Waikowhai Intermediate Visit!

Talofa Lava Everyone! Yesterday all of the Yr 6's went to visit Waikowhai Intermediate. It was very exciting and there was so much students. We traveled by bus and we went the long way. When we got there it was just our school, so we had 15 minutes playtime. When it was over all the schools were here. The Principal said we were very early and he introduced himself. There was only 3 schools which were Waikowhai, Hay Park, and May Road. We came to visit because most of us might go to Waikowhai Intermediate.

Before we got to see the school they performed dances to see what its like. My favorite one was when they sang and it was beautiful. After they performed, all of the councilors introduced themselves. Each councilor was split into groups to take each school and then we stood up. 3 teachers went with one school, May Road had the Principal, Hay Park had one of the teachers and we had the deputy principal.

Our school went to the library first and it looked amazing. The deputy principal said it was small, but to me it was very big. The next room we went to was the art room and all of the art was very talented. There was no one in the room so it was good. The next room was Room 1 and they were drawing 3D cubes quietly and silently. The next room we went to was Room 10 and they were working on their chrome books. After that we went to Room 11 which my brother is in. They were cleaning up and it was very clean. Then we saw the turf and went into the architect room. There was 3D printers and they were cutting out wood. The next room we went to was the food tech room and it smelt delicious. Then we went in the hall and sat down to get ready to go.

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

Bye! 

Matariki Daily Activities!

Talofa Lava Everyone! Today I am going to share with you what we did on Matariki day during school. Yesterday we had 3 rotations. The 1st rotation was making manu tuku tuku's (kites) out of paper, cord, bamboo, feathers, and decorative strips that the students made. The 2nd rotation was making Maori bread which is basically fried bread. All you needed was two ingredients which was Self raising flour and water, simple! The last rotation was the 3rd rotation which was Stop motion. If you don't know what stop motion is, it is basically taking pictures while moving something with tiny movement. The stop motion we did was based on the Matariki story the seven sisters or stars.

My favorite rotation was making fried bread because after we got to eat it with either Golden syrup, butter, jam, or hazelnut chocolate butter. It was delicious and the fried read smelt really nice. 

The kites were amazing and with all of the art stripes it made small ones and we made 1 big one for the wall. For stop motion I was with a buddy and we made a little man who moved across. We didn't get to finish it because we had a short amount of time. Next time I want to make a stop motion about me.

I'm  going to try and make the fried bread at home so that I can share it with my family and eat it. 

Yummy! 

Thanks bloggers for reading my blog post and I hope you enjoyed looking at the stars last night for Matariki! Here are some photos of what we did during the day. Enjoy your fabulous holiday! Bye!

 

Cross Country!

Talofa everyone!

Yesterday we had Cross Country and is was Amazing! The run was really long and it wasn't the most easiest. My legs feel really tired today that when I get home I might sleep until dinner! There were lots of activities like games, warm ups, runs, Tennis and a rest station. Some of the yr 6 were leading the games and the stations. The others would be on the course telling the little ones were to go. I was with 2 other leaders and 1 house captains. The 1st station was the Cross Country run which starts near the Te Waka ako. The 2nd station was the warm up station were you get ready for the run. The 3rd station was the blindfold game which I was leading. The game is really simple, you get a partner and one has a blindfold. The other one guides them and can't touch them, just by words. The 4th station was Handball and it looked like a lot of fun. There was lots squares and handballs bouncing around! 

Station 5 was Tennis and it got everyone moving. The last station was playground relay and it looked like the best one. In the morning the day started like a normal day except no school uniform and poles. Everyone was wearing house colours such as blue, red, yellow, and green. If they didn't have house colours they would be wearing their uniform or black and other clothes. 

    We had an early morning tea which was at 10:30 to 11:00. Our first group was the 0/1 yr girls and we had lots of other groups to go through during the day. When our last group finished it was our turn. All of the Yr 6's were going to do their run. I was really nervous when the boys already went.

When we started running the whole school cheered and roared across to backtrack. I was really tired and I wanted to keep going. The side of my hip started to feel really sore and everyone was a head of me. Some of them all ready crossed the finish line. We had to do two laps of the course and it was really tiring. I sprinted when I was on the drive way all the way to the finish line. I really tried my best and it was a fun day. I hope you like my blog post and here are some photos of the day!

Me in the yellow blindfold

Our teacher in red strikes a pose!

Me and my friend racing to the finish line

I had a lovely day with my friends and everyone else. 

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Have a Happy Holiday! Bye!