At The Aquatic Centre

We have been going to the Aquatic Centre for two weeks. We have had half an hour on swimming lessons and another half on free time in the wave pool. 
We were doing it, because we raised a lot of money from the festival. They were very nice to help us with all kinds of swimming e.g backstroke, freestyle, butterfly brain, goggle, cheek, breathing position, etc. 
We really liked them teaching us the wonders of swimming. We have really enjoyed and do hope they have a good holiday.         
By Joe and Gabriel                 

We are learning about the outdoors.

We learnt how to put up tents, tie knots, make hobo stoves and make forts.

We cooked pancakes on the hobo stoves and put chocolate sauce on them.

They were really, really, really yummy!

Kaisami's exchange student came in to teach us how to make forts which was really fun.

We all learnt lots of cool things.The year 6 students also went to M.O.T.E.C which was really really fun and we got to make cool things like hats, picture frames, lip balm and beeswax wrap.

By Malachi and Nikau.

parihaka

Today is Parihaka day.

Parihaka day is the fifth of November which is also Guy Fawkes day.

Parihaka day is the day where Maori people didn't fight when they got attacked and they just sat down, and did nothing.

They even got the kids to go up to the people attacking them and give them flowers. It is commemorated on the 6th November.

By Denys & Nikau.

Ngatimoti Festival!!!!!

On Sunday 27th  of October 2019 we had the Ngatimoti Festival.

Indigo Room ran the plant stall and cow pat bingo.

The cow pooped on number 24 and another number.

Room five ran the Kid zone.

Room three ran the lollie stall and room one ran the lucky dip and juicy stall.

We got around forty thousand dollars give or take.

The festival was a big success and was really fun.

BY Kiwa and Sayla

Chapter Chat Ghost Chapter 6

TASKS - Choose from the following:

1. ART - Draw a picture of coach Brody.

2. DESIGN - Create the ‘Shoplifter’ poster of Ghost in the store window.

3. ICT - On FLIPGRID answer this question: What do you think of Ghost? Why do you think he keeps getting into trouble?

https://flipgrid.com/0a42931a PASSWORD - ChapterChat

OR Pick a scene in the story so far and create it on the puppet pals app.

OR on Minecraft create the Motivation Mobile (Coach Brody’s Taxi).

4. WRITING - Write a poem (Acrostic, diamante, 5 senses....) about Ghost or one of the other characters in the story.

5. HANDS-ON - In small groups complete a class trust fall.

TWITTER CHAT QUESTIONS

1. Can you please share any tasks that you have completed this week. Try and leave a reply on someone else's creation.

2. How does Ghost earn his teammates respect at training? What do you think are the key elements to be a successful runner?

3. Do you think that coach suspects that Ghost stole the shoes? How do you think Ghost is feeling about stealing the shoes?

4. Ghost mentions Karma. What is it? What was the karma that he experienced?

5. Why does Coach want to take all the newbies to dinner the first Friday after practice starts? Do you think Coach Brody is a good coach?

6. What was the differences between Ghost’s neighbourhood Glass Manor and Sunny’s neighbourhood on the other side of town? What’s the neighbourhood where you live like?

7. At the newbie dinner they all reveal secrets about themselves. How does this dinner impact their relationships with one another? Why is trust so important in relationships? How can you build trust with others?

8. What are all the track team’s backgrounds like? Have you any secrets you can share? Have you overcome any difficulties in your life?

9. Chapter 8 ends with Ghost saying it felt good to feel like one of the team. Why are teams important? Are you part of a team? What’s it like?

10. Are you enjoying the story? What do you think is going to happen next?

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