Ki O Rahi Tournament

 Kia ora. For the past few weeks we have been practising Ki O Rahi. We had about two practices then we were in a tournament. This tournament started off a bit later than what it  were supposed to. The first game we played was against Taipa School, they were pretty tough and they had practised a lot more than what we had; the final score was 6 - 3 to Taipa. The second game was against Motatau. The final score was 8 - 0 to us. The third game we won 9 - 3. Finally we made it to the semi-finals! We were so excited that we had made it. So we played, and we put up a good game but we were beaten by Taumarere, they were very good and had won last year’s tournament. The final score was 13 - 6.  We had been knocked out of the tournament but I was satisfied that we had made it to the semis and most importantly we all had fun. I think I really need to improve on my catching skills. 

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No communication maths activity

Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we have been doing this maths activity.  For this maths activity there were 16 cards per group. We were in groups of four and each person in the group got four cards. On the cards there were fractions, dots, shaded tiles and something else (I forgot the last one). The rules are you’re not allowed to communicate with each other which includes non verbal signs, you can give cards but you can’t take them, if you only have two cards you can’t give any more. The most frustrating thing was not being able to communicate to each other, especially if the person you gave the card to didn’t know why you gave it to them.  I learnt that needing to communicate is a lot more important than I thought it was.

Your Life or Your Money?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere Whaea Tracey came in and taught us about water safety. Usually Whaea Tracey teaches us the same thing every year just to remind us, but this time she taught us some new things. For this lesson that just passed she taught us about flares and an EPIRB (Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon or Emergency Beacon). EPIRB’s send a bright light into the sky but you have to call Coast Guard so they can search for you. Here are a fews things I learnt, the flare that sends up a orange cloud is seen better at night time; flares also have a flaw though, that is they’re not waterproof. The reason they’re not waterproof is because the longer you hold them the hotter they get, so to cool them down you need to dip them into the water. An EPIRB however is waterproof and it sends a bright light up into the sky (not high enough to interfere with planes the same with the flares), but they come at a great price, $500+ however your life is worth a lot more. Another thing that’s costly is, you have to pay Coast Guard for every hour they go searching for you (this includes them preparing and getting their equipment on), the price is $250 a hour.

So what would you rather? Paying a lot of money or keeping your life?

STEAM challenge

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we did a STEAM challenge. We were learning how to make a free standing tower using limited materials. For the STEAM challenge we were given two sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. The challenge was, we had to build the tallest free standing tower with the materials we were given. Another thing that made this challenge difficult was, we were only given 20 minutes to complete it. The group I was in kept coming up with ideas but we couldn’t really choose what idea to use because there were so many, but in the end we just made a tower because there were only six minutes left. It was pretty frustrating because when we had started making the tower it wasn’t balancing properly. Next time I think I will help my group a bit more. Do you think this would be difficult for you if you tried this challenge?