Canterbury Cricket

Rebecca from Canterbury Cricket came to teach us some skills.

We played Snowball tag, where two taggers had a ball. When they tagged someone, that person gets a ball to tag with as well. 

We played again, but we had to skip.

Our next game, we had to pretend we had a laser to aim at the wickets. When we hit the wickets, we took one out until all 3 were out.

Next, we practised batting. We needed to use the flat side. We had two shots then swapped over. 

Day 2 Lockdown Learning

Today we had to get creative and build a snowman, even though it's like a beautiful Spring day out there!

Here's mine:

 

Skate School

We were really lucky to have George from Skate School teaching us how to ride.

He brought two different types of boards. One for cruising and one for tricks. I really liked the cruise board.

It was really great to see everyone choosing a really positive attitude and giving it a go, even though it threw some of us out of our comfort zone.

Easter Baskets

 

For Easter, we made baskets on Google drawing. 

We had to learn a few skills, like holding down the shift key to make sure the shape is a square. SOme of us found that if it wasn't a square, our basket was lop-sided.

We also needed to source images that we were able to use and how to make sure they were png images.

A Quick Dip

We hit the pool for the very first time this morning. It was a warm 28 degrees in there and a few of our learners made the most of it, while the rest looked on from the new tiered seating in envy. 

The bees seem to like the warm water too!!

Kiwican

Kiwican says...

We play fair, 

Because it's fun,

I'll shake your hand

If I've lost or won!

We learned to play Capture the Flag, (but with a rugby ball).

CSO

Peach, apple, rest, 

We created a pattern... 

We said the pattern. Then we clapped the pattern.

We split into groups (percussion numbers).

Reading through the sheet music and clapping the beat. 

We are learning FOGUE for untuned percussion.

Play Day

We had our Play Day at school. We were lucky to have a star DJ in the midst of all the action... our very own James! Sadly the smoke machines cut the fun a little short by setting off the fire alarms. It turns out we're really good at clearing the buildings though. There were plenty of smiles on the field while we lined up ao it didn't ruin the fun!

Respect

If I got a problem

Yo I'll solve it

Think of an idea

And I'll resolve it

We started off our session with a game of "Giant Wizard Dwarf". It's like a larger than life game of 'Rock Scissors Paper', except instead of individuals doing hand signals, we had to work as a team and do a full body action together. 

Giants defeat Wizard

Wizards defeat Dwarves

Dwarves defeat Giants

It was really impressive how well everyone talked and came to a decision. 

We then played a game of 'Splash'. If Tia pointed to you, you had to bob down and the people either side had to turn to each other and say "splash". The first person to say it stays in, while the last to say it is out. If it's not your turn to say "splash", you are also out. 

The best part was the "Moo off" to find the winner at the end!

Resilience means never giving up. We showed resilience in our games by going out with a good attitude and waiting patiently for a new round to begin. 

Tenari's terrific Marble Run

Tenari made a marble maze made from lego.

You can leave a comment for Tenari here. You might like to ask him some questions about his creation.

First Swim of the season

This morning we are the first class to be in the pool for the summer.

It was pretty cold, but we toughed it out!

Fanimals in da house!

We were lucky enough to have Jess and Molson visit from Fanimals.

Apparently, Molson is quite cheeky and is probably the naughtiest! 

Where do they live?

There is an animal carer, who trains the animals. Many of them live in her house when they are not working. Tina & Tama the geckos, as well as the Fish,  live in the studios. The other animals get brought in for filming and then go home again. Molson lives with... our another family.

A German Shepard can jump really high! That's why they make great police dogs.

There are a couple of species of goldfish that x can survive in both freshwater and saltwater, but you wouldn't find them in a pet store. 

The fluffiest animal is a ChouChou. It is an Asian breed of dog. It is like a Pom Pom. It has a black tongue. It's going to be on the show next Tuesday! 

Kiwi Can

Last week we talked about feelings and did an anger map to talk about how we deal with that emotion. 

This week we are talking about unmanaged emotions. Everybody has emotions and that's ok, but we need to be able to manage those emotions.

KiwiCan says...I have emotions and that's okay, when I deal with them, in a positive way. 

We played "Switch".  Somebody stands st each of the 5 cones. When you hear the word switch, you have to try and get to one of the four orange cones (not the yellow cone in the middle) if it's close, we do paper scissors rock. If you don't make it to an orange cone, you sit down and watch. The new person always starts at the yellow cone.

It was really frustrating and some of us were finding ourselves in the red zone. We were under a bit of pressure.

For our next activity, we had to complete a puzzle. The timer wouldn't stop until 5 puzzles are completed.

Some of our pieces were missing... and we had extras of others! We needed to go and ask other groups for the missing piece. It took us 3mins 59secs to complete all 5 puzzles. Ngakaunui did it in  3mins 25secs. We had to work as a group. Some people had more experience with jigsaw puzzles than others. We needed to show resilience.

Origami Art!

We have been learning how to make origami in art with our student teacher Miss Rowland. Origami means paper folding in Japanese.

This week we made cups and lanterns.

It takes a lot of patience to fold the paper just right. But it is a lot of fun. After, we all decorate our origami!

Next, we will be making new shapes and trying new types of paper! Can't wait to share our work!

New Beanbags

We are really lucky to get some new beanbags in our space. 

They are for our outdoor area... but while it's pretty miserable out there, we're going to make use of them indoors!

Shjon: "They're really good. Comfortable. I wish all the chairs were beanbags!"

Christina: "They're comfortable. Kind of a little bit hard, but they're also good for relaxing."

Summergrace: "They're comfy, and warm for learning on."

Maddock: "They're kind of comfortable because they're hard."

Snowmen & Snowwomen

We have been creating some super snowmen and snowwomen and then giving them a personality.

Check out some of our creations below (If you click on our name you will be taken to our blog post about them. Please leave us a comment!!!

Maddock

Basty

Kaizah-Rae

Ashaswi

Samoan Language week

It's been fantastic to celebrate Samoan Language this week, after our massive Cultural Diversity Celebration last week!

Check out these fabulous boys celebrating their Samoan heritage.

We love our pool

(Here's a post that got stuck in the drafts in term 1!!!)

The warmer weather has been great for heating our pool again! It was getting a bit chilly last week!  

Summer Learning Journey

Emma had a captive audience

Emma came in from the Summer Learning Journey, to visit with a prize pack for one of our yr 6's from last year.

Check out these goodies!

Pool

It's fantastic to have a school pool on these ridiculously hot days we've been having here in Canterbury this summer.