Top Team

Top Team

On Wednesday the 5th after the Duffy visitor, around after lunch we went to top team games. We had to bring a towel, jacket, jersey for afterwards,There was kororo, Kumara and paroa school and us. We got put into teams of  7 there was Me, Blake, Corbin B, Maddie, Myha, Seleste and Charlie.  All of the teams had to have a name we named our team the wolf pack. There was 14 games to play there were Skis, Gumboot, Hoops, map NZ, water games, memory game, memory maze.

The first game we did was a water game which you had to use your fingers to plug  the holes Corbin B and Blake filled the pipe up with water until the ping pong ball came up to the top. The rest of us got saturated with water I was shivering And Maddie got a face full of water form Blake which was funny, it got down my top and my pants it felt very cold.

The second game we did was another water game which was a balancing game and you had to walk over ramps and steps. Maddie held the balancing thing and Corbin B and Blake fell up the buckets to half way and Maddie walked over the ramp and failed the first time but she did it the second time. We all had turns when it came to my turn I only got to the ramp bit and I was half way then the bucket fell. When Maddie had her last turn she slipped and landed on her back and it happened to Blake as well it was hilarious.

The ski game was hard because Charlie was moving a lot and crashing into me and Maddie. Charlie was biting his fingernails and was just standing there it was super hard but we never gave up. There also was the conveyor belt which was even more hard because some people stopped and slipped off  but we tried and we only made it through once.

I really enjoyed going to top team I had a lot of fun and I want to do participate next year and just have some fun. My favourite game was the hoops and the water games.

We are learning to write using a mixture of simple complex,compound sentences.

We need to use correct punctuation in sentences at the beginning and the end.

We are also looking at using commas and grammar for our spelling.

We need to use the correct tense past, present, future, tense.

Duffy Visitor

Duffy Visitor

On Wednesday the 5th Diana Queenin came to Blaketown school to talk about her treasures she bought and discovered around the world, and marine animals and dinosaurs.

First she talked about sting rays and orca’s. She talked about the stingray's barb which is a weapon if predators come. Barbs help them balance if they didn’t have a barb they would sink to the ground. Orcas are sting rays enemy orcas eat stingrays the first go for the barb the rip it out and spit it out and chase them till they are eaten. Then she talked about horseshoe crabs they have 10 eyes they are creepy and really gross if you ever touched them and saw a real one alive.

Second thing she talked about was the geodes, she showed us a rock and it was cut in half she opened and there was good in the rock which surprised me they looked very pretty and sparkly. She told us there is a cave in Mexico that had a whole bunch of heroes in the cave even bigger than our hall, But it was blocked of and nobody was allowed in the cave.

She talked about snakes skin. She had a snake's skin from a Egyptian cobra she said she had to wait ages for the snake to shed its skin. It looked very fascinating and cool. A snake swallows a whole person and you can tell if you see one because it will be all big and fat.

Last thing she talked about was the Dinosaur poo it was funny because she gave it to Fynely and he thought it was a rock and she told him its dinosaur poo and pulled a face and put gave it to the person beside him. The dinosaur poo was over 52 million years ago I was like wow.

I really enjoyed learning about marine life, snakes and goes my favourite part was the dinosaur poo when Fynely thought it was just a rock.

We are learning to write using a mixture of simple complex,compound sentences.

We need to use correct punctuation in sentences at the beginning and the end.

We are also looking at using commas and grammar for our spelling.

We need to use the correct tense past, present, future, tense.

Safe Cycling

Safe Cycling

On Tuesday the 3rd we had safe cycling Constable Jos and constable Terry came to help/teach Room2 on how to ride a bike safely on the road, 8 people borrowed Constable Jos bikes and the rest of us brought our own bikes.

First Constable Jos came into our classroom and talked about the reflects on a bike and why it's important to wear a helmet. He talked to us to 10:30 which was our morning tea time, After play we grabbed our bikes and helmets and did the m check, the m check is when you have to check your bolts, tyres, nuts, to see if they were tightened.

Second thing we got on our bikes and constable Terry came and they set up this zig zag obstacle course with two ramps one was small and the other one was big, there also was the ladder. I struggled on the big ramp and the ladder it was fun and funny but I tried really hard. Next we did a challenge to see who could ride their bikes the slowest to the white line and who ever was the best it would be the final challenge against 4 or 5 people and they were William, Jessica, Fynely, Patrick and Maddie. Patrick won the challenge you try to be the last person it was really hard but I enjoyed it.

After the obstacle course and the challenge it was lunch time and after lunch we went on the road, we were learning hand signals, road rules, look over your right shoulder, 1 meter from the kerb and how to put on your helmet correctly. We all had to wear this vest that had numbers on them I was number three I was really nervous but I was glad I was number three. They told us when to use our hand signals, look over your right shoulder to see if cars were coming and that you had to be one meter from the kerb. We all went two times and they talked what we could improve and practice for next time.

I learned how to use hand signals with the correct hands and the M check. I really enjoyed doing safe cycling it was awesome my favourite part was the obstacle course and when I got stuck in the ladder.

We are learning to write using a mixture of simple complex,compound sentences.

We need to use correct punctuation in sentences at the beginning and the end.

We are also looking at using commas and grammar for our spelling.

We need to use the correct tense past, present, future, tense.