The Olympics

The Olympics have kicked off.  For the next couple of weeks countries from around the world are competing for the Bronze, Silver and Gold. There is a range of events starting from Swimming, Football, Archery, Rowing Water polo, Table tennis, Beach volley ball, Hockey  and Fencing. I hope New Zealand can bring home at least 1 gold.

Book Bash: Boy On the wooden box

This Term for book bash I am reading The boy on the wooden box.   I think that these characters go through some horrible times and  it will teach us not to take what we have for granted. I think the boy is quite young judging the cover of the book. I love the way he worded the back of the book by not giving to much away but just enough.

I also think that his town gets bombed and he will leave the country. He might  go somewhere else where he is safer.  I hope nothing bad happens to him or his family, but I think something bad might happen.  I can't wait to read this book because it looks really interesting. 

Art Mural Reflection

Last Term for art we did mural focusing on our family and culture. Starting from the left I have the southern cross recognizing where I am from. The boat is for fishing with my family and the kiwi is driving because it is New Zealand's icon. I have the plane representing  World War 1  with poppy's flying out the back. The truck represents what my family does for a living and the hill is Mt Te aroha. The crosses represent all the soldiers lost in the war. On top of the hill the tent represents camping, because that is one of our favorite thing to do as a family. The flag is the New Zealand flag which is also  a netball hoop, the earth is the netball. I love how my Mural turned out it was really hard to water colour but I love it. 

Current events:Woman donated $26,000 to Salvation Army by mistake

An elderly Australian woman has lost $25,000 au (NZ$26,000) in cash after accidentally donating the cushions she stored the money in to charity.The 76-year-old returned to the South Fremantle Salvation Army store in Western Australia last month after realising her mistake, but the two pale printed cushions were gone.“I’ve got a little bit of money in the bank which I use to pay my bills but this money was my security to help my kids if they needed anything desperately,” she said. She said keeping a portion of her money out of the bank was something she had done since the global economic crisis.

Opinion: I think that it is rather sad that all her money disappeared and she hasn't gotten it back. I am hoping that she get's it back and the person who brought the pillows brings it back. 

Source: Kiwi Kids News

Osten’s Holiday Adventures

In the holidays Osten’s family from indonesia came over to the beach in Whangamata.  They went fishing and caught some impressive snapper for dinner. They went for walks on the beach and found shells. They saw the BFG at the movies.  They went fishing a lot and went to the Shaw cup in Ngatea and lost all their games but Osten scored the most tries for Hauraki . He was annoyed he had to come back to school but enjoyed the holidays.

4 things I learned/ enjoyed this week

This week was New Zealand Maori week so we decided to do some traditions that they have.

• My first favorite was making fry bread. Imagine pita pockets well that's what they are like. It was quite fun kneading the dough. 
• My second favorite was making poi's. Morgan and I made 4 poi's for the class and it was quite simple.
• My third favorite was doing house team challenge. I was in  name objects in Maori. We got 9 correct and tied 2nd with orewa. 
• My third favorite was writing my pepeha. I liked writing it because you could personalize it. 

Making fry bread

Today at school I made Fry Bread. We had to put in all the ingredients, mix,knead and cook. They were really yum!!!

Fry Bread Recipe (enough per pair)

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¼  cup of warm water

½  teaspoon of sugar                       

½  teaspoon of yeast

½  cup of plain flour                    

½  teaspoon of salt

Cooking oil

Add sugar to water and dissolve, then sprinkle the yeast over the top.

Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl and stir in the yeast mixture (can add more flour if needed). Roll out on a floured board and knead.

Leave to rise for about 10 minutes, or till it doubles in size. Return the dough to a floured board and knead a little pressing with your knuckles. Cut into small diamond shapes and shallow fry in hot oil until golden.

Pepeha

Pepeha

Ko  Mt Te aroha  (mountain) toku maunga

Ko  Piako   (river) toku awa

Ko Firth of Thames  toku (sea/harbour) Moana.

No  Ngatea (place where you are from)

Ko Ngatea Primary School (school) toku Kura

Ko     Graeme (father) toku matua

Ko  Charlotte  (mother) toku whaea

Ko   Alyson  (your name) toku ingoa

No Reira, Tena koutou, Tena Koutou, Tena Tatou Katoa

Current Events: A 9 year old girl has made beautiful care packages for homeless woman

When  nine  year old Khloe Thompson  first asked her mom why people were homeless, the answer inspired her to brighten their lives. She started her own charity Khloe Kares. So she can provide homeless women with brilliantly colorful shoulder bags that she sews with her great- grandmother and packs with personal items. Her great-grandmother taught her how to sew the handsome totes, which she then fills them with soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and other personal care. Khloe personally takes them to homeless women in the streets around her Californian neighborhood, handing them out.  Her family says Khloe's work in Irvine has "opened our eyes" to be more respectful and helpful to the homeless in their community. "Sometimes they give me hugs, sometimes they say " Gold bless you" and then they say " Thank you," Khloe told PopSugar. "Don't be so afraid of them they're just a normal person like you."

