Multiplying by two digit numbers

In Te Ngahere I have been learning to do two digit by two digit multiplication. At first I found it hard because I didn’t know all my basic facts. Then Whaea Gina gave me a card with the basic facts on it and then I could do them.  If you want to know how to do two digit multiplication you can watch my DLO showing you how to use two digit multiplication. I enjoyed do two digit with all the basic facts because I could just look at my card and instantly find the time table also I liked working with a buddy so I got extra help.

Kaikohe Dress Rehearsals

On Tuesday we travelled to the Memorial Hall in Kaikohe for dress rehearsals. When we got there we watched three performances from Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe and we watched another group. After them was our time to shine. When we were getting ready I was really nervous going on stage. It felt like I had butterflies in my stomach which made me not want to go on stage but it helped me perform the best I could. As we were singing we were doing alright until some of the girls and boys went flat. I was trying to get back on note but it was hard for me because the girls kept on singing off key. As we finished our first waiata we were getting ready to do our haka . We were going all out on the haka. I felt like  the boys and I were going beasty as. Once we came off stage I felt proud and amazed in how we performed. All the kapa haka boys were excited because of what we have achieved. I really loved that performance because we did amazing and did only half as good as we are going to do on Thursday.

Waikare Cross Country

Last Friday some students from Paihia School went to Waikare to represent our school for Interschool Cross Country. When we got to Waikare we setup our gazebo and the little kids started to race. When it got to the 11 year old boys race I was running in it. I was so nervous racing these kids because I knew them and they were all fast, the lady said go and all the 11 year old boys ran. Our track was sprinting the first 100 meters, then up a hill and across a hill, then down that hill and we done that track twice. A boy fell over and it made me laugh for ages. My school mates ran right next to each other and when it got to the final straight I started sprinting. The ladies that were waiting there for us to finish said I came 5th but the kids that were going to the Advanced School Cross Country came 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. When I finished, I didn’t care if I came first second third or fourth. I knew I was a champion. The thing I liked about going to Waikare was eating.  

Cross Country

last Friday we did cross country in Bledisloe Domain. I was nervous the whole time before my race, When it got to my race I was nervous more then I have ever been. Then Miss Hadwin said go I ran and I was just behind the fastest people in our school. I ran and I was 3rd place, we ran up the hill and around the track. when we where on the hill and all the teachers where cheering me on. I was not nervous when I got down the hill. When I got back onto the track all I heard was people cheering me on, so I started running faster. I got to the last stretch and I sprinted to the end and when I finished I was so proud of myself because I came first out of my age group and 3rd out of the 11,12 and 13 year old's. When I finished I wen't to my car and started pigging out on my kai and then went home feeling like a star. 

Blog posting

Date: WEEK 7My Writing: Outside of Te Ngahere we have been making Rakau for culture festival in Kaikohe. Seven boys from our kapa haka roopu went to a teachers house to cut some branches off a Totara tree. Then he dried them out in front of his fire because they were wet, and a few weeks later he came to school with them. He also came with sanders, bark removers, coating oil, sandpaper and a chainsaw to shorten our Rakau if we needed to. I didn’t because mine was already short, I was the second one to get sanding with sandpaper and the second to last to finish. Then everyone was back  to removing bark from their Rakau and I was the last to do it. After we finished bark removing our rakau we got onto electric sanding. When everyone was done I started and a friend and the teacher helped me zip through my work. When I had finished mostly everyone was finished oiling there rakau and I just started and didn’t finish. I loved making the Rakau with my friends and two teachers. Also I’m so excited to go to the culture festival if we are still going.