Off To The Beach For Action Week.

                                                           Off To The Beach For Action Week.

We travelled across the bumpy gravel, while holding our bran new flags blowing in the breeze.  My house starting singing our chant. We all put a big smile on our face and walked on the soft sand getting ready to scolp.  Our house animal is a shark so we were  going to scope that.   Lola started on a shark and others drew the shape for the shark so we could scolp around it.   It was very windy and our flag was falling over when we buried it deep in the sand so we had to keep bearing it so someone just held it. We kept going and a lot  of sand got in my eyes same with other people.

After we had one shark koka Leah had an idea for us to do, It was to make a train of sharks following each other. We followed with her idea.  It was very fun getting our hands covered with sand while we were making the shape of the sharks.  The sea had quite a courent  and the waves were crashing side was fuffley. It you went and got your feet wet  and  cleaned your hands the sea spray off the waves would get you. 

  We had about five and nearly had two more made but we ran out of time.  Koka Rozie and koka Leah came over and looked at ours. It was a bit disappointing because people stepped on ours before the teachers came over.   The winners were Karoro and Mainai. 

We travelled back to school and the bell rang. In the morning the next day I got ready for another awesome day with no school work.  The End

Wainui Beach School Kapa Haka Festival.

                                                      Kapa Haka Festival

Early in the morning I ran into school and quickly got changed into my dress, after that I rushed to the  hall to get my inkey moko on.  Koka Sue was ready and placed some ink on my face  then I rushed over to the lipstick line.  The line was very big. I was  so excited to go on stage and do my performance.

I hopped on the  big green bus, with a big smile on my face. I sat next  to Lila, Aria and Kyla Rose were sitting in front like a four but facing us. It was very busy on the bus and there were a lot of singing.  I leaped of the bus with a little bit of butterflies inside me.  We had a quick  run through before we got on stage. My mum and dad were going to watch me and they kept my brother off kindy because he wanted to watch me as well. 

People started clapping and cheering as we walked on stage.  The kaia started. We all sang very loud. I was so proud of myself.  We kept performing. I was trying to do a nice takahia with all the rest of the group. Heaps of people were watching us and after every song they would clap so loud and  sometimes when they liked our singing they would clap. Sometimes when they enjoy it even more  they would sing with us. When we did the poi they swang together like white bits of hail falling from the sky. 

When we got off the stage we put our zip jumpers back on and went and had a class photo. After that our parents took some photos of us. My mum and dad took a photo of me and my sister, Maisie, because we couldn't find Zebedee, but then we finally found him and had another photo.

It was such an exciting day. We hopped back in the bus. On the way back it was so loud and people were screaming very loud, I wanted them to stop. We got back to school and ate our lunch. I was very tired after the big day. I hope you enjoyed my blog. 

Moana Syndicate bracket

Whole school singing together

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By Betsy Findlay

Wainui Beach School Craft Fair...

 Wainui Beach School Craft Fair... 

 My family and I hopped in the car and travelled to Wainui Beach School. The show was on as I walked through the gates to the craft fair. I  took a look and I was overwhelmed with how many people were there.  There were lots.  

 I kept walking and first I bought a small card that has five red circles on it, that people click for all the  rides ( bouncy castles ) you want to go on.  My sister and I walked over to the big bright red, black and orange obstacle bouncy castle.  We bounced on with a leap. After that I helped my mum click the little kids' cards.  It was lots of fun.  

Dinner time at last

I ran to the bag that my dad was carrying on his back and said "Dad can I please have my money to get dinner?" He said "yea grab it". I rushed over into the line for the sausage sizzles. After I got my sausage sizzle I went over to the coke van and got some very fizzy coke.  I sat down and ate my kai with my family. 

Bubbles 

I waited in line for the bubbles, "Finally it is my turn" I said to myself . The lady helped me into a big round see-through bubble. I banged into my brother with a swish, we both went backwards. It was so fun in the bubbles but it was so hot in there to that I could hardly hold onto the handles.  Because it was so cool I had five more goes in the bubbles.  I got banged all the way over upside down and I couldn't get up so I freaked out a little. But I swung my body and I finally came over.  

Cow Pat Bingo 

Every year at the craft fair there is a cow that comes and we play a game using the cow. We make squares on our field for the cow to go on and you can pat the cow.  But whatever square the cow poos on that person gets there hundred dollars.  Well this years winner was no one because no one bought the square so the money goes to our school. 

I was very sleepy and tried after all those rides. Then we travelled home and went to bed. That was a very fun night. My school thinks that we earnt around 15 thousand dollars, well that's a lot. 

By Betsy Findlay

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Inter School Athletics

                                  Inter School Athletics Day!

Bang The two pieces of wood crashed together in a thump, we speed off in a flash. I didn't know who would win? It was a hot and sunny day. I just had my first race and came second. I lined up with the other year four girls and got ready to race. I felt nervous. The man said "ready set" and banged the pieces of wood together.  It was very loud. I raced off with all of the rest of the year four girls. I found out that I came fourth. I was so happy.  My mum was watching and so was my auntie. We set off to long jump.

                                           Long jump

The lady gave me a thumbs up ( that means ready)  I ran very fast and leaped over the soft sand and landed perfectly, But it was a no jump! My foot was over the line. I was a little bit disappointed. I had one more jump but I could not get further than the top there. They were very good leapers.  I had a yummy snack and then travelled to the flying ball through.

                                          Ball Through  

I picked up the hard cricket ball and threw the ball over the grass and it landed with a thump. I don't know how far I threw but I didn't make the top three. I felt proud of myself. I had a big break and got a icey jucy ice block and a hot sausage sizzle. I was quite nervous for my relays next.  I like ball through but relays are my favorite.  

