Energize

Over the year Whaea Gina has been coming to Paihia School to teach us about healthy eating. We had different groups of foods which were Meat and meat alternatives, Dairy Products, Grain Foods, Vegetables and Fruit. Whaea Gina came in to give us a recap about what we have been learning for the last couple of weeks. Whaea Gina brought some visitors with her and there names were Amy and Fiona. Amy and Fiona came to see what Whaea Gina does with us, what we learn and how she teaches us. Whaea Gina told us that It depends on the color of the fruit that gives you different vitamins and minerals. I will try to eat healthy and remember what I have learnt.

Practicing Long Jump

Last Wednesday at Paihia School we had athletics. I was in group 1 and we were doing long jump. Since we are getting gates around our school the sandpit was blocked so we had to do it on the grass. Because we didn't have the sandpit to land on we had to make sure that we don't jump or land to hard on our feet. After a few rounds of doing that we played a game that makes us stretch our legs and jump further. We used rulers to know where we were jumping. If we stood or jumped on the ruler we would be out, but we were lucky that we had 2 lives. It was very cool practising jumping further and having fun at the same time. My friend Zara and I thought we wouldn't make it and we would be out but after that we knew we could do it and we made it. Do you like long jump? Have you ever done it before? In your opinion do you think long jump is easy or hard?

Athletics I'm lovin it

At Paihia School the seniors have been training for athletics because it is coming up soon and I am very excited. We are training on Wednesday and Friday every week. Because we didn't train last week on Wednesday or Wednesday this week we are going to practise on both Thursday and Friday. We split into 5 groups and so far I have only done high jump because I have been away the past two weeks on our holiday, since it was Labour Weekend. Our success criteria for high jump is Establish your take off foot-try taking off from both sides, Young jumpers should only use a scissors jump, Make sure that you push off with your outside leg and raise the inside leg closest to the bar. I think I could do better at thinking positive and saying to myself I can do this. What I enjoyed was everyone cheering for each other and making them feel comfortable. What do you think of athletics?