African drumming

Hi guys! On Thursday, 16th of May the seniors had African drumming. As we entered the hall for African drumming, our drum teachers were demonstrating how to play the drums. There were about 30 drums on the ground, we had to pair up because there was not enough drums for all of us. Grayson and I paired up together. The people who worked for African drumming told us the name of the drum that we had. They also said that what tribe in Africa the drum had originated from .

They put us in groups, team one and team two (I was in team two). Each team had one song to do. When they told us what to do, we started playing on the drums. When each team started playing on the drums the sounds started to weave together. There were two beats, one was a loud bang and the other one was a soft bang. The sides of the drum created a soft bang while the loud bang can be made by hitting the middle of the drum. The organisation was called African drumming they also had work shops you could join. I enjoyed how the  songs wove together when you played.

     

letter box drop

Hi guys  recently we have been working on some shirts  for anti bullying day. We had a pallet that we posted quotes  to write on the shirt's. after we wrote the quotes we needed decorate the shirt's they needed to have some pink. Each of us had to have had there cards or four we would put the letters in random peoples letter boxes. But unfortunately when it was Friday i was not able to go because i had an appointment here are some photos blog you later.

Gumboot Friday and Mental Health

Hi on last Friday we made cards for Gumboot Friday. For all of you who don’t know what Gumboot Friday is, New Zealand has Gumboot Friday to fund raise for people with issues with Mental Health. On the actual Gumboot Friday all the Teachers wore Gumboots to support Mental Health. The man who made Gumboot Friday used Gumboots because when you usually walk in mud you wear Gumboots and when you are depressed it is like walking in mud. Mental Health is your emotional health like how you feel how you think and what is your mindset is.

 The thing we did to support Mental Health is to post positive comments in people’s mailboxes. We posted the positive card so it lifts people spirit and also Wellbeing is our Inquiry focus for the year and it is a random act of kindness.There was thirty kids who were picked to fill in the Puketapapa Student Questionnaire. One of the students said that we should post positive comments to people’s mailboxes so it makes people happy.

Our focus for Inquiry is Wellbeing for the whole year. And we thought this will also be relevant for our Inquiry focus. Mental Health is around Wellbeing. And if you have mental health problems that means you are  not Wellbeing. My opinion about Gumboot Friday is that it is really good that someone would care about other people’s Mental Health. Here are some photos. Here are some photos and blog you later.

senior swimming sports

On Thursday 5 of April we had the Senior Swimming Sports . We walked all the way from Waikowhai Primary to Cameron pools for our Swimming Sports. When we got there we went to the changing room to put on our Togs. Then there was some steps that took you to the spectating sets. First I was pretty worried because I thought I would be last. But I was not, for free style I was 4th and for the Backstroke I was Third . After all the individual races we had a house race which one person from every group raced for their house colour it was pretty fun . After we went back to school the. Here are some photos.

At the end I felt pretty happy, blog you later.

Christchurch special assembly

On the 18 of March our school had a special assembly to show respect to all the people who died in the shooting in Christchurch our school had bought a Kowhai tree to plant because it represents our school. One person from every culture in our school helped plant the tree. It does not matter what culture you are from because on the inside we are all the same. We also had 2 minutes of silence to show our respect to all the Muslims. Here is the link to the give a little page where you can donate to the families who lost loved ones https://givealittle.co.nz/ .

On 22 of march we had the best Community Day. We all brought $3 for a secret surprise which was a bouncy castle. We had a slip an slide, we brought our scooters ,we went to Molly Green, we even sold cakes. It was super fun.

Apparently the man did the shooting did so because his dad died and he hated Muslims. I am really proud of the way New Zealand dealt with the shooting. Some people went to the Mosque for the first time, people donated to the families of the people who died and got injured.

Here are some photos of Waikowhai showing that we care.

 

out smarting the cyber smart game

 today in cyber smart we played the cyber smart game . I hope you guys  like my blog post. If you want you cane give it a try https://sites.google.com/a/akohiko.org/cybersmart-the-game/ 

                                                                                         

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google hunt

hi today in cyber smart we did the google hunt slide it took me 37 minutes to finish do you think you can beat my time? here is my slide show.




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