Term 1 Reflection

Term 1 had a lot of things but they especially had the Good the Bad

and the Ugly.

But we started off school with a great mood. We had a new start things were different like this new programme called Kiwi Can.Kiwi Can is an awesome programme since we get to do fun activities while learning stuff about improving in our behaviour.The games we played were so fun sometimes our teacher Mrs Tofa would even join in. It also helped with our General Knowledge since we play this small game called GKQ (General Knowledge Questions) and everyone gets a turn.

There is also this other programme we’ve been doing for some time too.They call themselves MADD Messengers.MADD stands for Music,Arts,Drama and Dance so it isn’t a bad thing.Petia and Caroline are the people working with us and they say they were trying to change the word mad into something positive,It worked.MADD Messenger is a very cool programme that helps with anti bullying and being proud of you since everyone is unique.

We also had sports like softball,cricket and touch and they were all fun but cricket was kind of a problem for me since I wasn’t fast and wasn’t really good at batting.Softball was ok but I wasn’t very good at soft ball and I kept missing the ball like at our cricket lessons .Touch was my favourite though since we had heaps of fun and we played a lot of cool games that helped with the sport.

We had a trip to Butterfly Creek too and we went to learn more about dinosaurs.At Butterfly Creek I found alot of information about dinosaurs like a Tyrannosaurs Rex wasn’t the strongest dinosaur.It was the spinosaurus dinosaur but what was weird, was that a spinosaurus didn’t have a big appetite.Also I found out that scientist use dinosaur droppings to find out what they ate in the dinosaur time.Butterfly Creek wasn’t all about dinosaurs though we got to see farm animals which was pretty cool.So that trip was pretty fun.

The trips didn’t just end at Butterfly Creek.We got to go to Pt England Beach and welcome the waka from Hawaii called Hokulea to our area and our school wasn’t the only school there.We had all schools that were in the Manaiakalani cluster to help us welcome the waka.That trip was a fun experience.

A visit  from this music artist Anonymous was at our school too.This artist created cool music  

which was pretty amazing.He told us about how reading helps you to reach your dream and stuff like that.That was how Anonymous achieved his dream and it became reality.He also showed us a few things he needed to make his music,like this instrument that made his voice sound like he was a robot.Anonymous recorded our school making this beat.That visit from Anonymous inspired me.  

Around that time when Anonymous was here we had another visit by this Charity Show.The Charity Show was cool since some people from our school got be in it.One of those people were me and we had to practise a little.But before we even got into practising we introduced ourselves in our own way and played these fun activities.The people that were working with us were Justin,Toto,Mikey and Tevita.I found that it was extremely funny and fun at the same time.We did get into practicing but it was pretty easy since we just had to make up 3 dance moves to present to the school. Obviously we had to practice so we presented our dances in front of the people we were working with first. We then ended up presenting it in front of the school.I was a bit nervous about presenting in front of the school but I did it and it was fun.

Technology was also happening and we were doing wood work with Mr Grundy being our teacher. Wood work is fun and kind of hard but we have not finished our projects and are still having our technology sessions with Mr Grundy to complete our work.  

While Term 1 was going pass we had our 3 Way Conferences. My 3 Conference was ok but the problem was that I found that I moved down in my studies.That meant I needed to work really hard to achieve my goals and move up.3 Way conference was ok though but I going to try focus on my work and try to understand more about what the teacher is teaching me.

Even though there were small minor issues in term 1 I think it was an ok term. I learnt new things and had fun learning them so nothing really went that bad.

Kiwi Can

On Thursday 2nd April 2015 we had our last Kiwi Can session for term 1 but we didn’t have our normal session as usual because our class won for showing the most respect.So our Kiwi Can leaders brought us some fried chicken, pizza and some juice to reward us.

Firstly we lined up to get our food,came back to the mat and ate our food. When some of us finished we said thanks to Kiwi Can and played a game while we waited patiently for everyone else to finish. Soon everyone was done eating so we all played games till our session with Kiwi Can was over.

Once it was over we said thanks and bye to Kiwi Can and went back to class. I thought that it was cool that we won and got to be rewarded.  

