Kapa Haka

 Last week we had kapa haka. I was in front row for the second year in a row. We got our mokos done if you were in front row you would also get it up to your forehead. I was pretty excited which is very surprising because i'm always nervous. The cameraman got his camera and mic ready. Here is the video. Click Here to watch.

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Speechs

 Last week we had speeches. I had to do my speech first in the class. I was excited but very nervous.  I just thought to myself that I would set and example for the rest of them. They would either be better or worse or the same. So that made me feel a lot better. I stepped up on the stage. 

I started my speeches it didn't seem to bad. I just started and finished it with eas. I listened to everyone else's speeches. They were very good. I was wondering what the teachers score they gave to me. I went over to Kobi he was the kid that marked me I asked what he gave. 'He said he gave 35/40. So that was a very good score. Overall I think I did ok.

Variety of Texts

 This week in our reading group we had to figure out the kind of writing structure was in the texts. I got one that was a procedure. It was called the disappearing tiger. I new it was a procedure because it had the materials and steps on how to make it. It had bossy words like remove and use and stuff like that. It also had diagrams to show us what it should look like.

Athletic Day

 This week we had athletics. I was so excited. We had to wear our house colour, I am in Kakahi that means orca in maori. Kakahi colour is yellow. We headed out to the sprint track to watch the little kids. Then it was time a first subject it was the 200m sprints. Bang here we go I had a good start I was already in first place then I got first in my heats then it was finales this time a had not that good of a start of I was sprinting and sprinting like my life depended on it then i got 1st yay!!!!!

Next was ball throw.  I throw 45m that was ten meter more than I throw last year I was so happy! My friend Cash had sprained his foot but he still got second throwing 37m. I was very surprised how far he throw. In third place was my other friend Stormur with 33m.

After that we had long jump. I was so excited for long jump. Until I saw the run up. It was very small. I lined iwas jumping second until the kid in front of me went to the back. It was my turn I sprinted up to the line i jumped and got a no jump and my next turn was the same. Currently I was doing superbad. It was up to my last jump. I sprinted up I jumped into first place. In total I jumped 4m.

Now was 100m we lined up, the starter called take your marks get set go! I sprinted keeping the leed and got first by maybe a metre. After the rest of the heats went it was the finals. I was up against a lot of fast kids. We started I was so surprised at the end. I got 1st!!!

Now was high jump i didn't do to well with that. My friend Reef got second equal. I think I got 5th equal.

Overall it was a super fun day. I was very happy with my placings.

Hamanatua Stream Walk

 This week we ventured up Hamanatua stream,It was one of our things in our pepeha. We wanted to know were it originated, so we walked up Scarlys way to get to the gate where we go up. We saw Hamanatua but it was tiny we had to jump over. I walked through the stream because I luckily had gumboots.

I saw other people go in with shoes, it looked so uncomfortable. One person tried to jump but he slipped and he got soaked. It was so funny but I felt bad. A lot of people fell in and were so wet. We started our journey. I was excited.

We pasted a bunch of cows and calves. We stopped and had lunch and we carried on for about 20 more mins. I stepped in a mud patch and my gumboot fell off, and my foot came out of my boot and my foot got so wet so I took of my sock and carried on. When we came back to the stream. we had to jump over again. I stepped into the stream but the water go t into my boot it was so wet so I just took it off, then another kid slipped and fell in this time it was a different kid it was probably worse. Overall it was quite fun.

Cross Country

This week Wednesday 15th September we had cross country. We had to walk to the course in Wainui. It wasn't that hard though. When we got to the course the year six girls lined up. When they started the year six boys lined up. Which was me so I got ready and then the starter person said take your marks get set go!

I sprinted off and I had a pretty good start. The people behind me were Jaxon and someone else I couldn't see. We went around the first corner, Jaxon was right behind me he past me I thought it was over but it wasn't because I was only about a metre behind. I felt I was going to trip up and lose it all. Surprisingly I kept a steady pace. We finished our first lap and I was exhausted. It was the second lap and I was still just behind Jaxon. 

We came around the last bend I slipped but still kept my balance. We were coming to the finish and we were neck and neck. We came up to the finish line I sprinted so hard and so did Jaxon we both dived to the finish and I felt so dizzy. I didn't know what I came, but it was over I was drained.

Lockdown Learning😱👌2.0

 This year covid is back so that means lockdown. I never saw it coming. My mum got an email from the teachers it said lockdown learning is back. I thought to myself NOOOOOOOO!!!Trapped with my family for ages! It couldn't get any worse.

