swimming

Yesterday after morning tea we went to creative space and finished off our hyperstudio. Then we got changed into our togs and walked to the swimming pools. When we got there we had to rinse off so the germs on our body wouldn't go in the pool. Finally we got to get into the pool.



Our instructor taught us how to get in the pool safely and then we went under water for five seconds. Then we floated on our tumey for five seconds and then we did my favourite part, we dived and pushed off with our feet but we did not kick. After that we got some toys and trough them as hard as we could and dived for them. Then we dived and pushed off but this time we kicked to the island. After that we dived for our toys 4 more times and then we got out of the pool safely.




Finally we got our towel and went back to school to get changed. It was so fun and exciting.

Are Zoos good?

This week we are learning about animals in zoos and if it is good for animals to be in zoos. Animals are interesting to find out bout and there natural habitat but they are not in there natrual ahbitat

Ormaru Creek

Last week we walked to Ormaru Creek. First we sat on the pathway and sketched what we saw with a pencil and I saw beautiful trees, flax bushes, ducks and eels. Then we got in a line of people that finished sketching and went back to class and sat on the mat waiting for our teacher to give instructions.





Then we got into partners and painted the bank, creek and the sky, it was so much fun! After that it was morning tea time. When the paintings were dry we got to add detail with crayon. Then we out lined it with black crayon. Finally we painted the other bank on the other side and then we were finished.

joining sentinsis

This is my activity on working together to join sentinsis.

the legend of Rahi

Once upon a time there lived a man called Rahi. he had a beautiful wife called Ti ara. One night a enemy tribe kidnapped Ti ara from her whare. When Rahi woke up he realised that Ti ara had been kidnapped. Rahi and his people built a kite to rescue Ti ara, then he got some bird eggs for his journey. The god of wind helped Rahi fly with his kite, but then Te Puhuru the leader of the other tribe cast a spell on the forest so Rahi could not get through. Rahi flew to the ground with his kite and was safe, but he wasn't safe for long because Te Puhuru used the sun to burn Rahi. Then he found shelter under a rock, after a while a taniwha came but lucky that it hated the shade. He finally got to where the bad guys were. Rahi said “ give my wife back!” Then the bad guy said “ never!” Then Te Puhuru through his teeth at Rahi. After that Rahi finally got his wife back.

rules for Ki-O-Rahi

These are the rules for the game Ki-O-Rahi.

There are two teams Taniwha and Kioma. First rule is that you have to stand on the line and try and score it by throwing it onto the barrel if they do then Taniwha gets a try ,then Kioma has a person running and if the other team gets a try then that person stops at the post that they last touched. Who ever has the most people at their base first wins.

Ki-O-Rahi

Last Thursday we went to kiwi sport and played Ki-O-Rahi, but we also played another game called Taniwha and Kioma in the hall. Ki-O-Rahi is like ball tag, but it has a lot of different rules. Taniwha and Kioma is a game where if you say taniwha then kioma chases taniwha and if they say kioma then taniwha chases kioma. After we played both of those games we sat down and watched a video about why the game Ki-O-Rahi was made. It was made so you didn't have to fight, whoever got the most points won. After that we answered some questions and went back to class to have a drink of water and do our work.