Te Kinga's fun day out!

Yesterday the Te Kinga class went into the bush to do some fun activities. First we walked down to to the start of the Velinski track. I was walking with Leo, Solomon and Flynn. The track was really awesome until... We had lost someone! So we had to go back up the track. And Nic sent me and Zaine to run up the track and we couldn't find her. So we went up to the top of the track where the seat was and saw Kaelyn lying on the seat. She was freezing cold! The day before we were learning first aid and one of the ones we learnt about was hypothermia. My group had Kaelyn, Leo and me. So me and Leo had to help her by getting her warm and we failed BADLY! After that we went over to the Swing Bridge walk to check the traps. There was nothing in them but it was still fun. After we checked the traps we went to the lake side and we made a tent using a tarp. When we finished building the tent Alice tipped water on it to see if it was strong enough. They did the other group first and theirs somehow stayed up. Then ours was next and... IT FELL! But the good thing is I didn't get one drop of water on me. When that was done we made fires. Me and Leo gathered the resources and Kaelyn made the fire. Our fire didn't go to plan but we just joined someone elses and we made s'mores and they were delicious. That was the end of our amazing day and I had so much fun.

 

Caption this and Caption that!

 Today in the Te Kinga class we were captioning our camp photos! We made them as funny as we could, and here are a couple of mine. Hope you enjoy!

  

History of Moana

 On Tuesday last week Kevin Klempel came into our class and taught us about the history of Moana and I got lots of facts. Here is some of them: 

• It took 30 days to get to Christchurch from Moana because they didn't have cars.
• There were lots of swamps in Moana back then.
• People from Christchurch started coming in the 1940's and most of them were fishermen.
• The Arnold Dam was built because power was getting used more.
• At the bottom of Lake Brunner there were lots of sawdust from the sawmill.
• The Arnold dam was built by the Greymouth power board. 

Did you learn something about the facts that I have here?

Topic Task.

 For Topic last week we did three activities and I'm going to talk about the ones I enjoyed. First we did people smart. In people smart we had to complete a challenge and in that challenge we had to get cups that were filled with water onto a tray only using one leg and one hand. It took our group a while to figure it out but we ended up getting the hang of it. The next challenge we did was get as much water as we could into the bucket. We had a shovel and a bucket. So we went to the bottom of a hill and dug holes, and then stomped on the edges of the holes so that the water would flow through. Then we got heaps of water in the holes and used cups to get the water and fill the bucket. This challenge was very fun.

What did you do for your Topic?

Topic

 In our topic we are learning about water. We had to do three topic activities spread throughout the week but i'm only going to talk about the ones I enjoyed doing. My group did the body smart and in the body smart we had to make up a dance to the song 6 months in a leaky boat. The song was about the early settlers coming to New Zealand. We had to share our dance to the other groups and it went well. The next activity was the book smart. When you do the book smart you read out of the journal and I learnt that water vapour is gas and when it gets cooler it turns back into water, that is called condensation. Then we did an experiment and in the experiment we tipped water onto the concrete and we saw how it started disappearing because of the sun. 

What did you learn reading my blog?

What I'm looking forward to in Term 2

This term I'm looking forward to the sports that we are going to do. This term we're doing handball for our sport. I really like it because its a new sport and its a mixture of Basketball and Netball, and I'm good at Basketball but I'm not very good at playing Netball. So I get to learn a new sport and new rules. We had to learn the passing skills which was fun. That's what I'm looking forward to in Term 2.

What are you looking forward to this term?

Te Kinga walk

 On Thursday the 8th of April the Te Kinga class climbed Mt Te Kinga. We had a great time and it was my first time climbing it. We climbed up to the third lookout, and it looked AMAZING from up there. We had to go through mud, tree roots and we had to go over or under all the fallen trees. Lots of us got muddy shoes and boots but it was fine. We had to travel in our groups that we got given. I was with Solomon, Flynn and Deklan and my Mum Annette was our leader. At the lookouts we could see the lake and it looked dazzling. Lots of parents came as well. We had Liz, Di, Annette, Suzanne, Alice and Ally. Then we went back down and we had a refreshing swim in the lake after a big climb. Then we made fire for Solomon's lesson for science. We had to dig the hole and then we put newspaper, wood, flax and egg cartons to make the fire. Me and Leo made our fire and we roasted marshmallows and they were very yum. And then we did Solomon's lesson and we put coal in the fire and we would see what would happen. Our coal was making popping noises and was starting to crisp. We then drove back and that was it. Here are some photos of my day.

My natural disaster writing

 In my class we have been doing narrative writing about natural disasters. We write a draft in our book and then we acted it out so it made sense. It has been really fun listening to other peoples writing. Here's a trailer I wrote for my writing. "It was a normal day at Lake Brunner School". Crack Bang! We ran to the field outside and a hole was forming in the ground. "RUN"! We ran to the fence and jumped on it as we were about to get burned. "We were so close to being safe". My favourite sentence in my story is, "We thought we were safe but then something terrible happened"!

What is the value of sport and physical education?

 I think sport and physical education is so important for lots of reasons. Firstly I think that sport is important because it is so much fun and it keeps you active and you get really fit and learn how to work as a team. I think physical education is very important because it teaches you how to be healthy and the basic stuff like how to throw a ball properly. Its so important to be healthy so you can be fit. Lately I've been doing a lot of sport and it has really helped with me getting fitter and having lots of fun. I've been doing athletics, top team and swimming sports. Here is a photo of our class and me at athletics.

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Our Geology learning

 In Te Kinga we have been learning about Geology and the three main types rocks. There is Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary. An Igneous rock is a rock that has been formed in or outside of a volcano. A Metamorphic rock is a rock that has been changed by intense heat or pressure. A Sedimentary rock is a rock that has layers of different rocks/sand that it has collected over time. Sedimentary rocks can be formed by deserts, lakes, rivers and oceans. That's what we in Te Kinga have been learning about in our science time.

Why mistakes are important for learning?

 I think mistakes are important for learning because they help you in the future. They help you with life skills and when you are doing important stuff like, tests, sport, jobs, and just everyday things. I remember when I was at Solomon's house and I couldn't catch the eel in the net and it escaped and we lost the eel. And now I know to just take it slow and steady and get it in the net. Mistake's are also very fun and they are really funny.