The next day my mum got another email that we could pick up our chromebooks to work on. It also meant we would have google meets. I could finally see my mates. I logged into my chromebook and got onto a google meet and saw all of my classmates. The teachers talked about what we where going to do this week.  

There were some new tasks it was interesting. My week felt pretty normal except it was at my house. Everyday me and my siblings and dad would go on a massive walk to the end of the beach. It was hard But there was a plus side to it all once we got to the end we saw a seal. he looked pretty cool. So over all I have had a pretty good time so far.

Rugby Game!

 It  was a Friday morning and I had a rugby game at 12:00 Pm. We were going to face Awapuni and Cobham school. We weren't so sure if they were good or not. At about 11:30 am we had to leave to Awapuni school. We had the first game. We were going to face Cobham.

I did paper scissor rock with their captain, he had won. He said for us to kick off. My mate, Vinnie, kicked off and it landed, bounced back and forward. Finally one of Cobhams players caught it and they ran. A person from my team tackled them. The ball got lost backwards. My friend Momo grabbed it and ran off, he got to the end and got a try. We had to kick to them again one of their players caught it and sprinted down the field, he stepped me and I missed the tackle and then he got a try. At the end Wainui had won the game.

Next we had to face Awapuni. They kicked off to us, I caught it and ran. One of their players tackled me I fell back and tumbled to the ground. One of my teammates took the ball and also got tackled, we lost the ball they picked it up and got a try. We were losing, but we didn't give up. Cory picked the ball up after they kicked he ran a got a try. At the end they had won the match. I was so tired.

We went back to school and then had to do more running because we had cross country in a couple of weeks. At the end of they day it was quite fun.

Chess Tournament

 On Tuesday we had a chess tournament. It was my first tournament in my life. I was very nervous. We had to wait for the games to be drawn out. I had faced a kid from my school. The organiser said to start our timer. I got to start first. If you won you got 1 point if you lost you got none, and if you tied you got half a point.

I did my first move and he did his. We had a 15 minute timer on. I did four moves and then I one won. I felt so relieved that I had won. I had one point. I went over to my friends game he was facing a kid from another school. I think they were tieing I wasn't to sure. The next game I won and then I won and then I lost and lost and then I lost and then won. All my games didn't take to long.

I had 4 points in total and a kid called Nathan got 6 points which was pretty good. I got 2 badges one was for a quick knockout which was for under 10 moves and I got another one for checkmate under 30 seconds. Overall It was kinda fun.

Orange Project

 This week we did an orange project. We had to do measure how much it weighs and capacity and so on. As you can see it shows in the picture below. 

We split into groups to do all of these things. My group had to do the liquid and how much one orange could contain I can't exactly remember how much there was but it was quite a bit. The other groups had to do the other stuff. In my group we had about 5 to 6 people in it. After we did the weighing and stuff we had to find out what what all of the words meant.

Penguin Project

This term we have been making a project about penguins. There were three choices to pick out of. There was a picture, a life size drawing and a diorama. For the picture book you could do it in a pair of three, for the life size drawing you had to do it in pairs of two and the diorama it is also pairs of two.

Me and my group picked the picture book. We made it based it on the gingerbread man but as penguins and we will show all of there dangers and things they have to face in a daily basis, like dogs, cats, rats and builders. We have to do the pictures which is quite hard to do. We haven't finished yet and I also think we are a long way from finishing. The teacher said we only have to do about six to ten pages. We have done six.

My group has about one week. I hope we can finish if not that would not be that great. 

Beach Clean up

This week, we did a beach clean up. Our teacher said there was a prize for who ever got the most trash. She said the prize was from Japan. We had to do it in groups of three. I was with Max and Momo.

The teacher gave everyone a bucket. Once we had our groups together and buckets sorted we went to the beach. We found a plastic bag and a plastic tube sort of thing. We walked all the way to the Wainui Surf Club. Our bucket was pretty much full by the time we got there. One of my friends found a towel and somebody else found a balloon with stuff in it. We had a play there for a while then we had to go back to school.

We walked back on the pathway and we found two beer bottles. A lot of people found beer bottles. Also, on the way back, I found a nerf dart and some kind of sweater.

 When we got back to school we had to count all of the rubbish that we found. We didn't get too much but that is a good thing. 

Addition of Decimals

This week, our teacher was teaching us how to do decimals in algorithms. First, I found it hard but then - I got it! I have done a screencastify of me doing one of the equations. I think I got it right? We had to it in separate rooms around the school because it was a lot more quiet. First, you have to start at the hundredths and then you move up to the tenths and so on.

Camp Kaitawa

Camp 

This is the slides to show you what I did and tells you what I did. It is very fun and I recommend you going there.