The New Kahui's.

The New Kahui's

This week, the year 7 & 8's moved into the new Kahui's. The classes together are, TS with SH, DS with AL & MT and TZ & BH. All three buildings had different names, Mohua, Riroriro and Tieke. TS & SH are Tieke. All of the buildings are named after native birds. It took two years including the Learning Commons and Learning Street for it all to be built. I wasn't here on Monday or Tuesday so I didn't get to explore much of the classroom.

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Mohua / Yellowhead

Riroriro / Grey Warbler

Tieke / Saddleback

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When I walked into our new buildings I saw, bright orange walls, different bright colored tables, dark blue chairs, bright orange bookshelf to match the wall, white and grey walls complementing the orange. There was a large seating that looked like stairs, at the back of the seating was tables and plugs for students. There was also cubes on the sides of the seating with a table just big enough for two students. There was a large tall black table, it looked like it could only be comfortable for the tall people. There was a door leading out into the field, there was lots of classrooms in one building. 

When I walked into our new buildings I thought, that it looked much bigger and had much more space then our other classrooms. I thought it was going to be smaller, but it looked much bigger to what I had imagined. I thought I was going to get lost in these new buildings because of how similar all buildings looked. I thought that the outside area was amazing, the seating with umbrellas covering the seats to block the sun, the hill of fake grass looked nice.

When I walked into our new buildings I felt, scared, anxious and excited. I felt scared and anxious because it was new buildings and I didn't know which one to go into. I had to ask a couple of friends to know which building I was in. At the same time I felt a sense of excitement, it was a new building and new area, feeling excited is a good feeling. There was also a new timetable that I had to get used to for next term. 

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Tane Mahuta 🌱

Ella West

Ella West Visit

Today we had a special visit from Ella West.

Ella West is a New Zealand author who is widely known for her book Night Vision.

Ella came in today to talk about her two books Night Vision & Rain Fall. 

Ella started writing her book ( Night Vision ) in 2011. Night Vision is about a girl with Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). At night she would go to her parent's farm that had a forest. She had Night Vision Goggles with her so she could see better in the dark. While she was exploring the forest, she witnesses something that could get her into a lot of trouble. Night Vision is based in Ashburton, it was originally going to be based in Christchurch. 

Rain Fall is about a girls father that is a train driver that takes the coal from the mines. Her father and thousands of people are at risk of losing their jobs. 

Ella says that her goal every day is to write at least 1000 words. Her books have at least 50,000 words. 50,000 is her go-to goal. It takes her up to 1 year to write one book

Tane Mahuta

 

Tane Mahuta 
Week 5
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This week for Tane Mahuta, we went back into our three groups. The first group went with Mark to prune trees, the second group helped Mrs.Alan with the outside classroom. Lastly, the third group went with Mr.Tisch to help with the veggie beds.

On one side, Makenzie and I raked the dirt while the others on the other side loosened the dirt with the shovels. Once Makenzie and I finished raking one side the others went ahead and started planting some vegetables. Makenzie and I continued to rake the other side.

After interval, we made a tunnel on top of the veggie beds. 

When we were finished with the tunnel, we helped Mrs.Alan with the outside classroom. We put different objects into assigned spots. If any of the parts had metal or wood on it they would break it off.

Beats And Beyond - 1900's - 200's - By Jasmine and Kahciar

PE Hurumanu - Small Team Reflection

This week in our P.E Hurumanu we played Cross-Court Games in the new gym, our focus was to work in teams with people you’ve never worked with.

Our activity was Cross-Court Games, For this activity, I rated my self as a level 3.

To achieve level 3 we have to show that we can consistently make a contribution to the team goal.

During the game of Cross-Court Games showed that I am working at level 3 by including myself in the team activity and I include others. These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3.

While playing the Cross-court games, something that I found challenging was communicating with the other team. The reason I found this challenging was because they wouldn’t share the ball and kept taking their time to make a goal.

However, I managed to overcome this challenge by both teams talking it out with a teacher and playing the game fairly.

Next week I am aiming to work at level 4 To make sure that I am working that level I am going to work on always encouraging others and using positive words and actions to lift my team’s performance.

Team Reflections

This week in our P.E Hurumanu we have been playing 100 pts game, Floor Hockey & 6 Corner Soccer. We have also been working on our teamwork skills,

• 100 pts game, Floor Hockey & 6 Corner Soccer
• Old School Gym
• To improve our teamwork skills.

Our first activity was Floor Hockey. For this activity, I rated my self as a three. To achieve level three, we have to show that we can consistently contribute to the game. During the first game of Floor Hockey, I showed that I am working at level 3 by always ake a contribution to the team goal and including myself in the team activity. These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3

Our second activity was 6 Corner Soccer For this activity I rated my self as a 3

To achieve at level 3 we have to show that we can consistently include ourselves. 

During the first game of 6 Corner Soccer, I showed that I am working at level 3 by using encouraging and positive words towards my teammate and encourage others to play These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3

Next week I am aiming to work at level 4 To make sure that I am working that level I am going to work on always encouraging and using positive words and actions to lift my team’s performance but also confidence and making sure I include everyone in what’s going on.