Mindfulness 2020!

 Talofa Lava bloggers! 

Today I'm going to be writing about Mindfulness with Ms Ikinofo! My class went last, but this is what we did. We each had our own mat to sit on and we sat in our easy pose. Our easy pose was basically folding our legs and sitting up straight. Our teacher told us just to relax and focus on our breathing. Stretching from side to side my back was really sore. Then we stood up in our mountain pose and closed our eyes. We focused on 3 things for 1 minute each and it was the sounds, touch, and our breath. It was really hard to focus because there were distractions around me. After that we did some more stretching like downward dog, child pose, snake pose, crocodile pose, and table and cat pose.

Then we played a game with a timer. We had to hold hands in a circle and we had 1 hula hoop. We had to move the hula hoop around the circle and back to the person who started without letting go of each others hands. Straight after the game we had to buddy up back to back and say what we felt. Then we just did a 5 minute relaxation and lay on the mat. The music was very calm and my favorite thing about mindfulness is we get to calm down and empty out our minds. I felt like I was in the clouds just lying down on them comfortably. 

Do you like being calm and peaceful? Thanks for reading my blog post and I hope you enjoy the rest of your week! Bye!

Art Colouring Book!

Kia Ora Bloggers!

 Today Mr Margot who is one of the Manaiakalani teachers came in our class and set a activity for us to do. He came in to show us this years Summer Learning Journey. The Summer Learning Journey is a fun thing to do in summer. There is lots of activities and you learn new stuff. There are activities everyday and for six weeks. Its a really fun and cool experience. We registered for the Summer Learning Journey and watched a video from a Mannaikalani teacher named Ms Grant. 

She set up a video of how the Art Coloring book works.  It was really easy and all you have to do is go onto the site and press 'free experiment;. Then you can pick any picture and there are colours at the bottom. The first 8 colours on your left are the colors they used in the real picture. The other colors are for you to experiment. When you tap a colour and tap the picture it will fill it with the colour. Here is the site! 

 Link to site

Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed it. Which picture do you think is the original and is the one I made? 

I hope you can figure it out, Bye!

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Intermediate visit!

Bula Vanaka Everyone! 

Today I'm going to be blogging about the visit to Waikowhai Intermediate. Next year, I won't be here at Waikowhai Primary and I will be going to Waikowhai Intermediate!!! Of course I feel really sad because I am leaving my school which I have been to for 5 years. I also feel really excited because my teacher and classroom is Amazing! My Teacher is called Mr Swan and he is really funny. My class is Room 15 and inside the classroom has inflatable Burritos! They are on a shelf and you can throw it at anyone at anytime. 

We went through some rules about the school and we also went through the dress code. All of the Yr 6 students went down if they were going to Waikowhai Intermediate. After that they gave us 2 i pads, 5 pencils, and 5  big pieces of paper. On the pieces of paper there were questions. Our task was to find the answers to the questions on the i pads. It was basically a virtual reality scavenger hunt! We had 10 questions to answer and we had to share 1 i pad between others.  

Our teacher made a virtual map of Waikowhai Intermediate and thats the map we used for our scavenger hunt. We only had a short amount of time before we went headed back to the hall. Our time was up and the 10:00 bell rang and we had to head back. My Mum was there the whole time with my little sister. Then we had to head back to school and say goodbye to the teachers. My Mum dropped me off to school and the some of the other students walked and were dropped off as well. I really enjoyed the morning. I am so excited for 2021!

Thank you for reading my blog post and I hope you enjoyed it!

Bye! 

Skateboarding: 1st Session!

 Talofa Everyone! Today I'm going to be blogging about our first session of skateboarding. 

 This morning my class got to go skateboarding first and I was so excited! Everyone had to wear a helmet and had to have a skateboard of course. First, we just had a ride around, so that we could get use to it. After that we came back to the white line to split in 2 groups. The first group stayed on the first court and the second group went to the second court. I was in the first group and we did some balancing. We stood on one foot and lunged down like we were pushing the skateboard. Then we had to touch the nose of the skateboard and close our eyes while doing it. After we did balancing, our group had to do tick - tacks! Tick - tacks are when you put one foot on the tail of the board and one foot in front. Then you have to lift it up and turn around as many times as you can.

Instead of staying still we had to ride around and do tick - tacks at the same time. For me it was really hard because I fell, but I saved myself. Then our coach changed tick - tacks into crab walk. A crab walk is when you put both feet on the edges of the board. Then you lift up one foot and then the other. This time I couldn't do it, but I kept trying and trying and I finally did it! Our next task was really easy, all you had to do is lean while skating. Leaning on a skateboard is when you ride and if you need to turn lean on your left or right. Don't lean too far or you might end up on the ground. After that we had a game called 'Whats up, wolf?' How you play this game is really easy, all you need is: A skateboard or a scooter, a helmet, and your friends or family to play with. One person is the wolf and the others are his friends. 

