Whare Hauora Blessing

Panmure Bridge School is the home of New Zealand's first Medicube. The purpose of this new building is to make sure that children are fit for school and that they get a sense of focus so that they do not worry about getting sick. Our nurses will carry on doing a good job and making sure we are healthy. Like every new building at Panmure Bridge School the Maori blessing took place early in the morning and as we are in kapahaka, we were asked to perform a waiata and represent our school. Our waita was He Honore which was a nice soft waiata that we sang to with just an acoustic guitar. We were all proud of our efforts and it was a honour to partake in this event. The Kaumatua went around the medicube blessing the building in Maori. We all followed the visitors into the medicube looking at the space the health nurses will be working in.

Do We All Have The Opportunity To Get A Healthy Sleep

                  

This week we have been separated into READ groups. In my group was Jeremiah, Freeman, Nyjah, Mataio and Affonso. Our task was to find out why sleep is so important for humans. One of the questions we were aiming as a group was Do all humans have the same chance of having a healthy sleeping? First we we focused only on our group and asked if we have the same chance of sleeping. We all said yes, but that hadn't mean that everyone has the same chance of sleeping because we explored other kids around the world you don't have a healthy sleep like us. A kid in Brazil sleeps on couches outside and a kid from Cambodia sleep on tyres and picks rubbish early in the morning. By learning why sleep is so important for us we also came through a work called inferring. Inferring means when you read between the lines and find hints in the text to answer a questions or guessing that something is true. Sleeping is important for your mental health because it restores our bodies and helps our brains to make strong memories and process about any information. People who don't have enough sleep or have sleeping problem can get to trouble as it can lead to disease such as heart & kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke. Click here to see the hardship in other children lives.

Careers - Career recommendation

Today we have started looking at careers that are suitable to our areas where we shine. Some career recommendations pay very little but some careers pay a big load of money (This is N.Z. based). Mrs Anderson asked us to find a job which we were interested but we had to find one that paid the most. As I want to pursue becoming a lawyer I chose a judge. There salary varies between $334,000 - $490,000 depending on experience and their figure. To become a judge in New Zealand it takes 11 years. This is because it takes 3-4 years to become a lawyer (without PHD) and seven years of being a lawyer. To become a lawyer you need to complete a Bachelor's Degree Programme. A bachelor's degree is the minimum educational requirement for admission to law school. When at law school you need to pass the Law School Admission Test. Then Identify Law Schools and Complete Applications. After that you can earn a doctrine degree. It may differ depending on where you live.

HIIT Training - Term 2 First Training

Today's HIIT session went very well because we were all synchronised with the amazing leaders Tiava and Mataio and most of us achieved our goal which was getting our heart rates into the red. To achieve this goal we did star jumps, tap steps, and high knees. These are relatively easy in comparison to the other exercises that we did in term 2. What made our heart rates sky rocket was the fact that it felt like we did more than three of the sets and that the paste that was set by Tiava and Mataio was very fast. What helped us become synchronised with each other was that we were all in lines and the energy in the room motivated all of us to carry on and strive for excellence. We all enjoyed this session and Mrs Anderson has said that it was the best by far and looking at the results I think we all agree.

Spain - I Wonder Project

                     

Spain is a European country known for their festivals and their beautiful way showing emotion through cultural dances. Spain has also a very interesting history and were once one of the biggest empires in the world. Spain has many intricate buildings showcasing the skill set possessed by the Spanish people. In this DLO are facts about the nation, a brief interpretation of their history, dances, landmarks, a little bit of Spanish, celebrations, and sports played there.

Tech Reflection - T2 W10

It is the last week of the term meaning we will not learn anything about cooking for the next two weeks. Today we have made meat pies which consists of mince and ham and a lot of vegetables. Firstly we had to cook the onions until they became translucent. After that we added the ham and mince to the onions. We then added Mrs Tuipolotu sauce with the meat. When the sauce thickened we added the thickened sauce and the meat to our pastry. We put it into the oven which was heated to 180 degrees and left it in there for 20 minutes. The pie was very delicious and if I did it again I would not change a thing. This was our first introduction to savoury dishes.

Panmure Bridge School Matariki Celebration

Today Panmure Bridge School held a special celebration to celebrate the Maori beliefs linking to Matariki. The Matariki ceremony was enjoyed by pupils at our school and the children of the kindergarten kids located next to us. We celebrated Matariki by sharing cultural group items, performances such as the drumming group, and students were all offered sausage sizzles. To start, every one sang our song He Hone Re. This was a really enjoyable song to sing with friends and family. After that the Kapa Haka group performed their repertoire and also managed to do the Haka. It was really great to see how everyone was really confident and representing their culture. Everyone was shocked of how Joseph (Haka Leader) started the Haka off. Soon after the Kapa Haka's performance we had the drumming group who were outstanding. It was really good to see how each of them were on the same beat. I think the drumming group did a great job because they'd only practice today for 1 hour. Soon we had the Ukulele group performing the song Lean on me by Bill Withers. This was a really amazing song which everyone was singing to. Our last group performance was the Pasifika group. In my perspectives I think this was my best performance I've seen today because of the dances and also the drumming. At the end we enjoyed sausages. I would like to say a bit thank you to Mrs Whaia Odie who planned to celebrate this ceremony and also to other teachers and students who help set up the celebration.