Gymnastics Wk 6

Kia Ora Blogging World,

Today me and Scott class had our sixth week of Gymnastics with our amazing coach Kane. Our focus today was manipulation skills. Some activities we done that involved manipulation skills were spinning the hoop, throwing things, twirling ribbon, bouncing a ball, and also lots of other things with hoops. I know I said that spring was my favourite part of gymnastics but now I like manipulation skills because it gives a chance to learn more things. The only new word I learnt to was manipulation. I had so much fun today. I really hope you like this blog post. Sorry there is no photos for this week, but remember I'll have other learning up on my blog.

Gymnastics Week 3

Hi blogging world,
Today we done some more Gymnastics. Todays focus was landing. Landing is importsant so you don't get hurt. Use motor bike landing i f your jumping off a vault or even a beat board. My favourite activity today was jumping off the beat board. I went really high. We all had so much fun today. Look at my blog again if you want to. But before you leave have a look at these photos.

Here is Kane holding Cicilia in the air well she is in her tuck shape

Here is Pee'ana hopping around on 2 hands and 1 foot

Explain everything

Here is my explain everything which is explaining how to use multiplication in parts. Hope this tutorial is helpful.

Hygiene animation

Hey,
This is my animation about hygiene. Hope you enjoy.

Chess

Hey blogging world,
Its me again, I'm back to tell you about chess and our session with a chess teacher named Ash. We learnt about where and how it was created. I was created in India. It was made because there was a lazy king that was too lazy to go and fight in wars, so he asked one of his servants to make him a game that he could play on his throne but still make him feel like he's in war. The pieces names were the king, queen, bishop, rook, knight, and there were 8 pawns. I had so much fun having Alaskah as my partner and Roman and Lanu as our opponents. Carry on reading and looking at this blog post if you would like to see some photos of all the fun we had.

This is how your chess board should look like

This is Daniel and Filipe fighting in war :)

Gymnastics Wk 2

Hey blogging world,
Today me and Scott class had our second week of gymnastics. But today was different, we learnt about locomotion which just means movement. Some new things we learnt were the squat jumps, handstands, half turn jumps, forward rolls, and the scale balance position. If you wanted to see photos about what we did and learnt carry on reading this blog post.

Here I am doing a wall hand stand

Here is Lanu doing the scale balance position

Here is Jahleena walking backwards

Keep going Hulita you can do it

Here is Nikolai doing some stretches

Hockey

Hi,

Today me and Scott class went to hockey with Mr Bryan. Today we learnt how to have control of the and and how to hold the hockey stick. It was a great session, we learnt so much. If you wanted to see what we learnt, carry on looking at this post.

Here we are all doing a warm up

Here we are doing a drill about controlling the ball

Here is Roman demonstrating where your left hand should be on a hockey stick

Spelling

Hey blogging world,
this week me and Scott class have been doing some spelling. It was very fun to do. Here are two of the activities I've done.

Here I turned a word into a picture.

Here I have played hangman with Emah.

Week 1 Gymnastic

Hey blogging world,

Today me and Scott class were lucky to have two coaches from Tri Star to teach us gymnastics, Ashley and Kane . Then we went to gymnastics where we learnt lots of positions. Such as the L shape, landing position, rear support, front support, tuck shape, stradle, and the landing position. Each week we will be learning different types of things so today we learnt about static. Static includes being still and having balance. To do that we done lots of different activities. Like the bunny hop and the tuck jump. We will be carrying on gymnastics for 7 more weeks.

Here vonaiaray  is doing a front roll

Here is Me, George, Ayush, and Jayzel doing the wall sit

My end of term 2 reflection

Backward-Looking:

What have been your learning highlights this term?

My highlights have been using music to find more facts. Also my highlight was doing teach the teacher.Another thing is most of the things we learnt about was some of my most favourite things.

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Inward-Looking:

What were your Learner Profile goals for Term 2? Have your goals changed? Are you on track to meet your goals?

My learner profile goal was to be more reflective. Also be caring to others. Another thing in that I tried to be more knowledgeable.

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Outward-Looking:

If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about your learning so far?

I would say that I was doing great but  with my learning but I need to work on my writing more.

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Forward-Looking:

As you look back at your learning so far, what's one thing that you would like to try to improve upon?

I would like to try and improve my writing and improve my decision of people I collaborate with.

This is what I was going to present to the class but we ran out of time to present

WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?

In Week 6 of Term 2 our class focussed on how to write great explanations.We wrote about the Moon’s different phases as we are in the middle of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond.

Introduction

If you are wondering why the Moon does not always look like a perfect spherical circle?If you are I will give you a full explanation why.

First Paragraph

5 Sentences

If there are confusing facts about the Moon than I will clarify all of those facts. You can believe anything you want but shadows do not have anything to do with the phases of the moon. Another clarification is that the moon actually happens to be on the opposite side of earth from the Sun. It actually depends on the light to see what type of Moon it is. The Moon actually needs thousands of it’s own to get to the same brightness of the Sun.

Second Paragraph

4 Sentences

If you are confused about the phases it is not your fault it is confusing, I will tell you all about it.Half of the Moon is always lit up by the Sun. The phases of the Moon are the New Moon, Full Moon, Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, First Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter and then the Waning Crescent. Sometimes when it gets to the New Moon people call it a Dark disk. As the Moon orbits the Sun it changes shape depending on the reflection of the light that shines on the Moon from the Sun.

Third Paragraph

Between the time of the first and last New Moon is called a lunar month. It is about 29.5 days to call a normal month a lunar month. The time for the moon to successfully orbit the earth is actually less it is really 27.3 days. Auckland’s latest New Moon was on the 18th of May.

Conclusion

I hope this explanation has inspired you to write you own about this topic or any other. If you think this topic is very fascinating than you should visit this website http://www.kidsastronomy.com/other_worlds.htm.

My Explanation Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is the question WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?	YES	YES
My opening paragraph/introduction:
introduce what my writing is about in a clear way	YES	YES
hooks the reader	YES	YES
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	YES	YES
2-3 sentences maximum	YES	YES
My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	YES	YES
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	YES	YES
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	YES	YES
include specific, technical vocabulary	YES	YES
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about)	YES	YES
connectives and time connectives	YES	YES
descriptive language	YES	YES
formal language	YES	YES
My end paragraph/conclusion:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	YES	YES
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found	YES	YES
write an interesting fact (optional)	NO	NO

My Term2 Week1 reflection on ANZAC

What: We have been learning about ANZAC since last term and this week. We have also been learning about the soldiers who sacrificed their lives. This week we have been working mainly on the nurses. I have learnt that if you were 18 you had no choice of going to war or not, you have to go or you get persecuted.

So What: We chose ANZAC because it was a close event and because it was a very great topic to learn about. Also because they sacrificed their lives for us. We wanted to show some appreciation by learning about what they did. Another reason why is because they were are a big inspiration so if we wanted to join the army or the navy we would know what we have signed up for and how hard it is.

Now What: Now I am going to research more about ANZAC. Also say prayers for them. Another thing I am now going to do is find out people that went to war and learn about them. Also I am now going to learn about other countries that went to war.