The wolf moves forward and so do his friends. When the wolf looks behind everyone freezes as quick as they can. If one of them moves they take 4 steps back. If you go past the wolf, you have to take 8 steps back. When he says dinner time you have to race to the other end and whoever gets there first wins and becomes the wolf. We had 2 rounds and after that we had a bit of free - time. I used all of the tricks they taught me for my free - time and it was so fun!  We finished up and took off our helmets. Then we went back to our class smiling! That was only our first session, but I hope you can do some tricks on your skateboard if you have one. The positive thing about the session was learning new skills!

Thanks for reading my blog post and I hope you learnt something from it. 

Bye! 

Waikowhai Primary Amazing Production 2020

Today I'm going to be blogging about Waikowhai Primary putting on a fabulous production. On November 4,5,6 my school put on a production called 'Jasmine and Aladdin'. The show had lots of characters, but the main characters were Jasmine, Aladdin, Persia, Omar, and Geewiz. Persia is Aladdin's cat who only says meow to people or to say something. We had 9 scenes and all of the classes in my school got to perform a dance. 

Kia Ora Everyone! 

The director of this show is our Deputy principal Miss Mcgrath and Ms Sands. They have done a lot to make this show happen and so has other teachers and parents. All of the cast is Yr 5 & 6, but some of them are in the yr 5 & 6 dance. I was in the cast and I played as a Professor.Scene 9 is my favorite because Persia takes Omar the evil wizard's staff which had magic in it.

Then the chase scene comes and thats my favorite part of scene 9. 

The main Genie played on November 4, and 5th, but a different actor in our cast had to play his part on the 6th. The show was Mostly about Jasmine and Aladdin trying to stop Omar and his assistant Geewiz from trying to take over the Kingdom of Hasbar. My parents came to watch on Thursday and I was really nervous. In the show my feelings about it made me excited, happy, nervous, and a bit sick. My costume had lots of blue and I had a peacock cape, but much shorter. This has been my favorite highlight of the year so far. 

At the end all of the cast went up to bow. The yr 5 & 6 dancers also went up to bow. After everyone had a turn to bow in front of the audience we did the year 5 & 6 dance! I didn't know the moves really well so I copied others in front of me. I had a awesome week and I'm so excited to see the next production with my little sister in it. Thank you for reading my blog post and I hope you have a awesome week. Don't forget DVD's and USB's are available at our office of the production! 

Blog you Later!

Don't forget to look at the photos!

The Camel costume

                           The Sultan and Sultana!

Omar and his evil staff!

FINAL DANCE!

                                                   

 

Making fabulous Tapa!

 Kia Ora kotoa! 

That means hi everyone in Maori and I used it because it is Maori language week! Now, I am writing about the fabulous Tapa the whole of Te Waka Ako made. We made a Tapa for Tongan language week and we are still continuing the creation. Instead of using cloth or material we used paper because we had no cloth to make the Tapa. The first step is to have a square piece of paper or cloth and then fold it in half 2 times. It should have two squares at the top and bottom. Make sure the paper is brown or light brown. 

Then you could draw Tongan patterns in those squares or you could do other patterns. When you have done then go over it again with a black permanent marker. Make sure you have newspaper underneath, so it doesn't go through. When you have finished, set newspapers on the table and lay each one on top of each other. Use brown types of dye to colour your Tapa and make sure to leave some blank. 

When you have done dying then leave it somewhere to dry and make sure you leave it somewhere safe and warm. Once it is dry then start scrunching it up softly, so that is can be like Tapa. If you are scrunching it make sure when you open don't rip it. Once it feels really soft and smooth iron it to make it flat. There you have it and you could put it on your window.

Thanks for reading my blog post and I hope you have a good weekend! Kia pai te wiki, Haere ra! 

Tapa creations!

1st Basketball session!

 Malo e leilei Everyone!

 As you know it is Tongan language week, but I am talking about our first Basketball. It was so fun that I learnt how to dribble a ball under my leg. The Basketball teachers were Ronan and Mickey. For our warm up we played a game called Turtle tag and it's really fun. If you get tagged you have to lye on your back like a turtle with your feet and hands in the air. Two people have to help them get back up by holding there arms and legs and turning them over. Even the teachers played with us! 

In Basketball there is three easy, simple rules. The first rule is listening whenever they talk, the second rule is respect which is very important. The last rule which is the best, have FUN! We had 5 Basketball movements which were dribbling side to side, dribble through legs, stir the bath (side to side with one hand) under toilet , Sandwich (protect ball). At the end of the session we played a game called Dribble master. All you had to do was guard the ball from the person trying to get it off. You have to try and keep it for 10 seconds. 

I got through one person which was okay. If we touched that person that means it was contact and if you stopped dribbling and started dribbling again is called double dribble. Our Student teacher and teacher even tried doing it with us. We all had the best time and I am excited for next Wednesday! Thank you for reading my blog post and I hope you try some of these moves at home. Have a happy weekend and Happy Tongan week! Alu'a! (Bye)

The Basketball teachers teaching us

Me trying to get the ball!