Main Idea
The main idea is that 9 year old Khloe makes care packages for homeless woman in the streets of California. Source Good News Network 

Morrinsville Reps tournament

On Sunday we competed at our 3rd tournament in Morrinsville. We played really well. We played Hamilton, Mangapoto, Thames and Waihi. We had some close games but we didn't win any. I am rally inpressed with how we played as a team and I  can't wait to go to the Thames tournament this weekend.

Current Events: Elephant lives with a bullet in head

An Elephant in Zimbabwe has received medical attention from a conservation group after getting a bullet wound to head by suspected  poachers.  The Elephant was found by veterinarians from Aware Trust Zimbabwe in Mana Pools National Park. He was believed to have been living with a bullet in his head for between  3-6 weeks. Pretty boy as he is nicknamed  is thought to have come to the park after being shot. A metal detector was used to scan the elephants head. The team sedated him, took an X-ray and cleaned the wound but judged it safer to leave the bullet in place. If the shot had hit a few centimeters down it would have gone to his brain. The elephant is believed to be 25 years old. 
Vocabulary 
Sedated:Calmed 
Poachers: A person who hunts
Judged : Formed an opinion or conclusion about 
Questions
Why did the use a metal detector out of everything.
How long did it take the people to realize that they have an elephant with a gun wound in it's head.   
My opinion 
I think it's really sad that he had to live with that pain in his head and that people will actually harm a animal like that. 
Source Kiwi Kids News 

Waihi Reps Tournament

On Sunday my alarm went off, time to start the day I thought. I woke up and put on my uniform, had a good breakfast. and brushed my teeth. We hoped into the car and headed off. We went through the last of the Karangahake gorge and arrived  in Waihi. We warmed up and headed to play our first game. I played GD,GK. We didn't win any of our games but  I thought we did really well.  We played Hamilton and it wasn't just south or north Hamilton it's the best players in the whole of Hamilton so that's why I thought we did really well. After the last game we headed home. When I got home I told my Dad all about my day and what I have learned. I can't wait till this weekend when we go to Morrinsville.

IE Reflection

On Tuesday I shared my IE .  My Dad came in and he said he really enjoyed it. I was nervous at first but then I was OK. It was quite cool seeing all the different IE people have made. The best part about it all was that you could see everyone was different. I hope we get to make IE again.

First Reps tournament!!!

On Sunday the Hauraki Plains Netball center ran a reps netball tournament. I am apart of the Hauraki Plains Year 7 Reps Team. We played 3 games and lost them all but still played really well. We have another tournament this weekend in Waihi.

Matariki

Queens Birthday Weekend

On the weekend my parents and I went fishing with some friends. We caught 33 fish between the 6 of us. We were out for 6 hours!! We had to wait an 1 hour just to get in from the boat ramp at Waikawau. It was a great time fishing and I can't wait to go again.

Morrinsville Netball

On Sunday the 30th of May NPS 1 went to Morrinsville for a netball tournament. We played Thames first and we lost by about 5 goals. Next we  played Cambridge and the score was 14-5 to us. We played two more teams and lost both of the games by 2 goals. We almost got into the finals but we didn't. It was really cool to go to the tournament and hopefully we get to go to more.

NYLD 2016

Last week on Thursday the year 7 & 8's of Ngatea School went to NYLD. We got to hear from some amazing speakers. One of my favorites was Brylee Mills.

When she was 6 she was in an accident and her arms got injured. They were able to save one of her arms but the other had to be amputated. She performed a  piece of dance for us and it was beautiful. We were really lucky and the police from the running man did it with us it was really cool. 

Current Events: First Night Flight in Queenstown

First night flight in Queenstown

The first evening flight in Queenstown occured last night. Air New Zealand flight NZ613 touched down before 7:30 and departed again at 8:30 back to Auckland.  Over the last 6 months work had been done to upgrade Queenstown runway, airfield lighting and airline procedures for the ability to take night time flights.  It is hoped that the ability to run night time flight will increase the number for tourists  coming into the area. Air New Zealand said it was exciting to launch the service, just before the winter ski season. The airline's full evening schedule will take effect from July 3.
Ability: Possession of the means or skills to do something
Tourists:  A person who is travelling or visiting a place for pleasure
Service: The action of helping or doing work for someone
My Opinion: I think its cool that there is a chance we have more tourists to make our country more popular.
Source: Kiwi Kids News 

IE Update

I did a blog post a little while ago about our IE's so I thought I might just update you guys.  I have found all my questions and answered them, now I am up to my create stage. I get to crate 3 meal's from different countries and try them. I will let you know that they are from France, China and Japan. Try and guess what they are. I am really excited and I can't wait to share this with you guys.