Cultural Games

 On Thursday we did our own cultural games. We were playing games from Russia, Scotland Australia. There were 30 students in groups showing us how to play lots of cultural games I was one of the students showing people how to play a cultural game. I had four people in my team Saul, Nigel, Mahdi and Naweed. We were teaching people how to play Ula mika . Ula mika is were you have two poles one meter apart of each other and a lei four meters away from the two poles you stand behind the lei and you under arm the coconut in between the two poles if you don't throw the coconut in between the poles you loses if you do get it between the poles that means if your coconut goes the furthest you win.

There were three teams red, green and yellow, if they get it through the two poles they go to the championship. If your coconut went the furtherest,  second furtherest and third furtherest you go behind the red lei and the rest go to the green lei.  if it doesn't go through the poles you have to be behind the yellow lei. Only the red lei people get a house point if they get through the two poles and who ever gets there coconut the furthers gets two houses points because they came first second and third.

I enjoyed teaching people how to play a game from other cultural's. Have you ever have a school cultural games??

Waikowhai student led tooktits

 In Te Waka Ako we were doing our own Waikowhai student led tool-kits we did this because it was STEM week STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. There was 24 student persisting and 12 toolkits to do and I was one of the presenters. We got a form to fill in it was about what toolkit you want to go to we had three session  the first session I picked Drones three time because was presenting it the for my second session for my first choice I pick Google maps for my second choice I picked Webcam toy and my last choice I picked Makey Makey then my last sessions I pick Drones. Then we got your tool-kits that we are doing I was doing Drones, Google maps and Drones.

 The first place I went to the hall so I can present Drones we l had 17 people to present to. Only one of your Drones were charged so only one group can use it. The Drones weren't working so everyone went to Spheros. Spheros where fun they are little balls that you can control is was so fun. 

Then we went to morning tea after that we went to our next session I went to Google Maps. I learnt  from Google Maps you can go to space and look at planets it was to cool we had 15 minutes to play around it was so fun. 

The the last toolkit I went to was Drones but none of the Drones were working again so we could pick another toolkit. I picked Incredibox. Incredibox is were you put people some clothes and then they will make some beats. I made so much cool beats.

 It was so fun we learnt some much things I hope we could do this every year. Have you every had a school toolkit?

Student Led Toolkit 2021

 Thursday 20th May, 24 Waikowhai senior students went to toolkit's. Toolkits is were we go to a school and we meet other schools and learn new things. We went to Owairaka school. That is where all the schools meet at. Everyone goes to the hall and sits on a chair then Phil told us where we are going and what to do.

The first place I went to was Pixel. Piskel is where you make art out of squares and you can add different kinds of colors. We had 15 minutes of play time, I had no idea what to do. I was thinking what to do for 14 minutes and then I was making my thing and it was really bad but I tried my best. When we were finished we got to ask some question about it. Then we had 15 minutes to eat go to the toilet and play I was playing football. 

The next thing I did was Incredibox.  Incredibox is where you give people some clothes and then they will make some beats and sound. This time we had 20 minutes to play I made two beats they are really cool.

The last place I went to was Kahoot. Kahoot is where you ask question and there is four answers but one of them is right you have to pick the right one to get point's and come first. We were playing a game of Kahoot and it was about Matariki I came 5th place. Then we had 15 minutes of play to make our own Kahoot sadly my account was not working so I couldn't make one.

Then everyone came back to the hall and two people from Fusion they were interns and they were telling us how they got in Fusion and why were they inspired to get a career in tech.

It was a lot of fun I got to meet new people and teacher's I learnt new thing from other school. Have you ever been to student led Toolkit's?

Landscape Art

"That looks really cool!"

In Te Waka Ako we were creating landscape art. Landscape art is where you draw a cool view of

mountains and the sky then color it. The top of your landscape has to be warm colors and the bottom

has to be cool colors. We had to get our art book and get a pencil and get A4 paper. I started to draw hill's

and snow covered mountains. I also drew a river. Then on the top I added the sun and squiggly lines next

to the sun. When I was done with my drawing I started to add color. We had to use crayons to color in the

landscape. For my mountains I use different shades of greens and for my snow mountain I use white for

the top and grey for the bottom. Then for the sun I used red,orange and yellow then I blended them all

together. The landscape looked beautiful and it was really hard to color in the different spaces. I thought

it wasn't gonna look good but when I added color it looked very cool.

