First Session - Hockey

Today for kiwi sport we had Mel taught us some basic skills for hockey, we played a game first called bull rush. The couch picked 3 people to go into the middle, then they had to call out something (e.g. Run if you are wearing a red jacket ) then you have to try and run to the other side, but if they touched you you will have to stay still and try and tag the rest of the people. It was a good warm up to get us started for hockey. Then we had to go to the hockey sticks and stand behind them, when everyone was behind one we had to go and get a ball from the bag. Then the mentor then showed us one of the basic skills, which is called dribbling. We had to hold the top of the stick with our left hand, then hold the coloured bit with our right hand, we had to move the ball side to side with the hockey stick. Then we had played a game called traffic lights, there was 6 different colours. Green - dribble the ball, Orange - stand still and move the ball side to side with the stick, Red - stop and make sure the ball is still, Purple - move backwards while dribbling the ball, Silver - dribble the ball fast, Blue - use the stick to move the ball by spinning. When we played that we had to play a game of hockey, we had to try and get the ball in between the cones. Then we had to hold the ball in our right hand, and the stick in our left hand, then we had to throw the ball and hit it with the stick. I enjoyed our first session of hockey. 

Godwit bird - Afu, Charlize, Juanita

Last week Charlize Juanita and I have created a popplet about the Godwit bird. We had to include Migration, Habitat, Diet, and Appearance. I learnt that a Godwit can fly from NZ to Alaska without stopping, and it takes longer than a week. Take a look at it and see what you did not know about these amazing birds.

Writing - Afu and Charlize and Maata

Today and Yesterday for reading we had to right a story about rescuing, we had to work in partners my partner was Charlize, and Maata. We had to plan our story first on a paper, after that we had to sit back to back with our partners. We had to write one sentence then the other person has to write a sentence, then we kept carrying on till our time was up. This writing is called 5 minutes of... I really enjoyed doing this because it was challenging when had been timed and we had to write a sentence each till our time was up.

Smog in China

Yesterday we read an short article about smog in China. After that we read the whole text, we then had to highlight some of the text and put S-T (Self to Text, something you read that sounds like one of your life experiences), T-T (Something you read that sounds similar to something else you have read), or T-W ( Something you have read that is happening in the world now). The point of this task was to relate to other things that I've read, seen, or that has happened in the world.

Hyperbole

Today I created a DLO about hyperbole and the task that we did yesterday. This DLO shows what hyperbole is and how hyperbole can help enhance in your writing. The task we did was True or false and Fill in the spaces, my favourite one was fill in the spaces because it was challenging and it was hard to think of the words that best fits in the space. 

Team Paper Plane

Today for Maths the whole class was put into a group, in my group there was Sylis, Mere, Silivia, Harry, Thomas, and Ana. We had to pick the best planes from our team that had flew the furthest, and then combine them. We had 8 minutes to make it, then we had to chose the best person that throws the paper plane for the competition, we had Thomas throw the plane. We all had to sit down except the people that are throwing the plane. They had to throw the plane three times. Our measurements were 11.20, 14.00, and 14.01. Our teams paper plane plane went the furthest, but the other people still did well. I enjoyed doing this activity because it was a collaborative challenge, it was fun and it had some learning behind it. 

Writing quiz

Today for writing we had to do a quiz about recounts, My score was 8 out of 10. I think I done well because I got most of them write. I enjoyed doing this quiz because it was challenging.