Sunsmart programmes in New Zealand schools

Sunsmart programmes in New Zealand schools

When it comes to being SunSmart, New Zealand schools are known for it. Students are taught how to be SunSmart at school and the proper way to keep yourself and most importantly your skin safe when exposed to the sun. Schools ensure Hats, sunscreen, and more important things that are needed when in the summertime.

New Zealand’s schools have a big policy on wearing hats in the summertime and all NZ schools have this one rule that is most commonly known when in the summertime is, no hat, no play. If you do not have a hat, the teacher or teachers will then tell you to go and sit under a shady spot, a shady spot is very well needed for a SunSmart school, and in New Zealand, SunSmart schools have a lot of shady spots for students and staff to sit under.

Also, a big thing that is given to kids before going outside is sunscreen, sunscreen is provided to students and teachers to keep the skin of everybody cancer and sunburn free. Teachers also encourage students to drink more water and to bring a water bottle to school so that it is easier for them to drink water.

Schools also provide swimming lessons in the summertime for the students, so that they can learn and also cool down. Swimming is very important when in the summertime because of the hot weather. Kids can keep themselves cool while swimming and they also get to learn new swimming skills and become better swimmers. The downside of swimming is that the water reflects sunlight so when swimming you could get sunburnt quicker. Luckily there is water proof sunscreen to help when swimming so there is no worries of getting sunburnt in the water.

The Slip, Slop, Slap, and Wrap SunSmart values are a big thing that is taught to students at school. It teaches them an easy way to remember what to do when going outside into the sun. You should Slip on some clothing like a long sleeve t-shirt to protect your arms from getting sunburnt, Slop on some sunscreen to keep your skin protected from the sun, Slap on a hat, mostly a wide brim hat to protect your face and neck, and lastly wrap on some sunglasses to protect your eyes from the sun.

AJ – T3W9-Use prepositions in Te reo Maori

Today we had a Te Reo Session taught by Maejor and Kodi. First we had to learn and present a Maori Conversation about Hide and Seek. We then did an activity where we had to say where Bart Simpson was in the pictures on the slide but in Maori. Here is my work.

It was fun and I really enjoyed it. Thank you Maejor and Kodi for the good lession.

Tech

Today for Tech we went over safety rules that are needed when in a Lab. We then had to draw our class room from birds eye view.

This is my Work, Hope you like it.

Safety Rules – LAB:

Safety Wear – Wear a lab coat

Safety Wear – Wear Safety goggles

Access Chemicals – Access Chemicals should not be mixed with some chemicals

Unneeded Chemicals – Give extra chemicals you have to the teacher for disposal

How to carry Chemicals – Carry chemicals carefully and with 2 hands

Do not touch – Do not touch things without the approval of the teacher

15-minute wash – Wash your face with your eyes open for 15 minutes if any kind of chemical gets spilled into your eyes

15-minute wash – Take a shower for 15 mins and make sure to get the spot that the chemicals have burnt

Waft – Do not smell chemicals directly, instead waft it so the fumes in the chemicals don’t burn your nose

Broken Glass – Let the teacher know if there is broken glass so they can clean it up. Do not try and clean it up yourself

Fire – If there is a fire try and find the fire extinguisher to put the flames out

Food – Do not bring food or drinks into the lab but if you do, do not eat or drink it because the chemicals flying in the air could go onto it and make you sick

Wash your hands – Wash your hands with soap, water and sing happy birthday while doing so, cleaning your hands will help keep the spread of chemicals

Te Oro – Poi

Today Room 7 and I went to Te Oro to make some Poi. First, we started with a cube-shaped foam, we then used scissors to cut it into a circle shape. After that, we got some black, red, and white string and cut it up from the length of our middle finger to the middle of our arm. Once we did that we moved on to a bigger cube-shaped foam, with that we wrapped any colored string we wanted around it 30 times, then we cut it off the big cube and tied the 3 colored strings we made to it. Then we plaited the 3 colored strings together making a long plaited string to hold the circle cube we made for the top of the Poi. We put all the parts together and the poi was finished.

Thank you Whaea Binny & Whaea, we appreciate the opportunity you gave us to make some Poi, I hope we could come and do it again one day.

Thank you and have a good day.

AJ