Limerick poem

A few weeks ago, Tui Whanau created a Limerick poem about anything you wanted. My poem is about my dog TJ. How we created was that the first two lines have to be 8-10 syllables long and have to rhyme, and the the third and fourth lines have to be 4-6 syllables long and have to rhyme. Lastly the last two lines have to have 8-10 syllables but the last word on the last line has to rhyme with the first two lines.

"There once was a dog that was called TJ,

She liked to chillax in her PJ's.

She always loves to sleep,

While she chews on her meat.

And now she gets ready to DJ."

Reflection:

What did I enjoy?
I enjoyed decorating my poem because I love to draw and come up with things to draw.

What did I find challenging?

I found coming up with things to rhyme with challenging because I had so many ideas but I didn't know to pick.

What could I improve on?

I think I could improve on decorating my poem more but I ran out of time.

Do you have a dog?

Maitai bay Brochure

W.A.L.T create a blog post showing and writing about my Maitai Bay Brochure

For Inquiry, our class Tui Whanau created a brochure about Maitai Bay.
In my brochure, I wrote what Maitai Bay is, where it is, what activities you can do, what marine life lives there, what is the rāhui and why was the rāhui placed there. Here is my Brochure I created.

Reflection:

What did I learn?

When researching information about Maitai Bay, I learnt what a rāhui was and what it was used for.

What did I find challenging?

I found organising everything challenging. I wanted it to look tidy so I took a long time.

What could I improve on?

I think I could improve on decorating my brochure more. It looks a little plain so I wish I could add more images.

Have you ever been to Maitai Bay?

Kiwi Can

 W.A.L.T upload a blog post showing what we learnt in Kiwi Can.

Today our class, Tui Whanau, had Kiwi Can. Our word we are focusing on is 'Respect'. It means 'Treating others the way you want to be treated'. Our catchphrase today is 'We respect our school, we will do it because we're cool'. We played 2 games - Snap, Crackle, Pop and So Makalo. My favourite game was Snap, crackle, pop. How we played was we were in a circle and three people had to get in a group, once you've gotten in a group of 3, you need to put someone in the middle of the circle everyone is in. (We used a shoe). We then had to decide what person would be called Snap, Crackle, Pop, I was called Crackle, Desiree was called Snap and Sofia was called Pop. Once you've decided the names, someone will called out Snap, Crackle or Pop. If they call out Pop, that means Pop has to run around the circle. While the person that got called out is running, the two other people have to make a tunnel for the person running to go under. Once the person running has came back to their group, they have to go under the tunnel the two other people made, and grab what ever is in the middle. If they grab it, their group wins. Here is a photo (We were playing So, ma, co, lo).

Reflection:

How did I show respect?

When I was playing Snap, Crackle, Pop. Someone fell over while I was running and I asked them if they were ok. If my teammate lost, I didn't get mad at them.

What did I enjoy?

I enjoyed playing the games because they were fun and entertaining to play, I'd like to play the games again.

What could I improve on?

I think I could improve on sliding on the ground in Snap, Crackle, Pop because I got hurt once and I'd like to improve so next time I have a better chance of snatching the object.

Have you ever played been to Kiwi Can?

Trip to Te Puna Wai Ora pools.

On Tuesday our class, Tui Whanau went to Te Puna Wai Ora pools to learn how to snorkel. We had a marine reserves instructor called Oliver to teach us how to snorkel properly. Next week on Thursday we will be going on a trip to Maitai Bay to explore the marine reserves for the Experiencing marine reserves programme. We will be comparing Maitai Bay and Aroha Island to see the marine reserves differences and discover different fish.

 

Reflections:

What did I learn?
I learnt to breath out out of the snorkel when water got inside. Sometimes I would be to scared to breath using the snorkels because I was scared I would swallow the water.

What did I enjoy?
I enjoyed swimming in the water with my snorkels and mask on because it was entertaining swimming laps with the snorkels cause I could go underwater while breathing.

What is one goal you have with your ability in the water?
My goal is to learn how to breath underwater with the snorkels because sometimes the water got in my mouth.

Have you ever gone snorkelling?

Waitangi trip

W.A.L.T create a blog post explaining what we did at Waitangi.

On Tuesday, Our class, Tui Whānau went on a Waitangi trip by bus. We learnt a lot of stuff about carvings, scratch and Māori stuff. We got on the bus and drove away at 8:30 and got there at around 10 am. The people who guided us were Monika and Cailtin. My favourite part about Waitangi was playing around with scratch and looking at the canoes. 

Reflections:

What did I enjoy?
I enjoyed looking at the cool carvings because they were interesting and made me wonder. I also enjoyed playing scratch because it was entertaining and fun to play around and make a game.


What did I find challenging?
I found trying to figure out how to do stuff on scratch because it was confusing.

Have you ever been to Waitangi?

Kiwi Can

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Today at Kiwi Can we played 5 games, I won't say all of them, but my favourite game was "Stop, walk, jump". The word today was again Accountability. It means taking responsibility and ownership of you actions, the catchphrase was also the same as last time.. How the game went was that there would be someone that would either called out Go, stop, clap and jump, except they said it in Maori so it was more challenging. If they called out go, you would have to walk until they said stop, and if they called out jump, you would have to jump (The same with clap.)

Reflection:

What did I enjoy?
I enjoyed playing all of the game, they were entertaining and fun.

What did I do well?
I think I listened and paid attention, most of the kids listened well and 

Would you like to play this game? Have you ever had Kiwi Can?

Newspaper File

 W.A.L.T create a blog post explaining our reading task for today.

For reading today we had a different teacher, Mr. Metzger. We had to fill in a piece of paper that was about Kiwi Kids News, there was different boxes that said something at the top, whatever it said at the top we had to find an article about what it said. 
Here is my worksheet:

Reflection:

What did I enjoy?
I enjoyed looking at the cool and funny stuff on Kiwi Kids News because it was fascinating looking at the articles.

What did I do well?
I did well on finding articles for each box, it was pretty easy and joyful.

What could I improve on?
I think I could improve on having better handwriting when writing in the box.

Have you ever been on Kiwi Kids News?