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Te Puke High School

This is How You Wash Your Hands

This is the way we wash our hands
Wash our hands, wash our hands.
This is the way we wash our hands
To keep the germs away.

Now we have to wet our hands,
Wet our hands, wet our hands.
Now we have to wet our hands
And put some soap on them.

Now we have to rub, rub, rub
Rub rub rub, rub rub rub.
Now we have to rub, rub, rub
To give the germs a fright.

Now we have to rinse, rinse, rinse,
Rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse.
Now we have to rinse, rinse, rinse,
And dry them with a towel.

Now your hands are clean, clean, clean
Clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean
Now your hands are clean, clean, clean
And they are germ free

That is how we wash our hands
Wash our hands wash our hands
That is how we wash our hands
To keep the germs away.

By Anna, Anahera, Cassandra, Kirsty and Zhiva

NOTE: The tune to the song is Early in the Morning. It is a pre-school song that teaches children to wash their faces, brush their teeth etc. Rather than early we used to sing Ear-lie in the Morning. We hope you know this song and tune.

Monika comments...

Communication - I know this song was supposed to be part of your movie. I am sorry your movie got corrupted. The song is great - even more so because it is so repetitive.

Rules for Worms and Germs

1/ Choose a germ to play with.
2/ Roll the dice to see who starts. Highest starts.
3/ No Cheating
4/ Ladders go up and Worms go down.
5/ The person who got the highest number starts by rolling the dice.
6/ Now every one has a turn.
7/ Follow the numbers to win.
8/ You have to finish exactly on 116 by rolling the correct number on the dice that will enable your germ to land on it.

Game designed by: Estelle, Aleena, Liam, Denise, Krystal, Madilane and Samantha.

Monika comments...

Communication - This game looks magnificent. The colours should appeal to PNG students and I really, really like the counters you have made. It's a good idea for the worms to go down and there are plenty of health messages throughout. Well done!

 

Monika comments...

Communication - Is this game finished? Could you pls tell me the rules?

Monika comments...

Communication - It's certainly to the point although the students in PNG might wonder about the white hands.

Monika comments...

Communication - Nice and brightly coloured and it should do the trick of reminding students to wash their hands but again the poster shows white hands.

Monika comments...

Communication - Is that word wash? Another pair of white hands which perhaps may not get the point across.

Water Cleaning Steam Collecting Machine

We looked carefully at what resources PNG had and realised that they used fire for cooking and so wanted to bring into our idea something that was already being used and that was fire.

Our device should be built out of old drums (recyclable), and built to the design we have drawn. We weren't able to use a drum so we made our model out of recyclable timber we got from our wood technology department. We, of course, were not able to light a fire under the wood to test our theory but we used kettles and pots to boil water and get a better idea of how our idea would work.

Our design means that the water can be recycled up to three, four times. Water can either be fresh or salty, the water is poured into our water cleaning system and the fire is lit to get the water boiling whereupon the steam is collected into the lit and drips into the drain pipe which then travels down the pipe and into a collection barrel. This water can then be used to wash hands and the water is not tossed away but returned to the water cleaning system where it goes through the process again.

Team Design: Devon, Matthew, Lawrence, Hannah, Sam N, Innes and Curtis.

Monika comments...

Effectiveness - It is a great idea with heaps and heaps of potential. Theoretically it should all work. You would have to make sure the water was boiled for long enough to kill all germs. The highlands are 1,000 m above sea level so the altitude might affect the boiling.

Durability - old drums should be sturdy but will break down over time with a constant fire underneath.

User-friendliness - Simple to understand which is good.

Rules for Waterworks:

1/ The person who rolls first, goes first and play clockwise.
2/ If you land on a square that has the letters cc on it, it means corner card
3/ When you land on a square that has the letters cc on it pick up the card and follow what it says.
4/ The aim of the game is to get to the tap at the end from your house.
5/ If you pick up a cc (corner card) and it says go in a direction where there is no path, pick another card.

Game Designed by: Aleena, Estelle, Krystal, Liam, Madilane, Samantha and Denise.

Monika comments...

Communication - another great game. There are a range of activities the students could do which is great. The village and well however, look like something from the English countryside.