Kapa Haka filming

 Kapa Haka

Kapa Haka was today as soon as we got to school we had to get our uniforms and then get our black lipstick and moko on. After that we got a feather in our hair. Our hair had to be half up half down. Once the second bell went it was show time...

The boys had to take off their shirt and we had to take off our sweatshirts and cardigans then we had to line up in our rows I was in the second row. We were in our dresses and the boys were in there shorts and we warmed up with a song which made Koka Nolian cry a bit then we had a deep breath and started.

We started with a song called Utaina Mai it was so fun to do I loved it. Then after that we did a really nice song called Ka Waiata.  The Poi, one of my favourite things we had to do it to a song called Rona it's a lovely song since I'm in the second row I only go down on my knees while front row was on their bottom. Then we did the song again. After that song we did a type of haka for girls I think. It's called Ka Panapana.

In the song the girls moved backwards and the boys moved forward for the Haka. After Ka Panapana the boys did the Haka they were so so loud. After that the girls walked back to the front then my friend started a song the last song called Toi Mai then after that song we were finished. The End

Green Team Play at ILMINSTER

 Green Team Play At ILMINSTER

They came starting with a story,  Nanny Kora was telling her grandchildren a story then she said it was time for bed. The crayfish kept asking for Nanny Kora to tell another story. One of them left but the other one stayed and Nanny Kora another story and how she saved the planet from the aliens.This is how it went. 

The aliens came down to come dump their rubbish but first the servants had to do a dance to say that it was the right place to dump rubbish. So they did. There were other kids that came down to the skate park first they dumped some rubbish then left. They came back the next day to find the crazy rubbish that the aliens dumped on earth. They tried to touch it but it burnt them.Then they found a robot that they left he was crazy.

The robot told the kids about how bad the aliens were for littering so they called them first it was a song of Peppa Pig then it was coco melon then it was d d d d da Dora and there were two boys and they danced like nobody was watching but everyone was watching. Then the aliens came back and the kids tried to talk to the king of the aliens but that didn't work.

After a while they went to Nanny Kora and told her about it she said I've told you to tidy up but they haven't been. But she still wanted the robot to call the aliens. The aliens came and did everything that Nanny Kora said. Then she told her about how she was the biggest diva underwater. They danced to Baby shark.

Then they ended it with a dance saying to tidy up, it was funny. That was our time at IlMINSTER for the Green Team Play

Speech Finals

Speech Finals

It was speech finals after morning tea and I was in it. I was so nervous. It was time for my turn to speak. I was after my friend. My speech was about gymnastics obviously and why the NZ gymnastics Nationals is worth it. 

I had to wait a long time on stage before I was allowed to speak. He gave me a thumbs up so I started speaking. I started with a joke that went "What do Bananas and gymnasts have in common... they both have great splits."  Then I kept talking. I had finished and I was so nervous after so as soon as I had finished I waited a few seconds and kinda ran down off the stage.

My speech paragraphs were about things like what you can do after the finals then the next paragraph was about how you can be on TV, then my third paragraph was about meeting new people seeing new things and also getting to try new foods and experiences. 

I had three paragraphs left, the 4th one was about stuff I will do to get to Nationals, then my 5th paragraph was about fears and how much fears happens. Then it was the conclusion I said all the things that I had said before. That was my speech.

In the end I came second and my friend Bridie won I was so happy for her. That was the end of my big speech finals. THE END

 

Number L3 Maths

Number L3

Today we had Number L3 it was so fun. We were doing a square and house path. It was so fun, my friend Lila and my friend Zoe and me were all helping each other. Here's a picture of my Maths Evidence slide for our Square and house path!!

That's my Square/ House-path  for our Number L3 math.

Athletics!

 Athletics!!

I was so so nervous for athletics we only had one practice and it was on the second week the actual athletics. The day had come I got a green colour top on cause that's my house colour, then I got some green paint on my face. Once the day started the athletics started.

We started out with ball throw. It was my turn I didn't do very well so I don't know what place I came. Then it was long jump I like long and the only reason I'm ok at it is because of vault at the gymnastics club, you run up and jump!

Then it was sprints, I am good at sprints so I was in the third heat and if you had a star on your hand you were fast and I had that. On your marks get set go I start running I was coming in first and in the end I did come first!Then it was the finals Go! I start running and my super fast friend Betsy won but I came second.Next was high jump!

We all started with a meter high wich was hard for me but I made it then it got higher and higher. Then one of the teachers that were running high jump said that Betsy and Me came first equail and my other friend Lola.S came third. After 200m GO! I started sprinting and India my friend was just in front of me then I went faster and her and me tied 1st.Then for the finals India and me tied again but we were 3rd.

That was the amazing Athletics I had an amazing day !!

First Day back!!

 First Day Back!!

Doo Doo Doo my alarm clock sings. Time for school, I get dressed, have breakfast, brush my teeth, brush my hair and I'm ready. My Mum and sister took forever to get ready so we went to school at 8:00 am. I get to school but the clouds are sad.

As soon as the bell rings we come sign in and sit on the mat. Then Koka Ngaire says people from the first and second row for kapa haka has to go to the hall because there was a powhiri. We lined up in our lines for kapa haka and we sang two songs then we left. We got back to class and we had to do priorities and workshops.

Then we had brain break, I had some crackers then we came back in and my friends Zoe, Lila and Charlotte went to a workshop with me. It was strand L3 it was about measures. After that I came back to do the rest of my blog. Time for morning tea. That is today!! 

Hamanatua Walk

 Hamanatua Walk

On Tuesday MLH went on a big big walk to the end of Hamanatua (well that's what we think).There was so many cute young animals but the walk was fun we had to stay in a single filem the entire time but that didn't happen most of the time. So I will tell you about that walk.

First we had to cross a river Koka Rozie went first she just went over it like it was nothing but that didn't happen for me. There was some type of log thing so I jumped over that but when it came to one of the boys it was kinda funny one of the boys fell all the way in I felt bad but it was so funny.

Then we had the walk, we got about half way and we stopped off at this really cool tree there were so many sitting spots. We were eating our food at the tree and 4 wasps started to fly around my friend Zoe so we moved. Then we kept walking we got to this clay type of thing it made the shoes so heavy.

We got to the end of the stream we think we saw so so many ducklings they were all so cute. We saw them swimming then we walked back. The walk back felt so much quicker then on the way there. On the way back from the stream we went past the first bit of the stream like we did at the start and this time it wasn't the boy that did it first but it was another boy.

He feel on his bottom and just stayed in there because he had fallen so much on the trip. Then we walked back to school and we got to play for about 20 minutes. It was home time and we got GREEN GOLD for an enviroschool that is a really good colour. We went home and that was the Hamanatua walk. 

Here's the tree that I was talking about: