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.

Gumboot friday

  Gumboot Friday

Gumboot Friday is to help people think about mental health. Some people have a mind that's is not healthy. They might be unhappy. On gumboot Friday some people wear gumboots. This reminds people that some people don’t have a happy mind.

We wrote positive and helpful comments on a piece of cardboard and we put them in the people’s mail boxes. We wanted  the comments to make people happy. It worked. One lady sent a note to school to say what a lovely post. It made her feel very good.

Neeve thought of the idea.

This term at school we are talking about Hauora -  Wellbeing. This means being healthy in our body and our mind. Teachers and students wore gumboots on Friday, to raise money for the Gumboot day. This term we are looking at Hauora Wellbeing as our inquiry topic. When you have bad thought your body will not be healthy. It is important to look after your mind and your body.

Tread lightly caravan

This morning Waitemata went the Tread lightly caravan to learn about water pollution. First we were put in to four groups. First group stayed inside the classroom and learnt about wet lands and VR head set. The wet lands help to clean the muddy water. The wet lands also slows the flow of water to stop flooding the grounds. Next my group had to use maps to find all the in our school. After that my group went to the caravan. We learn that only rain goes in the drain. Water from sink and toilet goes in waste water treatment plant to get clean. I learnt that we should put rubbish in the correct bin or it will end up in the sea and fishes will die.

special Assembly

We had a special assembly to remember the Christchurch tragedy. It was on Monday 18th of March. the whole school went to the hall for the assembly. We sang the National Anthem. We also had  1 minute silence to remember who died in Christchurch. We planted a Kowhai tree as it represents friendship. We made special cards for the doctors and police in Christchurch. I am sad because so many people who died in Christchurch. So we should love each other and be friends with everyone.

Getting to know you

Getting to Know You 

In writing we had to do getting to know you. Getting to know you is what you do at home and what things we like or things that we don't like. We had to give information about my family. I really enjoy writing about my family. The thing that I found most difficult was the part about what is important to my family. I hope you enjoy reading about me and my family.