Family Fun Day

Last Friday we did family fun day. Family fun day is when everyone in the school gathers up in house
groups. I was in Tui and I wore yellow.  We had Five activities fun activity's an inflatable obstacle course,
water slide wheels, swimming and slip and slide. We first did the obstacle course. There were two of them,
one small and one big. Everyone had to go on the big one  then go on the small one. only two people
was allowed at a time you had to go through a hole then you had to go through theses log/lines then you
had go through tall thing with fake spikes then you had to go through a tunnel 'then go up a climbing wall
then we went down a slide. The small obstacle course had two people go at the same time then you have
to climb up a wall then you have to through a log/lines then you have to go in a  tunnel then you were done we did that couple of time then we got our money for the bake sale I bought a blue cupcake  and a chocolate fudge cake yum.

Then we rotated to the next activity - the water slide. We had to change our clothes then we waited in line for the water slide. Finally it's my turn you had to get up to the water then you had to slide down into a puddle of water . there was also a pirate ship with no water it was a bounce castle it's time to  rotate no we went to  the wheels everyone brought there wheel to school I forgot to bring  mine but there sphere I chose a bike there were cones telling us where to go we went up a hill then down there were also ramps that we could try that wasn't really fun. we had to rotate because was burning we got our swimming tog’s and went down to the pool team A was on the slip and slide team B was in the pool I was so excited to get in the pool  it was so refreshing then we swapped over the slip and slide yes only one person at a time in the slip and slide when it's my turn I Was so happy when I finished I got so soapy. It was a cool experience. I really like family fun day I really wanna do it again sometime.

Tsunami

Last Friday my family got an alert on their phone about a tsunami warning and that people needed to  get

up high. So I went on the news and people were talking about the tsunami warning. We were lucky

because the tsunami was not coming our way in Auckland. But it was coming at the east coast so they

had to evacuate  and they had to go somewhere high. But thankfully there was not a tsunami.

At school we were talking about things we should pack if there was another tsunami or emergency. The

things we needed were sunscreen,a hat,medicine, flash light, radio,bug spray,non perishable food, water

and other stuff.

Are you ready for a emergency?

Lock-down 4

Oh no we were back at lock-down!!!!! I was so sad when I heard an alarm that said it is lock-down

level three, please stay

home stay two metres away from people. Then ten minutes later a

got message from the school that we had to stay home and do the class site

are work that we can do and we have goggle meet everyday at 9pm.

The next day I woke up at 8am for the goggle meet one hour later it was 9am.

I enjoyed seeing Manukau and Mrs

Jones during our class meets.

Then I wrote about the it then I went on the Math's page and I saw a

kahoot so I clicked on it and played it it was math questions

when I finished all the question then I took a screenshot of the leader board then

I put it on the lock-done creations slideshow and wrote about it then

I went on the reading folder and I saw sunshine classics and read

a book then I had to take a picture of the book cover and the put ti

on the lock-down creation slideshow and then I wrote about

it and then I had to write a daily reflection. My favorite activity is the kahoot because it is

challenging and you had to be fast.

My favorite family activity was monopoly because I bought  so many houses. When I came back

to school I Felt happy because I could see my  friends and  play with them.

Netball

On Wednesday we did Netball. It was raining so we did Netball inside the hall. We had two coaches there whose names are Olivia and Josena. The first thing we did was infinite tag how you play it is everyone is in and you have to tag everyone if you get tagged then you have to sit down and watch the person that tagged you and if they  got tagged then you can stand up if both of you got tagged at the same time then you have do paper scissors rock if you win then the other person sits down. Then we did some passes. The first pass we did was a bounce pass. You have to throw the ball next to her/his toes and then they will catch it. Then we did chest passes. You have to make a w with your hands then put the ball on your chest then push it to your partner. Then we did an overhead pass. We had to hold the ball and put it behind our head then throw  it to our partner. After that we were finished. Blog you Later 

Summer Learning Journey - Tezer Week

 Hi Bloggers today Te Waka Ako we were doing the summer learning journey t
ezer week. First we did a servey and sighing up. Then we watched this video about art coloring book the app is about is you have to pick a drawing and color it I chose a watermelon picture. I really liked the app I hope we can do it again here is my picture.

