Athletics Rotation

                      ATHLETICS ROTATION
Hi blogging world, James here. Yesterday we had a athletics rotation there were only three sports one of them was long jump the other was high jump and my first favourite out of all of them was sprints. We did the rotation after morning tea when morning tea was over I got mixed up for what we had to do. So I heard the teachers they said to line up in our classes. I was so excited because I was finally doing sprints because I haven't done sprints sense last time we had a athletics rotation.

 For the fist stop we went to high jump but first we had warm ups so we can get the hang of the high jump when it comes to when the pole is very high. I was scared that I might fail my first jump because I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone in my class. When I went for the fourth one I panicked and jumped over and made but instead of landing on the mat I went further than the mat and fell backwards.

When it was time to rotate again we went to long jump. First we had to know what foot to jump off then we had to see how many steps we can get to the Teacher. How many steps did I get? I got 4 or 5 steps to get to the Teacher. When we were starting to jump we had to be close to get the hold of jumping from short distance. I really liked doing long jump because I got further than everyone else in my class.

When the time went for the last rotation we went to the sprints. I was in the second row with Bruno, Lavinia, Abby, Chimay and faith. I was focused on running as fast as I can to get over the finish line without slowing down and trying not to slip.

Waikowhai Intermediate School

WAIKOWHAI INTERMEDIATE DRESS REHEARSALS

Hi blogging world, James here. Today we had to blog about the show that we went too yesterday. The theme was 'This is Me'. A teacher said there were dances, drama and music that shows celebrating differences, diversity and personalities that are us. There was Kapa Haka, hip hop group (Street cred), 19th Harmony, Band (Midnight souls), Choir (I Tunes), contemporary dance group and the Pacific Island Mix. There were other schools that came to watch the show that Waikowhai Intermediate put on. They were May Road, Halsey Drive, Hillsborough, Marshall Lang and some of the classes from Waikowhai Intermediate. I was so excited because I was running around outside. Our school bussed down to Waikowhai Intermediate that they payed for.  In between the items were monologues. Monologue is when one or two people say something about their lives or about the show. 

There were 8 monologues. The first one was the rap that a girl from the Kapa Haka sang. The second one was about the Sibling Rivalry by Theo. The third one was about future Jobs by Izzy who used to come to our school last year. The fourth one was the Asian stereotypes said by Borneo.  The fifth one was the Tip Toe Walking Girl said by Love Day. The sixth one was about Afghanistan by Safa about changing schools at New Zealand. She also used to come to our school. The seventh one was about a musical by Brook he sang about his life in different musical songs. Then Ms Peach came out and was conducting the song that they rehearsed for like about three terms. 

Here is the link to the Waikowhai Intermediate site https://www.wai-int.school.nz/. If you would like to see them go and buy a ticket from the Intermediate then you can see all the awesome groups that has a performance. My favourite part was when the street cred was dancing because they were com-binding other dance moves and putting it into a dance.

Here is the link to my six thinking hats link. Anyway BLOG YOU LATER.

RUGBY ZONES

🏉🏉🏉RUGBY ZONES🏉🏉🏉
Hi blogging world. James here Last week we went to rugby zones to represent our school called Waikowhai Primary School. We only had 12 players and we only had one team. We played 6 games the whole day. The possession I was a full back and a winger. The props where Tipiloma and Sebastian. The locks where Cassie and Calai. The Hookers where JD and Dazharn. The 1 rower and the second rowers where Richard(Captain) and Emelio. The wingers and centres where Jordan and Torian. 

We played hard against all the teams we versed. Two teams were the most easiest  because most of them where small. When it came up yo our third game it was the hardest game of the day because Most of the people were fast and I could only catch up to only two people. I was very tired chasing them when everyone misses their tackles. I enjoyed playing rugby with my friends because if we weren't in teams I would have let them score the tries to make them win. 

At the end I was sore because I was tackling and running to hard and pushing my self to the limit. I was even tired I nearly walked into a pole because I was that tired. I fell asleep in Mr Riceman's car because all the music made me tired. When we got to school I was very tired but I had to do the Samoan dance for our production.  I really tried my hardest at the zones because I wanted to experience rugby union because I was thinking of playing union next year so I can become a All black.

OVERALL WE CAME SECOND FOR THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT. BLOG YOU LATER.

NED SHOW

                         NED SHOW

Hi bloggers James here. A few weeks ago a visitor came to our school to tell us that we can all be champions at something. His name was Micheal he and his friend Ned came and told us that everyone can be good at anything. While Michael was telling a story about Ned not coming to our school he used different yo yo's to help him show us what it looked like. We were not excited because we thought that it was all about education and what we can do when we are stuck on something. Michael told us what Ned stands for he said that N stands for never give up, E stands for to encourage others, D stands for do your best. Michael was funny because he made weird noises and do weird dancing moves.

