beach clean T3

On the 27th  of September the seniors of Waikowhai Primary School went for a beach clean up.  We had to wear our orange beanies so our teachers could see us from far away. We stood outside our school with our signs. We put our signs up and waved to the people in the cars. We walked down to the beach with our climate change signs. When we arrived at the beach we put our climate change signs away in Mrs Najak's car. We sat down on the ground then we were put in to different groups and I was in Mrs Jones group. Then we split up with our groups to clean up the beach. We found lots of rubbish like glass bottles and food scraps. We had nine bags of rubbish. Once we finished picking up all the rubbish on the beach, we walked back to our school. Whsen we got back at school Mrs Najak gave us some nice ice block and then we ate our lunch. It was a really great day and I had so much fun.

pillow day

Thursday the 19th of  September we had  a pillow day. We bought our own pillows to school. Duffy assembly is where we get two free duffy books. Once the assembly was finished the seniors got their pillows and were allow to lie down  on the court and read their books. It was awesome and fun laying on the ground with our pillows. Then in class we had to make our own pillow design with a positive and encouraging message. My message was "It's okay to not and it's not okay to not try." It was an awesome day. The best part was lying on the ground and reading our new books.

cross country

On Wednesday the 11th of September the Waikowhai school had cross country which was  last week. The Juniors, middle and the seniors sat down in their year group so the teachers could split them  in their groups . For our first activity we did skipping . The skipping was so hard. Then the teacher rang the bell and then we moved to our next station . Our next station was the obstacle course. We had to go under the nets then through the monkey bars then climb up the ladder then we went down the slide. We then  climbed  over the wall and then we ran back to the start line. Then the bell rang so we moved to our next station. Our next station was running, we waited next to the Te Waka Ako till the other runners had  moved on. So we did our exercise which was jogging on our spot
and then we did high jumps and knees up. Ms Sands put us on our spot. Then she clapped  then the year 3 boys ran and  once the boy reached the pole, the year 3 girls went. I really enjoyed running because it was good exercise for me. I had lot of fun on that day. Blog you later.

Mt Ruapeh 2019 snow camp

 Te Waka Ako class went to camp on the 20th of August. Before camp we had to have long sleeves, a pair of jumpers, long thermals, our ski jacket and ski pants and water proof gloves and also woollen gloves. I helped my mum to pack all my clothes and stuff for my camp. Before camp I was feeling nervous because it might be hard at camp because I wasn't sure what will happen there.

Finally the camp bus was here. I was scared and nervous about leaving behind Mum, Dad , Kayci and Tesalonia. I sat on the bus with my best friend. Our first stop was at Hamilton Gardens. At Hamilton Gardens there were lots of plants and flowers and beautiful stones. We had to find the things on the paper around the Hamilton Gardens. Once we had finished we walked back to the bus and went to our next stop.

Our next stop, we were at Otorohonga park at the Ed Hillary Walkway. At the Ed Hillary Walkway there were lots of picture boards. We have to find different boards to fill in the piece of paper.  We walked down to the Otorohonga Park. At the park there were lots of things that we got to play on in the playground.

At our next stop at Taumaranui School we played on the playground and there were lots of swings and slides. Then we moved on to the Crossing Backpackers where we stayed. We got our beds ready and then we all went to the dinner hall where we ate vegetable soup and after that we had desserts. We played games before we went to bed.

The next morning after breakfast we put on our ski stuff, like a ski jacket, ski pants, woollen gloves, woollen socks, waterproof gloves, an orange beanie and goggles. Then we hit the ski slopes. Finally we were at Mount Ruapehu and there were lots of skiers and snowboarders and rocks covered in snow were everywhere.  We did our ski lessons with the instructor and then we practised on our own. The snow was slippery and scary down the snow mountain. Once we were finished at Mount Ruapehu it was time to go back  home.

On the way back home we stopped at the Taupo pools. The Taupo pools were so warm and hot. Then I felt warm and relaxed.  Once we finished at Taupo pools we jumped back on the bus and drove back home. Then I fell asleep on the bus. When I woke we were finally back at school. Then I saw my Mum and Dad. I was so happy to see my family again. I can't wait to go back to Mount Ruapehu with my family. I hope you enjoyed my experience blog, blog you later.

emotions before camp

1. What emotions are you feeling before we go on camp? What are you excited or nervous about? What worries you? 

I am feeling excited because we are going on camp at Mt Ruapehu. I have never been to snow before. 

I am afraid of skiing down the mountain because I haven’t done that before.

I am worried about leaving my family.

2. What is the event or place that is going to push you to your limit? 

Snowboarding because it’s something that I have never done before.

The mountain will be cold and I don’t like snow cold.

3. What are you going to gain from camp?

Doing things I haven’t done before.

More confidence to look after myself

4. How do you think you will feel after camp?

I will be happy because I will be at home with my Mum, Dad, tesalonia and Kayci.

I will be sad because I will miss the Mt Ruapehu.

food pyramid

In the class we did our food pyramid for our healthy eating habit for Inquiry. We had to find information about how much serving of healthy foods we need everyday. The  food pyramid has five sections. They are bread and cereal, milk and cheese, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs and nuts, and the last one is fats and sweets. We all put five things in order. We put the picture of the food into the right groups. I learnt which foods are healthy and unhealthy. I found finding fruits and vegetables easy but finding information about nuts was difficult. We should eat more healthy fruits and vegetables everyday. Here is a picture of my food pyramid down below:

pink shirt day

On the 17th of may it was Anti Bully day. To recognise this day the senior syndicate of Waikowhai Primary School made some t-shirts. We wrote about positive quotes and messages on our t-shirt. We wrote messages like 'You are fantastic, have an awesome day.' We wrote messages to uplift peoples
mood.
We wanted to make people feel happy and positive. Then we decorated the shirts with bright colours. We went out side to post t-shirt in peoples mail boxes. I felt excited because we posted the  t-shirts  in peoples mail boxes that would make them feel happy. Hope you like reading my post.