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Slip and Slide

Yesterday the whole school went swimming and slid down the slip and slide

. First the Juniors went, they had a lot of fun and some of the Juniors were there for the first time.

Then it was our turn we had to have three people in our group then we sat when we found our group

in my group was Martin and Ibrahim it was Martin's first time on the slip and slide.

  Then the teacher split us in two groups. Our group was on the slip and slide first and the others were

in the swimming pool.

Then the first time you go on the slip and slide you have to go alone. It was really fun. We got soap all

over us after the slip and slide we got  washed by the hose before we got in the pool. The pool was so

warm if we wanted we could stay in the pool for lunchtime swim. Blog you later. But maybe you could

go comment on my blog.

Dot Art

Hi bloggers today in Te Waka Ako we did a dot art. We got a picture with dots that make a Christmas tree and on colored paper  and one pin. We got the colored paper and put the paper on the floor and got the Christmas picture and put it on the colored paper. Then we got the pin and poked the dots. We have to be careful to not move the paper. If you move it then you will mess up and you have to start all over again. When I started my hand was not hurting  but when I was halfway there it was hurting I was tired and I didn't want to do it again. I was finally done and it looked cool when you put it on the window and when the sun is looking at it you can see the Christmas tree. Clearly here is my own I made.

Bike Skills

 On Monday we did bike skills our two coaches are Holly and Ella people that know how to ride a bike go with Ella and people that don't know how to ride a bike go with Holly I went with Ella. First we played red light green light when she said green light we ride our bikes around the court when she said red light we had use our bikes to stop and put our right foot on the petal and our other foot on the concert. Then we played another game Ella put one half of a tennis ball then had go through them it was kind easy for me. We did the same thing but we had to put left hand out for three seconds. I really enjoyed it I hope we can do it again.

Skateboarding 

Kia ora, bloggers, today we went to skateboarding. We had two coaches, Ben and Lawrence. We have two sessions today,  our first session I felt really confident because I knew how to skate. First we had to stand in front of a skateboard then we picked up the skateboard and we were putting it the right way. Then we had to stand and lean forward and the first foot that goes forward is the one that you put on the board and the other foot is when you have to push with it. We did some warm ups we had to stand on the skateboard with one leg and the other leg off the floor for three seconds we had to do the same thing with our eyes closed and touching our noise that was challenging. Then we had to go on the white line and we had to all race to the end of the court when Lawrence says freeze then we had to stop some people got to the end and some didn't.  The people that were at the end had to go with Lawrence and the people that didn't get to the the end had to go with Ben I was with Lawrence.

The first thing we did is tic taxs, if you dont know what it  I will tell you. You have to put one foot on the edge of the skateboard and the skateboard goes up and the other foot goes on the other edge and the skateboard goes down and you move the skateboard in circle backwards and frontwards. Then we tried it but with while moving. It was really difficult but I gave it a try  anyway and I could do it ! I was really proud of myself. Then we played Whats the time Mr wolf we played while skating Mr wolf says whats up wolf gang and we say whats up  Mr wolf then when he looks at us we have to stand still and don't move it was really fun. Then all of us got to have a free play that was really fun I at the end I had a fixed mindset instead of a growth mindset. I hope the other sessions is going to be better blog you latter.

 

Production

 Hi bloggers, on the first of November the seniors went to Waikowhai intermediate to practice our school production. Our production was called Jasmine and Aladdin there were nine scene in the production. In our production I was Aladdin. My first time on the stage is scene two the market place. We went to Waikowhai intermediate to practice our production to get ready for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (the three days the production was on) they are the days that we perform for the adults and children . When I was on stage I got a little nervous but when I was on stage a lot I got use to it and loved being on stage. The year five and six dance was cool and amazing it was one of my most favorite parts of the play.

