Swim Safe

In Te Ngahere Tracy came in to talk to us about swim safe on boats and at the beach with your friends and family. I am posting what is safe to wear on a boat. I learnt that it is safe to wear a lifejacket on a boat because if the boat flips and it is over you, you can drown. If you were to wear a lifejacket you would be safe and secure to stay alive. I also learnt that it is good to take flares on your boat so if your boat breaks down in the middle of the ocean you can shoot some flares in the sky and someone can come and rescue you. Tracy also told us to take a waterproof phone with us just in case the same thing happens, if your boat breaks down; you can call someone to come get you. You can use this just in case you don’t have flares. I enjoyed having Tracy come talk to us about this and teaching our class something new.  I liked having Tracy here because my mates who don’t how to stay safe learnt something so I can help them when they are in danger.

Learning proper Haka

In Te Ngahere the kapa haka roopu were learning the proper Ngapuhi haka. We were learning the proper song and the proper speed for the haka. It was hard at first because we were all to slack to pronounce the kupu until we heard the haka on a phone and then we started picking up how to pronounce the kupu. When we started pronouncing the kupu properly we practiced the kupu to see what we needed to learn. When we were done our kapa haka tutors started teaching the whole school. Next time we are going to carry on learning it and we are going to learn the actions and the whole meaning behind the Ngapuhi haka. What I found challenging was pronouncing the kupu and what speed we were supposed to be going. I can not wait until we learn the whole haka and actions.

Steam Challenge

The first day of school we did a STEAM challenge. In STEAM we were making a free standing tower with a limited amount of materials. The materials we used to make the free standing object was 2 sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape, we had 20 minutes to plan and to make our experiment. My group had a bit of trouble until a teacher came to help us get ideas for our design. I learned that if you use more materials wisely you will have more than enough to make your experiment taller and be able to stand easier. I also learned that if you work with your group you can get more stuff finished fast. I found this hard because of how much time and materials we had and I found it helpful that a teacher  helped us do our design.