Totara Fun Day

Today was a great day, by far my favourite part of this Term. Firstly we stopped by the waffles and candy canes, but the line was so long we had to side track. So me and my buddy Vanessa went to room 3 to make Candy Cane mice.

For Candy Cane mice we cut out the paper template for the mice. Then we cut the felt according to the template. After that we hot glue them together, and then we stabbed a candy cane through it.

After that, we had a bit of a stretch, me and Vanessa went to the courts to do sports with Mr Fisher. I put Vanessa on a plastic square skate board and grabbed her legs. From then we had races where I would pull Vanessa by the legs.

Athletics Training

Before Athletics we had Athletics Training so we could practice out skills.In the photo you can see me trying out high jump, the tips Mrs. Nelson told us was to run in a J shape, run slow at the start then sprint when you get close. And when you jump you have to do '' Scissor Legs '' and flail your arms up. This helps you jump higher.

The next activity was sprinting with Mrs. Owen/ Mrs. D, we practised by limiting ourselves for example we ran while having our arms folded because we usually swing while we're running to gain
momentum.They also taught us to lean forward or be on an angle to run faster, but if you lean forward too much, you'll fall on your face. Another thing they taught us is how to start, most professional runners start out with their knee on the ground

End of Year Goals

Writing
I want to work on my punctuation because my writing is a bit lacking, Mostly because my knowledge o punctuation is...???

Maths

I want to work on decimals,because I don't know what decimals are.

Reading
I want to read bigger and longer books

Speech: Reflective Questions

STEAM Extravaganza

On Tuesday,we had rotations also known as the STEAM Extravaganza.I picked Breakout EDU,Breakout EDU is a sort of breakout game where you have a certain amount of clues scattered around the room.You get one starting hint,You need to follow the hints until you end up to where the key is.And when you open the box you win...well most of the time...

The Breakout EDU was being held at room 12,It was ran by Leah and Imogen. We all sat down on the mat and waited as they explained the game to us.As usual we settled on Boys Vs Girls because kids like to be like that these days,We were split into groups of 12 and we started...


Vanessa was our Team Captain,So she had the starting hint.She swiftly turned it over `` Go to the red letters on the door `` So we all rushed over all 24 of us to the door it was cramped everybody was shouting.

It's very hard to remember all the other hints,We were all in a rush.Finally we were on our final hint``Big Medium Small`` Suddenly Vanessa lunged into three boxes we were all confused...until,we noticed there in her hand...THE KEY!

We were all at static,All the girls were SCREAMING,we opened the the box...There was a letter,it read `` We almost ESCAPED `` There was another box inside,WITH SIX PADLOCKS.

Hei Tiki Museum Trip

On the 26th of June,We went to the Museum. . . We'll the Tea House near the Museum.The Museum is still being fixed.Moving on,at the Museum we learned about the Maori culture,more so the Hei Tiki.

Firstly we hopped on the Tardis from Doctor Who and travelled back in time where people first wore the Hei Tiki. And we progressed to how it's being used for advertising and logos. 

And we even got to touch a real TIKI! Of course we had to wear gloves and my hands got really sweaty and gross... but it was still great!It was really fascinating to actually hold a real Tiki. 

Lastly,We got to make our own Tikis,Firstly we picked out buttons for the eyes.I chose Purple and Teal buttons to sew on for the eyes.Next we picked our felts I picked this dark navy blue like the depths of the ocean,White felt to balance out the darkness,Bright green for the mouth and hands to add a pop of colour,And a mango yellow for the mouth.Using the rest of the white a made the limbs. :)

The Wiggles

Yesterday,for writing we had to adapt a board game .Our group adapted the game called " Uncle Wiggily '' ,We used the actual box of the game for reference.We had the idea of combining two shoe boxes to make the overall base of the board game.We used a box cutter to cut the front of the box and flatten them,after cutting we glued them together.My other partners painted a big piece of paper yellow,while I create/draw the Villains  and power-ups.While I write down the backstory,my partners coloured in the characters.Soon we draw the path on the board game and add the characters and their perks.Soon the game is DONE!