Intermediate Visit Blog Post

 Wow! Intermediate visit was the BEST! The beginning was boring but it went from boring to fun REAL QUICK!

We gathered in the principal started calling people's letters on their hands. The 1st group went to fill out the form, while the others listened to the principal. Next we filled out the forms. When we went to get fizzy and ice blocks I realized I forgot my hat in the classroom. 

We had lunch and had a bit of a play. Their bell sounded like a fire alarm! I was still eating my PB sandwich while the other kids had a play. We started playing with the Tabloids equipment, but lunch ended and we changed into out togs. 

We got into our lines. We walked over to the fire brigade, when suddenly it started spraying water. Everyone went crazy and started running through the water. The pressure wasn't as bad as I thought, but it still hurt. The water was also extremely cold, so I was freezing. 

We rotated through the stations, but we missed out on the water slide because the weather was not very good and everyone was cold. After what seemed forever, we finally got onto the bus. The visit was AMAZING!

We also learned about Fibonacci Sequence! Click here for the Digital Learning Object about it:

Kapa Haka.

Our Kapa Haka Songs: Click here.

Moana Syndicate Performance: Click here.

Entire school performance: Click here.

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Kapa Haka was crazy! After what seemed forever the bus arrived. On the bus I was slowly going insane. Everyone kept singing Kapa Haka songs. We sat on the wet grass and warmed up for our performance. Suddenly, Koka Rozie said that the 2nd row of boys can't wear shorts. I was confused because we saw a email saying, "1st and 2nd row black undies." But at the dress rehearsal the next day they said 1st row black undies and 2nd row black shorts with skirts. But fortunately I brought back-up black undies. 

We were close to our performance now. My feet hurt as I walked across the hard rocks to the stage. We sat on the cold concrete for a while. Sitting on concrete on a cold day is not a good idea. It makes you feel like a icicle. The loud noises of the entire Moana Syndicate climbing metal steps is not a lovely sound. I felt nervous standing in front of all those people. The performance began.

Bundled up in a huge group made our voices loud. We sang E Te Ariki. The noise of clapping travelled through our ears when the song ended. We sang Utaina loud and strong, when we got back into our positions. The boys started moving forward. A couple of songs later we were at the Haka. 

"TARINGA WHAKARONGO. TITIRO MAI KI AU!" Yelled the leader fiercely. Loud slaps against our arms filled the stage. Again, like every other song or Haka, once we finished it there was lots of clapping. Now it was time for the last Haka, Ka Mate. 

"TARINGA WHAKARONGO, KIA RITE KIA RITE, KIA MO! " Yelled the leader. After the rest of the performance. We left the stage and sat down. After what seemed forever, The Moana, Nui, and Wai Syndicate performed together. The loud singing filled the entire hall. We met outside again and rode the bus to school with red marks on our, chests, arms, and legs.

Week 4 Term 4 Blog post

 Man the beginning of this week was CRAZY! 

On Monday we had writing samples until Morning Tea. After Morning Tea we had speech finals until lunchtime. The winners were: Klara (Y5) and Naia (Y6). The people that went to the finals were: Ben and Zofia (Y6), Klara, Charlotte M(Y5) in R2. In Room 3 was: Mako and Naia (Y6) and Rio (Y5).

On Tuesday we went to school photos! We're also starting PBL next week. I also found out that my score for my writing sample was 31! And we also had learning through play! On Wednesday they told us that the chess tournament will be next week on Wednesday! We need an adult and transport and permission to go! I'm really excited about the chess!

Craft Fair is next week as well! This term is going by so fast! We also got Maths-Whizz extended for 1 more week! We're also making new calendar art! This is my progress so far!

Term 4 is going to be CRAZY!!!!

 It's the 1st week of term 4 and oh man... IT'S CRAZY! But to not spoil it for you I will only write about this week. 

A new change is that every morning we line up for Kapa Haka and instead of LTP we have athletics practice. Year six camp is also next week and unfortunately Splash Planet is closed. ;-;. So for the meanwhile at camp were going to learn new stuff but we'll also not be able to sleep at the aquarium. 

We also have speeches in Week 3 on Thursday. I have finished writing my speech but now I need to practice it! We also went to a Monarch/ Butterfly show on Wednesday and it was amazing! At athletics practice we did ball throw, 200m sprint, 50m sprint, long jump, high jump. 

In the Monarch butterfly show they did a act about a transport company that wants to build a road through the lavacreak bush (This is not a real place) and they're chopping down all the plants to make way but it's destroying the butterflies home. So an old grandma which is a scientist decides to go to the environment court but when she's about to go a scientist that works for the transport company ties her up but she has to go, because her nanna is in hospital.  The granny doesn't make it to court so her granddaughter has to tell her speech in front of everyone. They end up stopping the plan to build a road. 

For my athletics I really enjoyed ball throw. Although I didn't throw the ball far, I enjoyed it and felt like I'm best at that. After ball throw we went to 200m sprints and 50m sprints. The 200m was really exhausting but the 50m sprint was fun! The next day we got to long jump and high jump. I was improving and getting better at long jump than last year. But I feel like I got worse at high jump because I couldn't even jump over the lowest! So I need to improve at high jump. 

Final week of PBL in Term 3

 Wow... the time flies by so fast! It's the final week of PBL in Term 3! We finally made some progress this week. Monday was cross country so we didn't do it then. On Tuesday we finally started! Because Angus kept forgetting pine cones, Koka Ngaire suggested that we use fronds! We went to the medicinal garden, dipped the fronds in the peanut butter and started hanging them. Mako climbed up the tree and we hanged about 4-6. There was still lots left but we decided to go back to class.

The next day we were busy for a bit and then after morning tea, we did Kapa Haka then we went to go hang the rest of the bird feeders. We didn't do as much but we still did lots. But we made too many bird feeders and we still have lots sitting in the box with the bird seeds, the string, and the peanut butter! Koka Ngaire also took pictures of our bird feeders so I will share them at the end of my blog post!

At the end of the day we didn't manage to finish everything but we did start on our reflection.

Going to Pihitia Station!

On the bus on the way to Pihitia Station I watched Tay do the Weekly Round-up video. Once we arrived at Pihitia Station it IMMEDIATELY smelled bad but I got used to it. They split us into groups and off we went. The 1st station I went to was the butchering station. Louie stepped away from the station since he was vegetarian. They showed us where the lamb chops came from and they also told us that we can make sausages with a certain part.

Fast forward a bit (Other stations were pretty boring) and were at cattle station. We weighed them to see if they were big enough to go to the processing plant. Sheep over 55kg go to the processing plant. Others don't. After that we went to go see the sheep and Angus's mom whistled commands to the dogs and they chased the sheep around. Then we went back and Angus's dad showed us a drone and also chased some sheep.

Then we went to go watch them shear some sheep. I got to drag the sheep out when we arrived and I was also in the newspaper a day later. Then after they sheared the sheep they explained facts about wool and ect. Then it was morning tea and we ate our food. Then it was the last station.

 

This station was the pest station.   

They showed us some native birds and traps. There was this LOUD trap the literally almost popped your eardrums! Then he played some bird sounds and we had to guess. But he kept on showing the phone without knowing so some people looked! Once we left we ate the rest of our food and left.

PBL Week 3!

 Near the end of the term! This week we are making sure that we have the materials and we are answering questions Koka Nolians asked us! I will now share links and screenshots of our work! 

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