Swim Safe

In Te Ngahere we had a swim safe lesson on dry land. Our host was Tracey
and she was teaching us five ways to stay safe when your on a boat. First
she said to us that we needed to have a flare gun or a flare, if you don’t
know what a flare gun or a flare is well a flare gun is a gun that shoots
flares into the sky then a  red smoke stays in the sky like a cloud. A flare
is this thing that looks like the firework that you hold in you hand.
(Caution KEEP AWAY FROM KIDS!) Second you need to wear a life jacket
when you are on a boat, A life jacket can make you float when you fall off
your boat. The third rule is you need to know the coast guard channel. If
you don’t know the coast guard channel is well it is 16 and for russell it is
3. Four let someone know where you are going, how long you will be and
how much people are with you, you need to say this to someone because
if you get stuck someone can come rescue you. Five check the weather
you need to check the weather because  if the weather is good then you
will have a great time out on the boat. I think that Tracey taught us a good
lesson for when you go on a boat. Do you have any ways to keep safe on a
boat?

Blog ya later.

STEAM Challenge

In Te Ngahere we have started doing STEAM, if you don’t know what
STEAM means well you came to the right blog, ( S stands for science,T
stands for technology, E stands for education, A stands for Arts and M
stands for medical. Our steam challenge was who could make the
tallest tower out of two pieces of news paper. We were allowed to
use two pieces of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. When we were
given a time of 20 minutes to build the news paper towers. We
could also jump in  group of three or less. The people in my group
m where Ricardo, Dale and also me (Jahrell). Once our time was up
we measured whos newspaper tower was the highest. Another
group won but it was all good because we had fun. We were learning to
build a tower with a limited equipment and balancing it so it would stand. 
What would you do to make the highest newspaper tower that stands?

Blog Ya Later!