Waiouru Museum Robbery

Today for reading we were researching about a story. My partner San Kyaw and I worked together to find the different perspectives of the story. We choose to read about the Waiouru Museum robbery. This event happened in 2007. A man named James Joseph Kapa was caught stealing 96 military medals. These medals were gifted to the museum by the families who have lost loved ones in the war. We also wrote our opinion on the situation.

The Highwayman Summary

For reading this week we have have studying an old poem called the Highwayman. It was written by Alfred Noyes and was set in the 18th century (1701 - 1800) in the countryside of England. This poem talks about a the relationship between the Highwayman and a landlord's daughter. For our reading task we were to create a DLO with a summary about the Highwayman poetry. We read the poem and for each paragraph we talked to our group about the paragraph and what it talks about. If you would like to listen the poem on YouTube click here. 

Boxing Term 4 Week 2

This week on Thursday we had boxing. Our instructor was Pax. She told us about the three commandments. Respect, Discipline and Safety. If we break one the these rules the whole class has to do burpies. First we learned how to stand and protect our body. Then we learned how to jab and cross. I also learned that boxing is a team sport and we should work as a team to get better.

KiwiCan Clean Up

The student leaders of Panmure Bridge School partook in the KiwiCan clean up alongside: Glenbrae primary school, Glen Taylor School, and Tamaki Primary School. Doing this will have a positive effect on New Zealand wildlife and the way people perceive the Tamaki area. Today Jordan (SWIS) and Miss Paige (KiwCan Leader) supervised us as we walked from our school to Point England Reserve. While we walked, we picked up rubbish to ensure that our area looks clean but to make it fun we said that the group that does not pick up the most rubbish will have to do what the winning team says. When we arrived at Pt England we collected six full bags of rubbish and recycling so it was hard to tell who won. When we got their we were given lunch and a drink. As Jeremiah and I are the head students of our school we were ask to comment on the event. After that, we finished the day playing games against the other schools. I would like to than the Graeme Dingle Foundation for letting us take part and to Lion Foundation for providing us with lunch.

National Shakeout Day

Recently we have been learning about the National Shakeout Day. This event is held to remind people of what to do when there is a earthquake. My partners Mataio, San Kyaw and I worked together to create a DLO about earthquakes. We answered questions about what you should do when there is a earthquake and why it is important to be prepared for an earthquake. We also talked about how a earthquake can stat and the affects of one.

Netball Interschool

On Wednesday the netball teams went to the Auckland Netball Center to compete against other teams. I was in the year 7 and 8 purple team. Each team had about 6 or 7 games. Unfortunately for some games we played in the rain. The teams we competed with were Ruapotaka, Glen Brae, Pt England, Stone Fields and Panmure Bridge Green (our other team). In my opinion our team could work on passing and communication.

Spaghetti bridge

For inquiry we have been learning about structures. Recently, we have been working on making a bridge out of dried spaghetti. My partner Mataio and I worked with Julian and Lyric to create this bridge. We used rubber bands, tape and string to make it more stable. First we planned how much materials we will need and how long it needed to be. When we built the bridge we added more supports throughout the structure. We used bricks to test how strong our final product was. Our groups bridge was the strongest. It was able to hold 8 bricks.