Malama Honua

On Wednesday 26th of March 2015 Glenbrae School went to Pt England Reserve to welcome the waka called Hokulea from Hawaii with other schools in the Manaiakalani Cluster.Pt England Reserve wasn’t that far so we walked but it was a very hot day so we brought our hats.

Once we reached our destination we sat on the grass and waited for all the schools.When all the schools were here we were told to stand up and sing.Our first song was E Oho but as we were sing that song we did a dance that went for it.

After that there was a lot speaking and more singing.The songs we sang were Nga Waka,He Honore and more of E oho.While we were singing the songs we had to stand and sit down a lot but it was fine plus as we were standing we could see the waka Hokulea better and the people from the waka talking to us.

When the welcoming was coming to an end all the schools got to go meet and high five the people from Hawaii and kids from other schools that helped out.As we were high fiving them some of them said Aloha instead of hi which was different.

The problem was though that when we were saying hi and stuff it took a long time because there were a lot of schools that the Hawaiians were saying hi to but at least everyone got a turn to meet them.

It was now finished and we had to go back to school but I didn’t go because I was one of the people that were chosen to stay behind and learn something about Hawaii.So we stayed behind but came late to our learning session because we were confused about where to go.We went to Pt England Reserve then to Pt England School and just kept walking back and forth.But we did get there and found out it was at Pt England Reserve.

While we were there we ate a Hangi and listened to what they were telling us at the same time.When I was listening I learnt that our ancestors used the stars and sky to navigate them and a bit of Hawaiian words.

The trip to Pt England Reserve was fun and interesting since we got to meet the Hawaiians and learn a bit about all of our ancestors.  

Triangles Math Problem

Piri,Maia and Ollie are planning to make pikelets

for afternoon tea.The recipe needs 3/4 cup  of milk

to make a batch of 25 pikelets.How many cups will

they need to make 100 pikelets?

This is how Alisi and I solved the math problem

M.A.D.D. Programme

Talents

Today we caught up with our MADD Programme session with Petia only because Caroline or  Leah couldn't make it but they did send their apologies. We still continued with our programme though.

We firstly started off with trying to remember what happened the last time we were with MADD.Students were saying stuff about what smarts we were like self smart,people smart,body smart,picture smart,word smart,number smart and music smart.We also talked about Parris Goebel last time so she was mentioned in that part of the programme.Petia said she was a great dancer and what kind of smart she was.Parris Goebel was body smart.

After talking about that we started talking about more famous people like Sonny Bill William.Petia was explaining how Sonny Bill William  achieved his goal by practicing and practising.Petia then got these cards with the first one saying “10,000 Hours”.That card meant like if you could do what you love for 10,000 hours you could be a master at it.

Then Petia got another card that said “Make as many Mistakes as you can”.The meaning of that card meant that it’s good to make mistakes.Because when you make mistakes you learn from it,but if you keep doing the same mistakes again and again it wouldn’t be much help.So instead of making the same mistakes again you could learn from it and change it to something that could help you.

The next card was now up and it said “NO is KNOWLEDGE”.For this card we didn't quite understand what that quote meant so Petia explained the meaning.First he grabbed a volunteer from the audience.Fraser volunteered.Once Fraser was up they did a little skit.

The skit was about Fraser trying out for a basketball team but Fraser wasn’t very good with basketball so the coach Petia said “No”.But Petia didn’t only say no he told Fraser what he needed to work on.So when Petia said no,he also gave Fraser knowledge on what he needed to work on.

There was then another card that had a different quote that said “Every Time You Have the Opportunity Play” this quote meant every time you have the chance to practise your talent, go for it.So when you have the chance take a risk and play.

As you can see the the quote didn’t say every time you have the opportunity work or do your job.Why? because your talent should be something you love and enjoy to do,not something that you dislike and just do because you have too.

Now was the last card that had “PLAY PLAY PLAY” which meant something like practise practise practise your talent so you could get better and be the best you can be at it.

Soon after the last card we were split into groups that had to practise a skit about any talent and present it to the students with us.First up was suppose to be the group I was in the artists but we weren’t ready so we had to miss out which was kind of sad but there were still other people ready to present.

So instead of starting with the artists the rugby people went up and they did a little skit about everyone training except for one of the players that Moses played.Moses character thought he was too good to practise but,then they had a tournament and there was no more time for practise.When Moses was playing in the game he made them lose because he didn't know the rules since he didn’t join his team when they were training.

