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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Ilminster Green Team

 Today we went to Ilminster  to watch the Ilminster Green Team perform. We took our seats excitedly, there was a painting of the ocean and a painting of a skate park. I already knew this would be exciting!

I saw a crayfish, 2 crabs and a kina. The crayfish was called Nanny Koura and she was telling a story about how she saved the world from aliens. Firstly, there was a bunch of kids who were littering some rubbish. Next, the aliens came and said that Planet Earth would be a great place to dump all of their rubbish since they had already polluted their own planet. The leader of the aliens was King Moron. The aliens were orange. The kids said "the aliens should reduce reuse and recycle".

After that, Nanny Koura said to stop and the aliens said "we are sorry because they thought Nanny Koura was their leader because she was orange just like the aliens". They packed up their rubbish and left Earth. Next the kids were going to go home but Nanny Koura said they had to pick up their rubbish as well. The kids left as well. 

After this performance I felt inspired and thought that I could make more of a conscious effort to reduce, reuse and recycle more. I really enjoyed the show today. I have been to a Green Team performance before but I liked this one the most.

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.

High Modality Words

This term we have speeches and we have learned about high modality words and made a word cloud. This will help us in our speeches. A High modality word is used when trying to persuade or convince someone.

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.