Rhythm Interactive's visit to PBS

This week we were visited by Johnny from Rhythm Interactive. Johnny came to our school to teach us about the rhythms and songs of drumming, LS2 helped the juniors with drumming, just in case they needed help. We listened to the rhythm that Johnny gave us followed it. Johnny would break each beat into 3 parts so that we could learn it step by step. The whole school was involved in this fun event. Johnny also taught us about a phrase, which was "If you can say it you can drum it". The drums that we played with were made from Africa which was called Djembe. I really enjoyed today's event because I got to learn about the rhythms of drumming.
 Down below is a link to the Rhythm Interactive's site.

Tech @ Tamaki College

This week we had another tech day at Tamaki College. This week at Tamaki College we have been looking at how we can make designs into games that we can physically hold. We were given ideas that we could use, we were given a piece of paper to make our 4 designs. We could rather look some ideas up on the internet, Use some Ideas from Mrs Ferguson, or make up some ideas. I only drew 2 designs, they were a tic tac toe that I changed up the X's and O's and a Puzzle with a photo of one of my favourite bands. I have chosen to do the puzzle because I think that it is a really cool design. I have enjoyed tech with Mrs Ferguson. Next week Mrs. Ferguson will print out my photo for my favourite band.

Hiwi The Kiwi Visit

This week Wednesday we had a visit from Hiwi the Kiwi. Hiwi the kiwi came and visited us to teach us about the fish safety and the rules of fishing. We learnt about the different reasons on why we have less fish. We looked at how we could change the plastic pollution, the right sized fish that we are allowed to take home, and much more. Hiwi the kiwi came to talk to us because the safety of fishing, this knowledge that we grow can be shared onto our parents, so then our parents would also know about the fishing safety. We sang a few songs that had hidden messages in them. My favourite song that we sang was called Kai Moana. Down below will be a link to a video of Hiwi The Kiwi at another school, but the video will start at 6:00.

Hiwi The Kiwi

At the end of the whole visit we were told that there was a competition between the whole school. The competition was were we got to write a story about the visit/ information about the safety of fishing. LS2 has been doing Explanations Writing, Persuasive writing and narrative writing. The challenge was that when each piece of writing was submitted to Our principal Mr. Johnston, he would choose which story out of all of the stories written by each pupil at Panmure Bridge School was the Best. The person that got the best story would win the Hiwi The Kiwi Fishing Rod. I have been very excited because I hope that I win. This weeks visit was very fun, I really enjoyed having Hiwi the Kiwi come to our school. A big thank you to Hiwi the Kiwi (Mr Minstrel) and dancer (Mrs Minstrel).