#Choosekind

Hey guys welcome back to my blog today I am going to be talking about kindness. In the Kaupeka hub we have been talking about kindness. We had to design a t-shirt something to do with kindness and the winning t-shirt will be printed off and you will have your very own t-shirt. At the values assembly one person out the whole school gets picked out of a bowl gets the t-shirt that was printed off. Here is my design...

Cricket Tournament

Hey guys welcome back to my blog, today I am going to talk about cricket. On Thursday I went to a cricket tournament and the tournament went on for two days and on Thursday we had three games and we versed different schools. I liked bating because I hit fours and it was fun getting runs and I liked bowling because it was fun to know how to bowl properly and I liked getting the ball straight so the other teams batter would hit it.We only played on Thursday because Friday was raining and that was sad cause I really wanted to play more cricket in the tournament because it was fun playing cricket.

Have you played in a cricket tournament before?

Swimming lessons

Hi guys and welcome back to my week 4 blog post. Today I am going to talk about swimming lessons. Last week we started doing swimming lessons at QEII.  I really like swimming because it gives me alot of energy. In water safety we were in life jackets and it was really fun because we got on a boat and we all sat on the outside of the boat and did a safety fall in the water. My favourite type of swimming is freestyle because I can go faster then the other strokes. I really enjoyed swimming lessons through out the two weeks I am really looking forward to the next time we go.

Do you like Swimming?

Duathalon

Hey guys welcome back to my blog, today I will be talking about the Duathalon. On the 22nd of February the years 5 - 8's held a duathlon which I was in. There was the competitive one and the non- competitive one and I was in the competitive one. The non - competitive one is when you do the duathalon with a partner so one person does the running and one person does the biking and the competitive one is when you do by your self. I did all by myself because I wanted to try achieve and finish the race and I came third. I really enjoyed the duathlon I am looking forward to doing it next year.

Have you done the duathlon before?

Swimming sports 2019

Hi guys welcome back to my blog, today I am going to talk about swimming sports. On Friday the year 5 to 8's went to swimming sports. There was the 25 meter races and the 50 meter races, I did the 50 meter races because I wanted to go to the competition and I did back stroke, breast stroke and freestyle. It was really fun doing all the races but whenever I got in the water and I was about to race, I would be really nervous. In freestyle I came 4th, in back stroke I came 4th and in Breast stroke I came 3rd. Swimming sports was really fun, I am really looking forward to doing it next year.

Have you done swimming sports before?

My Place Mat - Reading

Hi guys welcome back to my blog, today I am going to talk to you about my place mat. In the kaupeka hub this term we are talking about greatness. On our place mat we had to pick four people and say why they are great. There were four squares and we had to fill them up with facts and why they are great. I picked.....

Mother Teresa 
Barack Obama
Walt Disney 
Pope Francis

Come and see our market day!!!

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
T for Technology
E for Engineering
A for the Arts
and M for Maths
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because … We worked more as a team and we had much more ideas. The structure of the table made it way better because it had more stable.
                                                                                                              Here is my Science template
In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

My team made this… We made stress balls. We made them because they relieve stress and they help people when they are stressed.

My team made this…

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was… making the stress balls and selling them but I was so happy when they all had sold out.

Next time I would…  want to make more stress balls and be more organized. I should’ve made more stress balls we could sold much more at the market. I should’ve been more organized so I could get done faster and help each other when we need help.

What should I do next time?

Book Day

Hey guys, welcome back to my blog, today I am going to talk to you about book day. On Tuesday The whole school had to dress up as a book character and me and my friend Grace Dressed up as good cop and bad cop. I was bad cop I was wearing a police hat, police vest, a black top, black tutu and black make up. There was a competition for who had the best costume and me and Grace came first place.  We all went in the hall and showed our costumes to everyone it was so fun. I had so much fun shopping for my costume and making my costume.

Have you had book character day before?

Our Amazing Performance

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about cultural stories and the big question was;

What is the significance in the 21st Century of our Cultural stories?

First we brainstormed what culture is and came up with lots of ideas. Culture is where you are from,
stories, celebrations, religions and Traditions.

Then we thought about our own culture and talked to our parents about our traditions and heritage.
I wrote a post about my family and things we like to do.

In Literacy we read and discussed myths and legends from around the world then we concentrated on
Maori legends.
I read Maui and the sun and Maui and the great fish.
 I have written my own legend called Maui and the feathers
.

We made a performance about the story Battle of the Mountains. Some students wrote the script,
some students took on the job of making all the artwork,
some worked hard on organising the music and others took on the role of bringing the story alive with dance
and drama.

Here are some photos:

Reflection:

For our production I contributed by Dancing.

I think the show might impact on others by watching my dances.

What I learned about working with others was It is fun working with other people.

Have you ever had a performance like this?

My Amazing Swimming Journey

Hi guys, welcome back to my blog today I will be talking to you about swimming. For the past two weeks we have been doing swimming lessons for the first week we were doing freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke in the second week we learned about water safety. On Wednesday we got put in life jackets and the instructors told us to get in the water and make a circle. We got in the circle to get warm so we didn't get hypothermia. On Thursday we went on a boat and the boat had a hole in it so we all had to get on the sides of the boat and jump off. I learned how to keep safe in the ocean and how to survive if the the boat had a hole in it. Swimming was so fun.

Here are some pictures of us.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my swimming journey.

Have you had your swimming lessons yet? 

My Amazing Reading evidence

In reading this week we read an article from Kiwi kids News about Fortnite. We had to identify key words from the text and combine these keywords with prior knowledge to help with understanding of the text. This is my follow up task:

Fortnite News Article

News Reporter 1: Felicity

News Reporter 2: Petra   

News Reporter 1: Fortnite has taken the world of gaming to the extreme

News Reporter 2: Played from all these gamers who are pronounced Epic in some people’s minds.

News Reporter 1: Their is over 3 million players they play all day and all night.

News Reporter 2: As you can see fortnite has gone world wide

News Reporter 1: I personally don’t know that much about the game fortnite but my brother is very addicted. Fortnite is also leading to gambling. One person spent over $100,000 on fortnite

News Reporter 2: Your brother must be just like my brothers. We have interviewed our siblings about what they think about fortnite. Now here are there answers.

News Reporter 1: My brother said that he absolutely loves the game. He would play it so much if he was aloud. But mum and dad always tells him to get off fortnite.

News Reporter 2: My brothers really like fortnite and think it is worth playing. But surprisingly they have actually found a different game called Rocket league.

My Older brother said he likes how there is no big violence like bleeding. He likes that he can play with his friends and that there is a story behind it. The things he think could improve would be the guns and also he wants the double pump to come back.

News Reporter 1: You may have noticed some kids being a little bit addicted to the game fortnite, or maybe you’ve found someone very addicted. If you have an Idea of making fortnite not so obsessive leave in the comments down below.