AFL

This term we get to learn how to play AFL, on the first day we learnt the drop punt but I already knew how to do it because we did it last year. If you want to do a drop punt you have to know the 3 rules. There are laces away from faces, point your toes in the direction you want the ball to go and hold the ball with your hands on the top. If you know those 3 rules you can be able to do a drop punt.

The tutor said we have to find a buddy and find a space to kick the ball to each other.

It was easy and fun but sometimes my buddy will kick the ball in a different direction so I would have to run and get the ball. After that we got to play a game, we had to drop punt the ball over the river, If it touched the ground then you get a point if someone catches it they don't get a point, sadly our team lost, but I still enjoyed it.

Swimming

Swimming

This term we got to go swimming with my class. Im in class 5. We have to go swimming so we can survive in the water and don’t drown. We swim at the YMCA pools its just down the street from our school so we can just walk there. When we got to the pools on the first day we had to be split into 2 group there were called 1 and 2. Im in group 2 so I was in the middle pool.

First we had to get a board and kick our legs to the other side, I wasn't tied because we got to keep our head, we had to that 4 times before the next one. After that we did the same thing but hands were at the bottom of the board and we had to put our head down, we had to do that four times as well. We next did free style and we had to do it four times, thats when I got tied.

We finally got to kick on my back I was fast at it But we had to do that 4 times as well.

Next I had to do backstroke I was pretty fast at that we did that 4 times as well. My legs started to get saw and my arms I wished it finished, Then the instructor said ok were finished then we had to go get dressed.

At the end of the day I was happy and like swimming.

Jayden's mental division strategy

Science Road Show

                   Science Road Show

Today we got to go to the science road show at Tamaki College for $8.

I was excited to go there so I could see lots of new things and find lots of information.

It was 9:00 and it was time to head down to Tamaki college we had to miss Assemble because it was Friday and we went at 9:00 in the morning.

We got there and we had to go to Tamaki’s school hall, because that's where the show was.

A man from the Science Road Show came out and told us the rules before we went in

When we got inside we had to sit on down and watch the first show.

First they had lots of things to say and there were 2 gross thing that they talk about.They were talking about, poo and wee. They were teaching us what happens when when you eat something it goes to to your stomach and to your intestines, that's when the man pulled out intestines and said that's how long it is. He told us how it goes thru a small intestine and crushed the food and then the really big one and then it turns to poo or wee.

After that they told us that we can have a look around and look at some stuff.It was like an expo and I went and got my name done on  peace or plastic.There were lots of other stuff as well. It was time for the last show and we went and sat down. Unfortunately there was another school there so we had to sit on the left side.

They started the show and said that there were going to be some explosions.

First they came out with a plastic wall for safety and then a balloon and a little paper attached to it. second They told us to block our ears and then they lit the paper up “bang” it went. Then they said that we haven’t seen anything yet so they got a bigger balloon “bang” even louder I also felt the air push me back. Sadly that was the end and we had to go back to school.

What we did learning in the science lab

Today we got learn in the science lab about sound, We had to match the sound waves until they were the same.The bigger the waves the lower the pitch and the thinner the wave the higher the pitch.

We had to pluck the string so you could see if the waves were big or small.

We also went on other science labs with lots of instruments like the drums, a pipe and a guitar.
I liked using the pipe. you had to listen to one of the pipe pitch sounds and try and find it on one of the pipes. When you looked at the pipes the longer ones had a low pitch and the shorter ones had a higher pitch .

What I did In the hoildays

In the holidays I went to the Easter show with my sister my brother in law my brother my nephew and my cousin. It was a nice and sunny day when my sister said do you want to go to the easter show, “I want to go.” I said. so I got ready as well as my brother and my cousin

I was excited because I have only been to it once.

We made it to the easter show and I saw lots of rides But first we had to get some coupons so we go on the rides. We all got twenty each, there were lots of rides to go but we wanted to go on the hurricane. So we went of gave them six tickets and hopped into a little plane, I was in the back by myself and I was scared that I might slip out. The ride started and It was going fast It was ok at first then I started slipping so I started holding onto the bar, but I was still slipping.

It finally stop and I was happy because I never fell out but I was a little dizzy.

We look around for another ride to go on, we saw the bumper cars so went to the bumper cars and had go. It was fun because I was hitting my brother and my cousin.

We went on the bumper car 2 times before me and my cousin started to get bored.

My brother wanted to stay but we said “naa”. So we look for another ride, we found a ride

It was a spinning one so me my cousin and my brother went to go pay.

I got inside as well a my cousin when we saw my brother standing outside we were saying he was scared.

The ride started up and it was going really fast, It was hard to put hand up.

I started to climb my seat, I was at the top when it started to slow down and when it stop I went straight to the ground but lucky I landed on my 2 feet. It was finished and my brother want to go back to the bumper cars, so we wanted for him to finish and then look for my sister.

I found my sister and they gave us some money to get something to eat, so we went and got us some chips and a drink. With the change it to 50 cents and played games to get money but We all failed.

We went inside a big place with lots of animals in it, it was smelly as well, but we still had a look.

I saw all sorts of animals like pigs, cows, sheep, goats and ponies.

We were finished and my nephew had a look to. It was time to go and so we went back home.

What we did at Badminton

Today 8th of may 2014 at 9:00 we had a lesson of how to play badminton.

I was sitting in class thinking it would be boring with my friends.

Because last time we had badminton it was boring because we had to hit the shuffles in a bin.

We walk in to the hall and our tutor was a man his name was Robbie I thought maybe it would be a bit better. To warm up we had a game of stuck in the mud, but instead of going under there legs we had to double high five them, I was pretty fun so It go even more better.

We had 3 rounds of stuck in the mud until we got to learn how to play badminton.

It was time and we lined up single file and got a racket then we had to do it again and get a shuttle. After that Robbie Told us about backhand and the forehand.

Next we had a go at doing for hand and it was easy we had 5 minutes till we changed.

We next did backhand but it was a bit harder, My high score was 20.

After that we had to do both forehand a backhand I thought it was easier than the other ones.

After we had practice that we had to get into a pair practice with 1 shuffle and hit it to each other.

It was fun because me a my partner were going for a long time, we had five minutes of that then we had a challenge. I thought maybe we would win, but when we played we lost faster than we thought. We had another go maybe this time we would win, but we still lost and my friend Jabez a Taniela won.

It was still fun and maybe next time I could try my best.