Kiwi Sport//Gymnastics

This term for kiwi sport we had gymnastics. Our coach's name was Steve and he taught us to not be afraid and give a shot of everything. So my group started by jumping on a trampoline and do a forward roll on the mat I tried it and it was fun our coach didn't recommend doing a flip but just roll. Then we got into the next station and on that station we had to do a handstand on the wall and also pull your self up on a bar it was hard for me I couldn't properly do all of the activity's but I gave all of them a try. Then on our last station we had to balance on the beam and jump in the middle of it and still balance. Then we had to do a cartwheel then we had to forward roll down the mat.

Who am I??

This term for tech we changed groups to do different things in tech. My group is in a graphic class now and this was our first task. So first we made a google drawing then we uploaded images of characters we like and music we like. I added a lot of songs from my favourite rapper. I added anime character and brands and also video games. 

Vostok 1

This week for Reading l was working with Miiana, Matthew,Avalon and Te Pounamu we created a Animation about the story of how Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space. We went to the stardome last week and saw a display about Yuri Gagarin and decided to use our digital creating skills to make an animation. We first planned it out on a paper using the s chart. This showed us the order of how he went into space, where he was from and what type of rocket he went on. Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Cosmonaut. People called him a hero and a town was named after him and they even made a stamp of his face. He became very famous. When we were making our plan we were using our skimming and scanning skills to help us know the order of the event in the story.

My favourite part was making the rocket drawing. Also we used every bit of time usefully to find info and to confirm our information. Another favourite part was hearing what Gagarin said after orbiting the earth. The quote is from 1961 but i still believe it is true today. We should all be cooperating with each other not fighting.

“Looking at the earth from afar you realise it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation”.

Kiwi Can

This term's topic at Kiwi Can is Integrity. The definition of Integrity is to be responsible even though no ones looking. I learned at kiwi can to own up to the right things and also tell the truth our it would cause more problems. I understood more as I was at Kiwi Can about Integrity and Honesty.  We also got to play a Role play game. We each had to get into groups and also each group got a object. My group had a wallet we never knew the object the other groups had but our group got a Idea to show honesty. Our Role play was about showing honesty about who's wallet it is and give it to the rightful owner. One of the groups had a ball as there object because they had to represent owning up to the right thing. I felt great that I was learning more about Integrity and Honesty. 

Sputnik 1,2,3//The Space Race

Today My reading group were reading a book called space race. The space race book is about the soviet union launching the first satellite before USA. The book was very interesting because I learned more words like flopnik and sputnik. Sputnik means Traveller in Russian and Flopnik means failed traveller in Russian. The first satellite that soviet union launch was called sputnik 1 and many more satellite that were launch by the soviet union. The satellites were Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2 and Sputnik 3. My group then created a slide about those three satellites we all worked and different things some of us work together to write down stuff like timeline and explanation. I was writing about Sputnik 3 and did you know that it was 23 inches but weighted 184 pounds. Then we presented it as a group to each other and our teacher and we got some positive feedback. We needed to work on some stuff but I believe we surprised her.

Tech

This week for tech I was up to sawing my wood plank. So our teacher Mr Grundy had a white board list when we don't know what to do then we write our name on the board and he will call your name and come to you and help you. Without the process I wouldn't understand what to do. So I was suppose to make a joint and I am almost finish doing it I just need to clear a hole that my plank can fit in. After that we got to play a game it include small sticks and the last person with the last stick is out. If we win against Mr Grundy we win a handful of M&Ms.

Agent of Change

Today my task was to create a google drawing about my learning goals and my agent of change. Agent of change is someone that changes a problem into a changing opportunities. One of my learning goals was to become a student leader and set a example to the kids. I also want to be confident enough to share my ideas with my group even when I think it's wrong.