Daffodil Day At Ngatea School!

Today is a day to remember those who have cancer or who has passed on because of cancer. Today is Daffodil day. At Ngatea school we dressed up as what we wanna be when we grow up. I dressed as a netball player. I just wore my Netball dress, a thermal,A daffodil,My Netball,Ankle brace and my shoes. 

I play netball as my winter sport. I know a few people who has passed away from cancer and I think that the money that has been collected will hopefully do something in the near future. Edell and I both play shooting together so we decided to have a photo together. Hopefully one day if we get into the silver ferns or the Magic that we will be shooting together again. 

Group Endeavor Ignition

Today we have been doing more on our group endeavor ignition.   I am in a group working on power and energy. We had to write out our driving question.Our driving question is How can we reduce our carbon footprint? 

Some of our questions were. 

Is there a point in investing in solar panels?

Would they eventually pay themselves off ?

Could you make solar panels to heat your house?

Can you make solar panels with different shapes?

Can you make solar panels out of recycled items?

Is the energy that we are using now sustainable?

Is there a way for the entire world to preserve energy as a community so that we could use it for a longer period of time?

What would be the cheapest way to travel including fees?

If we made traveling cheaper would it be more expensive in the first place?

 I have a few questions to answer and share on my blog. 

• What is it I hope I will come to understand more deeply through this inquiry? How we can save power/ energy to benefit our environment.

• What knowledge might I need to help move towards this understanding? To learn about solar power and how it works

• What is it I hope to be able to do more competently?   To be able to tell people what this is doing to our environment and how simply turning off a light can save money.

• What learning powers will this inquiry help me practice and develop further?  (Explain this)

 Resilience I think is the most important one because if it gets hard you can't just give up you have to keep on going.

I think I will need to use Being Me because what if I am only in here because my friends are and i'm not really all that interested in it.

Connecting because I will have to connect with people who know quite a bit about it and my group in particular.

I will have to use Curiosity because if i'm not even interested in it why do I be doing it.

Last of all I think I will need to use Creativity because you have to be creative, Unique and be yourself when it comes to project like these.

Waimata Netball Tournament

I was a cold frosty morning. I smack the alarm on the head and get up. I hop into my black and white netball uniform. Grab a bowl, Milk and some Weetbix. I lace up my shoes, fill up my drink bottle and I am ready to go. We arrive at school to pick up 2 other team members. We have a dance party on the way to Waihi. When we arrive we take of our track pants. We watch the other teams play and eye up our competition. We played our first and and the score was 4-5 to us. It was quite cool wining our first game. Unfortunately we lost the rest of our games. Our last game we lost by 1. The year 5 Netball team won their age division and went into over time.  The year 6 netball team got second. We had a good day and finished of with ice cream.

Taupo Netball Tournament

The crazy adventures at the Taupo Tournament

On Friday I went to my friend's house. We were getting prepared to go to Taupo for a reps tournament. We went to sleep and woke up the next morning. We had a pancake and had a shower.

We jumped into the car to go to Ngatea to pick up Lara.We started driving to Taupo. We go to Tirau and went to this really cool Christmas decorations shop and went to an ice cream shop. I got a hokey pokey single scoop waffle cone.

We were about 30 minutes away for Taupo and Lara was sick.I jumped out of the car. We went to the Huka falls look out. We arrived at our motel and jumped into our togs and went to ac baths.

Lara was still sick so she didn't come. I went down the slow and fast Hydro slide . We also went on the Tarzan swing. We went back to the motel and  ordered Dixie.

I had this really nice burger. It was so big they had to have it in two halves. We also ordered garlic bread but I didn't eat it because I was so full.  We went to bed and at 12.20 pm Brooke started spewing.

I wake up in the morning and watched some of the Olympic highlights and had a pancake.I got into my netball uniform  and put on my shoes. We went to the courts and watched the year 6’s rep team. Since Lara and Brooke got sick we had to borrow a year 6 each game.

First we played Taumarunui and lost. I played GK. Our second game was against Hastings and we lost. I played GK.

Then we played 2 other games but I can’t remember who we were up against but we lost both of them. I hope that next season I can do it all again.

 From the left Becky Little Brooke, Molly, Big Brooke, Emma, Me and Hayley. Absent Lara and Theresa

Mahe Drysdale wins gold in photo finish

Mahe Drysdale has won the men’s single sculls at the Rio Olympics.The kiwi won our gold second medal of the Games with a dramatic photo finish victory. The Croatian led the field by a boat length after 1000 m but by the 1500 m mark Drysdale was in front and he appeared to have the race under control.But a sensational burst by the Croatian seemingly beat Drysdale right on on the line.There was then a nervous wait for a minute and a half as the judges checked the photo finish,  before awarding the race to Drysdale but crediting both rowers with the same time.Below is the photo finish. The kiwi boat is the top boat.

Source: Kiwi Kids News

Opinion: I really enjoyed knowing that we have another gold after Valerie got silver

Group Endeavour Ignition

This term we are starting to brain storm what we are most interested in. Instead of doing it alone we will be doing it in groups.My 1st choice was photography. I really like photography because you can capture beautiful moments and have them last forever. A couple of my questions were, who was the first person to invent the camera and flash? Who was the first person to take a photo? I hope I can learn more about photography throughout this term. My Second option was Travel. My last IE was based on travel, cutlers and food. This IE I wanted to base it more about the traveling side of it. How long does it take to go from New Zealand in a plane to London or by boat. I hope that if I don't get my first option I get my second option.

Current events: Hurricanes win first Super Rugby Title

The Hurricanes have won The 2016 Super Rugby. 20- 03 against the lions.  This is their first time winning this award after losing 2 finals. Defense was the key to the Hurricanes victory. The Lions had been the top attacking side in the competition but they were unable to breach the Hurricanes line. In fact, the Hurricanes went through the playoffs without conceding a try Hurricanes first five Beauden Barrett was man of the match with another super display. He scored the final try of the game and hit two conversions and two  penalties.   Hurricanes winger Cory Jane
 scored the only try of the first half.

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.