The second group were the musicians.The musicians did there skit about 4 people playing judges on NZs Got Talent while Fusi was being one of the people auditioning.Fusi then went out on to the stage played her music using the ukulele.The problem was that she wasn’t very good.So the 4 judges said No but like on one of the cards it said No is Knowledge so after they said no they gave her knowledge on what she needed to do to get better.Kyana-Lee one of the judges said 2 years later and Fusi came back to NZs Got Talent and played her music again.This time she was so awesome at playing the judges faces looked stunned and suprised giving Fusi yes from all judges.That was the end of they’re skit so we moved on to the last group.

The last group were the people that liked playing video games.That group had 4 people playing a the video game with the others being the wrestlers in the game.Once all of them were done picking their players they just started playing the game.The people in the game were pretending they were using chairs to hit each other and pretending to punch each other (No one was hurt in this skit).But one of the players didn’t know the rules and still kept played.The person that didn’t know the rules lost the game.This skit was kind of like the first group.Someone didn’t know what to do and lost the game.

The MADD Programme almost came to an end but Petia firstly drew a picture of Wonder Women,while we were listening to music and watching him.Petia finished his picture in a little while later.

When Petia had a completed his  drawing I saw it and thought he did an awesome drawing of Wonder Women. Not to long later we had to go back to class after.So we all said bye to Petia.

I thought our session with Petia was very important and interesting at the same time.I also thought that what we learnt with Petia was helpful for the future.

Current Events

This Event happened yesterday on 29th of March when Australia won the Cricket World Cup.That was also the day when Black Caps,Brendon Mccullum had been gracious in defeat.He was saying stuff like Australia deserved it.This is one of  things Brendon Mccullum said "It doesn't rankle me because I think, they were too good, and you've got to sometimes acknowledge when a team is better than what you were on the day.

Kiwi Can Programme

Today Thursday of 12th of March 2015 our class Room 10 went to Kiwi Can after morning tea where Miss Tuia and Mr Numia were waiting for us outside our classroom on the bench.

When everyone from our class were here and sitting on the bench Miss Tuia and Mr Numia took us on to the field to do our programme.We were continuing with our theme from last time which was cooperation and negotiation.First Miss Tuia and Mr Numia split the girls with the girls and the boys with the boys to play this game called letters.For this game Miss Tuia had to call a letter out and everyone had to make that letter but if your team made it last your team would have been out which happened a lot with our team the girls.We were all talking at once trying to do an easy letter like A but it wasn't working out for us and yes,the boys ended up winning.The next letter was up and  Miss Tuia said make the letter B which was when the girls realised we weren't cooperating so we chose a leader which was  Kyana-Lee.That was when we were all working together and we almost beat the boys but yes, they won again until Miss Tuia gave us the last 2 letters K and C which stood for Kiwi Can.This time the girls won but it was kind of funny for me because we couldn't get one letter done fast but we could get two letters done.

After that game we moved onto getting into a boy girl circle and talked about what negotiating meant and some of the students in our class said it was about making different choices or decisions,some students also said debating or to persuade.Then they split the circle of us up and we were now playing another game called code breaker.For this game we needed to cooperate and negotiate together but we also needed to try and figure out our phrase so we had to make the letter by stepping in hula hoop that they laid out for us and you had to take the right way but if you didn't,you're out so then it was now for the next person to have a turn.While each person from each team was having their turn their team were on the outside saying you go this way pointing at a hula hoop or now go that way,with them all pointing at another hula hoop which helped us at times but sometimes we got it wrong,it was ok though since the team I was in, Team 2 won at the end and we found out that phrase was “Many Hands Make Light Work”.

Soon after our game we formed another circle and got into our GKQ  (General Knowledge Questions) game where Mr Numia asked a group of four people each a question.The question Mr Numia gave us was hard for me because I didn't know the answer but one of us did and it was now on to the next group of four people until it got to the end of the circle.Once we were finished with all the questions we moved onto our points which meant we were just finishing up and that was when Timote came up to get me to go and do my gloss test so unfortunately that was the end for me at Kiwi Can.

I felt that Kiwi Can was fun since we got to play some fun games that helped us to learn about our topic negotiating and cooperation.