Surf's Up !🏄

                                      Surf's Up!

At my school the year 6 through to year 8 students went surfing at Ahipara. We were being taught how to surf by the O'Neil Surf Club.

The instructors names were Keehan, Mark and Jack. It was funny because coincidentally, Mark looked a lot like Thor! There were 2 groups. My group got to surf after the other group went surfing so while the first group went surfing my group played beach games. When it was our turn to surf I got off to a rocky start but after a while I got used to it. I wiped out SO MANY TIMES! It was really fun!

What is Advent?

                                  What Is Advent?

Advent is a season Portrayed in many Christian churches, awaiting the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas.

It starts on the 2nd of December every year and ends on the 24th of December. 

The word "Advent" is derived from the Latin word "Adventus" meaning "coming".

Some symbols of Advent are candles and a wreath.

There are 3 purple candles and 1 pink candle as well as an Advent wreath. The pink candle represents joy and the other 3 purple candles represent love, peace and hope.
One candle is lit every Sunday and sometimes a white candle is lit on Christmas day.

     

Knot Tying!

                                     Knot Tying

In my class we have been learning about knots ! The reason why we are learning about knots is for life/survival skills.

We are about to go on camp so we will be able to practice those knots just in case there is a real emergency that knots are needed for.

I learnt how to tie a Figure 8 Knot, Noose Knot and an overhand knot.

The Figure 8 Knot is a simple stopper knot.======================

The Noose Knot is used for catching / snaring small animals.============

The overhand knot is also a simple stopper, very similar to the Figure 8 Knot.======================

This activity was so fun!

Google Doc Ninja Challenge

                     Google Doc Ninja Challenge

Today in class we did the "Google Doc Ninja Challenge". I earned the Google Belt today. To do the Google Doc Challenge our class had to complete tasks that had to do with typing, layouts, fonts, colours and more! I found this challenge very fun and some of it was a little tricky! We have done the Google Doc Ninja Challenge because our buddy blog class at Matawai school, Room 4, did some blog posts about it and we thought we would give it a go with our Manaia Kalani Facilitator helping us along the way.We had 1 hour to complete the challenge. This is a picture of me completing the challenge! I am proud of achieving this award.

I learnt all about shortcuts and things that will help me with my google document work! Have you done"The Google Doc Ninja Challenge"?

All Saints Day

                              All Saints Day

On the 1st of November we celebrated All Saints Day.

All Saints Day is a day where we can celebrate our favourite saints. We had the choice to dress up as them or come to school in our school uniform. When we got to school we got given a little name-tag saying: (what our Saints names are) or if you didn't dress up it said: Saint in training.

I did not dress up as anyone.

We had five people that dressed up as: Saint Mary, Saint Lucia, Saint George, Saint John The Baptist and Saint Anastasia.

What is your favourite saint?

PCS Athletics

                                  PCS Athletics!

At school we have done athletics. We'd been training every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I am going to the "ZONES" for every sport.

I am in for track (aka sprints), High jump, long jump, discus and shot put.

Personally I like athletics. I came 1st in high jump and shot put, 2nd in sprints, long jump and discus.

I am proud of getting 1st in high jump and shot put.

What is your favourite sport?