P.E Reflection

This morning we had done two different things one was Tennis and the other was softball.Our class broke of into two groups one would do tennis and the other would be on the field playing softball.For me the first things that did was softball  we did a couple of drills and warm ups then we practiced our bating and how we would bat in a real game.After we had done that we had just enough time for a quick game not every one got to bat but we all had fun and joined in and every one was giving it their best shot in the warm ups.

When we got to tennis the other group went down to the field to play softball and we had started to play another warm up game. In the warm up game we had to squat and try and grab the ball befor our partner could get it. We had three to four games of that when we were done we learnt how to bat the ball to our partner on the other side of the net. We had a couple games of this then we turned it into a competition where someone would pick out card that our instructor had brought and whatever the number was on the card we had to have a rally.  A rally is like a friendly game of pases but with a tennis ball and tennis racket to practice this we had a couple games with a friend and we had to try and beat our score if we got three we had to get for and so on.

Tai Chi and Kung Fu

Today we had our first ever Tai Chi lesson with our instructor Mr Gordon. First he told us a little bit about him and that he has done different types of Tai Chi and Kung Fu and has black belts in most of them. He has also been in the army for a number of years but then he left and went back to martial arts. He also has a son and a daughter at his daughter's birth the doctor said that she may not live but now she is 24/25 years old and is a doctor she has also done martial arts her whole life. Half way through our lesson we all got into a circle he told us this was the sharing circle we had to tell him our names, one thing we like, one thing we dont like and a random act of kindness that we have done recently.

He taught us some moves to help defend ourselves and maybe others. He taught us the Tiger pushing mountain, Inform and Open gate. Tiger pushing mountain would help us to push over our opponent and if they hit us we can protect ourselves. At the beginning 0f all our classes we go in to this form so that he can tell us what we are doing through out that lesson. And the Open gate this one will help us to face our opponents and be ready at the same time weather they are at the front of us or at the back of us.

He also asked us to share a random act of kindess he gave us an example to make sure that we knew what he was talking about. To me a random act of kindness is when you use your initiative to do things without being told to do it and doing something that will be helpful and not something that would make everything worse or bad.

He has taught us a lot of things but he said that whatever I teach you here you take it with inside of school outside of and out in your community. By that I think he means use all those skills he taught us how to breathe properly and I think that was to try and calm us down and in the community we could use this when we are angry. And if for any reason you get to a point where you need to protect yourself to use those stances that he has taught us because they are all to do with protection.

School Values-My Goals

Today I have learnt about the school values of T.P.S (Tamaki Primary School) and how important it is to show these values when you are a leader.We were making goals that related to our school values It is very important for me and all the other kids of our year to show these values, because we are like the leaders of the school and we set the example.Task Link 

Food technology-Milkshakes

Today we started food technology for the first time this year the very first thing that we made was chocolate,oreo milkshakes.The first step that we did was get a cup of milk and blended oreos,after we blinded the oreos we poured them into the milk.Then we put whipped cream and chocolate sauce on top of it.It was very fun doing all of this but to me I think that the best part was the part when we started to drinking them.

Te Tuhi Trip 2

Hi today we went to Te Tuhi to do some art based on our turangawaewae ( A place to stand or to call home).We drew four different things our Home,Family, Stories and culture.For home I drew a Marae because our ancestors used them for meetings or funerals,For family I did two different things and they were the diamond pattern and a kuru wai pattern.I used these two because the kuru wai represents my maori side and the diamond in the pacific represent the generations in your family.For my story I choose maui and the sun because I heard it a lot growing up and it has grown on me from a little age.And for culture I used love hearts and because I love the pacific and where I am from (New Zealand and the Cook Islands) and blobs that look like hills because to me they are some of the island's hidden under water all over the world.

Art and Turanagawaewae

We were learning about artist and turangawaewae (a place we stand)There were differant artist that were maori and some where mixed with maori.My favorite maori artist was Lisa Reihana because she does giant landscapes and they show our ancestors and maybe shows some stories of their life and how they lived.

Turanagawaewae

Hi today we were learning about turangawaewae (A place to stand) and in other words a place you feel you fit in.People have places where they feel that they fit in and that they like to go or like to be there are different places like landmarks that you like.For me that place is whangarei because I get to be with family and I get to feel what its like to be in a smaller town and a smaller place.I also like it there because my family owns a farm and I get to help them on it.