12, a Rolex, blue eyed pit bull, 1 million dollars and Elvis Presley

Float or sink

Last week Nga Rau Rangatira and Nga Rau Puawai went down to the pool to test our boats. We used coins to see how many coins we could fit on our boat (coins=people) first we saw if our boats could float and they all did next we started putting coins on and then boats started to sink one by one to the bottom of the pool.

Taumarere

Taumarere is a locality in North land, New Zealand. State Highway 11 runs through the area. The Kawakawa River runs through Taumarere into the Bay of Islands. The town of Kawakawa is 3 km to the southwest. Paihia is 14 km to the north.

St. Andrew's Church originally stood on the site of the Church Missionary Society's Paihia Mission Station. In 1927 the building was transported by barge and bullock wagon to its present site. Near the intersection of Waikare and Karetu and Lemons hill

The train tracks to Opua were originally used for coal transport and marketing and selling to other countries.

Now there are no coalmines because there is no need for the train to transport coal anymore so they use the tracks to do tours and talk about the history of that place.

Kapa haka

Saturday 17 November my school Kapa Haka roopu performed in Te Renga Paraoa/ whangarei at the Maranga mai e te Iwi 2018. We placed 3rd in our Waiata-tira/ Coral, Whakaeke, Poi and Whakawatea. We placed 2nd in Waiata-a-ringa and firts equal with 4 other roopu in Kaitataki Wahine. Overall we placed 3rd and made it through to nationals. 

If you want to watch us just click here ( Te rau pou manawa o Kawakawa )

My holiday

1. Going to my baby cousins 1st  birthday
2. looking after my other 1 year old cousin
3. playing games

On saturday I went to my cousins 1st birthday it was a onesie party I had no onesie lucky because it was hot that day and everyone was sweating. He was dressed as a bumblebee and he was so cute. But dribbled all over his candles on his cake.

I with my friends until i had to look after my other cousin. It was fun because we started to play tag on the bouncy castle. There was a basketball hoop on the bouncy castle and he always got bowled over but he kept chasing everyone on the bouncy castle.

We played a game like pass the parcel. You had to roll the dice and get a double six and then put on a beanie, t-shirt, pants, And a scarf. Next we had to cut a piece of chocolate one piece at a time then I stabbed the chocolate in half and got kicked out.