Softball Throw

This week for kiwi sport we learnt softball throws. We got taught the monkeydile catch and a crab walk to go side to side. Then we had to play a game.We had to throw the ball to each other and if our partner could catch it we had to move back and then throw it again from a longer distance. After that game we had to throw it and try to clap while the ball was in the air. We had to see how many claps we could do before we caught the ball.  It was fun having softball throws because I am good at throwing.                   

Whakatauki

Today me and Joseph worked together on our Whakatauki. Whakatauki reminds our school what is the school values.Our school Whakatauki is Manaaki Whenua it mean care for the land, Manaaki Tangata the meaning in English is care for the people and last but not lest Haere Whakamua which means go forward.I like the whakatauki because care for the land is like don't put rubbish on the ground and care for the people is like if someone is hurt then we cane help them and then going forward is like the past already happen so then just keep going forward and forget about it.           
 

Kiwi Can

At Kiwi Can we talked about fair play, fair game and positive relationships.  Then we played an energiser which was called get in the hoop. What you had to do was run anti clockwise as Mr Matt called out the numbers.  If your number was chosen we had to speed walk around the circle and then jump into the hoop in the middle.  You got out if you were the last person to stand in the hoop.   After the game we talked about fair play and the importance of having game rules.  We also played ball tag which is like netball. In this game we had to pass the ball to each other  and try to tag the people in the other team with two hands.  If you got passed the ball you couldn't move around.  All these games helped us to practice being fair and a good team player.   Last of all we played GKQ and we had to choose to answer the question by making a sound and putting our hands on our heads.  I did not know the answer to the question!    

Chinese New Year story

Chinese New Year

Kung hei fat choi! (Happy Chinese New Year), this year symbolizes the year of the dog. The Chinese New Year is well known today but, how did it start off?

In the beginning it is said that Chinese New Year wasn’t celebrated, the reason being because of a monster named Nian who terrorised Chinese people on the first moon of every year.

The monster did that for a long time until a wise old man told the people about Nian’s three fears; Fire, the colour red and loud noises.

The next time that the Chinese New Year came they were prepared,

and so as soon as Nian arrived the people were covered in red coloured clothes,

lit fireworks, made loud noises from hitting their drums.

Nian then ran away and so every year as a celebration people wear red clothes, light fireworks and make loud noises by hitting drums.

One day the Jade Emperor decided to make animals take part in a race, the race was to decide what twelve animals would be on the Chinese New Year zodiac.

The animal that came first was the Rat, followed by an Ox and a Tiger.

After them came a Rabbit, a Dragon, a Snake, A Horse, a Goat, a Monkey, a Rooster, a Dog and a Pig.

People also celebrate Chinese New Year by giving Hong Bao to unmarried adults and children, inside of the Hong Bao there is supposed to be money.

They also eat food like egg rolls, noodles and shrimp. The foods represent (in order) wealth, healthiness and happiness.

This is what has happened or is happening to create the Chinese New Year that we know today.

On Monday we researched Chinese New Year. We watched a video that told us about Chinese New Year and then went to get a vivid to write on a piece of paper and we took notes on the piece of paper with our partner. After that we used our chromebook to write about the Chinese New Year and my teacher told my partner to ask me questions and if I knew the answer then I could type it in the text box.                     

Reciprocal Reading

To day for reading we did reciprocal reading and it was easy because I had to look at the year 8 first to know what to do.

Maths Strategy

This week on Tuesday I have been working on my maths with Joseph. We had to solve an equations which was addition. The way we solve this was by using place value. Joseph and I also had to help each other to solve problems using Place Values 

Summer Leaning Journey certificate

This week at assembly I received a certificate for compete in the Summer Leaning Journey. Rachel from the Woolf Fisher Research Centre came to give the certificates to the students who participated in the Summer Learning Journey.  Following Rachel came Matt and Mika. 

Kiwi Can

This week on Thursday I have been working on my Kiwi Can as told by Mrs Anderson. As we went to Kiwi Can our main focus is Positive Attitude.Our first engineer was change place and then we talk about positive attitude and then we play a role game about bullying and we play tag in ten second and then we sit down a talk about join in with the game and the we went back to class.

Sentence Types

This week we were learning about how sentences can make our writing change. I learnt about simple sentences, compound sentences and complex sentences. Compound sentences are joined together with a fanboys conjunction. Complex sentences have an aaawwwubbis conjunction. I liked learning about this because I tried to use new words in my writing.

Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics

I created this DLO that show how far away PyeongChang is form Auckland. I now know PyeongChang is in South Korea. South Korea is a county near Japan, China, North Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. One fact I found interesting is the new Year day in South Korea is 16th of February, as the same day a Chinese New Year.

Making Connections

This week for reading we read a text called, Hard ice and Soft ice. After we read the book we did making connections text to text, text to world and then text to self. When we finish we had to show our teacher to blog post it. 

Blog Post Analysis

LI: To carry out a statistical inquiry  

This year has been a fantasising, over this month, school had started and we had to complete a task which included an Paragraph and an DLO. The DLO had to have information over the past years of your blog totals.

Guess what I been doing In the Holiday

Remembering our summer holiday

Complete these sentences about an event over the summer holiday.
Don’t tell us what the event was just give us enough information that we can know for ourselves.

I heard people talking to each other while walking up the mountain.

I heard a cow saying moooooooooo but there are a lot of cow poo.

I saw blackberries up high.

I felt the squashy blackberry in my hand like a ball.

 

I felt the thorn like a sharp knife after I ate one blackberry.

 

I wondered if blackberries grow quickly.

I wondered will they be more berries next time.

L.I Writing to recount

Writing using language features to engage readers

For writing we had to do seven sentences I heard , I heard, I saw , I felt , I felt , I wondered , I wondered and we had to write about our holiday.