Mindfulness

                               Mindfulness 

Yesterday it was our last session  of mindfulness. First we did yoga poses like downward dog, butterfly pose, and others yoga pose. Then we had to listen to our surroundings and see what we could hear. We had to focus on our breathing while laying down.  Then we had to group up in pairs and do these poses with your partner like the boat. It's when you lift your legs and put them together and hold each other to make a boat. Then we had talk about what you were feeling then we played a game where you have to get the hoop through you while in a circle. Mindfulness helps me sleep and it was a good experience. Blog you later.   

summer learning journey

 Do you know what the Summer learning journey is? Well today Mr Maggerts came to tell us all about it. The Summer Learning Journey is something you can do during the summer holidays like blogging. You follow the instructions it has on the site to complete the activities and you will get points for finishing. If you get the most points you could win prizes. We did a teaser activity today. We got to colour pictures like the Big Ben, Taj Mahal, and other well known paintings. The one I did was  a painting of a Chinese woman brushing her beautiful hair. Well if you  like colouring then this is the thing for you. Here is my picture and the original. Can you tell which is which? Click on the Link to go to the site. Hope you have fun with the site.

This the original painting

Lego Work shop!!

 Lego Work shop

Last week on Wednesday we went to the hall for the Lego workshop there was different sections there was landscape, workshop, space ships, stars, planets, and the level of the ground like to dirt to rock to bottom. They put us in groups of four they sent us to landscape I was making a side that was dead and the other side was with plants and trees and in the middle was a Bridge there was a man riding a horse across the Bridge. 

Next was  The stars I was not so good at making that but my group was good at making stars then next was space ships I made a cool one its was the star wars ship then we could go around picking which one you want to do then we finish and they pick which one is the best and you could pick a rubber and stickers i wasn't one of them but it was a good experience. Blog you later.

Biking

On Monday we had Bike skills but I wasn't there. The class learned how to turn right safely and a safe way to enter the road. They played games like the box game, head shoulders knees and toes, turtle races, red light green light, figure of 8 challenge, and riding on the field. Another thing they learned was you can to travel to school on a bike because it's less pollution.  Also how to check the brakes of the bike also signals, ABC checklist. A was for air in the tyres, B for brakes, C control and chain. They were riding on the field and played a bean bag game. Each child got a bean bag and got on their bike then gave it to their team mate. That's all I know that happened. Blog you later. 

 

Skateboarding

 Today we had skateboarding. The first activity we had to fall over and the foot that you put out was the one going on the top of the skateboard and the other foot will be the one to push you.

Next, Ben and Laurence who were the coaches told us to do laps across the court and back. After that we split into groups and  I was in Laurence's group. First was balance on the skateboard with one foot and do exercises with one foot and touch the top of the skateboard.

We learned the parts of the skateboard like the deck, wheels. Next thing we  did was tick tacks, tick tacks is when you  hold the back of the skateboard with your foot and turn it and see how many time you can do in a circle.

Then we lean side to side to turn the board then we played whats up wolf. Its whats the time Mr Wolf. Then we had free time. After morning tea it was our second session some of the activities were the same but we did Zigzags up and down the court that was one of the hardest things I did. The other thing I did was a willy flip, a willy flip is when you put your skateboard facing upside down and try to flip it back up and land on it. Blog you later!! This was a fun thing to do. You should try it as well (activity Young Gun Skate School )

Production

Jasmine & Aladdin Production 2020

Last week we had production called Jasmine and Aladdin
 Monday was first our rehearsal at Waikowhai Intermediate when we got there the backstage was setting up the props. Ms Sands got some people to help and I was one of them, we had to screw the bolt in the holes on the wall. We started to rehearse and the main characters did their part near the end was the year 5&6 dance to Respect. 

Then on Tuesday the same thing - practice their lines and their dance. Wednesday same thing but it's a dress rehearsal today and it was the day we have the production in front of our parents. 

My favourite scene was when Jasmine was getting tested by the professors. And it happened on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Friday was in the morning but all the other ones were at night. I also hope you liked my blog, See you later blogger!!!

Wonder Project

On Thursday we launched our rockets. First Te Waka  Ako launched our prototypes, some peoples' prototypes didn't go as far as ours because they needed more aerodynamics. Then we had to rebuild our prototypes and make some improvements so it could go further. First my group was making bigger fins so it could go soaring through the air and be more aerodynamic and less drag. Also we had to use cardboard to make the roof more pointy. Aerodynamic - what does it mean? It means if you have a pointy end it could go far because it has less drag and it would go straight like jets, planes and racing cars. The rocket had wings so it could fly straight. If we didn't have a pointy end, it would create more drag and make it travel in an unexpected way. We ran out of time so we had nothing to launch but we had a bottle and we used it....that didn't go too far but it was a good experience. Blog you later.