                                         

Relay people

Tilly,

Charlotte,

Betsy (me),

Brooke.

Realise.

We got into our batin places and ran. Tilly then pasted it to Brooke, Brooke then pasted it to me and I then ran and pasted it to Charlotte and Charlotte then finished the race. We won and got into the finals and did it again. I was really tired. We came second in the finals. We travelled back to school and did some art. That was a fun day I said to myself. 

( If you dont no what a battin is, A battin is a long metal tube ish thing that you pass to the next person in relays. A battin is around as big as your two hands together going upwards).

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Milking the cow and making cream out of the milk

                                          

                                      Milking The Cow                                           One sunny morning we travelled on a big bus all the way to Pihita Station.  We met the person that did the milking cow station.  We split into groups and then learnt how to milk a cow. I found out that you can make butter  out of the cows milk by getting a can and putting some milk up to half way full then shake the can and slowly it will turn into butter.

Milking a cow? 

First get a warm cloth and clean its udder                                                                                                          Then get a bucket and put it under its udder.                                                                                                         Squeeze its udder and then some milk will pore out of it udder.

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Our Own Bee Bot Instructions

                      Our Own Bee Bot Instructions

Today at school we were learning how to make your own tracks for the bee bots to travel on and take our directions.   We had koka Jo who told us how to do it and we had to use blocks to mark out the track. 

At first I found it quite hard to mark out the track.  Then after I checked my instructions and put the blocks into the spaces for the bee bots to follow it was successful! Yay!

These are my instructions for Bee-Bot to follow.

                                             What bee bots are 

 Bee bots are a robot but they are are shaped like a bee and coloured like a bee so that's why they call them bee bots.   Bee bots have little buttons on their back that you press to programme your instructions. Bee bot are very cool and interesting.  Bee bots can go right, left, straight, backwards and then you press go.   When you put bee bots on charge their eyes will become red and if it is not on charge they will be yellow.  As it is following your instructions it will beep and change colour. 

 

When you are trying to make a maze for it to follow  you have to have heaps of perseverance when it doesn't work and try again and never give up.   Kia kaha. Kia manawanui!!  

Tuahine lighthouse - lead the way

                                  Tuahine lighthouse - lead the way

Our class made a lighthouse that represented Tuahine lighthouse. We each  did them on google drawings. My lighthouse was big and I had some words on it that said lead the way and that would take you to a link, that was a picture of Tuahine lighthouse. 

Lead the way was are cool meaning for me because at night the lighthouse leads the boats and shines a light to help them see their path more clearly, and if you are struggling with your work you can shine your light to lead the way to get it done. So that's why I put lead the way in my lighthouse google drawing. Click the link on my lighthouse please. 

              

How Bee Bots move

                                            How bee bots move

What are bee bots? Bee bots are  like a robot but they are in a shape like a bee and coloured like a bee. You press some buttons and that tells the bee bot to go left or right. But first you have to make a grid that is 15 cm each way and  that is not too big. Then you have to make places for it to go from the book we read and then press the left and right arrows and then press go and it will take your directions and it might go the right  way and might not, if your grid was wonky, as well.  

With my group we read  the book called Mcbungles African safari, then made a grid to put the bee bot on and  to drive it around and give it directions and hopefully it will go that way.  Then we did some pictures to put in the spaces in the grid and then the bee bot can go to those places and then when it gets to the end it will beep and when it charges it eyes change colour it's very cool. 

Me and kyla-rose tried it heaps and it did not work, but then we did one instruction at a time and that worked way better and we were so happy.  I loved the bee bots they wore very cool and interesting because it changed colour and we could direct them and then press go and it will take your directions. I learnt how to follow the bee bot at the same time that you are giving your directions.  

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Minimising waste

                                                     The six Rs of minimising waste 

Last week we went to the Enviro center with room 1 we travelled there on a big bus it was very exciting. They told us all about waste and how to reuse things that i did not know we could reuse.  They also told us about how everyday people from the super market staff chuck heaps of truck loads of food out everyday and they just dump it in a big rubbish bin, but most days people come and bring food that is only just over expired and they take it to the enviro center and at the enviro center they make sure its not moldy and then name it and take it to places or families that cant afford and so the people can get some food. Also they took us through some stayshions and showed us around  and showed us a video about  when there was a 

dump at a beach and how much rubbish went in the sea and bushes  and buried around the sand.

The people who worked there took us to a room and showed  aus about the six Rs  they wore and we learnt what odder they went in and what they do and mean.  It was very cool and interesting to learn heaps of things that i did not know before. Also one lady who worked there called Cody she look us around the garden and we tasted heaps of fresh and wet and warm vegetables they wore so delicious.    

We kept going through stations then I went to the compost station with Cody and she got us to get some compost and feel it and smell it. It smelt so yuck!!!!! Cody told us how to make a very good compost and she said to make layers  like a lanza and the layers have to go green brown and she told us what to put in the layers it was like twigs and leafs are really good to. 

Then we went to this room and learnt about the six Rs and they are 

Reuse= People can refuse to by something that they want but don't really need but they will not by it because at the end of that objects life sickle it will eventually rot down into the ground and will be not that good for the plants and the environment.  

Refuse= you need to refuse to by something  that you want but don't need.

Recycle= People can recycle things and put it in there recycle bin.

Reduce = you can reduce  the amount of me materials used.

Repair = can the product be repaired easily .

Rot = at the end of every thing that is plastic it will eventually rot away in the ground or go into the sea but if it rots.

Then we went back to school in the bus and had our lunch. My favorite part of the trip was tasting all the different types of the fresh of food from the garden and i loved learning heaps of things about how to do an apic compost and worm farm. 

         

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