On the first day of term 3, Monday 17 of July, Team Tui’s focus for the last couple of days was to complete and publish our work on Matariki. The task was to pick 3-5 of the Matariki stars and put it all together to make a poem on our senses. For my 3 stars I chose the stars were Pohutukawa, Waiti, and Ururangi. And for my 3 senses I chose Seen, heard, and felt. Pohutukawa was my Seen, Waiti was my heard, and Ururangi was my felt. Here is my Matariki poem.
On Tuesday 20th of June 2023 Room 13 went out to the field for Kelly sport. For Kelly sport we got the opportunity to learn the game Rugby League. It was a great chance for us to learn because most of us don’t play or know how to play. Something I didn’t really enjoy was having to get down on our knees there for our knees started to turn red and began to hurt.
What we started off with going over what we did the week before just to make sure we remember so we could move on. We then had a little game of ball rush but we could tackle but the challenging part for me was having to go on my knees.
For those who are still confused about what we did. Firstly we had one person who was on his knees in front of everyone else and the rest had to get from one end to another. The people who got tackled had to join the tacklers and try to get the others.
Altho we had fun some of us sat out because they weren’t feeling like playing. I really love the fact that most of us participated, especially those who don’t really do sports.
For today’s maths we have been learning about how to use the strategy of BEDMAS. This maths was pretty challenging for me because this was the first time I have learnt how to use it. Even though it was very complicated I still managed to finish in the end.
For today’s maths we were learning about how to create an equation using google sheets. We then had to use the equation to calculate more numbers. We also had to create a chart using all the information we have gathered from the table.
On the 22nd of May 2023 Team Tui went to kawau island for our Camp for 5 days. Being at camp was a great experience because we all got to have fun, sleep in the same room as their friends and everyone got to get to know others better especially people they have never talked too before. Here is a video of some of the many thing we did at camp.
On the 13th of June 2023 Room 13 had Kelly sports, and for today’s sport we had rugby. We didn’t really play a game of rugby because some of us didn’t know the basics and how to play it. So both our coaches Dion and Lucas taught us how to do a Spiral pass and a flick pass. We even got to play a little game where we get in 2 groups and line up in 2 lines and past the ball from one end to another then back. The losing team had to get punished. Here are a photo and a video of what we were doing.
In Team Tui, we have been researching about different regions located around New Zealand in groups. Here is my groups presentation all about The Bay of Plenty.
Fun times with friends.
I remember the time when my family and I went on a trip to Tonga, Because going on a flight to Tonga would be 2 hours, we had to wake up really early to go to the airport. We packed a day before we left for the airport so we won’t have to wake up and pack again so we will miss our flight.
When we got on the plane I felt nervous because it had been a very long time since I’ve been on a plane. We had little screens in front of us so we wouldn’t feel bored. When we were about to land I was really excited because the flight was really long and there was nothing else to do.
When we got off the plane we had to go to the tongan airport for my Mum’s family to come and pick us up. We were waiting until eventually they came and picked us up. I was so excited to go see my cousins I have never seen in a very long time.
When we got to my cousin’s house I was so excited because they had 4 adult dogs and 2 little puppys. Before we unpacked they had a very delicious dinner for all of us to eat. After we ate I quickly ran to pet one of the little puppies but for some reason it kept running away from me, But then I finally caught it and pet it.
My cousins also had their neighbor over and she was looking after my cousin’s little sister. Me and their neighbor became friends and she would always come over to hang out. Our first day at Tonga was fun but our second day there was even better because we all got to go to the beach.
When we arrived at the beach I was really excited because the ocean is really clear and it is very hot in Tonga so it was a good day to go to the beach. When you swim you have to be careful because at the bottom of the water there are some really sharp rocks that could easily cut your foot.
When we got back to the house I pet the dogs then went to have a shower. When I got out I changed into warm clothes then had dinner. While I was eating dinner I heard the pigs in the backyard oinking.
On Wednesday 7th of September some students from team Tui Sang a Tongan song and presented a dance to the whole school.