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!

Being a good role model

We recapped what it means to make good choices.

KiwiCan says... 

we are role models,

through and through, 

everything we say 

and everything we do.

We played a game where we were put into 3 teams:

- good role models

- bad role models

- bystanders

Good role models are picking up rubbish (balls) and putting them in one bin.

- bad role models Are putting the rubbish in the other bin.

- bystanders need to make a choice about which side they are going to be on. 

The group with the most "rubbish" wins. 

We talked about what a bystander is like in real life. What a good role model would do or a bad role model would do in situations like a piece of rubbish on the ground. 

We talked about how we can be role models for people older than us as well as younger. 

Spring Learning Journey

We used Song Maker to create some music as a warm up to the spring learning journey.

Here's a little jingle I created.

Making Good Choices

KiwiCan Says...

Making good choices

Is up to me

It shows I have

Integrity

We are focusing on Making Good Choices. 

For our warm-up we played a game where Tia would say "Reset" (we put our heads down). When she said "1...2...3...look" (we pointed to someone in the group. If both people are pointing at each other, then you are both out.

Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one was watching.

We had to show integrity when we were pointing at someone but looking at someone else. It's important to show integrity when playing games because if you use honesty and fairness in a game it makes it more fun. If we don't show fairness then people won't want to play with us anymore and will play with other people. Also, little people might follow our bad example.

Integrity

We shared ways that we've helped in the last week...

Ashaswi helped her mum make dumplings.

Orlando helped his mum make dinner.

Kiwican says...

Making good choices is up to me

It shows I have integrity

We played Ninja. With a ninja partner, we had to make one movement. If we got the other person, On the arm, then that hand went behind your back. We had to show integrity and make good choices for everyone to enjoy it. 

We played Dicey Dice (or greedy pig).

As the dice rolls, we add points. We had to make a choice about when we sat down and then would write the points down. If a 6 is rolled then it's the end of the round. That means there are no points for that round for those standing. Those sitting can add their points to their total.

Nutrition

Sophie from Food for thought came in to teach us about nutrition.

Today we met Harry. He helped up to see where the muscles and bones are in our bodies. There were lots of great questions:

If that was a woman, where would the womb be?

What is our saliva used for?

Do we have bones in our heart?

What does the kidney do?

We can strengthen our heart by exercise. We can also strengthen our body with healthy food. 

Everyday foods.

Dairy products help our bones. It has protein and calcium. 

Fruit and Vegetables come in all different colours. The different colours do different things for our bodies. They all work together as a team to give us different vitamins and minerals. 

Lean meat, seafood, eggs, nuts, beans, legumes and tofu. These foods are really high in protein, which helps out muscles. Iron is also important. 

Grains & starchy vegetables give us lots of energy and give us carbohydrates. the whole meal variety is even better. We can also get fibre from our grainy food. It is great for our intestines and helping to push food through them. If we stretched them out, they'd be 6m long. 

All of these foods are really good for our brain. 

Sometimes foods

Good to have now and then, but not every day. 

Lollies, flavoured milk, ice cream, burgers & fries, pizza. 

We looked at how much fat is in the different chips we eat. Even potato chips! It can get stuck in our arteries.

(Photo of lines and going through)

If we have lots of sugar it can damage our teeth. And fat can damage our bodies.

Recapping Resilience

KiwiCan says 

Keep on going

You're nearly there 

don't give up 

Just persevere.

This is our last KiwiCan session for the term.

We started with a game of silent ball.

We had to persevere when it got hard. 

We recapped what we had learned throughout the term. We did it by having a quiz with teams.

We needed to show resilience in our teams by sharing our ideas and the roles in our group (recorder & runner). We sometimes needed to show perseverance when we felt like our ideas weren't being listened to.

Today we earned kiwi for:

Entering

participating 

Effort

Team work

Listening.

We needed to show more kindness in the words we used to others, and improve on the way we talk in between activities.