Michael said that we could be champions at anything if we be Ned. Michael wanted us to close our eyes and think of the things that we can be better at in school and put them into our heads so we can remember it. Michael was trying to make us laugh but I didn't laugh until he said if you adjust the yo yo this big you need to see a doctor. Michael told us a story about his friend Ned and himself because he thought that it might be funny to tell us a lie about them going to space and talking to aliens. The juniors actually felt for it and some of them faked laughed because they didn't care about the story they cared about the noises that he made.

At the end Michael said that there will be yo yo's up in the office and you can order tomorrow or the next week. All the classes started talking about getting the yo yo's then Ms Sands jumped up and said to give a paki paki to Michael and Ned. When we got back our teacher told us that we only have to get one if we had the paper to order. But I was confused because I really wanted to get the boomerang and I didn't know that we had to get the paper so I brought the money but they said I had to have the paper

I think I did really well listening and learning that anyone can be a champion at anything. I learnt heaps about achieving my goal. I can get better at maths if I do some maths before watching TV or going outside and playing kicks with my brothers.

INTERLAND

                           INTERLAND
Hi blogging world James here again. Today we had to post about Interland. What is a Interland? I'm glad you asked Interland is a game that has four islands floating. Interland is a Cyber Smart game that shows you want to do if someone is trying to steal your personal stuff. Also Interland is very good to go to if you want to know if someone sends you something that hurts your feeling.

                                                         KIND KINGDOM
Kind Kingdom is one of the islands. Kind Kingdom is when you have to climb to the top of the mountain and stop the bullies that are making everyone sad and uncomfortable. Also kind kingdom is when you have to make as much people happy and collect hearts so you can give positive comments to others except for the bullies.

                                                          REALITY RIVER
Reality River is one of the other islands. Reality river is when you have to know what to do if someone is trying to trick you by giving them your address and your name. You have to know what to do when someone does something to you and you don't what to do when there is no adult around. Also you have to try not to fall for fake and fall into the river.

                                                          TOWER OF TREASURE
Tower of Treasure is when you have to keep your private stuff away from the hacker. You have to try and 6 of phones, cards, mail and messages. Tower of treasure is when you also have to pick a secure password to build the tower back up and choose really good passwords so nobody knows. You also have to avoid crashing into rocks, hills and building.

                                                          MINDFUL MOUNTAIN
Mindful Mountain is another island. The message is 'The mountainous town center of Interland is a place where everyone mingles and crosses paths'. The aim was to be very intentional about what you share and with whom.

I think I did really good playing Interland and writing about it . I'm really happy because I really liked playing the game and telling what all four islands do and what to do when it comes to Tower of treasure and Mindful mountain.

                                        









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Technology Rotation

                     Technology Rotation
Hi blogging world. James here. For the past three weeks we have been rotating classes and learning new things every week. In the first week we stayed in our own classes, we got to do the things before the other classes got to experience them.

The first challenge was to make a geoboard with Mr Kim. We had to be in groups of four and our team was the first one to saw the wood and nail all the nails into the board. Then we got to put rubber bands to make a pattern and random stuff on the geoboard.

The Second challenge was the marble challenge with Mr Rattenbury. He gave us a range of everyday school materials. We got to choose our own groups. Then when we got into a group we got all the materials from Mr Rattenbury. Our goal was to hold the marble and see how long you can hold the marble for. We only had 45 minutes to build the structure and try to keep it stable and above the table.

The Third challenge was making our own circuit with a paper clip, watch battery, l.e.d lights, tin foil and a split pin. Our goal was to make our own circuit then make a switch that turns the light on and stays on. 

We did this because after all the things that we did in the rotations we have to build something from all the things we learnt. The whole purpose for this rotation was so we have an idea on what to build when it comes to when we build. We had to make something to show to the whole syndicate.

 I really liked doing this rotation because I learnt heaps of stuff that I didn't know the first time like l.e.d lights and technology words. I think that we might make something really cool with my group to show the syndicate.
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DANCE ACADEMY

               MY DANCE ACADEMY

Hi blogging world. In the holidays I went to my dance academy at the Wesley community centre. The academy is always on Thursday at 6.30 but sometimes it starts at 7.00 because we always play some basketball before practising. The academy finishes around 9.30 because we eat pizza after practising hard. The next day was when we had to perform at the fundraiser so we can fund raise for the older boys to go somewhere cool. 

Me and my other two brothers went to a gig that had heaps of people singing and dancing to Samoan songs. I was really scared because there were heaps of people waiting for us to come and perform in front of them. I nearly puked because I was getting to excited. I really like dancing because my older two brothers teach us dances that they are going to be doing for someones wedding or birthday and we learn the whole dance in one day.

This was our second gig dancing for someone or something. I really like going to academy because the only thing I go is because we learn new dances every week. In the next one week we will not be only dancing we will be studying our culture and might not even doing those things we will be playing some Basketball and other games.


I think that I did really well with my dance academy because from now on we will be studying our culture and doing our homework. Thanks for reading my blog and what I'm doing in my life. 
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