On Tuesday the middles and the juniors came to Waikowhai intermediate to practice there dance, all of the dances were amazing I thought. The middles and juniors loved watching our show and they were so patient  when it was there turn to go on stage. On Wednesday morning we had a dress rehearsal, a dress rehearsal is when you wear the costumes and preform with them on stage like the real show is happening. On Wednesday night I was scared but when I was on stage I got used to it again I hope on Thursday and Friday I don't get scared again .

Wonder Project

 This week Manukau and  Hauraki were doing their second test flights. The people in my group is Kenny, Santana, Demetrius and Rael.  There was three vests. The blue vest is for the chief engineer, the yellow one is chief scientist  and the pink is the safety officer. I was the safety officer. Demetrius was our chief engineer and Kenny was the chief scientist. We had a 1.5 litre bottle and two big fins and we wrote space shooters to represent our team and a big cone on top of our bottle . When we all got our rocket one of the fins was gone when it was our turn to launch our rocket our other fin fell off. We had 380 ml of water.  Demetrius and I pumped air into the bottle. We stopped when the air pressure got to 60psi. Kenny launched the rocket by pressing on the trigger. Our rocket went 25 meters!. what I have learnt about wonder project is if you only have a bottle it wont go anywhere it will just go in circle.

Te Waka Ako can cook recipe

In lock-down we got sent some work .  You had to write your favorite recipe of your favorite food and the method. I chose fried rice. When I was writing about it I felt hungry, but I kept going. For your recipe you could copy from the internet ,but you can't copy and paste it. You had to write in your own words, we had to use a google drawing and finish it. Then you have share the google doc to your teacher and then she/he added it to the Te Waka Ako Can Cook slideshow for everyone to use.

 

Cross Country

                                    Cross Country

At Thursday 2nd of July it was cross country there was four station I was in the year five group our first station is the resting area we go there after the race we didn't do our race yet but we had to get it ready for the other people. At the resting area there was jenga, domino's, chest, and also you can go on the playground. The next station was tennis at tennis we had to find partner then one of your partners had to go on the other side of the tennis court and pass and we have to see how much we can get in a row. Then the next area was a blind fold race you find a partner and one of your partner wear a blindfold, then you get a bucket you have to guide your partner to get two beanbag when you get two beanbags you go back to the start. The last station was cheering for the people that are racing we also get to hold up sight to get the racers motivation. After all that we did our race it was two laps the poles guide you first you go down the hill then down backtrack stairs then backup the hill then behind Te Waka Ako then through the bush then around the pool then up the drive way then do it aging I came 2nd.

Science experiments

Hi blogger's it's Masi. This week in Te Waka Ako we were given a couple of pictures to write about. I chose this picture its about skittles yummy and a science experiment, we got a plate so we could put the skittles on the plate. We made a circle with the skittles then got a glass of water and poured some of the water on the skittles just to the top. It took a while for the skittles to form into something. The color of the skittles were fading away but the skittle colors were forming to a swirl. The swirl was filled with lots of colors, we tried again but with a different color blue it was the same but with blue in it! Blog you later.

getting to know you?

HI my name is Masi and our senior syndicate have been doing our getting to know you form. We had to talk about our friends, our family, things we like, things we do not like, things we are good at and the things that you want people to know about you. If you read my form you will now what I like and don't like about my family and other stuff. people can know more info from us and know us more.
I have a lot of information about me how old I am thing that are important to my family and other stuff check it out on my blog.

Cameron pools

Hi my name is Masi and I am from Waikowhai Primary School the senior and the middle school went to Cameron pools we went in different groups every one wearing life jackets and went to the big pool. some people were sacred and some wasent I wasent because I already went in the big pool before I couldn't wait to go in the big pool I was rushing to go finally I was in the big pool. The life jacket helped us float on our back if we tried to float on our tummy it will automate float on your back it helps you not to drown.