Korfball

Last week in my hub we were split in to 4 gropes my group played corfball. it is a fun game and like netball and basketball but not like them at all. It has a hoop like netball. You can not run or dribal the ball ether. There is 2 teams 8 vs 8 but you are split in to 2 different teams between your teams defenders and attackers. Every 2 hoops scored the defenders and attackers swap so that you get a go at every position.it is fun because you move a lot.

Have you ever played corfball?

natural disasters

This is my video about the the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake

hope you enjoy.
do you have any thoughts?

winter sport

This year for winter sport I chose to play Rugby for St Francis Stingrays.

This is the St Francis Stingrays and this is my experience is in the year 5/6 rugby team.
We won, we lost and we improved! My favorite position is 2nd five. I have improved my fitness a little bit since the start of the year. I can tell that because I can run for longer.
Our coach was Steve and he was good because he didn't want us to just win, but to play well and have fun.  
At your school, do you do winter sport and what is your favorite sport?

Math Boards Term 3

This term we are doing math boards .

Math boards are a way of presenting your work.

Here is my one from this week the question is 3 x 30.

I like math boards because you do it in many different ways.

Do you do math boards at yout school?

Reading

This term in reading we have been reading about the environment. I have enjoyed all of the new information that I have now learnt.
For reading this week, my group read this article: Earth's resources

The facts that I now know since I have read this text are:
   
That wood is better for the environment but not if you do not replace the forests.
Less than 1 percent of the Earth's water is ready to drink.
An electronic tablet contains more than 35 different minerals.                           
More than 60 percent of the Earth's land was once covered in trees. Now it is less than 30 percent.
                                                                                                                                                                       
As a result of reading this, I know that we need to plant new forests and to figure out how to use less water.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
I now better understand Earth's resources

So what can you do to keep our Earth healthy further generations?

 

Cross Country 2019

St Francis Of Assisi Cross country

Off we go i'm in the lead. On Thursday my school had cross country  at Walter park. The year 1 and 2 kids ran 500 meters the year 3 and 4 kids ran 1.5 kilometers and me i'm in year 6 me and the year fives ran 2 kilometers and finally the year 7 and 8 ran 3 kilometers.

Okay so I won the race, it was easy because someone let me win (I think). I bet my brother which was awesome.
Next year I have to run 3 ks (3 laps) I'm not looking forward to it.

How long is your cross country?

kind kid games

PBL - Term 1

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about kindness and the big
question was: How can we build community through our actions?

First, we explored some collaborative activities and discussed how we could include
kindness and build a sense of community through our actions at camp. Next, we were
organised into groups where we had to unpack the above question. In our groups we
considered how we could spread community and kindness through our entire school
community. We decided that we would offer something that was free and would make
others happy.


We created an action plan and talked with the Paiaka teachers. We asked them to look
out for children showing kindness and then give them the tokens that we had made.
The tokens were for rippa rugby/touch, infected and ball elimination. We would then take
\those good children out and play those games. 


For our final product our group decided to do games for the children in Paiaka  Hub 3
times a week. The teachers said yes so we went on from there

How did our action build a sense of community in the school? By getting to know lots
of the Paiaka kids better and not just the people in out hub.

I contributed by playing the teams, helping the younger children who didn’t know how
to play, talking with the teachers in Paiaka Hub, making certificates, putting stickers
on them and organising the gear. 

I think the PBL might impact on others because fitness is fun but it is also important - 
it can be boring unless you look at it with a positive mindset. The Paiaka children had
a good time and enjoyed it.

What I learned about working with others that it is not all about you and that you need
to have a role and that you can’t do everything - you share the workload. 

What is your favorite sport and why?