Kiwican

We are focusing on positive relationships (whanaungatanga) this term at Kiwican.

We can argue,

To no end,

But that won't stop us

From being friends 

We played a game where we had to choose a way to look. Owen would point in a direction and if we were facing the same way as he was pointing, we were "out". If we didn't move our head, we were also "out".

We had to be honest and show integrity. Sometimes we were too slow to move our heads which made us go "out". 

We were practising being a leader by: 

- going down when we were supposed to. 

- leading ourselves and showing honesty.

We split into teams and played Scattergories. We get given a topic and then each need to say a different word for that topic. If there is a double-up then the person is out. Each person has 3 lives.

It was hard to remember which colours had been said after a while. Sometimes people were confused about what were colours or flavours. Many people confused vegetables with fruit. 

We needed to show being a leader by showing self-control and not talking. 

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.

Hanging with Harold

We are learning about our brains with Life Education.

Today we learned about WHAM attacks. We had great examples of when we have them because we've all had them!

WHAM attack

Waiting

Hard

Angry

Mean

The Head Hustler takes your learning and your fun away from you. This sets on when we have a Fixed Mindset. He makes us think "just give up", "why try", "you're rubbish at this". He's not telling the truth... it's a wham attack stealing your learning from you. 

The Mind Master is our growth mindset and helps us make a great choice.

GRIT

Give it your all.

Resolve your problems -communicate

You are important. Know your worth.

Be tenacious - don't give up.

Take the time to do it right -have pride in what you do.

Ignore the temptation to give up! 

Redo if necessary - improve.

Planting Day

Korokia tree - it will come out in yellow flowers and red berries. (You can eat them, but they're not tasty like other berries we eat.)

We needed to tease out the roots out so that they would grow to spread out rather than bound up.

After placing it in the hole, Cayden held the tree while others filled soil into the hole. 

Next we "firm" the soil, by standing on it and "firming" it. 

We'll need to water it weekly. 

Apparently, trees don't like rock music... it's actually been studied!

Kiwican

We are learning about Whanaungatanga, Positive Relationships. Especially Fairness and Fair Play.

Kiwi Can says... 

We play fair,

Because it's fun,

I'll shake your hand

If I've lost or won!

Today we welcomed our new Kiwi Can leader Steve. 

For our warm up, we played splash. If Owen pointed at us, we duck down and the people either side "splash" each other.

Finished off by our moo-off.