FIRE AND FLOW

Over the past couple of days, we had lessons with Te Ahi Ora: Fire and Flow. These lessons encouraged us to be creative. The activity may have looked simple, but when actually trying the moves and using the staff, it was much harder.

We followed the instructor’s movements and then gave it a go. We even got to create our own dance and movement to the music.

The instructors put on a show for us at lunchtime with fire. Later on, we were able to try the fire for ourselves on the interview night.

Here are a few photos of us giving it a go. 

On Monday, we had Constable Georgie come in and talk to us about her career. As a police officer, she is a front line worker who works with many amazing people and helps many different members of our Christchurch community.

Each day, she has to put on the uniform and wear her Police vest. This has her torch, handcuffs, taser and pepper spray.

Here you can see Angus trying on the vest.

It is much heavier than you think!

We asked many questions, like what are the good parts ofbeing an officer and what are the bad parts.

Helping others and getting to know people were a positive
and the paper work can be seen as a negative.

We asked about the fitness test that you have to complete to
be an officer – this is the same test that some of our students
completed at the start of the year at the Blue Lights competition.

Lots of running, pushing and jumping through things! Luckily,
Officer Georgie only has to do this every 2 years!

How do you study to become a police officer was another great
question. We found out that there is a college up in Wellington
that is 16 weeks. You then come back to your home town and have a mentor police officer that helps
you for 2 years. This is what Officer Georgie does and she loves it! She likes being able to mentor others.

Did you know, Police Officers have to work 6 shifts in a row and then get 2 days off! They are very hard
workers!

We also got to have a look at the Police Car – it can go fast (not that we saw this). In the back of each car, there
are road spikes that are used in car chases or when they need to stop a car. This can be tricky to get out!

Thank you Officer Georgie for coming out to visit us and tell us all about your amazing job!

From Room 9/10 and some future police officers!

Crazy COCONUT fun

Sophie and her family have just been to Niue to see their family.
We were lucky enough to have Sophie and her mum (Naomi) come
in and get us to try coconut juice and copra (the white meat inside the
coconut).

We watched  Naomi break open the coconut and then we estimated how
much juice was in the coconut. We were all surprised how heavy it was and
thought about the damage it could cause if it fell from the tree onto a car. Apparently
in Niue, insurance companies don’t cover coconut damage.

We (room 9 and 10) and room 5 estimated the different amounts of juice, some estimated 50 mls and then some estimated 800 mls. There was 500 mls in the coconut!

We went up stairs and distributed them into enough cups so we could all taste the juice. It was a clear colour and had an unique taste.
There were many mixed reactions. Some loved it! Some really disliked it. After that, we tasted the white meat, the copra. That was a weird texture and felt very slimy.

Here are some photos of the experience.

Yesterday, our awesome class participated in the NBC Fun Run Cross Country. The obstacle course was a fan-favourite with the commando crawl and hay bale climb.

The class was in disbelief when they were told they ran more yesterday than the normal senior cross county circuit, their thoughts being it was easier as it was more fun!

Today we received our participation certificates.

Some very proud students from the Intermediate Hub.

As an intermediate student at NBC, we work alongside the new entrants class in a Tuakana-Teina role. This is where we guide the young students and help them at school.

On Friday, we helped the students use their iPads by modelling how to log in and access their learning. Some students in room 4 also choose their favourite book to read with their big buddy.

Here are a couple of photos from the morning

Here are some photos from swimming. We enjoyed being in the boat and using the life jackets.

Our lucky year 7/8 students headed to Hanmer Springs for their school camp. Lots of fun was had even with the constant rain. Thank you to our teachers, adult helpers and our instructors. It was a great time.

Our year 7 and 8’s were sponsored by KORE Kiwi Sailing to give sailing a go at Lake Rua. This was a full day of learning how to rig a mini yacht and practising how to sail on land before heading out into the water. Even Mr Gray gave it a go! The intermediates really enjoyed their experience and want to go back again!