Honoring ANZACS!

Yesterday, on the 1st of May we had our WBS ANZAC parade. Some of us held crosses on the stage representing the soldiers from the Tairawhiti region that passed away in war. Grant played the last post on his bugle and David played the bagpipes outside. We sang the national anthem and it was a really great ANZAC assembly.

Here is a photo from the assembly:

Super Sock STRAND!

For Early level 4 maths STRAND (measurement, statistics, geometry) we are learning about probability.
The question was: For fun, sibling Joe and Susan are dressing in the dark. There are two purple socks and three blue socks. Are they more likely to get a pair, or one of each colour?

Here is my screencastify showing how to work it out:

P.S I have to try really hard to say twelve twenty fifths instead of twelve out of twenty five! 😀

Crazy Camp Kaitawa!

Last week all the year sixes went to the legendary Camp Kaitawa, which is at Lake Waikaremoana. We all had to make a reflection about it. Camp was a lot of fun fun but also tiring. We did lots of walks and swimming. I can't wait to go back to Waikaremoana soon.

Wonderful Weetbix!

A few weeks ago, loads of kids (including me) around NZ went to the Sanitarium Weet Bix TRYathlon. It was hard work but in the I felt very proud. I was in the light blue 10yr old category and we did an 100m swim, 1 lap for the bike, and 1 lap for the run. The swim was at a beach in town and the bike was at a closed of part of the road across from the beach. We ran around a big park that was also near the beach. My favorite part of the event was the bike, because that is the part I am best at.

Here are some photos of me from the event:

Beautiful Brain!

Hola everyone,

This week in our reading group, we have been learning about neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is neurons changing  and forming new pathways when you learn things and make connections. We all had to create a presentation about the brain and how we can train our brain to become bigger and stronger!

Here are some fascinating facts about the brain:

1. The left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body!

2. The brain grows three times its size in the first year of life!

3. The human brain has approximately 100 billion neurons!

 image from ARGUS

Everywhere you look!

Wainui Beach School Pepeha:

Ko Maungaroa te maunga,

Ko te Poho - O Rawiri te Marae,

Ko Hamanatua te awa.

Wainui Beach School's awa - or stream is Hamanatua, which is just about 10 minutes away from our school. Last year some students planted some Harakeke - or flax down by a pathway next to the stream. Today we went and did some weeding around the plants because we are the kaitiaki (guardians) of our stream. There were lots of weeds everywhere we looked! Including fennel and nightshade that we had to dig out of the ground. We also added some mulch around them to keep them moist. We got very dirty but were proud of our mahi in the end. Now all the harakeke and a couple of kawakawa are looking very beautiful! Here are some photos from the stream:

Super six!

Kia ora,
Kya here from Wainui Beach School! This year i'm a year 6, which means lots of fun activities like surfing and school camp. I can't wait to create some awesome new blog posts and share some of my learning with you. Be sure to leave some positive and helpful feedback so that I can improve my posts.
Thanks for reading!