The Shrink-athon

The Shrink-athon

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On a beautiful Monday morning Chris walked angry down the stairs to
LS1 and looked at Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie. Then Chris took Shrinking
Ray behind him and shrinked Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie. 

Then Chris laughed at them and ran away and didn't know that Naki
saw the whole thing. So Naki ran after Chris, and Chris saw Naki and
tried to lose Naki. Then the shrink ray dropped on the ground and Chris
and Naki had a showdown and the both of them tried to steal off each
other the shrink ray to grow back Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie or not? 

Then Chris got the shrink ray back and tried to shrink Naki but Naki
dogged the bullet and shrunk someone. Then Naki took the gun off
Chris and Naki fast as to Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie and grew them back
to normal and Naki said” did I forget something” and forgot about the
person he shrunk. 

Then Chris made guns and shot a bullet at Naki but he dodged the
bullet and kicked Chris and knocked him out and took him to the
principal and got in trouble.

L.I. To write a quick story about something.

Today I made a quick write in my Reading group and made a story
about Chris Shrinking Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie.

Rippa Rugby with Andrew & Justice

LI: To learn the basics of rippa rugby.

This week for kiwi sport we were learning how to throw and catch a rugby ball. In rippa rugby we were looking at getting better at ripping rippas, throwing a rugby ball and catching a rugby ball. Our coach was Andrew & Justice.

Rippa rugby is a sport were we put two tags on our waists and the other team has to try and rip the rippas from the opponents. If you do that then the person who got tagged has to pass the rugby ball to another person from their team. If your team gets tagged 5 times or the chosen number then it is a hand over and you have to give the ball to the other team.

First we were getting warmed up. The warm-up activity was that we got showed the directions to; North, South, West & East. Whenever one of our coaches said a direction we had to get to that side in five seconds. E.g: "South", we had to get to the south as fast as we can.

After that warm-up we played Rats & Rabbits. Rats & Rabbits is a game were we pick a partner and we have to line up facing our partners and if Justice or Andrew shouts out an animal (e.g; "Rabbits!") the chosen animal had to run the opposite way they were facing and the other animal had to try and rip their partners rippa off.

Next we were practising throwing and catching. We lined up behind four cones and the first group had the ball. The person in the front of the groups had to run and pass the ball backwards to the first person in the group on the right. We had to catch by joining our hands to look like a 'W'.

After that we played a real game of rippa rugby. There was a green team and a red team, I was in the red team. We had to tap and pass. Our team got two tries in the beginning. On the last try it was unspecified if it was a try or rip. The other team also got two tries.

I enjoyed this weeks session on Rippa Rugby. I personally think that I could improve on throwing and catching.

Quick Write

LI: To write a narrative on a chosen implication.


Quick Write is a can-do that helps us write narratives better. We can only write one page or less meaning we cannot go over one page. The implication was that: Chris from LS2 created a shrink ray to shrink Mr Ogilvie and Mr Wong as payback for calling him short in LS1. 

We looked at the structure of a narrative which is; T.O.P.E.S (Title, Orientation, Problem, Events & Solution). We also looked at what is expected in each section of the structure. In the orientation we needed to have the: Who, When, Where & Hook. In the problem we needed: An unfortunate event. In the events we needed: Three thing that lead to the solution. In the solution we needed: the problem getting resolved and a new normal.

William Shakespeare | Reading

LI: To learn about something new.

Today for this activity, we were finding out facts about a chosen topic. We were split into groups of 2-3 and had to choose a topic to find facts about. The Baby Yodaz chose William Shakespeare, his category is within the 'Important Historical People'.

William Shakespeare is an interesting English poet, he has a total of 38 plays, 2 poet narratives and 154 sonnets. Check out the Baby Yodaz DLO (girls faction) to find out some more information about poet William Shakespeare here:

3D Shapes

LI: To create an illusion of making 3D shapes in a room.

This week Mr Ogilvie's maths groups were discussing the area of 3D shapes. On a google drawing we made an illusion of 3D shapes inside a room or box. The flooring had to be straight otherwise it would look weird. The shapes we put weren't allowed to overlap so we put them on a vertical axis. Some of the shapes had to line up with each tile (floor).

Descriptive Language

LI: To describe using interesting language features.

This week Mr Wongs writing groups were looking at 'Descriptive Writing'. The intention of this activity is to practising using descriptive language. The comments section is used to describe any of the gathered photos. There is a list of language features to help create descriptions. We were looking at who's describing was the best out of each photo. The objective of the "Descriptive Writing" activity is to help improve descriptive language.

Maritime Museum | Explorers & Adventures | Class Trip

LI: To study the history of New Zealand maritime explorers.

This week on the 12th of February LS1 went to the Maritime Museum to study the history of explorers of Aotearoa. When we arrived to the museum we met our instructors, Lee and Peter.

One group went to explore the museum and my group stayed in the classroom with Lee to get taught about maritime history. Lee taught us about many famous sailors like: Captain Cook, Sir Peter Blake, Abel Tasman, Kupe & Kuramārōtini.

After an hour the two groups switched. We then explored the museum with our smaller group. After another hour of exploring we got ready to leave the museum.

The trip was very fun and enjoyable. I learnt many new things about the history of maritime explorers.

 

Batting & Throwing | First Cricket Session

LI: To develop fundamental movements in Cricket.

Today we learnt how to bat and throw overarm with Brian from HPCC (Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club). Below I will explain some essentials.

Throwing:
First you want to stand side on to the target. Next you want to plant your front foot facing the direction of the target, and your back foot in a brace position, making an ' L ' looking position. After this you want to point your non-throwing arm at the target hard draw your arm back and throw the ball making sure it finishes pointing at the target also.

Batting:
First you want to get the bat and hold it in the right position; If you are left handed you need hold the bat with your left hand positioned on top of your right hand. However, if you are right handed you need to do the same except you position your right hand on top of your left hand. Next your feet have to be pointing the same direction you are facing (which is one side depending on your dominant hand and leg). After that you want to swing your arms it gives power and it goes to the direction you were pointing at.

Result:
If you have followed these instructions correctly you may get it right, if not you need to give time and patience to correct yourself and you will eventually get it correctly and done.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

LI: To learn about the history of the treaty of Waitangi.

This week LS1 has been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi by using a variety of text types and media.

In groups we first gathered the main ideas of who, what, when, where and why using books, videos and websites to help us.

After that we summarised the information we got by using six keywords; making a paragraph that explained the main idea of the treaty. We picked more words but the major idea of the treaty was the 3 P's. 

They were: Protection, Partnership & Participation. Those three 'P' words are what the treaty has set to attain.

Next we worked individually to evaluate our fresh ideas and create questions that we want to find out about the text.

An interesting fact I have learnt was that The Treaty of Waitangi was not signed to give peace upon the two lands (Britain & Aotearoa), but instead to get protection from the british crown. I think that is interesting because people think that the treaty was signed to have peace between Britain and Aotearoa.