Olympics Fan Zone Trip

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Today my class and I went to the Olympics fan zone for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We had so much fun and we enjoyed it, when we entered the building we went then we met one of the Olympians that competed in the Olympics in 2007/2008 for New Zealand in Triathlon. Her name was Debbie Tanner, we asked her some questions and some of them were really interesting.

Debbie Tanner said she didn't expect to compete in Triathlon but she said she really loved the sport because it was made of 3 other sports, it was swimming, running, and cycling. Her favourite one was running because when she ran she would run through forests, beaches and many other places.

After we got to get free time with the games in the building. one of my favourite games was playing on the basketball machine. after we went to the other side of the building then we had more fun there. We had challenges relay races and many more. 

At the end we watched the men's rowing game, The best thing was that NEW ZEALAND CAME SECOND!!  I didn't believe it because the beginning was pretty sketchy. After that we came back to school.

Something I enjoyed was playing on the basketball machine because it was fun and my buddy was surprised when we got to stage 2 of the game. 

Something I learnt at the Olympic fan zone was that it is very hard to be an Olympian because you have to stay healthy and fit for the game and you will have to stay on a balanced diet.

Here are some pictures of when we were on the trip.

Bike lesson 1

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Today my class and I had a bike lesson and we learnt a lot of new things from today's lesson. before we started we learnt the rules of riding a bike one of them were: when you put on your helmet the front should be 2 fingers away from your eyebrows. We had many more rules and we followed them to keep ourselves and others safe. Our coaches were Loni and Jason, Loni helped the ones that didn't know how to ride the bikes and Jason took the ones who already knew how to ride the bikes, I went with Jason because I already knew how to ride the bike. 

During our lesson Jason taught us how to use signs on the road when your riding a bike, after we practised how to ride the bike with one hand and the other hand was putting out a sign to show which way we were going. When we got used to it we moved on to the next one. we learnt how to balance on the bike with a slow speed, it was also a game. If we touched the floor we were out and who ever was the slowest or came last won. 

Something I found challenging was trying to stay balanced on a slow speed on the bike, I tried my best to stay on balance then I did it.

Something I enjoyed was when our coach challenged us to look over our shoulder when we were riding the bikes.

I feel ready and confident for tomorrow and I won't give up.

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Wonder project

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This term the seniors at Hay Park have been learning about rockets and physics. We learnt a lot  about the forces that make the rocket launch/fly. We talked a lot about the parts of a rocket and the important ones, when we were done we got to make paper air planes and we found out how to improve it.  We used air and water to launch the rocket so we learnt about how many water you should put in, if we put in too much the rocket will be too heavy, our air limit was 60 psi because if it went over it would be very dangerous. We also learnt about how to keep yourself and others safe, some of them were:

 Keep the rocket at a angle when you are about to launch it.

A supervisor must be watching you.

There were many more ways to keep others and yourself safe . My favourite part of the project was creating the rocket and modifying it but before we created it we planned  all the parts. It was fun because we were being creative and we did it with teamwork. 

Something that was challenging was when we had to measure our fins to make sure they were the same size. some of the fins I made wasn't the same size and I had to make it again. 

I wish I could do this again but I would want give other seniors a opportunity and I hope they have fun 

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Waka hourua

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My name is Pita and today I will be describing- my class’s waka.

Our waka hourua is huge and fast. Capacity weight can hold 20 people.
Our waka hourua has 2 strong sails that can hold the wind, it is also made out of flax. Our Waka hourua has a hut on the centre of the beam (between the two sails). It can fit storage and also it can fit the whole class. Our waka hourua is really fast, faster than Captain Cook's Endeavour. The two hulls are really light and they make the beam high enough. The hulls are also made out of Totara trees which is why the hulls are light because totara trees are lighter than the Kauri trees.  

As we are part of the waka crew Paterson class members all have their own jobs. I am a warrior/guard, I help the captain guard the waka. I also keep everyone safe. Here is an image of my own waka.

Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed reading it. BYE!!

Navigators/wayfinders

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This week my class and I have been learning about Polynesian navigators. 

Polynesian navigators were smart and creative. They travelled and they respected each other. 

They are really important to the Polynesian people, they were intelligent and they used birds to find land. When they would find land they would help each other,  they respected the land and they kept  their waka/canoe in a good condition until it was time to use them again. During the adventures of the navigators, the navigators didn’t use any technology/devices or google, they used the animals, the wind and the stars. 

One of the important things that the navigators needed to know was the star compass. A star compass was similar to the compasses we use these days but the one that the navigators used was hard to remember because the navigators had to memorise them in their head because they couldn't see the star compass. Matariki is a star cluster that is important to Maori people AND the Polynesians because in the beginning the people from hawaiiki used Matariki to navigate. When the navigators saw leaves floating around in the sea, they knew they were near land and when  they saw birds they also knew they were close to land. They can find clues from land from about 80 kilometres away.

At night they used up the time and they looked at the stars to see where they were, because in their times they didn’t have any devices so the navigators used the stars.  The navigators sailed by wind. They knew when it was time to sail because the wind was blowing from the opposite side from the way they wanted to go. Navigators used many techniques to find land.  When they found land, they would keep some people there then they would travel and find more land.

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Exquisite Sentence

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Today I am going to be telling you guys about  rockets and space. As we were learning about rockets and about space we talked through what a verb, adjective and noun is. We also talked about the subject. We learnt about rockets and equipment that they need. After we talked about space and we wrote about it, I wrote a lot but this sentence was my favourite one. Here's my work. 

The best thing about space is that it looks like you're in a dream, another reason is because the stars are brighter than normal light bulbs.

Thank you for reading my blog post and I hope you loved it Bye

All About me

Hi bloggers, Today My class and I have been working hard on our book creator so we could publish it online so the world can see it . It was a bit trick but fun at the same time because we put funny pictures of ourselves on. We all tried our best and it was A goal for me. Something challenging was when we had to move the images around but then it kept on moving to far or short. Something I enjoyed was that we got to know more about each other. Here's my work. click on the link to read my book about "all About me" hope you Enjoy. 

 

  

ALL ABOUT ME

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

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