ABRACADABRA!

Hello, at Paihia School we had a Wacky Wednesday. Wacky Wednesday is where we dress up wacky on Wednesday. Most of the children at Paihia School dressed up very Wacky. Even the teachers, staff and Mrs Lindsay dressed up. My sister Jaelyn and my friend Jade and I dressed up as wacky fairies. Jade and I had purple wigs, Jaelyn spray painted her hair, we all had fairy wings, wands, headbands, tutu’s, purple nails and gems on our faces. We even had wacky purple eyeshadow, pink blush and sparkly lipstick. On Tuesday night I stayed at Jade’s house to get ready for Wacky Wednesday. When Jade & I got to the bus stop to go to school some people driving past us smiled, beeped the horn or did a nice nod. I think that most stressing part of my outfit is the wig because it is very itchy but you know what they say “go big or go home”. Even though the wig is itchy I think it pulls the whole outfit together, so that is why I also like the wig. I really enjoyed getting dressed up and seeing everyone dressed up wacky. Something that I also throught was amazing was that some of the older kids like the year 7 & 8’s dressed up because you have to have a lot of bravery to come to school in wacky costumes. 

Have you ever had a Wacky Wednesday at your school or anywhere?

Bye Bye!

 

How To Make Sure You Aren’t Stealing People’s Images!

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to attribute images. We have been learning this so we know how to give people the credit for their images or it will be like we’re stealing their images. 

Something new that I have learnt is that to make sure your using only pictures that your allowed to use; you go to Google and type what image you want, go to images instead of all, go to tools, usage rights and creative commons licenses. By doing that you will only get images you are allowed to use.

I will use this in the future because I will know if I’m allowed to use the images and make sure I’m not stealing anyone else's. 

From now on will you give people the credit they deserve?

Ka Kite!

 

Scams & Phishing

 This week in Te Ngahere we have started doing some Cybersmart. For Cybersmart our W.A.L.T was to identify scams and phishing emails when on the internet. By the end of this activity we should be able to look out for them and also what to do when you ensure. For this activity we had to make a copy of the scams and phishing Google slide. Then we had to say if the email was legitimate or fake and then say why we think this. You can tell if the email is legitimate because they won't be asking you for anything or telling you to sign in to anything. You can tell if you are getting scammed because they use things like money, they could ask you something like; you didn’t pay enough money for your package and you need to pay more money, that is a scam. Phishing is where someone wants you to click on a website urgently and if you do then you could lose your money, photos or whatever they take. This weeks activity really helped me to identify scams and phishing emails. Something that I learnt from this week's activity is if the website is asking for information like; full name, date of birth, address & email don’t give them it because that is your personal information. Maybe you can learn how to identify scams and phishing emails by doing this activity too! Have you ever got phishing emails or got scammed before? Bye Bye!

Father’s Day Breakfast!

On Sunday September 5th it was a very special day. It was Father’s Day. For Father’s Day my mum, sister and I woke up at about 7:00 am to cook breakfast for my Dad & ourselves. For breakfast I cooked some scrambled eggs & bacon, my mum cooked some hash browns & baked beans & my sister did some toast for the side. The night before Father’s Day my mum actually cooked some homemade muesli to have with some berrie yoghurt & my sister & her made some shortbread biscuits. We made my Dad a hot tea & my Dad also had some of his homemade lemon juice that he made a couple days before Fathers Day to go with his delicious breakfast. Everyone & especially my Dad said he had a wonderful and delicious breakfast & all our stomach’s were very full. What did you & your family do for Father’s Day?

Have a Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s!!

Breakfast:

Dinner:

Bye Bye!

4 Shot Movie!

 Last Week we made some 4 shot movies. The four shots we had to include in our four shot movie were; establishing shot (the establishing shot tells the audience where and when the story is taking place), long shot (show the subject from a distance), medium shot (emphasize both the actor and their surroundings) & close up (draw the audience attention to the main characters). Something that my group did well was collaborated with each other and made sure that we all agreed on what we would make the movie about. Something my group could have done better is use the time that we have wisely. I think that this learning is going to help me make my proper movie because I now know 4 basic shots in a movie that you would use and I can use it in my movie too. Do you know one of the 4 shots?

Bye Bye!

Science Fair Experiments!!

 For the past few weeks Te Ngahere have been working on our science experiments. Jade and my science experiment was about which toothpaste gets the stains out of your teeth best. Something I learned is that the dependant variables is what is being measured or tested during a science experiment. In our experiment I also learned that out of the toothpastes; Natural Red Seal baking Soda, Maclean & Colgate Triple Action, Natural Red Seal Baking Soda gets the stains out of your teeth best. Something that was hard for me is to make sure not to change more variables. Sometimes when I would get into the pit because I didn’t think I would be able to finish my project in  time, I would use my hoe of Kaha (being strong) & Tu Maia (resilience) to help me row my waka back on track to success. Next time I think I would use my time that I have more wisely. I really enjoyed our science experiment and completing everything we wanted to. What would your science project be about?

Bye Bye!

Here is Jade and my Science Fair Experiment Slides: Hope you enjoy it!!

Winning Dots

 On Monday Te Ngahere started some new Maths. For Maths we were learning to make and analyze dot plot graphs. Activity one was about how far room 1 can throw a tennis ball. Room 1’s data was on a dot plot graph but there was still more data and that was when we had to make our own dot plot graphs for room 2’s data. I learnt that the word “range” means lowest to the highest point. When we first started this activity I thought that the word “range” meant where the ball went but we were wrong. For example, room 1’s longest throw was 19 metres and there lowest throw was 3 metres so you just take away 3 from 19 and it equals 16. Something I could work on and o better for next time is making my DLO more understandable so that people who don't know what a dot plot is will learn from my Blog Post. Have you ever made a Dot Plot Graph to display your data before?

This is where we had to make a dot plot graph for room 2's throws:

Bye Bye!